The cover has a ms. ‘Via Marseilles’ and is addressed to Mr.W.J. Taylor, 33 Little Queen Street, Holborn, London and the purple on pink paper ‘TEN PENCE’ QV stamp of Victoria is postmarked with a duplex MELBOURNE/ 7X/ JY 27/ 87 with the obliterator VICTORIA canceling the stamp. The addressee has added a ms. In black ink of ‘Replied to 27 Sept/ afternoon/ 4 o’clock’. No information has been found on
This is the second paper about Walch & Sons, stationers, but with particular reference to the close relationship to the Tattersalls Lottery of Charles Edward Walch. The cover is addressed to Messrs. Walch & Sons, Stationers, Hobart, Tasmania. The pair of the ‘ONE PENN Y/ POSTAGE’ stamp of Victoria is cancelled by an UP TRAIN/ MG 3/ NO 15/ 05/ VICTORIA (the Bendigo line) and much of the purple “Tattersall”
The cover has an advertisement for the company of W.E. Bramble & Sons and it was sent by airmail to Messrs. S.E. Higgins & Co. in London, England. The strip of three brown Kookaburra stamps were cancelled with a roller postmark NEWCASTLE/ 5-PM/ 24 JLY/ 1950/ N.S.W./ AUST with the slogan POST EARLY/ IN THE DAY. The reverse was not seen (Figure 1). Brambles took its name from Walter Edwin
Two separate vendors showed a copy of this printed-to-private order advertising wrapper and both stated that it was rare, for it is not listed in Higgins & Gage catalogue. This used copy has the name used for such an item on the flap, ‘The “True Shot” Postal Wrapper’, with the description, ‘The Most Effective and Cheapest Advertising Medium extant. Issued in series of 10,000.’ It was published by The Tasmanian
The cover has a pair of the blue ‘TWO PENCE FOUR CORNERS’ Queensland stamps with the unframed ARAMAC/ AP 4/ 98/ QUEENSLAND and the stamps are obliterated with Aramac’s barred numeral ‘198′. It is addressed to Miss Edwards, “Bibenluke”, via Cooma, N.S.Wales (Figure 1). The reverse has a printed WILLM COOPER & NEPHEWS/ 63 PITT STREET/ SYDNEY in a double oval printed on the flap. There are 4 postmarks on the reverse and
An ordinary looking cover was sent from SYDNEY/N.S.W/ 11 JAN/ 1936/ 4 45 PM/ POSTED IN/ PILLAR BOX, Code 1, with a roller cancel postmarking the red 2d KGV Head stamp, with SOUTH AUSTRALIA/ CENTENARY/ CELEBRATIONS/ 1936. It was addressed to a fruiterer at Young, N.S.W. and it had a return address of a Box number, Haymarket, Sydney (Figure 1). The fine reverse showed a 3-storey corner building clearly marked WING ON
The mint window envelope printed to private order for W.S. Kimpton & Sons, flour miller, Melbourne has the printed pink 1½ d KGV Head stamp, overprinted ‘TWO PENCE’. The vendor states that the mint cover is unlisted in unused condition by Menuz and it was listed at AUD 850.00 (Figure 1). William Stephen Kimpton, flour miller, baker and lay churchman, was born on 4 October 1832 at Litlington, Cambridgeshire, England,
Two items appeared at auction sites recently and both referred to the same family. The first was addressed to Mr. Wm. Johnstone, Merchant, Launceston and was postmarked in red with an oval PAID SHIP LETTER/ [crown]/ AU * 20/ 1845/ SYDNEY, with rosettes on both sides. The only other markings were in manuscript, a large black ‘4’ (for paid postage) and a large red ‘3’ (for payment of the captain
William John Adams, Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (London) and later Australia, first came to Australia in 1883 during the closing days of the great railway bonanza in England, the period when it was believed there was a fortune to be made in the colonies. This cover is an example of the company that Adams built which was celebrated in a book recording William Adams and Company over
The cover was postmarked with a duplex GEELONG/ Z/ JL 11/ 88 with the barred numeral ‘2′ on the lilac ‘TWO PENCE’ Victoria stamp. It was addressed to Mr. J. Breguel, c/o W. Hart & Sons, Charles St., Launceston, Tasmania. The reverse was not seen (Figure 1). William Hart, businessman and parliamentarian, was born on 2 April 1825 in London, son of William Doubleday Hart (1801-1847). At 8 he went