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TASMANIA continued...

Postal History continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

681

1856-60 Rait/Fulton Family correspondence mostly just the envelopes with 4d frankings, several Postmaster Manuscripts including three with "Brighton/[date]" & "12"-in-bars cancellations, one with "Franklin/[date]" & very fine BN '43' and one with "Bridgewater/8 2 58" on the stamp, also two 1d rate town letters and six from Scotland with various 6d adhesives tied by BN '28' of 'AYTON' (backstamps), and a few others, very mixed condition but most are presentable. Never before on the market. [John Rait was the Hobart City Surveyor for many years, and a former alderman. On 26.3.1863, he married Isabella Fulton, to whom many of the covers are addressed: see the next lot] (23) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$3,600.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

682

1863 envelope with Postmaster Manuscript "Franklin/4 1 63" at lower-left and Imperf 4d (damaged from being folded over the edges) with superb BN '43' cancel, to Isabella Fulton in Hobart. Ex Rait/Fulton Family Correspondence and never before on the market: see previous Lot. With the enclosed letter from John Rait accidentally mis-dated "Franklin/Jany 4th 1864", in which he gives details of walking from Hobart to the Franklin, with references to passing through Chick's, Stone Creek, and "Victoria as far as Musquito [sic] Point". The Huon Regatta was held on Port Cygnet on 1.1.1863 & Rait attended per the steamer 'Cobra'. He continues with a first-hand account of the grounding of the excessively overloaded boat and the transfer of most passengers to a barge, on which they continued. On arrival at Cygnet he learned more than 1250 people had come from "town" on the ''Colloden' [sic] & 'Monarch. "...they all had a very unpleasant as well as dangerous trip". The return trip, with the 'Cobra' & barge lashed together, "was even more unpleasant...it nearly frightened the wits out of the half on board [the barge]..." And then, at night, the ship's boiler was damaged and a fire had to be extinguished. "...likely to be the last Huon Regatta that I will honour with my presence...it will not make it better by complaining now".

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

683

1885 cover addressed in the distinctive hand of Arthur Basset Hull & endorsed by him at upper-left "Per Orient Line/Per Bookpost Registered/Printed matter only", to Austria with De La Rue 8d brown-purple SG 158 tied by Hobart duplex of DE22/85 & 'REGISTERED' handstamp, Brindisi transit backstamp of 6/GEN/86 & very fine 'NIKOLSBURG' arrival cds. Registered printed matter articles are rare.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

684

PSE

1899 usage of 2d green Letter Card uprated with Tablet ½d to Switzerland with straight-line 'WATTWYL' handstamp on the face & arrival backstamp, redirected to India with 'AMBU[LANT]/8.1X.99/No 31' TPO transit, different Indian 'SEA POST OFFICE' cds on front & reverse and very fine 'BANDRA/1ST/DELY/23SE/99' arrival backstamp, a couple of minor blemishes, lengthy letter in German.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

685

1901 cover to New Zealand with Pictorials 2d only punctured Small 'A' of George Adams (Tattersalls) tied by Hobart cds of AP2/1901 with chamfered-boxed registration cachet in blue at lower-left, double-circle 'REGISTERED/ No... /13AP01/AUCKLAND' transit backstamp & light but legible 'NZ/WAIHARARA/AP 15 01' cds (Wooders rated 7) on the face, peculiarly with an entire Tatts red/white label on the face. An enigma: why the label?; was it officially registered for containing coin?; why then was it not so endorsed or taxed?

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

686

PSE

1902 (Nov 13) usage of 2d Letter Card ('CATARACT GORGE...') to England uprated with Tablet ½d tied 'BURNIE' cds, Launceston transit backstamp, the message begins "Dear Dad, we called here [Burnie] last night after leaving Launceston to ship some cattle ...", a few minor blemishes. The rate was 2½d per ½oz UPU letter; the 2d rate to the UK was not introduced until 1.4.1905.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

687

1905 (Nov 10) PPC (Aborigines in western clothes) to China with Pictorials ½d green (corner fault) & 1d red tied by indistinct Devonport West cds, 'VICTORIA/HONG KONG' transit and British Post Offices in China 'SHANGHAI/DE15/05/BPO' arrival cds, a few minor marks & blemishes.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

688

1906 (Aug 27) to USA with Pictorials unauthorised but accepted 1d bisect & 2d tied by two largely very fine complete strikes of 'KING'S ISLAND/TASMANIA' cds, Launceston transit of 'AU29', carried via Canada with 'VANCOUVER/SP28/06/BC' duplex and Whitehall, New York backstamps where re-directed with West Hoboken (NY) arrival, minor edge faults hardly detract. The foreign letter rate was 2½d. This is clearly a non-philatelic cover, indicating a temporary shortage of ½d stamps on the island.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$2,500.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

689

1911 (Feb 2) internal usage of 'AVIS DE RECEPTION' form to "Dunnack" [sic] with Pictorials ½d green & 2d violet tied by 'OATLANDS' cds, 'TUNNACK/FE 4/11/TAS.' receiving office cds below, minor folds & marks.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

690

1912 (Sep 12) PPC to "Pavlovsk/Russia" underpaid with Pictorial 1d only (folded over the top-edge) tied by 'RINGAROOMA' cds, mss "10c" & superb 'T' handstamp plus oval Cyrillic (doplatt) handstamp in magenta & arrival cds of 12.10.12.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

691

1912 real photo PPC of man in collar & tie with shotgun, to Germany with unusual but authorised combination franking of 'ONE PENNY' on 2d plus Victoria ½d tied by Melbourne machine cancel.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

692

1913 (Jan 7) OHMS envelope to Hobart with Pictorials 'ONE PENNY' surcharge on Perf 12½ 2d violet punctured 'T' solo tied by slightly indistinct 'OATLANDS/TASMANIA' cds, a couple of minor blemishes. The 'ONE PENNY' surcharge was issued in late-October 1912 (around the same time as similar surcharges on Victorian & Western Australian 2d stamps) to provide additional supplies of this value after the introduction of the uniform Australian 1d letter rate, at a time when the introduction of Kangaroos on January of the following year was already planned. They are all scarce used in-period, all the more so with State Government perfins.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

Victoria

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

693

Classics selection with Half Lengths Imperf 2d cinnamon (a little cut-into & small fault; Cat £4000) and Perf 12 3d (small faults; Cat £2500); Queen-on-Throne 2d x2 (each with a minor thin) plus Perkins Bacon 1d & 6d; Emblems with Large Star Imperf 1d & 4d x2, No Wmk Imperf 1d (minor pen-mark on the face), Laid Paper Rouletted 2d & 4d x2, Wmk Words of Value 1d 2d & 2d on 'THREE/PENCE' Paper, and Wmk Single-Lined '2' 2d; 1859 Perf 12 1d with No Wmk, 1d on Laid Paper and 1/- x2; Beaded Ovals 3d blue on Laid Paper, Wmk Words of Value 3d maroon & 6d black x2, Single-Line '4' Wmk 4d with unconvincing rouletting; etc, most with minor to significant faults but generally of fine to very fine appearance and apparently all unused. High catalogue value. (35) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$3,000

SOLD for AU$2,300.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

694

Selection of Middle Isues with a few Laureates including '9 9/NINEPENCE' on 10d (unused), De La Rue 2d, Bell to 2/- including 1d green/yellow & '8d 8d/EIGHT PENCE' on 9d (some trimmed perfs, unused), 1880-84 Bell & Naish set, 'STAMP DUTY' Overprints 3d x2 4d x2 & 1/-, 1885-95 Naish to 2/- x5, 1886-96 1/- x3 & both 1/6d, etc, generally fine to very fine, many with part- to large-part original gum. (78) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$1,600.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

695

Collection on stock-leaves with Half-Lengths 1d x3 (one apparently rouletted but thinned), 2d x4 & 3d x4 (one apparently rouletted), Woodblocks Imperf 2/- (shallow thinning) & another apparently rouletted, and Serrated 6d (thinned), selection of Emblems and Beaded Ovals including a sound 6d orange, Laureates including 8d orange & 10d grey plus 5/- blue/yellow (fine facial appearance but with a significant tear), etc, careful inspection recommended. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$1,200.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

696

Collection remainders in album with many facially attractive items & high catalogue value (provided everything is correctly identified) but lots of hidden problems such as a major repair on the Beaded Oval 6d orange, so careful inspection is required. (100s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36) (Image37) (Image38) (Image39) (Image40) (Image41) (Image42) (Image43) (Image44) (Image45)

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Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$2,800.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

697

1850-57 Half-Lengths 1d brick-red SG 26a, margins good to huge with a portion of the adjoining unit at right, untidy 'NEWSPAPER/MELBOURNE' datestamp, Cat £120. Superb. Sold at our auction of 5.9.2009 for $207. Ex 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr98. Rodney Perry Certificate (2009).

Grade A+ (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

698

1850-57 Half-Lengths 1d orange-brown Campbell & Fergusson SG 27 vertical Inter-Panneau Pair [20/2] with uncharacteristic very narrow space between the units, margins just clear (at upper-right) to large, Barred Oval '37' of Forrest Creek, Cat £300+. Sold at our auction of 5.9.2009 for $920. Ex 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr382.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$1,250.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

699

1857-63 Emblems Watermark Large Star Imperf 4d dull rose SG 44, good even margins, unused, Cat £800.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$1,000.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

700

1857-63 Emblems Rouletted 7-9 at the GPO 4d vermilion SG 50 rejoined horizontal pair remarkably with rouletting clear of the design on all sides, fine BN '9' of Beechworth, Cat £500+ for singles. Superb. Ex Bernhard & Dale Forster, Rodney Perry and Ken Barelli: sold at our auction of 2.5.2014 for $1205. Rodney Perry Certificate (2006). [Geoff Kellow at p114 states "The roulettes usually appear on only one or two sides, and most genuine examples are cancelled at Melbourne...All three shades occur but the vermilion is rare".

Grade A+ (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$800

SOLD for AU$4,200.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM