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 PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 101-200 of 492. Previous|12345|Next Lot 101 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1903 'PARCELS STAMP' Colour on Coloured Papers 9d red/pale grey #1381 on reverse of makeshift parcel tag to Bendigo, dated cancel '5 12 11' in violet. Ex Ray Kelly: acquired on 1.12.2007 for $241. GST†SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 102 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1917 "Wings" die proof in blue-green of essay with 'MELBOURNE' at the base & blank value tablet on thin wove paper with huge margins & full unmounted o.g. [Elsmore Online states that two sets of 12 different colours have been recorded] GST†SymbolEGradeA View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 103 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1917-41 "Wings" mostly rouletted selection to 5/- x3 (one defective, the others with Underprint), with scarcer values including ½d blue/white, 8d bistre/white x2, 9d mauve/white x2, 10d pink/white, '10d' in Red on 10d green, & 1/- red/yellow x2, various shades & cancels & some with Security Underprint, only the ½d, one 6d & 5/- x2 are perforated, mostly from large stations but many small stations noted, a few faults but generally fine to very fine with a few mint stamps GST†Symbol*O View details Quantity112Estimate$850Price Realized$650StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 104 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1917-41 "Wings" rouletted 3d olive/white & 8d red/yellow marginal examples tied by inditinct cancels to James McEwan & Co Ironmongers & Hardware Merchants parcel tag to "Flinders Naval Base/Crib Point". A rare survivor in remarkably fine condition. GST†SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 105 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1941-53 '.../RAILWAY DEPARTMENT' Red Figures/Blue 4d, Black Figures/Yellowish 4d & 5d, Red Figures/Yellowish 1d 2d 3d 3½d (rare) 5d 6d 8d 9d & 2/-, a few mostly minor defects, a few with no gum & the others with large-part o.g. (12) GST†SymbolΩ*GradeA/B View details Quantity12Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot 106 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1953-58 'Victorian Railways' various colour/paper combinations Rouletted comprising 1d, 2d x7, 3d x4, 4d x4, 5d x2, 6d x2, 7d x3, 8d x4, 9d x3, 10d x4, 11d x4, 1/- x3, 1/6d x2, 2/- x, 3/-, 5/- x2 & 10/-; and Perforated 1d x2, 2d x4, 3d x2, 4d, 5d, 6d, 7d x4, 8d x3, 9d x3, 10d x2, 11d x2, 1/- x3, 1/6d x2, 2/- x4, 3/- x2, 4/-, 5/- x3 & 10/0 x4; some shade variation, mostly unused/mint but some to 10/- are used. (92) GST†Symbol*/**O View details Quantity92Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot 107 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1953-58 'Victorian Railways' Perforated 3d 1/6d & 5/- affixed to reverse of 1964 'BICYCLE' tag for delivery from Spencer Street to Yarrawonga, 'OWNER'S RISK/...shall carry to bicycle only at the consignor or owner's risk...' printed on the reverse. The only such item we have seen: a wonderful item for a Cycling collection. GST†SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 108 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1953-58 'Victorian Railways' Perforated values to 5/- x2 on four large-part to complete parcel tags inscribed 'PARCELS LABEL/...', 'PARCEL ADDRESS LABEL/...' or '.../Passengers Luggage' x2, and complete tage with Hardie Rubber Co address label & 3d 3/- & 10/- pairs on the reverse, a few blemishes. Very scarce group. (5) GST†SymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity5Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 109 RAILWAY STAMPS - LUGGAGE TICKET: c.1870s 'VICTORIAN RAILWAYS/LUGGAGE TICKET/A---/ONE PENNY' and adjoinng coupon imperforate proof in mauve on thin yellowish paper affixed to a slightly larger piece from an archival source. Superb! The only example known to us. GST†SymbolPGradeA+ View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 110 POSTAL HISTORY - Registered mail including 1859 to GB, 1867 to NSW with Laureate 1/-, 1867 to Tasmania, 1873 to Scotland, 1881 usage to GB of first type 4d Registration Envelope, 1893 double-rate to Italy, 1891 to GB with Naish 4d pink pair & superb unframed 'R' cancel, 1900 to Transvaal during the Boer War, 1901 (June) with 1d olive x4 (on issue for one month only), 1900 front to NZ with Boer War Charity 1d (+1d & 3d), 1900 to Nova Scotia, 1903 to Prince Edward Island, etc, also two registrati SymbolCPS View details Quantity60Estimate$600Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 111 POSTAL HISTORY - Advertising covers & Postal Stationery Envelopes with imprints including for Horwood Bros Albion Foundry (Castlemaine) (1870), London & Lancashire...Insurance Cos (1873), Phillips Hotel Ballarat x2 different and China Traders' Insurance Co; embossed flaps for Fergie & Harston Stationers (1860), Bank of Victoria (1879), Alfred Hospital (1882), Koroit Hotel (1902) & Goldsborough Mort Stock Agents (1911); illustrated covers for "Milo" Bacon, "Robin" Starch, Joubert & Joubert (2 dif SymbolCPS View details Quantity62Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 112 POSTAL HISTORY - Early covers etc addressed to Thomas Ham including 1855 to "Quartz Works/Taradale" with Half-Lengths 1d & 3d, to "Quartz Works/Castlemaine" with Half-Lengths 3d pair & care of his father-in-law at Hawthorn with Half-Lengths 1d x4, 1856 to Hawthorn with manuscript "X" cancels & postmaster's endorsement "Taradale" on the flap, 1861 two covers from Brisbane to his wife in Melbourne, 1869 & 1875 covers from Brisbane to his wife at Sandgate or locally, etc, very mixed condition but p SymbolC View details Estimate$500Price Realized$350StatusSold Lot 113 POSTAL HISTORY - Miscellaneous Melbourne covers including 1873 OHMS lettersheet with tiny 'MOO/MELBOURNE' cds within, 1885 to Germany with Bell ½d & Naish 8d, 1880 to Castlemaine with superb 'NOT KNOWN BY/LETTER CARRIER', 1893 with boxed 'INSUFFICIENTLY/ADDRESSED', 1901 OHMS mourning cover to USA with 'REGISTERED/ MELBOURNE - R' duplex, 1906 with boxed 'IRREGULARLY/POSTED', 1903 "The Advance Australia" wrapper with double-circle 'PAID AT MELBOURNE/-1-' cds, 1908 mangled PPC with boxed 'RECEIVED SymbolC View details Quantity59Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 114 POSTAL HISTORY - Late Fee group including large piece with Woodblocks 6d orange & 6d 'TOO LATE' (very fine with large margins), 1882 & 1895 to GB at 6d rate + 2d late fee, 1900 to South Africa at 2½d rate x2 + 3d late fee for posting at GPO before 3pm, 1895 front only to Belgium & 1901 to Ireland both at 2½d rate + 6d late fee for posting on the English Mail TPO, etc, also 'TOO LATE' h/s on 1866 covers from Talbot & Warrnambool and on 1884 cover from Tungamah with 'UP TRAIN/MG6' transit b/s, con SymbolC/CL View details Quantity27Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 115 POSTAL HISTORY - The balance of the covers with better items including 1858 with boxed 'PAID AT/CHEWTON', & 1875 to Wales with Bell 9d pair (creased), 1878 very fine outer to France with Bell ½d & 1/-, 1878 fragile Book Post wrapper to Hannover with Bell 2d (not in Ben Palmer's census), 1883 from France readdressed to Brisbane with Naish 2d brown added, 1884 Postal Card with 'Essendon Football Club' header on the reverse, 1884 David Hill wrapper with Stamp Statute ½d on 1d, 1882 with 'INVOICE ON SymbolCPS View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 116 POSTAL HISTORY - Post Office ephemera including a series of twenty clippings re takings at the GPO in January 1850 (Ex Purves) that prove that the Half-Lengths - available at the GPO from 1.1.1850 - were actually not sold until 3.1.1850; also three pieces signed "A McCrae" as Chief Postmaster of Victoria (1851-53) & as Postmaster-General (1854-1857), four Government Gazette extracts re postal matters & defective 1852 'REGISTERED LETTER' receipt. (28 items) SymbolΔ View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 117 POSTAL HISTORY - Municipal bundle of covers, Stamped-To-Order Envelopes, & postcards for mostly smaller municipalities including Town of Brighton, Shire of Boroondara, Shire of Barrabool (1871), Shire of Tambo, Shire of Darebin, Heidelberg & Eltham Railway Construction Trust, Shire of Mount Franklin & Omeo Waterworks Trust etc, also Borough of Heathcote (1863) & Borough of St Arnaud lettersheets, Town of Northcote postcard with statistics including height above sea level!, postcards with advices SymbolCPS View details Quantity59Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 118 POSTAL HISTORY - Bundle with Classic frankings including 1856 OHMS with Half-Length 3d & apparently signed at lower-left by the famous explorer Robert O'Hara Burke (?), 1857 with postmaster's endorsement "Raglan/22 10 57" on the flap, 1859 with very fine BN '89', 1859 to Switzerland with Queen-on-Throne 6d pair, 1860 part-insurance company outer "turned" with Emblems 2d on both sides, 1861 from GB with 'MALDON' Crowned-Oval b/s, 1863 with Beaded Ovals 3d blue, 1864-65 with Redrawn 6d black x5 (o SymbolC View details Quantity32Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 119 POSTAL HISTORY - 1843-51 Port Phillip District group including 1843 very fine entire from England, 1843 entire to Scotland with 'SHIP LETTER/MELBOURNE' b/s in red, 1845 outer & 1847 entire both with 'GEELONG/NEW S WALES' b/s, 1845 Wodonga-Melbourne with 'ALBURY/NEW S WALES' d/s & rated "11d", 1846 entire headed "Mustons Creek" (no d/s) to Sydney rated "1/5", 1848 piece with 'SEYMOUR/PORT PHILLIP' d/s, 1849 outer from England to "Portland/Port Phillip" with JB Wilcocks Emigration Agent cachet (Ex SymbolC View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 120 POSTAL HISTORY - 1843-51 1843 OHMS outer to "Wandoo Vale/Mt Rouse" endorsed "pDiana" and signed at lower-left "CJ Latrobe", light but fine strike of the boxed 'FREE/MELBOURNE' h/s in red & 'MELBOURNE/OC25/--/NEW.S.WALES' b/s (no year), minor blemishes. [The addressee, John George Robertson, arrived at Melbourne in -.2.1840 & took up the Wando Vale run near present-day Casterton. The "Diana" departed Melbourne for Portland 26.10.1843. Charles La Trobe was appointed Superintendent of the District SymbolCLGradeB View details Estimate$750Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$1,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$1,100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$550StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$1,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$550StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 131 POSTAL HISTORY - 1869-84 Governors' mail comprising 1) 1869 OHMS cover with 'PRIVATE SECRETARY'S OFFICE' imprint & 'THE GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA' colourless embossing on the flap; 2) 1873 OHMS cover & enclosed letter both with Governor embossing & both signed "GF Bowen"; 3) two 1884 covers to the Governor of South Australia both signed "MNormanby". [Viscount Canterbury was Governor in1866-1873; Sir George Ferguson Bowen 1873-1879; and the Marquess of Normanby 1879-1884] (5 items) SymbolC/CLGradeA/B View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 132 POSTAL HISTORY - 1885 cover to Germany "p RMS Salsette" with rare franking of Stamp Duty 2/6d orange + Naish ½d & 1d tied by Melbourne duplex, Brindisi transit b/s & Hamburg arrival b/s of 7.9.1885, light stains. Absent from Ben Palmer's Census. [The rate was 8½d x3 = 2/1½d + 6d late fee] SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$600Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 133 POSTAL HISTORY - 1889 1d Postal Card with superb Ballarat duplex, to Melbourne with oval 'LIST ROOM/NO 1' d/s overstruck with large-part strike of the rubber 'NOT KNOWN BY/LETTER CARRIERS/MELBOURNE' handstamp (the only recorded example), redirected to Sydney, minor faults. SymbolPSGradeB View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 134 POSTAL HISTORY - 1891 mini-display "1891: Victoria's UPU Year" with very early usage JA13/91 to GB at 2½d rate, Feb 3 to GB at 2½d rate + 6d late fee, Feb 10 usage of 2d "long sea route" Postal Card, Feb 10 to Germany paid 3d & taxed, Feb 16 very early use of reverted 6d rate to USA, July 21 at reverted 6d rate to Germany, Sep 7 to Italy at 2½d but taxed with Italian Postage Dues added, Sep 14 usage of 3d red/green Postal Card uprated to reverted 6d rate to Germany (& a rare commercial SymbolCPS View details Quantity14Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot 135 POSTAL HISTORY - 1895 OHMS cover with printed 'MINISTER OF LANDS AND SURVEY' Frank & endorsed "L Colony" at lower-left, to Melbourne with very fine 'LEONGATHA/MY8/95/VICTORIA - 1592' duplex. The "Labour Colonies" of the 1890s were a little-known social experiment during the major economic depression of the 1890s. Most were run along charitable lines but the largest & most successful of them, at Leongatha, was "intended to fit men for a social order in which they hadn't had enough spunk to succee SymbolPSGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 136 POSTAL HISTORY - 1897 OHMS cover with PMG's frank & rare albeit per favor usage of the 1/6d orange tied by 'REGISTERED/ MELBOURNE VIC' cds, to the USA with San Francisco transit & New York arrival b/s, minor overall soiling. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$250Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 137 POSTAL HISTORY - 1899 large piece (120x120mm) from a parcel endorsed 'NATURAL HISTORY SPECIMENS' with complete address label, to a government entomologist in Washington DC with Astley 6d tied by 'MYRNIONG' cds in blue. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 138 POSTAL HISTORY - 1900 penalty envelope with Entomological Branch imprint at lower-left, to "OT Supt [= Overland Telegraph Superintendent]/Barrow Creek/Central Australia" with 'OODNADATTA/SA' squared-circle b/s apparently where endorsed "Try GPO/Adelaide" & with 'PA RAILWAY/ 6 /SA' transit b/s, vertical-oval 'ADVERTISED UNCLAIMED/ ADELAIDE SA' d/s plus DLO b/s of Adelaide & Melbourne. SymbolPSGradeA View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 139 POSTAL HISTORY - 1900 envelope with 'THE PRESIDENT/[arms]LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL VICTORIA' frank & 'THE PRESIDENT/...' crest on the flap both printed in red, to London with 'VICTORIA/[crown]/OFFICIAL PAID' h/s, forwarded three times including to the "House of Commons", minor blemishes. SymbolPSGradeB View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot 140 POSTAL HISTORY - 1905 & 1908 complete black/white 'INLAND PARCEL POST' labels, the first with punctured 'OS' 3d 6d & 9d, the other with 9d, paying rates for parcels up to 6lb & 2lb respectively, minor defects. Very scarce. (2) SymbolCGradeB View details Quantity2Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot 141 POSTAL HISTORY - DEAD LETTER OFFICE: Returned Letter Envelopes Codes 'A' 'B' 'W' (with light 'DLB___/REGISTERED' h/s) & 'X', 1865 'Returned Free Letter' with 'Free' Barred-Out, three covers each with semi-circle 'RECEIVED OPEN/DLB/ VICTORIA' h/s in rosine, 1875 & 1883 covers each resealed with 'DEAD LETTER BRANCH/[crown]/ GPO/VICTORIA' seal impressed in red wax, 1869 with double-oval 'OPENED/ DLB /TO ASCERTAIN ADDRESS' b/s (not previously seen by us), 1872 piece from GB wrapper with superb boxed SymbolCPS View details Quantity18Estimate$850Price Realized$650StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 142 POSTAL HISTORY - DEAD LETTER OFFICE: Range of Returned Letter Envelopes inscribed 'Returned Free Letter' Code 'W' (1866; 'Free' barred-out), 'RETURNED PAID LETTER' (1853), 'Returned Paid Letter' Code 'X' (1865, 'Paid' barred-out), 'RETURNED LETTER' Code 'A' (1898), Code 'B' (1894 & 1909, different printings), Code 'C' (1893), Code 'E' (1895), Code 'U' (1879), Code 'W' (1876 & 1878, different printings) & Code 'X' (1879), 'RETURNED LETTER/REGISTERED' Code 'T' (1887), 'RETURNED MORE TO PAY LETTER' SymbolPS View details Quantity16Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot 143 POSTAL HISTORY - DEAD LETTER OFFICE: Returned Letter Envelopes Code 'W' (265x113mm, 1872 & 1883 printings with different settings) with light but clear strikes of the scarce boxed 'DLO___PB___/REGISTERED' h/s in green (not previously seen by us & the only other example known to us is in Lot 281065) or purple (with 'PB' excised). A rare pair. (2) SymbolPSGradeA-/B View details Quantity2Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 144 POSTAL HISTORY - GOLDFIELDS EXPRESS COVERS: 1852 part-entire with Half-Length 2d (almost full margins) tied by superb Barred Oval of Melbourne (b/s of DC*23/1852), to "Store Keeper Fryers Creek/Mt Alexander/Care of Mr Baker/Fryers Creek" with no transit or arrival backstamps indicating carriage by private express service. Rare. [Mostly mercantile content but includes "...[he] spoke to me about your applying for the post office..." Fryer's Creek PO opened 19.4.1854; renamed Fryerstown c.1856] SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 145 POSTAL HISTORY - GOLDFIELDS EXPRESS COVERS: a similar part-entire similarly addressed, defective 2d Half-Length & fine Melbourne b/s of JA*6/1853, light 'FORREST CK/JA*3/1853/VICTORIA' alongside indicates that this is the "reply-half" of a letter that originated at what was later Castlemaine (9km NNW of Fryers Creek). The writer states: "I have this day posted a registered letter contg £100 in notes...On Monday next I shall send you a further sum by private escort and the letter containg the rec SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 146 POSTAL HISTORY - GOLDFIELDS EXPRESS COVERS: 1858 stampless OHMS cover (267x115mm) with 'Police Department' imprint at lower-left & endorsed "Ballarat/Nov 3 1858" below, rated "8/6" & endorsed "pr Escort" in the same hand at upper-left, to the Chief Commissioner of Police at Melbourne, no postal markings, two vertical folds. Ex Rod Moreton. Nothing to look at but very rare. SymbolCLGradeB View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 147 POSTAL HISTORY - OFFICIAL MAIL: An excellent selection of envelopes including with imprints of Attorney-General (1857), Treasury (1859) & Public Lands, 1889 for Royal Mint, 1890 for Board of Health headed 'FREE BY ACT No 1011 SEC 9' & another unused (rare thus), 1901 mourning envelope for GPO registered to France, 1908 for Money Order Office with 'MO OFFICE/MELBOURNE VIC' cds in blue, etc; lettersheets including 1867 for GPO to be 'turned", 1872 for Accounts Branch, 1893 'MEMORANDUM FROM PARCEL SymbolCPS View details Estimate$1,250Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot 148 POSTAL HISTORY - PROVISIONAL POSTMARKS - MANUSCRIPT CANCELLATIONS USED AT NEWLY OPENED OFFICES: 1) Cross-hatching on Laureates 1d pair & large-part postmaster's manuscript endorsement "(A)voca Forest/Dec 26th/72" on the flap, very fine 'BERLIN' transit & 'WEHLA' arrival b/s, part flap missing. A very rare combination of Goldfields markings & almost certainly the earliest cover from this office. According to Watson Webster & Wood, the Avoca Forest PO opened only on 1.1.1873. This cover is 5 days SymbolCGradeB View details Quantity3Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot 149 POSTAL HISTORY - PROVISIONAL POSTMARKS - POSTMASTERS' MANUSCRIPT ENDORSEMENTS DURING ANNUAL DECEMBER/JANUARY "CHANGEOVER" PERIOD: "Broadford PO/Dec 29th 1854" on reverse of cover with Queen-on-Throne 2d pair (full margins, minor stain) tied by First Type BN '20'; "Bunninyong/31 1 54" on reverse of superb stampless OHMS outer, Melbourne b/s of FE1/1854; "Carngham/Jan 1st 1861" on reverse of cover with Beaded Ovals 4d tied by BN '122' (rated R); "Colac/20 1 57" on reverse of outer with Emblems 4d SymbolCGradeA-/B View details Quantity11Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 150 POSTAL HISTORY - PROVISIONAL POSTMARKS - OTHER MANUSCRIPT MARKINGS: 1) "X" on Emblems 2d with tiny 'FITZROY/AU2/62/VICTORIA' b/s mof Fitzroy (1), Melbourne transit & part South Yarra arrival b/s, flap damage; 2) "Big Hill/17 10 62" unusually as an arrival on reverse of cover from Melbourne with poor oval 'LOCKWOOD' transit d/s unusually on the face; 3) "PO Maidens Punt/20 2 52" on reverse of part-entire to GB with Half-Lengths 1d & 2d pair (all with clipped corners) cancelled in transit at Melbo SymbolCGradeB View details Quantity4Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot 151 POSTAL HISTORY - PROVISIONAL POSTMARKS - BOXED OFFICE HANDSTAMPS: 'GREAT WESTERN' & mss "23.1.06" on 1d pink on PPC to GB, 'T/10c' h/s. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 152 POSTMARKS - Selection of mostly Classics with Butterflies '4' (rated RR) x2, '10' (RRR), '19' (RR), '22' (RR), '23' (R), '30' (R) & '33' (R); Barred Ovals '21' (R) , '24' (R), '27' (RRRR), '28' (RR), '36' (R), '44' (R), '47' (RR) x2, '57' (RR), '63' (RR), '103' (RR) & '107' (RRR); Barred Numerals 1st Type '49' (R), 1st Type '57' (RR), 1st Type '84' (RR, on 1858 cover), 1st Type '85' (RRR), 1st Type '163' (RR), etc, mostly fine to superb strikes, many better stamps including Half-Lengths 1d x16 i SymbolS View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 153 POSTMARKS - 1858-68 group with oval backstamps of 'BEECHWORTH' on 1859 outer with Emblems 1d x2 & 2d, 'EAST BRIGHTON' (ERD) on 1858 cover with Emblems 4d, 'HARCOURT' on 1860 outer with Beaded Ovals 4d corner example, 'LAMPLOUGH' (the only recorded example) on 1860 registered cover with defective 4d & 1/-, 'MARYBOROUGH' on 1861 cover with Woodblocks 6d black pair, superb 'ST KILDA' on 1861 cover with Emblems 1d x2 & 'TOO LATE' h/s, 'SANDHURST' on face of 1858 outer (ERD) with Emblems 4d or 2d pai SymbolC View details Quantity10Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 154 POSTMARKS - The 1851 Victorian Post Office Report including the appendix page with very fine to superb strikes of the seven postal markings then in use at the GPO, beautifully bound in quarter-leather. John Gartner's personal copy, and we are unaware of any others having been prepared. SymbolLGradeA+ View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 155 POSTMARKS - BUTTERFLIES: Examples on Half-Length frankings comprising fine '7' (rated RR) on 2d & light 'MAIDENS PUNT' b/s on outer; '17' (R) two very fine strikes on 1d x2 & poor 'LAKE COLAC' b/s on large piece; '23' (R) very fine on 1d pair on cover with fine 'BURN BANK' b/s; and good '31' (R) on 2d & poor 'THE GRANGE' b/s on outer; also stampless OHMS outer with superb 'WILLIAMS TOWN' & largely fine '48' in red. (5) SymbolCΔGradeA/B View details Quantity5Estimate$600Price Realized$650StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 156 POSTMARKS - BARRED NUMERALS: Numeral/CDS "ties" comprising Type 3 '54' & 'KILMORE' b/s (1884), Type 2 '57' & 'KYNETON' b/s (1861), Type 1 '105' (rated RRR) & poor oval 'GOLDBOROUGH' b/s (1856), Type 1 '265' & 'QUARTZ REEFS STAWELL' b/s (1870), Type 1 '314' (R) & scarce 'LILLYDALE' b/s (1876; note spelling), Type 1 '318' & 'RUTHERGLEN' b/s (1875, with 'LONGWOOD' arrival cds), '458' & 20mm 'BEALIBA' b/s (1868, the only recorded example), poor '672' & 'MAFFRA UPPER' cds on the face (1891, with 'TIN SymbolC/CL View details Quantity10Estimate$500Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 157 POSTMARKS - BARRED NUMERALS: Original State '35' largely superb cancel on 'CHIEF SECRETARY' Frank h/s in blue with very fine oval 'DURHAM OX/JU18/69/VICTORIA' d/s (LRD) alongside, on OHMS cover with 'Police Department ("Kerang")' imprint at L/L, to Sandhurst with superb arrival b/s, minor blemishes. Rated RRRR. PO renamed from Hardy's Inn 1.1.1855. [Goldmining] SymbolCLGradeB A1 View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 158 POSTMARKS - BARRED NUMERALS: 1st Type '112' very fine strike on 1867 cover with Laureates 2d pair & 4d, 21½mm 'DUNKELD' (the later of only two recorded examples) and 'BALMORAL' arrival b/s, repaired flap fault and small peripheral tears. Rated RRR. [Goldmining] SymbolCLGradeB A1 View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 159 POSTMARKS - CROWNED OVAL DATESTAMPS: 1850s-1860s group including very fine 'AMHERST' on 1861 part-entire, part-'AVOCA' on 1859 cover to Prussia, very fine 'BALLAN' error '1855' for '1856' on outer, very fine 'BALMORAL' on 1860 cover, 'BEECHWORTH' on 1858 cover, 'BUNINYONG' on 1859 cover to GB, 'BUNNENYONG' arrival unusually on face of 1853 outer, 'CARAMUT' on 1860 entire & on face of 1865 entire, very fine 'CARNGHAM' on 1861 cover, very fine 'CERES' on 1865 OHMS wrapper with 'COMMR OF PUBLIC WOR SymbolC View details Estimate$6,000Price Realized$5,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 160 POSTMARKS - CROWNED OVAL DATESTAMPS: 'CHUTON/NO*7/1857/VICTORIA' (spelling error; ERD) very fine b/s on cover to England with rare franking of Woodblocks 6d orange with Serpentine Rouletting SG 58 (Cat £180 x2+) tied by fine BN '145' (original state; rated RR). Chewton PO 8.9.1857: Goldmining. [Only three examples of the misspelled datestamp are recorded, between NO*7/1857 and JA*12/1858 only] SymbolCGradeB A1 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 161 POSTMARKS - BELT & BUCKLES: Stockbook with collection 'ARARAT' to 'YARRAWONGA' with many record dates and scarce to rare markings including from Camperdown, Charlton in blue, Exhibition, Penshurst & Williamstown, some mostly minor duplication (150 approx) plus a few on cover including Beaufort, superb Colac & Dimboola; also a page of MO & SB types many on values above 2d (35). (180+ + covers) SymbolSΔC View details Estimate$600Price Realized$500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 162 POSTMARKS - BELT & BUCKLES: Usages on cover or Postal Stationery comprising 'BALLARAT', 'BEAUFORT' x2 (one in blue), 'COLAC' in blue, 'DIMBOOLA', 'EAST MELBOURNE', 'HAMILTON' in blue, 'HORSHAM', 'HOTHAM', 'KERANG', 'LAW COURTS' registered to GB, 'MALDON', 'MARYBOROUGH', 'NORTH MELBOURNE', 'NORTHCOTE', 'SOUTH MELBOURNE', 'WARRAGUL' in blue (stamp torn off), 'WILLIAMSTOWN' & 'YARRAM YARRAM' in blue, most of the strikes are fine to superb & several are record dates, condition a bit variable but gen SymbolCPS View details Quantity19Estimate$800Price Realized$4,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 163 POSTMARKS - TRAVELLING POST OFFICES: Duplicates on loose stamps & some on piece, unchecked by us. (200 approx) SymbolSΔ View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 164 POSTMARKS - TRAVELLING POST OFFICES: Useful selection mostly on covers & a few on postcards, generally Up Trains including 'GM4' error (1878 & 1879), Octagonal Down Trains including MG2 (1887), MG3 (1878), 1st type MG4 (1867, part-strike only), 'GM4' error (1874 & 1877) & MG6 (1888), also a few Commonwealth types plus unusually fine 'ENGLISH MAIL TPO' machine backstamp & superb 'LATE FEE/1D' -in-oval on 1904 cover, condition variable but most - including those mentioned - are fine to very fine. SymbolCPS View details Quantity58Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Lot 165 POSTMARKS - EASTBROOK: Fine 'EASTBROOK/NO7/84/VICTORIA' & another strike of two days later - the only recorded strikes - on reverse of OHMS cover to Inglewood & redirected several times with b/s including 21½mm 'INGLEWOOD' (LRD) & Inglewood duplex (LRD), and six strikes of 'KINGOWER'. Remarkable item: Eastbrook's Barred Numeral 'M90' - not present - is rated RRRR. PO 7.10.1878; closed 30.6.1887. [Goldmining] SymbolCLGradeB View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 166 POSTMARKS - MELBOURNE: Mounted collection of double-circle & pre-1913 Commonwealth types, lots of very fine strikes but little of consequence except for the very rare 'MELBOURNE/6 1 00/= 1 =' (recorded 3 days only). Interest in the timecodes. (500+) SymbolSΔ View details Estimate$200Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 167 POSTMARKS - PORT MELBOURNE CENTRAL: 'PORT MELBOURNE/22OC07/CENTRAL VIC' four fine to very fine strikes on registered Tatts cover. Rare. PO 16.10.1906; closed c. -.2.1911. [One of the weirdest inscriptions on a Victorian cds, suggesting Port Melbourne had moved a long way inland!] SymbolCGradeA- A1 View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold Lot 168 POSTMARKS - INSTRUCTIONAL HANDSTAMPS - 'MISSENT TO/...' HANDSTAMPS: Group of mostly Postal Cards or PPCs with all-different markings from '.../BRIGHTON', '.../CAMBERWELL', '.../CASTLEMAINE', '.../CHILTERN', '.../COLLINGWOOD', '.../DIMBOOLA', '.../DROMANA', '.../DROUIN', '.../EAGLEHAWK', '.../EUROA', '.../FLINDERS', '.../FOOTSCRAY', '.../KOROIT', '.../PORTLAND', '.../PRAHRAN', '.../SOUTH MELBOURNE' and '.../STAWELL', condition a bit mixed. Scarce lot. (17) SymbolC/CL View details Quantity17Estimate$400Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 169 POSTMARKS - INSTRUCTIONAL HANDSTAMPS - 'PAID AT/...' HANDSTAMPS: 1853-54 struck in Red for '.../BALLAN' (very fine, on entire headed "Bradshaws Station/near Ballan", postmaster's manuscript "Ballan/Dec 29th 54" on the reverse), '.../COLLINGWOOD' (very fine on equally fine entire unusually with crowned-oval d/s on the face), '.../FORREST CK' (light but obvious strike on outer; spelling error for "Forest", renamed Castlemaine 1.1.1854), '.../GISBORNE' (very fine, on outer with equally fine crowned SymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity5Estimate$1,250Price Realized$950StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 170 POSTMARKS - INSTRUCTIONAL HANDSTAMPS - 'PAID AT/...' HANDSTAMPS: 1855-58 now struck in Black for '.../BUCKLAND' (poor, on entire headed "Pore Punka/Ovens River" with poor b/s), '.../CHEWTON' (superb on cover with superb oval b/s), '.../DIGBY' (very fine on part-outer), '.../FIERY CK PGF' (light but obvious on outer with fine b/s, renamed Raglan 16.5.1860) & '.../SPRING CK' (fine, on entire headed "Camp Beechworth" with light b/s with no year, renamed Beechworth 1.1.1854). [All but Digby were gol SymbolC/CLGradeA/B View details Quantity5Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 171 POSTMARKS - INSTRUCTIONAL HANDSTAMPS - 'PAID AT/...' HANDSTAMPS: 1861-68 for '.../COCHRANE' (very fine, on entire headed "Cochrane's"), '.../FLINDERS' (very fine, on superb entire with fine BN '428' & cds unusually on the face), '.../HUNTLEY' (very fine, on cover with superb oval 'SANDHURST' b/s), '.../REDCASTLE' (very fine, on entire with fine b/s), '.../SAGO HILL' (very fine, on wrapper with cds unusually on the face), '.../STEIGLITZ' (very fine with manuscript "4(d)" added, on cover with fine SymbolCGradeA+/B View details Quantity7Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 172 POSTMARKS - INSTRUCTIONAL HANDSTAMPS - 'PAID AT/...' HANDSTAMPS: 1894-1903 for '.../BOURKE ST EAST', '.../DAYLESFORD', '.../EUROA' (piece only), '.../HAMILTON' (front only), '.../PUBLIC OFFICES', '.../ST KILDA' and '.../SOUTH MELBOURNE' all fine to very fine strikes; also 1912 with 'PAID AT RICHMOND' cds & 1904 with rare 'PAID AT/WARRAGUL' cds (irregular usage as a transit b/s & the earlier of only two recorded examples). Underrated material. [See also Lot 281055] (9 items) SymbolC/CLGradeA/B View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 173 POSTMARKS - INSTRUCTIONAL HANDSTAMPS - 'REDIRECTED' HANDSTAMP: Very fine boxed 'REDIRECTED' h/s on 1874 OHMS reply lettersheet with 'SOLICITIOR GENERAL' Frank & 'CRESSY' arrival cds from where forwarded to St Kilda. The only such marking we have seen from Victoria: if they were issued to other post offices, why were they apparently not used? SymbolCLGradeA View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 174 POSTMARKS - INSTRUCTIONAL HANDSTAMPS - REGISTRATION: Very fine 'DLB___PB___/REGISTERED' h/s in green on 1873 'RETURNED LETTER' Envelope Code 'W', and the same marking with 'PB' Removed in violet on 1886 'RETURNED LETTER/REGISTERED' Envelopes Codes 'T' & 'W'. (3) SymbolCLGradeA/A- View details Quantity3Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 175 POSTMARKS - INSTRUCTIONAL HANDSTAMPS - 'UNCLAIMED AT' HANDSTAMPS: Covers with boxed 'BALLAARAT' (1868; note spelling), 'BALLAARAT EAST' (1893; note spelling), 'BRIDGEWATER-ON-LODDON' (1909), 'CARLTON' (1889, registered), 'CASTLEMAINE' (1895), 'CHEWTON' (1897, on cover with red frank & 'QUEEN'S SHILLING FUND' header), 'COLLINGWOOD' (1873 from GB), 'CRAIGIE' (partial, on 1878 cover), 'CRESWICK' (1874), 'ELLIMINYT' (1902), 'ELSTERNWICK' (1913), 'EMERALD HILL' (1868), 'FITZROY' (1878), 'GOLDEN SQUAR SymbolC/CL View details Quantity54Estimate$800Price Realized$1,700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 176 POSTMARKS - INSTRUCTIONAL HANDSTAMPS - 'UNCLAIMED AT' HANDSTAMPS: Vertical double-oval 'ADVERTISED UNCLAIMED/GEELONG' very fine strike on Feb 1855 cover from England with cut-square 6d Embossed, minor faults. Rare. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 177 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - Handstamped proof impressions 1) 'ATTORNEY GENERAL' and 'CHIEF SECRETARY' both in blue on c.1864 single small piece, Rated RRR+; and 'GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA' Die 7 (30½mm single circle with 1½mm arcs at the sides) three superb proof impressions in black on c.1891 piece of very thin paper. The second is illustrated at page 80. [The only such proof items recorded for any franks of Victoria] (2 items) SymbolPGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$3,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 178 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - Bundle of all-different envelopes (mostly) etc for many "departments" all with various settings of the "penalty" admonition at upper-left, many with 'His' in the header & a good range of users' imprints, several registered including two registration envelopes with different admonitions & addresses for the Income Tax Office, condition rather mixed but a good basis for a serious study. (46) SymbolPS View details Quantity46Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 179 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - Late usages of all-different group of postcards for various departments x7 & envelopes for Ministers of Health and Lands & Survey (two, one an enormous defective front only, festooned with 1d stamps) & Solicitor-General, all with 1d punctured 'OS' affixed as required to partly obscure the franks, generally fine to very fine. The franking system was terminated on 31.10.1902. After that date, franked items could be used only if full postage was paid & the frank was d SymbolPS View details Quantity11Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 180 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - Selection of all-different envelopes x19, postcards x10 & wrappers x2 from various 'departments", a few with handstamped franks, a few with the frank defaced, generally fine to very fine unused. A very scarce & desirable group. (31) SymbolCPS View details Quantity31Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot 181 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - Selection of frank cut-outs used on other mailings comprising 1) 'ATTORNEY GENERAL' h/s in blue tied by 'REGISTERED'-in-oval h/s to 1876 part-entire; 2) 'CHIEF SECRETARY' h/s in red, on large piece from a parcel wrapping, to Western Australia, stained; 3) & 4) ditto, printed, on 1891 & 1894 envelopes; 5) 'SOLICITOR GENERAL' h/s in blue, with BN '62' & 'MEREDITH' cds (mss date) plus 'UP TRAIN/MG 1' cds b/s; 6) 'DEPARTMENT OF TRADE & CUSTOMS' printed, on 1897 envelop SymbolC/CL View details Quantity8Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 182 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - A basic collection of all-different envelopes (mostly), postcards, wrappers etc for many departments, fairly basic but some better items including a few unused & some scarce imprints, noted a very early September 1864 usage, a few registered items, rather mixed condition but many are fine to very fine. A good starter lot, at a "come and get it" estimate. (107) SymbolCPS View details Quantity107Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 183 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - All-different selection from 8 departments all CTO with Melbourne cds of OC15/02, some toning & other faults. The same date suggests that at least one "set" was prepared for official records prior to termination of the franking system only 16 days later. The only such CTO items we have seen. (9) SymbolPS View details Quantity9Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 184 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - An all-different collection of cutouts '...AGRICULTURE' to '...WATER SUPPLY' with a high level of completeness including 'CHIEF SECRETARY' Die 10, 'COLONEL COMMANDANT OF VOLUNTEERS', 'COMMANDANT LOCAL FORCES' in black & blue, 'COMMANDER OF HM SEA FORCES' in red, 'GOVERNOR-GENERAL', 'THE PRESIDENT/...' in black, 'COMMR OF PUBLIC WORKS' Dies 1 & 3, 'COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS', 'COMMISSIONER OF RAILWAYS', 'MINISTER OF RAILWAYS' Die 2, 'COMMISSIONER OF RAILWAYS & RO SymbolΔ View details Quantity100Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 185 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - Unusual usages to overseas destinations comprising 1) 'CHIEF SECRETARY' envelope front endorsed "Book only" & used as an address label to Germany in 1891 with 3d & 1/- (& another stamp fallen-off); 2) ditto, wrapper to German Samoa in 1891 but neither uprated nor fined; 3) 'POSTMASTER-GENERAL' envelopes x4 a) to USA in 1897 with 2½d red/yellow, b) registered to USA in 1898 with ½d pink x3 & 1d orange-brown x4, c) "penalty" type - front only - registered to USA SymbolPS View details Quantity8Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot 186 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - Proof-like impressions of all 17 printed franks still in use in 1902 on a single page (175x210mm) folded to permit each successive marking to be printed thereon. [The franking system was terminated on 31.10.1902. Remainders of franked stationery were to be either withdrawn or, if used, to have the appropriate postage affixed across the frank] SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 187 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - Large box of photocopies, notes, references, etc, and a draft of the "Franked!" book. NO RESERVE. (Qty) SymbolL View details Estimate$50Price Realized$38StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 188 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - GENESIS OF THE FRANKS: 1864 Post Office memorandum (171x194mm) giving instructions for the preparation of a frank stamp for use on official mail, in accordance with the hand-drawn pen & ink sketch on the reverse inscribed 'FRANKED/[crown]/POSTMASTER GENERAL' with "Victoria" added in another hand, plus an appended note of the price of £3 to procure same from de Gruchy & Co of Melbourne, minor folds & a bit aged on the face. A highly important historical document. Ex SymbolLGradeB View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$9,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 189 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - GENESIS OF THE FRANKS: 1864 Post Office memorandum (230x185mm) dated "5.3.1864" & initalled "THF" (Postmaster-General TH Fellows) stating "The practice of using postage stamps on letters from this office appears to me to be unnecessary and not required by the Acts in force. It may be necessary to check the unauthorized transmission of letters and that may be done by an official stamp. For this purpose a stamp should be made which will save postage stamps and serve SymbolLGradeB View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$10,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 190 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT: Posthumous per favor strike in violet on small piece. [Struck from the original handstamp held in the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney: both items illustrated at page 9. No contemporary strikes, and no entires, are recorded] Examples could be expected to exist from the six separate periods between governorships when an Administrator was appointed. However it is expected that the frank was never actually issued or used. The lot includes SymbolΔCGradeA/A- View details Estimate$150Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 191 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF: Handstamped frank light but obvious strikes in blue or bluish black on 1889 envelope-front with Board of Viticulture imprint to Sydney; & on 1893 parcel tag with Government Entomologist imprint to Adelaide (S&W #T10: illustrated at page 30) & endorsed "Nat Hist Spec/With Care". Rated RRR; the parcel tag, in particular, being a very scarce item. (2) SymbolCGradeA- View details Quantity2Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold Lot 192 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF: Printed on all-different envelopes comprising no imprint with fancy crest on the flap (S&W #E20; only one other recorded); imprints at lower-left including 'BOARD OF VITICULTURE', '.../ENTOMOLOGICAL BRANCH' x2, '.../(Entomological Branch)', '.../(Entomologist's Branch)' (#E230; the only recorded example), '.../Government Entomologist' x2 & '.../(Pathologist's Branch)' (#E260; the only recorded example); also postcard with no imprint, par SymbolPS View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 193 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - ATTORNEY-GENERAL: 1864-91 all-different envelopes - three from the 1860s - with handstamp in blue black or violet including with no imprint but elaborate 'CURATOR OF THE ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS/...' cachet (S&W #260; the only recorded example); imprints at L/L including 'MASTER IN EQUITY'S OFFICE' x2, 'PATENTS OFFICE...' x2, 'PROTHONOTARY'S OFFICE', etc; and in rosine on envelope with 'OFFICE OF TITLES' imprint & boxed 'REGISTERED' h/s also in rosine; postcards SymbolC/CL View details Quantity18Estimate$850StatusUnsold Lot 194 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - ATTORNEY-GENERAL: 1893-1900 all-different envelopes with printed frank & imprints at L/L including 'Master-in-Equity's Office', 'OFFICE OF COLLECTOR OF IMPOSTS/...' (S&W #E370; the only recorded example), 'OFFICE OF TITLES' x2 (both registered), 'PATENT OFFICE/Lonsdale-street', 'PATENTS OFFICE/LONSDALE-STREET WEST' & 'SHERIFF'S OFFICE' x2, etc; also on three different postcards (one with 'NOTICE TO JUROR' on reverse); condition variable but most are fine to very fi SymbolPS View details Quantity14Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 195 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - ATTORNEY-GENERAL: Die 2 (Coat of Arms 13mm high) printed in blue on 1900 lettersheet with Master-in-Lunacy's Office imprint in the same colour (S&W #L20), folded to 94x61mm with very late usage of "killer" '1' of Melbourne & 'CAULFIELD' arrival b/s, minor faults. Rated RRR+, which must be an error because this is not just the only recorded example of this item but the only example of Die 2 printed in blue. Illustrated at Colour Plate A. SymbolPSGradeB View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot 196 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - CHIEF SECRETARY: 1868-1902 all-different envelopes - three from the 1860s - in a wide variety of sizes, with handstamp in blue, black, red or violet mostly with imprints at L/L including 'ABORIGINES' (S&W #E240; the only recorded example), 'Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne 1888/...', 'CHIEF INSPECTOR OF FACTORIES' (#460; the only recorded example), 'Department of Industrial and Reformatory Schools' x2, 'DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS' (#E750, unused SymbolC/CL/CO View details Quantity38Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot 197 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - CHIEF SECRETARY: Die 1 ('FRANK STAMP' at base) h/s superb strike in blue on tiny envelope (104x60mm), poor BN '201' of Toorak, repaired flap tear. (S&W #E10). The smallest recorded franked envelope. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 198 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - CHIEF SECRETARY: Die 1 h/s in blue on Police Department envelope endorsed "Officially Registered/supposed to contain coin" with "killer" '1' of Melbourne & 'REGISTERED/FE3/65/MELBOURNE' cds in red, superb '["6d"]/MORE TO PAY' handstamp (S&# #E1770). Ex Hans Karman: acquired at the Charles Leski auction of 24.3.2004 for $3105. A remarkable item: registration fees were payable on franked mail only between 3.8.1864 & 31.7.1865. This item helped bring about the change. SymbolCLGradeB View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot 199 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - CHIEF SECRETARY: 1890s-1902 all-different envelopes with printed frank, mostly with imprints at L/L including 'ABORIGINES' x3, 'CENSUS OFFICE' & 'URGENT' at U/L (only one other recorded), CHIEF INSPECTOR OF FACTORIES' x4, 'DEPARTMENT FOR NEGLECTED CHILDREN/AND REFORMATORY SCHOOLS' x4 (one is poor), 'DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR' (S&W #E760; the only recorded example), 'Electoral Inspector for' (#E980; the only recorded example), 'ELECTORAL REGISTRAR'S OFFICE' (the only rec SymbolPS View details Quantity67Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot 200 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - CHIEF SECRETARY: Die 3 (Maltese Crosses at sides) superb handstamp in red on 1875 long envelope with Commission for Promoting Technological & Industrial Instruction imprint at the top (S&W #E570). The only recorded item for this user. 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