The Queensland cover has a green ‘ONE HALFPENNY’ and a blue ‘Four Corners TWO PENNY’ stamps cancelled by a duplex BRISBANE/ 22/ AU 5/ 03/ QUEENSLAND postmark. It was addressed to Messrs. A.G. Crosby, Sarnia Ont., Canada (Figure 1). The flap of the reverse has a black printed double oval of the sender, R.C. VERNEY & SONS/ BRISBANE (Figure 2). I initially identified the sender firm in Queensland, and then
The privately printed advertising ‘CIRCULAR ONLY’ cover has an illustration of an elderly lady sitting on a barrel placed on a bar of stone which is labeled ‘Magic Soap’, shown on a ‘medallion’ which is inscribed ‘USE MILLERS MAGIC SOAP. In the background there is a view of washing hanging on a clothes line.Below the medallion is an advert for R. Miller & Co, Soap and Candle Manufactures, Macquarie St., Hobart
The cover has a pair of the green ‘ONE PENNY’ KGV Head stamps postmarked with a roller cancel, a circular BRISBANE/1934/ 1000 PM/ 11 FEB/ QLD. Associated with a slogan cancel VICTORIA AND/ CITY OF MELBOURNE/ CENTENARY 1934. It is addressed to Mr. C.W. Poulton, 41 Tamworth St., Dubbo, N.S.W. The G.P.O. Box address of the sender has been crossed out and replaced by 236 George St. (Brisbane) (Figure 1). The reverse shows
This Victorian postcard is an example of the 1876-81 1d “Bell” Post Cards, a variant of the initial issue which had a fine outer frame-line of the ornamental border, for the outer frame-line is thick. It was issued in mid-1878 and this example was postmarked with the duplex MELBOURNE/ 11Y/ SE 27/ 81 and was addressed in bold print to Mr.T. Aitken, Victoria Parade Brewery, East Melbourne (Figure 1). The
The cover is addressed to C. Th. Moens, Beverwijk, Holland and the receiver has incorrectly added that it was received on 13 Jan. 13. Postage was paid by the green ‘HALF PENCE’ QV stamp and a pair of the red 1d. ‘Shield’ stamps of New South Wales. The stamps are postmarked with two EPPING/ 13 DE 11/ N.S.W (a suburb of Sydney) (Figure 1). The reverse has a printed red
The cover has a corner advertisement for Pender Bros. Pty. Ltd., Timber & Hardware Merchants, Manufacturers of Apiarists Requirements, West Maitland. The red 2d KGVI stamp is cancelled with a WEST MAITLAND/ 22 APR 39 9 PM roller cancel and it is taxed with a red N.S.W./ T in a Shield. It is addressed to Mr. Charles Tivor Caikos, Kedeizet Pet M, Hungary, which is partially crossed out with blue crayon and the re-address is illegible. Two
The cover had a single blue ‘Four Corners’ TWO PENCE Queensland stamp postmarked with the 9 bar ‘B.N.G.’ (British New Guinea) as well as the unframed SAMARAI/ 16 JUL 00/ B.N.G. and the reverse, not seen, had an arrival c.d.s. of 20.7.00 (Figure 1). Phers Erick Seagren (Sjorgren) was born in Sweden in 1845. Following an apprenticeship in cabinetmaking, he worked in his trade in Copenhagen before emigrating to the
This printed red ‘One Penny’ QV printed envelope of Victoria has been cancelled with a MELBOURNE/ 16S/ FE 4/ 90 duplex obliterator ‘VICTORIA, and it is simply addressed to Sali Cleve, Queen Street, City. The reverse was not seen (Figure 1). Sali Cleve has been very difficult to research and most of the information obtained has been fragmentary. An early finding in the Victorian Government Gazette was that he had beeen appointed
This remarkable illustrated cover has 2 x 1d plus ½d Tasmanian stamps with Hobart, Tasmania duplex cancels with a printed drawing of a washerwoman standing on a rug, holding a large letter and a mop and bucket. The letter is addressed to Mr. S.S. Stewart, Banjo Manufactory, Church Street, Philadelphia, U.S.A. The reverse is backstamped Philadelphia 1897 (Figure 1). The sender is not identified but the addressee is of considerable
This Victorian Post Card with the brown One Penny ‘Stamp Duty’ stamp has a duplex MELBOURNE/ T/ MR 14/ 92 postmark and the six barred VICTORIA obliterator. It is addressed to the company of Mess Fraser Bro & Devonshire in Yarram, Victoria (Figure 1). The reverse shows a remarkable amount of information about the sending company of Rosenthal, Aronson & Co., which is listed at four addresses: 362 Little Collins