VICTORIA: featuring Max Watson’s Franks & Les Molnar’s TPOs (#135MG) 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 121-130 of 492. Previous|1...111213141516...50|Next Lot #121 POSTAL HISTORY - 1845 lengthy Bunbury Correspondence entire headed "William's Town December 10th 45" to Suffolk "Per Spartan" with boxed 'INDIA LETTER/DARTMOUTH' h/s & rated "8" in black, 'DARTMOUTH/MY15/1846' transit & 'BURY ST EDMUNDS' arrival b/s, redirected to "Poste restante/Venice" with rate calculation to "2/1" in red, 'PD'-in-oval h/s of London in red & superb boxed 'ShipLetter'-in-italics b/s, light 'JTALIEN'-in-oval h/s, then forwarded to "Cologne" (at the time, in France), red-ink sta SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Lot #122 POSTAL HISTORY - 1849 OHMS outer with 'Chief Secretary's Office/Sydney' imprint dated "6th August 1849" at lower-left, to the "Surgeon Superintendent/of the Elizabeth/Hobsons Bay/Melbourne", fine strike of the boxed 'FREE/MELBOURNE' h/s in red & 'MELBOURNE/AU16/--/PORT PHILLIP' b/s (no year), a bit soiled. [There is no Sydney postmark so this item was probably brought to Melbourne in a closed bag, where it was processed on arrival] SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #123 POSTAL HISTORY - 1853 page from a "Government Gazette" with notice of 25.10.1853 stating "...in consequence of the altered nomenclature of the positions of many of the Post Offices in Victoria, it is proposed from the 1st January [1854] to adopt the most recent names for each..." followed by a list of the 57 post offices then open - not including Melbourne Geelong & Williamstown - indicating name changes for 24 of them, and also Violet Town to "Voilet Town" which is probably how the locals prono SymbolL/CGradeB/A- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #124 POSTAL HISTORY - 1854 entire from Geelong to Launceston "p Royal Stephen/via Melbourne" with irregular usage of oval 'PAID/DC8/1854/MELBOURNE' transit b/s in lieu of Ship Letter datestamp & irregularly struck in black, the stamps unfortunately lost. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot #125 POSTAL HISTORY - 1855 part-entire with superb strikes of the octagonal 'PAID AT/MURCHISON' handstamp and 'MURCHISON/ [crown]/FE*6/1855/VICTORIA' b/s. PO opened 19.1.1855; remarkably early usage. [The only recorded examples of both postmarks, the crowned-oval being the earliest datestamp by 15 years] SymbolCLGradeA- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Lot #126 POSTAL HISTORY - 1855 outer to GB "Per True Briton" with Woodblocks 6d pair (full margins but creased) tied by BN '10' of Warrnambool, largely fine 'SHIP LETTER/FREE/SE*1/1855/WARNAMBOOL VICTORIA' cds (note spelling) & Melbourne transit b/s, Hull arrival b/s of DE9/1855 in blue, repaired opening tear; and part-entire from Sydney "pr steamer/Wonga Wonga" with Laureates 2d x3, to "Belfast/Port Fairy" with light but clear 'SHIP LETTER/FREE/DC27/1855/BELFAST VICTORIA' arrival b/s (2) SymbolCGradeB/A- View details Quantity2Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #127 POSTAL HISTORY - 1859 (June 17) large-part "Melbourne Commercial Report & Prices Current" to Plymouth with Emblems Perf 12 1d with part-imprint (damaged in the margin) tied by BN '1' of Melbourne, a bit stained. Very scarce. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$250Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #128 POSTAL HISTORY - 1860s-1870s array of covers with Laureate frankings with values to 1/-, better usages including 1d printed matter rates x2, 1d + De La Rue 2d to NSW, 2d strip of 3 to NSW redirected with NSW 2d added, 2d strip of 3 on Bailliere's Victorian Atlas advertising lettersheet to Tasmania, 3d orange to Hobart, 3d orange + 6d to Ireland, 1d pair 3d orange & 6d plus DLR 2d pair to Belgium (the second-earliest recorded from Victoria; not in Ben Palmer's Census), 4d with part-marginal inscr SymbolC View details Quantity84Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #129 POSTAL HISTORY - 1864 stampless OHMS entire endorsed "Post Office/Echuca 10-8-64" at lower-left with very fine BN '40' and 'ECHUCA' b/s. Superb! From 3.8.1864, OHMS mail was exempt of postage, provided a Frank stamp was impressed thereon. Probably no envelopes with PMG Frank had been received at Echuca at this early date. SymbolCLGradeA+ View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #130 POSTAL HISTORY - 1868 OHMS cover with 'POSTMASTER-GENERAL' frank h/s Die 1 (no fleuron below 'VICTORIA') very fine strike in blue & 'EDUCATION OFFICE/...' imprint at L/L with transits of 'SKIPTON', 'ROKEWOOD' (the earlier of only two recorded examples) & partial 'LEIGH ROAD' (on the face; used at Leigh Road R.S. & the later of only two recorded examples) & 'MT MERCER' arrival (the only recorded example) on the face, minor imperfections. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$300Price Realized$550StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...111213141516...50|Next1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950 Previous 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950 Next Previous 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950 Next
