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 401-492 of 492. Previous|12345|Next Lot 401 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - UP TRAIN 13: Type 3 ('TPO 13/VICTORIA') largely very fine cancel of 27AP22 tying KGV 2d scarlet to cover to Melbourne. Rated RRRR: the latest of 7 covers recorded. [In his exhibit, Les Molnar states that from 1919 the only remaining TPO service on this line was the Up service between Wodonga & Seymour. However, in the book Down usage is recorded to 1922] GST†SymbolCGradeA- A2 View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 402 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - UP TRAIN 13: Type 3 ('TPO 13/VIC') light but largely very fine cancel of 19SE25 on KGV 3d on cover to the USA. Rated RRRR: the earliest of the six covers recorded. Used on Up services only so there was no need for an 'UP/DOWN' wheel. [With the original letter headed "Medeira Vineyards/Chiltern"] GST†SymbolCGradeA A1- View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 403 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - UP TRAIN 13: Type 3 ('TPO 13/VIC') multiple fine to superb cancels of 21AP31 tying KGV 2d, 3d Airmail + Kingsford Smith 3d x4 & 6d to commercial cover endorsed "Experimental Airmail Flight/Australia to England", to London with superb strike of the flight cachet in violet on the reverse. The only recorded Victorian TPO cover noted as having also been carried on an airmail service. [The Australian airmail references are silent as to the rate/s for this flight. H GST†SymbolCGradeA- A1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 404 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - UP TRAIN 13: Type 3 ('TPO 13/VIC') bold cancel of 13FE32 tying KGV 2d to cover to "HE [= Higher Education] School/Donald". Rated RRRR. A very significant item, being the latest recorded TPO cover from Victoria. Illustrated at page 74. Ex George Bowman: acquired at the Prestige auction of 4.3.2006 for $276. [By late-1932, this last remaining TPO service had been discontinued] GST†SymbolCGradeA A1- View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 405 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - DOWN TRAIN 13: Type 1 (22mm Octagon) two very fine cancels of MY29/95 on uprated 1d orange Stamped To Order Envelope with Burrell Watkinson & Co (Melbourne) imprint in blue at U/L. Rated RRRR: the latest of only five covers recorded. Ex Max Watson. SymbolPSGradeA- A1 View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 406 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - DOWN TRAIN 13: Type 2 (23½mm Octagon) very fine cancel of JA25/09 on 1d pink on PPC to Adelaide. Rated RRRR: the latest of only six covers recorded. GST†SymbolCGradeA- A2 View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 407 TPOs: SEYMOUR-NUMURKAH - 'TPO/ 17 ' obliterator very fine & almost complete strike on Naish Redrawn 2d violet. Rated RRRR: only four examples on stamp - and no covers - recorded. [Far superior to David Wood's example that sold for $299] GST†SymbolSGradeB A2 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 408 TPOs: SEYMOUR-NUMURKAH - UP TRAIN 17: Type 2 ('TPO 17') superb cancel of 17AP12 on Fullface 1d Postal Card ("PHANTOM FALLS/ VICTORIA") with message headed "Rushworth", to Coburg, minor stain on the address side. Rated RR on cover. GST†SymbolPSGradeB A1+ View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold Lot 409 TPOs: SEYMOUR-NUMURKAH - DOWN TRAIN 17: Type 1 (Octagon) superb cancel on 1d Postal Card with printed advice for Roller Flour Mills, to the baker at Yarram with 'YARRAM YARRAM' duplex b/s. Rated RRRR: seven usages on cover recorded. Illustrated at page 84. GST†SymbolPSGradeA A1+ View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 410 TPOs: SEYMOUR-NUMURKAH - DOWN TRAIN 17: Type 2 ('TPO 17') superb cancel of 23DE08 on 1d pink on PPC ("Allan Street, Kyabram") from Kyabram to Melbourne, creased at lower-left. Rated RRRR: the latest of five usages on cover recorded. Illustrated at page 82. GST†SymbolCGradeB A1+ View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 411 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SALE 1878-1921 - UP TRAIN 8: Type 2 ('TPO 8') two very fine cancels of 27NO12 on Price Griffith & Co cover to Melbourne with scarce combination franking of 1d pink with 'PG/M' commercial perfin & Tasmania 'ONE PENNY' on 2d, minor blemishes. Rated RRRRR: the only recorded usage on cover. Ex JRW Purves & Max Watson: acquired at the Prestige auction of 7.5.2013 for $529. Illustrated at page 80. [Most multi-State frankings are overtly philatelic whereas this is clearly commercial mai GST†SymbolCGradeB A1 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot 412 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SALE 1878-1921 - DOWN TRAIN 8: Type 1 (23mm Octagon) very fine cancel of MR3/79 & another similar strike below on 1d Postal Card, message headed "Warragul" & 'ROSEDALE' arrival cds on the face, minor blemishes. Rated RRR: the earliest of 11 usages on cover recorded. Illustrated at page 76. [This is the earliest recorded cover, and the only pre-1894 cover from the North Gippsland Line] GST†SymbolPSGradeB A1 View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 413 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SALE 1878-1921 - DOWN TRAIN 8: Type 2 ('TPO 8') large-part cancel of 7SE11 on PPC from Warragul to Mirboo North, minor blemishes. Rated RRRRR, being the only recorded usage on cover. [NB: the 'DOWN' indicator is entirely off the card. However, the card would have been carried on the Down service Warragul-Morwell & then on the branch line to Mirboo North] GST†SymbolCGradeB A2 View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold Lot 414 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SALE 1878-1921 - DOWN TRAIN 9: Type 1 (Octagon) light & partly indistinct strike of JE15/80 unusually on the face of cover from Austria "Via Brindisi" with 10kr x3 (one with a corner fault) tied by 'MERAN/29.4/80' cds, Brindisi & Melbourne transit & 'SALE' arrival b/s, minor soiling. GST†SymbolCGradeB B2- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 415 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SALE 1878-1921 - DOWN TRAIN 9: Type 1 (22mm Octagon) light cancel of AU18/79 on Bell 2d on cover to Benalla with Melbourne b/s, pencil note "is 9/checked/JRWP" (Bill Purves), minor blemishes. Rated RRR: the earliest of 12 usages on cover recorded. Illustrated at page 76. [Purves wrote about this cover "Does it mean that TPO 9 was originally allocated to [the Wodonga] Line? ". That theory is supported by the absence of any Gippsland marking. However, it could have been missorted a GST†SymbolCGradeB B1- View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 416 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SALE 1878-1921 - UP TRAIN 15: Type 2 ('TPO 15') largely superb cancel of 20JA11 on 1d pink on PPC with message headed "Morwell", to Kew. Rated RRR: 12 usages on cover recorded. GST†SymbolCGradeA- A1 View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold Lot 417 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SALE 1878-1921 - DOWN TRAIN 15: Type 1 (Octagon) largely very fine b/s of JE17/02 on mourning cover from Scotland with superb 'BARRHILL/AYRSHIRE' cds, to "Metung/Gippsland Lakes" with Bairnsdale transit & 'METUNG' arrival b/s, redirected to Hawthorn, minor flap fault. Rated RRRR: seven covers recorded. Ex Max Watson. SymbolCGradeA- A2- View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 418 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SALE 1878-1921 - DOWN TRAIN 15: Type 2 ('TPO 15') largely superb large-part cancel of 15JE11 on 1d Coronation Postal Card with message headed "Warragul", to Moe. Rated RRRRR: the earlier of only 2 usages on cover recorded. Illustrated at page 79. GST†SymbolPSGradeA- A2 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 419 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SALE 1878-1921 - UP TRAIN 16: Type 2 ('TPO 16') very fine cancel of 22JY09 on 1d pink on Hammond (Dandenong) PPC ("Commercial Bank & Town Hall Dandenong") to "Leopold/Via Geelong" with light 'LEOPOLD' arrival cds. Rated RRRRR: the earliest of only 3 usages on cover recorded. GST†SymbolCGradeA A2 View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 420 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SALE 1878-1921 - UP TRAIN 16: Type 2 ('TPO 16') very fine cancel of 23JE17 on KGV 1d red on cover to "Bulghail", endorsed "Try Swan Hill" with superb 'SWAN HILL' cds also tying the stamp, boxed 'INSUFFICIENTLY/ADDRESSED' handstamp, DLO b/s & "fickle finger" h/s both in red, creased & flap removed. Rated RRRRR: the latest of only 3 usages on cover recorded. Acquired at the Prestige auction of 26.11.2006 for $483. GST†SymbolCGradeB A1- View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 421 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SALE 1878-1921 - DOWN TRAIN 16: Type 1 (Octagon) largely very fine b/s of FE12/86 on cover from the Ballarat-Geelong-Melbourne Line with 'UP TRAIN/MG 1' b/s & superb 'TPO/ 1 ' obliterator, to "Inspector/Railway Station/Heyfield/Gippsland", a bit soiled. Rated RR+: the only cover recorded with MG1 & MG16 markings. GST†SymbolCGradeB A1- View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 422 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SALE 1878-1921 - DOWN TRAIN 16: Type 2 ('TPO 16') superb large-part cancel of 17SE09 on 1d pink on PPC to Bairnsdale. Rated RRRRR: the earliest of only 5 usages on cover recorded. GST†SymbolCGradeA- A2+ View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 423 TPOs: MELBOURNE-PORT FAIRY - UP TRAIN 18: 'TPO/ 18 ' obliterator and 'UP TRAIN/ MG 18 ' cds of AU18/90 alongside, superb strikes on small piece. Only this and the next lot are recorded with both postmarks. GST†SymbolΔGradeA A1+ View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold Lot 424 TPOs: MELBOURNE-PORT FAIRY - UP TRAIN 18: 'TPO/ 18 ' obliterator largely very fine cancel & light 'UP TRAIN/MG 18' cds of OC24/90 alongside on 1d Postal Card with printed advice for Dennys Lascelles Wool Auction at Geelong, to Melbourne. Rated RRRRR, being the only example recorded on cover. Illustrated at page 86. GST†SymbolPSGradeA A1- View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 425 TPOs: MELBOURNE-PORT FAIRY - DOWN TRAIN 18: Octagon very fine cancel of AU4/96 on 1d Postal Card with illustrated advice for Bleasby & Co Ironmongers (Melbourne), to Stawell with Ballarat transit & Stawell arrival b/s. Rated RRR on cover. [It appears this item travelled on the original Melbourne-Geelong-Ballarat Line. The sender's business was close to the North Melbourne RS, at which both the Geelong & Ballarat trains stopped. The card would appear to have been missent on the Geelong service bu GST†SymbolPAGradeA A1 View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot 426 TPOs: MELBOURNE-PORT FAIRY - UP TRAIN 19: 'TPO/ 19 ' obliterator two very fine but overlapping strikes on Naish Redrawn 2d violet, creased. Rated RRRR: only 4 examples on stamps - and no covers - have been recorded. [David Wood's very fine example sold for $299] GST†SymbolSGradeB A1- View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot 427 TPOs: MELBOURNE-PORT FAIRY - UP TRAIN 19: Type 2 ('TPO 19/VICTORIA') very fine large-part cancels of UP28MR11 on 1d on PPC ("Princes Bridge, Geelong") to Deans Marsh, and DOWN3JA10 on PPC of Terang with message headed "Noorat". Rated RRRR - five covers recorded - and RRRRR - two covers recorded - respectively. ['19' on the Down cds is struck off the card. However, the measurements are consistent with other TPO 19 strikes & Noorat is 6km NNE of Terang on the Port Fairy Line. Of course, that means GST†SymbolCGradeA- View details Quantity2Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 428 TPOs: MELBOURNE-PORT FAIRY - UP TRAIN 19: Type 3 ('TPO 19/VIC) largely very fine cancel of 11SE24 on "Star" 1½d scarlet with 'OS'-in-the-Die Stamped to Order Envelope with Education Department imprint at lower-left. Rated RRRRR, being the earlier of only two examples recorded on cover. Illustrated at page 88. GST†SymbolPSGradeA A1- View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 429 TPOs: MELBOURNE-PORT FAIRY - DOWN TRAIN 19: Octagon very fine cancel of FE27/93 on 1d Postal Card with the message from "Colac", 'UP TRAIN/ MG 18' transit & Melbourne arrival b/s, two small filled spikeholes. Rated RRR. [Missent on the Down train, probably as far as Warrnambool, where placed on the next Up service to Melbourne. Only one other cover with both TPO markings has been recorded] GST†SymbolPSGradeB A1 View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 430 TPOs: MELBOURNE-PORT ALBERT - Manuscript cancellations in indelible pencil comprising "Up Train/13.6.94" on 1d pair, "TPO/Up/10 7 95" over BN '1917' of Stony Creek on 2d, and "D Train/14.8.9[?]" on 2d (perf faults). The second is illustrated at page 91 GST†SymbolSGradeA/B View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 431 TPOs: MELBOURNE-PORT ALBERT - UP TRAIN 21: Manuscript "Up/TPO 21/19.7.94" in indelible pencil on Naish Redrawn 2d violet (light tonespots). This & the next lot are the only two such manuscript markings recorded that actually identify one of the "phantom" TPOs. Ex Max Watson. SymbolSGradeB A1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 432 TPOs: MELBOURNE-PORT ALBERT - DOWN TRAIN 21: Manuscript "Down/TPO 21/22.6.94" in indelible pencil on Naish Redrawn 2d violet. One of only two such manuscript markings recorded that identifies one of the "phantom" TPOs. Illustrated at page 91. GST†SymbolSGradeA A1+ View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 433 TPOs: MELBOURNE-PORT ALBERT - UP TRAIN 2: Type 2 ('TPO 2') largely superb cancel of 25OC10 on 1d Envelope with 'Shire of Cranbourne' header, to Clyde. Rated RRRR: eight examples on cover recorded. Clyde is only 6km SE of Cranbourne. The cover was apparently missorted, being sent on the Up Train to Dandenong, then returned to Clyde, making it very desirable double short-haul item. Illustrated at page 91. [Acquired at the Prestige auction of 2.9.2006 for $437] GST†SymbolPSGradeA- A1 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 434 TPOs: MELBOURNE-PORT ALBERT - DOWN TRAIN 2: Type 1 (Duplex) largely very fine strike of 12FE06 on 1d pink Stamped-To-Order Envelope on pink stock for TJ Noske Grain Merchant (Horsham), to the baker at Yarram with arrival duplex b/s. Pretty. Illustrated at page 90. GST†SymbolPSGradeA A2 View details Estimate$100Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 435 TPOs: MELBOURNE-PORT ALBERT - UP TRAIN 7: Type 2 ('TPO 7') very fine large-part cancel of 12JA10 on 1d pink on PPC of Korumburra to Adelaide. Rated RRRR: six examples on cover recorded. GST†SymbolCGradeA- A2 View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 436 TPOs: MELBOURNE-PORT ALBERT - DOWN TRAIN 7: Type 1 (Duplex) largely very fine cancel of JY18/08 on 1d pink on PPC to Outtrim. Rated RRRR: five examples on cover recorded. [Outtrim, named after the then Minister for Mines, is 12km SSW of Korumburra in the Strzelecki Ranges. Coal was discovered locally in 1892 & the Victorian Railways sourced most of their coal needs from there for many years. The coal ran out before World War II & the settlement declined to the point where it became a virtual gho GST†SymbolCGradeA A2 View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 437 TPOs: MELBOURNE-PORT ALBERT - DOWN TRAIN 7: Type 2 ('TPO 7') very fine cancel of 10NO10 on 1d pink on PPC (slightly trimmed at left & minor bends), to Jeetho. Rated RRRRR: only two examples recorded on cover. [Jeetho is 9km WNW of Korumburra] GST†SymbolCGradeB A1 View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 438 TPOs: MELBOURNE-PORT ALBERT - GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY: Double-circle "relief" datestamp 'G[T STHR]N UP TRAIN/11JA/06[VI]C' & 'GT [STHRN UP TR]AIN/JA16/06/VIC' very fine strikes on 1d pinks. Rated RRR+. Used to create the composite illustration at page 150. [David Wood's example on piece - the only complete strike recorded - sold for $734. No covers are recorded] GST†SymbolSGradeA A2 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$250StatusSold Lot 439 TPOs: ROYAL MAIL STEAM SHIPS, HOBSONS BAY - TYPE 1 DUPLEX: Largely very fine strike of the datehead portion 'RMSS/ V /MY26/64/HOBSONS BAY' on Perf 12 1/- Octagonal, and a more complete strike of JA26/64 on Perf 12 2/- Woodblock; also a similar strike of the Type 2 duplex RMSS/ T /DE17/85/HOBSONS BAY' on Large Stamp Duty 5/- claret/yellow. The 2/- & 5/- are illustrated at page 95. Strikes can be identified from the datehead diameter: measured from the 'R' to the 'B' of 'BAY', Type 1 is 20½mm; GST†SymbolSGradeA/B A3 View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 440 TPOs: ROYAL MAIL STEAM SHIPS, HOBSONS BAY - TYPE 1 DUPLEX: Two largely very fine but overlapping cancels of JA4/70 on Laureates 10d brown/pink - rounded corner - & 1/- on cover with 'SCOTTS HOTEL/.../COLLINS STREET' imprint in red on the flap, to Suffolk "Via Marseille", 'SAXMUNDHAM/FE21/70' arrival b/s, repaired flap tear. Carried per "Malta" ex Melbourne 4/5.1.1870; "Hindostan" ex Galle 26.1.1870; and "Tanjore" ex Alexandria 13.2.1870, arrived Marseilles 18.2.1870. Ex Roy Holland: acquired for GST†SymbolCGradeB A2- View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 441 TPOs: ROYAL MAIL STEAM SHIPS, HOBSONS BAY - TYPE 2 DUPLEX: Two largely very fine to superb but overlapping cancels of JL1/84 on Laureates 6d & Bell 1/- on cover to Gloucestershire "Per Ravenna", 'CHELTENHAM/AU11/84' arrival b/s, some very minor soiling. Carried per "Ravenna" ex Melbourne 1.7.1884; "Bokhara" ex Galle 19.7.1874; and "Surat" ex Alexandria 5.8.1884, arrived Gravesend 11.8.1884. Ex Roy Holland: acquired for £960. Rated RRRRR: the later of only two examples recorded on cover and, ther GST†SymbolCGradeA- A1 View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 442 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - TYPE 1 (SINGLE-RING CDS): Fine b/s of AP6/88 on cover to a telephone manufacturer in Germany "per Parramatta/via Brindisi" with very scarce franking of Large Stamp Duty 1/6d rosine tied by Melbourne duplex of the same date, German 'KB BAHNPOST/13/MAI/88' TPO transit & 'HANNOVER' arrival b/s, minor defects. Carried per "Parramatta" ex Adelaide 9.4.1888, arrived Brindisi 11.5.1888. [Absent from Ben Palmer's Census but several similar frankings are noted GST†SymbolCGradeB B1 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 443 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - TYPE 2 (DUPLEX): Largely very fine cancel of JE8/88 on Large Stamp Duty 1/6d rosine on cover to Germany "p Orizaba", German 'KB BAHNPOST/11/JUL/88' TPO transit & 'HAMBURG' arrival b/s. Superb! Carried per Orient Line "Parramatta" ex Melbourne 8.6.1888, arrived Naples 9.7.1888. Illustrated at page 51. [Absent from Ben Palmer's Census] GST†SymbolCGradeA+ A2 View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 444 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - TYPE 2 (DUPLEX): Largely fine b/s of DE13/89 on Pfaff Pinschof & Co cover to Germany "Per SS Britannia/Via Brindisi" with rare franking of Large Stamp Duty 2/6d yellow-orange + Naish 3d x2, 'HANNOVER' arrival b/s of 19.1.1890, rather spotty but a rare postal fiscal franking. Carried per "Britannia" ex Adelaide 16.12.1889, arrived Brindisi 16.1.1890. [Ben Palmer's Census Germany #89] GST†SymbolCGradeC B2 View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 445 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - TYPE 2 (DUPLEX): Largely very fine b/s of MR10/96 on an Up Train usage of 1d Envelope uprated with Astley 1d & Reading 1d tied by Hamilton duplex of the same date, to Massachusetts with Melbourne transit b/s of MR11/96 & San Francisco b/s of APR9/1896 that prove carriage & processing on the east-bound service, minor soiling. This and the next lot are rare non-English Mail usage. Ex George Bowman: acquired directly from Prestige in 2007 for $500. GST†SymbolPSGradeB A2 View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 446 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - TYPE 2 (DUPLEX): Largely fine cancel of MY9/98 tying Naish 4d to double-rate cover with Bank of New Zealand (Melbourne) imprint on the flap, to a bank at Esperance WA & endorsed "Per Direct Boat/Via Adelaide", very fine Adelaide transit b/s of MY20/96 & light 'ESPERANCE BAY/MY29/96/WA' arrival b/s. Another very unusual English Mail TPO usage that was sent only as far as Adelaide by the accelerated service, then placed on a coastal steamer that took up GST†SymbolCGradeA B1- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 447 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - TYPE 2 (DUPLEX): Largely very fine cancel of JA18/98 over 'MINISTER OF DEFENCE' Frank h/s in blue on plain envelope with elaborate 'VICTORIA/[Flags & Arms]' embossed in black on the flap (not recorded by Carl Stieg & Max Watson; unfortunately affected by opening tear), to London, repaired tear at upper-right. A most unusual TPO usage. GST†SymbolCGradeB A2 View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 448 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - TYPE 2 (DUPLEX): Part b/s of AU18/94 unusually on 3d Registration Envelope to a member of the Bombay Philatelic Society, uprated with 2½d red/yellow tied by 'R'-in-circle h/s apparently used aboard the TPO endorsed "Officially" above the printed 'REGISTERED' as it was seemingly placed aboard the train en route to Adelaide. Incorrectly struck with the 'T '-in-oval h/s for use on domestic mail; this has been crossed-out & 'T/25c'-in-octagon h/s ap GST†SymbolPSGradeB B3- View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 449 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - TYPE 2 (DUPLEX): Very fine cancel of AU27/02 across largely very fine 'GOVERNOR-GENERAL/[Arms]/FRANK STAMP/AUSTRALIA' h/s in blue on cover with 'GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA/[Arms]' embossed in blue on the flap, to England with superb 'VICTORIA/[Crown]/OFFICIAL PAID' h/s as required on franked mail going abroad. A terrific TPO usage. Unlisted in the Stieg & Watson Census, where only four other envelopes with the flap embossing - three of them mourning GST†SymbolCGradeA+ A1 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Lot 450 TPOs: ENGLISH MAIL TRAVELLING POST OFFICE - TYPE 4 (DOUBLE-RING CDS BLANK AT BASE): Generally very fine to superb cancels on 1909-11 covers 1) to Ireland with very scarce franking of 1d pink block of 4 paying 2d Empire rate + 2d late fee; 2) to Saxony with 5d paying 2½d foreign letter rate plus 2½d late fee; and 3) to Bavaria with attractive four-colour franking paying 2½d x2 + 2½d late fee. The last is illustrated at page 53. [In this period, the late fee was equivalent to the base postage GST†SymbolCGradeA/B A1 View details Quantity3Estimate$200StatusUnsold 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] GST†SymbolCGradeA A1- View details Estimate$850StatusUnsold 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. GST†SymbolCGradeA- A2 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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 GST†SymbolCGradeB A1 View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold 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. GST†SymbolCGradeA B1 View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold 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. GST†SymbolCGradeA- A1 View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold 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 GST†SymbolCGradeA- A1- View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold 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 GST†SymbolSGradeA A/A+ View details Quantity3Estimate$150StatusUnsold 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 GST†SymbolCGradeA+ A1+ View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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 GST†SymbolCGradeB A1 View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold 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 GST†SymbolCGradeA A1- View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold 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$115StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$40StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$20StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$440StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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. SymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold Lot 471 VICTORIAN PHILATELIC LITERATURE - STAMPS: "Victoria: The Half-Length Portraits and the Twopence Queen Enthroned" by Charles Lathrop Pack (1923), 290pp hardbound, a few very minor blemishes. SymbolLGradeA- View details Estimate$50StatusUnsold Lot 472 VICTORIAN PHILATELIC LITERATURE - STAMPS: "Stamp Forgeries of Victoria" by Mavis Pope (1989), 110pp spiral-bound, signed by the author. SymbolLGradeA- View details Estimate$25Price Realized$25StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 473 VICTORIAN PHILATELIC LITERATURE - POSTAL HISTORY: "Australian Mail via Suez 1852-1926" by R Kirk; "Ship Letters of Australia 1788-1901: the European & Australian Royal Mail Co 1857-58" by George Molnar; "ANZUK Mails to 1880" by Colin Tabeart; and "Shipping Arrivals & Departures Victorian Ports 1798-1855" in two volumes. (5) SymbolLGradeA View details Quantity5Estimate$100Price Realized$50StatusSold Lot 474 VICTORIAN PHILATELIC LITERATURE - POSTAL HISTORY: "The pre-UPU Destination Mail of Victoria" by Ben Palmer (2009), 325pp hardbound with d/j. As new. A very important book. SymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$100Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 475 VICTORIAN PHILATELIC LITERATURE - POSTAL HISTORY: "Franked! The Official Mail of Victoria 1864-1902" by Carl Stieg & Max Watson (2008), 196pp hardbound with d/j. SymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$30Price Realized$20StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 476 VICTORIAN PHILATELIC LITERATURE - POSTAL HISTORY: "The Numeral Cancellations of Victoria" by Hugh Freeman & Geoff White (2001), 420pp the subscribers' edition bound in green leather with two bookmark ribbons. As new. An unspecified but very limited edition, probably of fewer than 100 copies. SymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 477 VICTORIAN PHILATELIC LITERATURE - POSTAL STATIONERY: "Victoria Postal Stationery 1869-1917" by Carl Stieg (2001), 220pp spiral-bound. As new. [The only good reference book for this subject] SymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$50Price Realized$30StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 478 VICTORIAN PHILATELIC LITERATURE - AUCTION CATALOGUES: Robson Lowe "The unique collection of Victoria Half-Lengths of Dr RN Wawn" (28.5.1952) & (3.12.1952) plus "A Guide to the classification..." by JRWP Purves (but not attributed to him); also Dr Wawn's "Third portion of Victoria" (17.6.1953), and Robson Lowe (Melbourne) "The Henry Harvey Collection" (16.9.1976 and 25.11.1976, in the one catalogue). A very desirable group. (5) SymbolLGradeA/A- View details Quantity5Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold Lot 479 VICTORIAN PHILATELIC LITERATURE - AUCTION CATALOGUES: Robson Lowe "The unique collection of Victoria Half-Lengths of Dr RN Wawn" (28.5.1952) & (3.12.1952), both hardbound, annotated with prices & with the p/r tipped-in, plus "A Guide to the classification..." by JRWP Purves (but not attributed to him). The hardbound editions are rarely available. (3) SymbolLGradeA- View details Quantity3Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 480 VICTORIAN NON-PHILATELIC LITERATURE - "A Map of Australia Felix" by Thomas Ham (1847), being a c.1970 linen-backed facsimile edition folded to 8vo in leather binding with light slipcase, number "146" of only 150. A delightful little "book" SymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$60Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 481 VICTORIAN NON-PHILATELIC LITERATURE - "Pastoral Pioneers of Port Phillip" by Billis & Kenyon (1974), 328pp hardbound with d/j. The alphabetical listings of "runs" and the early settlers make this an absolute "must have" for every serious collector of Victorian postal history, especially of the Port Phillip District period. Long out-of-print and rarely available. SymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$80Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 482 VICTORIAN NON-PHILATELIC LITERATURE - Box of useful references including "Place Names of Victoria" by Blake, "Southern Invasion/Northern Conquest:...the Founding of Melbourne" by Harcourt, "Letters from Victorian Pioneers" (1898, facsimile edition 1983), "Western Victoria: it's Geography Geology & Social Condition" by Bonwick (1857, 1970 reprint), "Letters of Charles Joseph La Trobe", "A History of the Parliament of Victoria 1856-1990" by Wright, "Port Phillip Gentlemen" by de Seville, "Not So E SymbolLGradeA/B View details Quantity11Estimate$50Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 483 VICTORIAN NON-PHILATELIC LITERATURE - "The Chronicles of Early Melbourne" by Edmund Finn (aka "Garryowen") facsimile edition by Heritage Publications in two large volumes & a separate "Index & Biography", all h/b with d/j. (3) SymbolLGradeA View details Quantity3Estimate$40Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 484 VICTORIAN NON-PHILATELIC LITERATURE - Large carton with facsimile editions of "The Port Phillip Gazette 1838-41" complete in five broadsheet volumes, and "Australian Sketcher: 1880" large volume in slipcase, also "Victoria Illustrated 1834-1984" in slipcase. Heavy and awkward. (7) SymbolLGradeA View details Quantity7Estimate$100Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 485 VICTORIAN NON-PHILATELIC LITERATURE - c.1850 "Victoria or Port Phillip" engraved Tallis map (370x270mm), hand-tinted & attractively framed. Symbol?GradeA View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold Lot 486 VICTORIAN NON-PHILATELIC LITERATURE - 1856 "Post Office Melbourne" illustration by ST Gill for Sands & Kenny (230x180mm), hand-tinted & attractively framed. Symbol?GradeA View details Estimate$50Price Realized$30StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 487 VICTORIAN NON-PHILATELIC LITERATURE - "Thomas Ham: Pioneer Engraver and Publisher" by JW Collings (1943), softbound, Number 98 of only 100 copies & signed by the author. A rare little work. SymbolLGradeA- View details Estimate$50Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 488 VICTORIAN NON-PHILATELIC LITERATURE - POST OFFICE PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS: Carton of parliamentary "blue" papers including 1852 "Gold Despatches" (official correspondence that followed the discovery of gold in Victoria & how it impacted on the Colony), 1853 "Gold Fields" (report of the state of affairs in the first full year after the dicovery of gold), 1854 "Aborigines" (early report on relations with the Aborigines including a reference that no full-bloods survive!!), 1877 "Royal Commission on th SymbolL View details Estimate$500Price Realized$250StatusSold Lot 489 VICTORIAN NON-PHILATELIC LITERATURE - GOLD: Box of books related to goldmining in Victoria including "Prospectors' Guide" (1936, for Department of Mines, with large fold-out map), "Gold Seeking: Victoria & California in the 1850s" by Goodman, hardbound titles "The Gold Mines of Bendigo" by Palmer, "Old Gold Towns of Victoria" by Darbyshire & Sayers, "Raffaello! Raffaello!" by O'Grady, and "The Wedderburn Gold Fields" by Gray (in slipcase), several Eureka Stockade histories, etc, mostly very fine SymbolL View details Estimate$50Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 490 VICTORIAN NON-PHILATELIC LITERATURE - GOLD: Box of books related to goldmining in Australia including "Prospectors' Guide" (1936, for Victorian Department of Mines, with large fold-out map: yes, a second copy), "Prospecting for Gold" by famous author & gold-bug Ion Idriess (1946), "A Lost Glitter", hardbound group "River of Gold" by Holthouse, "The Golden Quest" by Bligh, "Gold Escort" by Blake, "Gold: Forgotten Histories & Lost Objects of Australia" by Calman Cook & Reeves, "Australians & the G SymbolL View details Quantity18Estimate$50Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 491 VICTORIAN NON-PHILATELIC LITERATURE - GOLD: "What I Heard, Saw & Did at the Australian Gold Fields" by C Rudston Reid - Crown Land Commissioner at Mount Alexander - (1853), with separate large fold-out map, Rare but the book needs rebinding & the map is fragile. SymbolLGradeC View details Estimate$100Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 492 VICTORIAN NON-PHILATELIC LITERATURE - VICTORIAN MUNICIPAL DIRECTORIES: Extensive collection of these valuable reference volumes that were published annually from 1865, and that contain all sorts of useful information about every city/town/borough/shire in Victoria including councillors by ward/riding, council officers etc, plus descriptive notes about every post town including population of each plus local businesses, prominent landholders/properties, rail & coach connections & distances, etc, a SymbolL View details Quantity63Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345|Next Previous 12345 Next Previous 12345 Next