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 1-100 of 173. Previous|12|Next Lot #62 1886 usage of 1d Postal Card to Prussia uprated with DLR 2d orange x3 tied by 'HAWKER/MA12/86/SA' cds, 'RAILWAY/SA' squared-circle transit b/s, German 'T'-in-triangle h/s & mss "80" (pf) in blue, docketing on the face & reinforced corner bends. Pre-UPU, postcards could be sent overseas only at the letter rate, which was 8½d to Germany, so underpaid 1½d. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolpsGrade(b) Lot #98 1841 (early) part-entire to Scotland signed "David Ogilvy" with an unusually fine strike of the rounded-boxed 'MELBOURNE/PAID' h/s in red & largely fine strike of the rare undated 'MELBOURNE/NSW' h/s on the flap, straight-line 'SHIP LETTER' b/s in red & Edinburgh arrival b/s of 'AUG/10/1841', minor soiling. Only about 15 examples of Melbourne's first handstamp are recorded. The 'MELBOURNE/PAID' h/s is almost as elusive. [The writer speaks of the pattern of land sales near Melbourne & states "The View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,300StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #99 1847 lengthy cross-written entire letter headed "Melbourne 7th April 1847" & signed "Thomas Lowe", to London endorsed "From No 1998 Corporal Thomas Lowe 58th Regt" & countersigned by Captain Murray (?) at lower-left, rated "1" in red for a soldier's or sailor's letter, light 'SHIP LETTER/[crown]/AP 10/1847/MELBOURNE' d/s in red on the flap, London arrival b/s in red across the flap & rated "2" for an incoming soldier's letter, overall soiling. A very significant item, being one of only three Im View details Estimate$10,000StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #100 1848 lengthy entire letter headed "Waranooke - River Richardson/31 Dec 1848" & signed "Henry Nicoll" to England, prepaid with a light but largely fine strike of the 'GEELONG/JANY 1/1849.' provisional handstamp in red on the reverse (unfortunately overstruck with the London transit b/s also in red), rated "3" in red for a single shipletter & "8" in black payable by the recipient of an inwards shipletter. A great rarity. Ex Tony Rigo de Righi (1982) & Brian Peace. The early datestamps had the ye View details Estimate$3,000StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Lot #101 1854 envelope to Switzerland "per via de Madras" with Half-Length 3d blue SG 11 block of 4 (trimmed at the top, the lower units are both very fine) with two superb strikes of Barred Oval '1' & 'MELBOURNE/MY29E/ 1854/VICTORIA' d/s unusually on the face, superb strike of the Anglo-French 'COLONIES/&c ART 13' h/s in red overstruck with Calais TPO cds, various rate indicators, 'NEUCHATEL' arrival b/s in blue, minor blemishes. The third-earliest Victorian cover to Switzerland as per Ben Palmer's Cens View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,300StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #102 1854 lengthy largely cross-written entire letter headed "St Kilda 6mo13 54" - an unusual configuration! - & signed "Lucy B", to Yorkshire with oval 'PAID/JU30/1854/MELBOURNE' & rated "1/-" in red, London b/s of DE12/1854 & rated "2/-", very fine 'WAKEFIELD' arrival b/s of the same date in blue, minor blemishes. Ex Rod Moreton: on his display page. [The first page of the entire is a printed advertisement for 'HOME EDUCATION/St Kilda/MRS BIRCHALL' (presumably "Lucy B"), being very early postal ad View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,200StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #103 1854 small stampless cover to France with mss "1/-" for postage paid & sensational crowned-oval 'CRESWICKS CK/[crown]/SE*25/1854/VICTORIA' b/s (ERD), London transit b/s of '2JA2/1855' & superb boxed 'COLONIES/&c ART 13' accountancy h/s both in red, French '15' (decimes) h/s & 'ECOMMOY' arrival b/s, a couple of very minor blemishes. Ex Trevor Davis. Per "Lady Jocelyn" - the second of only five contract voyages - via South Pacific, Cape Horn & Trans-Atlantic to London. [Creswick's Creek, a goldmin View details Estimate$600Price Realized$500StatusSold SymbolcGradea- Lot #104 1855 entire stampless letter in French headed "Melbourne 11 Mai 1855" & signed "Ed Chrétien", apparently carried privately to Mauritius "p Reliance", no Victorian postmarks, '[crown]/MAURITIUS/JY9/1855/=GPO=' arrival d/s & very fine 'Late Received' h/s (Proud #I7). Not listed in Ben Palmer's Census: he lists 10 items to Mauritius to June 1856, all of which are stampless. View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea- Lot #105 1856 (Jan 30) double-rate entire letter to Scotland "Per Hellespont/via Singapore" with Woodblock 6d x2 (3½ or full margins) tied by superb BN '1' of Melbourne (b/s), London transit b/s of 4MY4/1856 where smudged 'MORE/TO/PAY' h/s & mss "8" applied to the face, superb Edinburgh arrival b/s in red. Carried per "Hellespont", departed 18/2/1856, via the Indian Ocean & arrived Singapore 16/3/1856; then per P&O Norna" to Galle; "Bombay" to Suez; & "Pera", arriving Southampton 4/5/1856. During the Cr View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #106 1858 quadruple rate outer with very fine 'SANDY CREEK/[crown]/AP*9/1858/VICTORIA' oval b/s & extraordinary franking of Woodblocks Imperf 6d orange block of 6 - faults, but the largest recorded block of this stamp - cancelled in pen "Registered/(62)" but otherwise uncancelled, to Scotland "Per RM Ship Victoria", oval 'REGISTERED/ 21JU58/LONDON' d/s in red & 'd6' h/s - for the British registration fee - on the face, very fine Glasgow arrival b/s. Despite the problems, a dramatic and important cove View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold SymbolclGradec Lot #107 1858 cover to London "p Australasian...via Marseilles" with Woodblocks 6d yellow-orange SG 32b pair [41-42, very fine with large even margins] tied by BN '1' of Melbourne, light oval 'SHIP LETTER/[crown]/JU*15/1858/MELBOURNE' b/s in red, London arrival cds of AU9/58 in red on the face. A very fine classic cover. Carried per European & Australian Royal Mail Co "Australasian", departed 16/6/1858; "Cambria", Alexandria-Malta; & "Wye", departed Malta 5/8/1858, arrived Marseilles 7/8/1858. View details Estimate$800StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea Lot #108 1859 cover to Massachusetts per "Columbian/Via Marseilles" with Perf 12 Emblems 4d pair & 1/- Octagonal tied by "killer" '1' cancels of Melbourne (b/s), London & New York transit cds on the face, some creasing/wrinkling. Not recorded in Ben Palmer's Census. [The rate was 1/8d per ½oz via Marseilles] View details Estimate$400Price Realized$420StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #109 1860 cover to London with scarce franking of Emblems 1d green SG 86b two singles & 4d rose-pink SG 87 tied by superb BN '5', small 'BALLARAT/JU18/60/VICTORIA' b/s & Melbourne transit of the same day, London arrival b/s of AU9/60 in red, a couple of minor blemishes. Exceptional appearance. Carried per "Malta", departed Melbourne 19/6/1860, arrived Suez 27/7/1860; then per "Massilia", departed Alexandria 28/7/1860, arrived Southampton 9/8/1860. Ex Sir Chester Beatty, BD Forster, Rodney Perry & Ken View details Estimate$400Price Realized$900StatusSold SymbolcGradea- Lot #110 1860 cover to Durham "Via Marseilles/per Salsette" with rare franking of Emblems "Bordeaux Paper" 1d bright green SG 97 (cut from the sheet at top & left) plus Laid Paper 1d yellow-green SG 86/b group x2 (both gum-stained), Rouletted 2d brown-lilac SG 69 x3 & Beaded Ovals Laid Paper 3d deep blue SG 88 all tied by BN '157' of Collingwood, Melbourne transit backstamp of AU25/60 & faint 'HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING/OC18/60' arrival b/s, a few minor blemishes on the face & the flap removed. A remarkable fra View details Estimate$1,600Price Realized$3,400StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #111 1862 envelope to "Pietermaritzberg/Natal/South Africa" with Octagonal Perf 12 1/- tied by fair BN '113' and very fine oval 'SCHNAPPER POINT/[crown]/MY*20/1862/VICTORIA' d/s alongside, Melbourne & 'CAPE TOWN/SP15/ 1862/CAPE OF GOOD HOPE' transit b/s both in red, minor soiling & repaired flap. The earlier by 17 years of only two pre-UPU covers to Natal recorded by Ben Palmer. Schnapper Point PO 21/5/1856; renamed Mornington 16/8/1864. An 1859 cover with a lesser strike of the oval d/s - & a back View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$3,400StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #112 1865 envelope to Scotland "Via Southampton" with Laureates 2d & 4d cancelled with manuscript numeral "56" & with postmaster's manuscript endorsement "Keilor/25 5 65/Vic" on the flap, Melbourne transit b/s of MY25/65 & '1'-in-bars "killer" cancels both in blue, very fine 'EDINR M2/ 1 /JY23/65' arrival b/s, minor soiling & repaired tears across the flap. Carried "Madras", departed Melbourne 26/5/1865; "Mooltan" from Galle; & "Nyanza" from Alexandria, arrived Southampton 22/7/1865. Keilor PO opene View details Estimate$1,250Price Realized$3,000StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #113 1865 (Oct 23) OHMS cover with embossed 'THE GOVERNOR OF/[Arms]/VICTORIA' on the flap & signed by the Governor "Sir Charles Darling" at upper-left, to the Governor of Mauritius with light strike of the first type 'GOVERNOR OF/[Arms]/FRANK STAMP/VICTORIA' h/s in blue overstruck with very fine Melbourne duplex, equally fine 'MAURITIUS/FE25/66' arrival b/s in blue-black (four months transit by private ship), light overall soiling. An early overseas usage of the franking privilege that was introduc View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,200StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #114 1866 mourning cover to New York with Laureates 2d & 1/- tied by Melbourne duplex, London transit in red, ' 5 /N YORK BR PKT' cds ties both stamps. Very attractive. Ben Palmer's Census USA #204. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$850StatusSold SymbolcGradea- Lot #115 1867 cover endorsed "From 61 Co Wm Grimes Sergeant Royal Marines LI/HMS Galatea Melbourne" & countersigned (Marines Captain) "RF Taylor", to London with GB 1d Plate '91' tied by light 'A81' mailboat cancel used aboard P&O "Tanjore", light 'LONDON N/ A6 /FE17/68' arrival cds in red on the face, repaired flap tears & a few moderate tonespots. Carried per P&O "Geelong", departed Sydney 24/12/1867; "Nubia", departed Galle 18/1/1868; "Tanjore", departed Alexandria 5/2/1868, arrived Southampton 17/2/1 View details Estimate$4,000StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #116 1868 OHMS cover with 'GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VICTORIA' banner, to the Geological Society of France with 'MINISTER OF MINES' Frank h/s in blue - otherwise unstamped - tied by Melbourne duplex of MY22/68, French 'POSS.AN.V.SUEZ/14/JUIL/68/P.AN.AM.MARS' mailboat cds & 'P.D.' h/s both in red, Paris arrival b/s. A rare envelope, of which Carl Stieg & Max Watson recorded only one example, of FE4/68. Not listed in Ben Palmer's Census. View details Estimate$300Price Realized$500StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Lot #117 1869 quadruple-rate cover to France "by Travelling Post" with Laureates 2d dull violet, 6d blue & 1/- blue/blue pair tied by 'BEECHWORTH/DC-4/69/VICTORIA - 9 ' duplex, light French mailboat cds & 'P.D.' h/s both in red on the face, Paris transit & 'MANSLE/24JANV/70/ (15) ' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. Ben Palmer's Census France #159: illustrated at page 87. [The rate was 8d per ¼oz x4] View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Lot #118 1870 cover to Ireland "Via Marseilles" with Laureates 10d brown/pink (a huge & superb well centred example) & 1/- dark blue/blue (very fine) tied by two strikes of the rare 'RMSS/ T /SE-11/70/HOBSONS BAY - VICTORIA' duplex (Type 1; letters closely spaced), a superlative strike of the boxed 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID/FOR BRINDISI ROUTE/DEFICIENT POSTAGE - 3d' handstamp applied at London, 'DUNDRUM/NO--/70/DUBLIN' arrival b/s. A marvellous cover, being the finest and most impressive of the eight recorded View details Estimate$10,000Price Realized$9,500StatusSold SymbolcGradea Lot #119 1871 (Feb 25) orange envelope to Switzerland "via Trieste" amended to "via Brindisi" with Laureates 1/- (marginal example) tied by part-strike of the first '10' duplex of Warrnambool, a second stamp (presumably a 3d) lost almost immediately in transit so at Melbourne (b/s) a superb strike of the rare boxed 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID/VIA BRINDISI' h/s applied, thus carried via England with London cds of 21AP71 in red on the face, 'BASEL' arrival b/s & rated "20" but that crossed-out apparently because View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$3,200StatusSold SymbolcGradea Lot #120 1874 (Oct 7) long OHMS envelope with 'Police Department' imprint at L/L & 'CHIEF SECRETARY' Frank h/s in blue overstruck with Melbourne duplex, to California with London transit cds of 4DE74 & 'SAN FRANCISCO/ DEC/25/PAID ALL' arrival cds (Christmas Day) in purple, two strikes of the unusual 8-line 'HAVE YOUR/LETTERS AND/PAPERS ADDRESSED/TO PO BOX OR TO/STREET AND NUMBER/...' h/s, 'UNCLAIMED' h/s in red, 'ADVERTISED' h/s & 'San Francisco/JAN/11/ADVERTISED' b/s, 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/FEB/25/1875/US' View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold SymbolclGradeb Lot #121 1875 (Mar 24) OHMS envelope to Scotland with a very fine strike of the worn 'COMMR OF CROWN LANDS & SURVEY/...' Frank h/s in blue overstruck with very fine Melbourne duplex, Edinburgh arrival b/s of MY18/75. A remarkably fine Frank cover. View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea Lot #122 1882 cover to Switzerland with Three-Issue franking of Laureates 6d blue x2, Bell ½d rose pair & Naish 2d brown tied by 'DAYLESFORD/AP12/82/VICTORIA - 173' duplex & boxed 'REGISTERED' h/s at the base, transit b/s Italian 'BRINDISI/20/MAG/82' & very fine double-circle 'AMBTE MILANO-CHIASSO/No 2' TPO and Swiss 'LOCARNO' cds and 'BIGNASCO' arrival b/s, large 'R'-in-octagon h/s in purple applied to the face in Europe. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolcGradea- Lot #123 1884 makeshift wrapper to Germany "Via Brindisi" View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #124 1884 cover endorsed "Photo only" & paid 2d only, to Ireland "via Brindisi", very fine British (?) 'Deficient Postage ("10d")/Fine ("6 - 1/4")' h/s, Irish 'ENNIS/JA28/85 - 211' b/s & 'KILKEE' arrival on the face. An interesting item. [The sender was apparently paying a Printed Matter rate but this was either overlooked or ignored by the Post Office, which charged the 6d letter rate x2 (less 2d already paid) + a fine of 6d] View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #125 1885 cover with Italian Consulate in Melbourne cachet in blue across the flap, to the Italian Navy Minister in Rome (b/s) "Per SS Sorata" with rare four-colour franking of Naish 'STAMP DUTY' ½d rosine x2, 2d violet & 6d blue plus Large Stamp Duty 1/- chalky blue/lemon SG 257 tied by Melbourne duplex, slightly reduced at left, a couple of faults & a bit soiled; also linen-lined Winch Bros cover with Large Stamp Duty 1/6d rosine SG 236 to England "pr Garonne" amended to "RMS Tasmania", overall soi View details Quantity2Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold SymbolcGradec Lot #126 1885 (Feb 9) cover to India with very scarce solo franking of 'STAMP DUTY' on Bell 1/- blue/blue tied by 'HAWTHORN/ VICTORIA' cds, Melbourne & superb Bombay transit b/s & fine 'FIRST DELY/SAIDAPET/MADRAS/-MAR8' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. [Lushington Gardens was a fine Colonial house built in the late 1830s in an area known as Anderson's Nopalry] View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #127 1885 double-rate cover to Austria "per Cuzco" with View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolcGrade(a) 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 View details Estimate$7,500StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb 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 View details Estimate$7,500StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb 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 View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$3,400StatusSold SymbolclGradeb 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. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold SymbolpsGradec 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. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$1,100StatusSold SymbolpsGradea- 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 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$460StatusSold SymbolcGradeb 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. View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb 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] View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea 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 View details Estimate$1,250StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #137 INWARDS MAIL: 1855 Germain Nicholson cover from England with a very attractive Embossed 1/- green (margins good to large, 11mm scissor-cut at lower-right just intrudes on the design) tied by superb 'LIVERPOOL/4OC/1855/ H1 - 466' duplex & oval ' L /OC4/ A ' b/s, '1d' in red for postage due to Victoria, 'SHIP LETTER/FREE/DC28/1853/GPO VICTORIA' arrival b/s in red, minor blemishes & light soiling. Most attractive. Carried per Black Ball Line "Schomberg" on her maiden voyage, departed Liverpool 6/10 View details Estimate$6,000StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #138 INWARDS MAIL: 1855 (June 1) envelope & contents from GB "To be left at the Post Office/till called for Melbourne/Port Phillip" with 2d blue x3 tied by very fine diamond-numeral '16' cancels & straight-line 'Battersea' b/s in blue, '1d' in red for the payment due to Victoria, fair 'SHIP LETTER/FREE/AU27/1853/GPO VICTORIA' arrival b/s in red & rated "2" as a town letter, 'ADVERTISED/AND/UNCLAIMED' h/s & endorsed on the reverse "Opend by a person of same name 18.10". Carried per clipper "Donald Ma View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea Lot #139 INWARDS MAIL: 1856 (Aug 6) envelope from England with 'Deptford Broadway' b/s in blue, 2d blue strip of 3 with diamond-numeral '41' cancels & '1d' in red for postage due to Victoria, 'SHIP LETTER/FREE/NO5/1856/GEELONG VICTORIA' arrival b/s in red, a little soiled. Carried per clipper "White Star", departed Liverpool 20/8/1856, arrived Melbourne 5/11/1856. [The Geelong mail was apparently offloaded after passing through Port Phillip Heads] View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #140 INWARDS MAIL: 1858 cover front only from the Cape of Good Hope "per Steamer Prince Alfred", to "Box No 190/Government Post office/Melbourne" with Triangle 4d blue (2½ margins, cut-into at lower-left), largely fine 'DETAINED ON/BOARD OF SHIP' h/s in red applied at Melbourne where rare '.LC./DCc31/1858' d/s (large dots before & after 'LC'; ERD) also applied, forwarded to "White Hills/Sandhurst", minor blemishes. [Undelivered mail was "called" in the Letter Carriers (LC) Room. If the addressee was View details Estimate$800Price Realized$900StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #141 INWARDS MAIL: 1860 cover from Ireland with Line Engraved 1d & 2d + Surface Printed 6d (rounded corner) tied by very fine 'MALLOW/MR14/1860/ C - 321' duplex, light diagonal crease justs affects the 2d adhesive. Mallow is in County Cork. View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #142 INWARDS MAIL: 1862 cover from GB "Via Marseilles" with scarce franking of 1862-64 9d bistre SG 86 (Cat £875 on cover) tied by very fine 'LONDON-WC/ 11 /OC27/62 - W.C/11' duplex, equally fine 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE 3d/FINE 6d - 9d' h/s, superb Melbourne arrival b/s of DC13/62 in red, minor blemishes. The cover was taxed because it weighed more than ¼oz. Carried per "Vectis" from Marseilles, "Nubia" from Suez; & "Bombay" from Galle, arrived Melbourne 13/12/1862. View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #143 INWARDS MAIL: 1868 quadruple-rate cover from Ireland "via Marseilles" to East Melbourne with very scarce franking of 4d vermilion Plate '10' with wing-margin & 1/- green Plate '4' wing-margin single & pair tied by very fine 'DUBLIN/ 2E /DE3/68 - 186' duplex cancels, Melbourne arrival b/s of JA21/69. The envelope burst in transit, & repairs with stamp selvedge were effected on arrival with two largely very fine strikes of the scarce boxed 'RECEIVED OPEN AT/POST OFFICE MELBOURNE/AND REFASTENED' h View details Estimate$2,500StatusUnsold SymbolcGradec Lot #144 INWARDS MAIL: 1875 cover from the United States "via San Francisco" with 'OLYPHANT & CO OF CHINA/SEP/16/1875/NY' b/s in blue, 5c Zachary Taylor tied by geometric cork cancel of New York (cds in red alongside), Melbourne arrival b/s of NO15/75, minor blemishes. Carried per "City of Melbourne", departed San Francisco 11/10/1875, arrived Sydney 10/11/1875. [The letter rate was 12c. 5c was the printed matter rate] View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #145 INWARDS MAIL: 1881 underpaid cover from England with 6d grey tied by 'MANCHESTER/ S52 /MR3/81 - 198' duplex & very fine 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE 6d/FINE...6d - 1/-' h/s at lower-left, Melbourne transit b/s of AP18/81& scarce '1s/MORE TO PAY'-in-oval h/s added, 'TARNAGULLA' arrival b/s (ERD by 10 years), slightly truncated. Carried per "Tanjore", departed London 11/3/1881, "Kaiser-i-Hind", departed Suez 18/3/1881; & "Rosetta", departed Galle 31/3/1881, arrived Melbourne 18/4/1881. View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #523 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet with Double Horizontal Perforations Between BW #132bc, Cat $600+. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$220StatusSold Symbol*Gradea Lot #524 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake block of 6 (2x3) with Aberrant Horizontal Perforations through the Second Row BW #132bc.va, the four lower units are unmounted. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$180StatusSold Symbol**/*Gradea Lot #525 PENNY HALFPENNY: Upper-Left Corner Blocks of 4 with Plate Numbers: 1½d lake with almost complete Plate Number '1' BW #132z, well centred, minor blemish on the reverse of the third unit, unmounted, Cat $4000 (mounted). [More attractive than the similar block - '1' only 50% present - that sold at the Prestige auction of 17/8/2012 for $2415] The plate numbers were usually guillotined-off and most that survive are only partial numbers. Of Plate Number '1' the ACSC states that only five blocks are View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,800StatusSold Symbol**Gradea/a- Lot #526 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with light but complete Plate Number '2' BW #132za, well centred, characteristic rough perfs & quite insignificant gum-bends, unmounted, Cat $2500 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '2' the ACSC states that ten blocks are recorded. '2' was absent from Barry Gribble's set and from the set in the Prestige auction of 17/8/2012] View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Symbol**Gradea b2 Lot #527 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with light but complete Plate Number '3' BW #132zb, creased at upper-left before guillotining, unmounted, Cat $2500 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '3' the ACSC states that nine blocks are recorded. Superior to the unmounted block - '3' almost complete - that sold at the Prestige auction of 17/8/2012 for $1322] View details Estimate$1,250Price Realized$950StatusSold Symbol**Gradea b1 Lot #528 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with complete Plate Number '4' BW #132zc, well centred, a few irregular perfs otherwise superb, unmounted, Cat $3750 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '4' the ACSC states that only five blocks are recorded, making this and Number '1' - the rarest of the twelve numbers. Superior to the unmounted block - large-part '4'- that sold at the Prestige auction of 17/8/2012 for $2415] View details Estimate$2,500StatusUnsold Symbol**Gradea-/a+ Lot #529 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with complete Plate Number '5' BW #132zd, unmounted, Cat $3000 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '5' the ACSC states that only seven blocks are recorded] View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold Symbol**Gradea b1 Lot #530 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with light but complete Plate Number '6' BW #132ze, the third unit lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $1750 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '6' the ACSC states that 15 blocks are recorded] View details Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSold Symbol**/*Gradea c1 Lot #531 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with the lower-half only of Plate Number '7' BW #132zf, the third unit very lightly mounted otherwise superb unmounted, Cat $2000 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '7' the ACSC states that 12 blocks are recorded] View details Estimate$450Price Realized$340StatusSold Symbol**/*Gradea+ c1 Lot #532 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with complete Plate Number '8' BW #132zg, well centred, gumbends, the third unit very lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $2000 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '8' the ACSC states that 12 blocks are recorded] View details Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSold Symbol**/*Gradeb b1 Lot #533 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with almost complete Plate Number '9' BW #132zh, the last unit lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $1250 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '9' the ACSC states that 35 blocks are recorded] View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Symbol**/*Gradea b2 Lot #534 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with the lower-half of Plate Number '10' BW #132zi, the lower units lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $1250 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '10' the ACSC states that 25 blocks are recorded] View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Symbol**/*Gradea c1 Lot #535 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with almost complete Plate Number '11' BW #132zj, well centred, the last unit very lightly mounted otherwise superb unmounted, Cat $1000 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '11' the ACSC estimates that about 50 blocks are recorded. Superior to the lightly mounted block that sold at the Prestige auction of 17/8/2012 for $575] View details Estimate$400Price Realized$460StatusSold Symbol**/*Gradea/a+ Lot #536 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with light but complete Plate Number '12' BW #132zk, well centred, a few characteristic rough perfs, unmounted, Cat $750 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '12' the ACSC estimates that about 150 blocks are recorded] View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Symbol**Gradea b2 Lot #537 MINIATURE SHEET: M/S from right of the sheet, well centred, central Exhibition cds of 29OC28 (the Opening Day) in green BW #133MSwa, CTO with full unmounted o.g., undercatalogued at $500. For many years the ACSC listed the cds in red or "green", with no reference to blue cancels. Consequently, the common blue impressions were routinely, and erroneously, called "green". The 1994 edition of the ACSC was the first to list all three colours. Examples of the genuine green cancels are very scarce w View details Estimate$600Price Realized$1,300StatusSold SymbolvGradea b1 Lot #538 MINIATURE SHEET: Marginal examples from the top or base of the larger sheets each with central strike of the 'INTERNATIONAL PHILATELIC/EXHIBITION MELBOURNE' cds of 30OC28 in red or 1NO28 in blue, both with full unmounted o.g., Cat $650 (without gum). View details Estimate$400Price Realized$480StatusSold SymbolvGradea Lot #539 DIE PROOF: 3d die proof in green struck on thick handmade paper (215x167mm) with deckled edges BW #134DP(2), Cat $12,500. Superb! Ex Derick Ray. [The ACSC states that 11 proofs were presented, one of which is in the Australia Post Archives. Only four others have been accounted for. Lord Vestey's example - reduced to 166x130mm, with the deckled edges trimmed off - sold at auction in October 2014 for £4560] View details Estimate$7,500Price Realized$7,000StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolPGradea+ Lot #540 BOOKLET STAMPS: 3d green Long Wing BW #136d being the lower unit in a vertical pair, the normal unit with a few short perfs & a hinge remainder, the variety is very lightly mounted, Cat $560+. RPSofV Certificate (1984). View details Estimate$300Price Realized$460StatusSold Symbol*Gradeb/a a1 Lot #541 BOOKLET STAMPS: 3d green Long Wing BW #136d being the third unit in a complete booklet pane of 4, the upper units lightly mounted, the lower units - including the variety - are unmounted, Cat $1200+. View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold Symbol*/**Gradea c1 Lot #542 PERFORATED 'OS': 1½d red upper-left corner block of 4 with Plate Number '2' and Strong 100% Offset on All Units, a couple of very minor thin spots in the upper margin, the lower units very lightly mounted & the upper units unmounted. Unlisted in the ACSC. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold Symbol**/*Gradea Lot #543 PERFORATED 'OS': 1½d red upper-left corner pair with Plate Number '3' and Misplaced 'OS', unmounted. Offered "as is". View details Estimate$100Price Realized$120StatusSold Symbol**Gradea b1 Lot #544 PERFORATED 'OS': 1½d red upper-left blocks of 4 with Plate Numbers '1', '2', '4', '5', '8', '10' & '11', a few very minor imperfections, unmounted, Cat $2450+ (mounted). A rare & desirable group that are necessarily offered "as is". (7 blocks) View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Symbol**Gradea/a- Lot #545 Range including 2d Plate Number '7' single commercialy used, 3d with Plane Dropping Mailbag CTO, 6d with Extra Islands CTO & in unmounted corner block of 6, 6d with unlisted Re-Entry on 'FO' of 'KINGSFORD' CTO, 6d imprint block of 8 with Re-Entry on 'T' of 'AUSTRALIA' lightly mounted, 'OS' 2d & 3d CTO; also Air Mail 6d sepia imprint block of 6 & 'OS' imprint block of 6 both with most units unmounted, etc. (43) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$280StatusSold Symbol**/*vGradea Lot #546 THREEPENCE: 3d blue upper-left corner block of 6 (2x3) with Plate Number '3', the fifth unit with Plane Dropping Mailbag, unmounted, Cat $175+. View details Estimate$100Price Realized$160StatusSold Symbol**Gradea c1 Lot #547 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 2d red & 3d blue BW #141(OS) & 142(OS) (SG O123-4), unmounted, Cat $1025 (£325, mounted). Advertised retail $875 including expertising. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$420StatusSold Symbol**Gradea c1 Lot #548 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 3d blue with Plane Dropping Mailbag BW #142(OS)d, CTO, Cat $600 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold SymbolvGradea c1 Lot #549 Selection with Chambon Essay in red (very lightly mounted), 1/- green unmounted, CTO x3, overprinted 'OS' mint & CTO both unmounted & block of 4 perf 'VG' unmounted, 1/- yellow-green unmounted & CTO, etc, Cat $1500 + the 'VG' block. (14) View details Estimate$600Price Realized$550StatusSold Symbol**/*vGradea Lot #550 TWO PENCE: 2d red marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet with Three Plate Dots BW #146zc, Cat $500. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$280StatusSold Symbol*Gradea b1 Lot #551 FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- green with Retouch over Centre of Bridge BW #148d, hinge remainder, Cat $800. View details Estimate$300Price Realized$360StatusSold Symbol*Gradea- c1 Lot #552 FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- green with Retouch over Centre of Bridge BW #148d, well centred, CTO with large-part o.g., Cat $750. View details Estimate$450StatusUnsold SymbolvGradea b1 Lot #553 FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- green with Retouch over Left-Centre of Bridge BW #148e, well centred, very lightly mounted, Cat $800. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$380StatusSold Symbol*Gradea b1 Lot #554 FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- green with Retouch over Left-Centre of Bridge BW #148e, CTO, Cat $750. View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold SymbolvGradea b1 Lot #555 FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- green corner example from the upper-left of the sheet with Plate Dot BW #148z, exceptional centring, lightly mounted, Cat $3000. View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold Symbol*Gradea a1 Lot #556 1934-48 Hermes selection with No Watermark Imprint Block of 4 BW #161z (two units very lightly mounted, others unmounted) & an unmounted imprint pair, Watermark mostly mint group of Re-Entries and Retouches, four different imprint pairs & Thin Paper imprint block of 20 (5x4, mostly unmounted), etc, generally very fine. (64) View details Estimate$350Price Realized$650StatusSold Symbol*/** Lot #557 1935 ANZAC Commemoration 1/- black Perf 13½x12½ BW #165PP(1), unmounted, Cat $2500 (£1200 - mounted - in a footnote below SG 155). Unissued: the issued stamp is Perf 11. [The ACSC states it is a "plate proof". Only one sheet of 120 was printed but only part of that sheet survived. Examples sold for $1610 & $1552 at the Prestige aucrions of 11/7/2008 & 19/11/2011] View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Symbol**Gradea c1 Lot #558 1935 Silver Jubilee 2/- violet upper-left block of 4 with Plate Number '1' BW #168z, well centred, unmounted, Cat $550. View details Estimate$240Price Realized$300StatusSold Symbol**Gradea b1 Lot #559 1936 South Australia Centenary 2d red with Smoking Chimney Retouch in an imprint block of 4 BW #171za, well centred, the upper units with a couple of minor imperfections, the lower units - including the variety - are unmounted, Cat $2500+. View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,800StatusSold Symbol*/**Gradea/a- Lot #560 1936 South Australia Centenary 2d red with Retouch below 'AU of 'AUSTRALIA' in an imprint block of 4 BW #171zb, unmounted, Cat $325. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$160StatusSold Symbol**Gradea b1 Lot #561 Mostly mint collection of the Portrait Types apparently complete with all 3d Dies including Die I with White Wattles x2 (one CTO with gum) etc, varieties in blocks including 1d pane of 60 & 2d block of 36, 3d Die II Thick Paper imprint blocks of 4 x2 and Thin Paper White Face single (very dramatic) & imprint block of 4, 1/4d imprint block of 4 with Flaw on 'A' & Retouched Cigarette Flaw, a few minor problems noted but generally very fine. (230 approx) View details Estimate$600Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Symbol*/**o Lot #562 Mostly mint collection the Zoological Types with lots of varieties notably a specialised study of the ½d all printings, also Perf 13½x14 including ½d McCracken Imprint pair with Crack through Imprint (Late State) CTO, ½d imprint strips of 4 x2 & block of 6 each with Measels below Imprint, 1/- 42½mm Imprint pair x2 & 38mm Imprint pair; Perf 15x14 including ½d block of 4 with minor part-imperf at right, 4d Imperf single (Dunkerley Certificate), 4d with Strong Offset, 5d imprint block of 4 with Abe View details Estimate$800Price Realized$2,000StatusSold Symbol*/**o Lot #563 HALFPENNY KANGAROO: ½d orange McCracken Imprint block of 4 with Cracked Imprint (Advanced State; the crack is 26mm long) BW #178zba, unmounted, Cat $450. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$440StatusSold Symbol*/**Gradea a1 Lot #564 HALFPENNY KANGAROO: ½d orange McCracken Imprint block of 4 with Cracked Imprint (Late State; the crack is 30mm long) BW #178zba, the upper units lightly mounted, the lower units unmounted, Cat $600. View details Estimate$300Price Realized$320StatusSold Symbol*/**Gradea b1 Lot #565 ONE PENNY QUEEN MOTHER: 1d green Die I upper-left corner single with complete Plate Number '2', unmounted, Cat $1500 (for a mounted block of 4). View details Estimate$250Price Realized$280StatusSold Symbol**Gradea b1 Lot #566 TWO PENCE KING GEORGE VI: 2d scarlet Die I lower-left corner block of 4 with complete Plate Number '1', the lower units are unmounted, Cat $500. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$220StatusSold Symbol*/**Gradea b1 Lot #567 THREE PENCE KING GEORGE VI: 3d blue Die I "White Leaves" imprint block of 4 BW #190za, 'IPSWICH/ 11OC37/QUEENSLAND' cds, Cat $800 mint but much scarcer used. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Symbolv/fGradea c1 Lot #568 ONE SHILLING LYREBIRD: 1/- green marginal Imperforate Horizontal Pair from the left of the sheet, lightly mounted, Cat $750. [See the ACSC at page 6/29] View details Estimate$300Price Realized$280StatusSold Symbol*Gradea Lot #569 ONE SHILLING FOUR PENCE KING GEORGE VI: 1/4d bright magenta imprint block of 4 with Cigarette Flaw BW #211zb on the second unit, the lower units are unmounted, Cat $500. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Symbol*/**Gradea b1 Lot #570 Mostly mint collection of the Portrait Types including 2d red Medallion Flaw used x3, 3d purple-brown with Double Perfs at Left and with Grossly Misplaced Perfs (unlisted in the ACSC) both used, many imprint blocks of 4 or larger including 1d green with Flush Perfs, 3d purple-brown block of 8 with Imprint at the Top (**) & imprint block of 8 with Plate Number ' 14 ', Coils including test strip of 4 in green **, 1d green pair (**) & 2d red strip of 3 (RPSofV Certificate) both with Uniform Large H View details Estimate$800Price Realized$2,200StatusSold Symbol**/*o Lot #571 THREE HALFPENCE KING GEORGE VI: 1½d green Authority Imprint corner & centre blocks of 4 with Cracked Plates BW #185zc (unmounted) & zg (the lower units are unmounted), Cat $700. View details Estimate$300Price Realized$600StatusSold Symbol**/*Gradea Lot #572 TWO PENCE KING GEORGE VI: 2d scarlet Coil Perforations (Uniformly Large Holes) BW #188bh Ash Imprint block of 4, three units unmounted, Cat $1000 (mounted). [See ACSC Note 5] View details Estimate$400Price Realized$420StatusSold Symbol**/*Gradea c1 Lot #573 TWO PENCE KING GEORGE VI: 2d scarlet Medallion Flaw BW #188e being the second-last unit in a block of 8 (4x2), the variety is unmounted; and 2d mauve same variety in an unmounted corner block of 12 (4x3), Cat $340+. (2 blocks) View details Estimate$200Price Realized$400StatusSold Symbol**Gradea b1 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next
