Three stampless entires were sent to the above in 1856-1858 at Gippsland, Holey Plains (the first two incorrectly addressed to ‘Holy Plains, which denoted’), Victoria. The first was sent p(er) ‘Eclipse’ and was endorsed ‘6d to pay’, having been sent from Hobart (Figure 1). The reverse had a frameless oval PORT ALBERT/ [CROWN]/ JU 7/ 1856/ VICTORIA and similar SALE/ [crown]/ JU 18/ 1856/ VICTORIA (Figure 2). The second cover
The Queensland postcard has a printed ‘ONE PENNY’ QV stamp of Queensland which is cancelled by an unframed MACKAY/ A/ NO 15/ 92/ QUEENSLAND. It was addressed to E.S. Rawson Esqr, The Hollow, Near Mackay (Figure 1). The reverse has a printed message: Mackay, 12th November, 1892. Dear Sir, The presentation to Mr. W. Robertson, to which you are a subscriber, will take place on Monday, 21st November, at Diehm’s
Two very interesting letters, one with two dates in manuscript ‘21 May & 2 July 1850′ is addressed to Dr. Mc Whirter (sic), Care Messr J. & S. Learmonth, Geelong, Port Phillip, per ‘Nelson’ has an additional manuscript ‘Answered 6 Dec’ and there is a poor copy of a vertically placed blue double-ringed oval ‘FORWARDED FROM/ LONDON/ THE JERUSALEM hand-stamp, and it is rated ‘6’ pence (Figure 1). The second
The advertising cover front only was for Dr. Jaeger’s Sanitary Woollen System Co. Ltd. Melbourne Branch, 321-323 Flinder’s Lane had the diamond shaped insignia used in many of their advertisements. It had a picture of Dr. Jaeger in the centre, with the full name of the company at the top, ‘SOLE CONCESSIONARY’ above the head, and ‘PURE WARRANTED WOOL’ at the lower edge of the insignia. The red 1d stamp
This 1889 small folded advertising circular for Dodgshun Sons & Co. of Launceston, Tasmania was postally used from Longford Tasmania, JY 9/ 89 to Messrs E. & W.L. Bartlett, Latrobe, Tasmania with a single 1d Queen Victoria sideface stamp (paying the advertising rate), tied by the Longford barred numeral ’54’. The cover is clearly marked ‘CIRCULAR ONLY’ (Figure 1). The circular side is quite spectacular, particularly considering its age, being
This ‘entire’, which predates the issue of stamps in Van Diemen’s Land, has a black ms. rating of ‘4′ and it is addressed to Joseph Dixon Esq, Derwent Bank, Hobart Town (Figure 1). The reverse has red sealing wax and a rare boxed un-named handstamp dated 11 JA 11/ 1842, the date being in 2 lines, bordered by a single-lined oblong 25 x 16 mm. struck in black. This is
The 1876-81 1d ‘Bell’ postcard was postmarked with the duplex GEELONG and B.N. ‘2′ with an indistinct date, and it was addressed to Messrs Peterson, Lane & Co. Melbourne (Figure 1). The reverse has a short printed message: Dennys, Lascelles & Co., Geelong, will Sell by Auction on TUESDAY NEXT, at Two o’Clock, WOOL 17/ 10/ 78 and there is a reception postmark MELBOURNE / 4X/ OC 17/ 78 (Figure
This cover was addressed to Master Horace Harvey, Manresa, Lower Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania. It was probably overweight as the strip of four green ‘HALFPENNY Bantam Postage’ stamps of Victoria were insufficient postage. They were cancelled with the duplex ST. KILDA/ JL 4/ 07/ VICTORIA with the barred numeral ‘78′, and the oval tax marking of 4D was partially obscured by the vertical pair of the green 2 PENCE Postage Due
The Tattersall’s cover was addressed to Mr. D. Black, Waterloo House, Murray Street, Hobart, Tasmania. The cover was franked with a vertical pair of the pink ‘ONE PENNY’ QV stamps of Victpria which were cancelled by the duplex CLUNES/ SE 17/ 07/ VICTORIA with the stamps obliterated by the barred numeral ‘147′. The reverse was not seen (Figure 1). The editor’s domicile was better known than David Black, for it
I often find that the printed insignias and addresses on the flap of covers, particularly the ‘Belt & Buckle’ diagrams, can give an entree into interesting personages, and this cover is no exception. This cover was sent ‘Per Moana’ to Messrs Barclay & Co., 44 Stone Street, New York, U.S.A. and it had 2 stamps of N.S.W., the green ½d QV and the blue 2d QV, cancelled with the duplex