Mostly Tasmanian consignment remainders including Letter Bills x12 with cds including 'CRANBROOK', 'SPRING-HILL' & 'TUNBRIDGE', 1907 taxed Tatts cover from Victoria with Postage Due 4d, advertising covers for NZ Insurance Co Tasmanian Branch & Charles Davis (Hobart) with all-over illustration on the reverse, etc; also 1674 Scottish entire from Carlisle to Langholme & 1825 German entire in French from Aix la Chapelle to St Lo with 'AACHEN' d/s, boxed 'PRUSSE/PAR/GIVET' h/s & 'CPR1' h/s; condition variable. (Qty 22) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Early inwards mail group including 1832 from GB "pr first vessel direct" (faults), 1841 stampless with very fine 'Maddox-St' h/s to an officer with the 89th Regiment at Launceston, 1853 from Victoria unstamped with b/s of 'PORTLAND' & 'MELBOURNE', 1854 from England "per Lightning/from Liverpool" with boxed 'CAMP TOWN/6 Aug 54' arrival d/s on the face, 1856 (front) from Adelaide & 1857 entire from 'PENOLA' both with South Australia Imperf 6d SG 3 (each with 3 margins), 1863 from Mauritius (stamp removed: weep!) with very fine 'MISSENT/TO ADELAIDE SA' h/s, & a couple of others, various datestamps, condition variable. (Qty 11) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1826 (Feb 4) lengthy entire to Yorkshire "per Andromeda/Feb 18 1826" with a largely very fine strike of the small undated single-oval 'HOBART TOWN/V.D.L' h/s (most strikes are poor), step 'PORTSMOUTH/SHIP LETTER' h/s on the face, London transit b/s of 5JY5 in red, straightline 'KIRKBYMOORSIDE' h/s, redirected to London with largely superb 'YORK/JY10/1826/132' b/s, various rate markings, light soiling & minor internal repairs with archival tape.The historically fascinating letter states "...this Colony is in a state of political warfare...He [the Chief Justice ??] is quite idolised...too humane for a colony composed as this is, a prisoner need not have a Counsel...he takes care to watch every point for them...I am sorry to see the Governor get more & more unpopular...The Council have suspended the Attorney-General...3 Attorneys...are to be struck of [sic] the Rolls for advocating the Attorney General's case and giving their tongues too much latitude..." [In 1823, Joseph Tice Gellibrand was appointed the island's first Attorney-General. An advocate for trial reform, he was at odds with the autocratic Governor George Arthur. In 1825, he was charged with unprofessional conduct & lost his government position. Later, along with John Batman, Gellibrand was a leading member of the Port Phillip Association]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1829 undated OHMS outer to London with an above-average strike of the double-oval undated 'LAUNCESTON' h/s & signed at L/L "J [or T ?] Thomson/Lt RM", largely very fine 'SHIP LETTER/MARGATE' stepped b/s & rated "2/8", London arrival b/s of 17OC17/1829, a couple of folds with some internal repairs with archival tape. [An enigma: the Army Museum of Tasmania doesn't record a Royal Marines detachment in VDL later than 1812. Perhaps Thomson was the Governor's aide de camp?]

Grade (B) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1842-53 prestamp entires (mostly) including 1842 to London with an unusually fine & complete strike of the huge GPO d/s in red, 1842 Hobart to Campbell Town endorsed "Missent", 1846 Hobart to Launceston with very fine 'PAID/1SP1/1846' d/s in red, postmasters' manuscripts of "Ross" x3 & "Richmond", two with boxed 'CAMP TOWN/...' d/s, 1850 & 1855 with different '[crown]/FREE' d/s in red & both signed by Governor "WDenison" at L/L, another of 1850 signed "Chester Eardley-Wilmot" (son of Denison's predecessor), some minor problems but generally fine to very fine. (Qty 17) (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1851 outer to Campbell Town with postmaster's endorsement "Ross/7th July 51" at left & rated "4" for an inland letter, superb strike of the rare unframed 'CTOWN/("8").JULY.51' arrival datestamp on the face. A very desirable prestamp cover, of superior quality to John Cress's 1850 example that sold in 2005 for $2155]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1853-68 group franked with Courier 4d (cut-square but stained), Imperf 4d x5, Imperf 6d x3 (all with virtually full margins; internal, to Victoria, or to England), Perf 10 4d x2 (one a front only) & 1865 to England with Imperf 4d (fault) + Perf 10 6d, various numerals & datestamps, condition variable. (Qty 12) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1855 (Dec 3) mercantile entire to Victoria with Star Wmk 4d blue SG 18 (full margins, tiny concealed nick at the base; Cat £140 x3+ on cover) with indistinct BN & light but clear strike of the 34½mm Hobart Town cds in red, large-part 'SHIP LETTER/FREE/DC 7/1855/GPO VICTORIA' transit b/s in red & very fine 'PAID/[crown]/ DC*7/1855/GEELONG' arrival b/s unusually in black because of emergency usage in lieu of their 'SHIP LETTER/FREE/...' cds, vertical filing fold clear of the Geelong d/s & minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1861 mercantile entire with postmaster's manuscript "Macquarie River/10.1.61" at left & Imperf Chalon 4d pale blue (margins close to good) tied by manuscript numeral "42", very fine boxed 'PRE-PAID/JA11/1851' arrival b/s of Launceston in red, ironed-out horizontal filing fold & minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1862 envelope to Scotland with Imperf 4d pale blue SG 36 vertical pair (almost full margins, the lower unit with 6mm scissor-cut into the design) tied by two very fine to superb strikes of Second Allocation BN '28', postmaster's manuscript endorsement "Elizabeth Town/22 January 62", diamond 'LAUNCESTON' d/s in red across the flap, London cds of MR19/62 in red on the face, very fine unframed 'ST ANDREWS' & 'CUPAR FIFE' arrival b/s (originally inscribed 'CUPAR PIPE'), minor blemishes. Unusually overpaid for the 6d packet rate. Carried per 'Northam' to Galle; 'Nemesis' to Suez; and 'Pera', arriving Southampton 19.3.1862.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400