Postal History - Single Lots & Small Groups continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2350 |
PSE |
 1878 (Feb 14; Valentine's Day) usage of QV Registration Envelope 2d blue to Victoria, Australia with QV Surface-Printed Large
Coloured Corner Letters 8d orange (SG 156; Cat £625 on cover) tied by Numeral '466' in horizontal oval-of-bars plus another strike on the value indicium with 'LIVERPOOL/OXFORD ST' despatch cds, 'REGISTERED/LIVERPOOL E.D.' and London 'REGISTERED'
ovals x2 (one with large 'O' code letter) transits, landed with 'REGISTERED/MR 27/78/GEELONG' cds on the face where charged "2"[d] in red pencil for inland delivery, Ballarat arrival backstamp of the same day, light bends slightly affecting the
adhesive & a couple of minor edge faults. The rate was 8d per ½oz ship letter plus 2d registration fee. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2351 |
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 1878 (Aug 2) envelope to South Australia endorsed "via Brindisi" at upper-left & "Late Fee" at lower-left with QV Line-Engraved
Letters 1d red-brown & Surface-Printed Large Coloured Corner Letters 8d orange (SG 156; Cat £625 on cover) tied by ' L 1 /GRACECHURCH ST' hexagonal late fee duplex cancels, Adelaide 'SE 9/78' arrival cds on the face, small-part back panel trimmed
otherwise very fine. The rate was 8d per ½oz plus 1d late fee. Ex Gilbert Wheat; sold in 2009 for £299. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2352 |
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 1879 (Nov 28) envelope with A Runge & Co merchant cachet to Austria endorsed "via Ostende" with QV Line-Engraved ½d Bantam &
Surface-Printed Large Coloured Corner Letters 4d sage-green (SG 153; Cat £600 on cover) tied by ' L2 /LONDON - 76' duplex cancels, 'NEUNKIRCHEN/1/12/79' arrival backstamp, a couple of minor blemishes. The rate was 2½d per ½oz UPU letter plus 2d late
fee applied between 7pm to 7.15pm. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2353 |
|
 1881 (June 24) outer with Louis Descrand & Co/London merchant cachet at upper-left to India with QV Surface-Printed 5d indigo SG
169 x3 (SG 169; Cat £325 for a single on cover) tied by 'LONDON - 6' duplex cancels, carried by Bombay-Aden Sea Post with 'SEA/POST OFFICE/ C /JUL.2' transit backstamp, a few minor aging marks. The rate was triple 5d per ½oz letter. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2354 |
|
 1882 (Aug 23) envelope from Wales to (translated) "Director of Artillery & Navy/Noumea/New Caledonia" with QV Surface-Printed Large
Coloured Corner Letters 6d grey tied by 'WALTERS RD/SWANSEA -763' duples, Sydney transit backstamp of 'OC6/82'. A scarce French Territorial destination. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2355 |
PSE |
 1883 (Aug 28) usage of Registration Envelope QV 2d light blue to France with 'ALBANY ST/NW' despatch cds on the reverse and QV
Surface-Printed 5d indigo (SG 169; Cat £325 on cover) added tied by London Registered oval datestamp of the next day, carried by train in France with very fine 'CALAIS A PARIS 1o/ A ' TPO datestamp of the same day on the face, Marseilles '30/AOUT/83'
arrival backstamp, light vertical fold not affecting the adhesive. The rate was double 2½d per ½oz UPU letter plus 2d registration fee.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2356 |
PSE |
 1883 (Sept 5) usage of Registration Envelope QV 2d light blue to Germany with QV Surface-Printed ½d pale green, 1½d Venetian red,
2d pale rose & 5d indigo (SG 169; Cat £325 on cover) plus 1d lilac added tied by light Manchester '498' numeral cancels and Registered oval datestamp, Dresden '7 9/83' arrival backstamp, minor blemishes. The rate was quadruple 2½d per ½oz UPU letter
plus 2d registration fee. A remarkable use of all five of the current low-value definitives on the one item (the 1d Venetian red had been replaced by the 1d lilac in July 1883). Ex Gilbert Wheat; sold in 2009 for £368. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2357 |
|
 1883 (Nov 16) long-format envelope to Calcutta, India endorsed "via Brindisi" with QV Surface-Printed Large Coloured Corner Letters
'3d.' on 3d lilac (SG 159; Cat £450 on cover) and 1/- brown (SG 163; Cat £575 on cover) tied by Brighton duplex cancels, Bombay-Aden 'SEA/POST-OFFICE/ F /22NOV' transit backstamp, minor edge bends from bulky contents & light vertical fold clear of
the stamps & markings. The rate was 5d per ½oz ship letter x3. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2358 |
|
 1884 (June 13) mourning envelope to "Bhuj, Cutch, India" endorsed "via Brindisi" with QV 5d dull green (SG 193; Cat £350 on cover)
solo tied by very fine 'E. LOW HILL D./466/LIVERPOOL' hooded-circle datestamp, carried by Bombay-Aden Sea Post with 'SEA/POST OFFICE/ A /19JUN84' transit and 'BHUJ/JUL:3' arrival backstamps, part back flap missing & a few minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2359 |
|
 1885 (March 20) Returned Letter Office GPO London OHMS 'Returned Paid Letter' envelope with 'Paid' crossed out, to Eastbourne with
'REGISTERED/RETD LT BCH' oval datestamp in red on the face overstruck with 'Regn Fee/2d' tax marking, large-part GPO label 'This letter contains value, it has [been] registered ... for the better security of the contents and charged the authorised
registration fee of 2d' on the reverse, minor adhesion marks on the face & small-part label removed. The letter was found to contain valuables, and instread of being compulsorily registered & delivered (or perhaps found to be undeliverable), it was
returned to sender. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2360 |
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 1885 (Nov 12) 'PARCEL POST' flimsy label attached to small-part parcel wrapper with QV Lilacs & Greens 9d dull green (SG 195; Cat
£4750 on cover) solo franking tied by largely very fine complete 'LEAMINGTON.SPA' cds cancel, the label with a tiny blemish at upper-right otherwise very fine. Rare. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2361 |
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 1886 (May 19) envelope to Hannover, Germany with QV Surface-Printed ½d slate-blue, 1d lilac x2 and 2½d lilac tied by London fancy
geometric squared circle cancels, re-directed after arrival registered to "Postlagernd, Christiana, Norwegen" [poste restante] with Germany Eagles 20pf blue affixed tied by 'BANTELN/25 5/86' cds cancel and imperforate red & black/white R label added
at upper-right, largely very fine 'CHRISTIANA/27/5' arrival backstamp, the back flap missing and a few minor blemishes. Apparently intended as a single-weight letter at the 2½d UPU rate, the other stamps were added when it was found to weigh over
½oz. The subsequent registration was presumably to make sure that the item would be held until it was able to be collected. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2362 |
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 1888 (Dec 6) Thos Ridpath, Liverpool envelope to Germany with QV Surface-Printed Large Coloured Corner Letters '3d.' on 3d lilac
(SG 159; Cat £450 on cover) and Provisionals 2d rose (SG 168; Cat £300 on cover) tied by very fine 'LIVERPOOL/466' datestamps, Hamburg '8/12/88' arrival backstamp, very fine. A lovely combination of two scarce stamps on cover. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2363 |
PSE |
 1890 (May 9) usage of QV Postal Card 3d red to "Wesley College, Melbourne, Victoria", Australia with lengthy hand-written message
on the reverse, very fine 'GOSPORT - 320' duplex cancel and Melbourne 'JE13/90' arrival backstamp, minor blemishes & slightly bumped corners. Scarce correct usage of this Postal Card issued specifically to pay the pre-UPU 'via Italy' ship mail
postcard rate (the Australian Colonies did not join the UPU until 1.10.1891). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2364 |
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 1890 (July 29) usage of Harry Furniss 'POST OFFICE JUMBLE' caricature of the 1890 QV Jubilee Envelope 1d blue, registered to
Russell Square with QV Jubilee 3d purple/yellow solo tied by 'E.C./2' vertical oval-of-bars cancel and 'REGISTERED/LONDON CHIEF OFFICE' oval datestamp in red alongside, a couple of minor blemishes. The caricature was designed to bring attention to
the poor working conditions of postmen, which had led to a Postal Strike that same year. Only around 20 contemporarily used examples are recorded (this item not listed), of which only two others are registered. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2365 |
PSE |
 1891 (July 2) usage of Postal Card QV 3d vermilion registered to Germany with personal message regarding travel plans on the
reverse, London 'E.C/2' oval-of-bars cancel, 'REGISTERED/LONDON CHIEF OFFICE E.C.' oval datestamp below, large 'R'-in-oval at upper-left and crossed by blue lines, Hannover arrival datestamp of the next day also on the face, minor spotting & light
transmission marks. The 3d postal card was intended to pay the 'Overland via Suez & Alexandria' ship letter route to Australia & New Zealand, for which it remained current until both joined the UPU on 1.10.1891. In this case it was most unusally used
to pay the 1d European postcard rate plus 2d registration fee. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2366 |
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 1891 (Oct 23) usage of Whitaker's Almanack caricature of a Mulready envelope with 'W Mulready RA' imprint at lower-left, to the
"Crown Agents for Colonies Office, Downing St SW", London with QV 1d lilac solo tied by London hooded-oval datestamp, a couple of minor bends & blemishes still very attractive. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2367 |
PSE |
 1895 (July 29) usage of Wrapper QV ½d brown to Mexico endorsed "Registered" with QV 1d lilac x3 added tied by Beckenham 'D13'
duplex cancels, Mexico City '15AGO95' arrival cancels and 'District Federal' red & black/white R label added on the face, minor folds affecting one stamp & sender's name removed from reverse. Scarce registered usage of a wrapper, to an unusual
destination. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2368 |
PSE |
 1896 usage of QV ½d brown Wrapper (minor surface abrasions) overprinted 'LONDON PHILATELIC EXHIBITION/1897', to Victoria, Australia
with undated 'NPB/ H ' cancel & 'STANLEY GIBBONS LD/ 24NOV1896/...' cachet in violet on the reverse. This event was run between 22.7 & 5.8.1897, at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2369 |
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 1899 (Oct 13) envelope to "Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa" with QV Jubilee 2½d purple/blue solo tied by London
'CAMBERWELL S.E.' duplex cancel, undeliverable due to the outbreak of the Second Boer War on 12.10.1899 with very fine complete strike of the Cape Town 'MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED' boxed handstamp in violet at upper-left, small-part Cape Town 'RETURNED
[LETTER OFFICE]' backstamp in red, a little minor discolouration. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
