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Postal History - Stamp Period pre-UPU 1855-1891 continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

2201

1889 (Jan 11) cover to "Down Shire Rode/Newry/Irland" [sic] endorsed "via Plymouth" with Perkins Bacon '8 PENCE' on 9d olive-grey tied by 'KOORINGA/S.A' 23mm squared-circle (rated RR) and very fine 'REGISTERED/No. ("33")' curved seriffed handstamp alongside, 'PLYMOUTH/ FE24/89' cds, London 'REGISTERED' in red on face '& NEWRY' backstamp both of the next day, part of the flap missing & small repair at the top. The rate was 4d per ½oz plus 4d registration fee. Carried by the Orient Line 'Lusitania' ex Adelaide 21.1.1899; arrived Plymouth 28.2.1899. However, this item must have been landed at Naples and forwarded by rail, the mail arriving Plymouth 24.2.1889. On 1.1.1889, a new route via Plymouth, operated by the Orient Line to its home port, was introduced at 4d per ½oz, compared with the via Southamptonrate of 6d. It lasted until the uniform 2½d Australia-UK rate was introduced on 1.1.1891 exactly two years later. Tabeart states (Vol II p24) that "...this reduced 4d rate was not used much and letters are hard to find". He gives an example of the 'Austral' sailing on 18.3.1889 carrying 212 bags of mail, 207 of which were landed at Naples at the 6d per ½oz via Italy rate and only five (4% of the total) being landed at Plymouth. No wonder 4d-rate covers are very elusive, and registered mail must be rare. See also Lots 2203 and 2208]

Grade (A-) (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2202

1889 (April 8) cover with 'ACRAMAN SON & CO/ADELAIDE' imprint on the flap, to the Netherlands endorsed "p Britannia" with De La Rue Perf 10 6d blue tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/ S2 /S-A - S AUSTRALIA' duplex, the reverse with 'BRINDISI/9/MAG/89/ (A) ' transit and 'AMSTERDAM/12/MEI/89/3-4N' arrival cds and 'C191'-in-oval postman's handstamp, a small piece of the flap missing. From -.4.1888, the rate to most European countries including the Netherlands was set at 6d per ½oz via all routes. A scarce pre-UPU destination: even from Victoria, Ben Palmer records only 15 items.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2203

1889 (May 27) unsealed cover to England with De La Rue Perf 10 2d x2 tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/ S2 /ADELAIDE - S AUSTRALIA' duplex, 'PLYMOUTH/JY3/89' transit & London arrival backstamp of the next day, light stain at the base. Per 'Lusitania' ex Adelaide 27.5.1899; arrived Plymouth 3.7.1899. On 1.1.1889, a reduced 4d rate to Plymouth per Orient only was introduced, lasting until 1.1.18981 when replaced by the 2½d uniform rate. Items franked at this rate are very elusive: see also Lot 2201.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2204

1889 (June 17) cover to India with De La Rue Perf 10 6d blue tied by largely very fine 'RUNDLE STREET P O/S-A' cds (rated R), GPO & Bombay (JUL14/89) transits & superb 'WELLESLEY- STREET/1ST/DELY/17JL/89' (Calcutta) arrival backstamp, minor blemishes. From -.4.1882, the rate was reduced from 1/- to 6d per ½oz via either Galle or the Torres Strait.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$220.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2205

1889 cover to "Prag, Austria" (Bohemia) with scarce franking of Perkins Bacon 4d bright purple & De La Rue Perf 10 3d olive pair tied by 'REGISTERED ADELAIDE/S-A' squared-circle, curved sans-serif 'REGISERED/ No ("3024")' handstamp, Naples transit backstamp of '4/11 89' & very fine boxed 'NAPOLI FERROVIA/4/NOV/89 - CAMBIO COLL'ESTERO' registration handstamp, 'PRAG/7/11/89/PRAHA' arrival backstamp. From -.4.1888, the rate to most European countries including Austria was set at 6d per ½oz via all routes, plus 4d registration fee. Very attractive. [The De La Rue 3d olive Perf 10 or Perf 13 are both very scarce on cover]

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$725.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2206

1890 (circa) piece of bluish card (193x106mm) endorsed "Book parcel/ ... /Addelaide" [sic] at upper-left, to Nairne with De La Rue Perf 10 2d orange pair tied by a indistinct GPO duplex of indeterminate date, very fine strike of the scarce 'MISSENT/TO-ADELAIDE S.A' handstamp (presumably applied in error), minor blemishes. An unusual piece: perhaps it was sent somewhere other than to Nairne, and the handstamp applied to explain the delay. The rate was double 1d per 4oz book parcel. See also Lot 2097.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2207

1890 (May 10) cover with colourless 'BANK OF AUSTRALASIA' embossing on the flap, to "Colonial Bank/Kingston/Jamaica" endorsed "via Frisco & Panama" with scarce franking of Perkins Bacon Perf 10x11½-12½ 4d purple & De La Rue Perf 10 6d blue tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/ 1 /S.A - S AUSTRALIA' duplex, superb 'KINGSTON/ 1E /JY13/90/JAMAICA' squared-circle arrival backstamp, minor blemishes. A rare pre-UPU destination from Australia: even from Victoria, Ben Palmer records only one item, of 27.7.1891. The trans-Pacific via Panama rate from Victoria to Jamaica at this time was 1/- per ½oz, and that via Brindisi was 9d per ½oz (Palmer does not record a Victorian 10d rate to any of the British West Indies).

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2208

PSE

1890 (Aug 22) usage of Postal Card 1d violet to "Dundee, Scotland" uprated with De La Rue Perf 10 2d tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/ 1 / S.A - S.AUSTRALIA' duplex, personal message states "Have just arrived. Will write as soon as I am settled ...", a couple of tiny marks. A very scarce example of the 3d Great Britain via Italy postcard rate. When the reduced Long Sea Route letter rate of 4d per ½oz was introduced on 1.1.1889, so for the first time were postcard rates (these previously being subject to letter rates). The postcard rates were set at 2d via the Long Sea Route and 3d via Italy. All Australian Colonies except South Australia & Tasmania issued 2d & 3d Postal Cards to meet these rates - very difficult to find correctly used in period - which lasted until the uniform 1½d Great Britain postcard rate commenced on 1.1.1891.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2209

1891 (Jan 14) homemade wrapper endorsed "Newspaper/only" at upper-left, to Prussia, Germany endorsed "via Brindisi" with rare solo franking of De La Rue Perf 10 3d olive (corner fault) tied by 'MT GAMBIER/S-A' squared-circle (SC2; ERD), light almost horizontal fold well below the stamp, minor repaired tear at the base & another at the back. A very scarce item. From 24.1.1876, the newspaper rate to Germany was 2d up to 2oz, only 1d more for up to 4oz, then 2d for each successive 2oz. Very few De La Rue 3d covers have been recorded.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2210

1891 (Jan 21) cover with large colourless embossing 'AW SANDFORD & COMPANY/PRODUCE/ SALESMEN/AND/AUCTIONEERS/GRENFELL ST ADELAIDE' on the flap, to Sweden with scarce franking of De La Rue Perf 10 '2½d' overprint on 4d green plus 1d blue-green & 2d orange pairs tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/ 1 /S.A - S.AUSTRALIA' duplex, no arrival markings. Rare usage of the surcharge in the first month of issue. [Alexander Wallace Sandford moved the headquarters of his thriving produce business from Melbourne to Adelaide c.1881. He was a member of the Legislative Council 1895-1902] The Australian Colonies had been advised that they would be admitted to the Universal Postal Union (UPU) from 1.1.1891, with a universal overseas letter rate of 2½d. However, admission was delayed (until 1.10.1891), and the new rate revoked by mid-February, except for mail to GB. Any letters from this 6-week period are very elusive and those to non-British destinations are rare.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2211

1891 (Jan 28) bank cover to Ceylon "Per Cuzco" with scarce franking of De La Rue Perf 10 '2½d.' on 4d blue-green horizontal pair tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/S.A - S AUSTRALIA' duplex, fair Colombo arrival backstamp of FE12/91, back flap mostly missing, small repair at top & minor aging marks. Rare usage of the surcharge in the first month of issue. Regarding the rate, see Lot 2210.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2212

1891 (March 24) cover with 'GIBBS BRIGHT & Co/ADELAIDE' imprint on the flap, to India with De La Rue Perf 10 6d blue tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/ 1 /S.A - S AUSTRALIA' duplex, 'TUTICORIN/9APR91' transit & 'CALCUTTA/1ST/DELY/AP14/91' arrival backstamps. The rate to India was halved in -.4.1882, from 1/- to 6d for ½oz. This rate was restored after the prematurely introduced 2½d overseas letter rate from 1.1.1891 was revoked in -.2.1891, then again reduced on 1.10.1891 to 2½d.. Mail posted to non-British destinations in that interim 7-month period is very elusive.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2213

1891 (May 11) trans-Pacific cover to New Jersey, USA endorsed "pr Frisco Mail" with 'OW ROSENHAIN/ADELAIDE SA' handstamp on the flap, with De La Rue Perf 10 2d single & pair tied by light Ship Mail Room duplex, indistinct San Francisco transit and very fine 'US CHARGE/TO COLLECT - 5 CENTS' handstamp on the face, largely fine 'HIGHTSTOWN NJ/JUN/16/ 7PM/RECD' arrival backstamp. The rate was 6d per ½oz to the point of entry (restored in -.2.1891 after the erroneously-introduced UPU 2½d foreign letter rate from 1.1.1891 was revoked), plus US incoming steamship 5c charge. Mail posted to non-British destinations in the interim 7-month period until 30.9.1891 is very elusive. [The Philatelic Society of Adelaide was founded in -.10.1888 with OW Rosenhain as Secretary. The addressee was prominent American collector Hiram Edmund Deats, who was also a noted amateur archaeologist]

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2214

1891 (June 2) double-rate cover with small 'From AL BRUNKHORST/...' label sealing the flap, to a "Goldarbeiter" (goldsmith) in Germany endorsed "Per RMS Cuzco" with Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ 1/- brown & De La Rue Perf 10 3d olive tied by 'REGISTERED ADELAIDE/S.A' squared-circle, sans-serif 'REGISTERED/No ("6929")' handstamp partly-obscured by German 'Vom Auslande/uber Bahnpost/Kufstein-Munchen' TPO R label, 'HAMELN/ 5.7.91' arrival backstamp. The rate was 6d per ½oz x2 (restored in -.2.1891 after the erroneously-introduced UPU 2½d foreign letter rate from 1.1.1891 was revoked in -.2.1891) plus 3d registration fee. Mail posted to non-British destinations in the interim 7-month period until 30.9.1891 is very elusive. [August Ludwig Brunkhorst (Watchmaker/Jeweller) arrived 1870 & traded in Adelaide for about 40 years]

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2215

PSE

1891 (July 2) usage of Persian Envelope 12ch violet (145x110mm) with Type 2 Overprint HG B3b endorsed on the flap "...Persian Road/Comp a Sultanabad/Perse" uprated with 1889 2ch pale blue x3 tied by 'KUM' cds on reverse, to "Mons Rosenhain/Adelaide/Sud Austral" with red/white 'PERSE' R label & light 'BOUSHIR' transit cds, GPO squared-circle arrival of SE3/91, overall soiling & some minor toning. A marvellous origin-destination item. [Kum, today Qum, is almost 300km SSW of Teheran. Bushire, now Bushehr, is a further 850km due S, near the head of the Persian/Arabian Gulf]

Grade C (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$625.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

Postal History - UPU Period 1891-1900

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

2216

1891 (Oct 19) OHMS cover with Post Offfice & Telegraph Department imprint at lower-left, to London with scarce franking of Thick 'O.S.' Overprint on De La Rue Perf 10 '2½d.' on 4d blue-green SG O53 (Cat £90 used; no cover multiplier given) tied by very fine strike of the rare 'SECRETARY G.P.O./S.A' cds, London arrival backstamp of NO23/91. [The Handbook at Adelaide p18 records an earlier version of the cds 1878-79 only. This cds is 23mm across with larger inscriptions]

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) O53] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$290.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2217

1892 (March 8) cover to "Taganrog/Russie meridionale" [Central Russia] endorsed "via Port Said" with odd franking of De La Rue 1d blue-green & '2½d.' on 4d blue-green tied by 'RHINE VILLA/S.A' cds, the reverse with 'SEDAN' & 'KEYNETON' squared-circles & indistinct 'RAILWAY' cds, 'TAGANROG on DON/25/APR/1902/...' Russian Cyrillic arrival cds, light vertical fold at left. The rate was 2½d per ½oz. Perhaps the 1d green was added in error instead of another '2½d.' green, or in the belief that 'a little extra' might be required to get the item to this remarkable destination. [Rhine Villa 1.4.1880; renamed Cambrai 1.7.1918 (to expunge the Germanic name) is in the Mount Lofty Ranges E of Adelaide. Sedan is 10km N of Rhine Villa. Keyneton is 18km WNW of Sedan, to connect with the railway to Adelaide. Taganrog is near the mouth of the Don River, on the north shore of the Sea of Azov]

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2218

1892 (May 18) cover to "Dead Letter Dept/GPO Alexandria/Egypt" with De La Rue Perf 10 Bantam ½d brown. 2d orange & '5D.' on 6d brown (very scarce on cover) tied by light 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/ADELAIDE SA' cds, bilingual 'SUEZ/12VI92/...' backstamp, minor blemishes. The rate was triple 2½d per ½oz UPU letter. [Illustrated in 'Shilling Violet' (June 1994)]

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2219

1892 (May 18) double-rate cover with embossed 'D&J FOWLER/PORT ADELAIDE/LONDON/ ADELAIDE' on the flap, to "Fifeshire/NB" [North Britain], Scotland with De La Rue Perf 10 '5D.' on 6d brown with 'DJ/F' perfin tied by GPO duplex, superb 'ANSTRUTHER/JU19/92' arrival backstamp, horizontal fold below the stamp.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2220

1892 (July 12) cover to "York Hotel, Rundle Street, Adelaide" with Hong Kong QV 2c rose-carmine & 5c ultramarine tied by British-pattern 'SHANGHAE/JY12/92' cds, taxed with 'T'-in-circle handstamp endorsed "1½d" in blue pencil, Hong Kong transit & GPO arrival backstamp of AU24/92 where large '1("½")' handstamp applied, minor blemishes. The UPU letter rate was 10c per ½oz; the sender appears to have assumed that the concessional 7c per ½oz rate to Great Britain would also apply to the Australian Colonies. [The York Hotel, at the corner of Rundle & Pulteney Streets, operated from at least 1849 & was demolished in 1909, to be replaced by the Grand Central Hotel (1911-24)] With the enclosed 5pp social letter headed "Barque Kingdom of Saxony/...Shanghai/...July 6th 1892", in which the writer complains about the voyage from Albany, and makes such racist comments as "One is amongst white people there at any rate ... by far the most ugly set of creatures I have ever seen" and in postscript added two days later "We go to Hong Kong to load tea for Callao ... hope never to come back to [China] again".

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM