Missionaries and Religion

G.W. THATCHER ACADEMIC, SCHOLAR, MINISTER. ORIENTALIST, AUTHOR

The cover was sent to The Revd G.W. Thatcher, Camden College, Hereford St.,Glebe (Sydney) and there was a pencilled manuscript ‘No Postage’. The printed red octagonal ‘ONE PENNY’ KGV Head stamp was cancelled BLACKHEATH/ 30 AU 16/ N.S.W, and the reverse was not seen (Figure 1). Griffithes Wheeler Thatcher was a Congregational minister who was born on 6 August 1863 at Collingwood, Melbourne, eldest child of Richard Henry Thatcher, stationer, and

CHURCH ARMY IN AUSTRALIA, ‘SERVICE TO ALL’, LARGS, N.S.W. to SYDNEY

The advertising cover has a blue shield with THE CHURCH ARMY, and SERVICE TO ALL, in the ‘ribbon’ below. It is addressed to the Director of State Lotteries, Corner of Barrack & York Sts., Sydney. It has a purple handstamp ‘Department of the Army/ Concession Postal Rate’ and a green 1d QE stamp of Australia is cancelled with a LARGS/ 27 NO 41/ N.S.W. The reverse was not seen (Figure

CAMEROON HISTORY: ALBERT IRWIN GOOD, PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARY

The registered First Day Cover had a blue TORONTO, NEW SOUTH WALES registration label, the complete set of the red 2½d, blue 3½d and green 5½d ‘PEACE’ stamps, canceled with TORONTO/ 18 FE 46/ N.S.W postmarks. The black printed cachet showed a dove with olive branch, a flag above a triangle of grave crosses and ‘VICTORY/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ 3RD SEPT 1939-15TH AUG 1945. It was addressed to Rev. A.I. Good, Ebolowa, Sangmelima

MATTHEW BURNETT, TEMPERANCE EVANGELIST, GRAFTON N.S.W., 1889

The New South Wales postcard has a purple printed ‘ONE PENNY View of Sydney’ stamp cancelled with a duplex GRAFTON/ MY 29/ 89/ N.S.W witha barred numeral obliterator ‘90′ over the stamp, and it is addressed to Mr. G.A. Jordan, Queen St., Grafton (Figure 1). The reverse has a printed heading I.O.G.T. Nil Desperandum Lodge, No. 148, Dear Sir, with a well written message ‘Knowing the interest you take in

MARY RIVETT, ‘THE FEDERAL INDEPENDENT’ to REV. J.H. HOLMES, NEW YORK

This rather insignificant cover involves an interesting multi-talented Australian woman, Mary Rivett, the editor of The Federal Independent of Sydney and Dr. John Haynes Holmes of New York, Unitarian minister, and pacifist, noted for his anti-war activism. The cover has the blue 3d KGV head stamp cancelled with a roller cancel SYDNEY/ 8 MAR/ 1930/ 11 AM/ N.SW. with the slogan COMMONWEALTH LOAN/ NOW OPEN/ APPLY AT ONCE. The reverse

MARONITES CHURCH, REDFERN: REV. YAZBECK’S LETTERS to AMCHIT

The addressee of the cover is Rev. A. Yazbeck, St. Maroun’s Church, Elizabeth Street, Redfern, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia and the 3d green ‘Roo on Map of Australia’ stamp has a roller cancel REDFERN/ 11 A.M.– SP 28/ 1920. It is addressed to Mrs Fares Walla Caram, Amchit via Beyrouth, Djubell, Mont Liban, Syria, and the address is also recorded in Arabic script. The reverse was seen and there was an

L. KIERKELS, INDIA, LETTER from APOSTOLIC DELEGATION, NORTH SYDNEY

This registered letter from the Apostolic Delegation, 40 Edward Street, North Sydney, N.S.W. has a distinctive purple handstamp of the APOSTOLIC DELEGATION/ NORTH SYDNEY and the blue Australian 5½d stamp is postmarked NORTH SYDNEY/ 30 AU 43/ N.S.W. It is addressed to His Excellency The Most Rev. Mgr. L. Kierkels, C.P., Apostolic Delegate, Bangalore (Mysore), India. There are 2 additional handstamps, a black octagonal ‘D/ 3′ and a purple ‘2’

KOONIBBA LUTHERAN MISSION STATION, WEST COAST SOUTH AUSTRALIA

The orange Two Pence octagonal KGV head envelope with no ‘Postage’ under the head was introduced in 1920 was postmarked with the squared circle EUNDUNDA/ MY 4/ 21/ S.A (a relatively late use of this type of postmark), and it was addressed to The Superintendent, Koonibba Mission Station, West Coast, S.A. The reverse was not seen (Figure 1). The Koonibba mission, located in the vicinity of an Aboriginal ceremonial ground

KIMBERLEY, TASMANIA to ALEX NORTH F.R.V.I.A., ARCHITECT LAUNCESTON

This Tasmania Post Card with the red 1d King Edward VII head was the third Tasmanian type of official postcard issued with this sovereign’s head, the 2-line inscription having been removed from beneath the crest of the previous issue. It was issued on a buff colored card with an early date of 4 September 1906 and reissued on a white card, with an early date of 1 June 1912, the

REV. FELLMAN, MALAUNA NEW BRITAIN, SO. PACIFIC OCEAN

This cover is a problem, both in regards to my original misspelling of the town’s name as Ralauna in the address when it should have been Malauna, and the difficulty with the postmarks’ dates. The interest of the marking on the front and the excitement of the postmarks on the reverse, make up for the deficiencies. The cover has an uncertain routing, and readers are asked for their interpretation, as I

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Missionaries and Religion