Europe continued... Great Britain continued... Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 2552 cover Highland Railway 1865/1910c.: The Highland Railway & Stamp Collecting - a correspondence from the famous collector / dealer L'Estrange Ewen of Swanage addressed to Robert Park in Inverness secretary of the Highland Railway with 1906 list of the stamps available for sale and the number in each sheet (Newspaper labels for the five different railways were in sheets of 48 subjects); together with six Highland Railway invoices for purchases of stamps amounting to £ 5 and 9 d., Highland Railway adhesives on leaves from 1865 issue to 1875 issues (13 items); 1912 cover to L'Estrange Ewen in Norwood witth Severn & Wye Railway 2 d. green; 1892 envelope from A. Weisz "Wholesale and Retial Stamp Dealer" from London to Austria at printed matter rate; Queensland 1896 1½ d. stationery card from Brisbane to Plymouth offering quantities of Queensland stamps and Fiscals, 1910 cover and contents regarding the Stamp Trade and Ewen's competition with Stanley Gibbons and Peckitt, 1887 printed "Stamp Collectors of the World" list by John H. Hubbard in New Hamphire etc. A most interesting lot (27 items) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (All Images) Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2555 cover 1870/1965ca.: Collection comprising predominantly postal stationery from the Queen Victoria and Edward VII periods, with a smaller proportion of later material, housed in eight albums. Used and unused, including numerous interesting commercial usages, censorship mail and uprated items. Also included are private postal stationery, items with two embossed stamp imprints, and, for example, an envelope bearing the commercial imprint 'ALFRED SMITH & Co. / BATH / Foreign Stamp Importers / Timbres-poste pour collections', one of the well-known early philatelic dealers. The collection further includes registered covers and other special postal usages, including airmail and an envelope soldiers' concession rate mail. One album contains unused QEII aerograms. In total approximately 800 items Get Market Data for [Great Britain Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 500.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2557 cover 1891/1905: Four covers, each bearing a 1 d. postage franking together with a railway stamp: 1 d. Victoria violet with 2 d. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY stamp in crimson; ½ d. stationery envelope additionally franked with ½ d. green and 2 d. GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY stamp in green; the same green railway stamp on an envelope franked with 1 d. Edward VII carmine; and a similar cover with 1 d. Edward VII and a MIDLAND RAILWAY stamp. All covers with pencil cancellations on both the postage and railway stamps. Fine condition (Image 1) Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2558 piece/cover Channel Islands Collection (41 items) with Great Britain 1 d. red star and 1856 1 s. green each cancelled by superb "1495" petit chiffres of Le Havre; Great Britain 1855/57 4 d rose on piece with superb "1441" petit chiffres of Granville (ex Bill Newport collection): 1 d. red on piece tied by "1706" gros chiffres of Granville and further strikes on 3 d. rose (2) and 9 d. straw (also ex Newport); Great Britain 1 d. red star pair cancelled by bold "3176" of St. Malo, 1855/57 4 d. rose on piece similarly cancelled (both ex Newport); France 1862 40 c. and 1867 30 c. well struck with Jersey "409" obliterators in black, Le Havre octagonal Mobile Box markings on GB Surface printed adhesives (3), off cover and on 1911 card strikes of framed "JERSEY / FRANCE / M.B." Mobile Box markings (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 350.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2571 No Lot Currently...CHF 0.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2692 cover Ship mail via the Cape of Good Hope; 1815 (March 14): Entire letter from London, England to Sydney, New South Wales prepaid “1/2” for a ship letter to New South Wales. Large crowned London datestamp on the reverse. Very fine condition for its age and a great Australian Colonial rarity. Route - Private sailing ship: Departed London 20.4.1815 per “Baring” via Madeira and Rio De Janeiro to Sydney, arriving 7.9.1815 (142 days). The “Baring” was transporting 290 male convicts to New South Wales. Note: The entire is addressed to the early colonial merchant Captain Joseph James. The book “The James of George Town” written by Graeme Broxam details the history and the correspondence of this merchant family. Nearly all the letters are now held in museums, with only a couple available to collectors. This entire is Letter No. 4 in the correspondence. This letter was advertised as unclaimed in the “Sydney Gazette” of 23 September 1815. Rarity: The earliest cover recorded from England to the Australian Colonies. The second earliest cover recorded to the Australian Colonies, the earliest being from this correspondence from the Cape of Good Hope two years earlier (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 2,500.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM 2694 cover Ship mail via the Cape of Good Hope; 1836 (July 2): Entire letter from Blackheath, England to Maitland, New South Wales, redirected to Darlington with “Blackpool/2py Paid” handstamp in black with multiple rate markings, GB handstamps on the reverse and Sydney arrival datestamp of the 9 December 1836. Fine and colourful early inwards entire. Route - Private sailing ship: Departed Downs, England 8.8.1836 per “Bengal Merchant” to Sydney 9.12; overland to Maitland, redirected to Darlington (124 days). Note: The convict ship “Bengal Merchant” embarked with 270 male convicts, one of whom died on the voyage (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM 2695 cover Ship mail via the Cape of Good Hope; 1839 (October 31): Entire from Falmouth, England to Melbourne, Port Philip District, prepaid “1/2” manuscript in red with “3/-” ship letter inwards fee manuscript in black. Clear crowned "MELBOURNE / NEW S. WALES" arrival datestamp in black of the 14 May 1840. A great inwards rarity for mails to the Port Philip District, later Victoria. Some minor internal staining, otherwise fine. Route - Private sailing ship: Departed London 8.11.1839 per “Mangles” via Cape Town 1.3 to Sydney 27.4.1840. The "Joshua Carroll", a British brig/merchant ship used in regional Australian coastal traffic departed from Launceston (Tasmania) on 12.5.1840 (see note at lower left of the cover) and arrived in Port Phillip (Melbourne) on 14.5.1840. Note: The convict ship “Mangles” embarked with 289 convicts and soldiers from the 50th, 51st and 96th Regiments. Arriving in Melbourne on the schooner-brig "Joshua Carroll" departing from Launceston (Tasmania) on May 12, 1840. Rarity: The earliest inwards cover recorded from a foreign destination to the Port Philip District (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Currently...CHF 1,000.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM 2696 cover Ship mail via the Cape of Good Hope; 1841 (May 8): Folded cover from Falmouth, England to Melbourne, Port Philip District with “Paid 8d” manuscript in black and with unusually “3/6”(d) manuscript in black for a bundle of letters for the ship letter inwards fee. Manuscript “1/4”(d) for forwarding overland from Sydney to Melbourne. Departure and transit datestamps on the front and reverse. Some peripheral blemishes, otherwise very fine. Another rare inwards cover to the Port Philip District. Route - Private sailing ship: Departed Falmouth 8.5.1841 to London. Departed London 23.5 per “Forth” to Sydney 29.8; overland to Melbourne (over 113 days). Rarity: One of the earliest inward cover recorded from a foreign destination to the Port Philip District (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM 2699 cover Ship mail via the Cape of Good Hope; 1842 (March 15): Entire letter from London, England to Adelaide, South Australia with “RETURNED/for/ POSTAGE” handstamp in red and manuscript “1/-” in black for a ship letter to South Australia. Very fine and a rare colonial letter. A biography of the addressee Benjamin Da Costa accompanies the lot. Private sailing ship: Departed London 20.6.1842 per “Taglioni” via Cape of Good Hope 31.5 to Adelaide, arriving 13.10.1842 (118 days). Rarity: One of the earliest inwards covers recorded to South Australia (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 500.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM 2701 cover Ship mail via the Cape of Good Hope; 1844 (Jan 10): Outer lettersheet from London, England to Fremantle, Western Australia with crisp "LONDON / PAID SHIP LETTER" datestamp in red, manuscript “8” (d) in black for the inward letter fee to be paid by the recipient. One backflap and sideflaps missing, nevertheless a rare colonial letter. Route - Private sailing ship: Departed London 10.1.1844 to Fremantle. Note: The receiver, Reverend George King was Fremantle's first resident Church of England clergyman, arriving in late 1841 to serve the young Swan River Colony. Rarity: One of the earliest inward covers recorded to Western Australia (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM 2702 cover T & T: Put this text outside in front of this lot: The Toulmin Packet mail service to New South Wales 1844-49 The extension of the P&O Line service to India in 1843 led the colonists to hope for a line of steam packets to Australia. Instead, the British Admiralty signed a monthly sailing packet contract from London to Sydney, operated by the brothers Henry and Calvert Toulmin. The first sailing to Sydney was on the 1.2.1844. In May 1845 it was decided to re-route the sailings via either Galle or Calcutta to catch the P&O service, however, there was no time advantage gained and the cost was prohibitive. This route was abandoned for the original Cape Horn route from October 1846 until the end of the contract in mid 1849. Lot description: Ship mail via the Cape of Good Hope; 1845 (February 25): Entire letter from Aberdeen, Scotland to Brisbane, Moreton Bay district with manuscript “1/-” manuscript in red representing prepayment for a ½ oz packet letter via the Toulmin Packet service to New South Wales. Manuscript “7”(d) in black comprising 3 d. for the inwards ship letter fee plus 4 d. for forwarding to the Moreton Bay District. Directed to George Farquhar Leslie, an active advocate for the separation of Queensland as a separate Colony. Cover wirh vertical filing fold, otherwise very fine and attractive. Route - Toulmin Packet: Departed London 1.3.1845 per "Puruvian” to Sydney 5.7.1845. Private steamer: Departed Sydney 18.7 per “Sovereign” to Brisbane, arriving 20.7.1845 (141 days). Rarity: One of the earliest inwards covers recorded to the Moreton Bay District (Queensland) and a rare Toulmin packet service to the Australian Colonies. Provenance Collection Bernie Beston (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 1,000.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM 2705 cover Ship mail via the Cape of Good Hope; 1846 (May 30): Entire letter from Glasgow, Scotland via Sydney 'care of Rev. Dr. Ross, Sydney, N.S.W.', directed to Rev. Henry Nisbet in Upolu, Samoa with “1/-” manuscript in red indicating the entire was sent as a packet letter via Southampton and “3”(d) manuscript in black representing the incoming ship letter fee to be paid by the recipient. From the famous Nesbit correspondence and a very scarce Toulmin Brothers packet letter via Sydney to Samoa. Route - Toulmin Packet: Departed London 2.6.1846 per “Trafalgar” to Sydney 8.10. Private sailing ship: Departed Sydney 29.10 per “Vanguard” to Samoa (over 149 days). Rarity: Usage of the Australian mail service for forwarding to Samoa (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 500.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM 2711 cover T & T: Put this text outside in front of this lot: Australian colonial mail linking in to the northern hemisphere steamer service In 1835, a monthly steam packet was introduced from Falmouth to Alexandria, however, this had no direct impact on the mails from Australia. From 1839 there was a monthly closed mail between England and India carried by the steamers of the East India Company from Suez to Bombay. In 1843, the P&O Line service ran from Suez to Calcutta via Galle providing another possible link for Australian Colonial mail to connect to the steam service other than the Bombay option. From 1845 P&O extended their Far East service to Hong Kong via Singapore, so there was another route linking in for Australian mails to be sent via Singapore. Map A map showing the mailing routes available to the Australian Colonies linking in to the P&O Line steamer service Lot description: Early Ships Under Sail - Overland via Marseilles; 1850 (February 20): Second page of Entire letter from London, England, directed to Burra Burra Mines, Adelaide, South Australia endorsed at top “p Overland Mail via Marseilles” with manuscript “2/7”(d) in red representing prepayment for a ½ oz ship letter to South Australia via Marseilles. Manuscript "6" (d) for the incoming ship letter fee and bold G.P.O. South Australia datestamp arrival in blue of the 8 July 1850. Very fine and a rare example of this rate to the Australian Colonies, with no examples recorded this early in the Ward sale in 2016. Route: Departed London 20.2.1850 by rail via Paris to Marseilles. P&O Line: Departed Marseilles 1.3 per “Ripon” via Malta 3.3 to Alexandria 8.3; overland to Suez. Departed Suez 11.3 per “Precursor” via Aden 17.3 to Galle 29.3. Departed Galle 30.3 per “Braganza” via Penang 6.4 to Singapore 9.4. Private sailing ship: Departed Singapore 28.4 per “Martha” to Adelaide, arriving 8.7.1850 (138 days). Note: The addressee, G.S. Walters, was the government surveyor responsible for the transport route from the mines to Port Wakefield. Provenance: Collection Don Pearce, Abacus sale 254 (December 2023), lot 2019 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM 2712 cover Early Ships Under Sail - Overland via Marseilles; 1851 (June 21): Entire letter from London, England to Melbourne, Victoria endorsed at top “p Overland Mail via Marseilles” with manuscript “1/10”(d) scored through and rerated “2/2”(d) in red representing prepayment for a ¼ oz ship letter to Victoria via Marseilles. Manuscript “5”(d) for the 3 d. incoming ship letter fee plus 2 d. overland mail to Melbourne. Very fine and rare. Unusually, the incoming ship “Amelia” docked at Portland, with a fine datestamp on the front, instead of continuing to Melbourne. Another rare example of this rate to the Australian Colonies, with no examples recorded this early in the Ward sale in 2016. Route: Departed London 21.6.1851 by rail via Paris to Marseilles. P&O Line: Departed Marseilles 27.6 per “Ripon” via Malta 29.6 to Alexandria 4.7; overland to Suez. Departed Suez 7.7 per “Oriental” via Aden 12.7 to Galle 22.7. Departed Galle 23.7 per “Malta” via Penang 29.7 to Singapore 31.7. Private sailing ship: Departed Singapore 3.8 per “Amelia” to Portland 12.10; overland to Melbourne, arriving 16.10.1851 (117 days). Provenance: Collection Dubois, Corinphila sale 332 (June 2024), lot 40294 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM 2715 cover Early Ships Under Sail - Via the Indian Ocean; 1838 (February 26): Folded cover from London, England to Bombay, India, redirected to Sydney, New South Wales with Free handstamps in red applied at London and with multiple transit datestamps in red on the reverse for Madras (2 June), Mauritius (23 August) and Sydney arrival (16 November). Fine and rare, and believed to be the earliest inwards cover from India to the Australian Colonies. Route - Private sailing ship: Departed London 26.2.1838 to Alexandria; overland to Suez; private sailing ship to Bombay. Redirected via Madras 7.6 and Mauritius 23.8 per “Freak” via Hobart to Sydney, arriving 18.11.1838 (265 days) (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 500.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM 2724 cover T & T: Put this text outside in front of this lot: The first Steamship Voyages to the Australian Colonies - Via Cape of Good Hope Records of the first steamship voyages to the Australian Colonies are difficult to identify and fall into two main categories. The first paddle wheel naval steamship sent by the British Admiralty as part of the East India Station was H.M.S. “Driver” which arrived in Sydney in February 1845. These vessels acted as “Packet Ships” carrying mail on the way home, however, no inwards covers are recorded. The first inwards paddle wheel steamship to arrive in the Australian Colonies was the S.S. “Sophie Jane” from London in 1831. She was sent out as a merchant vessel and plied the trade up the eastern coast between Sydney and Port Stephens. A number of steamships followed in her path, but no mail has been recorded from any of them until 1851. The only way steamship mail can be identified is by the vessel endorsements on the covers and research identifying them as a steamship. All steamers from this period were paddle wheelers, and most of the voyages were conducted under sail since the price of coal to propel the steamers was prohibitive. Lot description: The first Steamship Voyages to the Australian Colonies - Via Cape of Good Hope; 1851 (Nov 7): Folded cover from London, England to Geelong, Victoria and endorsed at lower left “Pr Stmr Warata via Sydney” at lower left. Paid ship letter datestamps in red with manuscript “8”(d) in red representing the prepayment. Manuscript “5”(d) in black for the ship letter inwards fee comprising 3d ship and 2d overland applied at Geelong with transit and arrival datestamps on the reverse. Horizontal filing fold, otherwise very fine. Route - Non-contract Steamship: Departed Greenock 13.11.1851 per “Waratah” via St. Vincent 6.12, Ascension 21.12 and Table Bay 28.1.1852 to Sydney 26.3. Private sailing ship: Departed Sydney 27.3 per “William Prouse” to Melbourne 1.4; overland to Geelong, arriving 1.4.1852 (139 days). Note: The steamer “Waratah” caused a sensation on arrival in Sydney. Crowds of people lined the wharf to see her. It was commented in the Sydney Morning Heald on the 27.3 that she was the finest steamship in the colonies. The steamer formed part of the fleet of the Australasian Steam Navigation Co. and plied the Australian waters between Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney until sold to a foreign shipping company in Shanghai, China in 1867. Rarity: The earliest inwards steamship cover recorded to the Australian Colonies (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM 2727 cover The first Steam Packet Contracts 1852/56 - Via Cape of Good Hope; 1853 (July 8): Entire letter from London, England to Perth, Western Australia, “St. James St.” handstamp in blue and manuscript “1/-” in red for prepayment represented by the London Paid datestamp in red. Inward mail to Western Australia is rare during this period, much rarer than outgoing mail. Route - Single voyage contract sailing ship: Departed Plymouth 5.8.1853 per “Vimiera” to Melbourne 11.11. McMeckan, Blackwood & Co: Departed Melbourne 14.11 per “Havilah” to Adelaide 18.11. P&O Line: Departed Adelaide 4.12 per “Chusan” to Albany 6.12; overland to Perth, arriving 8.12.1853 (154 days). Note: The previous P&O Line packet had left on the 4th July, four days before this envelope was posted. The cover was placed in the next available service, the sailing ship “Vimiera” which replaced the cancelled Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation vessel. Rarity: Contract packet mail to Western Australia is rare with less than ten examples recorded (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM 2732 cover Clipper sailings 1852/55 - Via Cape of Good Hope; 1854 (May 13) Folded cover from London, England to Launceston, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) endorsed “Per Lightening from Liverpool” at the top left and paid London handstamp in red. On arrival is the scarce boxed “CAMP TOWN” datestamp for the 6 August 1854. Two vertical filing folds, otherwise fine and attractive. Route - Black Ball Line: Departed Liverpool per “Lightning” 14.5.1854 to Melbourne 31.7. Launceston Steamship Co: Departed Melbourne 2.8 per “Lady Bird” to Launceston 5.8; overland to Campbell Town, arriving 6.8.1854 (85 days) (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM 2733 piece Clipper sailings 1852/55 - Via Cape of Good Hope; 1855 (March 31): Valentine’s Ocean Penny Postage Type 1 propaganda front (State 14) from Workington, England to Melbourne, Victoria with manuscript “6”(d) in red representing prepayment for a ½ oz ship letter to Victoria. Large closed tear at base. Rare. Route: Departed Workington 31.3.1855 by rail via London 2.4 to Liverpool. Black Ball Line: Departed Liverpool 5.4 per “Marco Polo” to Melbourne, arriving 31.7.1855 (122 days). Note: This is a rare usage of the Ocean Penny Post envelope to Australia. David Turner in his book “Ocean Penny Postage” describes usages to Australia on page 180 as being very rare with only three recorded to the Australian Colonies. This example, Type 14, is unique and is described in detail on Pages 184-185 and is illustrated in colour on Page 156. It is the only used example recorded. An unused envelope is in the Royal Collection. This is the first example addressed to Australia to be offered to the market in over twenty years. Rarity: The only example of the Ocean Penny Postage Type 1 envelope (State 14) available to collectors and one of three envelopes recorded to the Australian Colonies. Provenance: Collection Dale Forster (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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