Professors

This blue ‘On Her Majesty’s Service’ envelope from the Department of Agriculture was addressed to Professor Bayley Balfour, University (crossed out in red ink), Edinburgh, Scotland and a ’10’ was also added in red ink, close to an illegible postmark. The stampless cover was sent with a small MELBOURNE/ 3A/ AU 14/ 94 duplex VICTORIA postmark as well as a black Department of Agriculture/ Frank/ Stamp/ Victoria (first used in

This cover was chosen because of the unusual address, the letter being sent with a roller cancel of HOBART/ 24 JUL 22 9-PM/ TASMANIA to The American Poultry School, Dep. 185, Kansas City, M.O. (Missouri), America and it was franked with the 4d orange KGV head, this being the commercial paper rate to foreign countries from 1 October 1920 (Figure 1). The first thing I learnt about the American Poultry

This cover was sent ‘ON HIS MAJESTY’S SERVICE’ from The Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, “The Rialto”, Collins Street, Melbourne and it is addressed to Professor Payson J. Treat, Dept of History, Leland Stanford Junior University, California, U.S.A. It has a brown TWO SHILLINGS Roo on map of Australia stamp (watermark not known) with a perfin small O S, as well as the 1d red KGV head with the

This long ‘On His Majesty’s Service’ cover was sent from the Department of Mines/ Sydney 14/ 5/ 1918 to Prof. Jos. W. Richards, Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, PA., U.S.A. The grey 2d ‘Roo on Map of Australia’ and the green ½d KGV head stamps, both perfined OS, were cancelled with a roller cancel SYDNEY/ MY 14/ 1918/ N.S.W with the slogan ‘HELP TO WIN THE WAR/ BUY WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES/

This illustrated cover brings together three men, including an alter ego, all involved in the entertainment industry. The cover has a printed “The Vertos/ Escamoteurs And Mystifyers as well as photos of ‘Percy’ as well as of ‘La Petite.’ It is addressed to S. Lubin Esq., 21. S. Eighth Street, Philadelphia Pa., America U.S.A. The prussian blue 2½d QV stamp of New South Wales is canceled by a duplex SYDNEY/ MY

This cover has several surprises for the addressee had an important U.S.A.- Australian connection, as well as a significant history as a scientist in both countries, and there was an American slogan reception cancel of significant interest on the cover’s front. To cap it off, there was a handstamp on the reverse that I have not seen before. The cover originated from Victoria in 1914, but the originating roller cancel

This On Her Majesty’s Service long cover with a lilac 2d stamp of Victoria was postmarked MELBOURNE/ 21.3.00/14 which partially obscured the CHIEF SECRETARY Frank Stamp of Victoria. The envelope is addressed to Professor Mark W. Harrington, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington U.S.A. and it was sent from the Melbourne Observatory on 21. 3. 1900. The reverse was not seen (Figure 1). A column in the ‘MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW ‘

The ‘On active Service’ cover has a pair of the red 1d ‘Roo on Map of Australia’ stamp, with the ‘OS’ perfin is cancelled with the straight two-line ‘Simpsonhafen/ (Deutsch Neu-Guinea) postmark. It is addressed to Mrs. J.T. Wilson, Eurotas, Edgecliffe Rd., Woollahra, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia. At the lower left there is a ms. ‘JS / 567′ (Figure 1). The reverse has a roller cancel of SYDNEY/ 6/ NO 20 –

This cover interests me because it is an example of an association between 3 countries, which have been my home at stages in my academic life. It is addressed to Prof. Horatio Hale, M.A., J.R.D.C., Clinton, Ontario, Canada and it was sent from St. Arnaud, Victoria, Australia. The 2 Victorian stamps (pink ½d and lilac 2d “Stamp Duty”) are postmarked with the St Arnaud third duplex, AU 6/ (18)96 with