Stamps, Coins & Postal History (#445) Closed Auction Info PDF Prices Realized 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 401-500 of 784. Previous|12345678|Next Lot 412 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1935-61 airmail covers (10) including 1935 registered to Germany with 2/- Roo & 6d Kingford Smith, solo frankings of 1954 2/- Royal Visit & 2/- blue Olympics Publicity and 1956 2/- Olympics (2); also 1959 triple-rate & 1960 double-rate covers to Switzerland and 1961 1/2d unsealed letter rate to Germany, plus two other items, generally fine. SymbolC View details Quantity10Estimate$150 - $200StatusCLOSED! Lot 413 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1935 (Apr 10) JB Were oversized printed airmail cover (358x254mm) to England with Roos CofA 10/- pair & single and 5/-, plus 1/- Anzac, 1/6d Hermes pair & 1d green KGV all tied by 'LATE FEE/MELBOURNE' datestamps, 'LATE FEE' boxed cachets in violet, vertical fold clear of the stamps, cover a little battered around the edges with small tears/blemishes affecting the 1/6d pair, the 5/- & one of the 10/- Roos. [The £1-19-1d franking comprised 1/6d per ½oz ai SymbolC View details Estimate$900 - $1,200Price Realized$3,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 414 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1936-39 (few earlier) KGV or KGVI 2d letter-rate covers, many being Commonwealth Parliament Library (Canberra) covers from Larry Lake (Parliamentary Librarian) to family members, also three 1936 covers with 'Posted in Late Fee/letter receiver at/ALBURY RAILWAY STATION/To pay...1d' boxed handstamps (one a superb strike); other postmark interest likely. Mixed condition with many covers retaining their original enclosures. (200+) SymbolC View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 415 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1937 (Jan.29) inwards cover from Russia to "Department of Agriculture" (Sydney) with Russian 1k Postal Service tied to the reverse side by Karkov (Ukraine) datestamp, taxed on arrival with 4d & 3d added tied by "DELIVERY ROOM G.P.O./SYDNEY" datestamps, trivial edge tones. SymbolC View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusCLOSED! Lot 416 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1940s-90s slogan cancels in three volumes mostly on covers, large variety of services and themes covered including airmail services, express post, national census, commonwealth rolls, mail centres, postal district, post early. etc. Would make a nice entry into a new collecting area. SymbolOC View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$130StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 417 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1941 (Mar.8) Dept of the Navy registered double-rate airmail cover to England endorsed "Australia-New Zealand-United Kingdom with 10/- Robes, 1/- Lyrebird, 6d Kooka and KGVI 3d & 2d, paying 5/10d clipper rate x2 plus 3d registration, stamps tied by TELEGRAPH OFFICE/GPO MELBOURNE datestamp, cover addressed to "Admiral of the Fleet Sir A. Dudley P.R. Pound". Typed annotations describe the flight route. SymbolC View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 418 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1941 (Apr.16) quintuple-rate airmail cover to USA with 19/8d franking comprising 10/- Robes, 5/- Robes, 2/- Roo pair & 4d Koala pair paying airmail fee of 4/- for the first ½oz plus 3/11d x4 for each subsequent ½oz, stamps tied by SHIP MAIL ROOM/MELBOURNE datestamp. Typed annotations describe the flight route. SymbolC View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 419 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1941 (May 16) quintuple-rate airmail rate to New Zealand with 4d Koala block of 6 plus 1d QM paying the 5d per ½oz rate x5, stamps tied by GPO SYDNEY/AIR datestamp. SymbolC View details Estimate$60 - $80StatusCLOSED! Lot 420 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA: Postal History: FOOD PARCEL LABEL: c.1948 complete green/white parcel post label to England with 1/- Small Lyrebird strip of 5 & Ram 5d pair paying the 5/10d rate Food Parcel Scheme rate for parcels weighting up to 11lbs (at 7½lbs the parcel just exceeded the 3/7d rate for parcels weighing up to 7lb), adhesives are tied by weak strike of "WOODVILLE/SOUTH AUST" datestamp, very fine condition. SymbolC View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 421 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1955-63 mostly airmail covers (8) including 1955 2/- Cobb solo to Germany, 1955 2/- Olympic Games Publicity 2/- pair paying double-rate to Germany, 1956 4d Olympics pair paying surface double-rate to India, 1956 2/- Olympics to Germany tied by Olympic Boxing '26NOV/1956' commemorative datestamp, 1957 QEII 4d claret pair paying surface rate to Algeria with customs label on reverse,1963 2/3d Wattle on yellow paper strip of 4 paying 9/- quadruple rate to S SymbolC View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusCLOSED! Lot 422 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1955 (Dec 3) cover from Melbourne to Chile with 2/- Crocodile tied Melbourne machine cancel, underpaid with "RETURNED FOR/ADDITIONAL POSTAGE/SHORT PAID "1/-" d./POSTAL DEPARTMENT/COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA" label affixed. Not seen by us before. Unusual. SymbolC View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 423 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA: Postal History - World War I - Military: HOSPITAL SHIPS: 1916 (Nov.2) PPC to sent from Alexandria to England with complete strike of Emery Type CA.66 "H.M.H.S./WARILDA" large oval cachet in violet; also 1917 (May 1) PPC sent from from 'ARMY POST OFFICE/SZ241' (at Suez) to India with fine strike of Emery Type CA.64 "No 2 AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SHIP/KANOWNA". SymbolC View details Quantity2Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 424 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA: Postal History - World War I - Military: 1918 cover to General Birdwood from Simla, India to "Australian Corps, B.E.F, France" with "AUSTN IMP. FORCES/BASE POST OFFICE" backstamp; also a stampless cover signed by Admiral J.M de Robeck (Commander of Naval Forces at Gallipoli) to "Commanding 5th Army, B.E.F, France" with naval security cancel, "PASSED/SHIPS/CENSOR' boxed handstamp and F.P.O. A5 datestamp. [Birdwood commanded the Anzac troops during the Gallipoli campaign SymbolC View details Quantity2Estimate$350 - $450Price Realized$260StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 425 AUSTRALIAN COLONIES & STATES - General & Miscellaneous Lots: Collection on album pages with Tasmania imperf 4d Courier (2, one internal fault, other cut-to-shape), imperf Chalons 1d, 2d, & 4d (4, one possibly unused) & 6d, perforated Chalons to 1/-, Tablets 2/6d pair used, plus 10/- mint; Victoria with 3d yellow-orange optd 'STAMP DUTY' & mint 1900 Charity Fund set; WA with imperf 1d black, modest selections from NSW, Queensland & SA; many stamps are partially adhered to album pages due to expo Symbol* O View details Estimate$250 - $500Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 426 AUSTRALIAN COLONIES & STATES - General & Miscellaneous Lots: Duplicated Late Period lower values in album with Tasmania including ½d Tablet pairs (3), & block of 4 all with 'T' punctures, Victoria with postage dues to 4d,; also Australia with Roos to 1/-, KGV Heads to 4d with some loose stamps between pages; also New Zealand with Pictorials to 8d (4) & 1/-. Potential for variety or postmark hunters. (100s) SymbolO View details Estimate$150 - $300Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 427 AUSTRALIAN COLONIES & STATES - General & Miscellaneous Lots: 1850s-1900s postal history with Victoria 1852 Geelong-Melbourne with 2d Half-Length,1854 stampless with 'PAID AT/GEELONG' handstamp, 1856 Geelong-Buninyong with 1d & 3d Half-Lengths & oval arrival backstamp (Rated 3R),1900 PPC "Life on the Goldfields" to Gemany with 1½d apple-green, NSW 1856 with imperf 2d Diadem, 1860 with 6d Large Diadem, SA 1890 registered with 6d Perf.10, Tasmania 1855 inwards stampless cover from Ireland SymbolC View details Quantity30Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$550StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 428 AUSTRALIAN COLONIES & STATES - General & Miscellaneous Lots: 1901-07 Tatts covers to Hobart with Queensland covers (5) including Thargomindah 1901 double-rate and Morven 1905 registered, NSW (2) including 1903 Unanderra registered, stamps tied by Rays "292" cancels, also WA (2) with 1904 from Narrogin (to probable Tatts alias "Rometch") & 1907 from Yarloon, both with single 2d yellow frankings. Symbolc View details Quantity9Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 429 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1860-72 (SG.155 &167a) 1d dull red & 8d red-orange, both Mint, large part o.g. Cat.£625. Symbol* View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusCLOSED! Lot 430 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1871-1902 (SG.220b) 9d on 10d Perf.12 marginal block of 4, lower right unit with "Damaged frame line at lower left", fresh MUH. Scarce multiple. Symbol** View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$90StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 431 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1890 (SG.264) 20/- cobalt-blue, perf.10. Fresh Mint. Cat.£500. Symbol* View details Estimate$250 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 433 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1888-90 (SG.O39b) 1d mauve Centenary overprinted 'OS' P11x12 block of 36 (6x6) from upper section of right-hand pane, margins intact at left and at top, Row 4 stamp 4 showing Wide 'OS' overprint setting, most stamps, including variety unit, are MUH. Symbol** * View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot 434 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1888-90 (SG.O40a) 2d Prussian blue Centenary overprinted 'OS' P12 corner block of 18 (3x6) from lower section of right-hand pane, margins intact at left & at base showing the three monograms 'CP' 'G Pr O/NSW' & '1888', upper row MLH, lower two rows MUH. Symbol** * View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 435 REVENUES: 1865 QV long type 4d to £1 complete set of 18 bicoloured die proofs in unadopted colours - plus of the master die (in black) - reduced to stamp-size & affixed in "windows" framed on card 188x228mm or - for the 10/- to £1 - 160x73mm. A unique and delightful set. Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle. GSTex GSTSymbolP View details Estimate$3,000 - $4,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 436 NEW SOUTH WALES - Postal History: 1859 (Oct.13) cover from Blayney (NSW) to New Zealand with imperf 6d greyish brown Diadem Wmk '8' SG.96a tied by SYDNEY datestamp, BLAYNEY, BATHURST & SYDNEY transit backstamps, AUCKLAND 'OC28' arrival datestamp on face, small opening tear and some flap damage, stamp has been lifted (for watermark confirmation) and hinged back into position. SymbolC View details Estimate$250 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 437 NEW SOUTH WALES - Postal History: 1859-61 inwards mail from United Kingdom to same addressee at Waterloo Warehouse in Sydney comprising 1859 3/3d franking entire from London with Emblems wing-margin 1/- green pair & single plus 2d blue and 1d red, 1860 covers from Ampthill or Hitchin each franked with single Emblems 6d lilac, 1861 from London with single 1/- Emblems; all covers with original enclosures and Sydney backstamps; stamps alone on cover Cat. £2000+. SymbolC View details Quantity4Estimate$400 - $600StatusCLOSED! Lot 438 NEW SOUTH WALES - Postal History: 1874-1906 group of covers with three to USA comprising 1874 from Cresford with 6d (2) & 2d (2) & manuscript registration marking,1894 from Sydney endorsed "per Alameda", 1906 Burrumbuttock registered with stamps tied by BN "1350" cancels; also an 1883 OHMS local cover to Loombah with fine YULLUNDRY departure and MOLONG transit datestamps; some condition issues. (4 covers) SymbolC View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 439 NEW SOUTH WALES - Postal History: 1886 (April 13 & Sep.3) Stock Office (Molong) OHMS covers registered covers to same addressee in Yullundry with overprinted 'OS' 6d pale lilac or 6d mauve each tied by Rays '15' cancels with MOLONG datestamps alongside, manuscript registration markings, the latter cover with YULLUNDRY arrival datestamp. [Yullundry post office closed in 1887] SymbolC View details Quantity2Estimate$200 - $250StatusCLOSED! Lot 440 1888-95 covers with 1888 Sydney to Leipzig with 6d x4, 2d & 1d paying 9d per ½oz rate x3 (endorsed via "Brindisi", but more likely via Trieste), Bahnpost Kuft-Mchen (Kufstein-München) TPO and arrival backstamps, slightly reduced; 1891 registered cover to England with 4d Cook & 2½d Allegory tied by Tamworth '71' duplex SymbolC View details Quantity3Estimate$200 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 442 QUEENSLAND: 1897-98 (SG.257) 1d vermilion plain Zig-Zag Roulette complete sheet of 120 (10x12), sheet number "393", internal faults affecting four units and gumside abrasions on a few other units, overall of fine appearance with sheet margins intact and no separations, Cat £2280++. A rare survivor. Symbol** View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$480StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 443 QUEENSLAND: 1907-11 (SG.288a) Wmk Crown/A 1d vermilion "Imperforate pair". fine mint, Cat. £400. Symbol* View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 444 QUEENSLAND: June 1911 (SG.306; BW:Q38b) 5d Deep Brown, comb perf.13x11 to 12½ with irregular vertical gauge: upper right corner block (8**,1*) showing vertical gauges of 11½, 11 & 12 se-tenant on rows 1 to 3. Interesting positional piece. BW.Cat.$1125 for hinged! GSTex GSTSymbol** * View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$280StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 445 QUEENSLAND - Postal Stationery: Reply Postal Cards: 1911 1d +1d and 1½d+1½d blue on ivory stock HG:20-21, both superb unused. SymbolPS View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusCLOSED! Lot 446 QUEENSLAND - Postal History: 1930s registered covers (5) all with provisional use of blank blue/black registration labels comprising Maclagan (with datestamp on registration label), others marked in manuscript "Dareel" or "Lowmead" both in pencil, and Mt Colliery (Tannymorel) or Kogan both in pen, all but one addressed to Cribb & Foote (retailers, Ipswich), the other addressed to Brisbane; all covers with appropriate backstamps, condition variable. SymbolC View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 447 QUEENSLAND - Postal History: 1930s registered covers (6), all but one with provisional use of blank registration labels in blue/black (2) or blue (3), all labels marked in manuscript for "Dappil", "Grandchester", "Leyburn", "Maroon" or "North Arm"; also Mt Ossa to Brisbane without registration label marked "Mount Ossa" & "R.30" (in red) at upper left; two covers are addressed to Cribb & Foote (retailers, Ipswich), the other four addressed to Brisbane; all covers with appropriate transit backsta SymbolC View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusCLOSED! Lot 448 QUEENSLAND - Postmarks: Accumulation in carton of Colonial and Commonwealth era postmarks including numeral cancels and datestamps, noting plenty of complete strikes on piece; also some NSW, Tasmania & foreign interlopers. Sure to reward close inspection. (many 100s) Gradeu View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 449 SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 1867-70 (SG.57) 6d Prussian blue, large-part og, expertising handstamp on reverse, Cat. £1000. Rare. Symbol(*) View details Estimate$400 - $800StatusCLOSED! Lot 450 SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 1870s-90s mint selection with 1870-71 3d on 4d ultramarine SG.93 misperforated (Cat. £375), 1876-1900 4d dull purple P10x11½-12½ SG.138; Officials 1874-77 6d bright blue SG.O9 (few clipped perfs, no gum, Cat. £300), 1876-85 4d mauve P10x11½-12½ (aged gum), 1891-99 4d violet P15, part to large-part gum, Cat. £950. Symbol* (*) View details Quantity5Estimate$300 - $500StatusCLOSED! Lot 451 SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 1876-1900 (SG.118) Broad Star 8d on 9d brown-orange, unused, Cat £250. Scarce. Symbol(*) View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusCLOSED! Lot 452 SOUTH AUSTRALIA: SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 1886-96 (SG.195 & 196) Perf.10, "Postage & Revenue" 2/6 mauve and 5/- rose-pink, Mint. (2). Cat.£280. Symbol* View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$75StatusSold Lot 453 SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 1886-96 (SG.203) £4 lemon Perf.10 with "Broken "S" in the 12½x2mm "SPECIMEN" overprint, some gumside edge tones, full gum. Symbol* View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 454 SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 1894-1906 (SG.237) Tannenberg 2½d indigo Perf. 13 Plate "1" top right block of 9 MUH, plus bottom left Plate "1" corner pair with partial sheet value inscription MVLH; also Detmold Paper 2½d Perf.12x11½ (SG.239) Plate "1" bottom right block of 4 (mild gum toning), the lower units MUH. Symbol** * View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 455 SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Colour Trials in imperforate marginal blocks of 4 comprising 1894-1906 Tannenberg 5d in brown and 1899 ½d GPO block of 4 in deep green, both on unwatermarked paper, with full unmounted gum. (2 blocks) Symbol** View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusCLOSED! Lot 457 SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Revenues (South Australia) 1960s-70s Share Transfer Forms for the Northern Territory Land Company with embossed stamp duties intact with pre-decimals values 2/-, 4/-, 6/-, 10/-, 20/-, £3-18/- (damaged), Decimals with "Plug in Numerals" 14c, 20c, 28c (2), 30c (9), 56c (4), 80c, $3.60 (2), $4.20, $6 & $12, others with "ADJUSTED/DULY STAMPED' impression in green alongside comprising $1.25 (8), $2 & $2.50; also 'ADJUSTED/NOT CHARGEABLE' in green (30); quite a few of the decimal val SymbolC View details Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 458 POSTAL CARDS: 1899-1905 1d dark brown postal card, local Die (with spur at lower R corner), overprinted with an ornate square design in four different shades of brown. Annotations incl. manuscript "(c)' and "try Black", believed to be a UNIQUE printer's essay to colour match a new printing. SymbolPS View details Estimate$750 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 459 SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Postal History: 1889 (Jan.3) stampless OHMS Post Office & Telegraph Department cover with clearly discernible strike of "SECRETARY GPO/SA" datestamp in blue, addressed to Leghorn (Livorno), Naples transit backstamp, taxed on arrival with 1l & 30c Dues added tied by LIVORNO datestamp. Rare destination for the period. [The Secretary GPO datestamp allowed for free transit within the Colony, however postage was required for mail going overseas] SymbolC View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 461 TASMANIA: 1899-1900 (SG.230) 1d Bright Lake, DLR Printing, lower right corner blk.(4) with full Plate No. "2" in right margin, fresh MUH. View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusCLOSED! Lot 462 TASMANIA: 1899-1900 (SG.230) 1d bright lake, De La Rue Printing marginal strip of 12 (2x6) from left of pane, showing Plate No "3" in red in lower-left corner, mounted at top only, lower ten units MUH. Symbol** * View details Quantity12Estimate$200 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 463 TASMANIA: 1899-1900 (SG.230) 2d deep violet De La Rue Printing lower-left corner block of 12 (4x3), showing Plate No "1" in violet in corner, some sensible reinforcements of perf separations, six units MUH. Symbol*** View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 464 TASMANIA: 1905-12 (SG.247db) 4d orange-yellow, perforated 12½ x 11, upper unit Mint, lower unit MUH. Cat.£1000+. Symbol** * View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot 465 TASMANIA: 1905-11 (SG.253c) 3d brown, perforated 12½ x 11 vertical marginal pair, both units also displaying the double vertical row of different perf gauges at right. Upper unit Mint; lower unit MUH. Cat.£850+. Symbol** * View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusCLOSED! Lot 466 TASMANIA - Postal History: 1830 (May 10) "Leake" correspondence Launceston to Rosedale entire (faults on reverse from previous poor mounting), showing a largely very fine strike of the Type 2 double oval handstamp of Launceston. Strikes of this quality are hard to source. Ex Viney. SymbolC View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot 467 TASMANIA - Postal History: 1831 (May. 16) entire from Launceston to Elizabeth River with good to fine strike of Launceston double oval handstamp, used between 1829 and 1836. Very fine. Ex John Cress. Purchased in our November 2003 Sale for $2100+. SymbolC View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 468 TASMANIA - Postal History: 1832 (Mar 3) entire from Hobart Town to John Leake at Rosedale with good strike of the oval "HOBART TOWN/V.D.L" handstamp, signed at lower-left by Stephen Adey, Superintendent of Stock and Farms for Van Diemen's Land Company and director of the Derwent Bank. SymbolC View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot 469 TASMANIA - Postal History: 1832 (Apr.30) Fingal to Rose Vale entire, sent by foot messenger, endorsed by postmaster John Wallace "Paid J.W. Fingal", being a very early endorsement which was not officially required until June; also endorsed "Speed/J. Grant" as recipient John Leake had been complaining of slow delivery times. Fewer than five examples known of this early instructional marking. Ex John Cress. Purchased in our November 2003 Sale for $3,000. SymbolC View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusCLOSED! Lot 470 TASMANIA - Postal History: 1832 (Aug.10) Hobart to Campbell Town entire showing the latest known date of the oval "HOBART TOWN/V.D.L" handstamp, the letter rated at 10d under the 1828 Act for a single letter carried between 70 and 80 miles. Ex John Cress. Purchased in our November 2003 Sale for $2000+. SymbolC View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot 471 TASMANIA - Postal History: 1833 (Sep.2) Launceston to Campbell Town entire showing a good strike of the Type 2 double oval handstamp of Launceston, rated 4d following rate reductions introduced from Sep.27 1832, based on the weight/distance formula, (would have been 7d under the previous schedule.) Ex John Cress. Purchased in our November 2003 Sale for $1300. SymbolC View details Estimate$750 - $1,000Price Realized$525StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 472 TASMANIA - Postal History: 1833 (Nov.14) Launceston to Campbell Town entire from "H.M. Service" from Lewis Gilles to John Leake showing a very good strike of the Type 2 double oval handstamp of Launceston, rated 4d following the Sep.27 1832 rate reductions, some soiling/staining. [In 1833 Leake purchased part of Gilles' estate near Ross Bridge on the Macquarie River] SymbolC View details Estimate$750 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 473 TASMANIA - Postal History: 1835 (Jan.7) entire addressed to John Leake endorsed "James England", the Director-General of the Posts from 1833-34, thus qualified to send as exempt mail. The missive should have been endorsed "On Public Service Only" for this entitlement, however this may have been overlooked as sender and recipient were both eminent members of the community; alternatively it may have been delivered privately as they lived within close proximity. Ex John Cress. Purchased in our Nov SymbolC View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 474 TASMANIA - Postal History: 1835 (Aug.17) Launceston to Rosedale entire, showing a good strike of the Type 2 double oval handstamp of Launceston, rated 5d under the 1834 Postal Act, being the single rate for a distance of between 30-45 miles (Rosedale at 41½ mile distance). Ex John Cress. Purchased in our November 2003 Sale for $2300. SymbolC View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot 475 TASMANIA - Postal History: 1848 (Mar.12) Hobart Town to London entire carried on the "Governor Phillip" with a very fine strike of the Type 3 outwards Hobart Ship Letter handstamp. Ex John Cress. Purchased in our November 2003 Sale for $250+ SymbolC View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$115StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 476 TASMANIA - Postal History: 1851 (May 15) Leake correspondence entire to Campbell Town with fine & largely complete strike of Mount Gambier departure datestamp and unofficial Campbell Town straight-line "C' TOWN/25.JUNE.51" arrival datestamp in black; rated 4d Adelaide to Hobart Town, 1d VDL inland fee & 6d ship mail. Only four items recorded with this handstamp, this being the earliest according to Campbell (at page 12). Ex John Cress. Purchased in our November 2003 Sale for $3100+. SymbolC View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 477 TASMANIA - Postal History: 1852 (Apr. 8) Launceston to Campbell Town outer rated "4" with Type 2 Launceston departure datestamp, largely fine same day strike of boxed "CAMP TOWN/8 April 52" arrival handstamp, intact wax seal in black on reverse. SymbolC View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusCLOSED! Lot 478 TASMANIA - Postal History: 1852 (July 13) Launceston to Campbell Town entire rated "4" with Type 2 Launceston departure datestamp, superb same day strike of boxed "CAMP TOWN/13 July 52" arrival handstamp. Very fine and attractive. Ex John Cress. Purchased in our November 2003 Sale for $1725. SymbolC View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot 479 TASMANIA - Postal History: 1853 (May 9) cover sent from Hobart to Campbell Town with Type 3(b) Hobart "FREE/9MY9/1853" handstamp and fine boxed "CAMP TOWN/10 MAY53" arrival handstamp, endorsed at lower-left "WDenison", Lt Governor of the Colony and signatory to the November 1853 Postal Act. Ex John Cress. Purchased in our November 2003 Sale for $1250+. SymbolC View details Estimate$750 - $1,000Price Realized$525StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 480 TASMANIA - Postal History: 1858 (Dec.15) Cornwall Fire and Marine Insurance Company printed notice with 6d dull lilac Chalon SG.40 tied by superb BN '59' cancel of Launceston paying short-lived 6d inland letter rate (Mar.1858 to Oct.1858), rare thus; also 1866 Launceston to Hobart cover franked with 4d Chalon SG.37 for the re-introduced 4d inland letter rate (from Nov.1858); both with Launceston Pre-Paid single-lined diamond departure handstamps, the latter with Hobart segmented-circle arrival SymbolC View details Quantity2Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 481 TASMANIA - Postal History: 1859 (Jan.16) "On Public Service Only" cover to Campbell Town with imperf 2d pair SG.31 tied by First Allocation BN '46' cancels of New Town (Rated 4R). This cover was sent between 1st Jan. and 30th Sept 1859 when the Government free mail service was suspended and an "official rate" of 4d was applied. It is believed to be the only known example sent at this interim rate. An important cover. Ex John Cress. Purchased in our November 2003 Sale for $3450. SymbolC View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 482 TASMANIA - Postal History: 1864 (May 23) cover to a military officer serving in Secunderabad, India with imperf 6d Chalon tied by BN "76" cancel of Richmond, Hobart inwards transit datestamp in red, Bombay boxed "23JUN" transit datestamp in black, Secundrabad "JU26" arrival backstamp. Ex John Cress. Purchased in our November 2003 Sale for $700. SymbolC View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$250StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 483 TASMANIA - Postal History: 1866 (Apr. 24) Hobart to England petite cover with imperf 4d Chalon (cut-into at left) and perforated 6d Chalon paying 10d per ½oz ship letter rate "Via Marseilles", Hobart-Town departure datestamp in red, on reverse fine Lynn (Norfolk) "JU11/65" arrival datestamp. SymbolC View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 484 TASMANIA - Postmarks: Central Castra: complete 'CENTRAL CASTRA/MY31/06' datestamp just tying 1d Pictorial to PPC addressed to St Mary's, Rated RR+, however significantly scarcer on cover. SymbolPC View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusCLOSED! Lot 485 TASMANIA - Postmarks: "A" to "Z" postmark collection on covers and on piece in two albums, mostly 1980s-90s era with some earlier, good variety of types seen including "PAID AT..." & Relief cancels, many very fine and complete strikes sighted. Good lot. (many 100s) SymbolO C View details Estimate$250 - $500Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 486 VICTORIA: 1850-53 (SG.13b) Half-Lengths Fifth Printing 'White Veils' 2d lilac-drab, trivial central thin, just cut-into at base, tidily struck barred oval, Cat. £180. SymbolO View details Estimate$120 - $150Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 487 VICTORIA: 1850-53 (SG.16b) Half-Lengths Seventh Printing 2d brown-lilac, just shaved a top, tidy Butterfly '15' cancel of Geelong, Cat. £110. SymbolO View details Estimate$90 - $120Price Realized$90StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 488 VICTORIA: 1854-57 (SG.26a) Campbell & Fergusson 1d brick-red marginal strip of 3, few aeration holes consistent with C&F printings, just shaved at base of the marginal unit otherwise clear to very good margins, crisp barred oval '2' cancels of Geelong. Rare multiple. Ex Chartwell. SymbolO View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$550StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 489 VICTORIA: 1854-57 (SG.26a) Campbell & Fergusson 1d brick-red, few insignificant natural thinnings consistent with C&F printings and pinhole between stamps, good to very large margins, barred oval '94' cancels of Avoca (rated R), Cat £220+. Most attractive. Ex Chartwell. SymbolO View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 490 VICTORIA: 1854-57 (SG.27a) Campbell & Fergusson 1d dull rose-red strip of 4, few aeration holes consistent with C&F printings, complete close to large margins, wonderful original colour, neatly applied barred oval '2' cancels of GEELONG, HG&Co expertising handstamp on reverse. Superb, faultless & rare. RPSofL Certificate (1930) when strip was submitted by esteemed German auctioneer Heinrich Kohler. Ex Chartwell. SymbolO View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 491 VICTORIA: 1854-57 (SG.27) Campbell & Fergusson 1d orange-brown block of 4, ironed vertical crease at left, slightly cut-into at base, otherwise complete margins, Barred Oval '1' cancel of Melbourne, presents well. Rare multiple, particularly in this shade. SymbolO View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 492 VICTORIA: 1854-57 (SG.28c) Campbell & Fergusson 1d dull brown-red strip of 4, some creasing, thin spot between 1st and 2nd units, just shaved at base of third and fourth units, otherwise good to large margins, BN '9' (reversed) cancels of BEECHWORTH. Attractive and rare multiple. Ex Chartwell. SymbolO View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$550StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 493 VICTORIA: 1863-73 (SG.112) Laureates 8d orange Wmk '8' P13, small patch of gum loss, otherwise fine mint with large part o.g., undercatalogued at £850. [Only 87,711 stamps issued. Kellow states, at page 172, "It is a rare stamp unused"] Symbol* View details Estimate$750 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 494 VICTORIA: 1867-81 (SG.139) Laureates 5/- blue/yellow, unused, re-gummed, Cat. £4000. Rare. Symbol(*) View details Estimate$750 - $1,500Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 496 VICTORIA: 1884 (SG.234) ½d on 1d Stamp Statute, full unmounted original gum, very scarce thus, retail $450+. Symbol** View details Estimate$200 - $400Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot 498 VICTORIA: 1885-95 (SG.300b) 4d lilac Error of Colour, strong original colour and full perfs, tidy Melbourne duplex cancel, expertised by Purves on reverse, Cat £1700. Very fine example of a rare stamp. SymbolO View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 499 VICTORIA: VICTORIA: 1886-96 (SG.324) £5 Pale Blue & Maroon, superb CTO example with fine "MELBOURNE NO 13/99" cds. GSTex GSTSymbolCTO View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusCLOSED! Lot 500 VICTORIA: 1899-1901 (SG.362) 3d slate-green block of 4, lower units MUH. Scarce multiple, Cat.£160+ Symbol** * View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusCLOSED! Lot 501 VICTORIA: 1900 (SG.374 & 375) 1d (1/-) & 2d (2/-) Anglo-Boer War Patriotic Fund, 1d minor thin & gum crease, 2d very faint gum bend, MUH, Cat. £460. Symbol** View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot 503 VICTORIA: 1905-13 (SG 417; BW:V44ba) 1d rose-red perforated OS pair with the OS perfin doubled centrally, this variety not recorded in Brusden White. Unusual. Symbol* View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$110StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 505 VICTORIA - Revenues: 1909 Sands & McDougall 5/- moss-green P11 block of 4, minor gum bends, rich colour with full unmounted gum. Rare multiple. Symbol** View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 506 VICTORIA - Frank Stamps: Various printed Franks on Envelopes x5 including two penalty types (one to UK with oval 'VICTORIA/[crown]/OFFICIAL PAID' h/s) & a very scarce unused 'POSTMASTER-GENERAL' in red; and a very scarce group of Postal Cards x8 including 'POSTMASTER-GENERAL' in blue, 'MINISTER OF RAILWAYS' to NSW, etc; generally fine to very fine. (13) GSTex GSTSymbolPSGradea/b View details Estimate$500 - $600Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot 507 VICTORIA - Postal Stationery: Centennial International Exhibition postcards with "NOTICE OF MEETING" printed in red or in black, discernible Chief Secretary handstamps in red tied by 1888 or 1889 Melbourne duplex cancels, both addressed locally to the Consul for Austria-Hungary. Lovely items. SymbolPS View details Quantity2Estimate$300 - $400StatusCLOSED! Lot 508 VICTORIA - Postal History: 1853 (April) Leake correspondence entire addressed to "Rosedale/nr Campbell Town" (Tasmania), prepaid as an article not exceeding ½oz for inland (2d) and ship (3d) letter rates with Half-lengths 3d blue SG.7 & 2d cinnamon SG.17 (both with margins close to just shaved) tied by Barred Oval "1" cancels of Melbourne, Rated "5" for charges due from recipient, Launceston transit backstamp & large-part boxed "CAMP TOWN/ 11 Apr 53" arrival datestamp on the face. SymbolC View details Estimate$750 - $1,000Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 509 VICTORIA - Postal History: 1854-60 Queen-on-Throne group comprising imperf Campbell 2d dull brown tied by barred oval "1" on 1854 (May 7) outer (mild aging) to Geelong also rouletted 6d QOT strip of 3 on 1859 (Feb.25) large-part entire to Switzerland plus single frankings on covers to England 1859 Ballarat (Aug.16) cover to Berwick-on-Tweed & 1860 (Aug 23) Melbourne to Louth cover; all items with appropriate backstamps. SymbolC View details Quantity4Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$140StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 510 VICTORIA - Postal History: 1855 (Oct. 8) cover to Queenscliff with Campbell & Fergusson 1d deep lilac-rose (complete margins) & 3d blue SG.28b & 31b tied by barred oval '1' cancels, Melbourne departure backstamp, minor aging & damaged flap. SymbolC View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 511 VICTORIA - Postal History: Framed (220x292mm) copy of the Evelyn Observer (Feb 3, 1893, faults) with faded ½d pink tied by discernible strike of BN '328', adjacent is a largely fine strike of unframed 'YARRA GLEN/FE6/93' datestamp; lots of interesting articles & advertising on the front page including for Pomeroy & Tarran's 'Self-Acting Grubbing Machines'. Most unusual. SymbolC View details Estimate$150 - $180Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot 512 VICTORIA - Postal History: 1901 (Mar.26) registered "Tatts" cover from Boolara to Hobart with ½d emerald SG.356 x10 including block of 6 and pair tied by multiple poor stikes of BN 'MCCCC/21', weak strike of unframed Boolara datestamp (Rated 2R), appropriate backstamps. Scarce and unusual franking. SymbolC View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusCLOSED! Lot 513 VICTORIA - Postal History: 1912 (April 30) Bennie Teare & Co cover to USA with 3d dull orange-buff SG.420b tied by MELBOURNE machine cancel, on reverse all-over advertising for Twist Grill Grinders, very fine condition. Lovely item. SymbolC View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusCLOSED! Lot 514 WESTERN AUSTRALIA: 1854 Rouletted 7½ to 14 1d black SG 2, rouletted on three sides, minor thin & slightly cut-into at base, fragments of adjoining stamps at top and at left, tidy void grid cancel, Cat £750. SymbolO View details Estimate$350 - $400StatusCLOSED! Lot 515 WESTERN AUSTRALIA: 1860-64 (SG.32) rouletted 6d sage-green, rouletting evident on all sides, Bars '3' cancel & a lightly struck datestamp in red. Very nice example, Cat £750. SymbolO View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 516 WESTERN AUSTRALIA: 1860-64 (SG.32) Recess Rouletted 7½-14 6d sage-green rouletted on three sides, four clear margins, fragment of adjoining stamp evident at top, tidy void grid cancel in blue. Premium example Cat £750+. SymbolO View details Estimate$500 - $600StatusCLOSED! Lot 517 WESTERN AUSTRALIA: 1861 (SG.46) Very Rough Perf 14-16 1/- deep green, fine used with guarantee handstamp on reverse, undercatalogued at £375. Very scarce. SymbolO View details Estimate$300 - $450Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 518 WESTERN AUSTRALIA: 1876-1912 mint selection with 1876-81 2d chrome-yellow perf 14 SG.71, 1895 ½d on 3d overprint in red & in green SG.111b (no gum), 1898-1907 Wmk W Crown A 2d to 1/-, 1902-12 to 5/- including Crown/A Perf 11 2d pair SG.152, 1912 6d & 1/- P12½, generally fine mint, Cat. £750+ Symbol* (*) View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 519 WESTERN AUSTRALIA: 1876-81 (SG.74) Wmk Crown CC, perforated 14, 4d carmine, fine used, guarantee handstamp on reverse, Cat. £120. SymbolO View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusCLOSED! Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678|Next Previous 12345678 Next Previous 12345678 Next