Postal History
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 741 |
 PSE |
 Small box with 1864 to England with Redrawn Design 6d black tied by very fine BN '148' and equally fine 'EMERALD HILL/VICTORIA'
unframed cds, 1885 Stock Exchange newsletter with Naish ½d red affixed across plain wrapper (part of address removed), 1893 Stamped-to-Order Envelope 1d brown for Powers Rutherford & Co used to Wagga (NSW) with flap unsealed, 1912 Philatelic Society
of Victoria envelope with scarce franking of 'ONE PENNY' on 2d, some Tatts mail including registered items & postmark interest, etc, condition a little variable. Ex Woodchip-Free Zone (Rod Perry).
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Get Market Data for [Australia (Victoria) Collection] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$160.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 742 |
PSE |
 Bits n pieces including 1877 to Canada with 'PRINTED CIRCULAR ONLY' at upper-left (unfortunately with docketing across the face),
1893 & 1899 single- & double-rate registered covers to Ireland, 1887 unsealed cover to Indiana at 1d Printed Matter rate, a defective still attractive cover to New Jersey with '6D/MORE TO PAY'-in-oval & superb US tax handstamp plus Postage Dues 1c
pair & 10c, and two others. [The first cover is a rare Printed Matter rate item, illustrated by Ben Palmer at page 55 where he states "...one of very few in the census that does not pay either [a] letter or newspaper rate"]
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 743 |
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 1854 (Apr 6) double-rate outer to "Hales Owen/.../Worcestershire" endorsed "Per Ship Lightning" with scarce solo franking of
Woodblocks Imperf 2/- blue-green/yellow SG 35 (very fine with margins close to large; Cat £250 x4+ on cover) just tied by light Barred Oval '30' cancel of 'CASTLEMAINE' (fine crowned-oval backstamp), Melbourne (AP7) & Liverpool (JU30) transits &
'BIRMINGHAM/JY1/1850' arrival cds in green, rated "2/-", very minor blemishes. A very attractive usage of what was at the time the highest denomination. [From 1.5.1854, and for only 14 months, the rate via Southampton - and presumably via Liverpool -
was 1/- per ½oz. On 1.7.1855, the rates were halved. Built in 1854, 'Lightning' was one of the last "extreme" clippers. Hales Owen is a market town 12km SW of Birmingham]
Grade A- (Image1)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 744 |
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 1859 (Jan ?) cover-front to the United States "via Marseilles" with extraordinary Rhapsody in Blue franking of Queen-on-Throne
Rouletted 6d deep blue x11 and Half-Lengths Perf 12 3d blue rare strip of 3 (the first unit defective) and 1/- Octagonal pale blue single & pair all cancelled with BN '1' of Melbourne, several stamps additionally cancelled by London transit of
MY--/59 in red or 'NEW YORK' arrival cds of MAY/30 (?), several of the stamps affected by creases including from being folded-over the edges of the envelope, and another stamp is missing from lower-left. Despite the faults, this is a remarkable item
paying by far the highest-recorded pre-1860 rate to the United States (9/3d). Ben Palmer records several pre-1860 items paid between 3/1d & 3/6d, plus an outlier at 6/- (#138).
Not recorded in Ben Palmer's Census. He gives the via Marseilles rate as 1/5d up to ¼oz, but 3/1d up to 1oz. If the rate can be extrapolated at 3/1d per ounce, then a 3oz letter would cost 9/3d. That's the rate paid here, but that does not allow for
the missing stamp.
Grade C (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$850.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 745 |
|
 1868 (Nov 26) OHMS cover with Crown Law Offices imprint at lower-left, to NSW with 'ATTORNEY-GENERAL' Frank handstamp in dark blue
& Melbourne duplex, unusual Sydney arrival backstamp, tiny 'NOT KNOWN BY THE/LETTER CARRIERS' handstamp & Sydney cds of DE1/1868 both in red on the face, rounded-boxed 'ADVERTISED/UNCLAIMED' handstamp.
Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 746 |
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 1874 (Feb 25) OHMS envelope with 'GOVERNMENT BOTANIST' imprint at lower-left, very fine 'CHIEF SECRETARY/...' Frank handstamp in
dark red overstruck with Melbourne duplex, to "Sir Henry Barkly/Governor of South Africa" with London transit of 22AP74 & '1d' handstamp both in red, 'CAPE TOWN/MY20/74/CAPE COLONY' arrival cds on the face, minor blemishes. Ben Palmer's Census No 5
of only ten pre-UPU covers to CofGH. Illustrated in 'Franked!' by Stieg & Watson at page 23.
The letter is addressed in the hand of the eminent Government Botanist, Ferdinand von Mueller, who held the position from 1853, apparently until his death in 1896. In 1856, Sir Henry Barkly was appointed Governor of Victoria, receiving the highest
vice-regal salary in the entire British Empire! In 1863 he became Governor of Mauritius, and between 1870 & 1877 of the Cape of Good Hope.
Grade B (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 747 |
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 1876 (Aug 30) OHMS cover with Police Department imprint at lower-left, to Geelong with 'CHIEF SECRETARY' Frank handstamp in blue &
Melbourne duplex, ripped-open in transit with Geelong arrival backstamp of the next day and three strikes (one on the reverse) of the rare boxed 'RECEIVED OPEN/AT GEELONG' handstamp.
Grade B (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 748 |
|
 1882 (July 24) cover to "Lady Thomson/The University/Glasow" [sic] with Naish 2d brown only tied by superb Melbourne duplex, light
but very fine strike of the italicised 'Deficient Postage ("4")/Fine ("6 } 10")' handstamp, possibly missent from London & endorsed "Try/Glasgow", light 'GLASGOW/SP18/82/SORTING TENDER' transit backstamp, minor repaired tear at upper-left. Assessed
short-payment of 4d for the Long Sea Route plus a fine equivalent to the 6d rate of postage.
Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 749 |
|
 1886 cover to Switzerland with Astley 1d (fault) + Naish 2d & 6d tied by BN '866' of 'WANDIN YALOAK/DC13/86/VICTORIA' (cds
alongside; ERD), 22mm 'LILYDALE' cds (LRD) below, Swiss 'AMBULANT' TPO & 'FRAUENFELD' transits and 'NUTTWEILEN' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. PO 5.12.1874; renamed Wandin Yallock circa 1943.
Grade B (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 750 |
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 1887 (Aug 31) cover to Norway with Astley 1d & 6d plus Naish 2d tied by Warrnambool duplex in blue, the reverse with Melbourne &
German TPO transits & 'GREAKER' arrival backstamp of 21.X.87 from where forwarded to "Christiania" (renamed Oslo in 1925), a few faults but presentable. The only pre-UPU cover to Norway recorded in Ben Palmer's Census, and illustrated by him at page
145. [Greaker is 82km SSE of Oslo. It is the site of a border fortress built in the early 20th century in anticipation of war with Sweden!]
Grade C (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$240.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 751 |
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 1888 double-rate cover with violet 'KAISERLICH DEUTSCHES KONSULAT/[eagle]/MELBOURNE' wafer across the flap, to Wurttemberg "via
Brindisi" with Astley 6d pair tied by Melbourne duplex, German TPO transit & legible triple-ring 'BLAUFELDEN/7/1/90' arrival backstamp. The later of only two pre-UPU covers to Wurttemberg in Ben Palmer's Census, and illustrated by him at page 71.
Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 752 |
PSE |
 1889 double-rate usage of Stamped-To-Order 2d pink Envelope, to Hannover "p SS Oceana/via Brindisi" with ½d pink x2, 3d
yellow-brown & 6d blue tied by Melbourne duplex, the reverse with 'ENGLISH MAIL TPO' duplex & German TPO transit. Very colourful. The rate was 6d + 6d late fee. Our vendor avises that only six pre-UPU late fee covers to Germany have been recorded.
Grade A (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 753 |
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 1889 usage of Stamped To Order Envelope 2d dull violet/grey with embossed imprint of Geo Kaufmann & Co Merchants & Importers in red
at upper-left, to Germany with ½d only added, German 'T'-in-inverted-triangle & endorsed "160" (pf), 'KB BAHNPOST/31/MAR/89' backstamp. Not recorded in Ben Palmer's Census.
Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 754 |
|
 1889 (Aug 28) cover to Finland "via Sweden" with Astley 6d tied by Melbourne duplex, Naples transit of 3/10 89 (affected by part of
the flap missing) & fine 'TAVASTEHUS/9 10/89' arrival backstamp. The later of only two pre-UPU covers to Finland in Ben Palmer's Census, and illustrated by him at page 71.
Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 755 |
|
 1897 (Mar 9) Briscoe & Co (imprint on the flap) to Canada "per Massilia" with Tannenberg 2½d red/yellow + Astley 6d tied by
'ENGLISH MAIL TPO' duplex, Montreal arrival backstamp. The rate was 2½d + 6d late fee.
Grade A (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 756 |
PSE |
 1898 (June 10) commercial usage of 3d Registration Envelope to "Chili" [sic] with 1d orange & 1½d apple-green (scarce on cover)
tied by 'RICHMOND NORTH' cds, Tacoma & New York transit backstamps & New York Exchange Office label affixed, 'VALPARAISO/CHILE/27AGO98/ R /CERTIFICADO' arrival backstamp & black/grey-green 'VALPARAISO/CERTIFICADO CIUDAD/...' label affixed to the
face. A marvellous usage to a scarce destination.
Grade A (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 757 |
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 1907 family real photo PPC to Bannockburn with the 1d stamp uncancelled, English 'BRIGHTON/SP2/07' cds & endorsed "found in fold of
newspaper addressed to England". Unusual stowaway mail.
Grade A (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 758 |
PSE |
 POSTAL STATIONERY: Basic but high quality collection in two binders, mostly Postal Cards plus some Letter Cards, Envelopes &
Wrappers, the majority are unused; also an album of covers & PPCs with some postmark interest including several very fine to superb duplexes. Weighs 10kg.
(250 approx) (Image1)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 759 |
PSE |
 POSTAL STATIONERY: 1892 Stamped To Order Envelope 'ONE PENNY' Error of Colour in carmine-pink Stieg KB14, to Hawthorn with
Melbourne duplex of OC26/92, various redirections and returned, flap unsealed as required for Printed Matter, Cat US$300. [The 1d die was supposed to be struck in orange-brown]
Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 760 |
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 REGISTRATION LABELS: Handy 'R6' range with almost 80 "reds", a good number of suburbans with Postal Area Codes (discontinued in
1967) & plenty of closed offices, condition rather mixed but good value at the estimate.
(600 approx) (Image1)
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(Image4)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
