Professors

TRACY E. HAZEN, PROF of BOTANY, N.Y., LETTER from BERRIGAN, N.S.W.

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

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SYDNEY LETTER to IRVING FISHER, YALE UNIVERSITY, CONNECTICUT

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

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SAMUEL W. BOARDMAN, 4TH PRESIDENT MARYVILLE COLLEGE, TENNESSEE

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

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RALPH TATE, ELDER PROFESSOR of SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY of ADELAIDE

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

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PROFESSOR WILLIAM MORRIS DAVIS, GEOGRAPHER (1850-1934)

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,

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PROFESSOR SIR ISAAC BAYLEY BALFOUR (1853-1922)

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

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PROFESSOR J. A. GRAY D. Sc., O.B.E., FRSC, FRS [ENGLAND/CANADA]

Australia’s gift in radiation physics to Great Britain and Canada: The cover has pairs of the two high values of the 150th Anniversary of Newcastle released on 8 September 1947, with a combined value of 1 shilling and six pence, the overseas airmail rate. The cover was postmarked MORNINGTON / 3 OC 47/ VICTORIA and it was addressed to Prof. J.A. Gray F.R.S., Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada (Figure 1).

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PROFESSOR QUISENBERRY & THE AMERICAN POULTRY SCHOOL

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

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PROF. PAYSON J. TREAT, STANFORD HISTORIAN of AUSTRALASIA & JAPAN

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

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PROF. JOSEPH RICHARDS, LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: ALUMINUM vs. IRON & STEEL

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/

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