Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 581 |
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 1860 (April 7) outer to Victoria "p Lady Bird" with Perkins Bacon Rouletted 6d slate-blue SG 17 (rouletting on three sides & cut
from the sheet at left to preserve the design) tied by Diamond Numeral '1' with 'PORT ADELAIDE/S-A' cds alongside, tiny Melbourne arrival backstamp of AP10/60 in red. Ex Don Pearce. On 1.4.1857, the rate was doubled, from 3d to 6d. Ex Don Pearce.
[Harry Lower's 6d on 1859 entire to Melbourne sold for $755]
Grade A (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 582 |
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 1862 (Aug 6) entire headed "Adelaide" signed "Wm Younghusband & Co", to New Zealand "per Harrilah" with Perkins Bacon Rouletted 6d
violet-blue SG 28 tied by GPO cds, 'WELLINGTON/ AU24/1862/NEW ZEALAND' arrival cds on the face, minor blemishes. Ex Don Pearce. On 1.4.1857, the inter-colonial rate was doubled from 3d to 6d. [William Younghusband arrived in June 1840. He was a
promoter of the Murray River Steam Navigation Co. An MLC, he was also a very effective Chief Secretary 1857-60]
Grade B (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 583 |
O |
 1863 (Nov 3) part-entire being the largely pre-printed addressing portion (210x155mm) from an OHMS article 'To the
Postmaster-General ("California")' endorsed per the Aldinga & "via Malbourne" [sic] with 'MELBOURNE/ NO6/63' transit datestamp in red at upper-right, minor blemishes. Ex Dale Forster. The 'Aldinga' operated a regular service between Adelaide and New
Zealand. This article would have been on-forwarded from New Zealand by an unknown vessel.
Grade B (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 584 |
|
 1868 (March 31) double-weight cover to London with Rouletted 6d dull ultramarine tied by GPO cds with light strike of the first
type 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE ("6")/FINE ("6")' handstamp at left, London arrival backstamps of MY21/68 & 'MORE/TO/PAY' handstamp added & rated "1/-", minor blemishes. Ex Don Pearce.
Grade B (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 585 |
/D |
 1869 (Aug) mourning cover to North Adelaide with rare franking of Crown/SA Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 2d red-orange SG 156 (very fine;
Cat £200 x5 on cover) tied by GPO cds of AU24/69, minor blemishes; plus enclosed letter headed "Robe/Augt 16 1869" which states "...We had a dreadful stormy voyage and...a man very nearly lost his life by falling into the sea...". The letter confirms
that the cover was carried privately back from Robe & posted on arrival at Adelaide. RPSofV Certificate (2011) for the then SG 125.
(2 items)Grade B/A (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 586 |
|
 1869 (June 18) entire headed "Langhorne's Bridge" signed "Eliza Malsen" to Yorkshire, Perf 11½-12½ 6d pale blue tied by fine
Diamond Numeral '56' (rated R) with largely fine 'LANGHORNE'S CREEK/S.A' cds (rated RRR) alongside, two different GPO Adelaide transits and 'HUDDERSFIELD/13AU69' arrival backstamp, some overall soiling. The letter endorsed "duplicate" gives details
of her father's estate. Langhorne's Creek PO 1.8.1853 [18lm ESE of Strathalbyn, at the Bremer River bridge].
Grade B (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 587 |
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 1871 (March 1) cover to London endorsed "via Brindisi" with 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. Ex Don Pearce. 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. 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$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 588 |
|
 1872 (Feb 20) tiny cover to Tasmania with rare solo franking of 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. Ex Don Pearce. From 1.7.1870, the inter-colonial ship letter rate was reduced from 6d to 3d per ½oz.
Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 589 |
|
 1874 (June 1) cover to "Exeter Hotel, Rundle Str/Adelaide" with rare franking of Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ xRouletted 2d red-orange SG
165 (Cat £120 x5+ on cover) tied by 'KOORINGA' cds, GPO arrival backstamp of the same date, repaired flap. The historic Exeter Hotel opened at the eastern end of Rundle Street in 1851. It had some notoriety, being the scene of many criminal &
unsavoury events.
Grade (B) (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 590 |
|
 1878 (June 14) cover with embossed motto 'LAETO AERE FLORENT/[pheasant]' (= They Flourish in the Glad Air) on the flap, to
"Bloomfield Douglas Esq/Klang/Selangor/via Singapore" with De La Rue Perf 10 2d x2 & '8 PENCE' on Perkins Bacon 9d pale brown tied by GPO duplex, no transit or arrival markings, light central vertical fold. A truly exotic destination in this period:
from Victoria, Ben Palmer lists no pre-UPU mail to any part of Malaya.
Klang was the Royal capital of Selangor before 1880 when Kuala Lumpur emerged as the main centre. The Klang Valley was a key centre for tin mining. Bloomfield Douglas was the first British Resident in Selangor and, when the post office opened in
1879, the first Klang postmaster. Kuala Lumpur PO opened 1881. The motto is of the Ayers Family. The sender was probably Henry Ayres who arrived in 1840, managing the major copper mining company at the Burra. His North Terrace home, Ayers House, is
still standing.
Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 591 |
|
 1878 (June 27) cover to Wine & Spirit Merchants in Kent ".../Via Brindisi" with Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ 6d tied by indistinct
Numeral '88' with 'RHYNIE/S-A' 21mm cds alongside, large-part 'RAILWAY/ 2 /JU27/78/S-A' transit backstamp (rated RR) and very fine strike of the rare 'INSUFFICIENTLY STAMPED/VIA BRINDISI' handstamp of Adelaide, part-Plymouth (?) transit backstamp of
AU10/78 & part-'[GREEN]WICH' (?) cds of two days later, missing flap, minor blemishes & opened-out. Ex Don Pearce. 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$800
SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 592 |
|
 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. Ex Don Pearce. 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)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 593 |
|
 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. Ex Don Pearce.
Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$800
SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 594 |
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 1882 (May 9) cover to Germany "Via Italy" with 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. Ex Don Pearce. Only one other early Yorketown cover is recorded.
Grade B (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 595 |
|
 1883 (Mar 10) cover to "Otyimbingue/Walwich Bay/Cape of good Hoope/South Afrika" with De La Rue Perf 10 1d green & 2d orange and '8
PENCE' on Perkins Bacon 9d burnt umber tied 'WHYTE YARCOWIE' cds (rated R), the reverse with 'RAILWAY PO/S - A', London cds of 23AP/83 in red and 'CAPE TOWN/MY17/83/ CAPE COLONY' transits, rated "3" in red (at London ?) & "4" in black (at Cape Town
?). Another extraordinary pre-UPU destination, both before the annexation of Walvis Bay by the Cape of Good Hope, and the establishment of German South West Africa, both in 1884.
From Victoria, Ben Palmer lists ten pre-UPU covers to the Cape and two to Natal, but none to South-West Africa. "Walwich Bay" is an acknowledged variant of Walvis or Whale Bay (English), or Walvisbaar (Afrikaans), or Walfischbucht (German) - take
your pick - the British enclave in the German colony of South West Africa. From the 1840s, Otyimbingue/Otjimbingwe, 300km inland from the Atlantic coast, was a German missionary centre. It became prominent when copper was discovered in 1854 and,
between 1884 & 1892, it was the de facto capital of the new German colony, before the administration moved to Windhoek.
Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 596 |
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 1884 (Aug 28) cover to ".../Dresden/Belgium" [sic] endorsed via "Brindisi" with Perf 10x11½-12½ 6d bright blue only tied by
'GLENELG/S-A' squared-circle, Adelaide transit backstamp, no evidence of having been to Belgium but with two German tax handstamps and rated "80" [Pfennig] in blue-pencil, superb 'DRESDEN-ALTST/6 10/84' backstamp from where redirected to Surrey,
England with very fine 'DORKING' arrival backstamp and rated "5"[d] to pay, some staining but still quite presentable. Ex Don Pearce. A good example of the postal authorities preventing mail being sent to an unintended country. The via Brindisi rate
to Germany was 9d per ½oz.
Grade C (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 597 |
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 1887 (March) cover apparently posted aboard coastal vessel, to Italy with De La Rue Perf 10 1d green & Perkins Bacon 6d bright
ultramarine tied by 'WILLIAMSTOWN/MR18/83/VICTORIA - 11 ' duplex, inverted '("1/2")/MORE TO PAY' handstamp of Melbourne (backstamp), small 'T'-in-inverted-triangle possibly also applied at Melbourne although more likely on arrival, Brindisi transit
backstamp of 29/APR/87 and Italian Postage Dues 50c pair with 'MILANO' cds, minor blemishes. Yet another remarkable cover, being the only pre-UPU item we have seen with South Australian stamps cancelled in another colony.
Grade B (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 598 |
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 1890 (Jan 27) OHMS cover with 'Botanic Gardens' imprint at lower-left, to Germany with scarce franking of Thick 'O.S.' Perf 10 2d
dull orange & 6d blue tied by GPO duplex, Erfurt arrival backstamp, light soiling.
Grade B (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 599 |
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 1891 (Jan 12) Winch Brothers cover with extremely rare franking of Perf 11½-12½x10 '2½d.' on 4d SG 231 tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/S.A
- S AUSTRALIA' duplex, very fine 'COLCHESTER/FE15/91' arrival backstamp. Rare usage of the surcharge in the first month of issue and Harry Lower stated this is the only cover recorded with this stamp.
The Australian Colonies had been advised of admission to the Universal Postal Union (UPU) from 1.1.1891, with a standard overseas letter rate of 2½d. However, admission was delayed (until 1.10.1891), and the new rate revoked by mid-February, except
for mail to GB. Any letters from this 6-week period are very elusive.
Grade A (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 600 |
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 1891 (May 15) cover to California with extremely rare franking of Irregular Compound Perf 10x11½-12½ x10x10 '2½d.' on 4d SG 231
variant vertical pair & 1d blue-green tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/S.A - S AUSTRALIA' duplex, apparently missent (?) via London with New York transit backstamp of JUL5/91. Harry Lower stated this is the only cover recorded with this stamp. [The 6d rate to
America was reinstated by mid-February, until 30.9.1891, after which the Colonies did join the UPU]
Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
