The letter was sent to Dr. Tracy E. Hazen, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York U.S.A. It had a pair of the red ‘Shield’ stamp of New South Wales, cancelled with BERRIGAN/ 16 AU 11 (T)/ N.S.W of the Type 2 (iv) (T) of Hopson and Tobin. There were 3 markings showing addirional tax, a blue crayon ms. with ‘T 1d’, as well as an octagonal ‘T/ 30c’ and a circular
This unpretentious cover with a Sydney/ 10 pm/ 3 SEP/ 1929 POST EARLY EACH DAY roller cancel obliterating two red KGV Head stamps was addressed to Professor Irving Fisher, Yale University (crossed out and ‘97′ pencilled in), New Haven, Connecticut. There was an arrival postmark with NEW HAVEN CONN/ OCT 3/ 11 30AM/ YALE STA./ 1929 (Figure 1). Irving Fisher was born February 27, 1867 at Saugerties, New York and
The cover had a blue 2½d ‘Swan’ stamp of Western Australia postmarked BEACONSFIELD/ SP 13/ 02/ W.A and it was addressed to Rev. Saml Boardman, D.D., L.L.D., Bloomfield, N.J., U.S.A. It had a ms.’ From T. Maguire, Beaconsfield, W.A.’ (Figure 1). The reverse had a transit postmark of FREMANTLE/ 6/ SP 13/ 02/ W.A (Figure 2). Samuel Ward Boardman was born at Pittsford, Vermont on August 31, 1830. His boyhood was
The brown 1d South Australian postcard was addressed to Prof. Ralph Tate and was postmarked with the duplex G.P.O. ADELAIDE/ R/ JY 17/ 6 5 AM/ 99 (Figure 1). The reverse of the card was printed for the Royal Society of South Australia, stating that the Council Meeting was to be held in the Society’s Room, S.A. Institute, Tuesday 18th July 1899 at 5 p.m. (the next day!). The remainder
The 1d red roo on map of Australia stamped wrapper (H. & G. E-2) which is postmarked WILLIAMSTOWN/ 215A 30 SE 14/VIC has a manuscript Printed Matter and is addressed to Professor W.M. Davis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. U.S.A. The name of the sender has not been identified, but immediately below the name there appears to be written ‘Survey Egypt’ (Figure 1). William Morris Davis was a famous American geographer,