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 1-10 of 25. Previous|123|Next Lot #71 1823 lengthy entire letter headed "Hobart Town 2nd June 1823" & signed "Harris Walker" to London with a wonderfully fine and clear strike of the very rare undated 'HOBART/TOWN' circular postmark, to London with light 'PORTSMOUTH/SHIP=LETTER' "step" h/s in red, rated "2/8" for a double-rate letter, very fine oval '10 F-NOON 10/ NO-7/1823' arrival b/s in red, redirected within London, neat internal repairs with archival tape. An exceptional pre-stamp entire which is the earliest recorded letter go SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$15,000Price Realized$16,000StatusSold Lot #72 1826 lengthy entire letter headed "Sydney 4th Feby 1826" & signed "RC Pritchett" who complains at length about his delinquent son John "...I for the first time gave him a few lashes with the Horse Whip, he threatened to return my blows, which caused him a few more...", which explains the docketing on the face "John is flogged by his father...", to London "p Triton", 'BRIGHTON/SHIP LETTER' "step" b/s, rated "2/8" for a double-weight letter, light London arrival b/s apparently of July 1827 (17 mon SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Lot #73 1832 Wesleyan missionary outer to London rated "3" in red, British boxed 'INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH' h/s & rated "1/-" (4d inwards shipletter + 8d mileage), London arrival b/s of 3JY3/1833 in red, docketed on the reverse from "Macquarie Harbour/Dec 26 1832/John Manton/State of the works...", unusually fine for such items. An important piece for the collector of convict-related mail, being the later of only two Macquarie Harbour covers in private hands. Carried to Hobart per the Government brig "Ta GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$4,000StatusUnsold Lot #74 1841 large-part crumpled outer to Edinburgh with light but fine strike of the huge GPO d/s of 3FB3/1841 (unusual use of 'FB' instead of 'FE' for February) in red, very fine strike of the boxed 'INDIA LETTER/BRIGHTON' h/s on the face, London b/s of 17JU17/1841 & rated "8" for an incoming shipletter. Believed to be the latest recorded usage of an India Letter handstamp on mail from Tasmania. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #75 1844 lengthy entire letter signed "B Livesay", to Yorkshire endorsed "postpaid" & rated "5" in red, GB 'SHIP LETTER' h/s in black & rated "8" for an incoming shipletter, London transit b/s of '28AP28/1845' in red & 'YORK' arrival b/s of the same date, extensive internal repairs & minor overall soiling. Ex Rod Moreton. The convict Benjamin Livesay was a former clergyman who was transported for theft of a "money letter". He arrived in VDL in -/9/1841 per "Westmoreland". He spent a short time at SymbolcGrade(b) View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #76 1846 entire letter headed "Lemington Probator Station December 7th 1846" signed "Gabriel Tinsley", to Lancashire endorsed at upper-left "convict letter/[initials]/Supt", light '[crown]/FREE/4JA4/1847' cds at upper-right, British 'SHIP LETTER' h/s in black & London transit b/s of '23AP23/1847' in red, faint '...ISKIRN' arrival b/s, extensive internal reinforcing with archival tape, overall soiling on the face. Lymington (Nile) was one of 19 probation stations opened during the 1840s throughout Va SymbolcGradec View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$4,400StatusSold Lot #77 1851 semi-literate entire headed "Hobertown Barracks April 18th" & signed "EH Bell" endorsed on the face "Convicts Letter" but not countersigned, to Lancashire with light '[crown]/FREE/22AP22/1851' cds in red, light London transit b/s of SP25/1851 & rated "8" for an incoming shipletter, 'LANCASTER' arrival b/s of the same date, redirected locally with 'MILNTHORPE' arrival b/s in blue, very minor soiling. An unusually fine convict's letter. The writer complains of missing out on an inheritance ( SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$3,500Price Realized$4,000StatusSold Lot #78 1856 entire letter headed "Launceston/4 Feb 1856" & signed "Richd Green" to London "p Hellespont" with very fine Star Wmk 4d blue SG 18 (full margins, with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left) tied by fair BN '60' cancel, diamond 'POST OFFICE/LAUNCESTON/[crown]/6FE6/VDL/1856' d/s in red alongside, London arrival b/s of 5MY5/1856 in red & rated "10". A quite superb Classic cover. Carried by Bass Strait vessel to Melbourne; then per "Hellespont", departed 18/2/1856, via the Indian Ocean & arr SymbolcGradea+ View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$6,000StatusSold Lot #79 1858 (Feb 1) cover to London "Per RMS/Via Suez & Marseilles" with scarce two-issue franking of 'TASMANIA' Imperf 6d dull slate-grey SG 44 (virtually full margins, horizontal scissor-cut at the base just touches the design) & Perf 10 6d slate-violet SG 66 tied by crisp bars cancels of Hobart, 34mm GPO cds below in red, London arrival cds of MR23/58 in red also on the face. A delightful Classic cover. BPA Certificate (2014). GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot #80 1859 (Feb 12) outer to London "via Southampton" with Imperf 'TASMANIA' 6d slate-violet SG 48 (margins just shaved - at right - to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left) tied by bold BN '68' of Hobart, 34mm Hobart cds & London arrival of AP11/59 both in red. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next
