WESTERN AUSTRALIA continued...
Datestamps & Other Town Markings continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1915 |
PSE |
 Mulwarrie: 'MULWARRIE/FE 6/01/W.A' framed cds two largely very fine strikes on Envelope QV 2d yellow, to Germany with Swans ½d
green added tied by another light strike, Menzies & Perth transit backstamps and Berlin '9 3' arrival alongside, a couple of very minor blemishes. Renamed from Mount Higgins PO 19.4.1901; closed 9.9.1908 [Gold Mining; 57km SW of Menzies]. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 1916 |
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 Nungara: framed 'BLACK RANGE/MR26/07/W.A' cds three fine to largely very fine strikes on Swans 2d yellow strip of 3 on piece.
Continued in use after Black Range was renamed Nungarra 12.3.1907; closed 20.2.1908 [Goldmining]. The first Nungarra cds is recorded from 20AP07 so the Black Range cds continued in use for no more than six weeks. A large-part strike on a single 2d
during the Black Range period sold at our auction of 23.2.2022 for $252 (Online Sale 7 Lot 875). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 1917 |
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 Nuralingup: 'NURALINGUP/-8MY23/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds (RO period) very fine complete strike on KGV 1d violet x2 on piece. RO
1.5.1922; PO -.-.1925; renamed Forest Grove -.-.1926. [Group Settlements 6, 7 & 64; 28km N of Augusta] A very fine strike sold at our auction of 13.6.2009 for $218 (Sale 145 Lot 173). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 1918 |
S |
 Perth: 'RECEIVED/18MAY.1904/STORES MANAGER'S OFFICE' triple-oval very fine strike in blue on 2d yellow punctured 'WA' pair.
Unrecorded in PMI. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$80.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 1919 |
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 Southern Cross: 'POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE/19 JUN 99/SOUTHERN CROSS, W.A' triple-oval datestamp largely very fine strike in violet on
Swans 2d yellow x2 on piece. Recorded in PMI for 16 months only. A similar example sold at our auction of 26.3.2025 for $750 (Sale 259 Lot 1075).
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 1920 |
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 Tambourah: 'TAMBOURAH/JU 28/01/WA' framed cds fine virtually complete strike in blue lightly overstruck by 'R'-in-cogwheel
handstamp alongside alongside Swan 5d olive tied by fine complete 13-bars Dumb Obliterator also in blue on envelope registered to Cossack, damaged in transit and repaired with stamp selvedge with plate number '2' in yellow, 'COSSACK/JY 4/01/W.A'
arrival backstamp. Pope & Reynolds record only one usage of the Dumb Obliterator, on 6.9.1901. The second recorded example & earliest recorded date. TO 6.12.1897; PO 1.7.1901; closed 28.12.1901 [Gold Mining; 87km SW of Marble Bar] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$1,400.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 1921 |
S |
 Three Rivers Station: 'THREE RIVERS STATION/16MY37/[WESTERN AUS]TRALIA' cds (TO period) largely very fine large-part strike on KGV
2d red. RO 26.10.1920; PO -.-.1927; TO 1.11.1930; closed -.-.1940. [Pastoral Station; 175km NNE of Meekatharra] (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$90.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 1922 |
S |
 Waeel: 'WAEEL/9-JUN14/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds untidy strike on Swans 'ONE PENNY' surcharge on 2d yellow. PO 15.9.1904; RO 1.10.1906;
PO 12.5.1913; closed 5.9.1917. [13km E of Meckering] PMI records usage from 29.4.1914 to 18.6.1915 only. This may be only the second recorded strike on Swans: the other slightly superior strike sold at our auction of 25.6.2025 for $317 (Sale 260 Lot
1413). (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 1923 |
S |
 York: '[TE]LEGRAPH OFF[IC]E/25 MAY 1904/YORK, W.A' triple-ring oval datestamp largely very fine large-part strike in black on Swans
½d green pair. Recorded in PMI for 3 months from 25.4.1904 to 25.7.1904 only. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$625.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
Postal History
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1924 |
PSE |
 Collection from 1854 invitation envelope to "The Colonial Secretary" with franking signature of Colonial Treasurer A O'G Lefroy
(soiled) plus two other privately-carried items addressed to Colonial Secretary A Sandford in this period, 1859 from London "Via Marseilles" at 9d rate to "SA Barker, Guildford", 1866 large-part envelope to Bunbury with Swans Imperf 2d tied Numeral
'3' of Fremantle, 1880 to London at 7d rate (the 6d oxidised; the 1d faulty) & 1881 to London with Swan 6d violet tied Numeral '6' with 'ALBANY' unframed cds alongside, 1894 cover to "Bombay India, Punjab Lahore" in English & Arabic text with ½d & 2d
tied Geraldton duplex almost certainly sent by an 'Afghan' camel driver, 1897 to England x2 one with 2d only taxed, the other with 2½d solo tied by Albany 'KGS' [= King George's Sound] duplex, 1910 Broome to England routed via Singapore instead of
Perth, and 1910 registered to England with 'PERTH' early R label (faulty), also Postal Stationery mostly unused but noted Postal Cards to England x4 one uprated with ½d and Town Postal Cards ½d brown used x2 one taxed with 'MORE TO PAY' handstamp,
etc, condition a little variable but most are quite presentable.
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$1,200.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 1925 |
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 1844 address panel to "AH Stone/Perth" with fine strikes of the undated '[crown]/POST OFFICE/BUNBURY' (#PA Pd2) & octagonal
'UNPAID/BUNBURY' (#UPd2; no date inserted) handstamps, rated "4d" in black. PO 15.7.1841. Ex Dr Cecil Walkley: sold for $2095 (Sale 159 Lot 8). The addressee, Alfred Hawes Stone, arrived 12.10.1829 on the 'Caroline'. He was the first solicitor in
Perth & later became Master of the Supreme Court. He was also a keen amateur photographer who took many of the earliest photos of Perth.
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Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 1926 |
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 1853 (mid) undated outer to "Dr Galbraith/Staff Surgeon/Hobart Town/Van Diemens Land" with largely fine strike of the undated
'[crown]/GENERAL/POST OFFICE/PERTH' handstamp and largely very fine strike of the extremely rare oval '____/[crown]/WESTERN AUSTRALIA/PAID' handstamp (with 'SHIP-LETTER' removed #Pd1; ERD) both in red, rated "4" in red, very fine rounded-boxed
'SHIPLETTER/18SP18/1853' backstamp (#43) of Hobart where rated "8" for an inwards shipletter, redirected back to "Swan River" & rated "4" in black. A marvellous item, of unusually fine quality. Ex Dr Cecil Walkley: sold at our auction of 27.11.2010
for $4195 (Sale 159 Lot 16). Illustrated by Haynes & Pope at page 181. John Galbraith arrived at the Swan River 5.4.1849 with a detachment of troops of the 99th Regiment from Hobart Town. Recalled to VDL in 1852, he returned to WA arriving 26.4.1853
on the "Hamlet". (Image1)
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Estimate AU$4,000
SOLD for AU$3,000.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 1927 |
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 1856 entire mercantile letter headed "Perth W Australia/Feby 4th 1856" and signed "W&R Habgood" to the "Marine
Brewery/Ratcliff/London", Swans Imperf 1d black SG 1 horizontal pair (almost full margins, just shaved at right) & 4d blue SG 3a (margins just touched to large) with Void Grid cancels in black, poor London arrival backstamp of '27AU27/1856' in red &
rated "1/-", internal archive tape repairs along the folds. A very attractive First Issues cover. Ex Michael Lewin: sold at our auction of 5.3.2015 for $8310 (Sale 200 Lot 148). RPSV Certificate (2015) states "...genuine, correctly rated, and the
stamps belong". Robert Mace Habgood arrived at Perth 28.12.1831 on the 'Egyptian'. He was a prominent merchant & shipping agent with mining interests. The addressee was a partner in Bass Ratcliff & Gretton. By 1877, the Bass Brewery was the largest
in the world. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$7,500
SOLD for AU$5,750.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 1928 |
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 1863 (Dec 24; Christmas Eve) mourning envelope to London with rare franking of Swans Clean-Cut Perf 14 6d SG 42 tied by 15-bars '1'
and fine 'PERTH' cds at left, London arrival backstamp of 'FE19/64' in red, overall light soiling and the stamp with a few short perfs at left that don't detract at all from the fine appearance. A rare and desirable Middle Period cover. Sold at our
auction of 20.1.2007 for $3960 (Sale 125 Lot 628). Only two other examples of SG 42 have been recorded on cover, both Ex Charles Lathrop Pack and sold with his collection remainders - the 'AP' Collection - in 1943. One of those covers, a very similar
mourning envelope of 26.1.1864 to Oxfordshire, sold at our auction of 5.12.2009 for $5360 (Sale 152 Lot 542). (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (Western Australia) 42] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$2,500
SOLD for AU$3,600.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 1929 |
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 1873 (Nov 24) envelope to Belvidere endorsed "(Outside mail from Pinjarrah)" with Swans 2d bistre x2 tied by very fine Perth duplex
cancel, largely very fine 'PINJARRAH/NO24/1873/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' unframed cds transit backstamp, a few minor transmission marks & closed tears on back flap. The rate was 2d per ½oz intra-Colonial letter x2. Belvidere (Beach) lies some 75km S of
Pinjarrah and never had a post office. The closest major towns to Belvidere are Australind & Bunbury, yet the endorsement unusually requests carriage outside the regular mails from Pinjarrah. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 1930 |
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 1873 (Dec 20) envelope to Belvidere endorsed "(Outside mail from Pinjarrah)" with Swans 2d bistre tied by very fine Perth duplex
cancel, largely very fine 'PINJARRAH/DE20/1873/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' unframed cds transit backstamp, a few minor transmission marks & closed tears on back flap. Belvidere (Beach) lies some 75km S of Pinjarrah and never had a post office. The closest
major towns to Belvidere are Australind & Bunbury, yet the endorsement unusually requests carriage outside the regular mails from Pinjarrah.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 1931 |
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 1881 (Sep 19) stampless OHMS envelope endorsed "To be registered" at upper-left, to "Newcastle" with Perth cds, '[crown]/PAID' and
'[crown]/REGISTERED' handstamps, no Newcastle markings but returned with Perth cds of 'MR7/1882' ('82' Inverted) and superb 'ADVERTISED/AND/UNCLAIMED' handstamp in red, still with the original green registration ribbon attached, small repaired tear
at left. Marvellous. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 1932 |
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 1886 (May 2) cover to "Saxony Germany" endorsed "by Brindisi" with Three Colour Franking of 1d bistre, 2d yellow & 6d violet tied
by light strikes of 'ALBANY/WA - KGS' duplex, 'BRINDISI/24/GIU/86/ (A) ' transit & double-circle 'KLEIN WELKA/26/JUN/86/4-5N' arrival backstamps, very minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 1933 |
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 1893 (July 25) envelope to South Australia with scarce franking of Swans 'ONE PENNY' Surcharge on Crown/CA Wmk 3d brown pair tied
by Fremantly duplex cancel, Perth & Adelaide transits and 'ST PETERS/SA' squared-circle arrival alongside, a couple of minor blemishes.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 1934 |
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 1894 (Feb 17) envelope sent locally with scarce albeit philatelic franking of Postal Fiscals 'I.R.' Overprints on Swans 3d lilac
'TWO PENCE' block of 4 & vertical pair tied by Fremantle duplex cancels, vertical & horizontal folds clear of the adhesives. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
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