Postal History
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1201 |
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 Selection including 1840-55 group of entires mostly to the Sheriff's Office at Melbourne (some interesting content in the letters)
noted 1845 rated "1/-" with 'PORTLAND/ NEW.S.WALES' d/s across the flap, 1850 from Geelong with Half-Length 2d (torn from sheet at left) with Butterfly '15' in blue, 1853 headed "Kyneton" to Attorney-General with almost fine 'MOUNT MACEDON/VICTORIA'
b/s, 1853 from the Deputy-Sheriff's Office at Geelong signed "Foster Fyans" with oval 'PAID/GEELONG' d/s in red, 1855 town letter with Queen-on-Throne Campbell & Fergusson 2d, also Frank Stamps 1887 'POSTMASTER-GENERAL' on postal card to Fitzroy,
1895 'CHIEF SECRETARY' on Government Botanist envelope-front used as a parcel label to Scotland, 'THE TREASURER' on Parliamentary Papers wrapper and 1901 'DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS' on Custom House penalty mourning envelope, plus a few items
from other Colonies, Great Britain & India, condition rather mixed. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$900.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1202 |
PSE |
 1890s-1900s Destination Mail group with covers to Aden ('TOO LATE/SHIP SAILED' h/s), Canada x2 (one registered), Italy, Japan,
Netherlands Indies, Russia & South Africa (1900 with BN '854' & 'BONANG' cds and Boer War censor label), 1½d Postal Cards to Hawaii & Hungary plus 1d Wrapper to China, then postcards to Algeria, Crete, Hungary, India (taxed), Malta, Portuguese East
Africa, Rhodesia, Perak, with very fine 'TAIPING' Squared Circle arrival, Tunisia (with French 'REUNION A MARSEILLES' Mail Boat d/s), Uruguay, etc, most with arrival markings, some PPC interest including 'Gorge, Buffalo Mountains' (1903 small-format
vignette view), 'Methodist Church Bendigo' & 'Town Hall Bendigo', many are fine to very fine. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1203 |
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 1849 outer docketed within "H&R Langlands Melbourne", to "Buninyong" & initially rated "4" at Geelong but endorsed "Charge this letter
9d it is from Melbourne Loose per Steamer" & re-rated "9d", superb 'GEELONG/[crown]/FE*13/1849/PORT PHILLIP' b/s but with no arrival marking, light horizontal filing-fold. An outstanding Port Phillip District cover, bearing the only such pre-stamp
manuscript endorsement we have seen from any of the Australian Colonies. Ex Dale Forster. [Bunnenyong renamed Buninyong 17.1.1859]
The addressee, Thomas Learmonth Jnr & his brothers were important early pastoralists in the Port Phillip District, taking up the 'Boninyong' Run in 1838. Henry & Robert Langlands established Melbourne's first iron foundry in 1842, which grew to
become one of the largest employers in Victoria. They fabricated the boiler for Australia's first train, launched the first iron-hulled vessel & made the pipes for Melbourne's water supply.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1204 |
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 1852 (Sep 29) outer with rare endorsement "Bankers parcel only without letter or writing/J Matheson Mgr/Union Bank of A/Melbourne", to
Geelong rated "1" but corrected to "2" in red with very fine 'PAID/[crown]/SE*29/1852/MELBOURNE' datestamp in red & superb Geelong arrival backstamp of the next day. Remarkable quality & the earliest Printed Matter item known to us. The 2d
concessional rate was for Printed Matter up to 4oz. Ex Max Watson (2000).
The addressee, Captain Foster Fyans, was Commandant of the penal settlements on Norfolk Island 1833-35, and at Moreton Bay 1835-37. He then came to Port Phillip as the first Police Magistrate at the foundling settlement of Geelong, which he persuaded
Governor George Gipps and Robert Hoddle should be at the head of Corio Bay and not at Point Henry as originally intended. Fyans Creek and Fyansford are named after him.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1205 |
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 1853-1855 group of part-entires from the correspondence between artist Nicholas Chevalier and his father Louis Chevalier, comprising
1853 and 1855 Switzerland to Melbourne unstamped with 'LAUSANNE' cds and 'PD' h/s via France & England (both with repaired faults), the latter with London '1d' h/s in red, 1855 Melbourne to Switzerland with very fine 'COLONIES/&c.ART.13' accountancy
h/s in red (stamp roughly removed), five from London to Melbourne one endorsed "per Concord" apparently carried privately with Crowned Oval arrival and Butterly Numeral '14' in red (Freeman & White state used "on official and unclaimed correspondence
at the GPO"), plus five items from Switzerland to Nicholas in Europe three "Poste Restante" at Rome with 'VIA DI/S.JULI' h/s, one to Venice with superb 'TROP TARD' [Very Late] h/s and the last to Germany with very fine 'AUSLAG/VON/ZURICH' h/s in red,
condition quite mixed but full of interest.
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1206 |
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 1854 (April 12) small-part entire from London to Melbourne with largely very fine strike of 'DETAINED ON/BOARD OF SHIP' boxed h/s in
red on face, 'SHIP LETTER/FREE/G.P.O. VICTORIA' cds in red on reverse, small repaired tear not affecting markings. Mail not delivered promptly to the GPO after a ship docked was marked 'DETAINED ...' and the ship's master was heavily fined.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1207 |
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 1858 (May 15) underpaid outer to the Gironde "pr European/Via Marseilles" with Woodblock 6d only (three margins) tied by superb BN '1'
of Melbourne (b/s), three French d/s & very fine '5' (decimes) h/s, minor blemishes. Ben Palmer's Census France #56. [The correct rate was 1/1d so 7d underpaid but undetected]
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1208 |
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 1861 cover to "Wilson Hardy/3 William Street/Melbourne" with NSW Diadems 6d purple tied by a superb strike of the Barred Numeral '1'
of Melbourne (tiny arrival b/s of AP.25/61 in red), minor blemishes.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1209 |
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 1873 (Dec 4) to "Lillerod Jernbane [Railway] Station", Denmark endorsed "over Horsholm" with Bell 2d & Laureates 6d tied by two fine
to very fine strikes of Barred Numeral '575' (rated RRR) with largely very fine 'COCKATOO/VICTORIA' cds alongside and 'TALBOT' & Melbourne transit b/s, 'LONDON/PAID/26JA74' cds & 'PD' h/s both in red on face, various rate endorsements on the face, by
train from Copenhagen with Danish 'N.SJ.JB.P.B./299' [Sjaelland Railway North] Travelling Post Office duplex & 'HORSHOLM/29/1/1874' b/s, superb 'LILLEROD'/[star] village arrival h/s on face, a couple of minor blemishes hardly detract. Cockatoo (1) PO
opened 1.11.1866; renamed Narrigal 14.12.1874. [Goldmining]
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$1,250.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1210 |
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 1883 (July 21) OHMS envelope with very fine 'COMMANDANT LOCAL FORCES/FRANK/[coat-of-arms]/ STAMP/VICTORIA' handstamp in blue & 'HEAD
QUARTERS/Victoria Barracks' imprint at lower-left, to "Treasury" with 'EMERALD HILL/VICTORIA - 148' duplex, Melbourne arrival backstamp. [Dating from 1853, the Barracks were erected on St Kilda Road, south of Melbourne, and are still under the
control of the Department of Defence. In 1883, Emerald Hill was renamed South Melbourne]
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1211 |
PSE |
 1883-91 registered quartet comprising 1) 1883 to France "p S Chimboraza" with scarce franking of Laureates 3d orange x3 & Bell 1d
green tied by '1' killer cancels, Italian rubber 'R'-in-octagon struck in violet in transit, French TPO cds b/s & redirected on arrival, part-flap removed; 2) 1889 to Italy with Naish 4d & Astley 6d tied by 'WALHALLA - 481' duplex with boxed
'REGISTERED' h/s alongside; 3) & 4) 1891 Avis de Reception form to GB with 'REGISTERED/DE21/91/GPO' cds (affected by amateurish repair at left), with Victorian 2½d red/yellow tied by oval 'REGISTERED/LONDON' d/s of the next day in red, returned to
Victoria under cover where forwarded in OHMS envelope endorsed "Avis De Reception" & thus sent free of charge. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1212 |
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 1884 (July 16) David Hill cover with Stamp Statute 1d green x2 tied by Melbourne duplex cancels, 'CERES/VICTORIA' arrival b/s of same
day, minor gum residue marks around one unit. [The Stamp Statute series was authorised for postal use from 1.1.1884 and were valid until 30.6.1901] Ex Ed Williams.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1213 |
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 1885 Hill correspondence large-part wrapper endorsed "Newspaper Only" with Stamp Statute '½d/HALF' Overprint on 1d green tied by
Melbourne duplex cancel. Ex Ed Williams.
Grade A (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$95.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1214 |
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 1885 (Jan 28) front page of The Argus newspaper of 27.1.1885 (masthead & top portion of printed text; trimmed to 470x120mm), to San
Francisco endorsed "Per Zealandia" with Stamp Duty 1d pale bistre solo tied by 'SANDHURST/VICTORIA - 4' duplex cancel, minor folds & slight edge faults hardly detract from this scarce survivor. Ex Ed Williams.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1215 |
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 1885 (Feb 20) envelope to Germany endorsed "S.S. Liguria" with Bantam ½d red, Naish 1d green & Stamp Duty 2/- blue/green tied by
Melbourne duplex cancels, Italy 'MILAN/27/3-85' transit and 'COLN A RHEIN/28 3/85' arrival b/s, a few blemishes, one back flap missing & slightly shortened at right not affecting the b/s, missing piece at U/L & small tear ar L/L repaired with
archival tape. The Orient Line 'Liguria' left Melbourne on 20.2.1885, arriving at Naples on 24.3.1885. The rate was 8½d per ½oz x3. Ex Ed Williams.
Grade (B) (Image1)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1216 |
PSE |
 1891 (Jan 31) local usage of Envelope 2d violet with superb strike of rounded-boxed 'RECEIVED OPEN/AT G.P.O./WITHOUT CONTENTS' (worn
state; several frame-breaks), a few minor blemishes.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1217 |
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 1896 cover endorsed "Via Sydney Sanfrancisco/per SS Monowai", to New Brunswick with rounded-boxed 'PAQUEBOT' h/s (Hosking #1500; ERD
by 7 years) at L/L and Victorian ½d 1d & 2d tied by 'SYDNEY/ SP28/96/ 18 ' duplex, 'WINDSOR/OC27/96/ONT' transit b/s, light soiling & minor spotting.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$180
SOLD for AU$135.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1218 |
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 1898 (Dec 1) to Washington State "Via Sydney/Per SS Warrimoo" with Naish 2d & Large Stamp Duty 6d blue (fiscal cancel removed) tied by
largely-fine 'ELIZABETH STREET NORTH' cds, 'TACOMA, WASH/ DEC/30/1898/Registry Division Foreign' b/s; plus 1900 cover to Sydney with Large Stamp Duty 1d green pair (one unit faulty) tied by 'YARRAVILLE' cds. Ex Ed Williams.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1219 |
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 1901 (Nov 19) usage of long-format General Post Office OHMS mourning envelope 'POSTMASTER- GENERAL' Frank Stamp and penalty advice,
registered to USA with 1½d orange/yellow x 4 & 2d violet affixed on face tied by 'REGISTERED/MELBOURNE' 'R' duplex, San Francisco transit & New York arrival b/s, a couple of very small repaired edge tears.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 1220 |
PSE |
 1904 (Jan 12) usage of Registration Envelope 3d red Line Through Stamp to Belgium with ½d Bantam & 1½ orange/yellow x3 tied by 'MARKET
ST/MELBOURNE W' cds (a little light; largely very fine strike on value indicia on reverse), Melbourne transits & very fine 'BRUXELLES (RECEIPT)/13/FEVR/04' oval arrival b/s. The rate was 2½d per ½oz foreign letter x2 plus 3d registration fee.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
