Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3272 |
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 1859 (Dec 29) small cover to London "via Marseilles" with rare franking of 6d purple-brown/blue SG 1 (2½ margins; Cat £450 x5 on
cover) plus Imperf 4d rose SG 4 (cut-square with margins in places; Cat £4500 x4+ on cover) both tied by light bars cancels, the reverse with largely very fine 'PUSILAWE/=POST-____' ('UNPAID' removed) with manuscript "29 Decr 59/Paid" inserted (Proud
D2; rated 1500 points) & 'LONDON-WC/ 8E / JA30/60' arrival cds in red, repaired scissor-cut 9mm below the stamps. Ex Sir Ernest de Silva (1942). BPA Certificate (2020) states "...the cover has been extensively repaired, the stamps lifted, treated to
reduce staining - affecting the colour - and replaced, is genuine".
The via Marseilles rate is generally accepted to have been 9d at this time. However, there may have been a short-lived rate adjustment. Twelve Imperf 4d covers are recorded by Kimmel & Pearson at pages 470-1. Number 6 of --.11.1859 & Number 10 of
17.1.1860 are both paid 9d. Between them, Number 8 of 29.12.1859 (this cover; incorrectly stated that the 6d is on White Paper) and Number 9 of 10.1.1860, from a different correspondence from Colombo (Ex Joseph Hackmey Part I; Est US80,000-100,000
but unsold), are both paid 10d. The only 6d 8d 9d or 10d cover listed by K&P that is relevant is 8d Number 8, stated by them to be dated 19.1.1860. However, in the Hackmey Part I catalogue, the date is given as 10.1.1860. If K&P's date is correct,
the case for a 10d rate is not impacted.
As should be expected, most of the Imperf 4d covers are from Colombo. One each are recorded from Galle & Kandy. Only this and one from Badulla are from out-stations, both being located in the Central Highlands. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$5,000
SOLD for AU$5,000.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3273 |
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 1860 Jan 30) cover to Scotland "via Marseilles" with Imperf 1d deep turquoise-blue SG 2 (three margins, a little cut-into at the
top) and 8d brown SG 7 (cut-square with three close to good margins, just touched at left & with a fragment of the adjoining unit at right; Cat £1800 x4+ on cover) tied by light bars cancels, the reverse with 'COLOMBO/JA30/1860/=POST-PAID=' cds in
red & superb ' 3N /GLASGOW/FE28/60' arrival cds, roughly opened with flap-damage repaired, ironed-out central vertical fold. RPSL Certificate #74479 (now lost; with the accompanying photograph). Kimmel & Pearson at page 476 record sixteen Imperf 8d
covers, of which this is Number 7. The similar but very fine cover Ex Admiral Frederic Harris and Joseph Hackmey Part I, also to Scotland, sold for US$4200. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3274 |
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 1861 (Apr 6) internal mourning cover to "The Rev GW Sprott/Col Chaplain/Kandy" with Imperf 1d blue SG 5 (virtually full margins -
just touched at upper-right - with a chunk of the adjoining unit below; Cat £170 x4+) tied by manuscript "Stamped" & with light bars cancel, the reverse with almost fine strike of the badly-worn 'NUWARRA-ELLIA/=POST-PAID=' handstamp in red (Proud
PD2) with manuscript date "6 April/61" added, poor Kandy arrival also in red & inscription in Sinhala. Ex Eric Etkin and Patrick Pearson. RPSL Certificate (1975).
Presbyterian minister George Washington Sprott went to Ceylon in 1857 where he served as Chaplain to the Scottish troops in Kandy and was Chaplain at Scots Kirk in Kandy for seven years. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3275 |
|
 1861 (Mar 28) internal mourning cover to "The Rev George W Sprott/Col Chaplain/Kandy" with Imperf 1d blue SG 5 (close even margins
except where just shaved at the top; Cat £170 x4+) tied by manuscript "Stamped" & light bars cancel, the reverse with poor handstamps of Nuwarra Eliya & Kandy both in red & inscription in Sinhala. Ex Baron Percy de Worms and Charles Herbert Wood
(endorsed on the reverse). The stamp exhibits a Major Re-Entry - Number 8 - which is most obvious through 'ONE PENNY'. Other re-entries on cover probably exist but we don't know of any. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$725.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3276 |
|
 1861 (May 30) neat social cover to England "via Marseilles" with rare franking of Star Wmk Clean-Cut Perf 9d purple-brown SG 25
(perfs at base trimmed clear of the design; Cat £275 x8+ on cover), almost fine 'GALLE/MY30/1861/=POST-PAID=' backstamp in red, 'LONDON-EC/ AX /JU26/61/PAID' arrival cds in red, light bend at the base. Kimmel & Pearson at page 477 list only three
Star Wmk Clean-Cut Perf 9d covers. This example is not listed, and is the earliest of them by three weeks. Neither Joseph Hackmey nor 'Besancon' had a Star Wmk Clean-Cut Perf 9d cover. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3277 |
|
 1862 (May 26) cover to Scotland "Via Southampton Paid" with Rough Perf 6d deep brown SG 31 (Cat £130 x8+ on cover) & bars cancel,
almost fine strike of the cut-down '=KOTMALIE=' handstamp with manuscript "5/1862/26/paid" inserted, light ' F /ABERDEEN/JY6/62' arrival backstamp, ironed-out horizontal & vertical folds well clear of the stamp, light soiling. Kimmel & Pearson at
page 475 state "all shades of the perforated Six Pence...are scarce on cover". For the Rough Perf 6d, they list only six covers, of which three are franked with SG 31. Neither Joseph Hackmey nor 'Besancon' had a Star Wmk Perf 6d cover. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3278 |
|
 1862 small cover to Scotland "Via Southampton" with Imperf 1/- violet SG 10 (almost full margins, small fault at upper-left corner;
Cat £225 x4 on cover) tied by poor cancel in red that matches the almost fine 'PALLAI/=POST-PAID=' backstamp with manuscript date "21-7-62" inserted (Proud PD1; the only recorded example; illustration shown as 'PALLA' in error), 'PERTH/AU31/1862'
arrival backstamp, ironed-out vertical fold. Ex Ted Proud and Gary Watson: sold at our auction of 2.10.2010 for $1398 (Sale 158 Lot 509).
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$675.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3279 |
|
 1862 (Dec 26; Boxing Day) cover to a Catholic Order in France "Via Suez/if too late; per French Steamer" with remarkable franking
of Perf 1d blue x24 singles on the reverse with neat bars cancels, the face with light 'JAFFNA/DE26/1862/=POST-PAID=' cds & largely superb strike of the rare 'TOO LATE'-in-double- octagon handstamp (Proud #i4; recorded only in 1883 so the Earliest
Recorded Date by 20 years), French 'F ANG POSS ANG V SUEZ/10/FEVR/63/MARSEILLE B' & 'P.D.' (= Paid to Destination) handstamp both in red, 'LYON A PARIS 1/11/FEVR/63/ G ' backstamp, light even soiling. Très extraordinaire! (Image1)
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Estimate AU$5,000
SOLD for AU$3,800.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3280 |
|
 1863 (May 30) neat social cover to Ireland with rare franking of No Wmk Perf 13 9d deep brown SG 42 (lightly toned perfs; Cat £140
x8+ on cover) tied by untidy bars cancel, fine 'TRINCOMALIE/JY26/63/PAID' cds in red, superb 'H&K PACT/ A /AU28/1863' transit backstamp, redirected within Dublin, minor blemishes. Ex Baron Percy de Worms, Marcel Burrus and Zinoni. Kimmel & Pearson at
page 478 list only four No Wmk 9d covers, of which this is the latest. Superior quality to the similar cover Ex Joseph Hackmey Part I that sold for US$1500. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,350.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3281 |
|
 1864 (May 3) cover from England to "Govt Agent/Kandy/Ceylon" with 6d mauve tied by London duplex, 'KANDY/JU--/64/PAID' arrival
backstamp in red, Perf 1d added for redirection fee to "Barnes [?]/N Elia" (= Nuwara Eliya), minor blemishes. Very few pre-1870 letters from Britain with the Ceylon 1d for redirection fee have been recorded. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$625.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3282 |
|
 1866 (Oct 16) large-part cover to "The Lady Napier/The Cedars/Ootacamund/India" with rare franking of Star Wmk Clean-Cut Perf 5d
chestnut tied by oval-of-bars cancel, 'TRINCOMALIE/OC16/66/PAID' & similar Colombo cds of 'OC19/66' both in red, the reverse with very fine 'MADRAS/1866/OC25' transit & similar 'OOTACAMUND/1866/OC27' arrival cds, roughly opened missing the flap & a
large piece at upper-left. Kimmel & Pearson at page 472 list only five Star Wmk 5d covers; this example is not listed. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3283 |
|
 1867 (June 17) complete Mouat McKenzie & Co 4pp Prices Current with Crown/CC 1d (faults) tied by bars cancel, the wrapper with
address & datestamp missing, significant staining. Believed to be the only Pence Period intact Prices Current. Offered "as is". (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3284 |
|
 1869 (July 10) cover to Devonshire "Via Marseilles" with scarce Three Colour Mixed Issue Franking of Crown/CC 2d yellow & 10d
vermilion + De La Rue 1d (faults) tied by manuscript "Stamped" (faded) & 'A'-in-bars, 'COLOMBO/ JY10/69/PAID' cds in red, poor Axminster arrival backstamp, repaired flap & minor soiling. Pencil endorsement "Harris" on the reverse; apparently Ex
Admiral Frederic Harris Part V (1953) Lot 248. From 1.4.1868, the via Marseilles rate to Britain was increased from 1/- to 1/1d. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3285 |
|
 1869 (Dec 15) outer to Scotland "via Marseilles" with Crown/CC 1/- reddish-violet & De La Rue 1d deep blue tied by ' B
/COLOMBO/DE15/69 - [bars]' duplex, very fine 'FORRES/JA10/69' arrival backstamp, minor blemishes & ironed-out central vertical fold, minor repaired tear on the flap. Very attractive. From 1.4.1868, the via Marseilles rate to Britain was increased
from 1/- to 1/1d. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3286 |
|
 1871 (June 5) double-rate cover to England "via Southampton" with Mixed Franking of Crown/CC 9d black-brown & De La Rue 3d
(defective) tied by 'A'-in-bars of Colombo (cds in red alongside), poor arrival cds in red on the face, minor blemishes. In -.12.1870, the rate to Britain via Brindisi was reduced from 1/1d to 1/-. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3287 |
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 1871 (Dec 15) flimsy cover to England "Via Brindisi" with Crown/CC 1/- bright violet tied by ' B / COLOMBO/ AU19/71 - [bars]'
duplex, faint arrival cds in red on the face, light soiling. In -.12.1870, the rate to Britain via Brindisi was reduced from 1/1d to 1/-.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3288 |
|
 1942 (Mar 30) stampless On Active Service cover from an Australian soldier in Ceylon, to Egypt with double-boxed 'PASSED
BY/Australian Military/Liaison Officer India' cachet (not previously seen by us) but Indian-pattern 'FPO/No 74/30MAR____' (year omitted) cds used at Colombo on the reverse, 'BASE POST OFFICE 21/SOR/11MAY42' arrival cds used at Cairo (Ted Proud lists
BPO 21 only from 1943, & in India only), peripheral repairs & opened-out for display. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3289 |
|
 1942 (mid) stampless On Active Service Comfort Fund covers from Australian soldiers in Ceylon with 'AIF FIELD PO/20MY42/No 23', or
'.../1JE42/No 24'. A very scarce duo. Anticipating a Japanese assault, Churchill demanded Australia send troops to Ceylon. Prime Minister Curtin reluctantly diverted troops returning from the Middle East to Ceylon, where they were stationed for only
six weeks.
(2) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3290 |
|
 1942 (Aug) stampless POW cover from Jaffna (endorsed on flap) to a Tamil internee unusually at "Kuala Lumpur/Federated Malay
States" via the Red Cross in Japan, processed through 'KANDY/11AU/42' with censor '32' label with "L/" added in red pencil. Such mail from Ceylon is very scarce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
| 3291 |
/D |
 1943-45 flights comprising Qantas 6NOV43 Colombo-Karachi signed "WH Crowther", 2DE/45 return 'Liberator' flight Colombo-Sydney
signed "JA Furze" & "JG Moxham", and 'TEST LETTER' from England cancelled on arrival & returned as per enclosed roneo'd 'TEST LETTER NO ("4")'.
(4 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Jun-25, 07:30 PM |
