VICTORIA continued...
Datestamps & Other Town Markings continued...
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 841 |
S |
 Quarantine Station: 'TEL OFFICE/JE24/12/QUARANTINE STN VIC' (all dateslugs inverted) very fine strike on 1d pink. PO 1.2.1898; RO
30.3.1915; PO 1.7.1922; RO circa 1924; PO 15.4.1926; RO 8.5.1926; PO 1.7.1927; closed 18.6.1969. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
Postal History
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 842 |
 PSE=S |
 Selection with three pre-stamp entires one with superb oval 'GEELONG/[crown]/PORT PHILLIP', 1850 Melbourne to Gippsland with 'TOO
LATE' handstamp, 1852 with JB Wilcocks forwarding agent's cachet, and 1857 from Mauritius with 'SHIP LETTER/G.P.O. VICTORIA' arrival (all these ex Purves), then 1857 to Tasmania with 6d tied BN '157' and '[ ___ ] COLLINGWOOD' ('EAST' excised) oval
backstamp and later items with plenty of other postmark interest such as 'BADDAGINNIE' & 'CATHKIN' in blue and 'MIDDLE BRIDGE' in violet tied to just-legible BN '1685', 1905 registered to USA with 'MONEY ORDER/STAWELL' cds, also instructional
markings noted 1885 'UNCLAIMED AT/HOTHAM' on mourning envelope, Melbourne 'LIST ROOM/No1' & '.../No2' oval datestamps on two 1893 unclaimed items, 1898 from Great Britain with ½d 3d & 1/- green pair 'UNCLAIMED AT/PRAHRAN', advertising envelopes,
taxed & late fee items including 1887 Postal Card 1d pink to Sydney with 'Deficient Postage ["1"]/Fine ["2"]/["3d"]' cachet, 1891 from South Australia with 'MORE TO PAY' handstamp & '4' cachet and Postage Due 2d blue & claret, 1893 Returned "More To
Pay" Letter OHMS envelope with Postage Due 2d blue & claret, also 1901 Boer War inwards envelope (faulty) with Postage Due 1d red & green, 1906 postcard from South Australia re-addressed with Victoria 1d pink added and 'BUNYIP' arrival, 1910 Great
Britain Registration Envelope from Glasgow to Melbourne with 'ENGLISH MAIL T.P.O.' transit plus a few TPO cancels on stamps including 5/- pair on piece, Tatts mail, etc, condition a little variable but most are quite presentable.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 1849 (Feb 1) entire letter headed "Lamplough Pyrenees/1st Feby 1848" (error for '1849') " and signed "Mark P Stoddart", to the "CC
[= Commissioner for Crown] Lands for District of Western Port" at Melbourne endorsed "Paid" at top and "via Mt Macedon coaches" at base in a different ink, largely fine 'PAID AT/MELBOURNE' bevelled-boxed handstamp in red and largely very fine
crowned-oval 'MELBOURNE/ FE*8/1849/PORT PHILLIP' arrival backstamp, initially rated "6"[d] in red but crossed-out and re-rated "1"[d] for a town letter, ironed-out vertical filing folds & minor blemishes. Ex Max Watson & Brian Peace: sold at our
auction of 27.7.2009 for $529 (Sale 148 Lot 1195). An intriguing item. Lamplough is 170km NW of Melbourne, so the original 6d rating (for an inland letter between 21 to 30 miles) was insufficient. From the endorsement at base, it is clear that the
letter was carried to Melbourne outside the mails, in contravention of the post office monopoly, but still accepted as a drop letter. Had it been endorsed "OHMS", it would have been allowed to pass free of postage by virtue of the addressee. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 844 |
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 1852 (Oct 2) entire letter headed "72 Collins St East, Melbourne, Victoria" endorsed "Ship Letter", to London with light Melbourne
'PAID' crowned datestamp in red on the face, London '18MR18/1853' arrival backstamp where redirected to Paris, the 'PAID' marking crossed out in red pencil, the original "1/-" rating crossed out in black ink and re-rated "1/5"[d] with largely very
fine complete strike of 'POSTAGE TO LONDON/NOT PAID' boxed handstamp in red on the face, carried by ship to France with largely very fine French 'LIGNE-DE-CALAIS/20.MARS/53/ No2 ' transit cds backstamp where rated "90"[centimes] to pay, light
vertical fold mostly clear of the markings & minor soilng mostly on the inside. Ex Graham Hayward.
It is unclear why the letter was not carried by the P&O 'Formosa' steamer that departed Melbourne 15.11.1852 on a non-contract service at the 6d ship letter rate paid, the mails from which arrived in England on 21.1.1853. It was instead held for the
Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company 'Sydney' contract service departing 11.12.1852 arriving 16.3.1853. Not only did it arrive two months later than the earlier service, but was underpaid for the contract 1/- packet letter rate and thus
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 845 |
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 1852 (late) outer from Great Britain to "Melbourne, Port Phillip" with a very fine complete strike of the larger 'FORWARDED BY/JB
WILCOCKS/SHIPPING & EMIGRATION/AGENT/PLYMOUTH' framed-oval handstamp on the face, carried per favor and placed into the mails on arrival where rated "3"[d] postage due and largely fine 'SHIP LETTER/MA*17/1853/MELBOURNE' crowned datestamp in red on
the reverse, ironed-out folds one lightly affecting the handstamp. Plus Wilcocks circular advertising services to migrants to 'the Australian Colonies, Van Dieman's Land, New Zealand, China, Cape of Good Hope, Canada, United States of America, etc,
etc ... Agent to the South Australia Company, the India and Australian Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, etc, etc'. James B Wilcocks was the most successful of seven emigration agents in Plymouth. His efforts, funded by the South Australian
government, contributed to the disproportionately high levels of migration from Devon & Cornwall. The large cachet is much scarcer than the earlier unframed type: see Lots 751 and 752 under South Australia.
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 846 |
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 1854 (July 24) large-part Bank of Australasia notice with Queen-on-Throne 2d purple 'AF' Pos [26] (margins close to large) tied by
Barred Oval '2' of Geelong (crowned oval backstamp), small internal tape repair stain does not affect the stamp or markings. A very scarce provincial town letter, plus (July 26) small Ladies' envelope to "Monsieur Archer Esq, Government Offices,
William St" with Queen-on-Throne Campbell & Co Printings 2d brown 'HM' Pos [8] (margins close to large) tied Barred Numeral '1', Melbourne oval backstamp, minor blemishes. The town letter rate was increased from 1d to 2d per ½oz from 1.5.1854.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 847 |
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 1854 (Jan 6) stampless envelope to "Piketberg in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope", rated "5"[d] in red for 2d inland letter
plus 3d Colonial ship letter with crowned-oval Geelong despatch & Melbourne transit of the next day on the reverse, 'CAPE TOWN/MR15/1854/CAPE OF GOOD HOPE' arrival backstamp in red where 'SHIP LETTER' straight-line boxed handstamp applied on the face
in the same ink and rated "1/-" for inwards ship letter & inland delivery, some spotting & part-flap missing poorly repaired with hinges affecting the Victorian markings. Ex John Barwis. Carried by the barque 'Andromeda' departing Melbourne 8.1.1854.
A very scarce destination in this period. Not listed in Ben Palmer's Census, and more than three years earlier than the first item he records to the Cape. Piketberg is about 120km NNE of Cape Town. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 848 |
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 1854 (Jan 6) entire letter headed "Schooner Waterlily, Melbourne" and signed "Thomas Philip, Commander of the Schr Waterlily", to
London with QV Half-Lengths 3d blue (margins close to good) unusually at upper-left tied by largely very fine Barred Oval '1' cancel and crowned-oval 'MELBOURNE/VICTORIA' datestamp at upper-right, London arrival backstamp of '29MR29/1854' where rated
"1/10'[d] on the face for the inwards Marseilles ship letter & inland delivery charge, light central vertical fold not affecting the stamp or markings. Ex John Barwis. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 849 |
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 1854 (Aug 17) stampless entire to New York via Peru endorsed within "p Lightning" but on the face "D[uplicate] pr Crystal
Palace/via Callao/Adams Express" and carried outside the mail, minor soiling & light horizontal fold. Very scarce trans-Pacific Express Company mail. The sender states gold is at "80/6d" (£4/6/-) per ounce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 850 |
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 1854 (Dec 16) stampless entire letter headed "Melbourne" endorsed "p pkt" [Paid Packet], to Oporto Portugal carried privately to
England (possibly as a consignee's letter) and posted with 'Bishopsgate Within' straight-line handstamp in blue rated "1/9"[d] in red at upper-left, 'PORTO/1/4/18/54' bevelled-boxed arrival datestamp in blue and Numeral-in-Bars '74' on the face,
light folds & minor blemishes. Ex John Barwis. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 851 |
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 1855 Dyason Correspondence front to "6th White Hill/Bendigo" with QV Imperf Emblems 4d vermilion (three large margins) & Woodblocks
'REGISTERED' 1/- (full margins except where touched at upper-right) tied by BN '1' of Melbourne. [Goldmining: the "white hills" were mullock heaps of quartz crystals that gleamed in the sun] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 852 |
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 1855 (Oct 26) entire letter to Virginia USA endorsed "p Sovereign of the Seas via Liverpool" with QV Woodblocks 6d orange (touched
at base) tied by Barred Oval '1' cancel, Melbourne crowned-oval despatch, 'AUSTRALIAN/LIVERPOOL/JA25/56/PACKET' and London '26JA26/1855' transits in red on the reverse, "d/5' accountancy marking in black applied on the face for credit to Great
Britain for a contract packet letter, 'BOSTON/FEB/19/BR.PKT.' [British Packet] arrival backstamp where '33'[c] postage due marking applied on the face, vertical fold clear of the adhesives & markings, minor edge faults. Ex John Barwis. Because the
item was underpaid to the USA - 6d paid the uniform ship letter to Great Britain only - it was treated as wholly unpaid. The 33c due comprised 6d (12c) uniform ship letter, 16c Trans-Atlantic ship letter, plus 5c inland delivery. Per James Baines'
Black Ball Line Clipper 'Champion of the Seas' departing Melbourne 27.10.1855 via Cape Horn arriving Liverpool 25.1.1856. Ben Palmer's Census #55 illustrated by him at p194. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 853 |
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 1856 (Dec 20) outer with 'H SCHERFF & CO/MELBOURNE' cachet at lower-left, to New Zealand endorsed "per Mimmie Dike" (schooner) at
upper-left with QV Woodblocks Imperforate 6d orange (margins good to large) tied by largely very fine Barred Numeral '1' with Melbourne backstamp, largely very fine 'WELLINGTON/JA 7/1857/=NEW ZEALAND=' arrival cds on the face where rated with ornate
'2'[d] handstamp for inwards ship letter fee alongside, light vertical fold, ironed-our horizontal fold across the stamp. Ex John Barwis. The rate was double 3d per ½oz inter-colonial ship letter. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 854 |
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 1858 (June 12) envelope to "Cologne, Rhenish Prussia" endorsed "p Overland Mail" with QV Imperforate Emblems 1d green horizontal
pair & Octagonal 1/- blue tied by two strikes of Barred Numeral '4' and oval 'SANDHURST/VICTORIA' datestamp at lower-left, carried via London where endorsed "8"[d] credit to Great Britain with 'PAID/1858/14AU14/DX' transit in red slightly overstruck
by 'P'-in-oval and unusually very fine 'AUS ENGLAND PER AACHEN/15/8/B/FRANCO' cds all in red on the face, light arrival backstamp of the next day, the stamps unfortunately affixed over the upper edge & creased but still attractive. The rate via
Southampton was 1/2d per ½oz. Not listed in Ben Palmer's Census. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 855 |
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 1860 (April) envelope-front to "Brione Vergasca, Ticino, Switzerland" endorsed "Registered" in red & "via Suez" at right with
marvellous franking of QV Octagonal Perf 12 1/- horizontal strip of 5 (remarkably fine multiple) tied by light but legible strikes of Barred Numeral '25' of Hepburn, 'REGISTERED/AP13/ 60/MELBOURNE' cds in red, 'REGISTERED/16JE60/LONDON',
'PD'-in-circle [= Paid to Destination] handstamp and French Marine Sorter 'ANGL/AMB CALAIS H' of the same date and Swiss 'CHARGE' handstamp on arrival, a few minor blemishes. Ex John Barwis. A remarkable Classic cover, at an unusually high rate.
Carried by P&O service 'Emeu', 'Pera' & Panther' on the second trip of the new route via Galle instead of Mauritius. The rate was 2/6d for a letter up to ¾oz plus 2/6d registration fee (equal to the postage charge). Ben Palmer Census Switzerland
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 856 |
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 1863 (Sept 5) envelope to Ginsheim, Mainz, Germany with QV Octagonal 1/- blue x2 tied by fair to fine strikes of Barred Numeral
'72', 'SALE/VICTORIA' unframed cds & Melbourne transit of 'SE-9/63' in red backstamps, 'LONDON/NO 20/63/PAID' transit and 'PD' [= Paid to Destination] oval handstamp both in red on the face, 'AUS ENGLAND PER AACHEN/FRANCO' [= from England via Aachen
Paid] cds in red slightly over-striking the London cds, "10" manuscript accountancy marking and rated "2" payable for inland delivery, 'MAINZ/20/11' arrival and local delivery cds of the next day on the reverse, a couple of minor blemishes. The rate
was 11d per ½oz via Southampton plus 1d convenience-overpayment (or was the rate 1/-?). The remarkable one-day transit from London to destination was made possible by the fast steamer & rail connection via Aachen. Mainz was the capital of the
province of Rhenish Hesse. Not listed in Ben Palmer's Census, which does not include any items to Mainz. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 857 |
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 1864 (Jan 7) envelope to "Clyde (Late) Dunstans, New Zealand" with QV Redrawn 6d black (minor faults; perfs trimmed at left) tied
by untidy Barred Numeral First Type '136' (rated RR) with light but fine 'EAGLEHAWK/VICTORIA' small oval backstamp, fine 'SANDHURST/VICTORIA' small oval and very fine 'NZ/DUNEDIN/OTAGO/JA 15/64' transit backstamps alongside, rated '2'[d] handstamp
for inwards ship letter fee on the face with 'DUNSTAN/JAN 19/64/OTAGO,N.Z.' arrival cds, 'ADVERTISED/ UNCLAIMED' rounded-boxed handstamp alongside, re-rated "8d" at lower-left, a few aging marks & two light vertical folds. Ex John Barwis. Carried per
'Aldinga' ex Melbourne 9.1.1864; arriving Port Chalmers 15.1.1864. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 858 |
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 1864 (Aug 24) envelope to "Lincoln, Placer County, California" USA with QV Redrawn Design 6d black (huge stamp) tied by superb
strike of Barred Numeral '61' and largely very fine 'MARYBOROUGH/VICTORIA' unframed backstamp and Melbourne transit in red, endorsed "via Southampton" but with largely very fine 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID/VIA THE/UNITED KINGDOM' rounded-boxed handstamp of
Melbourne in red and carried instead trans-Pacific by private ship with San Francisco 'DEC/26/1864' double-ring cds and 'SHIP 6' postage due handstamp both on the face, a little soiled. Ex Dale Forster. Maryborough PO 19.10.1854 [Gold Mining]. Ben
Palmer's Census USA #192. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 859 |
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 1869 (Feb 1) envelope to Frankfurt Germany with QV Laureates 6d blue x2 tied by two strikes of Barred Numeral '313' (one very fine)
and largely very fine 'MOUNT DUNEED/VICTORIA' backstamp, Geelong transit alongside and London 'PAID/29MR69' cds in red on the face with 'PD'-in-oval [= Paid to Destination] handstamp alongside, largely very fine strike of 'AUS ENGLAND PER
AACHEN/30/3/FRANCO' [= from England Via Aachen] cds in blue on the face and Frankfurt arrival backstamp of the same day, rated "5" in red on the face for inland delivery, minor blemishes & a few small closed tears on reverse. Ex John Barwis. The rate
was 11d per ½oz via Southampton plus 1d convenience-overpayment (or was the rate 1/-?). Per 'Bombay' ex Melbourne 2.2.1869; by 'Mooltan' ex Galle (Ceylon) 24.2.1869 to Suez and overland; and by 'Poonah' ex Alexandria 14.3.1869, arriving Southampton
29.3.1869. Mount Duneed renamed from Puebla PO 1.4.1864; closed 30.11.1959 [11km S of Geelong]. Not listed in Ben Palmer's Census.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 860 |
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 1871 (Jan 15) inwards trans-Pacific envelope from the United States endorsed "Via Honolulu" Hawaii with Large Banknotes 2c Jackson
(damaged before being affixed) & 10c Jefferson horizontal pair (straight-edge at right & creased at upper-right) with cork cancels and 'SAN FRANCISCO CAL/JAN/15/PAID' cds (33mm) in red at left, to "Whi Whi/North Shore/Australia" with Melbourne
'FE24/71' backstamp and very fine strike of the scarce 'MIS-SENT TO/MELBOURNE-VICTORIA' rounded-boxed handstamp on the face, partial light Sydney 'FE28/1871' arrival backstamp, professionally cleaned & repaired at top. Ex John Barwis: sold at our
auction of 16.5.2023 for $358 prior to being repaired (Sale 251 Lot 742). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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