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 451-460 of 492. Previous|1...4344454647484950|Next Lot #451 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - TYPE 5 (CDS WITH 'VIC' AT BASE): Largely very fine cancel of 9JL12 tying GB Downey Head 1d red to PPC ("Keepsake of Voyage - RMS Osterley, Orient Line") to England posted aboard ship & placed into the mails on arrival at Melbourne for on-forwarding to England. An extraordinary "paquebot" usage. Ex George Bowman: direct sale from Prestige in 2007 for $1000. [The message "...GPO Sydney...will find me. Am writing this between Freemantle & Adiliada" [sic] View details Estimate$850StatusUnsold GST†SymbolCGradeA A1- Lot #452 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - TYPE 6 (DOUBLE-RING CDS WITH 'VICTORIA' AT BASE: Largely very fine strike of 17DE13 tying Kangaroos 5d chestnut (Cat $1000 on cover) - paying 2½d foreign letter rate plus 2½d late fee - to merchant's cover to Saxony. Rated RRR, but RR by Watson Webster & Wood. A scarce franking & appealing TPO usage. Illustrated at page 53. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold GST†SymbolCGradeA- A2 Lot #453 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - TYPE 6 (DOUBLE-RING CDS WITH 'VICTORIA' AT BASE: Largely superb strike of 8AP15 tying Kangaroos 2d grey (probably Second Wmk) & First Wmk 3d olive (Cat $600 on cover) to cover to Buckinghamshire, flap removed. From 1911, the Empire rate was 1d per ½oz & the late fee was a flat 1d. This suggests that the item weighed between 1½oz & 2oz = 4d + 1d late fee. However, it's perhaps more likely that the rate paid was 1d x2 + 3d registration, but there may View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold GST†SymbolCGradeB A1 Lot #454 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - MACHINE BACKSTAMPS: Type 2 ('EM TPO' & six horizontal lines) fine/very fine strike of SEP2610 tying Straits Settlements 3c to reverse of Japanese PPC from Singapore to Melbourne. Rated RRRRR: only one other example - of the same date: see the next lot - recorded, making this a great rarity of mechanical postmarks of the world. View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold GST†SymbolCGradeA B1 Lot #455 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - MACHINE BACKSTAMPS: Type 2 ('EM TPO' & six horizontal lines) very fine b/s of SEP2610 on Tuck's PPC ("Köbenhaven") with Danish 5ö tied to the viewside by Copenhagen machine cancel from Singapore to Melbourne. Rated RRRRR: only this & the previous lot have been recorded. View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold GST†SymbolCGradeA- A1 Lot #456 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - MACHINE BACKSTAMPS: Type 3 ('EM TPO - VIC' & four horizontal lines) light but very fine strike of OC24 - 1910 on reverse of beautiful P&O advertising PPC of SS "Morea", GB 1d tied by boxed 'PAQUEBOT' h/s with 'PORT-TAUFIQ' (Egypt) cds alongside, message headed "Nearing Suez" (so the ship was in the Suez Canal). Rated RRRRR: the earlier of only two recorded examples - six days apart - making this another great rarity of mechanical postmarks of the wor View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold GST†SymbolCGradeA- A1- Lot #457 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - ASSOCIATED INTERSTATE MARKINGS: 'ENG MAIL TPO/S AUSTRALIA' cancels on Thick 'POSTAGE' 4d (superb strike) 6d & 9d (21FE1907, the ERD). [Les Molnar states in his exhibit that the NSW & South Australian types "were issued under the auspices of the Victorian Railways..." This is clearly wrong. Postal matters were the province of the Postmaster-General's Department, not the Railways, and each State was responsible for provision of postal markers for use wit View details Quantity3Estimate$150StatusUnsold GST†SymbolSGradeA A/A+ Lot #458 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - ASSOCIATED INTERSTATE MARKINGS: 'ENG MAIL TPO/19SE1915/S AUSTRALIA' (LRD) superb cancel on Kangaroo 2½d on Morris Beckett & Co cover to Switzerland with superb 'PASSED.' h/s of Adelaide in violet. Superb! Rated RRRRR, being the later of only two examples recorded on cover, & the only cover with a Commonwealth franking. Acquired at the Prestige auction of 7.12.2012 for $1322. The English Mail was transferred at Serviceton (Vic) from the Victorian Rail View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold GST†SymbolCGradeA+ A1+ Lot #459 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - ASSOCIATED INTERSTATE MARKINGS: 'ENGLISH MAIL/7JY09/NSW' largely very fine b/s on registered cover to Sydney from Western Australia with 'YALGOO' cancels & 'REGISTERED PERTH' b/s, by coastal steamer to Adelaide where handed to the English Mail TPO, minor blemishes. Acquired at the Prestige auction of 22.2.2013 for $299. All examples we have seen of the NSW markings are on inwards covers from Western Australia or overseas. The implication might be that View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold GST†SymbolCGradeB A1 Lot #460 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - ASSOCIATED INTERSTATE MARKINGS: 'ENGLISH MAIL/3MR09/NSW' largely very fine b/s on William Sandover & Co cover with all-over advertising on the reverse & WA 1d pair with 'WS/&Co' perfins (one unit torn before being affixed), Perth machine cancel applied at an angle so the stamps cancelled with 'SHIP ROOM/PERTH/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds. A terrific item for collectors of commercial perfins or advertising. Acquired at the Prestige auction of 7.12.2012 for $5 View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold GST†SymbolCGradeA A1- Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...4344454647484950|Next1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950 Previous 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950 Next Previous 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950 Next
