Postal History continued...
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2491 |
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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' in red on the reverse,
ironed-out folds one slightly 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 2392 & 2393 under South Australia.
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2492 |
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 1853 (Jan 31) envelope to "Mrs Milton, Post Office, Melbourne, Victoria" rated "8d' in red crayon with District Post 'Upper Baker
St' straight-line cachet in blue and London 'PAID' cds in red, very fine 'SHIP LETTER/AP*21/1853/MELBOURNE' Crowned Oval arrival backstamp where endorsed "Opened by Mrs Wilton but not for her" and very fine Melbourne 'ADVERTISED/ AND /UNCLAIMED'
boxed handstamp in red on the face, a few minor blemishes. Ex John Barwis. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2493 |
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 1853 local entire headed "Mount Gellibrand/24th March 1853" & signed "Beal & Prebeck", addressed to "IS Favier/Clerk of Petty
Sessions/Colac" with Thomas Ham 1d dull red SG 8a (characteristically cut very close at left & top but with good margins at right & base and a fragment of the adjoining unit below), poor Barred Oval '25' & a light but clear crowned-oval
'COLAC/[crown]/MA*25/1853/VICTORIA' backstamp, minor aging & a bit soiled. An extremely rare provincial town letter at the 1d 'drop' rate.
According to John Barwis' Census, only 27 town letters bearing Half-Lengths are recorded. Of these, 25 are from Melbourne. This is stated to be the only provincial town letter in private hands, making this an extremely significant item. It has also
been stated that only one other Barred Oval '25' cover is recorded. Rodney Perry (2006, erroneously states 1851 for 1853), RPSL (2018, wrongly states the stamp is SG 8) & BPA (2020) Certificates. The Perry error has resulted in this item being listed
by John Barwis at page 146 as being from 1851.
Mount Gellibrand is an extinct volcano nearer to Birregurra than Colac, and the site of a sheep station held by Charles Ayrey (aka Airey), who sold the property to his manager, Charles Beal, in 1852. The letter, which is about registration of sheep
brands, must have been carried privately to Colac & posted there. Beal arrived at Port Phillip in March 1839. NB: Lake Colac was officially renamed Colac only on 1.1.1854. However, as proven by this letter, the name "Colac" was in use earlier than
that &, in fact, the 'COLAC' datestamp is recorded from -.1.1852. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$3,500
Currently Opening at...AU$2,700.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2494 |
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 1853 outer with Queen-on-Throne 2d (large even margins) tied by light but discernible Barred Oval '48' of The Leigh with very fine
'LEIGH/[crown]/DC*29/1853/VICTORIA' backstamp (LRD) and similar Geelong arrival (affected by part of the flap missing) of the same day. The Leigh PO 1.7.1847; renamed Shelford 1.1.1854; three days after this item was posted. The mis-inscribed 'LEIGH'
datestamp is recorded from 'MY20/1852'. Pencil endorsements "Ex Wise/June 43" and "BDForster" (Bernhard) and Ex Dale Forster. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2495 |
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 1854 (Sep 16) entire to "Hobarton" with QV Woodblocks 6d orange (margins good to large) tied by largely very fine Barred Oval '1'
cancel and Melbourne crowned oval datestamp with time code 'B' alongside, endorsed "Detained for 6d postage" with a second QV Woodblocks 6d orange (margins in places) added partly across the datestamp tied by another very fine Barred Oval '1' cancel
and a second strike of the Melbourne crowned oval datestamp with time code 'H' applied at lower-left, Launceston '21SP21/1854' cds (Hardinge Primitive (v); rated RRR) transit backstamp and a fine strike of the scarce 'SHIP LETTER INWARDS
FREE/22SP22/1854' rounded-boxed datestamp in red on the face, light filing fold across the stamps and minor repaired edge faults. The Inter-Colonial ship letter rate was 6d per ½oz; this item weighed over ½oz. Sold at our auction of 20.9.2023 for
$1320 (Sale 253 Lot 1577). Ex John Barwis. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2496 |
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 1855 (July 18) cover with Woodblock Imperf 6d (three margins) tied by largely fine Barred Oval '10/V' cancel of 'KILMORE' (partial
crowned-oval backstamp), to "Kalk Bay/Cape of Good Hope" and endorsed "p Lavinia/via Mauritius", backstamps of Melbourne & Cape Town arrival double-strike in red of 'NO11/1855' where rated "8" for an incoming shipletter, very minor blemishes.
A rare destination from Victoria. Ben Palmer's Census lists only ten pre-UPU items to the Cape. Only two are from the 1850s, and this is earlier than both of them, by almost two years. Kalk Bay is about 22km due south of Cape Town. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2497 |
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 1856 (Jan 29) entire letter with Half-Lengths Campbell & Fergusson 1d dull brown-red SG 28c (margins just shaved at left to large;
Cat £200 x2+) & 3d deep blue SG 31c (margins close to large) tied by fine Barred Oval '2' of Geelong, to "FL Walter/Mount Egerton/Ballan", the reverse with oval Melbourne transit of 'JA*30/1856' & fine 'BALLAN/[crown]/JA*31/1855/VICTORIA' arrival.
The 1d SG 28c is rare on cover, only six examples recorded by John Barwis, this being a seventh. The letter, signed "RC Rawlinson" states "...in relation to my brother's quartz claim at Egerton...you will exert yourself to the utmost to delay the
forfeiture..." Ballan (3) PO circa -.9.1853. Mount Egerton is 12km WSW of Ballan. The PO there opened 1.2.1856, the day after this cover was received at Ballan! (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2498 |
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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$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2499 |
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 1858 (Aug 25) part entire-letter to "The Commissioner/of Roads & Bridges/Melbourne" with rare provincial franking of Emblems Imperf
1d yellow-green SG 41 pair (margins good to huge with fragments of both adjoining units below) and Rouletted 1d dull emerald SG 62 x2, poor BN '5' of Ballarat (partial oval backstamp), ' D /MELBOURNE/AU-26/58' arrival backstamp (the frame largely
worn-away), initialled in pencil "AD" (= Alberto Diena). BPA Certificate (2007) incorrectly states that all the stamps are imperforate. The writer had apparently been ordered to vacate his home and states "... I am but a working man ... [with] a
large family ... were I obliged to move it would be the means of inevitable ruin ..." (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2500 |
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 1860s-70s Maritime Mail with QV Laureate frankings group including 1864 to Maine, USA with 2d violet plus Adapted Design 6d x2 via
London with '5[cents]/PORTLAND ME AM PKT' transit and '16/CENTS' curved cachet in red; 1865 from Clunes to Switzerland with 4d plus Adapted Design 6d, Melbourne 'TOO LATE' cachet and French 'POST ANG. V SUEZ/A MARSEILLES' marine sorter in red; 1867
three-colour franking 1d, 2d & 6d x2 to New Brunswick, Canada via Marseilles & London; 1868 'VIA MARSEILLES' ribbon envelope to Scotland with huge 10d brown/pink solo; 1869 to New York with 1d & 10d brown/pink via London; 1871 to Italy with 3d orange
& 6d blue tied by Barred Numeral '183' cancels with largely very fine 'MYERS FLAT/VICTORIA' despatch backstamp (ERD by 10 years); 1871 to New Brunswick, Canada with 4d x2 endorsed "via Southampton" but without British transits and similarly-franked
1872 envelope to USA with London transit and New York 'PAID ALL' cds; 1872 to New York "via San Francisco" with 6d solo and '10' Steamship charge transit; 1872 double-weight envelope to London with 'NINE PENCE' overprint x2; 1873 to Tennessee (a
scarcer destination within the USA) with 1/- solo; 1873 to Ireland with 6d x3; 1875 two covers to Maine & Iowa (another scarcer destination within the USA) with 6d solos and Sydney 'PAID ALL' cachets both with '5' Steamship charge marks the latter
crossed out; 1875 to Kingstown, Ireland with 3d orange plus Bell 9d brown; 1879 'University of Melbourne' envelope to Exeter with 8d solo; and 1884 late usage of 3d orange & 6d blue to Canada; etc, most with shipping information provided, a few with
minor faults and/or repairs but generally fine to very fine. Ex John Barwis.
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Estimate AU$1,200
Currently Opening at...AU$900.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2501 |
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 1860s-90s Pre-UPU Maritime Mail including 1860 to New York with QV Queen on Throne 6d solo via Panama and US 'STEAMSHIP/10' charge
cachet on the face; 1860 to Scotland with Beaded Ovals 4d, Queen on Throne 6d & 1/- Octagonal; 1860 to London "per Columbian" with Emblems 1d & 4d pair; 1861 to England "per Benares via Marseilles" with Beaded Ovals 3d & 6d; 1868 to New Brunswick,
Canada via Marseilles & London with QV Laureates 1d, 2d & 6d pair three-colour franking; 1869 to London with Laureates 10d brown/pink solo; 1893 to Philadelphia, USA "via Brindisi" with De la Rue 2d & Bell 9d; 1873 to England with Bell 9d solo; 1875
to USA with Laureates 6d solo, Sydney 'PAID ALL' cachet but San Francisco '5' charge cachet applied; 1876 mourning envelope to England with Bell 'EIGHTPENCE' on 9d solo; 1876 to New Zealand with Bell 1d x2; 1877 to USA with Bell 1/- solo, Sydney
'PAID ALL' cachet but US '10/CENTS' curved charge cachet on the face; 1879 to New Zealand with Bell 2d x2 for double rate; 1887 to USA with Bell 1d green solo for Printed Matter rate; 1888 registered to USA with Astley 4d & 6d; 1889 to USA with
Astley 6d solo and 'MISSENT' cachet; 1890 Stationery Envelope 1d to Germany endorsed "Newspapers only"; etc, most with shipping information provided, a few with minor faults and/or repairs but generally fine to very fine. Ex John Barwis.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2502 |
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 1861 (May 22) large outer (folded to 257x116mm) endorsed "Registerd" [sic] and on the flap - as required for registered mail -
"Alexander Allan" & "Lintons", to a lawyer in Scotland with unusual franking of Queen-on-Throne 6d blue four pairs tied by illegible BN '294' with poorly-struck 'HAPPY VALLEY' cds (the earlier of only two recorded strikes), small 'REGISTERED/ A
/MY.24/61/VICTORIA' in red & British unframed 'HUNTLY/JY22/1861' arrival cds on the face, two vertical filing folds one of which affects one stamp.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2503 |
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 1865 (Jan 24) cover to Switzerland with Redrawn 6d black (an enormous example) & Laureates 4d rose tied by very fine BN '25' of
'HEPBURN' (superb 20mm cds alongside), French mailboat cds & 'P.D.' handstamp both in red, the reverse with various French & Swiss transits including 'BASEL A OLTEN/15/III 65' TPO cds & undated 'MAGGIA'-in-oval arrival handstamp, minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2504 |
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 1876 (May 16) cover with embossed 'SAML GOLDSCHMIDT/MELBOURNE' on the flap to the firm's office in Hamburg Germany with Laureates
6d blue and Bell ½d rosine & 2d violet, 'BRINDISI/1/LUG/76' transit & horseshoe 'HAMBURG/4/JULI/76' arrival backstamps, minor blemishes. Per P&O 'Bangalore' ex Melbourne 16.5.1876; 'Hindostan' ex Galle 8.6.1876; and 'Pera' ex Alexandria 27.6.1876;
arrived Brindisi 1.7.1876. In Italian, July is "luglio". Goldschmidt Brothers were importers & wholesalers of "fancy goods". (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2505 |
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 1885 (Mar 19) usage of 4d lilac Registration Envelope to Austria "per Chimborazo" with Bell ½d rosine & Naish 8d pink (a bit faded)
tied by undated 'REGISTERED/-in-oval with double-oval 'REGISTERED/MR19/85/ MELBOURNE' below, the reverse with 'REGISTERED/MR19/85/MELBOURNE' cds in blue, Brindisi arrival & 'AMBUT-BOLOGNA' TPO transits and 'SALZBURG STADT/27/4/85' arrival cds. Ex JRW
Purves & Ronnie Winchester: sold at our auction of 25.3.2021 for $354 (Sale 243 Lot 643). Usages by anyone other than David Hill - and this isn't from him - are very scarce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2506 |
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 1889 (Apr 26) Pfaff Pinschof & Co cover to Germany "Per SS Cusco/Via Naples" with rare franking of Large Stamp Duty 2/6d yellow
tied by 'ENGLISH MAIL TPO/ + - VICTORIA' duplex, the reverse with German 'KB BAHNPOST/30/MAI/Kufst-Mchen' TPO transit & Hamburg arrival cds of the next day, minor blemishes. The only example of any 2/6d we have seen on a commercial cover, enhanced by
the railway transit at both ends of the journey. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2507 |
PSE |
 1891-1910s UPU Maritime Mail group with destinations including Belgium, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jersey (Channel Islands) and
Moravia, also 1893 Registration Envelope 3d to Germany with 2½d added and various other Postal Stationery usages, 1895 Lakes Entrance 'Cordial Manufacturers' envelope to Scotland with 2d tied Cunninghame duplex & taxed, 1896 OHMS envelope with PMG
Frank Stamp registered to USA with 2½d & 3d adhesives added, 1900 to South Africa with Johannesburg 'PRC' censor, 1900 to ship's passenger at Sydney forwarded to Chile with 'MULTADA' cachet, 1907 to USA with ½d & 2d + 6d late fee tied by Spencer
Street Railway Station duplex cancels, etc, many with shipping information provided, a few with minor faults but generally fine to very fine. Ex John Barwis.
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2508 |
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 1895 (Aug 6) large-part linen-lined cover-front between Jules Renard offices in Melbourne & Antwerp Belgium "per Lusitania/via
Adelaide & Italy" with rare franking of 1884-96 Large Stamp Duty 4/- red-orange SG 269 & Naish 3d bistre SG 299b tied by Melbourne duplex, Antwerp postman's '32'-in-circle handstamp at left. This is probably the closest you will come to obtaining
this stamp on cover. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2509 |
PSE |
 POSTAL STATIONERY: Bundle of mostly unused QV issues including 1d & 1½d American Fleet Postal Cards, minor duplication & generally
fine to very fine, several used including 1889 uprated Letter Card to a German ship at Sydney.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2510 |
PSE |
 POSTAL STATIONERY: Ex-dealer's retail stock mainly unused with Postal Cards, Envelopes, Registration Envelopes, Letter Cards &
Wrappers, fine to "shocking" (his word not ours).
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
