Stamps and Postal History (#47MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 31-40 of 173. Previous|12345678...18|Next Lot #127 1885 double-rate cover to Austria "per Cuzco" with SymbolcGrade(a) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #128 1886 cover with embossed "The Argus" (newspaper) on the flap, to Captain Anthony Musgrave at "Granville/British New Guinea" & endorsed "Per SS Victory", with Victorian 6d blue tied by Melbourne duplex of DE17/86, fine strike of Musgrave's triple-oval 'ASST DEP COMMR/RECEIVED/("14.1.87")/NEW GUINEA' cachet in violet on the face, minor blemishes. This is the earliest recorded postal cover into British New Guinea & the earlier of only two pre-UPU covers from Victoria in Ben Palmer's Census. Ex Roge SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$7,500StatusUnsold Lot #129 1889 flapless cover to "Sir William MacGregor/Government House/British New Guinea" with Victorian 1d green pair tied by Melbourne duplex of SE25/89, Brisbane & Cooktown transit backstamps & a superb strike of the rare 'GRANVILLE/ OC18/89/B.N.G' arrival b/s (Lee #4; rated F), a couple of repaired opening tears. A marvellous inwards cover. Ex Roger Lee. [This is the finest strike of only four examples of the 'GRANVILLE' cds recorded on cover. Tim Rybak's May 1889 cover with a messy strike of the GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$7,500StatusUnsold Lot #130 1891 (July 28) cover to Jamaica "via London" with an extraordinary & rare 5-colour franking of 2½d red/yellow x2, 4d red, 5d brown, 8d pink x2 & 1/6d orange (only one other example recorded on cover) tied by '1/W' cancels of 'MARKET ST/MELBOURNE W' (cds alongside) & with boxed 'REGISTERED' h/s below all in dull blue, London transit d/s in red & 'JAMAICA/REGISTERED' arrival d/s on the face, some toning/staining still a remarkable item. The rate was 9d x5 + 3d registration. Ex Max Watson: acquire SymbolclGradeb View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$3,400StatusSold Lot #131 1893 OHMS cover with printed 'CHIEF SECRETARY' Frank & 'GOVERNMENT BOTANIST' imprint at lower-left, to "Imperial Botanical Gardens/St Petersburg/Russia" endorsed "Seeds only" with Reading 1d only tied by Melbourne duplex, Cyrillic arrival b/s in blue, a few faults including a reinforced vertical fold at left. A very rare concessional merchandise rate cover to a quite unusual destination. SymbolpsGradec View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #132 1893 double-rate usage of 1d orange-brown/brown Stamped-to-Order Envelope to Canada with 3d & 4d tied by "Belt & Buckle" 'POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE/PRAHRAN/MY8/1893' datestamp, 'REGISTERED/MELBOURNE' & 'WINDSOR/ONT' transit b/s. The rate was 2½xd x2 + 3d registration. SymbolpsGradea- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Lot #133 INWARDS MAIL: 1843 lengthy unsigned entire letter headed "Malta 18 March 1843" to Melbourne "care of Messrs Capper and Gold/Westminster" apparently privately carried but rated "3" on arrival as an inwards shipletter, light horizontal filing crease. The letter is from Robert Sconce, Chief Naval Commissary at Malta, to his daughter Sarah Susannah Bunbury, who had married Captain Richard Hanmer Bunbury RN in Malta in 1838. They emigrated on the "Argyle", arriving at Port Phillip in March 1841. Cap SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$500Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #134 INWARDS MAIL: 1850s stampless American style yellow-buff envelope to "Mr William F Christie/Melbourne/Australia" endorsed "Per Adams & Co's Express" at lower-left, "Collect" at upper-right & "Advtd" at left, minor staining. Rare inwards private carrier mail. Adams & Co was an American firm that had overseas branches including in Melbourne. We believe "Australia" in the address makes it highly likely that this cover originated in the United States. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #135 INWARDS MAIL: 1852 (Nov) entire multi-part letter from Ulster to "Melbourne/Victoria/Australia Felix - or Port Phillip" (!), light 'OMAGH/NO15/1852' cds, London 'SHIP-LETTER/[crown]/NO17/1852/=LONDON=' cds, Tombstone 'PAID' d/s & rated "8d" all in red, fair oval 'SHIP LETTER/[crown]/AP*3/1853/MELBOURNE' arival b/s in red. ["Australia Felix" was a name given by the explorer Sir Thomas Mitchell to areas of Western Victoria. It was sometimes used to signify the whole of the Port Phillip District] SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot #136 INWARDS MAIL: 1853 poste restante cover from England with exceptional franking of an enormous corner example of the Embossed 1/- green SG 55 (margins good to humungous, Cat £1800+ on cover), poor numeral cancel & 'NEWPORT IW' b/s, Liverpool "lozenge" transit d/s on the face, oval 'SHIP LETTER/MELBOURNE' arrival b/s & rated "3" in black for an incoming shipletter, superb strike of the boxed 'ADVERTISED/AND/UNCLAIMED' h/s in red ties the stamp, light strike of the scarce Butterfly '14' handstamp SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,250StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678...18|Next123456789101112131415161718 Previous 123456789101112131415161718 Next Previous 123456789101112131415161718 Next
