A cover was addressed to the Hon. B.R. Wise, Attorney General, Macquarie St., Sydney with a manuscript Confidential notation and the mauve 2d Victoria “Postage” stamp (ASC # 86) postmarked MELBOURNE/ PM/ 4 30/ 19 6 03/ 20 (Figure 1). The reverse had a (Victoria) House of Representatives over the Lion and Unicorn, on either side of a shield with ‘Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense’, seated above ‘Dieu et
This bland cover is addressed to an exciting man, Mr. B. O’Dowd, Supreme Court Library, Melbourne and the pink “ONE PENNY’ stamp of Victoria is cancelled MG 11/ AP 14/ 04/ VICTORIA (Figure 1). The reverse has a roller cancel of MELBOURNE/ AP 15/ 4 30 AM/ 1904/ 2, with a flag-like seven wavy lines, surrounding VICTORIA (Figure 2). Bernard Patrick O’Dowd was born on 11 April 1866 at Beaufort,
Two fronts only became available, both ON PUBLIC SERVICE ONLY for members of Parliament only. The first had a printed red 1d ‘Shield stamp’ of New South Wales canceled with the duplex PARLIAMENT HOUSE/ AU 29/ 1900/ SYDNEY with the numeral obliterator ‘1741′. It was addressed to Bruce Smith Esq, Chambers, 149 Philip St. (Figure 1). The second front of similar type, had one significant difference for it had the
The cover had a ms.’Regd No 122 and the strip of three mauve QV stamps of Victoria were postmarked with RUTHERGLEN/ MR 3/ 84/ VICTORIA and the stamps had the barred numeral obliterator of ‘318′. The cover was addressed to Mr. Graham Berry, Postmaster General. In addition there was a boxed ‘REGISTERED’(Figure 1). The only marking on the reverse was a reception postmark of REGISTERED/ A/ MR 4/ 84/ MELBOURNE (Figure
This long On Her Majesty’s Service cover has a purple COLONIAL SECRETARY’S OFFICE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA frank stamp and a duplex SHIP MAIL ROOM/ 2/ FE 2/ 99/ PERTH W.A. with the GPO obliterator, as well as a double oval COLONIAL SECRETARY’S OFFICE/ (—) FEB 99/ PERTH W.A. marking at the lower L. side, plus a circular PAID/ OFFICIALLY/ WEST AUSTRALIA. It was addressed to The Acting Secretary, Civil Service Commission
This stampless cover was cancelled at the lower left PAID AT BENDIGO/ AP 27/ 04/ VIC. It also had a boxed NOT KNOWN BY/ LETTER CARRIER/ BENDIGO . It was addressed to a Mr. H. Hansen, Williamson St., in Bendigo (Figure 1). It contained a card promoting The Hon. J.H. Abbott as a candidate for Re-Election for the Legislative Council Election on June 1st for Bendigo Province (1904). ‘There are
This unusually fine cancellation of the rays ‘261′ in duplicate on a strip of three of the pale blue Two Pence stamp of N.S.W. is on a cover addressed to T.B. Bennett Esq., Bruton Somerset, England. The dates of sending, the date of receiving and the name of the sender are all identified in the manuscript: 22nd Aug 1867, Mr. Joseph Barling, recd 20th Oct, 1867, and another manuscript shows that this is
Four stampless entires recently appeared at a single Australian auction site, all of postal history significance, but the first seen was of the greatest interest as it linked this early immigrant, John Leake to the Governor of Van Diemen’s Land, William Denison. It is addressed to John Leake Esq, Rosedale, Perth, the latter being crossed out and Campbell Town substituted. In the top left hand corner there is a Postmaster’s
This 1886 1d Victoria “Astley” stamp design was issued as a postcard on 1 June 1886, eight weeks prior to the design’s issue as a stamp. The initial card was for use in Victoria only at the one penny rate, and use to other intercolonial destinations required a further 1d stamp. The 3-line instruction to this effect was altered on a reissue on 4 July 1887 following an agreement between
The cover was addressed to James T. Walker, care of Bank of New South Wales, Toowoomba and the blue TWO PENCE stamp of Queensland was postmarked BRISBANE/ 2/ JU 7/ 73 QUEENSLAND. The reverse was backstamped TOOWOOMBA/ A/ JU 7/ 1873/ QUEENSLAND (Figure 1). The pink 1d Victoria stamp was postmarked with MELBOURNE/ PM/ 6 45/ 27 5 01/ 6, and the cover had a large T 2D in an oval tax