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SOUTH AUSTRALIA continued...

Postal History continued...
LotNo. Symbol Lot Description Estimate in AU$'s
601 c image1891 (Nov 15 ?) Kangaroo Island cover with very scarce and underrated franking of De La Rue Comb Perf 10 2d orange tied by 24mm 'AMERICAN RIVER' squared-circle (rated RR), 'HOG-BAY' transit (R) & GPO arrival backstamps. American River PO 1.6.1890. Hog Bay PO 1862; renamed Penneshaw 18.10.1904.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$250.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
602 c image1893 (June 6) cover to Sweden "Per Australia via Italy" with '5D.' on Perf 10 6d tied by GPO cds, 18mm 'STOCKHOLM/ K.E. /11/1893' arrival backstamp.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$130.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
603 c image1893 (Oct 23) cover with Royal coat-of-arms in red on the flap and 'Governor/South Australia' imprint & signature "Kintore" at lower-left, to Ceylon with 'COLOMBO/NO9/93' arrival backstamp. Superb. Apparently addressed by the Governor himself. [The 9th Earl of Kintore was the popular Governor between 11.4.1889 and 10.4.1895. A supporter of Federation, he also travelled from Darwin to Adelaide to inspect the interior]

Grade A+ (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
604 c image1894 (Jan 17) cover to Washington DC with rare franking of Perf 15 '2½d.' on 4d SG 233 with Double Perforations at Top & Sides tied by fair 'SEMAPHORE' squared-circle, the reverse with transits of GPO & San Francisco (FEB5/1894) & tiny machine datehead-only arrival of FEB20/1894. Harry Lower stated only three covers are recorded with this stamp, of which this is probably the only one with the perforation error.

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

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
605 c image1894 (March 3) cover to Germany "Via Marseilles/Per Polynesian" with three-colour franking of Perf 15 2d orange x2 plus Tannenberg 2½d violet-blue & 5d brown-purple tied by GPO squared-circle, 'R'-in-oval handstamp, very fine French octagonal 'LIGNE T/PAQ FR No 6' Marine Sorter datestamp of the same day, 'RUNKEL/1.4/94' arrival backstamp. The rate was overseas letter 2½d + 3d registration + 6d late fee = 11½d. Registered late fee covers are very scarce.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
606 c image1894 (Sep 12) cover to Hampshire with three-colour franking of Perf 15 1d blue-green, 2d dull orange & 6d deep blue tied by GPO duplex, very fine 'GOSPORT/OC14/94' arrival backstamp. The rate was overseas letter 2½d + 6d late fee = 8½d (plus ½d convenience overpayment).

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
607 long cover image1900 (Oct 8) OHMS envelope with printed 'Education Department' imprint at lower-left & boxed 'REGISTERED/No...' at upper-left, to "Mount Barker Springs" with scarce franking of Thin 'O.  S.' Wide Setting 2d violet & Tannenberg 2½d Kangaroo pair tierd by GPO squared-circle, similar 'MOUNT BARKER' arrival backstamp of OC10/00. The Earliest Recorded Usage of the 2½d. Gibbons give an ERD of "2.10.01": this is almost one year earlier. [Mount Barker Springs is 5km NE of Mount Barker. The PO was open until 12.9.1910]

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
608 long cover image1901 (Feb 23) quintuple-rate cover to New York "Via San Francisco" with Post Office ½d apple-green & Perkins Bacon 1/- brown tied by GPO cds, arrival backstamp of 2.3.1901, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
609 c image1901 (Apr 18) OPSO cover with Post & Telegraph Department imprint at lower-left, to Cheshire with scarce franking of Thin 'O.S.' Narrow Setting Perf 13 ½d and Perf 10 '5D' on 6d x2, 'ALTRINCHAM' arrival cds of MY26/01 & redirected to Wales with 'LLANDUDNO' arrival backstamp of the next day, minor blemishes. Ex Henry Pattiz. RPSofL Certificate (1982). [Altrincham is now a suburb of Manchester. Llandudno is 108km almost due west, on the north coast of Wales]

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
610 c image1902 (Dec 24; Christmas Eve) PMG's Department OHMS double-rate cover to New Jersey with rare franking of Thin 'POSTAGE' 9d rosy lake tied by poor Adelaide squared-circle & largely fine 'CORRESPONDENCE OFFICE/GPO' cds alongside, London transit of 26JA03 in red on the face, the reverse with New York transit of 2-5/1903 & 3-line 'REGISTERED/FEB 6 1903/CAMDEN NJ' arrival in red-purple. The rate was 2½d x2 + 3d registration (1d convenience overpayment). The ACSC doesn't quote on-cover prices for any denomination from 9d and higher.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
611 image1903 (Mar 2) double-rate cover to Illinois with 2d dull violet & Thin 'POSTAGE' 6d blue-green tied by 'NARACOORTE' squared-circle, superb 'R'-in-oval handstamp, the reverse with Adelaide transit & two different Chicago 3- or 4-line registration datestamps, repaired closed tear that impacts the 2d.

Grade (A) (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
612 long cover image1903 (May 27) PMG's Department OHMS double-rate cover to New Jersey with scarce franking of Thin 'POSTAGE' 8d blue (Cat $750 on cover) tied by 'REGISTERED ADELAIDE/SA' squared-circle, London transit of 29JE03 in red on the face, the reverse with New York transit of 7-10/1903 & 3-line 'REGISTERED/JUL 11 1903/CAMDEN NJ' arrival in violet, light horizontal fold through the stamp. The rate was 2½d x2 + 3d registration.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
613 c image1904 Tatts registered cover to Hobart with 1d pink & 2d violet (SG 180 Comb Perf pair) tied by light but obvious 'WOODVILLE/OC7/04/S-A' squared-circle, the reverse with light GPO cds also of OC7/04 and Hobart arrival backstamp of OC13/1904. small piece missing from the base. Gibbons provide an ERD of 11.10.1904 for the 2d: this is four days earlier.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
614 image1906 OHMS cover with Post & Telegraph Department imprint at lower-left, to America with Thick 'POSTAGE' 8d blue tied by very fine 'REGISTERED/ ADELAIDE' squared-circle, San Francisco transit of MAR/19/1906 & New York arrival backstamp of 3-24/1906.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
615 image1906 New Zealand stereoscopic PPC to England with 2d violet & Thick 'POSTAGE' 6d blue-green tied by the scarce 'ENG MAIL TPO/28DE--06/S AUSTRALIA' cds. This is something of an enigma. The postcard rate was 1d + late fee of 6d if posted at the GPO or 9d if posted at Adelaide Railway Station. The TPO cds indicates it was posted at the station, so it was 2d underpaid, but not taxed.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$125.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
616 c image1906-12 covers to overseas destinations with frankings including Thick 'POSTAGE' 3d to 1/- (the 4d is Thin 'POSTAGE', light soiling), the 3d 4d 6d & 8d are all commercial, red/white R labels on the 9d & 10d both to Germany & the 1/- to Belgium, fine to very fine. A most unusual opportunity. The ACSC prices the 8d on cover at $750. The higher denominations are scarcer, even on philatelic covers, but are unpriced.  (7)

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$1,600.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
617 c image1907 (Jan 20) cover to Banque Populaire Suisse in Switzerland with Tannenberg 2½d indigo Kangaroo & Tall Stamps Thick 'POSTAGE' 3d olive tied by 'GLENELG' squared-circle, small 'R'-in-circle and curved 'REGISTERED/No...' handstamps, Bern arrival backstamp of 3.III.07.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
618 long cover image1907 OHMS cover to Devonshire with 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/AU26/07/ADELAIDE' cds in rosine and scarce framking of Thin 'POSTAGE' 4d punctured 'OS' tied by GPO cds of two days later, 'HONITON/SP30/07' arrival backstamp, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$145.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
619 c image1908 (Jan 20) cover with embossed 'KOORINE' on the flap, to Rumania with 2d violet & ½d Post Office tied by 'KALNGADOO' squared-circle, Bucarest arrival backstamp of 25FEV908 and postmen's 'posthorn' delivery handstamp No 39 (?) on the face. A very scarce destination, in any period.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$105.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM
620 c image1908 (June 4) cover with boxed 'HM COOPER/BROADWAY/GLENELG/...' cachet across the flap, to Banque Populaire Suisse in Switzerland with Tannenberg 2½d indigo Kangaroo & Tall Stamps Thick 'POSTAGE' 4d vermilion x2 tied by 'GLENELG' squared-circle, curved 'REGISTERED/No...' handstamp, Bern arrival backstamp of 12.VII.08, repaired tear on the flap. [Harold More Cooper was a telegraphist who operated an experimental wireless station from his home. He later became a prominent ethnologist, making important finds of aboriginal artefacts on Kangaroo Island & the mainland]

Grade (A-) (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

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