Stamps and Postal History (#111MG) 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 701-800 of 1007. Previous|1...4567891011|Next Lot #705 1860 part-entire endorsed "Registered" with Emblems 4d rose-pink SG 87 plus Perf 12 1/- Octagonal SG 81, poor BN '4' cancels & fair oval 'SANDHURST' d/s on the face, 'REGISTERED/MELBOURNE' arrival cds in red also on the face, the contents headed "Specimen Hill/Sailors Gully/Sandhurst". Ex CL Pack, BD Forster, Rodney Perry & Ken Barelli. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold SymbolcGradea- Lot #706 1860 entire to Scotland "p Emue [sic] SS/Via Marseilles" with Emblems 1d dull green SG 84 plus Rouletted 2d SG 69 & Queen on Throne Rouletted 6d SG 73, "killer" BN '1' & Melbourne b/s of AP24/60, British 'Insufficient Postage ("3")/Fine ("6")' & 'MORE/TO/PAY'-in-circle handstamps both in red, Edinburgh arrival b/s of JU13/60, internal writing shows through the paper but otherwise remarkably fine & attractive. Carried per "Emeu", departed Melbourne 25.4.1860, arrived Suez 2.6.1860; then per "Pant View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolcGradea Lot #707 1860 flimsy entire to England "Via Marseilles" with Emblems 4d rose-pink SG 87 vertical pair plus Wove Paper 1d yellow-green SG 84/a gr on, barely legible BN '214' & poor 'BIRREGURRA' b/s of MY13/60, minor blemishes. Carried per "Benares", departed Melbourne 18.5.1860, arrived Suez 28.6.1860; then per "Panther", departed Alexandria 29.6.1860, arrived Marseilles 6.7.1860. Ex Sir Chester Beatty, BD Forster, Rodney Perry & Ken Barelli. [The reverse was sealed with a piece of selvedge from a sheet o View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #708 1861 stampless cover to "Govt Offices/Melbourne" with very fine strikes of the rare octagonal 'PAID AT/BROWNS' h/s & unframed oval 'BROWNS/MA-29/61/VICTORIA' d/s (the latest of only three examples recorded). PO 11.10.1858; closed 17.3.1885. [Goldmining: Ballarat District near Smythesdale] View details Estimate$550Price Realized$600StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Lot #709 1861 cover to Scotland "Per Jeddo" with Emblems 2d brown-lilac Vertically Laid Paper SG 69a horizontal strip of 3, BN '1' & Melbourne b/s of JU20/61, Carlisle transit b/s of AU22/1861 & part 'SANQUHAR' arrival b/s, flap faults. Carried per "Jeddo", departed Melbourne 26.6.1861, arrived Galle 16.7.1861; "Candia", departed Galle 18.7.1861, arrived Suez 5.8.1861; then per "Delta", departed Alexandria 9.8.1861, arrived Southampton 21.8.1861. Ex Rodney Perry & Ken Barelli.. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #710 1901-20 group of PPCs all with commercial perfins including 'BR/&Co' of Brooks Robinson, 'HB' of Hawkes Bros (tied), 'LBS' of Levy Bros (tied; not recognised by John Mathews), 'McP' of McPherson's Pty Ltd on illustrated advertising card, 'RH&Co/PTY LTD' of Robert Harper & Co, 'RR/&Co' of Robert Reid & Co, 'W/& Co' (unknown user), etc, some duplication & some not deciphered by us; also a group of 12 mostly (possibly all) from the one correspondence each with the messages in code!, all the stamps View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Symbolc Lot #711 MISSENT MAIL: 1883-1920s annotated commercial covers with all-different 'MISSENT TO/...' or 'MIS-SENT TO/...' handstamps including '.../ASCOT VALE___' ('WEST' removed), 1883 '.../CARLTON' unusually in blue, 1901 usage of 1850s type '.../GEELONG', ...HEIDELBERG' on 1910 PPC from Russia, '.../KANYA' (a gem!), 1889 '.../MALDON', '.../MT EGERTON', '.../SMYTHESDALE' & '.../TARRAVILLE' in blue etc, also 1892 Ceylon to Germany Mission to Melbourne with 'NOT KNOWN BY/LETTER CARRIERS/MELBOURNE', conditio View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Symbolcps Lot #712 MISSENT MAIL: 1930s- continuation group of covers with boxed types including '.../BETHANGA LOWER' in violet, '.../FORREST', '.../LINDENOW RY STN', '.../MT MERCER' on large piece from PO impressions book, '.../WATCHEM' & '.../YALLOURN' in violet; 2-line unframed '.../BRIGHTON' on 1953 cover from Macquarie Island (with the letter!); and straight-line rubber '...MERINGUR' & '...OAKLEIGH' on 1931 cover from Japanese Post Office in Korea!; also 1939 from Littlehampton (SA) to WA unclaimed & returned View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Symbolcps Lot #713 Well above-average collection neatly laid out in three volumes with some duplication, many lovely strikes throughout & numerous rated items with RRR including 1st Type '105', 1st Type '112', 7th Type '148' x2 (one on Wrapper), '226', superb 3rd Type '311', '322', '324', '335', 2nd Type '349', '373', 1st Type '442', '549', '575', '610', '646', 2nd Type '724', '735', '771', '839', '855', '914', '955', 'M17', '1078', 'MC/77', '1238', 'MCC/62', 'MCCC/26', 'MCCC/78', '1419', 'MCCCC/23', 'MCCCC/25', ' View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$11,000StatusSold SymbolsΔc Lot #714 Small box of unsorted material with potential for discovery. (200 approx) View details Estimate$100Price Realized$100StatusSold SymbolsΔ Lot #715 383: First Type '383' (with side-bars) of Bruthen superb strike on 2d Laureate. Rated RRRR. [Gippsland: 25km NE of Bairnsdale] View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold SymbolsGradea a2+ Lot #716 540: '540' of Gooley's Creek largely very fine strike on 2d Laureate. Rated RRRR. [Goldmining: 2km SSE of Woods Point] In 1870, Gooley's Creek was the site of an horrific murder: copy of newspaper article is included. View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold SymbolsGradea a2 Lot #717 871: Maunscript "871" of Yawong on Naish 2d violet. Noted by Freeman & White. View details Estimate$100Price Realized$180StatusSold SymbolΔGradea a1 Lot #718 891: '891' of Burramine, two largely very fine strikes on 1d pink x3. Rated RRR. View details Estimate$125Price Realized$95StatusSold SymbolΔGradea a1 Lot #719 925: '925' of Leneva (1) on Reading 1d brown. Rated RRRRR. PO 4.12.1875; closed 1.11.1890. [8km S of Wodonga] View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,100StatusSold SymbolsGradea- a2+ Lot #720 940: First Type '940' (reversed '9') of Gunbower, very fine large-part strike on Naish 2d brown, and the normal '940' on 1d pink. Rated RRR. [We consider that the normal numeral is a recut of the original implement] View details Estimate$125Price Realized$90StatusSold SymbolΔsGradea a2 Lot #721 1076: 'M76' (the upper part of the ball of the '6' is evident) of Truganina (1), almost fine strike on Reading 1d brown. Rated RRRRR. PO 12.6.1878; closed 1.4.1895. [10km NNE of Werribee] View details Estimate$250Price Realized$220StatusSold SymbolsGradea b2 Lot #722 1203: First Type 'MC/C3' (lthe lower 'C' = 8½mm high) of Numerella/Orbost, generally fine strike on Astley 6d blue. Rated RRRR. [Gippsland: 74km E of Bairnsdale] View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold SymbolsGradeb b2 Lot #723 1316: 'MCCC/16' largely very fine strike - most examples are poor - & unframed 'KORNHEIM/JA3/90/VICTORIA' on 1d Letter Card (central fold), superb 21mm 'DIMBOOLA' arrival b/s. Rated RR. Renamed from Katyil (1) 1.10.1883; during WWI renamed Edolsfield 1.11.1917. [Wimmera: 10km E of Dimboola] View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold SymbolpsGradeb a2 Lot #724 1431: First Type 'MCCCC/31' of Surrey Hills, largely superb strike on Reading 1d orange. Rated RRRR. View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold SymbolsGradea a2 Lot #725 1466: 'MCCCC/66' of Kamarooka North or 'MCCCC/68' of Nicholson good strike on 1d pink. Both rated RRRR. [In our opinion, almost certainly 'MCCCC/66'] View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold SymbolsGradea- c2 Lot #726 1485: 'MCCCC/85' of Mount Hooghly, superb strike on 1d pink. Rated RRRR. PO 1.3.1886; RO 1.6.1919; PO 1.7.1927; closed 31.5.1940. [Goldmining: 6km SW of Dunolly] View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold SymbolsGradea a2+ Lot #727 1995: '1995' of Spring Gully (2), very fine strike on 1d pink. Rated RRRR. PO 1.7.1898; RO 31.1.1908; PO 1.7.1927; closed 26.2.1982. [Goldmining: 5km S of Bendigo] View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold SymbolΔGradea a2 Lot #728 2086: '2086' of Laver's Hill, largely very fine strike on 1d pink. Rated RRRR. RO c.1902; PO 1.8.1904. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold SymbolsGradea a2 Lot #729 2091: '[2]091' of Woodleigh Vale, very fine strike on 1d pink. Rated RRRR. Renamed from Woodleigh State School 24.7.1905; closed 29.8.1980. [Gippsland: 16km ENE of Korumburra] View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold SymbolsGradea a2 Lot #730 Untidy array on leaves etc with lots of common TPOs & some useful items noted including Barred Numerals. (few 100) View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold SymbolsΔ Lot #731 Crusoe Hill: 'CRUSOE HILL/10FE34/VIC' very fine on plain piece. Rated RRRR: the later of only two non-archival examples recorded. TO only 24.5.1928; closed 31.5.1960. [South of Bendigo] View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold SymbolΔGradea a1 Lot #732 Cullen: 'CULLEN/5JE36/VIC' very fine strike on 2d Cable. Rated RRR. From Cohuna (1) 8.9.1884; closed 11.12.1941. View details Estimate$100Price Realized$80StatusSold SymbolΔGradea a1 Lot #733 Dondangadale: 'DONDANGADALE/20JE35/VIC' largely very fine strike on 2d Jubilee. Rated RRR. RO 24.6.1922; PO 1.7.1927; renamed Dandongadale - really! - on 28.6.1943. [28km SSW of Myrtleford] View details Estimate$100Price Realized$80StatusSold SymbolΔGradea a1- Lot #734 Gypsum Siding: 'GYPSUM SIDING/14DE29/VIC.' very fine strike on registered piece. Rated RRRR. RO c. -.4.1922; TO 9.2.1927; closed 31.10.1940. [Mallee: 24km SSE of Ouyen] View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold SymbolΔGradea a1 Lot #735 Kenley: 'KENLEY/21AU35/VIC.' superb strike on 2d Jubilee. RO 1.11.1923; PO 1.7.1927; TO 9.9.1944; closed 22.12.1967. [Mallee: 22km N of Piangil] View details Estimate$125Price Realized$100StatusSold SymbolΔGradea a1+ Lot #736 Lake Tyers (1): 'TELEGRAPH OFFICE LAKE TYERS/----/16/VIC' (during Receiving Office period) very fine strike on KGV 1d red. RO 1902; PO 1.7.1927; closed 26.2.1971. [Gippsland: 10km ENE of Lakes Entrance; now an Aboriginal community] View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold SymbolsGradea a2 Lot #737 Longwarry South: 'LONGWARRY SOUTH/28NO17/VIC' largely very fine strike on WWI Active Service envelope redirected from Abbotsford, then to Havelock. From Longwarry (1) 1.9.1882; renamed Ripplebrook 1.10.1932. [Gippsland: 10km SSW of Longwarry] View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb a1- Lot #738 McKay Creek: ''McKAY CREEK/11DE59/VIC-AUST' very fine strike on plain piece. PO 20.6.1955; closed 5.6.1961. [Australian Alps: 8km SSE of Bogong; site of Hydro-Electric Power Station] View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold SymbolΔGradea a1 Lot #739 Strezlecki: '[S]TREZLECKI/10MY24/VIC' superb strike on KGV 1½d green. Renamed from Jensen's 1.12.1923; renamed Strzelecki 16.9.1929. [Gippsland: 13km NNE of Korumburra (2); named for Polish explorer Paul Strzelecki who discovered & named Mount Kosciusko] View details Estimate$200Price Realized$180StatusSold SymbolΔGradea a2+ Lot #740 Tallangatta (1): double-circle "relief" 'TALLANGATTA/OC5/06/VIC' very fine strike on 1d pink. The later of only two recorded examples. PO 15.5.1871; renamed Tallangatta East 14.4.1955. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold SymbolΔGradea a1 Lot #741 Tanybryn (2): 'TANBRYN/15JL36/VIC.' (spelling error) very fine strike on registered piece. Only three recorded examples. PO 1.7.1936; closed 30.11.1970. [Otways: 18km NNE of Apollo Bay] View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold SymbolΔGradea a1 Lot #742 Travelling Post Offices: 1914-30 selection with TPO 4 UP, TPO 9 UP, TPO 13, TPO 14 DOWN, TPO 17 UP & DOWN and TPO 19 UP & DOWN (rated RRRR by Les Molnar), all very fine to superb strikes on Roo or KGV values. (8) View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold SymbolsΔGradea Lot #743 Warragamba (2): '[W]ARRAGAMBA/9OC15/VIC' (ERD by 15 years!) superb strike on KGV 1d red. Renamed from Warragamba Creamery RO c.1907; PO 8.9.1914; closed 30.6.1964. [16km WSW of Rochaster] View details Estimate$150Price Realized$120StatusSold SymbolsGradea a2+ Lot #744 Wonyip: 'R.O. WONYIP/21NO23/VIC' (during Receiving Office period) superb but slightly enhanced strike on KGV 1½d green. Only a few datestamps have been recorded with the inscription 'R.O.' RO 5.11.1905; PO 1.7.1927; TO 16.2.1968; closed 30.6.1970. [Gippsland: 25km E of Yarram] View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold SymbolΔGradea a2- Lot #745 Yulecart: 'YULECART/27MY31/VIC' superb strike on KSmith 2d. RO 1.12.1908; PO 3.3.1914; closed 28.2.1957. [Western District: 8km W of Hamilton] View details Estimate$100Price Realized$160StatusSold SymbolΔGradea a1+ Lot #746 Exhibit pages with "Blue & Clarets" mint set plus ½d quarter-sheet of 30, 1d corner block of 20, ½d with 'Specimen.' h/s & 2d CTO, 1895-96 mint pairs to 1/-, 2/- x2 & 5/- x2 used, 1d & 5d with 'Specimen.' h/s and ½d 2d 4d & 5d CTO, 1900-04 used set to 5/- x2, ½d block of 48 (6x8) & 4d used block of 9 etc, some mostly minor varieties noted, some of the used items have manuscript cancellations, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (350+) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*/**o Lot #747 "Blue & Claret" ½d complete sheet of 120 (12x10), "Red & Green" ½d large-part sheet of 104 (no margins) and Crown/A ½d almost-complete sheet of 118, some perf separation/rejoining, large-part o.g. with most units being unmounted. Rare survivors. (3 items) View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$850StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol**/* Lot #748 Large-part "reconstruction" of the Frame Plate with 106 of 120 positions, mostly "Blue & Claret" ½d mint with many strips & blocks but with a few other denominations including "Blue & Claret" 5/- [72] with 'Specimen.' Handstamp. (106) View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol*o Lot #749 Untidy remainders on stocksheets, in packets & loose, partly annotated with plating notes, a few higher denominations & quite a few CTO noted, some postmark interest, condition rather mixed. (100s) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$460StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*o Lot #750 1890-94 Blue & Claret ½d to 5/- SG D2-10, the ½d View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolvGradea b1 Lot #751 1890-94 Blue & Claret ½d to 5/- SG D1-10 plus ½d to 4d printings in deep blue & bright claret, all with 'Specimen.' Handstamp (McCredie & Kellow Type 24b) BW #VD1x-10x, several without gum but the 5/- is very fine with large-part o.g., Cat $1040 (£475++). (14) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolΩ*Gradea/a- Lot #752 1890-94 Blue & Claret ½d blue & claret BW #VD1 (SG D1) marginal block of 30 [L37-41/97-101] from the left of the sheet, most units unmounted, Cat $750+ (£240++). View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol**/*Gradea Lot #753 1890-94 Blue & Claret ½d deep blue & bright claret with the Watermark Inverted BW #VD1Ba (SG D1a) half-sheet of 60 [7-12/115-120] with margins on three sides, a little fragile, full unmounted o.g., Cat $1500+ (£360++). A rare survivor. View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea Lot #754 1890-94 Blue & Claret 5/- blue & claret BW #VD10 (SG D10) vertical pair, large-part o.g., Cat $800+ (£380+). A rare multiple. View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea b1 Lot #755 1895-96 New Colours ½d to 5/- SG D11-20 all with 'Specimen.' Handstamp (McCredie & Kellow Type 24b) BW #VD11x-20x, the Handstamp Inverted on the ½d, Vertical on the 2/- and Diagonal on the 2d 4d 10d & 1/-, the 10d thinned & a few without gum but the 1/- 2/- & 5/- are all very fine with large-part o.g., significantly undercatalogued at $685 & unlisted by Gibbons. Rare. [Absent from Bill McCredie's collection. Larry Birke's "straight" Specimen set - the 5/- creased - sold for $1438] The ACSC lis View details Estimate$850Price Realized$1,600StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea/b Lot #756 1895-96 New Colours ½d to 5/- SG D11-20 all with seriffed 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp BW #VD11xc-20xa, a few small problems, Cat $1700. Rare. Ex Bechuanaland Post Office Archives. [Absent from Bill McCredie's and Larry Birke's collections] (10) View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,600StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea/b Lot #757 1895-96 New Colours Double Single-Line Perforations affecting 1d at top of horizontal pair (unused), 4d at base of horizontal pair (used), 10d at top (CTO !), 1/- at top & knife-cut at base (unused) & 2/- at top (used). A rare group. [The ACSC lists double perforations for only the 2d 10d & 1/-. Larry Birke had only a 2d] (7) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$700StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolΩoGradea/b Lot #758 1895-96 New Colours ½d rosine & bluish green with the Watermark Inverted BW #VD11Aa (SG D11) part-sheet of 76 (9x10, with an irregular block of 14 removed from the lower-right), virtually full o.g. with most (all ?) units unmounted, Cat $1500+ (£1400++). A rare survivor. View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol** (?)Gradea Lot #759 1895-96 New Colours 1/- rosine & bluish green BW #VD18 (SG D18) block of 16 [57-60/93-96], minor perf separation/rejoining, large-part o.g. with seven units unmounted, Cat $735+ (£380++). A rare block. [With plating guide] View details Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*/**Gradea Lot #760 1895-96 New Colours 2/- & 5/- rosine & yellow-green BW #VD19 & 20 (SG D19 & 20) blocks of 6 (3x2) or 10 (2x5), unusually cancelled with a simple '23DEC1902' handstamp in red, some creasing & minor blemishes but with virtually full o.g., Cat $1100+ (£500+). Most unusual. [Considering that the blocks have not been removed from covers or documents, we expect that they were used for internal Post Office accounting purposes] (2 blocks) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$440StatusSold GSTex GSTSymboloGradea/b Lot #761 1895-96 New Colours 5/- rosine & yellow-green BW #VD20 (SG D20) singles with 'PUBLIC OFFICES' cds or undated 'PBR/GPO/ MELBOURNE' cancel, and a scarce block of 4 with 'PUBLIC OFFICES' cds over manuscript "HJ[T]/10 7 [01]" applied by HJ Todd, Cat $540+ (£240+). (6) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolf/vGradea b1 Lot #762 1897-99 New Watermark (Type V3; SG Wmk 'W82') 2d to 6d SG D22-25 plus 2d & 4d shades SG D22a & 23a, CTO with Melbourne cds BW #VD22-25, under-catalogued at $180. (6) View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolf/vGradea b1 Lot #763 1905-09 Crown/A ½d dull scarlet & yellow-green with the Watermark Inverted marginal example from the right of the sheet with Mixed Perforations Perf 12x11x12x12½ BW #VD43a (SG D34ba), toned perfs at the top, CTO with large-part o.g., Cat $2500+. A great rarity & possibly unique "used". [Much better centred than Larry Birke's example with the watermark upright & the margin removed that sold for $1955] Geoff Kellow at page 322 states "The only major perforation variety of all the postage dues...P View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,800StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolvGradeb Lot #764 1905-09 Crown/A 5d dull scarlet & yellow-green BW #VD38 (SG 38), CTO with faint Melbourne GPO cds, Cat $2500 (£1600). Unissued. [Geoff Kellow at p326 notes that only four CTO examples have been recorded & states "These must have been included inadvertently in presentation sets to various officials". Given that the ACSC states that nine mint examples are recorded, it seems perverse that the "used" stamps should be priced the same as the mint stamps. Larry Birke's mint & CTO examples sold for $368 View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,200StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolvGradea c1 Lot #765 Exhibit pages with underpaid group mostly from Great Britain including 1884 with superb boxed 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE 6d/FINE 6d - 1/-' h/s in violet & superb '1s/MORE TO PAY'-in-oval h/s, 1896 wrapper piece paid 1d with 1d Postage Due affixed, 1897 double-weight with 5d Postage Due twice redirected, 1902 1d Envelope with Postage Due 1d strip of 3 with Official Scissor-Cut, etc, also 1889 from France with 'EXPOSITION UNIVELLE/1889' cds & oval '("10")/MORE TO PAY' h/s, and 1903 to Turkey with invalid View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcps Lot #766 1868 cover from India to New Zealand with 8a pale rose (faded) tied by 'ROORKEE/DE19 - 185' duplex, hexagonal 'MEERUT' b/s in red, 'TRAVELLER POST OFFICE/ 1 /DE21/68/NWP' b/s in blue, Bombay b/s & boxed 'INDIA/PAID' h/s both in red, New Zealand 'DUNEDIN/FE4/69' transit & 'WELLINGTON/FE/69' arrival b/s, endorsed on the face "Melbourne" & with hand-struck '6' for the forwarding fee, Melbourne arrival b/s of FE23/69 & superb '6D/MORE TO PAY' h/s both in blue plus very fine strike of the rare boxed View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Lot #767 1882-1904 internal group including 1882 with superb '4D/MORE TO PAY' h/s, 1893 with "Blue & Claret" 4d tied by LC d/s, 1904 front only with invalid postage, 1904 three Infectious Disease Reports free of postage but each with Postage Due ½d pair affixed, and two others, generally fine to very fine; plus inwards covers from interstate x5, one with "Blue & Claret" 6d (Cat $600 on cover), condition variable. (13) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc/cl Lot #768 1885 cover with 'HOMOEOPATHIC HOSPITAL/...' imprint at lower-left, to Maine "via Sanfranciso" with Naish 2d strip of 3 - folded over the top of the envelope - tied by Melbourne duplex, '6D/MORE TO PAY' & 'US CHARGE/TO COLLECT - 12 CENTS' handstamps, minor soiling. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Lot #769 1890 (Nov 3) philatelically inspired cover to the GPO with ½d pink only tied by East Melbourne duplex, superb 'T ("1½")' handstamp, Postage Due 1d & Postage/Revenue ½d pink - in lieu of a ½d Postage Due - affixed & both cancelled by hand on the same day. A remarkably early usage: the Postage Dues were issued 1.11.1890. However, the ½d was not released until 24.12.1890. View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea Lot #770 1890 underpaid commercial cover from Germany to a German national c/- German Consulate in Melbourne taxed 7d (why?) with "Blue & Claret" 1d & 6d (Cat $600 on cover) cancelled with mss "H" but the fee not collected & the cover redirected to Sydney where NSW Postage Dues 1d & 2d x3 affixed, minor defects. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$550StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Lot #771 1891 commercial covers with scarce "Blue & Claret" Postage Due frankings 1) from Italy with 4d; 2) from GB with 5d; and 3) from France with 6d & 1d; all manuscript-cancelled, a few faults, Cat $400, $500 & $600 on cover respectively. (3) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$420StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea-/b Lot #772 1891 advertising cover from France with 25c black/rose tied by 'PARIS/ETRANGER' cds, apparently overweight with the postage deficiency "25" noted alongside but, understandably, mis-read as "35" so taxed 7d on arrival with "Blue & Claret" 1d 2d & 4d manuscript-cancelled, minor blemishes. View details Estimate$300Price Realized$380StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Lot #773 1891 cover from Hobart with 'Deficient Postage ("2d")/Fine...("2d - 4d to pay")' handstamp overstruck with Melbourne 'T__'-in-oval h/s, "Blue & Claret" 4d tied by 'LC2' datestamp, slightly reduced at left. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolclGradea Lot #774 1892 (Mar 2) blue & 1896 (Oct 22) cream 'RETURNED MORE TO PAY LETTER' envelopes with 'T ("2d")' or 'T ("4d") handstamp in purple or red and "Blue & Claret" 2d or "Red & Green" 4d tied by boxed 'LC2' datestamp the first with minor soiling, both with repaired flap fault but the second is otherwise superb. (2) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb/a Lot #775 1893 stampless commercial cover apparently posted aboard a German ship - as indicated by the 'T'-in-triangle h/s - to a passenger aboard a British ship at Penang where cds of AP27/93 applied, forwarded to India with 'NEGAPATAM/4MAY/93' & seven different Bombay backstamps! & eventually to Victoria with 'MELBOURNE/JE5/93' b/s, domestic 'T---' h/s applied in error & overstruck with light '("5")/MORE TO PAY' h/s, "Blue & Claret" 5d (small faults; Cat $500 on cover) tied by boxed 'LC2' d/s, minor def View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Lot #776 1893 usage of American 1c Postal Card with "Dollars and Sense/For Fifty Cents" advertising on the reverse, from Boston to Melbourne with Columbus 1c tied by superb '15/CTMS/T', equally superb 'T3D'-in-oval h/s applied on arrival, Postage Due 1d & 2d SG D2a & 3a tied by undated 'PBR/GPO/MELBOURNE' cancellations (rarely seen on cover), minor blemishes. [Charged the letter rate of 5c because of the private 'To the one who attends to the Advertising' handstamp on the face which offended against the View details Estimate$250Price Realized$220StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolPSGradeB Lot #777 1900 usage of British Boer War patriotic postcard with CofGH 1d only tied by 'PRIESKA/6MY/00'CGH' squared-circle, superb 'T/15c'-in-octagon h/s & equally superb 'T3D'-in-oval h/s applied at Melbourne, very fine 'SOUTH YARRA/JE9/00/VICTORIA' b/s, 1d & 2d Postage Dues tied by boxed 'LC3' d/s, a few faults but attractive. [Rated as a letter because of the illustration on the face. The message states "...the war has come this way...the Boers paid us a visit...troops...under Lord Kitchener, a lot of View details Estimate$250Price Realized$550StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Lot #778 1900 plain postcard from Cornwall with QV ½d orange only tied by 'TRURO' squared-circle, various tax markings & Postage Due 4d affixed & tied by light 'T---' h/s, boxed 'REFUSED/ON ACCOUNT/OF TAX' h/s at lower-right & 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/MELBOURNE' b/s in red. [Odd: the postcard rate was a 1d but this was rated 2½d as a letter. The 'REFUSED/...' h/s is occasionally seen on philatelically inspited wrappers from which the Postage Dues have been removed & other examples added. This is the first exa View details Estimate$250Price Realized$300StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Lot #779 1901 'NEWSPAPER POSTAGE DOCKET' - with 'NEWSPAPER' scored-out - for collection of postage due of £6/13/6d from the Education Department (noted in pencil at the top) satisfied by 5/- blocks of 4 & 8 on the face plus - on the reverse - further 5/- blocks of 4 x3 & two singles + 1/- x2 (one a long-redundant "Blue & Claret" !), 10d & 4d pair = £6/13/6d all with 'PUBLIC OFFICES/AU18/01/MELBOURNE' cds, signed at the base "HJ Todd", overall soiling & a few faults but the stamps are generally fine to ve View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,000StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradec Lot #780 1904 usage of pre-1901 1d Postal Card invalid because inscribed 'STAMP DUTY' so uncancelled but with 'UP TRAIN/ MG 11 /SE3/04/VICTORIA' cds on the face & a largely superb strike of the very rare 'LATE FEE/ T1D ' handstamp struck aboard the train (not previously seen by us), Postage Due 1d affixed at Ballarat (b/s) but not cancelled, faults. [The message is datelined "Sept 3rd 1904/Beaufort", 46km WNW of Ballarat] View details Estimate$100Price Realized$460StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradec Lot #781 Attractive collection on Hagners with better unused stamps including 1d black (used) & Litho 4d both with full margins, 1860 Imperf 2d x2, 1861 2d & 4d (used), No Wmk 1d, CC Perf 12½ 4d 6d & 1/- and Perf 14 6d, CA Perf 14 2d 4d & 6d and Perf 12 2d, 1888 New Colours, then mostly used later issues, condition variable but generally fine to very fine, STC £5300. (160 approx) View details Estimate$1,400Price Realized$1,500StatusSold SymbolΩo Lot #782 Range on Hagners including a fine Imperf 6d green with full margins, good range of Middle Issues with Numerals & other cancels, V/Crown 1d mint pair with Official Scissor-Cut/Repair, 2/- vermilion/yellow & 2/- with the Watermark Sideways x2 (one punctured 'OS'), official punctures 'WA' to 2/- including 2d with Double 'WA' and 'OS' to 2/-, also 3d with 'Medical' Handstamp, commercial perfins 'GDCo' on 4d & 'PWD' on 1/-, and WWI 'RAOB/GSB/TO AID/RED CROSS FUND/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' label (unused), et View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Symbol*o Lot #783 Valuable mostly mint duplicated array with many better issues including Imperf 2d vermilion x3, 1861 1d x6 2d 4d & 6d, 1863-64 No Wmk 6d, CC Perf 12½ 1/- both shades, CA Perf 14 3d block of 4 4d x2 & 6d x3, 1885-93 set x5, V/Crown good range with shades & including 10d block of 4, 2/- x11 (one with Major Retouch BW #W58d), 2/6d x10 (one punctured 'OS'), 5/- x6, 10/- & £1 x2, Crown/A 9d x7 & 10d x4, etc, some used including V/Crown 2/- with the Watermark Sideways x3 (two punctured 'OS') & Officia View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$4,000StatusSold Symbol*o Lot #784 Entirely unsorted array of mostly Swans in a box with some better stamps noted & some postmark interest; also 1500+ in original bundles (of various sizes) so varieties & postmarks can be expected. (2000+) View details Estimate$350Price Realized$340StatusSold Symbolo Lot #785 Collector's duplicates on stockcards with many better items including 1861 Intermediate Perf 6d & Perf 14 at Somerset House 4d x2 (both unusually well centred), useful groups of CC & CA watermarks, various Surcharges, Crown/A 2/- x30, 2/6d x6, 5/- x4, 10/- x6 & £1 x2, etc, also Postal Fiscals to 1/- x3, some postmark interest, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. [NB: perfs & watermark orientations have not been checked/confirmed by us] (100s) View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Symbolo Lot #786 1854-55 Lithographs 4d pale blue, 4d blue (thinned) & 1/- grey-brown (close at right) SG 3 3a & 4b, full margins, unused, Cat £1475. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold SymbolΩGradea/b Lot #787 1854-55 Lithographs 4d blue SG 3a a huge lower-left corner example [221, with Dent on Inside of Right-Hand Leg of 'W' of 'WESTERN'], margins good to very large, bold 15-bars '1' cancel of Perth, Cat £250+. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$200StatusSold SymbolgGradea Lot #788 1854-55 Lithographs 1/- grey-brown SG 4b - an unusually deep shade - margins just touching (at right) to good, neat void grid cancel, 'Mm' guarantee h/s on the reverse, Cat £375. RPSofV Certificate (2013). View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold SymbolgGradea- Lot #789 1857-59 Hillman Lithographs Imperf 2d brown-black/red Printed on Both Sides (Upright Relative to the Front) SG 15a additionally with Major Damaged Transfer ('WESTERN' Largely Missing), margins just shaved to good, unused, Cat £9000. A great rarity. [The faint image on the "reverse" was printed first. The sheet was turned-over & a better-inked print applied] View details Estimate$10,000StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradea Lot #790 1857-59 Hillman Lithographs Imperf 2d brown-black/red Printed on Both Sides (Inverted Relative to the Front) SG 15a, two good margins & just shaved/touched at left & base, light void-grid cancel, Cat £800. View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolgGradea- Lot #792 1857-59 Hillman Lithographs Imperf 6d grey-black SG 19 [Beakless Swan], an unusually large example with good even margins, a couple of insignificant stains, 15-bars '3' cancel of Perth, Cat £550+. View details Estimate$300Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolfGradeb Lot #793 1861 Printed by Perkins Bacon 1/- horizontal plate proof pair in deep green with the Watermark Sideways, a gorgeous rich shade, margins close to large. Rare. [A similar pair with good even margins sold at the Prestige auction of 11.5.2012 for for $2300] View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$800StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #794 1864-79 Crown/CC 2d imperforate colour trial in emerald-green on ungummed watermarked paper, margins close to large. Ex Lord Vestey. [The well-known series of colour trials - in which the 2d is in blue - are all on unwatermarked paper. [A similar example - slightly cut-into at the base - sold at the Prestige auction of 24.5.2008 for $3910] View details Estimate$2,200StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolPGradea Lot #795 1882-85 Wmk 'CA' Perf 12 1d to 6d SG 82-85, the 2d is stained & unused, the others with large-part o.g., Cat £1100. Underrated. (4) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Symbol*ΩGradea/b Lot #796 1888 New Colours 4d brown-red SG 105 block of 4, large-part o.g. with the lower units being unmounted, Cat £320++ (mounted). View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol*/**Gradea Lot #797 1902-12 V/Crown Perf 11 2/- brownish red/yellow with the Watermark Inverted BW #W60Aa (SG 134var) marginal example from the base of the sheet, unmounted, Cat $400+ (£300+) mounted. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Symbol**Gradea b1 Lot #798 1905-12 Crown/A Perf 11 1d rose-pink with the Watermark Upright BW #W13B (SG 151b) marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet, full unmounted o.g., Cat $500++ (£260++) mounted. Superb! View details Estimate$240StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea+ b1 Lot #799 OFFICIAL STAMPS: Collector's duplicates on stockcards with Imperial Punctures including 4d carmine x3, 6d violet/lilac x4 & 1/-, 'WA' punctures to 10/- including 2/- 2/6d x2 & 5/- x6, and 'OS' punctures to 10/- including 8d with Double 'OS' One Sideways, 2/- x5 (one with the Watermark Sideways) 2/6d x4 & 5/-, also 2/6d with 'F&G' commercial perfin, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. A very good lot. (130 approx) View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$950StatusSold Symbolo Lot #800 OFFICIAL STAMPS: PUNCTURED 'OS': Crown/A Perf 12½ 1d rose-red with the Watermark Sideways BW #W14A marginal block of 13 (5x3, less the first two units) from the base of the sheet, some creasing, unmounted. Unlisted & rare. [The ACSC states that "OS punctures are found only in the rose-red shade with watermark upright, and are very scarce"] View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Symbol**Gradea/b Lot #801 REVENUES: 1903 'SUPREME COURT/ONE SHILLING' Surcharge on Long Type W[crown]A Watermark £1 lilac, very lightly mounted, Elsmore Online Cat $1350. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold Symbol*Gradea b1 Lot #802 LOCAL STAMPS: Coolgardie Cycle Express 1/- & 2/6d blue, and Camel Postman 6d 2/- & 5/-, very fresh but without gum. (5) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$320StatusSold SymbolΩGradea- Lot #803 1892-1910 five "dead" letters including with oval 'INSPECTOR DEAD LETTER OFFICE' d/s in violet (rare; in use for one month only), or with 'INSPECTOR' removed in blue & in red-purple, one with 5d perf 'WA', also 1893 flapless cover to Guildford (duplex backstamp) with very early & scarce franking of 'ONE PENNY' on 3d pair tied by Perth duplex of FE27/1893, 1/- Electric Telegraph form unused (faults), 1936 'Birthday Greetings' Telegram with very fine 'No 1 STATE MILL VIA MANJIMUP' cds, condition v View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Symbolc/cl Lot #804 1846 OHMS outer endorsed "free" & signed "JS Roe/6.5.1846" at lower-left, to "HM Ommanney/Picton" with a fine & clearly legible strike of the worn 'POST OFFICE/[crown]/FREMANTLE' undated handstamp, minor blemishes. [Of superior quality to Dr Cecil Walkley's example on 1848 entire sold at the Prestige auction of 27.11.2010 for $9200. At the Prestige sale of 8.11.2013 it was acquired by the State Library of Western Australia for $8625] John Septimus Rowe arrived at Sydney in 1817, tasked with com View details Estimate$6,000Price Realized$5,250StatusSold SymbolcGradea- Lot #805 1897 front to Sydney with rare albeit philatelic franking of Internal Revenue 1d 3d 6d & 1/- (Cat £53 x10+ on cover) and two very fine strikes of the oval 'REGISTERED LETTER BRANCH/21FEB1897/POST OFFICE, ALBANY, WA' d/s in violet, horizontal fold at the base & minor blemishes. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$700StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...4567891011|Next1234567891011 Previous 1234567891011 Next Previous 1234567891011 Next
