Postal History continued...
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 141 |
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 1844 large-part 'RETURN of CONVICTS TRIED in a SUMMARY WAY...' endorsed "Court House Penrith/..." at lower-left, obvious strike of
the rare boxed 'FREE' handstamp in red and framed-oval 'PENRITH/[crown]/FE 6/[...]' backstamp plus fine '[crown]/GENERAL POST OFFICE/FE*7/1844/SYDNEY' arrival, minor stains and rather fragile. Details given of a Ticket of Leave man convicted of
robbery sentenced to "12 months in irons" and a "lifer" found "in a public house without a pass" who was "admonished and discharged", panel with details of two other incidents has been removed. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 142 |
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 1844 lengthy entire letter headed "Bendinine in Boorowa/NS Wales October 24th 1844" and signed "Chas McPherson Grant", to his
father in Scotland, with very fine bevelled-boxed 'YASS/POST PAID' handstamp in red & framed-oval 'YASS/[crown]/OC*31/1844/NEW.S.WALES' backstamp, oval 'PAID SHIP LETTER/[crown]/ NO*2/1844/SYDNEY' in red on the face, London transit of '27MR27/1845'
and Edinburgh arrival of 'MAR/28/1845' both in red, unusually fine. The three pages of the letter are written back-to-back and are difficult to read. Research opportunity! (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 143 |
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 1845 entire letter headed "...New England/June 2nd 1845" with illegible signature, to Scotland with a largely very fine strike of
the rare undated 'TAMWORTH/[crown]/NEW S.WALES'' handstamp (#C57), a fine strike of the rounded-boxed 'PAID AT/TAMWORTH' handstamp in red & partly fine Tamworth datestamp on the flap, rated "2/10" (double 1/5d being 10d x2 for carriage between 120 &
170 miles + 4d x2 intra-colonial shipletter + 3d x2 outwards shipletter), 'PAID SHIP LETTER/SYDNEY' datestamp in red on the face, vertical filing fold across the 'PAID AT' handstamp. PO 1.1.1840. Ex Ric Slade-Slade (1979) and Brian Peace: sold for
$4425 (Sale 148 Lot 1104). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,800.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 144 |
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 1846 (Aug 30) tiny 'ladies' envelope used locally to "Bligh Street" with light strike of 'POST PAID/AT SYDNEY' boxed handstamp in
red rated "2"[d] and light but very fine ' 1 /O CLOCK' handstamp alongside, large-part very fine '[crown]/GENERAL POST OFF[ICE]/SYDNEY' backstamp a couple of very minor blemishes . A Two Penny Post was established in Sydney in 1831. From 1.1.1850 the
rate was reduced to 1d per ½oz up to 1oz and 2d per 1oz thereafter. After -.7.1839, time markings were used only on local Sydney letters, the '1 o'clock' indicating that the item was posted before the afternoon delivery and would be delivered later
that day. One of the smallest Australian entires we have seen, and the earliest such item we know about. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 145 |
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 1847 (July 10) entire headed "Jerry's Plains/Hunter River" & signed "Joseph J Harpur", to Melbourne with good strikes of the rare
boxed 'JERRYS PLAINS/FREE' handstamp (of a pattern unrecorded in the Handbook) & 'JERRYS PLAINS/NEW.S.WALES' backstamp, the word 'FREE' crossed-through & the letter rated "1/7" being 4d for coastal steamer to Sydney + 1/3d from there by sea,
'MELBOURNE/PORT PHILLIP' arrival backstamp. PO opened 1.1.1837. [It appears that the office used the 'FREE' marking in lieu of an undated town marking - unrecorded for this office - & crossed-out the offending word. Ex Moya Land - sold at our auction
of 20.7.2002 for $1188 (Sale 97 Lot 947) - and Brian Peace: sold for $2185 (Sale 148 Lot 1119).
Born on the Hawkesbury, Joseph Jehoshaphat Harpur was active in the radical movements of the 1840s. In the letter, he lays claim to the estate of his late brother John Mileham Harpur, the poundkeeper at Sunday Creek (Shepparton). Another brother,
Charles Harpur, is known as "Australia's first poet". (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 146 |
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 1847 (Nov) outer to the Colonial Secretary without a rate marking & apparently sent free, with an unusually fine strike of the rare
undated oval 'KEMPSEY/[crown]/NEW.S.WALES' handstamp (#C60), Sydney arrival backstamp of NO*11/1847. PO 1.9.1843. Ex Dr Edric (Ed) Druce, Dale Forster and Brian Peace: sold for $3495 (Sale 148 Lot 1092). This is the earlier of only two examples in
private hands, the other being of 1851. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 147 |
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 1848 (Sep 27) OHMS outer from Maitland (oval backstamp) to the Colonial Secretary with very fine boxed 'FREE' handstamp (#F12)
unusually in black which was contrary to the Postal Regulations, GPO arrival backstamp. Ex Brian Peace: sold for $873 (Sale 148 Lot 1120). A rare provincial Free marking. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 148 |
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 1848 outer to the Colonial Secretary at Sydney with rare postmaster's endorsement "Scone/Feb 2 48" at upper-right in lieu of the
Scone datestamp, fine strike of the rare rounded-boxed 'SCONE/FREE' handstamp in red, GPO arrival backstamp, minor defects. Sold at our auction of 8.11.2013 for $1690 (Sale 185 Lot 288). The early datestamps had the year fixed. Each December, the
implements were sent to Sydney to have the new year inserted. Mail handled in this period was serviced with manuscript endorsements, all of which are very scarce to rare. This is an unusually late example of such usage, and the only such endorsement
we have seen in combination with a 'FREE' handstamp. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 149 |
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 1849 entire letter headed "Glen Duart Broulee/17th March 1849" & signed "Mordaunt Maclean", to Melbourne endorsed "OHMS" & with a
very fine strike of the rare rounded-boxed 'FREE/BROULEE' handstamp (#F17), very fine crowned-oval 'BROULEE/MA*19/1849/NEW.S.WALES' backstamp also unusually in red, at Sydney (backstamp) the word 'FREE' was crossed-through & the letter rated "1/3"
for carriage by sea, 'MELBOURNE/PORT PHILLIP' arrival backstamp, light ironed-out central vertical fold. Broulee (1) PO 1.4.1840; closed 31.1.1857. Ex Dr Ed Druce, Dale Forster and Brian Peace: sold for $1310 (Sale 148 Lot 1118). The addressee is
John Denham Pinnock, Curator of Intestate Estates. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 150 |
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 1849 (March 19) politician's outer endorsed "Wm Bowman MC" at lower-left with very fine strike of the rare rounded-boxed
'FREE/RICHMOND' handstamp in red, the reverse with unframed crowned-oval 'RICHMOND/MA*19/1849/NEW.S.WALES' and GPO arrival cds of the next day, very attractive. Ex Dr Edric (Ed) Druce and Dale Forster. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 151 |
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 1849 (May 10) envelope to "Greystanes/Prospect" with very fine strike of the rare chamfered-boxed 'PAID/AT/SYDNEY' without serifs
(#P4a: ERD) handstamp in red, rated "2" in red for town delivery but amended to "4" for the Western Road coach, the reverse with GPO backstamp of 'MY*10/1849' & weak Paramatta arrival, minor blemishes. Ex Dr Edric (Ed) Druce - who stated only two
examples are known - Dale Forster (2002), and Brian Peace: sold for $1745 (Sale 148 Lot 1079). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 152 |
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 1849 (Sep 5) entire letter headed "New York" to "Cape Town/Cape of Good Hope" but with 'SHIP LETTER/ MY*16/1850/SYDNEY' backstamp
(#SL5var) & fine strike of the rare rounded-boxed 'MISSENT/TO/SYDNEY' handstamp (#V1: very late usage), apparently forwarded to South Africa & endorsed on the flap "Received at the Post Office/the 30 day of August 1850/Paid 8d", minor soiling. A
remarkable origin/destination item, all the more significant for having been missent to Australia. Ex Leslie Leon (1978), Dr Edric (Ed) Druce, Dale Forster and Brian Peace: sold for $3960 (Sale 148 Lot 1233).
Poignant letter from a young woman about to have a baby, to the father: "...let me know if you are in the same mind as when i left & what you intend to do...i have had the Cholera very bad i got it in the vessel coming here the Captain and severall
others died on board I am however still alive...i hope that we might be happy yet..." (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 153 |
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 1849 entire letter headed "Tarcutta Dec 2 49" and signed "Thomas H Mate", to "Union Store/Yass" with a largely superb strike of the
rounded-boxed 'PAID AT/TARCUTTA' handstamp in red & largely fine oval Tarcutta backstamp, rated "8d" for carriage between 50 & 80 miles, very minor blemishes. Ex Sir Miles Rivett-Carnac: sold for £161. Thomas Hodges Mate was one of the earliest
sheep-breeders in the Tarcutta/Albury District. He writes about a Mr Napier's interest in providing postal implements and a post office, apparently at Albury. The first PO opened at Albury 1.4.1843; closed 1845. A second PO opened 1.2.1847,
apparently in premises owned by Mate. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 154 |
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 1850 small envelope to "Hartley Post Office/Bathurst Road" with Sydney Views 1d dull carmine Plate I (No Clouds) SG 2 horizontal
pair (margins just clear to large) tied by one of two good to fine strikes of the rare BN '12' - rated RRRR - of Cowra (poor backstamp), good oval 'CARCOR' (error for 'CARCOAR') transit backstamp, light aging and minor peripheral faults. Rare
internal mail between country towns & an attractive 'Number One' cover. Sold at our auction of 19.10.2007 for $4890 (Sale 131 Lot 422). Cowra PO 1.1.1850. Carcoar PO 1.1.1843. Hartley PO renamed from Hassan's Walls 1.1.1841.
Ben Palmer's Census 1851/194. The datestamps have both been thought to be of 1851. However, neither has a clear year and we believe that usage in 1850 is more likely, especially as the 1d Plate II (with Clouds) was issued from -.8.1850. This cover
was the subject of an article in 'The London Philatelist' of March 2006. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$3,000
SOLD for AU$2,300.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 155 |
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 1851 outer to "Chairman of the Board of Management of Post Office" rated "2" with largely very fine strike of the rounded-boxed
'PAID AT/EAST MAITLAND' handstamp unusually in black and without a datestamp, 'SYDNEY/[crown]/JA 27/1851/NEW SOUTH WALES'. Late usage of the Paid marking after the introduction of the Sydney Views on 1.1.1850. Ex Lucien Baetgen. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 156 |
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 1851 entire letter headed "Tarcutta April 14th 1851" and signed "Thomas H Mate", to "Union Store/Albury" with scarce franking of a
superb Sydney Views 2d Prussian blue Plate IV SG 32 [Pos 6; with 'SICILLUM' for 'SIGILLUM'] tied by light BN '48' cancel clear of the variety, fine oval 'TARCUTTA' and small-part Albury arrival backstamp, light vertical filing fold at left. BPA
Certificate (2015). Ben Palmer Census 1851/108. Thomas Hodges Mate was a pioneer of the wool industry in the Tarcutta/Albury District.
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,700.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 157 |
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 1851 entire letter headed "Sofala/River Turon/15 8 51" to England, carried outside the posts to Sydney where fine strikes of the
scarce ovoid 'PAID/OC*11/1851/SYDNEY' datestamp & italicised 'Registered/Sydney' handstamp both in red were applied, rated "1/-" in red & on arrival "3/2" in black, fine 'CARLISLE/ FE14/1852' arrival cds in blue-black, readdressed with superb
'MARYPORT' arrival backstamp in blue, minor soiling. A very early goldmining letter, in which the writer states "After all my thoughts of California I am at the diggings but in Australia....it is a friend going to Sydney who will post this. In it you
will find specimens of gold from the diggings here obtained by myself...we cannot trust the post here...last month I made £56...there are thousands here and claims are scarce...". Sold at our auction of 11.5.2012 for $6700 (Sale 173 Lot 426).
Summerhill Creek at Sofala was the site of Edward Hargraves' discovery of payable alluvial gold on 12.2.1851. Within months, thousands of prospectors had descended on the area. Sofala post office opened on 16.8.1851, the day after this letter was
written. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$5,000
SOLD for AU$4,200.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 158 |
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 1856 (Aug 21) envelope to "Abbey Grimsby, Lincolnshire" England orginally endorsed "Phonecian" later crossed out and replaced with
"White Star", QV Laureates Imperforate 3d green (margins large at left with a portion of the adjoining unit to touching at top & right) with partial bars cancel and light Sydney despatch backstamp, rated "3"[d] to pay but crossed out, treated as
unpaid and taxed '6'[d] at lower-left with no accountancy marking, very fine '27NO1855/LIVERPOOL/SHIP' bevelled-box datestamp on reverse and 'GRIMSBY/DE 1/1856' cds arrival in blue alongside, a few small closed edge tears. Carried by White Star Line
clipper sailing ship 'White Star' (previously 'Blue Jacket') departing Sydney 31.8.1855 via Cape Horn arriving Liverpool 27.11.1855. Ex John Barwis.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 159 |
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 1856 (Nov 8) envelope to "Brixton Hill near London" endorsed for carriage by the "Morning Light" with QV Diadems Imperforate 3d
yellow-green (margins close to touching at right) tied by very fine Oval-of-Bars cancel, 'SYDNEY/*N.S.W.*' backstamp and '3'[d] accountancy handstamp in black on the face, 'LIVERPOOL/SHIP/FE8/1857' boxed transit and London '9 FE 9/1857/1855' arrival
backstamps where the item was charged "6"[d] to pay on face, minor blemishes. The 3d Colonial ship letter rate had been replaced by the 6d uniform (all-inclusive) rate from 30.9.1854. NSW treated the item as wholly unpaid and applied the accountancy
marking in black to claim 3d credit to be collected in England for an unpaid private ship letter. Ex John Barwis. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 160 |
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 1864 (Aug 22) folded outer to London endorsed "p Madras via Marseilles" with QV Diadems Perf 13 8d orange & 1/- carmine x2 tied by
Sydney duplex cancels, 'PAID/OC 17/64/LONDON' arrival cds in red on the face, two vertical filing folds clear of the adhesives. Posted during the temporary rates increase period from 1.7.1864 to 14.11.1864 at double 1/4d per ½oz packet letter rate
for the P&O service. Only four monthly sailings were subject to the temporary increase - 22.7.1864 to 22.11.1864 - before the rate reverted to 10d per ½oz. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$900.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
