NORFOLK ISLAND continued...
Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 361 |
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 Box of partly-annotated philatelic covers with FDCs largely complete to 1980s including Ball Bay White Paper 3d & 2/-, 1953 & 1960
Pictorials (10/- is registered; very scarce), 2/8d Local Government & 1974 UPU set & M/S plus some later ones to 2009, commemorative covers, a few by Arthur Bergen, paquebot covers, local posts including 1c frankings, some better stamps including
Local Government 2/8d, coils, setenants & die-cut issues, three 1930s covers with 'NORFOLK ISLAND/AUSTRALIA' cds, 1946 Last Day/First Day combination franking, 1951 underpaid to New Hebrides with Postage Due Gold Currency 1fr tied by Vila cds,
postmarks including experimental machine with Inverted Datehead, most illustrated Postal Stationery issues including a few CTO, destinations including British Antarctic Territory (!), Ascension and South Africa, fine to very fine. A very colourful
lot.
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 EPHEMERA: Box of interesting odds and ends including a few maps, 1872 British 'Act for Prevention & Punishment of Criminal Outrages
upon Natives of the [Pacific] Islands', eight 19th century newspaper illustrations of various sizes, a good range of mostly small photographs of the island & a larger framed photo of flensing a whale (ie stripping the carcass), a few Foencards,
1982-2010 Post Office annual calendar cards, a few ham radio cards, 1949 flyer for the annual Agricultural & Horticultural Show, Pacific Cable Board 1907 outgoing telegram & the receipt and 1939 inwards telegram with 'PCB/4OCT39/NORFOLK ISLAND' cds,
1930s Melanesian Mission complete sheet of 24 perforated labels, photocopies of Nobbs Correspondence including some transcripts, minor literature, etc.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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D |
 EPHEMERA: 1884-1907 diary of Isaac Robinson complete photocopies in annual packets, the content full of interesting commentary
about life on the island, his many roles including postmaster, United States consular agent, secretary to the administrator and, most importantly, his botanical observations, etc. A ready-made research project. Weighs 5kg. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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D |
 MAPS: 1777 hand-tinted chart of 'Norfolk Isle' with the unnamed Philip Island & Nepean Island to the south on thick laid paper
(220x281mm) as mapped by James Cook on his Second Pacific Voyage in 1774 per 'Resolution' and showing the passage of the ship and the water-depth in fathoms, imprint at the base 'Published Febry 1st 1777 by Wm Strahan ... London', the edges of the
die heavily impressed especially at the base (which is not a crease). A delightful frontispiece. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
New South Wales Convict Settlement 1825 to 1844
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 365 |
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 1841 (Sep 29) entire letter headed "Norfolk Island New South/Wales Septr 29th 1841" & signed "co Captain Maconachie &c/Governor of
Norfolk Island/New South Wales/for Stephen Dwyer per Augusta Jessie", carried free of postage to "Colonel C Abbott &c/Violet Bank/Nenagh/Ireland" with light but obvious 'SHIP LETTER/[crown]/OC*30/1841/SYDNEY' cds in red apparently where endorsed at
upper-left "Convict Letter" in red & signed "JMcLean" (who was the Superintendent of Convicts), rated "8" for an inwards shipletter & the reverse with octagonal '12AP1842/LIVERPOOL/SHIP' in black also with 'AP13/42'-in-diamond of Dublin in red,
straight-line 'NENAGH/ 74 ' mileage mark & poor 'NENAGH/AP14/1842' cds, endorsed on the face "No person of this name/ever resided at Violet Bank/or is/there such a Gentleman/in the Coy [= County] of Tipperary" and in red "Not Known" & another
'NENAGH/J222/1842' backstamp, no further postal markings suggest that it was returned under cover, minor internal repairs with archival tape. An exceptional relic being a) the earliest recorded letter from Norfolk Island in private hands; b) the only
recorded Convict Letter from Norfolk Island; and c) one of the most important items from the South Pacific. Of course, it is also a significant New South Wales rarity. Illustrated in NICPM at page 4.
Stephen Abbot Dwyer was transported on the 'Augusta Jessie', arriving at Sydney 22.2.1840. The letter, to "My dear Uncle" states "If Stephen, your once Esteemed Friend, favourite and Nephew is not too far Condemned and forgotten to hope for pardon,
ah deign but to grant it ..." He pleads his innocence of "... any knowledge of the Crime for which I was Transported ... I was Unjustly Condemned and sent Away ..." He asks that his uncle care for his daughter Charlotte & "... that she is brought up
in the paths of Virtue & to be a father to her..." He mentions "...the horrid food we are obliged to put up with here ..." but of Captain Maconochie "... there is not a more benevolent or humane man ..." (!) and "... I changed my name to Dwyer, as my
own name was hateful to me".
We suspect that Colonel Abbott did live in or near Nenagh and that he was the writer's uncle, but that the family shame caused him to disown the writer and refuse to accept the letter. Stephen Dwyer died at Norfolk Island 11.2.1844, and was buried in
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Estimate AU$20,000
Currently Opening at...AU$15,000.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1842 OHMS outer endorsed "Manifest of Cargo/Govr Phillip/6th Jany 1842" at lower-left, to "The Colonial Secretary/Sydney" with a
very fine strike - and the only recorded example - of the rounded-boxed 'FREE/NORFOLK ISLAND' handstamp in red, '[crown]/GENERAL POST OFFICE/JA*13/1842/SYDNEY' arrival backstamp, a remarkably fine pre-stamp item. A great rarity and one of the most
important covers not just of Norfolk Island but of the New South Wales pre-stamp period, and of the Pacific Islands. Ex the Garrard Family: sold at our auction of 6.8.2011 for $27,600 (Sale 167 Lot 820) and 'Dubois' (18.3.2020) sold for £13,200.
Illustrated in NICPM at page 5. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$25,000
Currently Opening at...AU$19,000.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1843 entire soldier's letter headed "Norfolk Island/22nd June 1843" endorsed at the top "From Jn Andrew Corporal 96th Regt" &
countersigned at left "WHulm Lieut Col/Major 96th Regt/Commanding/ Detachment", to Scotland rated "1" for the concessional soldiers' & sailors' 1d rate with a light but obvious strike of the very rare rounded-boxed 'PAID AT/NORFOLK ISLAND' handstamp
in red, rated "1" in faded manuscript, very fine oval 'PAID SHIP LETTER/[crown]/JY*20/1843/SYDNEY' transit datestamp in red on the face, the reverse with London transit of '30NO30/1843' & poor boxed arrival both in red, a little soiled on the face,
some splitting and internal reinforcing along the folds. Ex the Garrard Family: sold at our auction of 6.8.2011 for $19,550 (Sale 167 Lot 821). Illustrated in NICPM at p5.
The letter was carried to Sydney per 'Governor Philip' departed Norfolk Island 3.7.1843 & arrived Sydney on 20.7.1843; and per 'Eweretta' ex Sydney 1.8.1843. A wonderful soldier's letter and one of the most important Norfolk Island covers.
The semi-literate writer wonders if the addressee - his uncle - and his wife have written to him "...So many Ships Lost coming out and Going home...I was promoted to full Corporal 12 months before I knew of it...we expect our Regiment to be stationed
hear for 10 or 12 years...I Should Lick very well to take my Discharge and Stop in this Country...I am sick of traveling all over the world...our Regiment is all on Detachments all over vandiemensland Except 2 Compys hear and 2 Companys at
Newzealand...Direct as followes To John Andrew...N893 Stationed at Norfolk Island South Seas Near New South Wales". [Full transcript included]
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Estimate AU$20,000
Currently Opening at...AU$15,000.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
Van Diemen's Land Administration 1844 to 1856
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 368 |
D |
 1843 (July 23) 2pp British Act of Parliament authorising separation of Norfolk Island from New South Wales and Annexation to Van
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1845 small envelope endorsed "Norfolk Island June 45" to "Dublin Ireland" (unusually with two alternate addresses provided) via
Hobart Town where rated "5" - for 1d 'internal' carriage plus 4d shipletter - with unusually fine tombstone 'PAID/25JU25/1845' datestamp applied in red, the reverse with GB poor 'SHIPLETTER' handstamp & London cds of '20DE20/1845' - where rated "8"
for an inwards shipletter - plus Dublin ' 29 /DE21/45'-in-diamond all in red, repaired opening-tear across the flap & intruding on the face at upper-left. Ex Lew Viney. This is the earliest recorded item from the Van Diemen's Land Period. It is
illustrated in C&B at page 11 and in NICPM at page 6. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$5,000
Currently Opening at...AU$3,800.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1850 small OPSO envelope endorsed at lower-left "N Despard/Col Comdg the Troops/VDLand" and with his personal seal in red wax on
the reverse, from Hobart to "Captain Gall/99th Regt/Norfolk Island" with unusually fine strike of the first '[crown]/FREE/18NO18/1850' cds in red of Hobart Town, very minor blemishes. This is the earliest recorded inwards cover to Norfolk Island.
Captain Isaac Hindley Herbert Gall arrived on the island on 30.8.1848, in command of a contingent of 148 men from the 99th Regiment. He was accompanied by his family. His infant son died 20.11.1849 & is buried at Kingston. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,900.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1850 entire soldier's letter headed "Norfolk Island/12th December 1850" and signed "Robert Robertson", endorsed on the face "From
No 849 Pt Robt Robertson Det 99 Regt/Norfolk Island V Diemens Land" and at lower-left "Comg Det 99 Regiment" and countersigned "HWJ McLeary/Cap 99th Rg", to Scotland endorsed "Via Sydney" but carried to Hobart Town with rounded-boxed
'SHIPLETTER/15JA15/1851' backstamp, endorsed "1" in red for the soldiers' & sailors' rate & with Hobart tombstone 'PAID' datestamp also in red, British 'SHIP-LETTER' backstamp in red but unusually without an entry datestamp, 'CR' (= Caledonian
Railway) cachet & unframed 'BLAIRGOWRIE/MY5/1851' arrival backstamp in blue, very minor blemishes. Ex Gerald Sattin. This and one other similar letter were discovered only in 1983. Illustrated by C&B at page 11 and in NICPM at page 7.
Reading between the lines, it appears the sender has received a significant inheritance and asks his brother to secure his discharge from the Army, despite Captain McCleary having announced that no more discharges would be allowed until a relief
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Estimate AU$10,000
Currently Opening at...AU$7,500.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1851 (Mar 12) stampless entire officer's letter from England rated "8" for shipletter with two London cds of '18MR18/1851' both in
red, to "Captn Gall/HM 99th Regt/Van Diemans [sic] Land" with above-average strike of the rounded-boxed 'SHIPLETTER/7AU7/1851' arrival backstamp. Captain Hindley Gall was commandant on Norfolk Island from 30.8.1848 until 9.3.1851, three days before
this letter was written. He returned to Hobart. On 13.8.1854, at the age of only 37, he died of illness en route to Sydney aboard 'Governor General'. A scarce inwards officer's letter. See also Lot 370. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1852 (Mar 12) entire letter headed "Norfolk Island/12 March 1852" and signed "WH Thomas" and "WHT/12.3.52" on the face at
lower-left, to his father in London "via Hobart Town" and "per First Ship" rated "5" in red - 1d 'inland' rate plus 4d shipletter - with light tombstone 'PAID/5AP5/1852' datestamp in red, London arrival backstamp of '4OC4/1852' & rated "8" for an
inwards shipletter, central horizontal filing fold. Ex Anthony Rigo de Righi. Extremely rare civilian mail. Noted by C&B at page 10 & illustrated in NICPM at page 7.
WH Thomas was employed as a clerk on Norfolk Island. He talks of having improved his station and of "the golden state of Victoria. As I am nearly as far in point of time from the diggings as you are there is not much I can communicate...I don't
however think I can be tempted to go actually and dig...I still continue to like my new employment very much...Will you look out for a good brace of pistols for me...The time has been...when people went to Church here with pistols in their belts...my
occupation takes me to all parts of the bush where men [convicts] are working and I require some defence..." (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$5,000
Currently Opening at...AU$3,800.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1852 (Aug 5) entire letter headed "Norfolk Island/5 August 1852" and signed "WH Thomas" & "WHT/5.8.52" on the face at lower-left,
to his father in London "via Sydney" and "per first ship" rated "5" in red - 1d 'inland' rate plus 4d shipletter - with 'SHIP LETTER/[crown]/AU*25/1852/SYDNEY' backstamp, poor London arrival backstamp of '7DE7/1852' & rated "8" for an inwards
shipletter, central light horizontal filing fold. Ex Anthony Rigo de Righi. Extremely rare civilian mail. Noted by C&B at page 10 & illustrated in NICPM at page 8.
Exceptional social history content: "...A vessel from California bound for Sydney has called here today; she will take the mail on to that Port tomorrow...No 9 Missing letter This is the letter I sent per 'Condor' via Callao [Peru]...We are still in
doubt here as to the ultimate views of Govt with respect to this island...they are now taking men [convicts] away and sending none. A large vessel direct from England is expected here daily, for the purpose of removing more of the prisoners. My
notion is that I shall not remain here long aft the end of this year". With transcript. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$5,000
Currently Opening at...AU$3,800.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1854 (circa) usage of Tasmania Courier 1d blue SG 2, large to huge margins with complete outer framelines, fine central strike of
the rare Barred Numeral '72' allocated to Norfolk Island & partial Tasmanian arrival datestamp in red, Cat £1500+. A superb stamp and a great rarity of Norfolk Island and of Tasmanian Barred Numerals, being one of only two examples we have recorded
on the Penny Courier, which paid the domestic rate. RPSV Certificate (2026). Phil Collas & Richard Breckon state at page 13 "...Norfolk Island received its first supply of Van Diemen's Land stamps late in July or in August 1854...The last of the
convicts and the military establishment were removed from Norfolk Island in May 1855, leaving it uninhabited, except for caretakers, so the maximum practicable period...Van Diemen's Land stamps could have been used was not greater than ten months". (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$5,000
Currently Opening at...AU$3,800.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1854 (circa) usage of Tasmania Courier 4d bright red-orange SG 5, margins close to large, shallow thin at the base hardly detracts
from the very fine facial appearance, fine central strike of the rare Barred Numeral '72' allocated to Norfolk Island, Cat £1000+. RPSV Certificate (1984). Collas & Breckon state "...the maximum practicable period...Van Diemen's Land stamps could
have been used was not greater than ten months". (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
British Administration 1856 to 1897
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 1861 stampless envelope endorsed "Norfolk Island" at lower-left to England, rated "6" in magenta with very fine strike of the
unframed 20mm 'PAID/NO1/1861/AUCKLAND-NEW-ZEALAND' cds overstruck with London arrival cds of 'FE18/62' both in red, repaired flap tear otherwise unusually fine for early mail from Norfolk Island. Ex Stephen Bradford: sold at our auction of 9.11.2002
for $8960 (Sale 99 Lot 88). C&B record nothing prior to 1881. Illustrated in NICPM at page 9. Prior to the discovery in 1990 of the Reverend Nobbs Correspondence, this cover was the earliest recorded item from this period, and the earliest recorded
via New Zealand. The earliest recorded Nobbs cover from Norfolk Island is dated 17.7.1856, soon after his arrival with The Pitcairners.
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Estimate AU$5,000
Currently Opening at...AU$3,800.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1862 (Dec 17) small mourning envelope to "The Revd GH Nobbs/Norfolk Island" with no postal markings, docketed at right "Bishop
Patteson/on Jany20th 1863", rust marks at right from a staple long-since- removed. The cover would have been carried per favor aboard the mission yacht 'Southern Cross'. With the enclosed personal letter headed "Dec 17 1862/Kohimarama" and signed "JC
Patteson [...] Bishop" regarding Nobbs' son George Edwin Coffin Nobbs who worked at the mission and who was killed by Santa Cruz natives in early-1864. The same fate befell Patteson on 20.9.1871. In 1861, the missionary John Coleridge Patteson was
chosen as the first Bishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia. He established a Maori mission at Kohimarama, near Wellington. From the original find, sold in Melbourne in 2005 for $1895.
In 1828, George Hunn Nobbs arrived on Pitcairn Island, where he quickly assumed the roles of schoolteacher and chaplain, though it was only in 1852 that he travelled to England to be ordained. Over time he became the effective leader of the community
and supervised their transfer to Norfolk Island, where he remained after 16 of the islanders returned to Pitcairn in 1859, followed by a further 4 families in 1864.
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Estimate AU$1,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1865 (circa) stampless envelope with embossed 'BROWN CAMPBELL & CO/AUCKLAND/NZ' on the flap to "The Revd GH Nobbs/Norfolk Island"
endorsed at upper-left "Consignees Letter/per Hero" and with no postal markings, vermin damage at lower-right still well above-average for mail from the Nobbs Correspondence. With the more badly damaged Bill of Lading for "One Case Apparel" valued at
£1/1/-. From the original find, sold in Melbourne in 2005 for $460.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1877 flimsy cover to "Wyaston House/Oxford/England" with NSW De La Rue 6d mauve tied by very fine Sydney duplex of 'SP11/77', no
other postal markings, opened a bit roughly with repaired tear at upper-centre. With the enclosed 8pp 8vo letter - very fine - headed "Norfolk Island/Aug 3 1877" and signed "RH Codrington" who states "...we have been badly used by vessels, which have
come & gone very quickly when they have come at all...our new Bishop was consecrated in February. Very little has been seen of him here...Island work is not much like what is commonly meant by Missionary work, it is mostly schooling [of "the Florida
boys", mission students from the Solomons]...we have many failures...but as much success as we can reasonably look for. Our new Chapel is advancing but not very rapidly...We are getting stone off a reef about 3 miles off..."
Robert Henry Codrington was headmaster of the Melanesian Mission School between 1867 & 1887. He also published the first study of Melanesian society & culture, for which he won acclaim as an anthropologist. Despite Bishop Patteson having been killed
in 1871, his replacement, the New Zealander John Richardson Selwyn, was not appointed until 1877. Work on the famous St Barnabas Chapel commenced in 1875 & the dedication was in 1880. (2 items) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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