Postal History continued...
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
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 1864-82 selection of QV Laureates frankings 1854 to Clarence Town with Imperf 1d pair and 1854 to South Australia - letter enclosed
- with damaged 3d green and very fine 'NORTH ADELAIDE' arrival cds in red on the face, the others with Diadems frankings to Great Britain 1860 with 2d blue strip of 3 and 'APPIN' despatch cds on the face, two 1861 envelopes (one reduced at left) with
6d pairs, 1864 with 1/- plus De La Rue 2d blue pair, and 1865 & 1866 with 6d plus De La Rue 2d blue pairs for the 10d rate, the last five all with Sydney duplex cancels, condition variable but all presentable.
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1865 Liverpool & London Fire & Life Insurance advertising envelope illustrated within with an engraving of the company's "new
offices" in Liverpool, England plus current statistics, used locally with QV De La Rue 1d tied by Rays '64' of 'WEST MAITLAND' (backstamp). Very early illustrated advertising and a marvellous 1d rate provincial town letter. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1867 envelope to "El Monte/California" with QV Large Diadems Perf 13 6d purple with Watermark '5' SG 165a vertical pair tied by
faint Rays '267' (1st Type, rated RRRRR) of 'LIMEBURNERS CREEK' (backstamp), 'RAYMOND-TERRACE' & unusual Sydney transit backstamps, very fine 'SAN FRANCISCO/MAR/25/CAL' cds & superb '10' postage due handstamp on the face, slightly reduced at left.
Superb. Carried per "Kaikoura", departed Sydney 30.1.1867, arrived Panama 6.3.1867; thence by steamer to San Francisco. Ex Ron Butler and 'Alvarado' (Paul Fletcher): sold for £977 and at our auction of 7.2.2014 for $3725 (Sale 187 Lot 351). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1867 (May 1) double-rate outer to Scotland "per Mataura Via Panama" with QV Large Diadems 6d purple only tied by Sydney duplex,
London transit backstamp of JU27/67 and superb strike of the British 'DEFICIENT-POSTAGE ("6")/("½") FINE ("3 / 9d")' handstamp crossed-out & endorsed "1/-" beside superb 'MORE/TO/PAY' h/s, superb 'LANGHOLM/JU27/1867' arrival backstamp, ironed-out
central vertical fold. A beautiful and exceptional postage due cover demonstrating two discrete methods for assessing the fine, firstly at half the deficiency & then at the full deficiency. On 30.5.1866, New Zealand introduced a rate of 6d per
half-ounce to England via Panama: see Colin Tabeart Vol One at pages 30-31. Australian covers by this route are very scarce. At page 301, Tabeart states 'Mataura' departed Sydney 2.5.1867; departed Wellington 8.5.1867; transited Panama 4-6.6.1867;
arrived England 26.6.1867. Sold at our auction of 30.4.2011 for $3495 (Sale 164 Lot 357). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 165 |
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 1870 (Feb 21) 'Riverina' envelope to Scotland with combination franking of QV De La Rue 2d strip of 3 with poor numeral cancels of
'BALRANALD' (cds below) plus Victoria QV Laureates 2d violet strip of 3 with Barred Numeral '80' of 'SWAN HILL/FE4/70' (oval backstamp), Melbourne transit & 'GLASGOW/AP22/70' arrival backstamps, most of the flap lost & minor peripheral defects. Ex Dr
Edric (Ed) Druce and Dale Forster. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1871 (June 19) envelope to a London optician with extraordinary combination franking of QV De La Rue 2d x2 (one torn before being
affixed) tied by light Rays '140' & light 'WENTWORTH/JU19/1871/NSW' cds at left and Victoria QV Laureates 6d blue pair tied by manuscript "X", 21mm 'SWAN HILL/JN25/71/VICTORIA' transit backstamp (the only recorded example & the earliest unframed cds
for Swan Hill by 16 years!), '1' "killer" cancels applied at Melbourne with backstamp of JU26/71, one NSW & one Victorian stamp each tied by 'LONDON/ E7 /PAID/SP11/71' arrival cds in red, minor blemishes. RPSV Certificate (2016). Sold at our auction
of 28.11.2016 for $2880 (Sale 217 Lot 726).
An exceptional 'Riverina' cover, being the only example recorded from Wentworth to Melbourne via Swan Hill in Geoff Kellow's Census ("Sydney Views" Aug 2004). Two other combination covers from Wentworth are recorded but they both have NSW/South
Australia frankings and were carried to Adelaide. Note: At this time, the mailboats went directly between Melbourne & Albany, not stopping at Adelaide. This cover was carried per 'Rangoon, departed Melbourne 17.7.1871; 'China', departed Galle
9.8.1871; & 'Delta', departed Alexandria 27.8.1871, arrived Southampton 10.9.1871. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1871 (Oct 18) envelope to "Elk Creek, Trempealeau Co, Wisconsin" USA with QV Diadems 6d violet & De La Rue 2d blue tied by Sydney
duplex cancels, very fine San Francisco 'DEC/4/10'[c] integrated postage due arrival cds on the face, some edge faults not affecting stamps or markings. Carried by Webb & Holladay's Australia Mail Steamship Line 'Nevada' from Sydney to Auckland,
'Moses Taylor' to Honolulu and San Francisco, 'Calabria' to New York and overland. The Australia Mail Steamship Line service commenced in June 1871, and ceased in March 1873, proving to be insufficiently lucrative to continue. Ex Dale Forster: sold
in 2020 for US$276. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1872 envelope to an English woman in care of "...le Prince/Mustapha Fazyl Pacha/Constantinople" with QV Diadems 1/- carmine & De La
Rue 4d brown, the latter only tied by light Rays cancel of 'BERRIMA/ FE26/72/NSW' (light cds alongside) and both cancelled in transit with Sydney duplex of the next day, British Post Offices in Egypt 'ALEXANDRIA/AP7/72' transit cds on the face and
very fine unframed 'BRITISH-POST-OFFICE/AP18/1872/ A /=CONSTANTINOPLE=' arrival backstamp in red, minor soiling. A remarkable cover to an important personage in the Ottoman Empire. Ex 'Cihangir' Part I; Trevor Davis, 'Alvarado' (Paul Fletcher) - sold
for £2300 - and Michael Lewin. BPA Certificate (2010). Mustafa Bahgat Ali Fazl Pasha was an Ottoman Egyptian prince who was second-in-line to become Khedive of Egypt until the Ottomans changed the law of succession, and he instead became the Royal
'spare'. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1876 (Jan 22) underpaid envelope to "Europe via Brindisi" with QV De La Rue 1d salmon & 6d violet tied by Sydney duplex and
rounded-boxed 'INSUFFICIENTLY/STAMPED' handstamp alongside, very unusual and late usage of British 'GB/1F66--' recut accountancy handstamp, double-ring 'BRINDISI/10/MAR' transit backstamp, Italian Postage Dues 30c & 60c tied by 'ROMA/11/MAR/76'
arrival cds. Something of an enigma: the 7d rate to Italy via Alexandria had been announced, but was to come into effect only from 3.2.1876.
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 170 |
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 1880 (Oct 9) The Australian Museum, Sydney envelope to "Prague, Bohemia, Austria, Europe" endorsed "via Brindisi" with 'OS'
Overprints QV Diadems 8d yellow (Cat £15 x20+ on cover) & De La Rue Perf 13 1d salmon tied by Numeral-in-Rays '699' of Oxford Street Sydney & 'BRINDISI/21/NOV/80' transits and 'PRAG/24/11/80/PRAHA' arrival backstamps, a few minor blemishes. The rate
via Brindisi had been reduced to 8d per ½oz in 1876; the reason for the overpayment is unclear. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 171 |
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 1882 (Nov 7) envelope to Germany with three-line 'OVERLAND TO MELBOURNE/AND THENCE PER P&O/ STEAMER VIA BRINDISI' cachet in purple,
scarce solo franking of QV De La Rue 'NINEPENCE' on 10d tied by superb Sydney duplex, two disinfection slits of different widths presumably applied in Italy with 'BRINDISI/16/DIC/82' transit and 'AUSG/.18/12/No 5' arrival backstamps. The cachet is
presumably private but it may be a Post Office marking. Carried per 'Ancona' ex Melbourne 9.11.1882; 'Khedive' ex Galle 29.11; and 'Tanjore' ex Alexandria 13.12; arrived Brindisi 16.12.1882. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 172 |
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 1884 (May 23) inwards trans-Pacific usage of United States Washington 2c brown Envelope with WM Sellers & Co Philadelphia corner
card, to "Augustus Morris, Australian Club, Sydney" with Large Banknotes 1c Franklin, 2c Washington, 10c Jefferson & 15c Webster added tied by Philadelphia duplex cancels, San Francisco 'MAY/30' transit & Sydney 'JY 2/84' backstamps, well-repaired
edge & flap faults. Ex John Barwis. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 173 |
PSE |
 1885 (July 9) usage of Postal Card QV 1d pink to Rhein Bayern, Germany with QV De La Rue 2d blue (affixed over edge) & 6d violet
added tied by Sydney duplex cancels, very fine 'NEUSTADT a Hdt./16/8' arrival datestamp on the face, corner bend at lower-left and a few blemishes. A remarkable use of a Postal Card intended for domestic addresses only. There was no concessional
postcard rate to destinations other than Great Britain until after the Colony joined the UPU on 1.10.1891, so the prevailing 9d per ½oz ship letter rate via Brindisi applied. Lengthy personal message including "... received yesterday your letter via
St Francis. I thank you for the money ..." (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 174 |
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 1885 (Nov 16) envelope to Germany endorsed "via Naples/Captain KW Resius [?], SMS Marie" with QV Diadems Perf 13 8d orange & De La
Rue 1d rose tied by Sydney duplex cancels, Brindisi '26/DIC/85' transit and Berlin '31 12' arrival backstamps, a couple of minor blemishes. Carried by German warship SMS 'Marie' on her return journey after running aground off New-Mecklenburg, German
New Guinea on 26.12.1884 and spending four months in dry-dock at Sydney being repaired. The voyage was slow as she had to avoid stressing her hull, and this item was transferred en route, arriving in Berlin six weeks before she arrived at
Wilhelmhafen. Tabeart states that North-German Lloyd ships occassionally carried Australian mail in the period before they began a contract service to Sydney in 1886 (see Vol2 p310), but does not mention any mail carried by German naval vessels. (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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 1888 (Jan 9) linen-lined envelope registered to San Francisco with QV De La Rue 2d blue pair and 6d mauve pair & single tied by
very fine Numeral-in-Rays '417' cancels and 'MOUNT VICTORIA/N.S.W' unframed cds despatch backstamp, Sydney transit alongside where 'PAID ALL' oval cachet in violet applied on face to indicate no inwards US steamship fee payable, 'REGISTERED/FEB 19
1888/SAN FRANCISCO/CAL.' four-line datestamp in rosine arrival on the reverse, a few minor blemishes. The rate was 6d per ½oz ship letter x3 plus 4d registration fee. Carried by Oceanic Steamship Co 'Alameda' departing Sydney 26.1.1888. Ex John
Barwis. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 176 |
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 1890 (Sept 30) usage of Postal Card QV 1d violet 'Waratah' to Stuttgart, Germany with lengthy personal message in German,
Centennial 2d Emu & QV Diadem 3d green tied by Sydney duplex cancels, carried by train into Germany with Bavarian Travelling Post Office 'K.B.BAHNPORT/13/NOV/90' transit and 'STUTTGART/14.11' arrival datestamps on the face, repaired corner bend at
upper-right and a few blemishes. A scarce use of a Postal Card intended for domestic addresses only: there was no concessional postcard rate to destinations other than Great Britain until after the Colony joined the UPU on 1.10.1891, so the
prevailing 6d per ½oz ship letter rate (reduced from 9d on -.4.1888) applied. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 177 |
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 1891 (Mar 6) usage of Centennial 1d Postal Card uprated with Diadem 5d blue-green tied by Sydney duplex, to "KuK
Marine-Gericht/Pola/Istria", 'POLA/11/4/91' arrival cds, redirected to "Radetzky/Zara" with bi-lingual 'ZADAR/13/4/91/ZARA' arrival backstamp. A very scarce uprating of a postal card to pay the 6d letter rate, in the period after reduced UPU rates
were introduced prematurely in -.2.1891, then reinstated a month later. NSW finally joined the UPU on 1.10.1891. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1894 (Sept 6) Parliamentary Electorates & Elections Act 'Notice of Objection' endorsed "OHMS" and sent registered to Nudgee with
Centennial 1d violet & 2d Emu both overprinted 'OS' tied by very fine 'NARRANDERA/NSW - 242' duplex cancels, endorsed "Left" on the face with 'UNCLAIMED' boxed handstamp alongside and very fine strike of 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/OC19/1894/SYDNEY N.S.W' on
the reverse, a couple of minor blemishes. The circular itself was carried free of postage, but the 3d registration fee was paid. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1895 (Dec 31; New Year's Eve) envelope to "Tattersalls c/o G Adams, Telegraph Chambers, Queen St, Brisbane" with Emu 2d blue tied
by Numeral-in-Rays '218' and 'CANTERBURY/NSW' cds alongside, officially registered for containing coin with "OR/2140" and "3d To Pay" both in manuscript at top, a few minor aging marks. Mail to Tattersalls during their short time in Brisbane is very
scarce. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1897 triple-rate commercial envelope with superb 'R.A. HERVEY/30AUG97/...SYDNEY' sender's handstamp in blue on the flap, to New
York (backstamp) "per Moama SS" with three-colour franking of ½d grey, 1d carmine Die I x3 & 2d blue x2 tied by four fine strikes of the 'NZ/MARINE/PO' cds and alongside an almost very fine strike of the impressive 40mm rubber 'N.Z. MARINE
P.O./4SEP97/R.M.S. MOANA' cds in rosine as is the double-boxed 'PACKET-BOAT.' handstamp. A marvellous cover. Ex John Woolfe: sold at our auction of 27.7.2009 for $5360 (Sale 147 Lot 355). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
