The cover was addressed to The Manager, Peruna Drug Mfg. Co. 115 East Rich St., Columbia, Ohio, U.S.A. The blue 2½d QV stamp of New South Wales was postmarked with a roller cancel SYDNEY N.S.W./ 1909 1P.M. The reverse was not seen (Figure 1). Samuel Brubaker Hartman was the ‘genius’ behind a career that made him a millionaire, starting from humble beginnings. A burger from Switzerland, Christian Hartman and his
The cover was sent from F.H. Faulding & Co., Adelaide to Messrs. S.S. White’s Dental Mfg. Co., Chestnut St. Corner Twelfth, Philadelphia, U.S.A. and the two red 1d KGV Head stamps and the green ½d ‘Roo on Map of Australia’ stamp were canceled with an ADELAIDE/ 22 MAR 15 5.45 PM SOUTH AUSTRALIA roller cancel. There was also a purple handstamp ‘PASSED’ (Figure 1). S.S. White Technologies started life in
These are two of five covers addressed to the above company. The first was sent from Denny & Day, Beddome & Co, Chemists & Chiropodists, Swanston St., Melbourne, and it had a corner advert ‘For your Dog’s Sake’. It was addressed to the Manager, Rocke, Tompsitt & Co. Limited. 292 Flinders Street, Melbourne. . Insist on Beddome’s Famous Dog Remedies’. The 3½d Responsible Government stamp was cancelled with a roller
The postcard has a red 2½d KGVI stamp cancelled with a roller boxed postmark of MELBOURNE/ 11-PM/ 31 AUG/ 1942/ VICTORIA. It is addressed to Dr. Walter F. Duggan, 258 Genesee Street, Utica N,Y., U.S.A., and it has a purple handstamp of a boxed ‘3/ PASSED/ BY/ CENSOR’ (Figure 1). The reverse has a printed ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS/ GORDON CRAIG LIBRARY/ Spring Street, Melbourne, C.1., dated August 25
This insignificant cover with an interesting background story was described by the vendor as follows: 1893 cover to Melbourne with Naish2d violet tied by an almost fine strike of the rare ‘T’ in lattice cancellation in violet of the Nepean Point Quarantine Station at Portsea, arrival back-stamp of NO 9/ (18)93. A key piece for the collector of quarantined mail, being the only recorded example on cover. It was addressed to
Two South Australian Post Cards of the same issue design were available, and the top one was addressed to Messrs A.M. Bickford & Sons, Currie St., Adelaide. The date of the posting was not clear, but it was postmarked at BORDER TOWN/ S.A. (Fig. 1). The second was addressed to Messrs. Bickford & Sons, Currie St., Adelaide, and it was postmarked MT. BARKER/ 30 AP 90/ S.A. (Figure 2). William
This postcard was issued in 1876 and featured the 1875 1d adhesive “Bell” design in pale mauve on a yellow card, which has a distinctive surround border. The stamp is postmarked with the duplex MELBOURNE/ 5X/ JA 15/ 77 with a VICTORIA obliterator. The card is addressed to T.J. Crouch Esq., Elizabeth St., City (Figure 1). The reverse is headed HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL, 17 SPRING STREET (Melbourne), with a manuscript Jan