The ON HER MAJESTY’S SERVICES cover was sent with a duplex MELBOURNE/ 10 S/ FE 16/ 92 and the VICTORIA obliterator was partially obscuring the DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE/ FRANK STAMP/ VICTORIA. It was sent to Dr. C.B. Plowright, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England. The sender was identified by the printed Department of Agriculture, Melbourne 16/ 2/92. The reverse was not seen (Figure 1). Charles Bagge Plowright was born at King’s Lynn
The New South Wales Post Card with the printed red 1d ‘Shield’ stamp is addressed to Messrs Freeman & Wallace, Medical Institute, 227½ Elizabeth street, Sydney. The stamp is cancelled with the ‘624′ Ray of Luddenham (Figure 1). The reverse has the following penned message: Post Office, Luddenham, April 24th 1905. To Messrs Freeman & Wallace, Sirs, Will you kindly send me one of your Medical Work Books as I
There is no certainty that this item was posted, but it is too good to ignore, for this homeopathic chemist was an important man in Tasmania particularly Launceston. It is part of an invoice in the 1920s when he operated his chemist shop out of 112 Brisbane Street, Launceston. He describes himself as a Homeopathic and Pharmaceutical Chemist, as well as a Merchant for Photographic Supply. He mentions his appointment
This Tasmania Post and Telegraph form is strictly non-postal, but it does have an OUSE/ AU 19/ 03/ TASMANIA postmark. It was sent from Macquarie Plains on that date to a Mr. Nicholas, Coroner in Ouse with the following message: Have made full enquiries case of Dr. Stewart. My opinion death due to failure heart. No suspicion of suicide. Consider Inquest unnecessary. Frank Allwork, New Norfolk. It was calculated as
When I first considered this paper I could not find any information on the addressee of this letter, so I decided to discuss this ship which had a short but interesting sailing history, with journeys to and from Australia, and finally its demise on the coast of New South Wales. Its association with Australia is shown on this cover which is addressed to W.D.P. Swain Esq, Barque Eleanor Lancaster, Port
The cover was sent from the American Consular Service to Mr. E.F. Mahady, 671 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. The blue 2½d ‘Roo on Map of Australia’ stamp was cancelled with a roller postmark SYDNEY/ MY 8 – 2PM/ 1915/ N.S.W. There was no backstamp on the reverse (Figure 1). Interesting information was obtained concerning the company from an advertising post card that had been sent to
The long registered cover has a Blue Sydney “A”, New South Wales Registration label, a purple ‘REGISTERED’ handstamp and 2 green 1d KGV Head stamps as well as two 2d orange ‘Centenary of Victoria’ stamps, showing an Aborigine and the Yarra River, canceled by REGISTERED/ 31 AU 31/ SYDNEY N.S.W. It has a printed address of The International Society for Crippled Children , Inc., Elyria, Ohio. The reverse is backstamped
The cover was addressed to Dr. J.M. Peebles, San Diego, Cal, Residence, 3121 H Street, U.S.A and the address was crossed out in red ink and readdressed to Battle Creek, Michigan. The blue 2½d QV stamp of New South Wales was cancelled with a duplex SYDNEY/ JY 4/ 11-A-M/ 00/ 36 with the N.S.W obliterator. There was a duplex reception postmark of SAN DIEGO/ JUL30/ 1 P.M./ 00 (Figure 1).
Here I go again showing another philatelically inspired paper, but my excuse this time is that there are several aspects of this registered air mail cover that warrant researching and recording this cover. There are several features worth discussion of the six stamps of colonial Australia with late use in 1950: the lilac ‘Two Pence’ of Victoria with the red ‘ONE PENNY’ overprint, the orange ‘Four Corners’ ‘One Penny’ of
The cover is addressed to Pulvermacher Institute, 10 Vulcan House, 56 Ludgate Hill, London E.C., England. The 1d red ‘Kangaroo on Map of Australia’ is postmarked with a blue ( )/ 21 SEP 14/ QUEENSLAND postmark, and the reverse was not seen (Figure 1). The role of electricity in medical therapy has been perceived in a variety of ways since the time of Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), whose concept of