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LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

3318

HOSPITAL BENEFIT FUND: 1963-64 complete fold-out Contributions Card with 6/6d pale brown x16 affixed alongside instruction label, the card & label hole-punched prior to issue, the stamps separately hole-punched prior to affixing (except one where the punches match), Elsmore Online Cat $160+ for loose hole-punched stamps only [Elsmore states that "Copies with punch holes are from audit defacing and worth 50% of the catalogue prices". However, these were punched before use, and so are of a different status].

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$85.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3319

IMPRESSED DUTY: Range on pieces including £30 with 10/-, £2 & £100, with 15/- & £9, with £5 & £100 and with £100, £50 with 10/-, £3 & £100 x2, with £3 and with £100 x2, £60 with 10/- & £7 and with £2, £70 with 10/- & £3 and with 10/- & £7, etc, a few with Damaged Die notches in frames, plus three complete documents with 1/-, 2/6d & 5/- impressed respectively, condition fine to very fine, Elsmore Online Cat $500+. (31 pieces + 3 documents)

Grade A/A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$260.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3320

IMPRESSED DUTY: 1950 Bill of Exchange for £76,056/10/3d Letter of Credit with £90, £7 & 1/- red embossed, a couple of very minor blemishes, Elsmore Online Cat $80+ for use on document.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3321

INTERNAL REVENUE: 1881-97 'Tall Swans' accumulation with various watermarks, includes postally used 1d x20+ one with very fine 'BROAD ARROW' cds in blue and two pairs with Perth duplexes, 2d x2, 3d x6, 6d & 1/- x3, then a quantity of fiscally used including 3d block of 4 & single with 'UNION BANK' cancels on Promissory Note piece, 1/- block of 4, and lots of singles noted 5/-, 7/6d x2, 10/- x2 and £1 x4, condition a little variable but most are fine to very fine. (170+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

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Estimate AU$400

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

3322

STAMP DUTY: Specialised collection of 'Long Swans' Bi-Colours 1906-14 Perf 11 Lithographs including 1906-09 Small Crown Wmk 2/- with Printer's Register Mark (Inverted) at Right, 5/- Wmk Inverted, 10/- with Marginal Watermark Letters at Top and Wmk Inverted x3, and 15/- Wmk Reversed x2, 1909 Large Crown Wmk 1d Wmk Inverted, 6d Wmk Inverted, and 1/- with Printer's Register Mark at Left and with the Wmk Inverted x2 & Wmk Reversed x5, 1911-12 Slate Swan Small Crown Wmk 2/6d Wmk Inverted x3, £1 Wmk Inverted & 30/- Swan Misplaced Downwards, 1911-13 Large Crown Wmk 6d with the Wmk Inverted & Reversed, 5/- Slurred Print, 10/- with the Wmk Inverted & Reversed, 15/- Wmk Inverted x3, £1 block of 4, etc, all annotated by Dzelme numbers including shades, many cancelled with rubber handstamps in red, blue & violet, quite a number with legible dates & a two with 'HAY ST PERTH' per favor postal cancels, condition generally fine to very fine. (170+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21)

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Estimate AU$800

SOLD for AU$950.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

Datestamps & Other Town Markings

LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

3323

Balance of collection with a selection of mostly very fine complete Commonwealth-period strikes on piece noted 'CANNING WEIR', 'INGLEWOOD NORTH' 1929 on KGV ½d orange & 4d olive (ERD & superb), 'JOURDIE HILLS' on 1d Kangaroo, 'No1 STATE MILL VIA MANJIMUP', 'TUART HILL' 1934 on blank blue R label (ERD), 'WALLAL' 1914 x2 on 1d Kangaroo strip of 3 (LRD) and many more, a few 'PAID' cds & machine cancels, then a bundle of Colonial-era strikes and four thin sparsely-filled stockbooks of Swans, Decimal-period stockbook of strikes on piece plus covers x100+ with various machine cancels, etc. Plenty of pickings throughout. Ex Cecil Walkley. Weighs 6kg. (many 100s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$700.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3324

Mail Bag Seals of 'COLLIE CARDIFF', 'MONGERS PARK', 'TARIN ROCK F.B.', 'WALLIS SIDING' and 'WANNAMAL', posthumous per favour impressions in red wax on cards, each in a protective pouch with an illustration alongside. Impossible to obtain any other way. Ex Cecil Walkley. (5)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

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

3325

Bayswater: 'SAVINGS BANK/17DE/12/BAYSWATER' framed cds (22mm diameter; dot arcs; unrecorded by PMI), largely very fine complete strike on 1d rose on French 'Bordeaux - La Passerelle' postcard to England, minor blemishes not affecting the stamp or cancel. RMB 1.1.1895; PO 1.8.1898 [Suburb 6km NE of Perth]. Ex Cecil Walkley.

Grade A- A1- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$260.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3326

Mount Sir Samuel: 'MT SIR SAMUEL/SP 4/01/W.A.' framed cds (PMI Type CDS 3b), fine complete strike alongside 2d yellow tied by large-part 11-bar Dumb Obliterator on Tatts cover, carried by train with largely very fine 'GOLDFIELDS/SP 9/10/T.P.O.' cds (PMI Type EG 5) transit backstamp [year error; not recorded after 1907], minor blemishes not affecting the stamp or cancels. RO -.4.1897; PO 1.10.1900; RO 29.6.1917; Free Bag 1.7.1930; PO 15.5.1935; Free Bag 24.9.1951; closed 27.4.1956 [Gold Mining; 43km N of Agnew]. The Pope & Reynolds (2005) census does not record the use of any Dumb Obliterator at Mount Sir Samuel: it is possible that this may be 12- or 13-bar, but 11-bar appears to be the most likely. Ex Cecil Walkley.

Grade A- A2- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

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

3327

Trans Australia Railway: ‘TPO TRANS RAILWAY/28JUL15/WESTN AUSTRALIA’ cds fine large-part strike ('...WAY' and base inscription faint) on KGV 1d red. Very scarce. PO 26.1.1915; closed 21.1.1918. A lesser strike on KGV 4d orange sold at our auction of 2.10.2021 for $566.

Grade A A3- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

Postal History

LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

3328

Balance of collection with many better items noted including 1897 registered to Tatts with superb 'REGISTRATION BRANCH/P.O. COOLGARDIE, W.A.' oval, 1902 Senator Matheson cover with 'RECEIVED AT/G.P.O. WITHOUT/CONTENTS' and Postage Dues Blank-at-Base 1d pair, 1906 South Australia Postal Card with Swans ½d & 1d added, 1910 cover with combination franking from all six States, 1920s Titles Office returned mail with various KGV Heads and one with 3d Kangaroo all punctured 'OS', 1930s KGV 'Stars' 1d green envelope for Producers Markets Ltd Perth unused, 1941 Prisoner of War mail x3 from Italians at Marrinup Camp, also 100+ postcards most with 1d rose frankings and a variety of postmarks noted 'AUSTRALIND' tied to Numeral '17' x3, 'BALBARRUP', 'BROWN HILL', 'KULYALING', 'SAVINGS BANK/NARROGIN' (superb), 'NUMBER SIX MILL', 'TORBAY JUNCTION', 'S.B. WAROONA', etc, condition quite variable but many are fine to very fine. A very good lot. Ex Cecil Walkley. (200 approx)

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12)

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$1,250.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3329

PSE

Inwards mail group including Great Britain 1853 entire & 1861 envelope both with "4"[d] ship letter charge, 1957 with 6d violet solo, 1867 mourning envelope with 'CHAMPION-BAY' arrival and 1890s ½d Enveope to "The Mining Managers Sugarloaf 25 Mile Cement Leases", also Austria 1899 postcard with 'TRAVELLING P.O. G.S.R./W.A' [Great Southern Railway] transit and 1914 Post Offices in Turkey postcard with 'BEIRUT/OESTERR. POST' cds, Canada 1897 Postal Card 1c black taxed, KUT 1938 airmail at 3/80c rate re-directed with 'CAPEL' cds, Saar 1923 Postal Card 10c to Fremantle with 20c Cathedral added, plus South Australia 1857 front to Bunbury with Imperf 6d blue and 'RETURNED-FOR/POSTAGE' handstamp, Tasmania 1899 'UNCLAIMED' with 'BOULDER' cds (faults), etc, condition quite variable. Ex Cecil Walkley. (47) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3330

Avis de Reception (Advice of Delivery) forms 1920s-60s bundle all used to/from WA towns, the majority with stamps affixed including KGV 3d blue punctured 'OS' and punctured 'WA' solo plus a few other values to make up the 3d fee, later values include KGVI 3d blue & 6d Kookaburra (quite a number punctured 'WA'), 9d Platypus and three scarce 9d Kangaroo solos, various make-ups noted 1948 with KGVI 3d brown & ½d Kangaroo apparently paying the War Tax, plus five decimal-period usages including two 8c Coral Fish solos, plenty of postmark interest also noted 'GUTHA', 'NOLBA', 'No.5 PUMPING STN' (1968; LRD), 'WATERMAN'S BAY', 'WIALKI' and plenty more, a range of different forms most with the usual pin-holes (some affecting the adhesives) but otherwise fine to very fine. Ex Cecil Walkley. (150 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12)

Estimate AU$600

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

3331

1839 (Jan 7) cross-written entire headed "Yorkshire Western Australia" and signed "T Carter" to Norfolk, England endorsed "YR 1/8/39" [York River ?] at lower-left and "d6" in red at upper-left for the inland rate paid, very fine 'INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH' boxed handstamp in black on face, London 'E/23JY23/1839' transit on reverse, rated "1/3"[d] for the 4d India Ship Letter rate plus 11d British inland delivery fee, a few minor edge faults & blemishes. The York Post Office did not open until -.6.1840, and the "YR" endorsement was presumably applied by the sender (unusually with the date in 'American' format). In this early period, overseas mails were dependent on the infrequent calls of trading vessels. This letter was almost certainly carried on the 'Lavinia' which arrived at Portsmouth from the Cape of Good Hope on 23.7.1839. Dr Thomas Carter arrived -.7.1830 on the 'Medina' with two servants. In 1832 he took up 3,700 acres on the Avon River in Yorkshire [the district around York, WA]. He and his brother Henry became leading pastoralists in the Avon District, and in 1841 Thomas was the secretary of the York Agricultural Society. Later his ventures extended to mining, importing, agencies for shipping & insurance, and a soap & manure factory in Fremantle, where he was chairman of the Town Trust in 1855. In this letter he states in part "... The last [season] has been very dry not having had rain enough to make what we call the rivers run ... many of them becoming salt ... [but] sheep and stock where properly managed have done very well. I sent down ... some of the best mutton I have ever seen in the colony some were sold for £3 each ...".

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Estimate AU$1,500

SOLD for AU$1,800.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3332

1839 (Jan 7) part-entire from Dr Thomas Carter to Norfolk, England endorsed "YR 1/28/39" [York River ?] at lower-left and "d6" in black at upper-left for the inland rate unpaid, largely very fine 'INDIA LETTER/ PORTSMOUTH' boxed handstamp in black on face, London 'E/23JY23/1839' transit on reverse, rated "1/3"[d] for the 4d India Ship Letter rate plus 11d British inland delivery fee, a few minor edge faults & blemishes. The York Post Office did not open until -.6.1840, and the "YR" endorsement was presumably applied by the sender (unusually with the date in 'American' format). In this early period, overseas mails were dependent on the infrequent calls of trading vessels. This letter was almost certainly carried on the 'Lavinia' which arrived at Portsmouth from the Cape of Good Hope on 23.7.1839. Dr Thomas Carter was a leading pastoralist in the Avon District, having taken up 3,700 acres on the Avon River in Yorkshire [the district around York, WA] in 1832. In this letter he writes in part " ... wages in the Colony at present are enormously high I am paying my shepherd £40 p. annum and allow him to keep a few sheep ...". [See the previous Lot for a slightly earlier letter from Dr Thomas Carter which arrived in England on board the same ship, and for further personal details]

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$900.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3333

1843 (Jan 7) entire from William & Hester Tanner to England without any local markings, 'SHIP LETTER' handstamp and London '24AU24/1843' transit and re-direction markings from Bath to Andover and then to "Kimbery, Berks" on reverse, variously rated "8"[d] then "9"[d] and finally "10"[d] inland charges to pay, minor blemishes. The letter written by both starts "I write with the chance of this being in time to go by the Trusty which we hear sails tomorrow ...". The ship took 223 days to reach England. William Tanner arrived per 'Drummore' on 1.2.1831 with his wife Hester (nee Viveash) and took up major landholdings on the Swan River, in the Avon District and the interior. He was a member of the Legislative Council, but later fell into ill-health & financial difficulties. He returned to England for a time from 1835 to 1838, then again to Western Australia, and finally back to England where he died in 1845. Charles & Ellen Viveash (his sister, who had married his wife's brother) emigrated with them in 1831, then settled in Van Diemen's Land, and returned to England in 1838. Parts of their family correspondences have been published as 'The Tanner Letters - A Pioneer Saga of Swan River & Tasmania' (University of WA Press, 1981).

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$300

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

3334

1844 (Jan 10) small-part entire from England to "The Revd G King, Missionary, Fremantle, Western Australia" with Society for Promoting Christina Knowledge 1693 wax seal in red on reverse, London 'PAID' datestamp & 'PAID SHIP LETTER/[crown]/LONDON' oval on face rated "8"[d] ship letter, no arrival markings, minor blemishes. Reverend George King arrived on the 'Ganges' in October 1841. In 1843 he was working as a clerk at Fremantle, but in 1844 he was appointed Secretary to the Gospel Society. He left the Colony due to ill-health on the 'Ranee' in December 1848. Ex Cecil Walkley.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$200

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

3335

1851 (Dec 19) extensively cross-written entire from Captain Henry Sanford to England endorsed "Overland via Southampton" with a just-legible strike of 'PAID/["19/12/51"]/FREMANTLE' handstamp (PMI Type PA Pd 2) in red with manuscript "10d" paid alongside, London '22 MR 22/1852' arrival in red where rated "1/-" due, a couple of minor internal faults & repairs. Carried by the 'Mazeppa' which sailed on 20.12.1851 to Singapore, then onwards by P&O service 'Singapore' to Galle, 'Oriental' to Suez, overland to Alexandria and 'Ripon' which arrived at Southampton on 21.3.1852 where rated 1/- British packet rate inland delivery charge.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$1,100.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3336

1852 (Feb 4) entire from Captain Henry Sanford with added dateline "Toodyay Feb 4th 1852", to England endorsed "Overland via Southampton" with a largely fine strike of 'SHIP LETTER/[crown]/WESTERN AUSTRALIA/PAID' undated handstamp (PMI Type PA SL 1) in red, London '1 JY 1/1852' arrival in red where rated "8"[d] due, very fine. Scarce mail from inland. The endorsement indicates the item was intended to be carried to Singapore to join the P&O packet mails to England, but the 'SHIP LETTER' marking shows that it was carried by private ship, confirmed by the 8d British inland delivery charge (the packet rate was 1/-). The letter states in part "I send this on a chance of a ship sailing for Singapore or India with directions to Aysh [his brother William Ayshford Sanford, Western Australia's Colonial Secretary, who presumably added the "Toodyay" dateline] to forward it ... I have accepted a position under Captain Henderson in the Convict Dept ... it is often with difficulty I can feed my men at all, and sometimes so nearly starved that I half expect a mutiny ... I should have been coining money nearly as fast as the most successful at Port Phillip. The people in this country are, I hear, going mad about the reports and endeavouring to get to the Golden District the shortest road ... I may try my luck too ...". Northam & Toodyay PO opened 1847, however the earliest known marking is from 19.10.1852, and this item was not processed there. Whether this was simply because the item was carried privately, or perhaps because the Post Office was not functioning at the time, is unclear.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$500

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

3337

1852 (Nov 25) part-entire to the Colonial Secretary "The Hon'able WA Sanford Esq Perth" signed "R McB Brown" at lower-left with a very light just-discernible strike of the 'POST OFFICE/[Crown]/ FREMANTLE/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' undated oval handstamp (PMI Type PO 1) in red at upper-right endorsed posted on "25/11/52", ironed-out vertical filing fold and a couple of very minor blemishes. Although not endorsed "Free", the item was signed on the face by the sender (as required by the Regulations). Richard McBride Broun (or "Brown") was the Collector of Customs at Fremantle until his death in 1858. His brother Peter Nicholas Broun had been the original Colonial Secretary of the new Colony until retiring in 1846 & dying later that year.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

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