Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 961 |
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 1882 (Oct 11) Pfaff Pinschof & Co cover to Austria 'Per SS Rohilla' with scarce franking of QV Bell 1d green & 1/- blue/blue and
Naish 4d rosine tied by '1'-in-bars "killer" cancels, double-oval 'REGISTERED/MELBOURNE' datestamp & 'R'-in-octagon handstamp in purple (applied where?), superb 'WIEN/24/11/82' arrival backstamp, central disinfection chisel-slit presumably applied at
Brindisi, minor blemishes hardly detract. Carl Ludwig Pinschof was born in Austria, and the addressee was his father. Pinschof ran an export/import business in Melbourne, became a director of Herald & Weekly Times and Chairman of Carlton & United
Breweries after the May 1907 amalgamation. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 962 |
PSE |
 1884 use of 4d lilac Registration Envelope size G to Germany "per SS Iberia/via Naples" with Three Issue Franking of QV Naish 2d
violet, Laureates 3d orange and Bell 1/- blue/blue tied by double-oval 'REGISTERED/OC17/84/MELBOURNE' datestamp, Naples transit of '21/11-84' and 'HANNOVER' arrival backstamp of '24 11/84', German 'R'-in-octagon handstamp, minor blemishes. Most
attractive. Ex Les Molnar: sold for $874. Absent from Ben Palmer's Census. Beautiful commercial usage of Victoria's first Registration Envelope, issued 29.6.1881. The rate was 8½d x2 - via Brindisi - plus 4d Registration. 'Iberia' was an Orient Line
ship: most 1884 mails went via Naples. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 963 |
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 1884 (Nov 6) envelope to Bombay India endorsed "per RMS Parramatta" with QV Laureates 3d orange x2 tied by largely very fine
'WILLIAMSTOWN/VICTORIA' unframed cds, Melbourne transit of the same day on the reverse, four different Bombay arrivals of 29.11.1884 including 'FOURTH DELY' and 'ENQU. DEPT' semi-circle on the reverse, then re-directed with 'THIRD DELY/KARACHI/3 DEC
84' backstamp, minor transmission marks & edge faults from bulky contents (with the enclosed three-page letter). Ex John Barwis. The rate was 6d ship letter paid to destination. Carried by P&O 'Parramatta' departing Melbourne 6.11.1884 arriving
Colombo, Ceylon 25.11.1884 and onwards by coastal steamer. A scarce destination: Ben Palmer's Census India #23 of only 26 items. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 964 |
= |
 1885 (Jan 28) front page of The Argus newspaper of 27.1.1885 (masthead & top portion of printed text; trimmed to 470x120mm), to San
Francisco endorsed "Per Zealandia" with QV Stamp Duty 1d pale bistre solo tied by 'SANDHURST/VICTORIA - 4' duplex cancel, minor folds & slight edge faults hardly detract from this scarce survivor. Ex Ed Williams. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 965 |
/D |
 1887 envelope to France with QV Astley 6d blue tied by one of two largely fine strikes of the French octagonal 'POSS
ANG/20/AVRIL/87/PAQ FR T No6' datestamp in red, 'NIMES/25/MAI/87/GARD' arrival backstamp, the flap removed otherwise superb. Carried per Messageries Maritimes 'Salazie' ex Melbourne 20.4.1887. The enclosed social letter is written in French states at
the end "...sauvage revenant du pays des Kangaroos et des opossums..." (= the wild man returning from the land of kangaroos & possums).
(Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 966 |
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 1887 (Sept 6) unsealed envelope to Indiana USA with 'VIA SAN FRANCISCO' handstamp at upper-left and QV Bell 1d green tied by
Melbourne duplex cancel, partial 'LAPORTE/OCT/5/1887/IND.' arrival backstamp. Ex John Barwis. Carried by coastal service to Sydney; then 'Mariposa' ex Sydney 7.9.1887 via Auckland New Zealand, arriving San Francisco 1.10.1887. Scarce pre-UPU printed
matter mail. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 967 |
PSE |
 1889 (March 8) usage of QV 1d Letter Card with illustrations of Sailing Ship & Steam Locomotive on the reverse, to Dresden Germany
with QV 2d violet & 3d buff tied by Melbourne duplex cancels, carried by Bavarian Travelling Post Office with 'K.B.BAHNPOST/18/APR/89' transit on the face, tiny closed tear at top & a bit roughtly opened on one side of the reverse, lengthy personal
message within. Scarce usage uprated for the pre-UPU 6d ship letter rate. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 968 |
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 1889 (June 19) envelope to "Glens Falls, New York State" USA endorsed "via San Francisco" with QV Astley 6d blue tied by Melbourne
duplex, the reverse with San Francisco, 'SENECA FALLS' and 'ALBANY,NY/ TRANSIT' backstamps with small rounded-boxed 'MISSENT' (to Seneca Falls) handstamp on the face, finally partial 'GLENS FALLS' arrival on the reverse, a couple of minor blemishes.
Ex John Barwis. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 969 |
PSE |
 1891 (July 13) usage of Postal Card QV 3d red/green 'FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM/Via Italy', to Germany with QV ½d pink & 2½d red/yellow
added tied by 'EAST MELBOURNE/VIC - MCCC/14' duplex cancels, carried by Bavarian Travelling Post Office with 'K.B.BAHNPOST/17/AUG/91' transit & Berlin '18.8.91' arrival both on the face, a few minor blemishes. Scarce proper uprating to the letter
rate in the pre-UPU period (there being no reduced postcard rate except to the United Kingdom). The Australian Colonies joined the UPU until 1.10.1891, on which date the 1½d foreign postcard rate was introduced. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 970 |
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 1891 (Sept 14) New Dundas Tramway Co Ltd long-format envelope from Tasmania with QV Sidefaces 2d green tied by Hobart duplex,
weighing over ½oz and taxed with largely fine 'Deficient Postage ["2"]/Fine ["2}4d to Pay"]' handstamp on the face, Victoria Postage Dues 4d blue & claret tied by boxed 'L.C.2' (= Letter Carrier) datestamp of Melbourne, a few light aging marks at
base. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$160.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 971 |
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 1891 (Nov 5) unsealed cover to Melbourne with Postal Fiscal 1d bistre paying the printed matter rate but perversely sealed with
stamp selvedge tied by a very fine strike of the boxed 'RECEIVED OPEN AT/BALLARAT' handstamp. One of the great instructional handstamp rarities & the only recorded example from any provincial office. Ex Hugh Freeman: sold at our auction of 23.9.2011
for $1580 (Sale 168 Lot 790). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 972 |
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 1892 (April 21) CH Mekeel Stamp and Publishing Co envelope registered from the USA to Victoria with Baby Banknotes Jefferson 30c
black tied by slightly untidy St Louis oval cancel with very fine 'ST. LOUIS, MO.' two-line datestamp in violet at left and 'RETURN/REGISTERED RECEIPT' two-line handstamp in the same ink on the reverse, San Francisco red & black/white R label on the
face (unusually without 'EXCHANGE' wording) and transit backstamp, light Melbourne & poor Windsor arrival backstamps of 'MY 26/92', a few minor bends & blemishes. Ex John Barwis. The rate was UPU foreign letter 5c per ½oz x3 plus 10c registration &
5c return receipt (Avis de Reception/Advice of Delivery) fee. Carried by RMSS 'Alameda' departing San Francisco 30.4.1892 via Auckland, New Zealand and Sydney arriving Melbourne 26.5.1892. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 973 |
PSE |
 1895 OHMS cover with printed 'MINISTER OF LANDS AND SURVEY' Frank & endorsed "L Colony" at lower-left, to Melbourne with very fine
'LEONGATHA/MY8/95/VICTORIA - 1592' duplex. The "Labour Colonies" of the time were a little-known social experiment during the major economic depression of the 1890s. Most were run along charitable lines but the largest & most successful of them, at
Leongatha, was "intended to fit men for a social order in which they hadn't had enough spunk to succeed and to which they were, in consequence, a menace" (from a book on the subject by REW Kennedy). This is the only Labour Colony item we have seen.
Ex Max Watson: sold at our auction of 3.4.2017 for $455 (Sale 220 Lot 135). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 974 |
PSE |
 1895 (Oct 14) usage of '1½d' on QV 2d Postal Card registered to "Austrian Post Office, Beirut, Syria, Turkey" with QV 1d brown & 2d
violet tied by 'R'-in-Circle handstamps and 'RICHMOND SOUTH/VIC' unframed cds alongside, Melbourne transit backstamp of the same day, unusually no arrival markings, a few minor blemishes. The rate was 1½d UPU foreign postcard plus 3d registration
fee. Registered postcards, especially Postal Cards, are very elusive. And the destination! (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$480.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 975 |
 PSE |
 1895-1930 balance of a family archive regarding Francis Longmore Pharmacist (Melbourne) with 1895 1d 'Beer n Baccy' advertising
Postal Card from Tungamah, 1901 cover with Reading 1d olive x4, 1910 pre-addressed covers including four with two- or three-State combination frankings, six different unused CofA Postal Cards including 1911 1d Fullface & 1913 1d Kangaroo all with
printed notices re traveller visits, plus ephemera including the firm's 'GUARANTEE STAMP' in rosine, two 1909 calendars printed on the back of artist postcards, two marvellous carte de visite size cards with advertising featuring cats and spiders
(both in superb condition), etc, condition variable. Recently discovered material that has never been on the market. See also Lots Lots 840, 861, 862 & 982 and Gary Watson's article in 'Philately from Australia' (March 2025) which tells the
remarkable story behind this material.
(27 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 976 |
PSE |
 1896 (July 17) usage of QV ½d yellow Wrapper to "Björneborg, Finland, Russia" with QV ½d rose & 1d brown tied by Melbourne cds,
Russian train border-crossing handstamp on the face, St Petersburg '12-1896-VIII' (24.8.1896) in black & '13-1896-VIII' in blue (25.8.1896) and Helsinki '26.VIII.96' transit backstamps and 'BJORNEBORG-PORI-.../27.VIII.96' tri-lingual arrival cds, a
couple of very minor blemishes. Ex John Barwis. Carried by Messageries Maritimes 'Armand Behic' arriving Marseilles 19.8.1896 and onwards by train. Björneborg is the Swedish name for the Finnish city of Pori. Very scarce destination, especially for a
newspaper wrapper. Russia used the Gregorian Calendar which is 12 days behind the Western Julian Calendar. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 977 |
PSE |
 1897 (Aug 4) usage of '1½d' on QV 2d violet Postal Card with 'Emil Bever, Watchmaker & Jeweller, 370 Chapel Streeet, Sth Yarra'
cachet and lengthy message on the reverse, to the Netherlands Indies with 'BATAVIA' squared-circle arrival, re-directed locally with 'WELTEVREDEN' squared-circle then forwarded to Germany with multiple transits, Berlin 'nicht ermittelt' [= not
delivered] cachets in red on the back & green & black/white 'Abgereist ...' [= gone away] label affixed on the face, finally returned with Melbourne 'NO 16/97' cds at centre, almost all the markings & endorsements overlap on the face making for quite
the 'puzzle piece', a couple of very minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 978 |
PSE |
 1897 (Dec 13) usage of 3d Registration Envelope to Chile with ½d rose & 2d violet tied to the face by Barred Numeral '461' and
'HOCHKIRCH' unframed cds alongside, the value indicium on the flap with 'HAMILTON/VICTORIA' cds applied in transit, carried via England to USA with New York transit backstamp of '1-20/1898' and Exchange Office R label affixed on the face, Chilean
'VALPARAISO/CERTIFICADO CIUDAD' black/green R label also on the face and arrival backstamp of '19FEB98', a couple of minor blemishes. Ex John Barwis. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 979 |
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 1898 (Aug) QV Diamond Jubilee & Hospital Charity 1d (1/-) blue horizontal pair tied to envelope to Armadale by 'SALE/VICTORIA - 77'
duplex cancels, and 2½d (2/6d) brown tied to separate envelope to the same addressee by 'UP TRAIN/MG15/VICTORIA' framed Travelling Post Office cds, both with a light fold clear of the adhesives & minor blemishes, Cat £174+ for used. Much scarcer on
cover than the NSW issue. (2) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$360.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 980 |
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 1898 (Nov 11) James Henty & Co envelope (embossing on back flap) to Chile with QV 1d brown, 2d violet & 2½d red/yellow tied by
'R'-in-circle handstamps and Melbourne framed cds, carried via England to USA with New York transit backstamp of '1-5/1899' and Exchange Office R label affixed on the face, Chilean black/white R label ('C' = certificado) with 'VALPARAISO' handstamp
also on the face and '7FEB99' arrival backstamp, a few light aging marks mostly on the reverse. Ex John Barwis. The rate was 2½d foreign letter plus 3d registration fee. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
