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

LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

2121

1869 (Dec 4) cover to Gloucestershire, England endorsed "Via Marseilles" with scarce franking of Perkins Bacon RoulettedxPerf 11½-12½ 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d yellow-orange SG 59 (Type V with 'TEN' not Curved; perfs at top trimmed clear of the design) tied by 'KAPUNDA/S-A' cds (Type UF4b; rated RRR), GPO transit and 'MORETON-IN-MARSH/ JA24/70' arrival backstamps, redirected to the Isle of Wight with superb '1' handstamp for the redirection fee & bold 'COWES/JA25/70' cds of the next day, minor blemishes on the reverse.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$750

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

2122

1869 (Dec 8) outer with 'A TILEMANN & Co/ADELAIDE' cachet in blue at lower-left, to "Altona/via Hamburg" & endorsed "p Royal Mail" with scarce franking of Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½x Rouletted 1d bright green SG 51 & Rouletted 'TEN PENCE' in Black on 9d yellow SG 37 tied by GPO cds of DE8/69 & London transit cds of 29JA70 in red as is the light 'PD'-in-circle h/s, German '(AUS ENGLAND PER AACHEN)/FRANCO' cds of the same date in blue & 'AUSG/30/1/No 4' backstamp, light filing folds. Carried via Ostende-Aachen express train, which explains the one day transit from London to destination. The 11d rate via Southampton applied 2.3.1863 to -.9.1870, when it was reduced to 8d. Only three 11d rate covers have been recorded, one other to Germany (Lot 2116), and one to the United States (Lot 2113). For an item to the Kingdom of Hannover at the earlier 1/2d per ½oz rate, see Lot 2087.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$1,250

SOLD for AU$11,000.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2123

1869 (Dec 8) cover to London endorsed "via Marseilles" with rare franking of Perkins Bacon Rouletted 4d slate-violet SG 27 (a large & superb stamp) & De La Rue 2d deep orange SG 152 x3 tied by GPO cds, light London arrival cds of 24JA70. The via Marseilles rate was 10d per ½oz, as opposed to 6d per ½oz via Southampton. Compare the previous Lot - posted on the same day via Southampton - which arrived in London five days later. Only three covers with 4d SG 27 have been recorded.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$3,400.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2124

1870 (April 4) Wagener cover to Stepney with Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 1d grey-green SG 52 very fine pair tied by indistinct Diamond Numeral '30' cancels with 'TANUNDA/S.A.' cds alongside, large-part 'P-O/ 1 /AP4/70/RAILWAY' transit backstamp (UFM; rated RR), minor repaired tear at the base, the cover a little truncated at left as is usual for this correspondence.

Grade (A-) (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2125

1870 (July 18) cover to Scotland endorsed "via Marseilles" with Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 6d bright pale blue SG 56 with Grossly Misplaced Perfs & Rouletting & Perf 11½-12½ 4d dull violet SG 71 tied by GPO cds, superb 'PAISLEY/SP5/70' arrival backstamp.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2126

1870 (Aug 5) large piece (177x85mm) from New Zealand endorsed at left "printed matter/only...", to Adelaide "pr Rangitoto" with scarce franking of Chalons Perf 12½ 4d yellow SG 120 (Cat £200 x2+ on cover) tied by 'NZ/DUNEDIN - 0' duplex & Adelaide GPO cds of AU18/70, ironed-out folds well clear of the stamp, light overall aging. A very scarce item. Ex John Woolfe & Joseph Hackmey (Part II): sold for US$920. RPSofL Certificate (2006). [The addressee, Henry Coathupe Mais was Engineer-in-Chief of Public Works from 1867 to 1887. He oversaw the greatest part of the expansion of railways in the Colony]

Grade B (Image1)

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Estimate AU$800

SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2127

1870 (Aug 15) cover to "Taycheedah/Fon-du-lac/Wisconsin, North America" with Perkins Bacon Perf 10 6d bright blue SG 96 (an unusually tall stamp apparently from the base of the sheet) & De La Rue Perf 10xRouletted 2d orange-red SG 157 (very scarce franking; Cat £48 x5+ on cover) tied by GPO cds, London transit of 19OC70 in red overstruck by indistinct American cds, manuscript "2" accountancy mark in red, US '2/CENTS' inland delivery charge handstamp at centre, repaired flap tear & minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2128

1870 (Oct 18) large-part legal entire signed "Geo Young" with 'F[orwarded] by/GE[ORGE Y]OUNG/ Ad[elaide]' handstamp (partly lost on opening), to Sydney endorsed "overland to Melbourne/thence per first steamer" with extremely rare franking of Perkins Bacon Perf 10 '3-PENCE' in Red on 4d dull ultramarine SG 91 (Cat £150 x4+ on cover) & De La Rue 2d dull orange tied by GPO cds, Sydney arrival backstamp of OC27/1870, minor blemishes. Only three covers & a front are recorded with Red Surcharge: see Lot 2130, and the solo franking in Don Pearce Part II that sold for $1355. Only one other cover at the 5d overland rate has been recorded: see Lot 2137. [Kenneth Rowe listed no forwarding agents in Adelaide. The addressees Balby & Scott were forwarding agents in Sydney, again none listed by Rowe]

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$1,500

SOLD for AU$5,250.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2129

1870 (Dec 7) cover to London endorsed "via Brindisi" with Three Issue Franking of Perkins Bacon Rouletted 1d deep yellow-green SG 24 (Cat £100 x4+ on cover) & Perf 11½-12½ 'TEN PENCE' on 9d yellow SG 78 (affected by light vertical fold) and De La Rue Perf 10xRouletted 2d pale orange-red SG 157 tied by light 'KOORINGA/SA' cds, the reverse with 'PORT ADELAIDE' cds & most unusually with 'MARINE PO/AUSTRALIA' cds both of the same date, London arrival cds of 23JA71 in red, twice endorsed on reverse "Not Known at 165 Camberwell Road ..." or "... at 165 Camberwell New Road", 'RETURNED LR BRANCH/JA26/71/LONDON' b/s & 'DEAD LETTER/71/MY12/ADELAIDE' cds on the face, opened-out for display. A marvellous & important cover. From -.1.1870, at least from Victoria, and perhaps a little later from South Australia, a 1/1d rate to England via Brindisi was in effect, but was rarely used because the via Marseilles rate was only 10d. The Franco-Prussian War broke out on 16.7.1870, and ended in a Prussian victory with the fall of Paris on 28.1.1871 after a four-month siege. During the war, the P&O route via Marseilles was abruptly terminated, with all Australian mails arriving at Alexandria after 23.10.1870 being diverted to the more expensive via Brindisi service. Because there was not yet a telegraphic connection all the way to Australia, news of the rate increase was delayed, until 29.12.1870 when it was announced in the Government Gazette. The sender of this item may have been forewarned, or he may have anticipated closure of the Marseilles route, or chosen via Brindisi as being more secure. In any event, this is the only recorded 1/1d rate cover via Brindisi before notice was received of closure of the via Marseilles route. The via Marseilles route was not reinstated. By late-1870 P&O mailboats had replaced Italian packets on the Alexandria to Brindisi route, and Great Britain had reduced the via Brindisi rate to 9d per ½oz. The GPO Adelaide announced this rate reduction on 26.1.1871. Colin Tabeart's tables show that there was only one P&O sailing by which Australians could have sent a letter at the gazetted wartime rate: see Lot 2131. This new assessment of the situation raises the significance, and rarity, of both covers. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$4,000

SOLD for AU$7,000.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2130

1870 (Dec 9) small mourning cover to Sydney with extremely rare solo franking of Perkins Bacon Perf 10 '3-PENCE' in Red on 4d dull ultramarine SG 91 (Cat £150 x4+ on cover) tied by GPO cds, Sydney arrival backstamp of DE23/1870, minor blemishes. Ex MacNaughton (1.9.1935), noted on the reverse. From 1.7.1870, the inter-colonial ship letter rate was halved from 6d to 3d, returning to the pre-April 1857 level. Only three covers and a front are recorded with a Red Surcharge: see Lot 2128, and the solo franking in Don Pearce Part II that sold for $1355. This is the finest of them.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$1,500

SOLD for AU$1,600.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2131

1871 (Jan 4) cover to London endorsed "via Brindisi" with extremely rare franking of Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ '3-PENCE' in Black on 4d deep ultramarine SG 68 & Irregular Compound Perf 11½-12½x11½-12½ x10x11½-12½ 'TEN PENCE' in Black on 9d yellow-orange SG 107 tied by GPO cds, London arrival cds of FE18/71 in red on the face, repaired flap-tear & very minor blemishes but of very fine facial appearance. Ex Colonel Harry Napier (11.5.1976), noted on the reverse. The Franco-Prussian War broke out on 16.7.1870, and ended in a Prussian victory with the fall of Paris on 28.1.1871 after a four-month siege. During the war, the P&O route via Marseilles was abruptly terminated, with all Australian mails arriving at Alexandria after 23.10.1870 being diverted to the more expensive via Brindisi service. Because there was not yet a telegraphic connection all the way to Australia, news of the rate increase was delayed, until 29.12.1870 when it was announced in the Government Gazette. By late-1870 P&O mailboats had replaced Italian packets on the Alexandria route, and Great Britain had reduced the rate to 9d per ½oz. The GPO Adelaide announced this rate reduction only on 26.1.1871. This is the only recorded cover from South Australia at the gazetted Franco-Prussian War 1/1d rate via Brindisi, carried on the only P&O sailing between 29.12.1870 and 26.1.1871, per 'Geelong' ex Melbourne 3.1.1871, arriving at Galle 23.1.1871; 'Mongolia' arriving Suez 9.3.1871; and 'Bangalore' ex Alexandria 12.2.1871, arriving Brindisi 15.2.1871; onwards by rail. See also Lot 2129.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$4,000

SOLD for AU$9,500.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2132

1871 (March 1) cover to London endorsed "via Brindisi" with Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ '3-PENCE' in Black on 4d deep ultramarine SG 68 & Irregular Compound Perf 10x10x11½-12½x10 6d Prussian blue SG 105 tied by GPO cds, London arrival cds of AP15/71, repaired flap-tear & minor blemishes. The via Brindisi route was available from late-1869 after the completion of the railway link to the port. This route was little-used until the Franco-Prussian War terminated the via Marseilles route: see Lots 2129 & 2131. With P&O replacing Italian packets, the rate was reduced from 1/1d to 9d per ½oz from 26.1.1871.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$400

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

2133

1871 (March 28) cover with colourless embossing 'THE ADELAIDE/CLUB' on the flap, to Ireland with scarce franking of Perf 11½-12½ 1d dull green single & strip of 3 plus De La Rue Perf 10 2d dull orange tied by GPO cds, 'KINGSTOWN/MY23/71' arrival backstamp, soiling & two repaired tears across the flap. The via Southampton rate remained at 6d per ½oz; see the previous lot for an item paying the 3d surcharge for the speedier via Brindisi route. [Kingstown, today Dunleary, is 14km SE of Dublin]

Grade C (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$400

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

2134

1871 (April 22) cover to "Marysville Marshall County Kansas, US America" endorsed "via Brindisi" but amended to "Southampton" with Three Colour Three Separation Franking of Perkins Bacon Rouletted 9d grey-lilac SG 34, Perf 11½-12½ '3-PENCE' in Black on 4d ultramarine SG 68 & Perf 10 4d dull lilac SG 94 tied by very fine to superb GPO cds, London arrival cds of 17JU91, 'CHICAGO PACKET/ 30 /PAID' cds and superb '2/CENTS' local delivery charge handstamp all in red on the face, blemishes. The rate was double 8d per ½oz rate via Southampton (reduced from 1/- on -.3.1870). [Kansas achieved Statehood 29.1.1861. It is one of the scarcest continental US destinations for Australian mail]

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$1,250

SOLD for AU$950.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2135

1871 (June 2) local lettersheet endorsed "On Service/Police Court/pt Adele" at lower-left, to the Crown Solicitor with De La Rue Perf 10 2d deep brick red Departmental Overprint 'S.M.' tied by bold 'PORT ADELAIDE/S-A' cds, GPO backstamp of the same day, the letter headed "Court House/ port Adele/2 June 71" signed "SM Skipper" states "Sykes was accountant for Mr M[...?] & let him in for £1400 about & left 'under a cloud' so that it is almost impossible to find where he is now", minor blemishes. Number 7 in Anthony Presgrave's Census of thirteen 'S.M.' covers. [The cover from Port Adelaide with similar franking in Don Pearce (I) sold for $2005]

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

Estimate AU$1,500

SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2136

1872 (Jan 3) cover to London endorsed "via Brindisi" with Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ 6d Prussian blue SG 73 & Perf 10 '3-PENCE' in Black on 4d ultramarine SG 93 tied by GPO cds, London arrival cds of FE19/72 in red on the face, a couple of minor blemishes. [Endorsed on the reverse "Kohler Oct 82"]

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$350

SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2137

1872 (Feb 17) outer to Sydney "pr Overland" with Perkins Bacon Perf 10 '3-PENCE' in Black on 4d ultramarine SG 93 & De La Rue 2d dull orange tied by indistinct GPO cds, very fine Sydney arrival backstamp of FE26/1872 across the flap, horizontal & vertical filing folds. Only one other cover at the 5d overland rate has been recorded: see Lot 2128.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$4,400.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM

2138

1872 (Feb 20) tiny cover to Tasmania with rare solo franking of Perkins Bacon Perf 10 '3-PENCE' in Black on 4d ultramarine SG 93 with Grossly Misplaced Perfs tied by GPO cds, 'TOO LATE' handstamp alongside probably applied at 'PORT ADELAIDE' (transit of the same day), Tasmanian diamond 'SHIP LETTER INWARDS FREE/28FE28/1872' in red & 'HOBART TOWN/ FE29/TASMANIA' (Leap Year usage) arrival cds, minor blemishes. From 1.7.1870, the inter-colonial ship letter rate was reduced from 6d to 3d per ½oz.

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Estimate AU$750

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

2139

1872 (March 1) cover with embossed 'EXCHANGE [...] OFFICES/W&G' on the flap (partly missing causing loss to the embossing), to London endorsed "via Brindisi" with Perkins Bacon Perf 10 '3-PENCE' in Black on 4d ultramarine SG 93 & Irregular Compound Perf 10x10x11½-12½x10 6d bright Prussian blue on tinted paper SG 106 both with Grossly Misplaced Perfs tied by indistinct GPO cds, London arrival backstamp of AP15/72, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$350

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

2140

1872 (May 13) cover from Belgium "Via Brindisi" to "Dashwoods Gully/Adelaide" with King Leopold 20c ultramarine & 40c rose x2 (one damaged) tied by '283'-in-diamond with 'OSTENDE' cds below, boxed 'P.D.' handstamp and French 'ITALIE/14/MAI/72/AMB EST 3' TPO backstamp, minor wrinkles. A very scarce origin/destination item. [Dashwood's (now Dashwood) Gully is 35km SSE of Adelaide. The Handbook states that the second PO opened -.12.1871. The earliest recorded cds is of 1874. The absence of a cds on this cover suggests either that the office had actually not opened by mid-1872 or, more likely, that the office datestamp had not yet been received]

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$1,600.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM