This 1849 part-entire to “N.G. Meares Esq., Resident, York” has a fine strike of the [Crown]/ GENERAL/ POST OFFICE/ PERTH and is endorsed with a manuscript ‘Free’. It also has a manuscript R.H. Bland at lower left. The vendor states that it is rare intra-Colonial mail (of the Swan River Colony, Perth) and the content is a piece of rolicking patriotic doggerel that mentions an assassination attempt on Queen Victoria,
Two Western Australia Colonial Secretary stampless entires were found on auction sites, both with franking interest and sent to the same incumbent, but one was superior to the other in that both the sender and the receiver were of considerable interest. The first was addressed to The Honble The Colonial Secretary, Perth with a red manuscript ‘Free’ and a black undated ‘Crown’ over a 28 x 18 mm hexagon-shaped boxed
This cover was mailed from Melbourne on July 15, 1858 franked with two copies of the orange 6d imperforate ‘Woodblock’ stamps as well as a single lilac 2d ‘Emblems’ stamp of Victoria cancelled with the barred numeral ‘1′ of Melbourne. There was a red manuscript rating of ‘8′ and an obliquely placed manuscript ‘via Great Britain/ per Emeu/ Mail Steamer’ as well as a red handstamp LONDON/ 88/ SP 10/
Lorres Bonney (1897-1994), a.k.a. Mrs. H.B. Bonney, wife of a wealthy Brisbane leather manufacturer, was the first Australian woman to gain a pilot’s licence in Australia and was issued with No.17. She took up flying in 1930 because, “I was a golf widow every weekend, and the aerodrome was right next to the golf course. After initial flying training at Eagle Farm, Queensland with Charles Matherson, she went on to
The On Public Service cover has the red 1d Tasmania pictorial of Mount Wellington stamp cancelled by a HOBART/ S/ AU 20/ 1902/ TASMANIA cancel. It is addressed to The Manager, New Sun Typewriter Co., 239 Broadway, New York (Figure 1). The first practical typewriter was invented by Christopher Latham Sholes, and was marketed by the Remington Arms Company in 1873. Lee Burridge was an inventive genius and manufacturer, but still maybe
The cover was addressed to Josiah Wigglesworth Esq., Woolstapler, Near Railway Station, Halifax Yorkshire, England, and there were two other manuscripts: Via Australasian and ‘Paid’. The imperforate orange-yellow 6d ‘wood block’ Victoria stamp had an indistinct barred numeral ‘1′ of Melbourne (Figure 1). The reverse had two back-stamps, MELBOURNE/ JU 15/ 58 and a reception B/ HALIFAX/ AU 13/ (- – ) (Figure 2). The Australasian was one of the European & Australian Royal
An inwards piece of mail was addressed to John Drummond Esq, Naval Officer, Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land. There was a red PAID SHIP LETTER/ [Crown]/ 7 MR 7/ 1818/ LONDON postmark, as well as a manuscript ‘1/9′ in red paying the single rate to N.S.W. The entire’s letter was headed ‘Enfield Highway 5th 1818′. The vendor stated that it was the second earliest inwards mail to Tasmania, and an estimate
Three entires were found addressed to James Denham Pinnock over a period of 1847-1851, in his capacity as a public servant serving in two different roles in Melbourne. The first dated was addressed to him as the Deputy Registrar General, Supreme Court, Melbourne, Port Philip (sic) in July 1847. The front had a black rectangular boxed ‘JERRRYS PLAINS/ FREE’ and the ‘FREE’ was black-inked out with a wavy line and
Three covers sent to the above were found on eBay on the same day and in dated order they were as follows: The first cover was postmarked with a duplex GEELONG/ 3H/ JA 31/ 72 with a BN ‘2′ obliterator on the 2d lilac Victoria stamp, as well as an unframed reception postmark of ANAKIE/ JA 31/ 72/ VICTORIA (the same day delivery is not surprising as the 2 towns
An Uncommon Use of a Strip of Five KGV Redheads: The registered cover from Brisbane to the USA had the uncommon use of a strip of 5 KGV 1d redheads and a single ½d green KGV head (A.S.C. 56) to make up the 5½d rate. Although some of the stamps are partially obscured, it would appear that none have varieties and thus they could be plated from Plate 6 (56-60),