Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3378 |
PSE |
 1901 (Dec 6) usage of Postal Card '1½' overprint on 3d green to England requesting sermons, very fine '12' 15-bar Numeral with largely
fine 'CLAREMONT/DE 6/01/=W.A.' unframed cds (PMI Type CDS 2b; code 'D') and London 'JA 4 02' hooded-circle arrival alongside, minor blemishes including two small adhesion marks on reverse. The foreign postcard rate was 1½d; the British Empire 1d
postcard rate was not extended to the UK until 1.5.1905. Not listed in Pope & Reynolds 'Western Australia - The Obliterators' (2005) census.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$145.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3379 |
 |
 1902 (March 12) K. McKenzie Saddle & Harness Manufacturer, Adelaide Street, Fremantle illustrated advertising envelope showing the
shop-front premises and stables next door, to Perth with 1d carmine pair tied by Fremantle duplex, arrival backstamps, docketed on face at left. Plus enclosed note on Kenneth McKenzie letterhead bearing the same illustratiion as the envelope &
listing Whips, Spurs, Bridles and other goods imported or manufactured, with reference to the sale of property authorised by "resolution passed in the New Swan Lodge'" [masonic]. Among the most attractive WA advertising covers we have seen.
(2 items)Grade A (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3380 |
|
 1902 (March 16) usage of 'Perth from Ferry Boat' Undivided Back postcard published by Robinsons Ltd, Bristol (UK), to England posted
on board steamer to Adelaide with Great Britain 1d lilac solo tied by 'LARGS BAY/S.A' Squared-Circle datestamp where off-loaded with 'PAQUEBOT' boxed handstamp alongside, partial Adelaide GPO cds on view side and 'STOCKPORT/AP 21/02' arrival on
address side, minor blemishes.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3381 |
PSE |
 1903 (June 15) social usage of 2d Letter Card to Wales with ½d added & tied by Fremantle duplex, Carmarthen b/s, redirected to
Yorkshire with 'ILKLEY' arrival b/s, a few faint blemishes.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3382 |
|
 1903 (Oct 31) Office of Titles OHMS envelope to "Wellington Street, Perth" with 4d V/Crown Wmk Perf 12½ (SG 119) punctured 'WA' solo
tied by 'R'-in-oval handstamp with poor Perth Registered oval datestamp alongside, undeliverable with 'UNCLAIMED' handstamp in violet on face, Perth '[ ] DEAD LETTER OFFICE/-3DEC.1903/[ ]PERTH W.A.' triple-ring oval ('INSPECTOR' excised;
PMI Type ORS 2-b) in blue alongside 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/PERTH' cds and 'D.L.O./No.["2252"]' chamfered-box handstamp both in red on reverse, minor blemishes. Plus 'Transfer of Land Act 1893' notice enclosure. The rate was 1d town letter plus 3d
registration fee. Compare Lot 3392 sent beyond town limits.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3383 |
|
 1904-08 group of picture postcard usages including 1901 Ceylon 'Colombo Club & Hotel Galle-Face' posted on board ship with Great
Britain QV ½d green x2 tied by Fremantle cds and 'PAQUEBOT' handstamp alongside, 1903 'RMS Omrah in Fremantle Harbour' to Isle of Man at 1½d rate, 1904 Cape of Good Hope 'Mowbray' posted on board ship with Great Britain KEVII 1d red (corner fault)
tied by Albany duplex and 'PAQUEBOT' handstamp alongside, 1905 'West Australian Native Woman' (H Harden, Albany) to London with 1d solo taxed at letter rate, 1906 'Osborne Steps, Cottesloe' to Woodville (SA), 1907 P&O 'SS Marmora' ship to Perth with
'NOT IN .... DELIVERY' handstamp, 1908 Aborigines 'Happy Family' (Daisy M Bates) to Jersey, Channel Islands with very fine 'BUNBURY' cds, a couple with minor blemishes.
(8)Grade A/A- (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3384 |
|
 1905 (Jan 19) mourning cover from England with KEVII 2½d to "Post Office/Fremantle" with Fremantle arrival b/s of FE17/05, endorsed on
the face "This letter came by the Orient/SS Orizaba, stranded at Garden Island/W Aus at 10.30am Thursday 16th Feby 1905", some discolouration/staining mostly on the reverse. A rare shipwreck item: the only cover recorded by Brian Peace and
illustrated by him at page 216. Ex John Woolfe - sold in 2006 for £977 - and Robin Gwynn. [Approaching Fremantle, visibility was affected by coastal bushfires & the 'Orizaba' ran into Coventry Reef, off Garden Island. The ship was completely wrecked
but there was no loss of life. Mail was undamaged & forwarded without a cachet or advice letter]
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3385 |
|
 1905 (May 25) OHMS envelope with De La Rue 5d bistre Crown/CA Wmk Perf 14 (SG 99) punctured 'OS' (unlisted in the ACSC; light corner
crease) solo tied by 'R'-in-oval handstamp with 'REGISTERED/PERTH, W.A.' chamfered-box datestamp in blue alongside, undeliverable with 'UNCLAIMED' boxed handstamp on face and 'GREENOUGH/MY 31/05/W.A' cds on reverse alongside 'DEAD LETTER
OFFICE/9NOV1905/ G.P.O. PERTH W.A.' triple-ring oval (PMI Type ORS 3-a) and 'D.L.O./No.["3999"]' chamfered-box handstamps, minor blemishes. Plus 'Transfer of Land Act 1893' notice enclosure. The rate was 2d per ½oz intra-state (beyond town limits)
letter plus 3d registration fee. An important new discovery.
Apart from the De La Rue 6d violet & 1/- green issues on WCrownA Wmk paper, the only Western Australia punctured 'OS' issues recorded by the ACSC are on V/Crown and Crown/A Wmk Melbourne printings. No De La Rue Crown/CA Wmk Perf 14 printings with
'OS' punctures have previously been recorded. In footnote 1 under the 5d V/Crown Wmk Melbourne printing, the ACSC states that "The first archival record of the supply of OS punctures is of 60,000 stamps despatched in November 1905. This is after the
first Watermark Crown over Double-lined A printing, but the consignment probably also included [a] quantity of V over Crown stamps from rejected sheets. The printing must have been small since this is a very scarce stamp". This item conclusively
proves that there was an earlier despatch of 5d punctured OS stamps which presumably included V/Crown Wmk printings as well as some De La Rue Crown/CA printings.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3386 |
|
 1906 (Sept 14) usage of 'Ivanhoe GM [Gold Mine] Boulder' P Falk & Co postcard showing mine structures & works, to "Coast Inspectors
Office/Shanghai/China" with Swan 1d rose-pink tied by 'KELLERBERRIN' cds, Hong Kong & 'SHANGHAI/BPO' [British Post Office] transits then transferred to the local mails with 'SHANGHAI/OCT 13/06/LOCAL POST' arrival cds, tiny closed tear at top & minor
blemishes. The British Agencies in China were added to the 1d Empire postcard rate destinations from 4.7.1905.
Grade A- (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3387 |
|
 1906 (Nov 12) usage of 'Observatory, Perth' postcard (printed by Donald Taylor Colotype, Adelaide for ES Wigg & Son, Perth) showing
the observatory dome in the middle building, another 'tin shed' observatory alongside and the impressive headquarters building at right, to Hungary with Swans ½d green & 1d pink missed by the machine cancel and subsequently tied by Perth 'SHIP MAIL
ROOM' cds, 'SZENT' arrival datestamp where re-directed to France, a couple of tiny marks.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3388 |
|
 1906 (July 12) usage of Hotel Esplanade, Perth advertising postcard with splendid illustration of the imposing premises on the address
side and 'Souvenir of Perth' border with Black Swans around space for message on the view side, to London with 1d pink tied by Perth machine cancel, a few aging marks, 7mm repaired tear at top & minor adhesion on reverse.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$135.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3389 |
|
 1907 (July 22) usage of Brown Hill Gold Mine real photo postcard showing the minehead & chimney stacks with a small 'township' of
workers' cottages in the foreground, to Albany with 1d rose tied by largely very fine 'BROWN HILL/W.A' cds and another strike alongside, the message includes "... this is just in front of our place ...", minor bends & blemishes. The Brown Hill Gold
Mine was situated 2½kms south of Hannans (Kalgoorlie) on the road to Boulder. Brown Hill RO 14.10.1902; PO 18.1.1904; closed 31.10.1930. Ex Cecil Walkley.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3390 |
|
 1907 (Dec 14) picture postcard (flowers) to Preston (WA) with 1d rose tied by largely very fine '17' 15-bar Numeral and largely very
fine complete 'AUTRALIND/DE14/1907/ =WESTERN AUSTRALIA=' unframed cds alongside, a couple of minor blemishes. Not listed in the Pope & Reynolds (2005) census. Ex Cecil Walkley.
Grade A A1- (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3391 |
|
 1908 (July 30) usage of 'Midland Junction Souvenir Postcard' published locally by Webb & Webb Stores, Hay St, near Barrack St with
vignette views of 'Baptist Church & Manse' (with Minister's photo), 'Town Hall', 'Exhibition Committee 1908' and 'Sunday School Picnic Group', to Newcastle (WA) with 1d rose (corner fault) tied by rather poor Midland Junction cds, a couple of minor
blemishes. A fabulous local card that we have not seen previously. Ex Cecil Walkley.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$160.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3392 |
|
 1908 (Dec 11) OHMS envelope registered to NSW with 5d bistre Crown/A Wmk Perf 12½ (SG 143) punctured 'OS' (ACSC W43ba; horizontal
crease) solo tied by 'REGISTERED PERTH' cds and 'R'-in-oval handstamp alongside, undeliverable with 'UNCLAIMED' handstamp and 'COBAR/20FE1909/NSW' cds on face, 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/FE 23/1909/SYDNEY' backstamp in rosine and Perth 'D.L.O./No.["499A"]'
handstamp on face, minor blemishes, Cat $200 on cover. The rate was 2d per ½oz inter-state letter plus 3d registration fee.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3393 |
|
 1909 (Dec 13) usage of Telepgraphic Message by Post red/white envelope to "Swan, Cannon St, London", England with 2d yellow solo tied
by Fremantle '13DE09' cds, largely very fine 'TELEGRAPH OFFICE/ 10DEC1909/FREMANTLE W.A.' triple-ring oval datestamp (unrecorded by PMI) in blue on reverse, London 'JA 7/10' arrival backstamp, minor blemishes. Presumably the telegraphic message was
received at Fremantle on 10.12.1909, but was unable to be passed on to London, and so the message was printed and sent by ship instead. Illustrated in Black Swan (Sept 1986). Cecil Walkley's similar envelope - with 'TELEGRAPH OFFICE/FREMANTLE'
double-ring oval in violet - sold at our auction of 27.11.2010 for $863.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3394 |
PSE |
 1912 (March 12) usage of New South Wales 'Commonwealth of Australia' Postal Card 1d Arms to Germany endorsed per "SS Orvieto" with
combination franking Victoria Bantam ½d green tied by 'FREMANTLE' cds, a couple of tiny blemishes. The lengthy personal message mentions the writer staying in Stuttgart on his return to Germany, suggesting this was posted as he was leaving Australia.
The interchangeable use of Australian States stamps was permitted from 13.10.1910, all States issues becoming valid for use throughout Australia.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3395 |
|
 1912 (Aug 17) usage of Goomalling Hotel real photo postcard showing the large two-storey building with 'News-Agent' store at left with
a couple of customers and a dozen local men standing out the front of the bar, to Toodyay with 1d pink tied by a light but legible strike of 'GOOMALLING/WA' cds. Ex Cecil Walkley.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3396 |
PSE |
 1912 (Dec 9) commercial usage of Postal Card 1½d blue/green PSSA #PC19 to Germany with lengthy message in German headed "Barker Road
245, Subiaco" continuing onto the face where the sender has ruled a dividing line between this and the address, light Perth machine cancel overstuck with 'SHIP ROOM' cds, a little aging/discolouration at right, Cat $1000 but unpriced "used at correct
rate". The four known used cards described in PSSA are either over-paid or late usages; we know of ony two other commercial examples paying the intended foreign postcard rate, one of which sold at our auction of 31.8.2019 for $2242.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$1,700.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3397 |
|
 PICTURE POSTCARDS: Excellent group including Perth street scenes with stores & advertising, Albany 'Post Office', Boulder City 'Town
Hall' Bunbury 'Victoria Street' with marching band & 'Council Chambers & Post Office', Claremont 'Perth-Fremantle Road' with Press Bros Cash Grocers store, Fremantle 'Post Office', 'Twin Screw Zephyr' steamer, 'Railway Bridge', 'Perth Water', etc,
Geraldton 'Point Moore Lighthouse', Kalgoorlie 'Hannan Street' with tram, Northam Churches x3 and 'Avon River Over-Flow' real photos, Pinjarrah 'Bridge over Murray River', and lots more, quite a number are postally used with some postmark interest, a
few with minor faults but generally fine to very fine. Ex Cecil Walkley.
(60+)Grade A/B (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
(Image7)
(Image8)
(Image9)
(Image10)
(Image11)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$1,000.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
