Stamps and Postal History (#111MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 301-400 of 1007. Previous|12345678...11|Next1234567891011 Lot 305 1939 (Aug 30) registered cover from Melbourne to "Vienna/.../Germany" with Athens transit b/s largely obscured by German '...zollamtlich/geöffnet' (= Opened by Customs) labels used in lieu of censor labels & with 'WIEN 1/13.1X.39' arrival cds, opened-out for display. [Covers to Austria during the Anschluss with Germany are scarce. War was declared on 3.9.1939] SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 306 1940 (June 7) cover to Paris with French 'RETOUR A L'ENVOYEUR/RELATIONS POSTALES/INTERROMPUES' h/s in violet, apparently held in England for more than a year then with 'RELEASED BY CENSOR' h/s beneath British censor label & returned via New York (b/s of OCT24/1941) where light 'RETURN TO SENDER/SERVICE SUSPENDED' h/s apparently applied, company's receipt cachet of 1DEC1941 on the back, blemishes & opened a bit roughly at right. An extraordinary journey of 18 months! SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 307 1940 (Aug 16) cover Sydney to Yugoslavia with 3d & 1/6d (both creased before being affixed), 'ZAGREB/16.IX.40/...' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. [The cover must have been off-loaded at Cairo & sent to destination by sea] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 308 1941 (Jan 17) official cover from Melbourne to Portuguese Timor with light Dili arrival b/s of 19.1.41 in violet, signed by the pilot "HB Hussey": see AAMC #912, Cat $400. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 309 1941 (Feb 13) registered trans-Pacific cover to Switzerland at 6/- rate with Honolulu & New York transit b/s, unusually without Lisbon transit or German censorship, Zurich arrival b/s of 27III41. An enigma. [The rate was apparently Clipper 5/10d + 2d for Lisbon-Zurich. It may have been carried from New York in a diplomatic bag, being postmarked only on arrival] SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 310 1941 (Apr 18) Crome cover with typed "...Sydney-Noumea/by RAAF Flying Boat/...CR Gurney Pilot" with 3d & 1/- Lyrebird tied by Sydney cds, Noumea arrival b/s: see AAMC #916, Cat $400. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$200Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 311 1941 (May 7) Bank of NSW cover to Egypt with 1/6d meter & Cairo arrival b/s of 20/MAY//1941', Censorship Department machine cachet. [The pro-German insurrection in Iraq in late-April 1941 caused the flying boat base at Lake Habbaniya to be evacuated & the Horseshoe Route to be suspended from 6.5.1941. The route was re-opened with longer-range aircraft flying direct Bahrain-Cairo with reduced payloads. This cover was on the second shuttle flight] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 312 1941 (Aug 8) Catalina flying boat delivery flight with Gilberts 2d tied by 'POST OFFICE/CANTON ISLAND' cds & AIF 1d cancelled on arrival at Sydney, signed by the pilot "LJ Brain", minor blemishes: see AAMC #920, Cat $500. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$250Price Realized$280StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 313 1941 (Nov 23) cover from Victoria to South West Africa at unusual 1/8d rate. [The rate to South Africa was 1/6d so it seems likely that there was a 2d fee for on-forwarding to SWA?] SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$150Price Realized$180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 314 1942 (Sep 7) Pan Am survey flight for the United States Navy per Martin PBM-3R flying boat from Sydney via Tonga to California: see AAMC #947f, Cat $800. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 315 1942 (Oct 7) cover from Melbourne to an Australian pilot in England with RAAF Base PO arrival b/s, redirected to "RAF HQ c/- APO 4040" with RAF Bombay arrival b/s of --FEB43, flap removed & opened-out for display. [The rate was 2/1d for surface to/across the USA then by air to England] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 316 1943 (May 12) Melbourne to Switzerland with unusual franking of 5½d Emu x2 + 1/- Lyrebird, Lisbon transit b/s of 13.7.43, German Wehrmacht censor label. [The rate was 1/11d for surface to/across the USA, then by air to destination] SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 317 1943 (Sep 1) registered cover with 'AUST FPO/167' b/s in use at Merauke (Dutch New Guinea) & boxed registration h/s, to Sydney with the stamps washed-off & boxed 'DAMAGED BY WATER/THROUGH ACCIDENT/TO FLYING BOAT' b/s in red: see AAMC #963a, undercatalogued at $1000: a similar cover in the Prestige auction of 5.3.2011 sold for $1437.. [The plane crashed in Cleveland Bay, Townsville, killing all 13 on board. With photos (modern prints) of the wreckage & letter of condolence to the pilot's wife] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 318 1944 (May) registered OHMS cover from Canberra to American APO 453 on Bougainville with American b/s of APO 927 at Sydney (MAY/30/1944), APO 502 on New Caledonia (JUN/4/1944) & APO 706 on Bougainville (JUN/6/1944). [An example of an underpaid cover carried within the American Forces system all the way by air] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 319 1944 (June 2) 1d Forces Rate cover from Queensland to a RAAF member in Canada with 'RAAF OVERSEAS' h/s & 'MPO 304/JUN12/1944/CANADA' arrival b/s, forwarded to London with 'RAAF/BASE PO No 4/4JUL44' slogan b/s, minor blemishes. The 10 days transit to Canada proves carriage by air. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 320 1944 (Oct 10) cover Sydney to Brisbane with two stamps washed-off & very fine boxed 'RECEIVED DAMAGED/BY WATER AT/GPO SYDNEY 3' in magenta, minor blemishes. From flying boat "Coolangatta" which crashed in Sydney Harbour on 11/10/1944, with the loss of one passenger: see AAMC #984. Ex Rod Perry. [A remarkably fine survivor. Much of the mail was badly damaged: see the next lot] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 321 1944 ditto, large-part badly damaged front to an army officer with 4d Koala paying the Forces Concession Rate tied by Hobart machine cancel of 10OCT/1944, forwarded under cover (not included) with the accompanying roneo'd advice - the only example we have seen - from Army House at Sydney. Ex Rod Perry. [The addressee was prominent philatelist Lewis ("Lew") Viney] (2 items) SymbolcGraded View details Estimate$200StatusUnsoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 322 1944 (Nov 25) stampless OAS cover with superb 'AFPO/No 201' cds used at Jackson's Field (Port Moresby), to NSW with minor water stain & plain resealing label tied by 'DAMAGED BY WATER - AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT' h/s in violet: see AAMC #P159, Cat $1400. [Very similar to the cover illustrated in the AAMC. The plane crashed between Madang & Lae. Query why mail for Australia was on a north-bound flight?] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 323 1944 (Dec 13) 7d Air Letter with Qantas Kangaroo Postman printed within, to England: see AAMC #992e, Cat $800. [Only 100 were prepared] SymbolpsGradea View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 324 1945 (Mar 2) registered OHMS cover from Sydney to an officer in a military hospital, American Forces APO 927 b/s of the next day & despatch cds of MAR/12/1945, San Francisco arrival b/s of MAR/19/1945, redirected to APO 502 in New Caledonia with arrival b/s of APR/8/1945, then to APO 75 (location?), and then to Luzon in the Philippines with APO 70 arrival b/s of APR/18/1945. A remarkable cover: all for the 3d surface rate! [The dates show that once the cover was within the American Forces system SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 325 1945 (Apr & May) usages of 2d Postal Cards both uprated to 9d to Greece (a bit knocked-about) or France (minor blemishes). [The 9d postcard rate was re-introduced from Mar-Apr 1945] (2) SymbolpsGradec/b View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 326 1945 (May 25) registered double-rate cover Sydney to Switzerland with Perth transit b/s of 30MAY45 & 'VILLERET/15.VI.45/JURA [?]' arrival b/s. [The 1/6d per ½oz rate was re-introduced from Mar-Apr 1945. The 3½ week transit suggests trans-Indian Ocean carriage per "Liberator"] SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 327 WORLD WAR I: 1917 PPC of SS "Mooltan" to Melbourne with KGV 1d red tied by Fremantle machine cancel of 19JUN17, message headed "No 1 Unit Mediterranean Forces AANS/Salonika AIF" & written at sea by a nurse en route to Greece. The only such item we have seen. Ex Tony Finlayson: acquired at the Prestige auction of 14/11/2014 for $506. [The British had requested Australia to send nurses to Salonica. The "Mooltan" departed Melbourne in June with 462 nurses aboard. The writer states "...some great ti GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$350Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 328 WORLD WAR II: 1943 (Jan 30) cover to "Noonamah Camp, Darwin" with Burma 2a 4a & 8a tied by 'BASE PO/BURMA' cds, superb Unit Censor h/s & signed "FNBraund", the flap endorsed "Mission 204", minor toning on the perfs, with corresponding short typed letter. Ex Russell Stern. [In Feb 1942, the 2 officers & 43 men of "Tulip Force", with 6 tons of equipment, drove 2500 miles along the Burma Road into China, then trekked into the mountains. The members of Mission 204 were to train Chinese soldiers in g SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 329 Large 'SPECIMEN' Overprint in Red on Postal Cards KGVI 3d and QEII 3d & 4d on 3d, QEII Letter Cards 3½d 4d & 5d, Envelopes KGVI 3½d and QEII 3½d, Large 4d, Small 4d, 5d indigo, 5d pale blue both sizes & STO 3d green, Registration Envelopes KGVI 1/0½d, QEII 1/0½d & Christmas Island 30c, Lettersheet 5d (minor ink marks) & Wrapper QEII 2½d brown & STO 2½d indigo (unfolded), and five items with 'SPECIMEN' or 'SPECIMEN ONLY' handstamp in violet, very fine to superb. An unusual opportunity. (27 items SymbolpsGradea/a+ View details Estimate$850Price Realized$1,300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 330 Carton with a range of mostly QEII Envelopes the majority being unused, a mostly used range of Stamped To Order Envelopes in expensive German album with Kangaroo 1d x3, useful group of Star issues including ½d & 'THREE/HALFPENCE' on 2d scarlet, WWII 1d brown for Australian Defence Canteens (unused & rare thus), etc, quantity of "PSEs", also 5/10d Parcel Label large piece & two unused cutouts, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. (100s) Symbolps View details Estimate$600Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 331 Selection with Roo 1d Letter Card ("ON THE MURRAY") CTO, long 4½d Registration Envelope unused & used to Germany (crease), used Wrappers ½d Roo, KGV ½d+½d and 1d red etc, also Papua 1d Postal Card unused (stained at left) etc, a bit scrappy but useful. (21 items) Symbolps View details Estimate$100Price Realized$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 332 POSTAL CARDS: Mostly unused collection with Fullface 1d x4, Coronation KGV x6, Queen Mary x4 & Prince of Wales x3, Victorian Scenes set of 12, Roo 1d with 'OHMS' Heading, KGV 2d scarlet, 1½d brown on Flimsy Stock x2, Queen Mother 1d (used) & 1d+1d, etc, also Stamped To Order Star 1d used, Oval 1d green used, KGVI Oval 1½d x3 different (one used) & 3d for Wallace & McGee, 'OS'-in-the-Die 1d x2 & 1½d on 1d, and punctured 'OS/NSW' 1d Roo, KGV 1d green Die III & 1½d brown and KGVI 1½d all used, gene Symbolps View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 333 POSTAL CARDS: Carton with a collection of modern pre-stamped & No Value Indicated issues in three expensive Lindner albums, mostly unused. (few 100) SymbolpsGradea View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 334 POSTAL CARDS - OFFICIAL: 1919 1½d red-brown with 'OS'-in-the-Die Type 3 BW #PO3C for School Committees, vertical fold that is barely visible from the face, unused, Cat $1000. Rare. SymbolpsGradec View details Estimate$250Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 335 LETTER CARDS: Mostly unused selection of non-scenic issues with a few KGV & KGVI issues, QEII isues complete including 4d & 5d both with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint in Red and Territories x2, also Department of Labour & Industry stampless lettercard with 'This Letter Card/does NOT need/a stamp' printed at upper-right x2 (both very fine), minor duplication, condition variable. (65) Symbolps View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 336 LETTER CARDS: Batch of scenic issues with 1d Fullface "...any" "EXHIBITION BLDGS" (fine used) & "SHEEP STATION/WIMMERA SA" (error; sadly defective), "...to" unused x2 & used and 1d+1d Reply x2 (one detached), 1d Kangaroo unused x2 & used x4, KGV 1d unused x3 & used x3, 1½d purple uprated to the USA, 2d orange uprated to Holland, 'THREE/HALFPENCE' on 2d scarlet unused, 1 Symbolps View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot 337 ENVELOPES: Collection in expensive German album with unused Kangaroo 1d x3, KGV 1d red Dies I & II (superb!), Star ½d 1d & 2d all CTO, 1d red x6 various dies, 1d+½d, 2d orange, 'THREE/HALFPENCE' on 2d orange, KGV Oval group, most KGVI & QEII issues including unusual sizes & five with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint in Red, 1962 Royal Agricultural Show 5d, etc, condition variable but most are fine to very fine, Cat $4000++. (130 approx) Symbolps View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 338 ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1913 Kangaroo ½d green on blue stock #ES1 for The Shire of Colac, unused, Cat $400. SymbolpsGradea View details Estimate$200Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 339 ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1919 Kangaroo 2½d indigo BW #ES7 with 'IRISH MISSION/TO CHINA' imprint at lower-left & pre-printed address of St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne, minor blemishes, unused. An exciting new discovery, being the first unused example of a 2½d Envelope to be recorded. [The ACSC notes that only one used 2½d Envelope has been recorded, a long type for South British Insurance, Cat $7500] The Irish Mission to China actually had its headquarters in Omaha Nebraska! It was the SymbolpsGradeb View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$6,250StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 340 ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: c.1920 Sideface 1d red + Star ½d green BW #ES17 cutout only, Melbourne machine cancellation. Extremely rare, even as a cutout. [The ACSC notes only one entire - used in 1920 - has been recorded. For other rare items, cutouts are routinely mentioned in a footnote. There is no such mention for #ES17] SymbolΔGradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 341 ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1916 Star ½d green BW #ES25 on unusually thick laid stock, unused, Cat $400. [This envelope has no printing added & presents as a Post Office issue. However, the unusual stock strongly suggests it is from a commercial requisition] SymbolpsGradea View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 342 ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: c.1920 Star 1d red + Star ½d green + Sideface ½d green BW #ES38 for Vacuum Oil with 'Thompson Road' (Perth) return address at lower-left, to "Darling Range WA" with Melbourne machine cancel of 12MR/1921 & superb 'KALAMUNDA'/WESTN AUST' arrival cds on the face from where redirected to Perth, minor blemishes, Cat $10,000. Australia's only "tripleton" postal stationery issue. [The ACSC states "At least six are recorded, all used..."] SymbolpsGradeb View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$4,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 343 ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1924 Star with 'POSTAGE' 1d green + No 'POSTAGE' ½d orange BW #ES44 for the Shire of Rutherglen (front only) locally used with cds of 28SE25, repaired minor tear well clear of the embossings, Cat $3500. Only the second example recorded for this user. SymbolpsGrade(a-) View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 344 ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1916 Star 2d violet BW #ES58, flap stuck, unused, Cat $1000. Rare. [This envelope has no printing added & presents as a Post Office issue. However, the ACSC states that the entire printing of BW #EP12 was cancelled-to-order. An enigma] SymbolpsGradea- View details Estimate$600Price Realized$500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 345 ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1930 Oval KGV 1d green + 1d green BW #ES66 window envelope for HM Leggo & Co, central fold & repaired opening tear at upper-left, Melbourne slogan cancel of 5JUL34, Cat $1000. SymbolpsGradeb View details Estimate$250Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 346 REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: Unused selection including 4d Kangaroo, KGV 4d with Orange Star, 4½d on 5d x3 (one CTO), 4½d with Violet Lines x2 (one CTO) or Red Lines x2, Oval 4½d, 5d on 4½d both sizes & 5d, KGVI 5½d x3 different, 8½d & 9d, QEII 1/0½d with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint in Red, 2/5d with Eleven Bars on Reverse, etc, also Territories stampless x2, Christmas Island 30c x2 (one with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint in Red) 25c & 53c, and TPNG 1/0½d & 1/7d, generally very fine to superb. (38 items) SymbolpsGradea/a+ View details Estimate$850Price Realized$650StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 347 REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: the companion used selection including 4d Kangaroo with boxed 'REGISTERED' & with 'Price...' Added (opening fault), KGV 4d with Red Star x3, 5d x4 & 4½d on 5d x3, QEII 2/5d with Helecon Ink, etc, postmark & registration label interest, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. (23) Symbolps View details Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 348 REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: 1913 Kangaroo 4d orange (230x110mm) BW #RE2 uprated with KGV 1d green punctured 'OS' tied by Perth cds of 10MAY24, Adelaide arrival b/s, Cat $400. The finest used example we have seen of this significantly underrated issue. SymbolpsGradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot 349 REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: 1915 KGV 4d orange/white Setting 3 (Vertical Line would pass through Comma after 'Half-penny,') BW #RE5C, uprated with ½d Roo pair (rounded corner) tied by 'REGISTERED/12JE15/MELBOURNE' cds, Cat $200. Superb! SymbolpsGradea+ View details Estimate$100Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 350 REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: lale-1965 2/5d with 'COMPENSATION...up to £50 ($100)...' at Upper-Left BW #RE45, unused, Cat $1000. Superb! [The ACSC states that only 17,280 were issued, of which some would have been destroyed after the introduction of decimal currency, on 14.2.1966] SymbolpsGradea+ View details Estimate$400Price Realized$550StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 351 WRAPPERS: Mostly unused selection with KGV 1d green Die I CTO, Queen Mother 1d (unfolded), KGVI Three-Quarter Face 1½d (unfolded), STO QEII 2½d used x3 (one uprated), etc, also KGV Oval 1d green/blue lettersheet & three Territories Aerogrammes, condition variable. (31 items) Symbolps View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 352 WRAPPERS - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1938 "doubleton" 1d green + 2d red BW #WS21 for an unknown user, Melbourne cds of 27OC38, the length slightly reduced, folds from having been used to wrap a small box & corner fault at lower-left, undercatalogued at $1500. A remarkable item, being the only issue of its type, & one of the most outstanding KGVI issues of the entire British Empire. [This is not an uprated item. Because there was no KGVI 3d die, John Ash resorted to this "doubleton" expedient. 6000 were SymbolpsGradeb View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 353 WARTIME - WORLD WAR I: KGV 1d Envelopes the three different types (2 very fine, the other with flap stuck) & 1d Letter Card 'AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE' (stuck), all unused, Cat $1400; also three different POW Envelopes all fine with 'LIVERPOOL/NSW' cds. (7) SymbolpsGradea/a- View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 354 ADEN: 1893 (Oct 5) cover from Aden with East India 2a6p green tied by 'ADEN' squared-circle, superb French mailboat octagonal 'LIGNE T/12/OCT/93/PAQ FR No 1' d/s, Sydney transit b/s of NO3/93 & poor Queanbeyan b/s, repaired flap. Carried per Messageries Maritimes "Armand Behic", arrived Melbourne 2.11.1893. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 355 AUSTRIA: 1871 (Oct 6) stampless cover to Victoria from 'BRUNECK' (Austrian-type "thimble" cds) endorsed "Via Brindisi" with transit backstamps of 'VILLACH/8/10' & 'TRIEST/9/10/71' but then sent west overland to France with 'LYON/12/OCT/71', 'LYON A MARSEILLE/13/OCT/71' & 'MARSEILLE' b/s, superb strike of the unusual septagonal(!) Anglo-French Postal Convention 'FR./2f96c' postage payable h/s, Melbourne transit b/s of JA19/72 & very fine '("2/6)/MORE TO PAY'-in-oval h/s, Bairnsdale arrival backst SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$2,500StatusUnsold Lot 356 AUSTRIA: 1872 cover to NSW "Via Southampton" with 1867 3kr green & 15kr brown single & pair tied by 'GRAZ/5/8/72' cds, London transit cds of 8AU72 & large 'PD' h/s both in red, Sydney arrival b/s of OC21/72, a little stained. An unusual routing at this time. Carried per P&O "Hindostan", departed Southampton 29.8.1872; "Delhi", departed Alexandria 13.9.1872; & "Baroda", departed Galle 28.9.1872, arrived Sydney 21.10.1872. Ulrich Ferchenbauer Certificate (1993) SymbolcGradec View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot 357 AUSTRIA: 1877 cover to Victoria "Via Brindisi" with Fine Beard Perf 9 10kr blue single & pair tied by 'MERAN/20/11/77' cds, manuscript "wfr 50" in red at lower-left, French-pattern TPO '...-BOLOGNA' b/s, 'BRINDISI' & 'MELBOURNE/JA4/78' transit & 'BAIRNSDALE' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. Carried per P&O "China", departed Brindisi 26.11.1877; "Hindostan", departed Suez 30.11.1877; "Assam", departed Galle 15.12.1877, arrived Melbourne 4.1.1878. [Meran is in the Southern Tyrol. After WWI, it was tr SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 358 AUSTRIA: 1884 mourning cover to Victoria with Shield Perf 9 10kr blue x3 tied by 'OBERMAIS b MERAN/15/10/84' cds, manuscript "50" in red at lower-left, 'BRINDISI/20/OTT/84' & 'MELBOURNE/NO24/84' transit & 'SALE' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. Carried per P&O "Lombardy", departed Brindisi 20.10.1884; & "Ganges", departed Galle 6.11.1884, arrived Melbourne 23.11.1884. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 359 BRITISH EAST AFRICA: 1895 cover to NSW with rare franking of 'BRITISH/EAST/AFRICA' Overprints 4½a dull violet SG 39 (Cat £100 x10+ on cover) tied by 'MOMBASA/NO22/95' squared-circle, superb 'ADEN/REG' transit b/s (frame worn-away) & very fine 'REGISTERED/DE31/95/SYDNEY NSW' arrival b/s. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 360 BRITISH EAST AFRICA: 1894 usage of 2a Registration Envelope size F to NSW with Sunburst ½a x4 2a & 2½a tied by 'MOMBASA/AU10/94' cds, 'ZANZIBAR/REG', 'LIGNE T/PAQ FR No 6' & 'ADEN/REG' (frame worn-away) transit b/s & poor 'REGISTERED/OC3/94/SYDNEY NSW' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. Very attractive. SymbolpsGradea- View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 361 CANADA - NOVA SCOTIA: 1885 (Feb 19) cover to "Kings County Nova Scotia/Canada" endorsed "via Sydney & San Francisco" with Second Sidefaces 1d & 6d tied by very fine Brisbane duplex cancels, very fine Postal Treaty 'PAID/ALL' h/s of Brisbane (?), 'WINDSOR-ONT/MR3/85/CANADA' transit & poor 'PAL.../NS' arrival b/s, repaired flap tears. Mail to the Maritime Provinces is common from Victoria but is rarely seen from Queensland. SymbolcGrade(a-) View details Estimate$1,200StatusUnsold Lot 362 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1834 large-part commercial entire headed "Sydney 22nd May 1834" & signed "John Lamb & Co" being an accounting for a shipment of madeira, to the Cape "p Vectis, via Mauritius", rated "3" in red with oval 'POST PAID SHIP LTR/18JN18/1834/SYDNEY' d/s in red, on arrival rated "1/4" in red with a light but clear strike of the '[crown]/GENERAL POST OFFICE/25SE/1834/CAPE OF GOOD HOPE' arrival d/s on the face, minor blemishes. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 363 CEYLON: 1837 entire letter to "Port Stephens/New South Wales" with a largely very fine strike of the crowned-shield 'COLOMBO/POST PAID/28JUN28/1837' datestamp & very fine Sydney GPO crowned-oval of SE*6/1837 on the face, rated "1/-" being 4d double inwards shipletter + 8d double intracolonial shipletter, some staining & archival tape repairs. Carried to Madras per coastal ship; then per HMS "Conway" to Sydney; then per coastal ship. A rare destination from Ceylon in this period. The addressee, SymbolcGradec View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot 364 CHINA: 1864 (Feb 20) fragile outer to Shanghae "p Madras" with NSW Diadems 1/- carmine (defective) tied by 'NSW'-in-ovals & fine Sydney b/s, 'HONG-KONG/AP11/64' transit b/s in blue, extensive archival tape repairs within. SymbolcGrade(b) View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 365 EGYPT: 1874 cover to Victoria with Third Issue 10pa mauve, 1pi red & 2pi yellow tied by Italian-pattern 'POSTE EGIZIANE2/NOV/74/ II ' cds, British Post Offices ' A /SUEZ/NO6/74' cds & superb 'PD'-in-large-circle h/s, Melbourne arrival b/s of DE12/74, soiled, opened-out & with repaired tears clear of the stamps still most presentable. A rare destination from Egypt & noted as the only Third Issue cover recorded to Australia. Carried per P&O "Peshawar", departed Suez 6.11.1874; "Ceylon", departed G SymbolcGrade(b) View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 366 FRANCE: 1854 unstamped cover to Macon with 'PAID/[crown]/AU30/1854/VICTORIA' d/s in red carried at 1/- rate to Southampton from where forwarded with poor London b/s of 15DE15/1854 & Anglo-French boxed 'COLONIES/&c ART 13' h/s both in red, French 'ANGL/CALAIS 2' cds, Paris transit & poor Macon arrival b/s, minor soiling. With the original lengthy letter. [Absent from Ben Palmer's Census] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot 367 FRANCE: 1864 entire printed lettersheet to NSW "Via de Suez" with attractive 3-colour franking of Napoleon 10c bistre, 20c blue & 40c orange tied by '1'-in-star-of-dots cancels & 'PARIS/26/NOV/64/R D'ENGHIEN' cds alongside, superb Marseilles & 'SHIP LETTER/ D /JA20/1865/=SYDNEY=' transit b/s & 'HUNTERS-HILL/=NSW=' arrival b/s. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot 368 FRANCE: 1887 (Feb 17) cover to France with scarce franking of Tasmanian Postal Fiscal 3d Platypus strip of 3 tied by Launceston duplex, French 'MONT CENIS A MACON' transit cds & Paris arrival b/s. Overpaid 3d. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 369 FRANCE: 1905 long cover to Lyons "Per Orient Co RMS Omrah" with scarce franking of NSW ½d green, 2½d indigo pair & 1/- Kangaroo tied by superb Sydney cds of 14AU05, arrival b/s of 3-9/05, minor blemishes. [The rate was 2½d x7] SymbolclGradea- View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 370 GERMAN STATES - WURTTEMBURG: 1887 lettersheet to Queensland with 20c ultramarine tied by 'OEHRINGEN/7/4/(6)' cds & an almost superb intaglio ''GERICHTS NOTAR.../[Arms]/OEHRINGEN' h/s across the flap, Brindisi transit & Brisbane arrival b/s of AP15/87, 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/25MY87/BRISBANE' b/s in red, light 'ADVERTISED/AND/UNCLAIMED' h/s & chamfered-boxed 'INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS' h/s both on the face, a further DLO b/s of 5AP88 & finally returned to the sender. Carried per "Gwalior", departed Brindi SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 371 GERMANY: 1856 stampless entire letter in German with very fine 'HAMBURG/1JUL1856' datestamp with fleurons, to "Geelong/Victoria/Australia Felix" endorsed "p Morning Light via Liverpool" with British ' FC /3JY3/1856' transit & superb 'SHIP LETTER/FREE/SE17/1856/GEELONG-VICTORIA' arrival b/s both in red, rated "1/2" for 8d from Germany-GB + 6d packet rate to Australia. Carried per Black Ball Line Clipper "Morning Light", departed England 6.7.1856, arrived Geelong (Melbourne?) 17.9.1856. [Ben Palme SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot 372 GERMANY: 1891 stampless cover to Germany "pNurnberg" with superb Melbourne duplex, boxed 'TOO LATE' h/s & 'T("6d")' h/s, lovely 'KAISERLICH DEUTSCHES KONSULAT/[eagle]/MELBOURNE' wafer on the reverse, mss "80" in blue added in Germany, 'AB BAHNPOST' transit & 'DRESDEN-ALTST' arrival b/s. Ex Hugh Freeman. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 373 GERMANY: 1892 cover to South Australia with 3-colour franking of 5pf green, 10pf red & 25pf orange tied by 'LEIPZIG/9 12/92' cds, imperf registration label, Adelaide JA11/93 & 'NORWOOD' squared-circle arrival b/s. Colourful. Carried per Orient Line "Austral", departed Naples 12.12.1892, arrived Adelaide 11.1.1893. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 374 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: 1824 lengthy & fascinating entire signed "Fra Atkinson", to London endorsed "Per Allies/Capt Kirton/Jan 19 1824" with a faint but legible strike of the small undated 'HOBART/TOWN' handstamp, step-boxed 'SHIP LETTER/FALMOUTH' h/s & rated "3/4" being 1/4d for an inwards double shipletter + 2/- mileage to London. A NSW Order in Council of 19/10/1822 required that all mail "...be stamped with the Mark of the Town from which it goes" but no outgoing postal rate was endorsed a SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 375 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: 1831 OHMS outer endorsed "Col Serys Office/Sydney NS Wales/25 July 1831", to Lincolnshire rated "2/6" with ' P /DE15/1831' & Maltese Cross 'CH/15DE1831/ X ' (Charing Cross?) b/s in red, superb four-pointed "star" postal inspector's h/s in red, minor faults & a repaired tear at the top. With original enclosure - very fine condition - signed by "Alexr McLeay" advising that the convict Thomas Nott - transported in 1815 - is now a schoolteacher in Sydney. Alexander Macleay SymbolclGradeb/a View details Estimate$750Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 376 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: 1842 entire headed "Adelaide July 4th 1842" & signed "Thos Q Stow", to the Congregational Library in London with a largely very fine strike of the huge '[crown]/GENERAL POST OFFICE/ADELAIDE/4JY4/1842' datestamp across the flap, partial London arrival b/s of 7JA7/1843 (?) & rated "8d" for an inward shipletter, stain on the address panel. Thomas Quinton Stow was a Congregational Church minister who arrived in Adelaide in -.10.1837. Stow was responsible for forming many ne SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 377 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: 1843 (Apr 17) entire letter headed "Australind" & signed "WPearce Clifton", to Yorkshire "p Phantom to Mauritius" (endorsed within) light but fine strike of the rare octagonal 'SHIP LETTER/("April") [crown] ("26")/WESTERN AUSTRALIA/PAID' handstamp of Bunbury (#PA SL2; ERD & the only example recorded in black), very fine boxed 'CALCUTTA/GPO/SHIPLETTER' & octagonal '26NO43/LIVERPOOL/SHIP' backstamps, some soiling/staining that a paper conservator could significantly improv SymbolcGradec View details Estimate$12,500StatusUnsold Lot 378 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: 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, b SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$7,500Price Realized$6,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 379 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: 1850 outer to London "p Diana via Hong Kong p Overland Mail" with a largely very fine strike of the 'QUEENS WHARF' Receiving House handstamp and very fine Sydney Views 3d yellow-green SG 39 (full margins) just tied by a very fine bars cancel of Sydney, endorsed "pd 2/3" & with fair 'PAID SHIP LETTER/[crown]/SE*10/1850/SYDNEY' d/s in red. [The rate was 3d to Hong Kong but was unpaid on to destination so rated on arrival "2/3" for an incoming shipletter via Marseilles. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$2,750Price Realized$3,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 380 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: 1851 cover to London "Per Tamar" partly paid with Sydney View Plate IV 2d bright blue SG 33 from the base of the sheet (almost full margins, just shaved at lower-right, minor crease in the lower margin) & manuscript "1" in red, 'PAID SHIP LETTER/[crown]/MR*15/1851/SYDNEY' cds in red, London - arrival b/s of - '14JY14/1851' in red & rated "8" for an incoming shipletter. A very attractive & remarkable Sydney Views cover with most irregular part-payment of 1d in cash. Ben P SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$1,600Price Realized$1,700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 381 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: 1852 cover from Suffolk to "City of Adelaide/Australia Felix" with remarkable franking of GB 1841 2d With Lines strip of 4 [OA-OD] - margins close to huge, except at lower-left where just touching, with fragments of five adjoining units - tied by Barred Numeral '752' & London cds in red, very fine 'STOWMARKET/AP2/1852' b/s in blue & light 'NORTH ADELAIDE/AU14/1852/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA='' arrival b/s in red. BPA Certificate (2010). Carried per P&O "Chusan", departed Southampt SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot 382 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: 1853 cover from Kent to "Rocky Point, George's River/nr Sydney NS Wales" with remarkable franking of GB 1841 2d With Lines strip of 4 [LI-LL] - margins close to large - tied by Barred Numeral '132', very fine 'BRIGHTON/MR23/1853' b/s & very fine 'SHIP-LETTER/[crown]/MR23/1853/=LONDON=' cds in red, Sydney arrival b/s of SE*1/1853 & rounded-boxed 'COOKS RIVER' Receiving Office handstamp (affected by repaired opening tear), endorsed "uncalled for" & with superb back-slantin SymbolcGradec View details Estimate$1,200StatusUnsold Lot 383 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: 1853 (Oct 5) mercantile entire letter from London "pHarbinger" rated "8" with 'LONDON/=PAID=' cds in red, Launceston arrival b/s of '26DE26/1853'. General Screw Steam Ship Co "Harbinger" departed London 7.10.1853, arrived Melbourne 23.12.1853. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot 384 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: 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 Li SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$4,500StatusUnsold Lot 385 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: 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$300Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 386 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: 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. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 387 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: 1863 (Nov 25) to Norfolk "Via Marseilles" but with Victorian Redrawn Die 6d black only & very fine strike of the boxed 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID/VIA MARSEILLES' handstamp in red, plus 1865 & 1866 similarly franked & endorsed covers to Norfolk or Scotland with very fine strikes of a similar h/s (shorter second line) in blue or black. A lovely trio. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$3,500StatusUnsold Lot 388 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: 1870 cover endorsed "From Sergt Major I Thomas Rl Engrs London" & counter-signed at lower-left, with 1d Plate '111' tied by superb 'LONDON-SW/ 3 /FE18/70 - SW/30' duplex, to South Australia with 'ADELAIDE/AP--/70/SA' transit (no day slugs) on the face & 'KOORINGA/AP12/70/SA' arrival b/s, minor flap faults. BPA Certificate (2011). SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot 389 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: 1872 cover from GB to HMS Basilisk at Sydney "or Elsewhere", endorsed "Via brindisi" but with 6d brown Plate '11' only & largely very fine 'INSUFFY STAMPED/VIA-BRINDISI' h/s, apparently carried in a naval or closed bag, endorsed by the recipient "recd at/Sydney 25 Nov 1872", minor blemishes. Very attractive. Carried per "Massilia", departed Southampton 26.9.1872; "Sumatra", departed Suez 13.10.1872; & "Behar", departed Galle 28.10.1872, arrived Sydney 25.11.1872. [If cor SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 390 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: (April 14) envelope to London "Via Brindisi" with rare combination franking of NSW DLR 2d blue tied by indistinct Rays '140' of 'WENTWORTH/NSW' (b/s) & South Australian '8 PENCE' on 9d grey-brown just tied by part Adelaide GPO cds with a very fine strike on the reverse, London arrival cds of 31MY78 in red on the face, repaired tear at left. A very rare cover. BPA Certificate (1992). Carried per "Assam", departed Adelaide 18.4.1878; "Nepaul", departed Galle 8.5.1878; & "T SymbolcGrade(b) View details Estimate$2,400StatusUnsold Lot 391 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: 1886 stampless cover to Norfolk "Via Brindisi" with Sydney duplex of MY31/86 & superb 'DOWNHAM/JY12/86' arrival b/s, remarkably untaxed. Most unusual. Carried per coastal ship to Melbourne; then P&O "Massilia", departed Melbourne 1.6.1886; "Nepaul", departed Galle 20.6.1886; & "Nizam", departed Alexandria 6.7.1886, arrived Brindisi 9.7.1886. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 392 GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND: 1890 Basset Hull cover to London with scarce franking of Tasmanian 10d black tied by Hobart duplex, straight-line 'REGISTERED' h/s. The rate was 6d + 4d registration. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$480StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 393 GREAT BRITAIN - SCOTLAND: 1811 (Nov 17) entire from Sydney to Stirling "Per Ship Thomas" on arrival rated "2/-" with 'MA/ C 13/812' transit b/s & 'MY/1812/16' cds of Edinburgh in red on the face, the brief holograph letter signed "MC OConnell/Lt Col Comdg 1st Battn/73rd Regt", light filing crease across the face. [Maurice Charles O'Connell commanded the 73rd Regiment that arrived in 1809 with Governor Macquarie, who appointed him Lieutenant-Governor. He married former Governor Bligh's daughter. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$6,500StatusUnsold Lot 394 GREAT BRITAIN - SCOTLAND: a very similar letter of the same date & signed by O'Connell, also to Stirling but "Per Gambier" on arrival rated "2/2" with 'JU/ C 8/812' transit b/s & 'JE/1812/11' cds of Edinburgh in red on the face, slightly better quality than the previous lot. [In this early period, it was common practice - and a form of insurance - to send duplicate letters by different ships &/or different routes. These two letters, although datelined the same day, arrived almost a month apart. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$6,500StatusUnsold Lot 395 GREAT BRITAIN - SCOTLAND: 1829 entire mercantile letter headed "Hobart Town/.../27 March 1829" & signed "Crombie Maclaren & Co", to Edinburgh with an above-average strike of the small undated oval 'HOBART TOWN/VDL' handstamp, rated "1/8" - amended to "1/-" (?) - with stepped 'SHIP LETTER/FALMOUTH' b/s, London transit of 'A /4AU4/1829' & Edinburgh arrival b/s of 'AUG/W 6 A/1829' both in red, light fold clear of the Hobart marking. The writer states "We very greatly regret that the whole of your s SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 396 GREAT BRITAIN - SCOTLAND: 1835 entire headed "Hobart Town 25th April 1835" & signed "WC Haldane", to Edinburgh "pr Eveline 25th April 1835", variously rated, step 'INDIA LETTER/GRAVESEND' b/s in red, London ' G /28SE28/1835' transit & Edinburgh 'SEP/H 30 A/1835' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. [Probably because her own entreaties had come to nothing, the writer is pursuing payment of monies due to his sister] In "Shipping Arrivals & Departures Tasmania: 1834-1842", the Eveline is noted as in Hoba SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 397 GREAT BRITAIN - SCOTLAND: 1835 entire letter from Dumbartonshire headed "Noblestown Oct 1st 1835" to Hobart from the addressee's uncle, carried per favor to Hobart where rated "2" in black but with no other postal markings, some staining. Ex Rod Moreton. [It is believed that the addressee, William Cumming, was transported in 1830 & was pardoned in 1848. Certainly Thomas Hood, with whom Cumming was boarding, was a convict, having been convicted in 1831 & arriving in Hobart 14.2.1832 aboard the co SymbolcGradec View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 398 GREAT BRITAIN - SCOTLAND: 1837 entire headed "Hobart Town 23rd May 1837" & signed "Art Crombie", to Edinburgh with crowned-oval d/s of 25MA25/1837, boxed 'INDIA LETTER/DEAL' b/s in red & rated "2/8" in black, London ' S /12NO12/1837' transit b/s & boxed '½' h/s for the Scottish turnpike tax, vertical filing fold. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 399 GREAT BRITAIN - SCOTLAND: 1856 (Jan 30) double SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,600StatusUnsold Lot 400 GREAT BRITAIN - WALES: 1828 lengthy entire letter he SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 401 HONG KONG: 1857 outer from Victoria to "Hong Kong/China" endorsed "Simla to Galle" with a very fine Woodblocks 6d orange tied by BN '1' of Melbourne (small oval b/s of FE14/1857) & 'HONG-KONG/28MR/1857' arrival b/s, some discolouration on the face. The earliest - by at least 10 months - of only 7 Victorian pre-UPU covers recorded to Hong Kong. [Carried per "Simla", departed Melbourne 15.2.1857; arrived Galle 10.3.1857; thence per P&O "Madras" to Singapore & Hong Kong] SymbolcGradec View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 402 HONG KONG: 1860 entire mercantile letter headed "Melbourne 11th October 1860" with 'PROST KOHLER & Co/MELBOURNE & SYDNEY' cachet at lower-left, to "Alvarez Esqre/Hong Kong" endorsed "pr Behar via Ceylon" with exceptional franking of Beaded Ovals 6d orange SG 93 - an unusually large & very fine example - tied by Barred Numeral '1' of Melbourne (b/s of OC25/60, being the First Day of Issue), Hong Kong arrival b/s of DE11/60, minor blemishes. An outstanding Classic-era First Day Cover. One of the SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$12,000StatusUnsold Lot 403 INDIA: 1840 large-part entire endorsed on the face "Hobart Town, the 30th of October 1840", to an officer at Calcutta "per Ship Sovereign/from Launceston" with a very fine strike of the huge 'GENERAL [crown] POST OFFICE/HOBART-TOWN/VDL/30OC30/1840' datestamp in black, fine boxed 'BOMBAY/SHIPLETTER/1841 Jan/Bearing ("3")' backstamp & poor Calcutta arrival b/s in red, some blemishes. Rare origin/destination mail in this early period. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,200StatusUnsold Lot 404 INDIA: 1885 (Feb 9) cover to India with very scarce solo franking of 'STAMP DUTY' overprint 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. Ben Palmer's Census India #24. [Lushington Gardens was a fine Colonial house built in the late 1830s in an area known as Anderson's Nopalry] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$800Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678...11|Next1234567891011 Previous 1234567891011 Next Previous 1234567891011 Next