1853 1d PALE BLUE COURIER on thin white paper. Four good margins and Launceston "60" barred numeral cancel. Fine. SG 3 £1,300 (Image)

1853 4d COURIER: 4d orange, Pl. 2 with four good margins and Hobart "64" cancel. Fine. SG 10 (Image)

1853 4d COURIER COVER WITH EARLY DATESTAMPS: 2 May 1855 EL from Launceston to Hobart franked 4d orange Courier Pl. 2 with 4 good margins, tied by fine "60" numeral cancel. Cover shows despatch & arrival "PRE-PAID" datestamps in red, believed to be earliest recorded dates. A fine & significant cover. [Ex Tinsley, ex Blake] (Image)

2d IMPERF. MINT GROUP: 1860 2d slate-green imperf., group of 4 mint singles, 3 of these being 4-margin examples. SG 34 £1,800 (4) (Image)

1d SEAMAN'S CONCESSION RATE MAIL; 10 Feb. 1889 env. to England From J.E.Young SGI (Senior Gunnery Instructor) HMS Swinger Hobart counter-signed by Commanding Officer below and franked 1d DLR (excised and replaced) tied by London cds. Boston (Lincs.) cds on rear and flap and control '4' selvedge used to seal the flap. Ex Blake. Three 1d Chalon and three 1d DLR frankings representing this concession rate are recorded by us Cross Reference: INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES (Image)

CIRCULAR DATESTAMP GROUP; Range on annotated leaves in small binder mostly on 1d & 2d Pictorial issues with some scarcer types inc. "BEACH END" (2 - 1903 and 1911), "BLESSINGTON UPPER", "CALDER UPPER", "CAMP CREEK", "CENTRAL CASTRA", "CHRISTMAS HILL" (rare), "CLARENCE PLAINS", "DARWIN, "DEEP BAY", "GAWLER", "GLEN FERN" (rare), "GOSHEN", "GRAY", "HILLEND" (rare), "KANGAROO VALLEY", "KING RIVER" (rare), "LIENA" (v.rare), "LOIRA" (rare), "MOUNT HICKS LWR", "MT HICKS UPPER" (rare), "MURDUNNA" (v.rare), "NUGENT" (1910), "QUAMBY BROOK", "ROSEBERRY STATION", "SHANNON", "SOUTH PRESTON", "THIRLSTANE", "UNDERWOOD", "WILMOT LOWER" (rare) and many others. (c100) (Image)