Datestamps and other Town Markings
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2324 |
 |
 Adelaide: framed 27mm (not 28mm as in the Handbook) 'MOO ADELAIDE/MR25/13/S.A' superb strike on stampless OHMS cover with PMG's
Department imprint at L/L, registered to Victoria with red/white R label. Not rated in the Handbook, but only one date is recorded, making this the ERD. [NB: F1-2 & F1-3 are definitely the same implement]
Grade A A1+ (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$200.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2325 |
= |
 Alberton: Mordan-type 'ALBERTON/JA22/1861/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA=' (rated RRRR; ERD) very fine strike on piece with Perkins Bacon Rouletted
2d pale red tied by very fine Diamond Numeral '4' cancel. PO c.1855. The only recorded cds/numeral 'tie'.
Grade A A1 (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2326 |
|
 Athelstone: irregular (25x26mm; not 27mm as in the Handbook) 'ATHELSTON/FE5/1865/S . A' (inscriptional error with the second 'E'
omitted; rated RRRR; ERD) superb strike on large-part outer to Adelaide with Perkins Bacon Rouletted 2d bright vermilion tied by indistinct Diamond Numeral '180' cancel (RRR; the only recorded usage on cover), GPO arrival backstamp of the same date,
light horizontal fold across the cds & some staining/toning. PO 19.3.1863.
Grade C A1+ (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2327 |
|
 Auburn: Mordan-type 'AUBURN/NO2/1860/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA=' (rated RRR) largely very fine strike & Perkins Bacon Adelaide Printing 2d
irregularly cut from the sheet tied by largely very fine Diamond Numeral '34' (R) to cover to Adelaide. PO replaced Kercoonda 21.8.1851.
Grade A- A2 (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2328 |
= |
 Aubwin: Mordan-type 'AUBWIN/FE11/1858/=STH AUSTRALIA=' (rated RRRR) light but very fine strike on piece. Replaced Kercoonda 1.9.1851;
renamed Auburn 1858. [Both the Handbook and Martin Walker state that 'AUBWIN' is an inscriptional error for 'AUBURN'. However, it seems almost inconceivable that the Post Office in the 1850s would have allowed such an error to remain uncorrected for
some eight years]
Grade A A1- (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2329 |
|
 Baker's Gully: unframed 25mm 'BAKERS GULLY/AU12/1873/S-A' (no apostrophe; rated RRRRR; ERD & almost certainly the only recorded usage
on cover) very fine strike on cover to Shropshire, Perkins Bacon Perf 10 6d indigo (small fault at the top) with very fine strike - but difficult to read on the dark blue stamp - of Diamond Numeral '263' cancel (R, but the only recorded usage on
cover), GPO transit & 'SHREWS[BURY]/OC8/73' arrival backstamp, minor blemishes. Both markings illustrated in the Handbook. PO 1.9.1867; closed 31.3.1908. Ex 'Sherwood' (John Forrest): sold in 2011 for £468. A real enigma: the Handbook records the cds
LRD as MY22/1906 (30+ years of use) but it is rated RRRRR. The numeral is recorded for just six years but is rated R only, and this strike is apparently the best available to illustrate.
Grade B A1- (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
|
Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2330 |
= |
 Bald Hills (1): unframed 21mm 'BALD-HILLS/DE8/68/S.A' (rated RRRR; LRD; illustrated in the Handbook) largely very fine strike on
piece. PO 1.1.1856; closed 1875.
Grade A- A1- (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2331 |
|
 Balhannah (3): Mordan-type 'BALHANNAH/JY24/1861/=SOUTH AUSTRALIA=' (rated RRRR; LRD) largely very fine strike & legible Diamond
Numeral '47' (rated C, but only three covers recorded) just tying Perkins Bacon Second Roulettes 2d pale red strip of 3 to mourning cover to Sussex, GPO transit of the same day & 'UCKFIELD/SP20/61' arrival backstamp, minor blemishes. PO 1.10.1852;
renamed Oakbank 1861, probably on 19.8.1861, the day Balhannah (4) opened. ['47' is common because it continued in use at Oakbank until 1880. It must be very scarce used at Balhannah. NB: to confuse matters, Balhannah (4) was allocated '147']
Grade B A1- (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$450
SOLD for AU$500.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2332 |
|
 Barossa Goldfield (1): 'BAROSSA GOLDFIELD/AP6/69/S.A.' (underrated at R) two very fine large-part backstamps on cover from Adelaide to
Mount Pleasant with De La Rue Rouletted 2d tied by GPO cds, the reverse also with 'MT PLEASANT/JA2' cds (rated RRRR) where endorsed on face "Try Reedy Creek", then 'PALMER/JA--' & 'TUNGKILLO/JA28' arrival (rated R), part-'TUNGKILLO/MR4' and
'UNCLAIMED' handstamp twice on the face, returned to 'GPO/AP5' & endorsed on face "Try Barossa/Goldfield" with 'GAWLER/AP5' (rated R) plus another strike of MY20, returned via 'GAWLER/MY20' & 'P O/MY20/RAILWAY' (UFM; rated RR), finally with 'DEAD
LETTER/69/MY22/ADELAIDE' cds (date inverted) on the face, opened-out for display & slightly truncated.
Barossa Goldfield (1) 1868; closed 1.7.1876. The second office of that name opened -.4.1877; closed 31.12.1907. The cds is recorded across both periods to 1899, but must be much scarcer in the first period. Mount Pleasant PO 1850. Reedy Creek (1)
2.10.1848; renamed Tungkillo (1) 1850. Tungkillo (2) 9.5.1861; replaced by South Petherton 1870. Palmer PO 1.11.1868.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2333 |
= |
 Beautiful Valley: unframed 25mm 'BEAUTIFUL VALLEY/JU18/1867/S . A' (rated RRRR; ERD) light but largely fine strike (far superior to
the part-strike illustrated in the Handbook) on Perkins Bacon Rouletted 2d vermilion pair. PO 1865; renamed Wilmington 18.10.1878.
Grade A B1 (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2334 |
|
 Beautiful Valley: framed 23mm 'BEAUTIFUL VALLEY/AP25/77/S.A' (rated RR) two very fine strikes on cover to "Police/Adelaide" with De La
Rue Perf 10 2d orange, superb 'RAILWAY/ 4 /AP26/77/S-A' transit backstamp (F1-6; rated RRR). PO 1865; renamed Wilmington 18.10.1878.
Grade A- A1 (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2335 |
= |
 Belalie East (1): framed 23mm 'BELALIE EAST/AU20/75/S-A' (rated RRRR) largely very fine strike on piece. PO 11.6.1873; closed
2.5.1876. Illustrated in the Handbook.
Grade A A1- (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2336 |
|
 Black Springs (2): unframed 21mm 'BLACK-SPRINGS/JU29/66/S.A' cds (rated RRR; the only recorded cover) largely fine strike on cover to
"Main Streat/Kapundr" [sic] with Perkins Bacon Rouletted 2d (corner fault) tied by a light but legible strike of Diamond Numeral '114', very fine 21mm 'KAPUNDA/ 3 /JU29/66/S.A' arrival backstamp (R). PO circa 1864.
Grade A B1 (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2337 |
|
 Black Springs (2): framed 21mm 'BLACK SPRINGS/SE13/95/S.A' cds (rated RR) very fine strike on cover to "Walton/near Greenock" with De
La Rue Rouletted 2d tied by a light but fine strike of Diamond Numeral '114', very fine 21mm 'KAPUNDA/ 3 /JU29/66/S.A' arrival backstamp (R), the reverse with 'EXPRESS RAILWAY' cds plus squared-circles of 'DAVEYSTON' (R), 'SADDLEWORTH', 'FREELING'
(R) & 'GREENOCK' arrival all of SE10/95. PO circa 1864. [Walton is 6km SW of Greenock. It never had a post office. Today it is the site of the Walton Hill Winery]
Grade A A1- (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2338 |
|
 Blanchetown: Mordan-type 'MOORUNDE/NO24/1858/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA=' (rated RRRR; ERD & the only recorded usage on cover) light but
complete strike unusually cancelling Adelaide Printings 2d red (margins just touched, at lower-left, to large), with a superior strike on the reverse of cover to Adelaide, minor blemishes. Replaced Moorunde 1858. [The date-range for the cds given in
the Handbook is fully after the transfer to Blanchetown, which Martin Walker notes received official approval 20.10.1857. Usage at the original office is thus unrecorded]
Grade B B1 (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2339 |
|
 Blinman irregular unframed 23x25mm 'BLINMAN/FE19/1871/S . A' (rated RRR) largely very fine strike on cover to " ? /North East" &
another strike tying De La Rue Perf 10 2d orange, 'KOORINGA' backstamp, minor toning on the reverse. PO 1.9.1862. Illustrated in the Handbook.
Grade B A2 (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2340 |
S |
 Blinman framed 22mm 'BLINMAN/JA21/78/S-A' (rated RRRR) largely very fine strike on De La Rue Perf 10 2d orange. PO 1.9.1862.
Illustrated in the Handbook.
Grade B A2- (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
