SOUTH AUSTRALIA continued...
Postal Stationery continued...
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 561 |
PSE |
 POSTAL CARDS: 1911 (circa) QV (1d+)1d rose-pink reply-half as HG 4 but with 'REPLY CARD' in Seriffed Type, commercially used with
'BROKEN HILL/12JU11/NSW' cds. Rare inter-State usage (such usage was permitted from 13.10.1910). A major South Australia and Commonwealth-Period rarity: the only recorded example used. Sold at our auction of 19.10.2007 for $2210 (Sale 131 Lot 521).
The Walker/Eustis Collection unused example - the halves separated - sold in 2003 for $1265, where it was stated "Fewer than five examples are known; all are unused". (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 562 |
PSE |
 POSTAL CARDS - OFFICIAL: 1901 (March 28) usage of QV 1d(+1d) message-half overprinted with Wide-Spaced 'O S' and 'CENSUS, 1901' to
Moonta, minor crease at upper-right. Rare: only four examples have been recorded. Unlisted by Higgins & Gage, and absent from the Martin Walker/Nelson Eustis collection. An important item evidencing the first Commonwealth Census, held only two months
after Federation. Ex Victor Bullock: sold at our auction of 1.9.2007 for $1340 (Sale 130 Lot 661). A similar but defective example sold at our auction of 15.8.2014 for $870. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 563 |
E |
 WRAPPERS: 1883 essay for a QV 'Bantam' ½d issue with a die proof in black affixed to a piece of horizontally laid paper with script
'De La Rue & Co' watermark (138x91mm) with printed 'SOUTH [coat of arms] AUSTRALIA/NEWSPAPER ONLY' in black, handstamped '9 APR 83' in blue-black at upper-right, minor thin at that corner. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated by Frank Walton - and
Martin Walker/Nelson Eustis: sold with another item in 2003 for $1340 but not illustrated in the catalogue. This design was rejected.
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Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 564 |
E |
 WRAPPERS: 1883 original stamp-size artwork for the adopted QV ½d design in India ink with Chinese white highlights that create a
pale blue frame on tracing paper (148x120mm), '13APR83' handstamp in blue-black above a light central horizontal fold that is well clear of the design. Exquisite. Ex De La Rue Archives - illustrated by Frank Walton at page 6059 - and 'Besancon'
(III): sold for SFr725. This piece has been noted elsewhere as being Ex Henry Frenkle, but it was not included in his auction of 26.9.1979.
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 565 |
E |
 WRAPPERS: 1883 original stamp-size artwork for the adopted QV ½d design in India ink with Chinese white highlights that create a
pale blue frame on stout card (79x90mm), '13APR83' handstamp in blue-black at upper-right. Delightful. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated by Frank Walton - and Henry Frenkle (1979). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 566 |
E |
 WRAPPERS: 1890 Post Office Design Competition essay in India ink on thin card for a proposed Steamship ½d issue with 'SOUTH
AUSTRALIA/NEWSPAPER ONLY' banner and river scene with two kangaroos, the artist's pseudonym "Mancunius" at top, minor blemishes and a small adhesion spot on the reverse where removed from a backing page. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
Postal History
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 567 |
 PSE |
 Selection including 1841 & 1843 descriptive pioneer entire letters without Adelaide markings each with 'COLDSTREAM' England boxed
arrival, 1842 & 1844 to London with fine strikes of the large 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/ADELAIDE' Crowned-Oval datestamp, and 1850 to Gloucestershire with largely very fine 'G.P.O./SOUTH AUSTRALIA' Crowned-Circle in blue, then 1852 envelope to England
with 'ANGASTON' unframed cds rated "6"[d] paid and 1/- packet letter, 1855 to Middlesex with 2d strip of 3 (poorly separated at base) tied by Numeral '1' of Port Adelaide, 1858 to Lincolnshire with Imperf 6d blue tied by poor Port Elliott numeral &
just-legible cds alongside, 1873 two double-rate items via Brindisi to London & Edinburgh the latter with Perkins Bacon 9d violet x2, 1876 to Yorkshire with De La Rue 2d orange & Perkins Bacon 6d blue tied by light Numeral '226' and very fine
'SWANPORT' cds alongside, 1880 from the same correspondence now at 10d rate with fine '226' tied to Murray Bridge cds after the office was moved, also later items including Tatts mail one a very attractive multi-colour illustrated advertising
envelope for Walkerville Sparkling Ale beer, others registered including 'Long Tom' 3d, 4d & 6d frankings, a few taxed items, OHMS Commonwealth Naval Forces x2 and South Australian Infantry Regiment fronts each with 1d red punctured 'OS', a few
mostly unused Postal Stationery items, etc, condition very mixed.
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$1,200.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 568 |
PSE |
 Pre-1913 registered mail selection including Tattersalls covers from 'COCKBURN', 'MELROSE', 'OODNADATTA', 'PETERSBURG', 'PT
DARWIN', 'PORT WAKEFIELD' (with Thin 'POSTAGE' 3d), 'WAUKARINGA', 'WILLIAMSTOWN' and 'WOODVILLE', etc, condition variable; then 1904 to New Zealand with Thin 'POSTAGE' 8d, 1911 to GB with Thick 'POSTAGE' 4d (roughly opened), 1896 quadruple-rate to GB
with Perkins Bacon 1/- + De La Rue 1d green, and 1911 very fine usage of 3d Registration Envelope at 'BORDER TOWN' to "Taunton Vale Farm/Wirrega PO". Ex John Boykett.
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 Partly-annotated group including 1880 with all-over advert on the reverse for Main & Geyer Wholesale Druggists, 1906 unusually fine
illustrated envelope ('PORT VICTOR, ADELAIDE' [sic]) to Germany, 1905 social cover 'NEW THEBARTON' to GB with unauthorised bisect & taxed, 1907 PPC to Algeria with Malta transit, 1912 Sydney dealer's registered parcel label with Thin 'POSTAGE' 10d +
Qld 2/- brown, 1902 OHMS to USA with Wide 'O. S.' 2½d, 1912 OHMS to Bohemia with punctured 'OS' 2½d, etc, also KGV registered covers from 'GLENROY' (small red/white R label), 'KESWICK', 'SALISBURY' and 'WARROW', condition variable but many are fine
to very fine. Ex John Boykett.
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$800.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 570 |
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 Early stamped mail including 1859 to GB with Rouletted 6d pair, 1864 local letter with 2d tied by very fine Receiving Office
numeral '5', 1864 to GB with 1d & 9d, 1867 with two part-strikes of 'YUDNAMUTANA' (rated RRRR) & 'BLINMAN' backstamp (RRR), 1870 to Melbourne with 'MILANG' cds & numeral '100', 1876 from 'YATINA', 1883 from 'ECHUNGA' to Wales, 1884 with 'YANKALILLA'
cds & indistinct numeral '75', 1885 to GB with lots of redirections & transits. Ex John Boykett.
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 571 |
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 1838 partly cross-written entire letter headed "Adelaide/April 29 1838" & signed "RLeake", to "John Leake Esqr/Rosedale/near
Campbell Town/Van Diemans Land" & endorsed "pAntelope" (?), light but largely fine & above-average strike of the undated double-circle 'POST OFFICE/[lion & crown]/ADELAIDE' handstamp, landed at Launceston & endorsed "9" for inland postage. A very
early inter-colonial letter. Sold at our auction of 27.7.2009 for $7280 (Sale 147 Lot 384). Eight months earlier than Harry Lower's and Don Pearce's earliest entire letters that sold for $5060 (Sale 128 Lot 306) and $3660 (Sale 254 Lot 2001)
respectively, which makes this an extremely important item. Those other two items were Congregational Church correspondence to London. The current item is inter-colonial which, again, reinforces its importance.
The handstamp is recorded from March 1838, underlining the significance of this usage only one month later (with only one earlier usage recorded, of 5.4.1838). However, Don Pearce discovered a note in the Archives dated "16 Sept 1837" & signed
"Thomas Gilbert/Post Master", suggesting that it be "returned to Sydney" for the inscription to be amended to add 'SOUTH AUSTRALIA'. No action was taken. Don's transcript is included with the lot. This, plus the similar Port Adelaide and Glenelg
devices (the latter known only from a single example in the Archives), were manufactured in Sydney by a Mr Manning. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$5,000
SOLD for AU$3,800.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 572 |
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 1842 entire letter headed "November the 12th 1842" but unsigned from a family to a woman in Port Lincoln with an astonishing strike
of the huge '[crown]/GENERAL POST OFFICE/ADELAIDE/SA/19NOV--/1842' datestamp on the reverse, rated "4" for an intra-colonial shipletter, overall minor soiling & some internal repairs with archival tape but you'll never see a better strike of the
datestamp. Sold at our auction of 27.7.2009 for $874 (Sale 147 Lot 385). Far superior to the strike across the flap of Harry Lower's entire to Scotland that sold for $862 at our auction of 12.5.2007 (Sale 128 Lot 308). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 573 |
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 1847 entire letter headed "Adelaide SA/January 9th 1847" and signed "John Newman", to London "per Taglioni via Swansea" (!) with a
largely fine strike of the scarce undated 'POST OFFICE/[crown]/PORT ADELAIDE' handstamp & very fine strike of the large '[crown]/PAID/ 9JA9/184 ' datestamp (no year, as always in this period) in red, the reverse with light 'SHIPLETTER' handstamp &
London arrival of '18MY18/1847' in red, endorsed within "Duplicate/via Singapore", vertical filing fold at left. Ex 'Daneswood': sold at our auction of 29.3.2008 for $1045 (Sale 134 Lot 400). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 574 |
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 1852 (Jan 22) inwards envelope from England endorsed "Duke of Cornwall", unstamped to "Hindley Street, Adelaide" with 'BIRMINGHAM'
despatch cds in blue on the face, 'SHIP-LETTER/LONDON' Crowned cds & 'PAID' cds of the next day both in red alongside and rated "8"[d] for the outgoing ship letter rate, light but clear 'G.P.O./MY24/1852/SOUTH AUSTRALIA' arrival in black also on the
face where rated "6"[d] for an inwards ship letter, a few minor blemishes. Ex John Barwis. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 575 |
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 1855 (April 20) locally produced envelope with 'PLATTS ADELAIDE' embossed on a back flap, to London endorsed "Per Havilah & Red
Jacket via Melbourne/thence via Marseilles" with QV Perkins Bacon London Printings 2d rose-carmine SG 2 horizontal strip of 3 (the central unit with full margins, the others a little cut-into, plus fragments of the three adjoining units above) with
Numeral-in-Diamond '1' cancels and 'PORT-ADELAIDE/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA=' unframed cds below, 'PAID/LIVERPOOL/SHIPJY25/1855' Tombstone transit & London arrival cds both in red on the face, ironed-out horizontal fold across the stamps & some minor
blemishes, still a handsome First Issue cover, in the fourth month of issue. Ex John Barwis. sold at our auction of 23.2.2022 for $448 (Online Sale 7 Lot 624). Carried by coastal steamer 'Havilah' to Melbourne, then by 'Red Jacket' departing 2.5.1855
and around Cape Horn via Rio de Janiero direct to Liverpool carrying 138,643 ounces of gold & 440 sovereigns (the largest amount of gold brought to England by one ship at that time) plus 270 passengers. Because of the route - and because the cover
was underpaid for carriage across France - the second line of the endorsement was crossed-through. Charles Platts arrived from England in 1839, and became Adelaide's first bookseller & manufacturing stationer. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1855 (July 13) envelope to London endorsed "p Havilah via Melbourne' with Perkins Bacon London Printings QV 2d rose-carmine SG 2
horizontal strip of 3 (very fine with large margins except at right where a little cut-into) tied by Numeral-in-Diamond '1' cancels and fair 'PORT-ADELAIDE/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA=' unframed cds at lower-left, very fine
'AUSTRALIAN/PAID/LIVERPOOL/OC20/55/=PACKET=' cds and London Tombstone arrival datestamps both in red on the face, minor blemishes. A very attractive First Issue cover. Ex John Barwis: sold at our auction of 24.10.2009 for $1265 (Sale 151 Lot 351).
Carried by coastal steamer 'Havilah' to Melbourne, then trans-Pacific by White Star Line 'Mermaid' and around Cape Horn, making a call at Pernambuco, Brazil after taking on water. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1855 (Nov 21) mercantile entire letter to London endorsed "p James Baines" with Perkins Bacon London Printings QV 6d dark blue
(margins good to just touched at upper-right) tied by Circle-in-Bars cancel and 'PAID/ADELAIDE S.A' unframed cds in red alongside, 'AUSTRALIA/PAID/LIVERPOOL/MR 4/56/PACKET' unframed cds and very fine London 'PAID/5 MR 5/1856' arrival both in red on
the face, unusually without any accountancy marking, a few closed tears mostly on the back. Ex John Barwis. Presumably carried overland to Melbourne and then by James Baines' Black Ball Line clipper sailing ship 'James Baines' departing Melbourne
28.11.1855 via Cape Horn arriving Liverpool 2.3.1857 with 200 passengers and 80,000 ozs of gold. The letter states in part "... not able to maintain the price of £8 10/- for gross Stout, we sold the shipment p Irene at £8 rather than hold it". An
attractive First Issue usage within the first six weeks of issue. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1856 (Aug 1) envelope to Wolverhampton, England endorsed "For England by the James Baines via Melbourne by the Wonga Wonga" with QV
Perkins Bacon London Printings 6d blue (margins good to just clipped at lower-left) tied by Circle-in-Bars cancel and by 'PAID/ADELAIDE S.A' unframed cds in red, very fine 'PAID/LIVERPOOL/SHIP/NO21/1856' Tombstone datestamp in red on the face
slightly overstruck by 'd/3' accountancy handstamp also in red, small-part arrival backstamp in blue, repaired closed edge tear & part back missing affecting the arrival marking. Ex John Barwis. Carried by coastal steamer 'Wonga Wonga' and James
Baines' Black Ball Line clipper sailing ship 'James Baines' on a non-contract sailing departing Melbourne 8.8.1856 via Cape Horn arriving Liverpool 21.11.1856. For private ship letters, the 6d uniform ship letter rate was divided equally, with 3d to
be credited to Great Britain as indicated by the accountancy marking. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 579 |
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 1857 (May 13) entire letter headed "Adelaide 11th May 1857", to Bannockburn, Scotland endorsed "per Great Britain" with QV Perkins
Bacon London Printings Imperforate 6d dark blue SG 3 (margins close to large; very fine) tied by Circle-in-Bars cancel with 'PAID/=ADELAIDE SA=' unframed cds (code '4' sideways) in red and 'd/3'[d] accountancy handstamp also in red both alongside on
the face, Liverpool 'PAID/23AU23/1857' Tombstone transit overstriking the Adelaide cds on the face, very fine 'STIRLING/AU 24/1857' arrival backstamp in blue, light horizontal filing fold across the face not affecting the stamp. Ex John Barwis. The
accountancy marking in red denoted a 3d credit to Great Britain from the 6d private ship letter pre-paid at Adelaide. Carried overland to Melbourne to meet the 'Great Britain' departing 21.5.1857. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 580 |
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 1865 (Jan 7) American stampless entire mercantile letter to Tasmania headed "San Francisco" and endorsed on the inside "pr Ellen
Southard" giving updates and prices on commodities including "... our Grain market has been quiet with a moderate demand ...[and] some export to China ..." with 'FAWKNER, BELL & CO/JAN/17/1865' firm cachet (date error?) on the reverse, carried as a
consignee's letter until offloaded in error at Adelaide with a largely very fine strike of the scarce 'MISSENT/TO ADELAIDE S.A' handstamp on the face and 'G.P.O. ADELAIDE/AP 4/65/S.A' unframed datestamp alongside, forwarded to Tasmania rated "6"[d]
for an inter-Colonial ship letter with very fine Launceston 'SHIP LETTER INWARDS FREE10AP10/1865' diamond arrival backstamp in red, light file folds mostly clear of the markings. Ex John Barwis. The American full-rigged merchant ship 'Ellen Southard'
from Bath (Maine) was built in 1863 and ship and wrecked in 1875 at the mouth of the Mersey River at Liverpool during a hurricane-strength storm. A most unusual trans-Pacific inter-Colonial combination. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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