Postal History - Single Lots & Small Groups continued...
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2310 |
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 1861 (May 31) entire registered to Germany with three-colour franking of QV Line-Engraved Stars 1d red-brown and Surface-Printed No
Corner Letters 4d rose & 1/- green tied by very fine Liverpool '466' duplex cancels and 'REGISTERED/LIVERPOOL' oval datestamp in red at upper-left, London 'REGISTERED' curved crowned handstamp & oval transit, very fine 'ENGLAND PER AACHEN/FRANCO'
transit and German 'Recomandirt' [Registered] handstamp both in vermilion on the face, 'HANNOVER/ 3 6 /EMDEN' transit and 'PAPPENBURG/ 3 JUNI ' boxed arrival on the reverse, horizontal file fold affecting the 4d stamp & minor soiling. The rate was
double 4d per ¼oz letter, 6d British registration fee plus 3d Prussian registration fee (between 1852-1862, an additional Prussian registration fee was payable on mail to Hannover). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2311 |
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 1861 (Sept 20) outer with Graeutler & Mieville merchant cachet to Paris with QV Line-Engraved Letters 2d blue x2 and
Surface-Printed No Corner Letters 6d lilac & 1/- green (SG 72; £425 on cover) tied by multiple strikes of London District Numeral '46' with square chamfered-box despatch backstamp and 'PD' [Paid to Destination] oval cachet in red on the face, light
French 'ANGL/AMB CALAIS' TPO transit cds on the face and arrival backstamp, light horizontal file fold clear of the adhesives. The rate was quadruple 4d per ¼oz letter plus 6d late fee applied from 7pm to 7.30pm. Graham Hayward states that this late
fee was only available at the Chief Office, St Martins le Grand, and that it was often paid in cash, leaving no indication that it had been paid; the 6d late fee was infrequently paid, and Parmenter states that the higher fees between 4d and 1/- make
up less than 1% of the late fee covers recorded in the 1840-1880 period. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2312 |
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 1862 (Jan 16) entire to "Commercial Bank of Canada, Kingston, Canada" endorsed "Per Anglo-Saxon Registered" with QV Surface-Printed
No Corner Letters 6d lilac x2 (one with wing margin) tied by London District Numeral '24' and 'LOMBARD STREET/ B /REGISTERED LETTER' curved-top boxed handstamp despatch, London 'REGISTERED' oval datestamp & Foreign Branch 'REGISTERED' curved crowned
handstamp alongside on the face both in red, 'KINGSTON/FE 1/62/C.N.' arrival backstamp, horizontal filling fold clear of the adhesives. The rate was 6d per ½oz Canada packet letter rate plus 6d registration fee (reduced to 4d on 1.2.1866). The Allan
Line monthly service commenced in 1856 sailing to Quebec in summer and Portland in winter. The 'Anglo-Saxon' was wrecked off Newfoundland in 1863.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2313 |
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 1862 large-part entire to Shanghai, China endorsed "via Marseilles" with manuscript "1" in red ink on the face for late fee
payable, QV Line-Engraved Stars 1d red and Surface-Printed 6d lilac & 1/- green tied by fine to very fine London '12' numeral cancels, small London 'JY-26/62' backstamp in blue,'HONG KONG/SP 3/61' transit and light but legible 'SHANGHAE/SP 8/62'
arrival on the reverse, light horizontal filing fold clear of the adhesives & markings. The rate was 1/6d for a ½oz letter plus 1d late fee.
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Estimate AU$800
Currently Opening at...AU$600.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2314 |
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 1862 (Dec 10) large-part outer to Egypt with QV Surface-Printed Small Uncoloured Corner Letters 9d bistre (Cat £1200 on cover) and
1/- green horizontal pair & single tied by London District '15' numeral cancels with 'MOORGATE STREET' despatch cds backstamp and 'REGISTERED/LONDON' oval datestamp in red on the face, 'ALEXANDRIA/DE19/62' arrival backstamp, light ironed-out filing
fold affecting one of the 1/- adhesives. The rate was 3/3d for a ship letter weighing up to 1¼oz plus 6d registration fee (note that the inland registration fee had been reduced to 4d from 1.8.1862, but the foreign registration fee was not reduced
from 6d to 4d until 1.2.1866). Very attractive. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2315 |
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 1863 (Feb 6) outer to Paris with QV Surface-Printed Small Uncoloured Corner Letters 9d bistre (SG 86; £1200 on cover) tied by
London District Numeral '12' with despatch cds backstamp in blue and 'PD' [Paid to Destination] oval cachet in red on the face, largely very fine French 'ANGL/AMB CALAIS' TPO transit cds on the face and 'AUTEUIL/7/FEVR/63' arrival backstamp, a little
light soiling. The rate was double 4d per ¼oz letter plus 1d late fee applied from 6pm to 7pm. The 9d was issued primarily to pay ship mail rates to Australia, India & Brazil, and solo usage on other mail is scarce. Gilbert Wheat's example to Denmark
- described as "the only one to a European destination in the Wheat collection" - sold in 2009 for £437 (when catalogued at £750 on cover).
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2316 |
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 1863 (April 5) entire on Caselia, Inst[rument] Maker to the Admiralty embossed letterhead to the Cape of Good Hope with QV
Surface-Printed Small Uncoloured Corner Letters 3d carmine-rose vertical pair [NA-OA] (Cat £600+ for a single on cover) tied by London District 'E.C/3' cancels, very fine London 'POSTED SINCE/ AH /7 30 LAST NIGHT' cds alongside, taxed with 'EXCD/OZ -
DEFICIENT POSTAGE ["6d"]/BRITISH SHARE OF FINE ["6d"]' boxed handstamp on the face and rated "1/-" to pay, '1d' handstamp in red at the base, minor imperfections. Graham Hayward states that the '1d' handstamp represented the Cape local letter rate
for delivery. However, Brian Trotter does not record this marking and states at page 236 that "tax handstamps were introduced into the Cape Colony postal system in late 1882", almost 20 years later. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2317 |
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 1863 (May 29) outer with Suse & Sibeth, London merchant cachet at lower left, to Poland endorsed "via Ostende" with QV
Line-Engraved Letters Perf 16 2d blue and Surface-Printed Small Uncoloured Corner Letters 9d bistre (Cat £1200 on cover) tied by London District '12' Numeral cancels, London despatch cds backstamp and small oval 'PD' [Paid to Destination] handstamp
in red on the face, carried by steamer & rail via Germany with 'AUS ENGLAND PER AACHEN/FRANCO' double-ring transit in red on the face and 'WARSAVA/2/6' arrival backstamp, a few minor blemishes. At this time, Warsaw was within Congress Poland, in
union with Russia. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2318 |
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 1864 (Jan 29) outer to Paris with QV Line-Engraved Stars 1d red-brown & Surface-Printed Small Uncoloured Corner Letters 4d pale red
horizontal strip of 3 (SG 82; Cat £300 for a single on cover) tied by multiple strikes of London District Numeral '45' with despatch cds backstamp in blue and 'PD' [Paid to Destination] oval cachet in red on the face, largely very French 'ANGL/AMB
CALAIS' TPO transit cds on the face and arrival backstamp of the next day, very fine. The rate was triple 4d per ¼oz letter plus 1d late fee applied from 6pm to 7pm. Ex Gilbert Wheat; sold in 2009 for £207. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2319 |
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 1864 (March 22) entire Statement of Account to Paris endorsed "Foreign Mail" with QV Line-Engraved Stars 1d red-brown &
Surface-Printed Small Uncoloured Corner Letters 4d pale red (SG 80; Cat £300 on cover) tied by ' L3 /LEEDS - 447' duplex cancel, London 'PD' [Paid to Destination] oval cachet in red on the face, French 'ANGL/AMB CALAIS A' TPO transit cds on the face
and arrival backstamp of the next day, minor annotations clear of the adhesives & markings. The rate was 4d per ¼oz letter plus 2d late fee for mail from Northern Towns carried by special afternoon train to London. Graham Hayward states that this
service - introduced in 1861 - was little-used, this being one of the latest dates recorded. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2320 |
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 1864 (Sept 12) outer to Algeria endorsed "via Marseilles & Oran" with QV Line-Engraved Letters 2d blue horizontal pair [TJ-TK] tied
by very fine complete Birmingham '75' duplex cancel, London & Paris 'GARE DE LYON' backstamps, Calais maritime marking on the face, and fair 'MOSTAGANEM/19/SEPT/64/ALGERIE' arrival on the reverse, light file folds clear of the adhesives. Carried by
train to Marseilles and French Packet to Oran. Mostaganem is located on the coast 80km E of Oran. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2321 |
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 1865 (Aug 17) outer registered to Barmen, Germany endorsed "Via Ostende" with QV Surface-Printed 1/- green Plate '4' solo tied by a
very fine strike of Manchester '498' Numeral cancel and oval 'REGISTERED/MANCHESTER' datestamp in red alongside, very fine London 'REGISTERED/ PD ' [Paid to Destination] 'double-coin' datestamp at lower-right, carried by steamer with 'AUS ENGLAND PER
AACHEN/19 8/FRANCO' double-ring cds transit in blue and German 'Recomandirt' [registered] handstamp both on the face, re-directed to "Wuppertal", a few minor blemishes. Very attractive. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2322 |
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 1865 (Dec 4) outer with Sievering, Droop & Co merchant cachet at left to Uleaborg, Finland with QV Line-Engraved Letters 1d
rose-red Plate 90 and Surface-Printed Large Uncoloured Corner Letters 4d vermilion & 6d lilac (with hyphen) tied by London '91' duplex cancels with 'PD' [Paid to Destination] oval cachet in red, carried by steamer to Belgium & rail via Germany with
'AUS ENGLAND UBER AACHEN/FRANCO' double-ring transit in blue on the face apparently where 'Wfr.3' accountancy marking also in blue applied, Russian transit datestamp on the reverse, no arrival marking, a couple of very minor blemishes. [Uleaborg,
today Oulu, is a city in Central Finland near the head of the Gulf of Bothnia, and some 700km virtually due north of Helsinki] (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2323 |
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 1866 (Jan 2) entire with Alexander Bell & Sons, London merchant cachet on the reverse to Malaga, Spain endorsed "Spain via France"
with QV Line-Engraved Letters 1d rose-red x2 (Plates 83 & 96) and Surface-Printed Large Uncoloured Corner Letters 1/- green Plate 4 block of 4 (Gibbons GB Specialised J103; Cat £1250 for used) with wing-margins at left tied by London Numeral '1'
cancels and despatch cds in blue on the reverse, 'PD' [Paid to Destination] oval cachet in red on the face and partial 'MALAGA' arrival backstamp, light vertical filing fold just touching one of the 1d adhesives and a couple of minor blemishes. The
rate was double 2/- per 1oz plus 2d late fee. A very fine usage of a rare multiple on cover. Ex Doron Azouri Collection (small handstamp on reverse). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2324 |
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 1866 (Sept 26) outer to the "Union Bank of Australia, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand" endorsed "via Marseilles" with
'FORWARDED BY/MESSRS/COUTTS & CO' oval cachet at upper right, QV Surface-Printed Large Uncoloured Corner Letters 4d vermilion & Plate 5 6d lilac tied by London Foreign Branch 'P' obliterators and 'CHARING CROSS/PAID' despatch cds in red, a couple of
very minor blemishes. Carried by P&O service 'Massalia' departing Marseilles 28.9.1866 to Alexandria, Egypt and overland, by 'Golconda' departing Suez 6.10.1866 to Galle, Ceylon, and by 'Geelong' arriving Sydney, Australia 14.11.1866, then by unknown
ship to destination (no arrival marking). Ex Gilbert Wheat; sold in 2009 for £161. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2325 |
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 1867 (July 26) entire letter with Suse & Sibeth, London merchant cachet, to Singapore endorsed "via Marseilles" with QV
Surface-Printed Large Uncoloured Corner Letters 6d lilac & 1/- green tied by London District Numeral '9' cancels and despatch cds in blue on the reverse, faint 'SINGAPORE/PO' double-ring cds in red arrival backstamp, light horizontal filing fold
clear of the adhesives & markings. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2326 |
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 1867 (Oct 2) entire to "Corfu via Italy" with QV Line-Engraved Letters 2d blue & Surface-Printed Large Uncoloured Corner Letters 6d
lilac tied by very fine Liverpool duplex cancels, London transit of the next day & 'PD' [Paid to Destination] oval cachet in red on the face, Italian '7/OTT/67' transit backstamp presumably where disinfected against cholera with fumigation slits
front & back, Corfu '2/OKT/67' (Gregorian calendar) arrival backstamp, minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2327 |
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 1868 (April 24) large-part outer to "Shanghae", China endorsed "via Marseilles" & "Paid" with 'LONDON/PAID/24AP68' cds in red on
the face where rated "1/4"[d] in red on the face for the postage, QV Line-Engraved Letters 1d red-brown x2 tied by London Foreign Branch 'F' obliterators added for late fee, largely very fine 'SHANGHAE/JU 8/68' arrival backstamp, light vertical file
fold not affecting the adhesives. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2328 |
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 1869 (July 15) envelope to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia endorsed "Via Marseilles" with QV Surface-Printed Large Uncoloured Corner
Letters 10d red-brown x2 (SG 112; Cat £850 on cover; one [EB] with wing-margin at left) tied by London District 'W/3' obliterators, despatch cds in red & Melbourne 'AU 30/69' arrival cds in black on the reverse, a few bends & minor annotations not
affecting the adhesives, a couple of closed edge tears on the back. The 10d per ½oz ship letter rate to Australia via France was introduced in 1867; due to the Franco-Prussian War, in 1870 the route was changed to via Brindisi and the rate was
reduced to 9d per ½oz. Double-rate covers at the shortlived 10d rate are very scarce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2329 |
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 1869 (Sept 1) envelope to Derbyshire with QV Line-Engraved Letters 1d rose-red Plate 106 horizontal pair and strip of 3 tied by
'LINCOLN - 458' duplex cancels and a largely very fine complete strike of the rare 'REGISTERED AT LINCOLN' single-line handstamp (unredorded by Mackay) in red below, 'REGISTERED/ DERBY' oval transit in red and 'WIRKSWORTH/2 SP/69' arrival backstamp,
light ironed-out horizontal filing fold affecting the adhesives, small closed edge tear & small-part back flap missing. The rate was 1d letter plus 4d registration fee. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
