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;) | K1 "13", Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV 1/- green (SG.8, Cat.£70), rare on this issue. £48 |
;) | K3a "14", Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV 1d pale rose CC wmk (SG.2) showing positioning of duplex cds, minor perf. faults. £16 |
;) | K3 "3", Bermuda postmark on 1881 QV 3d yellow-buff CC wmk (SG.10, Cat.£60). £24 |
;) | K4 "3", Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV 1/- green (SG.8, Cat.£70), a rare late use combination. £48 |
;) | K4a "3", Bermuda postmark on QV 3d grey (SG.28) showing positioning of duplex cds. £9 |
;) | K1 "1", Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV 1/- green CC wmk (SG.8, Cat.£70), perf. faults. Short life. £18 |
;) | K3a "9", Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV 1d pale rose CC wmk (SG.2) showing positioning of duplex cds, thinned with toned perfs. £24 |
;) | K3a "16", Bermuda postmark on 1865 QV 1d pale rose Crown CC wmk (SG.2). £40 |
;) | A10 used KINGSTOWN plus A10 used GEORGETOWN combination, St. Vincent postmarks (PML.4) horiz. "A10" in black applied Kingstown overstriking red vertical "A10" (PML.5) used Georgetown on QV 1d black (SG.18). £18 |
;) | A10 used at Kingstown, St. Vincent postmark (PML.1) fine impression on 1861 QV 1d rose-red (SG.1). £6 |
;) | A10 used at Kingstown, St. Vincent postmark (PML.4) in red on 1875 QV 6d deep blue-green (SG.19b, Cat.£50). £20 |
;) | A10 used KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent postmark (PML.4) on 1872 1/- deep rose-red (pale shade, SG.17, Cat.£140), fine used. £30 |
;) | 6 used Bothwell, TASMANIA postal history 1870 cover to James Gill, Solicitor, Hobart Town with Chalon 4d tied "6" numeral with BOTHWELL 13 AP 1870 dbl-arc alongside and red Pre-Paid AP 14 arrival, no reverse markings. £275 |
;) | 20 used Circular Head, Tasmania postal history 1859 wrapper docketted as from Albert H. Boys (thought to be a farmer, Detention River) to William Johnson, Launceston with Chalon 4d pale blue tied Circular Head "20" with postmaster's manuscript "C'Head 24-2/59", backstamped red Pre-Paid for same date. £275 |
;) | 73 used Buckland, TASMANIA postal history 1863 cover to Mrs. Parsons, Queen's Orphan School, New Town with Chalon 4d imperforate tied Buckland "73" with postmaster's manuscript "Buckland 19/11/63" at left and red Pre-Paid NO 20 1863 at right, no reverse markings. Settled in 1820 and originally known as Prosser Plains. Best known for its historic Church of St. John the Baptist, convict built in 1846, and its mysterious East Window possibly from an Abbey built by William the Conqueror on the spot that King Harold died in 1066. In the early years the majority of the children at the Orphan School, built 1833, were born to convict women under sentence. £475 |
;) ;) | 10 (used Brighton), TASMANIA postal history 1861 cover "per Tasmania" to James S. Harrison, 22 Charlotte Place, Sydney, New South Wales with Chalon 2d slate-green pair (uneven setting), single superbly pmk'd Brighton "10" numerals with red PRE-PAID 4 SP 1861 alongside, reverse Sydney C/SP 9 61 arrival. James Start Harrison (1837-1902) arrived Sydney in January 1849 with his parents after a voyage of 157 days on board the Penyard Park and eventually took up the profession of an accountant working with the new partnership formed 1861 of Alexander Learmonth & Samuel Dickinson, merchant and commission agents. He is best known as a philanthropist and local newspapers capture his interests and service given to the Sydney Ragged Schools, Sydney City Mission, Sydney Female Refuge. £3500 |
;) | 13 used Kingston, TASMANIA postal history (Ex TINSLEY, BOMBIERI, BLAKE, CHARTWELL) 1864 drop letter mailed within Kingston with Chalon 1d brick-red imperforate superbly tied "13" addressed Mr. Dixon, Browns River with postmaster's manuscript "Kingston 11-1-64" alongside, no reverse markings. Ex TINSLEY, BOMBIERI, BLAKE, CHARTWELL. The settlement known as Browns River had its name changed to Kingston by the Governor of Tasmania in 1851, so the postmaster followed this edict which was not acknowledged until a Government Gazette in 1881. It was then changed to Kingston Beach in 1900. £825 |
;) | 26 used Don, TASMANIA postal history 1866 mourning cover to John Taylor in Newcastle on Tyne with Chalon 6d grey watermark double-lined numeral "6" with postmaster's manuscript "Don 16/5/66" alongside, reverse red Launceston MY 17 1866 and Newcastle-on-Tyne H/JY 20 66. £480 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | 74 used Hobart, TASMANIA postal history 1860 cover to The Right Reverend Bishop Goold in Melbourne, Victoria with Chalon 2d green showing some DOUBLING OF VALUE TABLET and engine turning and Chalon 4d (pencil marked "cobalt blue, fluorescent ink" on reverse) pmk'd Hobart "74" with part red Hobart Town alongside, reverse with ornate seal impressed black wax and Melbourne A/FE 4 60 arrival. James Alipius Goold, Roman Catholic Archbishop, was born NO 4 1812 into a prosperous family in Cork, Ireland. Ordained in Rome, returned Ireland where he gained permission to volunteer for missionary work in New South Wales arriving Sydney FE 24 1838. Visited Ballarat gold fields 1854 and 1855 and pacified Catholic miners particularly after the Eureka affair. £925 |
;) | 52 used Launceston, TASMANIA postal history 1875 cover to London with mixed franking Chalon 6d and QV 3d Sideface pmk'd "52" with Launceston L/JN 10 75 and London AU 3 75 alongside. £525 |