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 1-35 of 35. Previous|1|Next 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 SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,300StatusSold 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 SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$10,000StatusUnsold 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 GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$3,000StatusUnsold 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 SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,300StatusSold 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 SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,200StatusSold 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 SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$600Price Realized$500StatusSold 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. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold 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 SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold 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 SymbolclGradec View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold 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. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$800StatusUnsold 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] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$420StatusSold 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 SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$900StatusSold 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 SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,600Price Realized$3,400StatusSold 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 SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$3,400StatusSold 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 SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,250Price Realized$3,000StatusSold 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 SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,200StatusSold 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. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$850StatusSold 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 SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$4,000StatusUnsold 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. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$300Price Realized$500StatusSold 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] GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold 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 SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$10,000Price Realized$9,500StatusSold 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 SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$3,200StatusSold 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' SymbolclGradeb View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold 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. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold 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. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #123 1884 makeshift wrapper to Germany "Via Brindisi" SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold 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] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold 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 SymbolcGradec View details Quantity2Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold 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] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next
