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 131-140 of 322. Previous|1...121314151617...33|Next 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...121314151617...33|Next123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233 Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233 Next Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233 Next
