Postal History - Stamp Period pre-UPU 1855-1891 continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2161 |
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 1877 (Nov 21) OHMS cover with inspection slits at the sides, printed "Parcel without Letter" at upper-left & endorsed "Court
Jamestown", to Georgetown with remarkable franking of a re-used Perkins Bacon 6d Prussian blue overprinted 'O.S.' SG O10 (unpriced by Gibbons on cover) with fragments of the original backing-paper still evident tied by 'JAMES TOWN/NO21/77/S-A' cds
(F1-1; probably underrated at R; far superior to the part-strike in the Handbook) & superb sans-serif 'REGISTERED/nNo ("2024")' handstamp at lower-left, superb framed 'LAURA' transit of NO21 (rated RRR) & unframed 'GEORGE TOWN/NO22/77/S-A' (RRR)
arrival backstamp, redirected "Try HM Gaol/Adelaide" but with no further markings, light vertical folds & pinholes at upper-left where "(B)" endorsement indicates that the envelope was later an exhibit in a court case. Martin Walker has advised that
from 1866, by endorsing the envelope 'Parcel without Letter', a concessional rate of 2d for the first 4oz (plus 1d for each successive ounce) applied plus 4d registration. From 1876, this was varied to 1d per 2oz.
The addressee Christian Luke Walshe had been jailed in 1867 for failing to pay maintenance for his family. The inference from the address & redirection is that he was in the lock-up at George Town. Martin Walker has discovered that he was admitted to
Adelaide Gaol on the day this cover was first mailed, and also that there was a Free Bag service between the GPO & the Gaol.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) O10] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2162 |
|
 1877 (Dec 29) quadruple-rate cover to "George Elder, Knock Castle, Wemyss Bay, Ayrshire, Scotland" with rare solo franking of Perkins
Bacon Perf 11½-12½ 2/- crimson SG 86 tied by GPO cds, 'GREENOCK' & 'WEMYSS BAY' backstamps of FE18/78, redirected to Edinburgh with Great Britain Penny Red Plate 202 tied by 'GREENOCK/ P-R /FE19/78 - 16' duplex & Edinburgh arrival backstamp of the
next day, vertical fold at left & minor defects. Most of the 11 recorded 2/- frankings on cover or large piece are from the Elder Correspondence. [The fine cover with a 2/- plus 1/- brown in Don Pearce (II) sold for $3185]
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 86] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,750
SOLD for AU$1,350.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2163 |
|
 1878 (June 27) cover to Wine & Spirit Merchants in Kent, England endorsed "Per First Steamer/Via Brindisi" with Perkins Bacon Perf
11½-12½ 6d tied by indistinct Diamond Numeral '88' with 'RHYNIE/S-A' 21mm cds alongside, large-part 'RAILWAY/ 2 /JU27/78/S-A' transit backstamp (F1-4; rated RR) and very fine strike of the rare 'INSUFFICIENTLY STAMPED/VIA BRINDISI' handstamp of
Adelaide (cds would have been on the missing flap), part-Plymouth (?) transit backstamp of AU10/78 & part '[GREEN]WICH' (?) cds of two days later, minor blemishes & opened-out. The via Brindisi rate was 9d per ½oz, but the item had only paid the via
Sounthampton 6d rate, and was forwarded on that route.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2164 |
|
 1879 (March 21) mourning cover to "Barry, Pike Co, Illinois, United States" with overlapping Perkins Bacon Perf 10 6d Prussian blue &
De La Rue 2d tied by indistinct Diamond Numeral '129' (rated RRRR & the only recorded example on cover) cancels with light but obvious 'GOLDEN-GROVE/S.A' 21mm unframed cds (RR) alongside, Salisbury and GPO transit backstamps, London cds of 15MY79 in
red on the face & light Chicago cds of 27/MAY in violet across the stamps where rated "2" [cents] local delivery fee in red. [Barry is a small town in western Illinois, almost to the Mississippi River]
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2165 |
|
 1879 (May 17) cover with embossed 'HENRY SCOTT/ADELAIDE' on the flap, to "Hannover/ Germany" with Perkins Bacon '8 PENCE' on 9d dull
brown-orange SG 118 tied by GPO duplex, London transit cds of 5JY79 and manuscript "1/½" in red on the face, 'AUSG/7/7' arrival backstamp, minor blemishes. Carried via the Long Sea Route 8d per ½oz rate: compare Lot 2173 at the via Brindisi 9d per
½oz rate. The "1½d" endorsement is seen on a number of items that have passed through England on their way to European destinations in the 1879-80 period - see also Lots 2175 and 2176 - and may be in the nature of a 'transit credit' to other
countries ultimately responsible for delivering the items, as mentioned in 'The Postal History of the UPU: The Postal Card' by James Peter Gough (2019) at introductory page xxxiii. [Henry Scott arrived in 1854 & helped his brother Abraham in a
woolbroking business. In 1877, he was elected Mayor of Adelaide & a year later moved to the Legislative Council. Perhaps the brothers' greatest legacy is that one of their descendants is prominent collector Pat Grimwood-Taylor (née Scott)]
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 118] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2166 |
|
 1880 (April) cover from India with East India ½a blue pair, 1a brown & 4a blue-green tied by Bombay Circle generic 'B'-in-bars
cancels, light 'SEA/POSTOFFICE/ F /APR15' & 'ADEN/APR21' transit backstamps, Adelaide GPO arrival cds of MY16/80 on the face, ink notes on the reverse but facially very fine. [Apparently missent westwards but the absence of an Indian datestamp
suggests it was posted on a ship headed for Aden]
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$200.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2167 |
|
 1880 (July 14) cover from Switzerland endorsed "via Brindisi" with Seated Helvetias 25c green & 50c lilac tied by 'CHUR/BR + EX' cds,
the reverse with Italian 'NATANTE COLICO COMO/ 15/LUG/80/(N.2)' (= by boat Colico-Como) TPO cds & 'MODANE-BOLOGNE/AMBUL' rail TPO cds of the same day, indistinct Brindisi transit of 25/7-80 & Adelaide GPO arrival cds of AU22/80 on the face, minor
stain at upper-right.
Modern maps suggest that the letter came south across the Alps by road, then south down almost the full length of Lake Como to Como, then by train to Bolgna & beyond to Brindisi. This may be the only known European lacustrine (across a lake) cover to
an Australian Colony.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2168 |
|
 1880 (early-August) large-part long linen-lined cover (reduced by about 30mm at each end) to England endorsed "Via Naples pr Liguria"
with remarkable & rare franking of Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ 1/- brown pair & block of 4 and 2/- crimson vertical pair tied by multiple untidy strikes of GPO duplex, two London arrival backstamps of SP2/80 both in red, vertical fold at left and some
soiling.
The rate via Italy was 8d per ½oz (not reduced to 6d until 1882), so this fifteen-times rate article weighed between 7 & 7½oz.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2169 |
|
 1880 (Sept 13) cover to New Zealand with De La Rue Perf 10 2d (small tear at the base) tied by GPO cds, 'NZ/RTPO US/22SP80/ B '
transit & similar 'OAMARU' arrival backstamp with illegible date. [The inter-colonial rate of 3d per ½oz was extended to New Zealand on 14.11.1870, and reduced to 2d from 1.1.1874]
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2170 |
|
 1880 (Oct 4) cover to London endorsed "via Brindisi" with Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ 6d deep blue & '8 PENCE' on 9d pale brown tied by
GPO cds, London arrival backstamp of NO13/80 in red. From 1.7.1876, the rate via Brindisi was 8d per ½oz, in this case with an additional 6d late fee paid.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2171 |
|
 1880 (Nov 4) long-format OHMS envelope with 'Post Office and Telegraph Department/...' imprint at lower-left & embossed Arms on the
flap (which is inverted relative to the printing on the face), to Uruguay with remarkable & rare franking of Thick 'O.S.' Overprints on Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ 4d strip of 3 (in a dramatic purple shade not issued in the unoverprinted stamps) & 1/-
brown pair plus De La Rue Perf 10 2d (corner fault) tied by multiple GPO duplexes, London transit of DE8/80 in red & large-part Uruguayan 'DOMICILIO/13/ENERO/81' arrival backstamp, rated "3" in red, remarkably fine with no filing folds. A wonderful
combination of Official stamps & mail and unusual rate & destination. Ex John Griffiths - sold in 1992 for £550 - and Martin Walker (private transaction with Don Pearce).
The rate via the Long Sea Route was 1/5d per ½oz. However, Martin Walker has advised that early rate tables allowed for transit via Marseilles for 2d per ½oz more. Despite no endorsement to that effect, it does appear that the rate paid was 1/7d x2 =
3/2d, via the then Europe land-route. Colin Tabeart shows that it was carried per Orient Line 'Orient' ex Adelaide 6.11.1880; arrived Naples 5.12.1880; then per train arrived London 8.12.1880.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$3,000
SOLD for AU$19,000.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2172 |
|
 1881 (March 18) cover with 'ACRAMAN MAIN & Co/ADELAIDE' imprint on back flap, to Scotland endorsed "via Brindisi" amended to "p
Aconcagua" with Perkins Bacon '8 PENCE' on 9d grey-brown SG 121tied by GPO duplex, transits of 'PAISLEY' x2, 'RENFREW' x2 & 'BRIDGE OF ALLAN' all of AP25/81, curiously with "Renfrew" scored-out and Great Britain 1d Venetian red added for the
re-direction fee but not re-sent and the stamp uncancelled.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 121tied] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2173 |
|
 1881 (July 7) cover to Saxony, Germany endorsed "via Brindisi" with Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ 6d plus De La Rue Perf 10 1d & 2d tied
by GPO duplex, 'DRESDEN-BLASEWITZ/16 8/81' arrival backstamp, repaired flap-tears. The rate via Italy was 9d per ½oz: compare Lot 2165 at the Long Sea Route 8d per ½oz rate. [Blasewitz is a suburb only 5km ESE of Dresden]
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2174 |
|
 1881 (July) cover-size piece being the entire address label for a packet endorsed "parcel only/from/A Johns/ Palmerston" at
upper-left, to Somersetshire, England with Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ 1/- red-brown tied by one of two light strikes of the 'PORT DARWIN/JY--/81/NT' cds, sans serif curved 'REGISTERED/No ("175")' handstamp, oval 'REGISTERED/25--81/LONDON' arrival
datestamp in red on the face, minor blemishes & soiling. The rate was 8d for a packet weighing between 6 & 8oz, sent via the Long Sea Route or via San Francisco, plus 4d registration fee. A remarkable and early item from the Northern Territory.
Grade B (Image1)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2175 |
|
 1881 (July 9) cover to France endorsed "Via Brindisi" with Perkins Bacon 'TEN PENCE' in Black on 9d orange-yellow with Irregular
Compound Perf 10xImperfx11½-12½x11½-12½ SG 107var tied by GPO duplex, despite the endorsement sent via London with AU29/81 backstamp, manuscript "1/½" in red on the face, no French markings, minor blemishes. This "1½d" endorsement is seen on a number
of items that have passed through England on their way to European destinations in the 1879-80 period - see also Lots 2165 and 2175 - and may be in the nature of a 'transit credit' to other countries ultimately responsible for delivering the items.
[Martin Walker has advised that the outer sheet margins for this stamp were usually imperforate. Having said that, apart from this & Lot 2174, Don Pearce had no other such imperforate marginal examples in his collection]
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 107var tied] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2176 |
|
 1881 (Nov 19) cover to France endorsed "Per SS John Elder/Via Naples" with Perkins Bacon 'TEN PENCE' in Black on 9d orange-yellow with
Irregular Compound Perf 11½-12½x11½-12½x10xImperf SG 107var (small separation fault at upper-left otherwise superb) tied by GPO cds, London transit backstamp of DE26/8, manuscript "1/½" in red on the face, no French markings. This "1½d" endorsement
is seen on a number of items that have passed through England on their way to European destinations in the 1879-80 period - see also Lots 2165 & 2175 - and may be in the nature of a 'transit credit' to other countries ultimately responsible for
delivering the items. [Martin Walker has advised that the outer sheet margins for this stamp were usually imperforate. Having said that, apart from this & Lot 2175, Don Pearce had no other such imperforate marginal examples in his collection]
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 107var] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2177 |
|
 1881 (Nov 15) cover to "Downshire/road Newry/Irland" [sic] endorsed "via Brindisi" with Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ 6d deep blue
apparently imperf at the sides where roughly separated SG 116a tied by GPO cds, largely superb 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE ("2")/FINE ("6")' & separate '8' handstamps, Plymouth transit of DE30/81 & faint Newry arrival backstamp. The via Italy rate was 8d per
½oz.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 116a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2178 |
|
 1882 (Feb 25) cover to Germany endorsed "Via Naples" with rare franking of Perkins Bacon Broad Star Wmk '3-PENCE' in Black on 4d
bright ultramarine SG 112 superb horizontal strip of 3 tied by very fine GPO duplex, Dresden arrival backstamp of 2.4/82, endorsed in pencil on the reverse "Wise June 43" & signed "BD Forster", minor blemishes. Don Pearce wrote in 'Shilling Violet'
(Dec 1991) that the largest recorded multiples are two strips of three, one on cover, which is this item. He also noted that only three covers with this stamp have been recorded, all to overseas destinations. [The addressee was the German dealer
Ernst Petritz, later of Chemnitz]
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 112] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,700.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2179 |
|
 1882 (May 9) cover to "Hanover/North Germany" endorsed "Via Italy" with Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ '8 PENCE' on 9d burnt umber SG 119
tied by 'YORKE TOWN/S-A' (rated R), the reverse with indistinct SA TPO backstamp and largely very fine German 'HANNOVER' & 'AUSG' cds both of 19/6 where it was noticed that the item was underpaid so taxed with 'T' inverted triangle handstamp & mss
"20" [Pfennig] in blue, a few tonespots. The via Italy (Brindisi or Naples) rate was 9d per ½oz. Only one other early Yorketown cover is recorded.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 119] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2180 |
|
 1882 (June 10) cover to Bristol, England with Perkins Bacon Perf 10 4d bright purple (corner fault at upper-left) & 6d deep blue
(Grossly Misplaced Perfs) tied by worn 'APPILA YARROWIE/S-A' cds & curved 'REGISTERED/No ("650")' handstamp alongside, very fine 'REGISTERED ADELAIDE/S-A' backstamp (not recorded in the Handbook), 'REGISTERED/24JY82/BRISTOL' arrival datestamp where
redirected to "Telegraph Office" but then to Devonshire with Great Britain 1d lilac pair tied by Bristol duplex of the same day, superb 'EXETER' backstamp tying the remnants of an unidentified 'LETTERS...' label & 'ILFRACOMBE' squared-circle arrival,
minor blemishes. An item re-posted from the same post office within 24 hours of receipt was forwarded with no additional charge, but the British 2d registration fee had to be added. Renamed from Yarrowie PO 1.2.1877; renamed Appila 1.7.1918.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
