The cover with the printed pink ‘ONE PENNY’ stamp of Victoria has a pair and two singles of the carmen-rose horizontal ‘HALF-PENNY’ stamp, as well as a single copy of the ochre ‘THREE PENCE’ stamp of Victoria, a total of 6d postage. The stamps were all cancelled with MELBOURNE/ 10X/ AU 23/ 97. It was addressed to Fred Hagen, Esq., Stamp Importer, 74 Elizabeth Str., Sydney. The reverse was not
The Tasmanian postcard with the 1d red QV sideface stamp was postmarked HOBART/ A/ MY 5/ 1903/ TASMANIA and addressed Messrs Chas Atkins Co., 472 Flinders St, Melbourne and it also has a MELBOURNE 7 5 03 reception postmark on the front. In manuscript at the bottom right corner there is an F. & E. Crisp 4/5/05 inscription applied by the sender (Figure 1). The reverse side is the most
The red 1d NSW ‘Shield’ postcard was postmarked WEDDERBURN/ JA 11/ 1904/ N.S.W and addressed to a Bicycle Deater in Gympie, Queensland (Figure 1). The reverse is printed as Frank Grimley Ltd, 263 Clarence Street, near the Town Hall Sydney, 11th January 1904, Tanners & Curriers, Wholesale Saddlers, Coach Ironmongers, and Bicycle Importers (Figure 2). Frank Grimley, hardware merchant and coachbuilder, was born in 1853 at Birmingham, England, son of
Two Tasmanian K.E. VII red ‘ONE PENNY’ postcards were addressed to Henry Foster (his preferred name?) at his family home of Merton Vale, Campbell Town and both reverses were not seen. The first was sent from LAUNCESTON/ D/ AU 10/ 1905/ TASMANIA, and the arrival postmark at Campbell Town on the card’s front was the next day (Figure 1). The same postcard was sent to Henry Foster with a roller
Two covers 52 years apart were seen on two different philatelic auction sites which were addressed to two members of a noted Maitland, N.S.W. family and their store. The first entire was addressed simply to ‘E.P. Capper Esquire, West Maitland’ and it was franked with the 1d N.S.W. dull carmine Plate II Sydney Views and the 1d carmine Laureate stamps, both postmarked with the bar cancels of Sydney (Figure 1). There were several postmarks
The plain stampless postcard was sent on 10 July 10, 1901 and the postmark was obliterated by a black printed DEPARTMENT OF TRADE & CUSTOMS/ VICTORIA/ FRANK STAMP. It is addressed to Messrs.Felton Grimwade & Co., Importers, City [Melbourne] (Figure 1). The printed card was sent from H.M. CUSTOMS with the heading NOTICE and the printed message read: Unless perfect entry is made in accordance with above Sections of the
I often find that the printed insignias and addresses on the flap of covers, particularly the ‘Belt & Buckle’ diagrams, can give an entree into interesting personages, and this cover is no exception. This cover was sent ‘Per Moana’ to Messrs Barclay & Co., 44 Stone Street, New York, U.S.A. and it had 2 stamps of N.S.W., the green ½d QV and the blue 2d QV, cancelled with the duplex
The cover was incorrectly addressed to Mr. F. C. S. Turtevant, Sole Proprietor “Imperial Egg Food”, 216 State Street, Hartford Ct., U.S.A. and the reason for the incorrect spelling of the proprietor’s name later became obvious. The 3 pale lilac two penny ‘Stamp Duty’ stamps (a pair and a single) were postmarked with 3 examples of the MELBOURNE/ 15 S/ JE 17/ 90 duplex (Figure 1). The cover’s reverse had
The cover had an octagonal blue ‘ONE SHILLING’ as well as a blue 3d ‘Beaded Oval’ stamps of Victoria postmarked by at least 5 copies of MELBOURNE/ 4A/ MR 23/ 64 duplex and it was addressed to F.C. KLEMM, Brewer, Sandhurst (Victoria). There was a ms. ‘Sample of Merchandise Only, Packed without letter or writing, and the sender was identified by a ms. ‘From Louis L. Lewis, Collins St. Melbourne’ (Figure 1). The reverse had
Similar to my research on the London publisher Henry King Lewis there is no difficulty in finding information about the firm and books they published, but details about the principals involved are very sketchy. Whereas covers sent to the firms in London are not uncommon, but in the case of Houlston, an early cover sent to the Wellington address has not been seen. The first an advertising cover for the