Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2035 |
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 1871 (Oct 17) neat cover to Tasmania with rare franking of Perkins Bacon Perf 10 '3-PENCE' in Black on 4d pale ultramarine SG 93
tied by 'NORWOOD/OC 17/71/S.A' cds (rated R), the reverse with Adelaide transit and Tasmania 'SHIP LETTER INWARDS FREE/23OC23/1871' diamond datestamp in red. From 1.7.1870, the inter-colonial ship letter rate was reduced from 6d to 3d per ½oz. Ex Tom
Pickering. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2036 |
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 1872 (Feb 20) tiny cover to Tasmania with rare solo franking of QV Perkins Bacon Perf 10 '3-PENCE' in Black on 4d pale ultramarine
SG 92 with Grossly Misplaced Perfs tied by GPO cds, 'TOO LATE' handstamp alongside probably applied at 'PORT ADELAIDE' (transit of the same day), Tasmanian diamond 'SHIP LETTER INWARDS FREE/28FE28/1872' in red and 'HOBART TOWN/FE29/TASMANIA' (Leap
Year usage) arrival cds, minor blemishes. From 1.7.1870, the inter-colonial ship letter rate was reduced from 6d to 3d per ½oz. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2037 |
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 1876 large-part OHMS cover front (possibly used as a parcel label) with printed 'BOOK PARCEL' at upper-left & 'Botanic Garden' at
lower-right, to Bavaria with rare frankings of 'O.S.' Thick Overprints Perf 11½-12½ 1/- deep red-brown SG O12 (unpriced by Gibbons on cover) tied by 'GPO ADELAIDE/JU15/76/S.A' cds, a couple of small tears at the top & heavy central vertical crease
all repaired with paper-tape. Ex Anthony Presgrave. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2038 |
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 1877 (May 15) long-format OHMS envelope to Edinburgh, Scotland endorsed "Via Brindisi" with QV Perkins Bacon Rouletted 6d blue
horizontal pair and '8 PENCE' on 9d brown horizontal strip of 3 (oxidised) tied by multiple strikes of 'CLARE/MY 15/77/S-A' cds (F1-4; broad spaced letters clear of the frame; rated RRR; earliest recorded date) with two very fine strikes alongside,
carried by train with very fine 'RAILWAY/ 4 /MY 15/77/S-A' cds scarce early TPO and again on arrival with 'EDINB-CARLISLE SORTING TENDER/JY 2/77' transit backstamp alongside, docketed in pen on the face, vertical fold and minor edge faults with tape
& hinge repairs not affecting the adhesives or markings. On 29.6.1876 a GPO notice advised the reduction of the via Brindisi rate to 8d per ½oz, but this item has been paid at quadruple the earlier 9d per ½oz rate in error. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2039 |
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 1877 (Oct 6) long-format envelope to "George Elder, c/- Knock Castle, Wemyss Bay, Ayrshire, Scotland" with rare solo franking of QV
Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ 2/- crimson tied by Adelaide GPO cds cancel, 'GREENOCK/NO 19/77' arrival backstamp, vertical fold and minor edge faults with tape & hinge repairs not affecting the adhesives or markings. The rate was triple 8d per ½oz. Most
of the eleven recorded 2/- frankings on cover or large piece are from the Elder Correspondence. Don Pearce's similar item sold at our auction for $1620 (Sale 254 Lot 2162). (Image1)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2040 |
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 1878 (June 27) cover to Wine & Spirit Merchants in Kent ".../Via Brindisi" with QV Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ 6d tied by indistinct
Numeral '88' with 'RHYNIE/S-A' 21mm cds alongside, large-part 'RAILWAY/ 2 / JU27/78/S-A' transit backstamp (rated RR) and very fine strike of the rare 'INSUFFICIENTLY STAMPED/VIA BRINDISI' handstamp of Adelaide, part-Plymouth (?) transit backstamp of
AU10/78 & part-'[GREEN]WICH' (?) cds of two days later, missing flap, minor blemishes & opened-out. The via Brindisi rate was 9d per ½oz, but the sender had only paid the via Sounthampton 6d rate, and was forwarded on that route. Ex Don Pearce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2041 |
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 1880 (early-August) large-part long linen-lined cover (reduced by about 30mm at each end) to England endorsed "Via Naples pr
Liguria" with remarkable & rare franking of QV Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ 1/- brown pair & block of 4 and 2/- crimson vertical pair tied by multiple untidy strikes of GPO duplex, two London arrival backstamps of SP2/80 both in red, vertical fold at
left and some soiling. The rate via Italy was 8d per ½oz (not reduced to 6d until 1882), so this fifteen-times rate article weighed between 7 & 7½oz. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2042 |
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 1881 (Nov 15) cover to "Downshire/road Newry/Irland" [sic] endorsed "via Brindisi" with QV Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ 6d deep blue
apparently imperf at the sides where roughly separated SG 116a tied by GPO cds, largely superb 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE ("2")/FINE ("6")' & separate '8' handstamps, Plymouth transit of DE30/81 and faint Newry arrival backstamp. The via Italy rate was 8d
per ½oz. Ex Don Pearce (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2043 |
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 1884 (Aug 28) cover to ".../Dresden/Belgium" [sic] endorsed via "Brindisi" with QV Perkins Bacon Perf 10x11½-12½ 6d bright blue
only tied by 'GLENELG/S-A' squared-circle, Adelaide transit backstamp, no evidence of having been to Belgium but with two German tax handstamps and rated "80" [Pfennig] in blue-pencil, superb 'DRESDEN-ALTST/6 10/84' backstamp from where redirected to
Surrey, England with very fine 'DORKING' arrival backstamp and rated "5"[d] to pay, some staining but still quite presentable. A good example of the postal authorities preventing mail being sent to an unintended country. The via Brindisi rate to
Germany was 9d per ½oz. Ex Don Pearce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2044 |
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 1886 (May 10) double-rate cover to Germany with QV Perkins Bacon 9d bright purple horizontal pair tied by GPO duplex, 'LEMFOERDE/12
6/86' arrival backstamp, small part of the flap missing. Ex Don Pearce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2045 |
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 1886 (Aug 7) large-format envelope (187x118mm) to "Captain G Rowan, SS Crusader, c/o Archbold Harberg & Co, Hong Kong, China" with
QV Perkins Bacon Compound Perf 10x11½-12½ 1/- brown and 2/- crimson tied by Port Adelaide Squared Circle cancels, carried via Ceylon with 'COLOMBO/AU 31/86' transit and 'HONG KONG/ C /SP15/86' arrival backstamp, vertical fold, closed tear at right
and minor edge faults with tape repair not affecting the adhesives or markings. The rate was triple 1/- per ½oz. Most of the eleven recorded 2/- frankings on cover or large piece are from the Elder Correspondence; see Lot 2039 above. Don Pearce's
extensive collection did not include any items from South Australia to Hong Kong or China, not even in the later UPU period. We expect that this item was not included in Don Pearce's census of recorded 2/- frankings. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2046 |
PSE |
 1887 (Oct 3) usage of Newspaper Wrapper ½d violet to Lower Saxony, Germany uprated with QV De La Rue Perf 10 Bantam ½d brown & 1d
green tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/ S1 /S-A - S AUSTRALIA' duplex, German 'KB BAHNPOST/ 4/NOV/Kufst-Mchen/ 1 ' (= Kufstein to Munich) TPO backstamp. A rare item. The very scarce 2d newspaper rate to Germany was introduced from -.4.1884. Four years later,
the rate was halved, to 1d. Hamelin, on the Weser River, was the home of Robert Browning's famous Pied Piper. Ex Don Pearce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2047 |
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 1889 (April 8) cover with 'ACRAMAN SON & CO/...' imprint on the flap, to the Netherlands "p Britannia" with QV De La Rue Perf 10 6d
blue tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM' duplex, the reverse with 'BRINDISI/9/MAG/89' transit & 'AMSTERDAM/12/MEI/89/3-4N' arrival cds and 'C191'-in-oval postman's handstamp, a small piece of the flap missing. From -.4.1888, the rate to most European countries
including the Netherlands was set at 6d per ½oz via all routes. A scarce pre-UPU destination. Ex Don Pearce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2048 |
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 1889 (May 27) unsealed cover to England with QV De La Rue Perf 10 2d x2 tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/ S2 / ADELAIDE - S AUSTRALIA'
duplex, 'PLYMOUTH/JY3/89' transit & London arrival backstamp of the next day, light stain at the base. Ex Don Pearce. Per 'Lusitania' ex Adelaide 27.5.1899; arrived Plymouth 3.7.1899. On 1.1.1889, a reduced 4d rate to Plymouth per Orient Line only
was introduced, lasting until 1.1.1891 when prematurely replaced by the 2½d uniform rate. Items franked at this rate are very elusive. Ex Don Pearce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2049 |
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 1890 (circa) piece of bluish card (193x106mm) endorsed "Book parcel/ ... /Addelaide" [sic] at upper-left, to Nairne with QV De La
Rue Perf 10 2d orange pair tied by an indistinct GPO duplex of indeterminate date, very fine strike of the scarce 'MISSENT/TO-ADELAIDE S.A' handstamp (presumably applied in error), minor blemishes. An unusual piece: perhaps it was sent somewhere
other than to Nairne, and the handstamp applied on return to Adelaide to explain the delay. The book parcel rate was 1d per 4oz x4. Ex Don Pearce.
(Image1)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2050 |
PSE |
 1890 (Aug 22) usage of Postal Card 1d violet to Scotland uprated with QV De La Rue Perf 10 2d tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/ 1 / S.A -
S.AUSTRALIA' duplex, personal message states "Have just arrived. Will write as soon as I am settled ...", a couple of tiny marks. A very scarce example of the 3d Great Britain via Italy postcard rate, introduced on 1.1.1889. The rates were 2d via the
Long Sea Route and 3d via Italy. Ex Don Pearce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2051 |
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 1891 (Jan 21) cover with large colourless embossing 'AW SANDFORD & COMPANY/PRODUCE/SALESMEN/ AND/AUCTIONEERS/GRENFELL ST ADELAIDE'
on the flap, to Sweden with scarce franking of QV De La Rue Perf 10 '2½d' overprint on 4d green plus 1d blue-green & 2d orange pairs tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/ 1 /S.A - S.AUSTRALIA' duplex, no arrival markings. Rare usage of the surcharge in the first
month of issue. Alexander Wallace Sandford moved the headquarters of his thriving produce business from Melbourne to Adelaide around 1881. He was a member of the Legislative Council 1895-1902. Ex Don Pearce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2052 |
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 1891 (Jan 28) bank cover to Ceylon "Per Cuzco" with scarce franking of QV De La Rue Perf 10 '2½d.' on 4d blue-green horizontal pair
tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/S.A - S AUSTRALIA' duplex, fair Colombo arrival backstamp of FE12/91, back flap mostly missing, small repair at top & minor aging marks. Rare usage of the surcharge in the first month of issue. The Australian Colonies had been
advised that they would be admitted to the Universal Postal Union (UPU) from 1.1.1891, with a universal overseas letter rate of 2½d. However, admission was delayed (until 1.10.1891), and the new rate revoked by mid-February, except for mail to GB.
Any letters from this 6-week period are very elusive and those to non-British destinations are rare. Ex Don Pearce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2053 |
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 1892 (March 8) cover to "Taganrog/Russie meridionale" [Central Russia] endorsed "via Port Said" with unusual franking of QV De La
Rue 1d blue-green & '2½d.' on 4d blue-green tied by 'RHINE VILLA/S.A' cds, the reverse with 'SEDAN' & 'KEYNETON' squared-circles & indistinct 'RAILWAY' cds, 'TAGANROG on DON/25/APR/ 1902/...' Russian Cyrillic arrival cds, light vertical fold at left.
The rate was 2½d per ½oz. Perhaps the 1d green was added in error instead of another '2½d.' green, or in the belief that 'a little extra' might be required to get the item to this remarkable destination. Ex Don Pearce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2054 |
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 1892 (May 18) double-rate cover with embossed 'D&J FOWLER/PORT ADELAIDE/LONDON/ADELAIDE' on the flap, to "Fifeshire/NB" [North
Britain], Scotland with QV De La Rue Perf 10 '5D.' on 6d brown with 'DJ/F' perfin tied by GPO duplex, superb 'ANSTRUTHER/JU19/92' arrival backstamp, horizontal fold below the stamp. Ex Don Pearce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
