WESTERN AUSTRALIA Datestamps & Other Town Markings
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1803
Symbol: S
Cat No: Collection
Collection on Hagners with the '80 - 80' cancel including on 1/- strip of 3, an array of bars cancels, 1889 self-inking roller in violet x6 on values to 1/-, a few rubber types including 1900 '[POST & TELE]GRAPH OFFICE/COLLIE WA', duplicated TPOs, etc, mostly on single stamps only but some multiples present..
(Qty 250+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Apr-26-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1804
Symbol: S
Cat No: Collection
1901-12 collection in Hagner album 'ALBANY' to 'YUNDAMINDERA' with many scarce markings including 'BELLEVUE', 'BLACK FLAG' & '[TELEGRAPH] OFFICE/[BLACK] FLAG WA', 'REGISTERED/BOULDER', 'BURBANKS', 'COSSACL', 'EUCLA' Type 3b in violet, 'TELEGRAPHS/FREMANTLE', 'TIMBER MILLS GREEN[BUSHES]', 'GWALIA' with time, 'HAY ST WEST' with year at the top, 26mm & 22mm 'KURAWA', '[P]AID/[KALGO]ORLIE', 'LAKE DARLOT', 24mm 'LAWLERS', 'LENNONVILLE', 29mm 'MARRADONG', 'MUCHEA', 'MULLINE', 'MURGOO' in violet, '[NA]BAWAH', 'NORTH KALGOORLIE', 'PADDINGTON' with large letters, 'PALACE HOTEL', 'STRAWBERRY' unframed & framed, 1901 'THE GRANITES', 1903 'TRAFALGAR', 'WANNAMAL' with the date sideways, 'WEST NORTHAM', 'WONNERUP' in violet, 'WORSLEY' etc etc; then a good range from Perth including various Parcel Post types notably woodcuts x3 & 'TELEGRAPHS/...' with thin 'H's; a few better stamps to 5/- noted including Postal Fiscals, a smattering of coloured strikes, some mostly minor duplication, the vast majority are on single stamps but a good number are on multiples or piece. A solid basis for serious expansion
(Qty 1200 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 4,000.00
Closed..Apr-26-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 4000
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1805
Symbol: S
Cat No: Collection
Remainders from a Goldfields collection with an almost very fine 'HANNANS' cds, 'KALGOORLIE' on a Postal Fiscal 1/-, large-part boxed 'REGISTERED/KANOWNA WA' d/s, 'THE GRANITES', 'WOOLGAR', 'TPO EGF', '[SAVINGS] BANK/PEAK HILL WA', two different 'LAWLERS', superb 'BERIA'
(Qty 54 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 360.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Apr-26-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1806
Symbol: S
BARRED NUMERALS: Selection with very fine half-strike of the '80 - 80' cancel on Wmk CC 1/-, many other scarce types including 15-bar '22', 9-bar '10', 12-bar '20' (the discovery copy?) of Narra Tarra, '25' & '33' etc, also some Void Grids & Letters-in-Bars, all on single stamps but with numerous fine to very fine strikes. A good basis for expansion.
(Qty 87) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Apr-26-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1807
Symbol: S
Berkshire (1): 'BERKSHIRE/8MR/85/[W.A]' superb large-part strike on 2d chrome-yellow. The first recorded marking from this office. [PMI lists the office as 'Berkshire Valley' TO 1.3.1874; PO 1.1.1884; closed 28.2.1891. This cds suggests the name was simply 'Berkshire'. PMI lists a second 'Valley' office 15.9.1894 to 30.11.1898, for which the only recorded marking is a manuscript "Berkshire 8No94". Again, no 'Valley']
Black Range: 'BLACK RANG[E/AU30/06/W.A' (day & month slugs inverted) two very fine large-part strikes on 2d yellow pair (one with corner fault). PO 1.10.1903; renamed Nungarra 12.3.1907. [Goldmining. An A2 strike on a single 2d sold at our online auction of 23.2.2022 for $252]
Jarrahdale: 'JARRAHDALE/FE11/98/W.A' cds & 12-bar '33' cancel superb strikes in magenta on '1½d.' on 3d Postal Card to Kent UK, Perth transit b/s & superb 'MAIDSTONE/MR14/98' arrival cds on the face, creased at left with L/L corner missing. Stunning! Absent from Pope & Reynolds Census: they list only three 1890s items & one of 1906, none with the markings in colour.
Narra Tarra: '[N]ARRA TARRA/10JLY14/[WESTN] AUSTRALIA' largely very fine large-part strike & a second part-strike on 1d pink pair. PO -.3.1884; closed c.1914 ? [Copper mining. PMI states that Narra Tarra was replaced by Nabawah - 4km to the west - on 22.10.1910. However, this strike is almost four years later, with no doubt about the year being '14'. Supported by the distance between the two places, we suspect that Narra Tarra was actually downgraded to a Receiving Office & continued operating as such for at least four years. The Nabawah cds is recorded from 15AU11]
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1811
Symbol: S
Cat No: Collection
SAVINGS BANKS: Selection on four Hagners with many scarce/rare ones including Bunbury, Dongarra, Kookynie, C'wealth-type Lawlers, Merredin, Mt Barker, Mt Morgans, Mt Sir Samuel, Norseman, Paddington, Pingelly, Princess Royal, Trafalgar, Wyndham & York, a few record dates noted, mostly on single stamps with a few pairs or on piece, the quality of the strikes is quite variable but many are fine to very fine, minor duplication. A very difficult group to assemble.
(Qty 81 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 1,200.00
Closed..Apr-26-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 1200
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1812
Symbol: PS
Woolgar: 'WOOLGAR/NO10/04/W.A' on 2d yellow on 3d size G Registration Envelope, to Hobart, unusually with chamfered-boxed 'REGISTERED/LAUNCESTON' transit h/s in blue on the face, filled spikehole. RO renamed from South Menzies -/3/1898; PO 1/9/1904; renamed Yunndaga -/8/1916. [Goldmining]
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1813
Symbol: CPS
Cat No: Collection
Collection remainders with Tatts covers from 'BONNIEVALE' (1907), 'BROAD ARROW' registered (1904), 'BULONG' (1901), 'REGISTRATION BRANCH/COOLGARDIE' (1897), 'EUCLA' (1905), 'FIMISTON' (1904), 'KANOWNA - PO' duplex (1903), 'KELLERBERRIN' (1908; to GB), 'LENNONVILLE' (1904), 'ROEBOURNE' (1905), 'WYNYARD' (193, in green) & 'YALGOO' registered (1904), a few other covers, condition rather mixed; also some Postal Stationery including 1d Postal Cards used with 'BUNBURY - B' duplex (1900, to Greenbushes) or 'KANOWNA' cds (1908, to Germany) and 'ONE PENNY' on 2d yellow Envelope (very fine unused).
(Qty 33) (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 1,250.00
Closed..Apr-26-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 1250
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1814
Symbol: PS
1899 usage of ½d Postal Card to Germany with a very fine strike of a most unusual segmented-bars cancel apparently of Kununalling (part-cds of MY4/99 below), Coolgardie & Perth transits & Berlin arrival of 5.6.99, lengthy message in German headed "Sugarloaf Mine". The first example of the killer we can recall having seen & it's certainly not listed in PMI for either Kununalling or Coolgardie.
1905 (c.) linen parcel tag to "KNPM/P Berandam/EC Sumatra" with rare franking of 1d 3d x2 1/- & 2/6d tied by generic bars cancels, minor creasing & soiling. A very rare parcels usage with the only example we have seen of the 2/6d on a postal article. [Parcels rates to non-British destinations are complex & were not included in Richard Breckon's work on Australian postal rates. Pulau Berendam (= Bath Island), Sumatra, is an inland town north of Palembang]
1905 (Jan 19) mourning cover from England with KEVII 2½d to "Post Office/Fremantle" with Fremantle arrival b/s of FE17/05, endorsed on the face "This letter came by the Orient/SS Orizaba, stranded at Garden Island/W Aus at 10.30am Thursday 16th Feby 1905", some discolouration/staining mostly on the reverse. A rare shipwreck item: the only cover recorded by Brian Peace and illustrated by him at page 216. Ex John Woolfe - sold in 2006 for £977 - and Robin Gwynn. [Approaching Fremantle, visibility was affected by coastal bushfires & the 'Orizaba' ran into Coventry Reef, off Garden Island. The ship was completely wrecked but there was no loss of life. Mail was undamaged & forwarded without a cachet or advice letter]
1906 (June 13) OHMS postcard under the Mining Act with printed 'NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FORFEIT LEASES...' & very fine triple-oval 'MINING REGISTRAR'S OFFICE/1JUN1905/CUE MURCHISON G.F.W.A.' cachet at L/L in violet, local usage with 1d punctured 'OS' tied by poor 'CUE/WA' cds, unboxed 'UNCLAIMED' h/s & DLO b/s in black, filled spikehole at U/L & minor soiling. [A similar item sold at our Online Auction of 23.2.2022 for $599]
1910 (Dec 29) cover from Victoria to East Perth with Perth Krag machine b/s of 3JAN11, apparently redirected with endorsement on the reverse "Railway Survey Camp/Dwellingup/via Pinjarra", minor faults. [The timber-town of Dwellingup was surveyed only in 1909, after it was named as the terminus for the Pinjarra-Marrinup Railway. RO opened 16.9.1910; PO 1.4.1911. This cover dates from the RO period. PMI records a cds from one week later. Philip Gavan Duffy was the son John Gavan Duffy, several times Postmaster-General of Victoria, & grandson of Victoria's one-time Premier Sir Charles Gavan Duffy]
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1779
Symbol: #*O
Cat No: Collection
Attractively presented collection on European pages with some unused including 1861 Printed by Perkins Bacon Perf 14 1d & 4d (a little oxidised) and Clean-Cut Perf 1/-, Wmk CC Perf 12½ 1/- and Perf 14 1d x7, Wmk CA Perf 12 4d and Perf 14 4d x2, later mint including DLR 3d block of 4 (*/**), V/Crown to 10/-, 1912 Crown/A 3d block of 4 (*/**), etc, many better used stamps to 10/- x4 including 9d strip of 3 & 2/6d block of 4, generally fine to very fine, Cat £14,000+.
(Qty 260+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$5,000
Opening AU$ 3,800.00
Sold...AU$ 4,600.00
Closed..Apr-26-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 4600
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1780
Symbol: *O
Selection on leaves with Imperf 1d black & 4d blue both with 3½ margins, V/Crown most values CTO to £1 orange, etc, generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 95)
Hagner album of duplicates with lots of useful stamps including Commonwealth Period 2/- x15 & 5/- x2 (one on linen-backed piece), a few multiples, and some horizontal-format Revenues, some postmark content & possibly unchecked for varieties, generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 1000 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 850.00
Sold...AU$ 1,300.00
Closed..Apr-26-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 1300
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1782
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 112
1899 DLR 1d carmine SG 112 Plate '2' upper pane of 60 (10x6), 1902-13 V/Crown 1d perf 'OS' blocks of 4 & 16, & 1912 'ONE PENNY' on 2d complete sheet of 120, most units unmounted, Cat £1600++.
(Qty 4 items)
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1783
Symbol: *O
Cat No: 81 x2
Odds 'n' sods including Imperf 1/-, 1861 2d blue with Grossly Misplaced Perfs & unused 4d vermilion both cut from the sheets to preserve the designs, Crown/CA Perf 12x14 1d SG 81 x2, 1885-93 mint set, V/Crown mint 2/- x3 (one with the Watermark Sideways) & 10/- x2, Crown/A Perf 11 selection mint & used, 1912 3d Perf 12½ SG 170, etc
(Qty 100 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Apr-26-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1784
Symbol: *O
Cat No: Collection
Back of the Book selection with Postal Fiscals postally used including 2d x2 5/- & 10/-, mint 2d & 2/6d (creased) plus 1d with 'SUPREME/COURT' Overprint fiscally used group to £1/10/- including £1 pair with oval datestamp, Duty Stamp group to £25, Revenue Duty to 2/6d, Coolgardie Express 1/- unused & Telegraph stamps postally used 1d both perfs & the very scarce 6d, condition a bit variable but generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 96) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 625.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Apr-26-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1785
Symbol: #O
Cat No: 1
1854-64 Imperforate Issues comprising 'Penny Black' SG 1 unused x2 (one cut very close, the other unusually large), used single with very fine void-grid cancel in red, horizontal pair, vertical pair (RPSofV Certificate states "lower stamp repaired") & a single rouletted on three sides, Lithos 4d unused x2 & used x3 plus varieties SG 3i & 3k (both cut-to-shape) and 1/- x2 shades both with '[crown]/REGISTERED' h/s, Hillman 2d Printed on Both Sides & 6d x2 all professionally repaired, 1860 from Perkins Bacon Plates 2d unused, 4d mint & 6d VFU with 15-bar '1' cancel in blue, variable condition but all presentable, Cat £13,000+.
(Qty 23) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 3,200.00
Closed..Apr-26-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 3200
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1786
Symbol: #
Cat No: 1
1854 1d black SG 1, margins just touched - at U/L & L/R to good, a little aged, unused, Cat £1700. A presentable 'Number One'.
1854 1d black SG 1 horizontal pair, the first unit just shaved in a couple of places, the second unit with margins clear to good, void-grid cancels in black, Cat £700+. An attractive multiple.
1854 Imperf 1d black SG 1 vertical pair, margins just clear to huge with a chunk of the adjoining unit at the top, crisp Numbered Grid '11' of Fremantle overstruck with two fine strikes of Perth's void-grid cancel in red, Cat £700+. Stunning! Red cancels are very scarce and a usage such as this - apparently because the original cancel in black on black was considered insufficient - is rare.
1902-11 V/Crown Irregular Compound Perfs 1d rose-pink ACSC W9 (SG 135) Perf 12½x12½x11x12½, two short perfs at U/R, cds of -OCT05, unpriced in the ACSC (£650). RPSofV Certificate (2021). [The ACSC states "Examples are very rare, and cannot be confirmed as existing in private hands". The similar 2d ACSC W19B (SG 136) is priced at $2000 (£1100)]
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1800
Symbol: *O
Cat No: Collection
OFFICIAL STAMPS: Handy selection with Imperial punctures x28 to 1/- green x3 including 1861 4d vermilion x2 & 6d purple-brown, rather mixed condition; then various 'WA' values including 10/-; 'OS' group including 1d with Double Perfs, 2d ACSC W24b (Cat $100 but stated to be "very rare") 2/- 2/6d & 5/-; and 'Medical' Handstamp on 3d; generally fine to very fine
(Qty 65) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Apr-26-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1801
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection
OFFICIAL STAMPS: Imperial Puinches collection on large European pages with Litho 4d x2, both with full margins, one most unusually with a cds cancel; 1861 Intermediate Perf 6d, Perf 14 1d 2d x2 & 4d x2 (one oxidised), Clean-Cut Perf 2d x2 6d & 1/- & Rough Perf 1d 6d SG 45 & 1/- SG 46; No Wmk 1d x9 including one unused & a vertical strip of 4 and 6d x6 including a vertical pair; and Crown/CC Perf 12½ 1d single & block of 4, 2d single & block of 4, 4d x2, 6d x2 & 1/- yellow-green x3 & 1/- sage-green; generally very fine. Ex Mogens Juhl: sold in 1993 for $660. A very difficult group to assemble, the multiples in particular being very scarce.
(Qty 47) (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 2,300.00
Closed..Apr-26-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 2300
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1802
Symbol: #
Cat No: 43
OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1861 Printed by Perkins Bacon Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 1/- yellow-green SG 43 with 3mm imperial puncture, unused, Cat £1000 for a normal stamp, plus a significant premium for the puncture. Such unused stamps are rare.
