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 461-470 of 492. Previous|1...4344454647484950|Next Lot #461 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - ASSOCIATED INTERSTATE MARKINGS: 'ENGLISH MAIL NSW' largely very fine machine b/s 1) of SP2-1909 on cover with Connor Doherty & Durack (Wyndham) imprint on the flap, to Sydney sent uncancelled by ship & uncancelled at Perth; and 2) of JE20-1910 on PPC ("Praha...") from Prague to NSW with 'BURRADOO' cds & redirected to "Balmain". An unusual pair of usages. (2) GST†SymbolCGradeA- A1- View details Quantity2Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #462 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - INSTRUCTIONAL HANDSTAMPS: Very fine boxed 'RECEIVED TORN/EM TPO' handstamp on cover-front with National Hotel (Cairo) imprint at upper-left & six-colour franking tied by Australian Forces '2ND AUST INF BDE FIELD PO/24JA15' cds, central fault clear of the adhesives & handstamp which, of course, is the reason for the handstamp being applied. A highly significant item, being the only recorded example of any "named" instructional handstamp from any Victori GST†SymbolCGradeC A1 View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold Lot #463 TPOs: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES - T.P.O. E: Very fine cancel of 16MY09 - ERD - on 1d pink pair & superb almost complete cancel of 5MR13 on 1d Roo. Nothing is known about the circumstances of this datestamp. Watson Webster & Wood believed it was associated with the English Mail TPO, a proposition accepted by Molnar & Waugh. However, no covers are recorded so this is only a "best guess". The second item is illustrated at page 97. GST†SymbolSGradeA A2+ View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #464 TPOs: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES - DOWN EXPRESS: 'POSTED MELBOURNE/13AP08/DOWN EXPRESS' - the ERD - ten (!) largely fine strikes tying "Bantam ½d & 1d pink x8 to American firm's mail order envelope-front, to Chicago, minor defects. Rated RRR but this is the only recorded usage on cover. An extraordinary & enigmatic item. Ex Hugh Wynn, Gary Watson and George Bowman: illustrated at page 97, and by Watson Webster & Wood at page E-31. [WWW believed this was used aboard the English Mail TPO. However, Mol GST†SymbolCGradeB B1 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #465 VICTORIAN PHILATELIC LITERATURE - "Purves Library" with eight soft-cover monographs plus "JRW Purves: A Philitelic Bibliography" by Geoff Kellow, also hardcover works "The Emblems 1857-63", "The Registered & Too Late Stamps", "The Postage Dues", "The Postal History of the Port Phillip District 1835-51" and "The Barred Numeral Cancellations", generally very fine. (14 titles) SymbolL View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold Lot #466 VICTORIAN PHILATELIC LITERATURE - Balance of the library including "A Subject Index of Victorian Philately" by Kellow, "The Barred Numeral Cancellations" by Purves, "Port Phillip District" by Purves, "The 3d Beaded Oval" by Jones & Kellow, "The Havelock/Foster's Postcard [sic]" by Kelly, & a couple of other minor titles. (8) SymbolL View details Quantity8Estimate$40Price Realized$40StatusSold Lot #467 VICTORIAN PHILATELIC LITERATURE - "Instructions for the Guidance of Non-official Postmasters" by Postmaster-General's Department (1940), essentially relevant extracts from the Post & Telegraph Act, remarkably fine; also "List of Post & Telegraph Offices" (1961), well-used with notations. A very scarce pair, of great value to researchers & postmark collectors. SymbolLGradeA/B View details Estimate$80Price Realized$50StatusSold Lot #468 VICTORIAN PHILATELIC LITERATURE - "Victoria: A Collection of Philatelic Short Stories" by Les Molnar (2012), 200pp with d/j. As new. [A very interesting & informative book that any philatelist would benefit from reading] SymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$30Price Realized$20StatusSold Lot #469 VICTORIAN PHILATELIC LITERATURE - STAMPS: "The Half-Lengths of Victoria" by JRW Purves (1953), 232pp hard-bound with plastic dust-jacket & in the original packing box! Pristine! The Master's Master-work. [In our opinion, this remains the pre-eminent reference for one of the most challenging and interesting Classic issues in all of world philately. Very fine copies have sold at auction for more than $1000] SymbolLGradeA+ View details Estimate$500Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #470 VICTORIAN PHILATELIC LITERATURE - STAMPS: "The Half-Lengths of Victoria: the Stamps & Postal History 1851-1859" by John Barwis (2009), 500pp leather-bound subscribers' edition numbered '0069' of only 80, with a census of all recorded Half-Length covers. Extensively illustrated in colour. As new. 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