The letter was sent to Dr. E. Sheaf, Roma (which was crossed out, and re-addressed to Toowoomba), Queensland, Australia. There were three stamps of Great Britain, a pair of the red ‘ONE PENNY’ and a single green ‘HALF-PENNY’ King Edward VII stamps cancelled STEBBING/ A/ OC 10/ 02. Beneath this there was an initial arrival postmark of the unframed ROMA/ A/ NO 14/ 02/ QUEENSLAND ( Figure 1). The reverse
This Victoria postcard with the red ‘UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION’, ‘1½d’ and two deletions applied to the 2d overseas card was issued in 1891 and the printed stamp was cancelled with a duplex Melbourne in 1904. It was addressed to H.K. LEWIS Esq, Bookseller, Gower Street, London, England (Figure 1). The reverse has a printed heading: Medical School Library, University of Melbourne, and is dated May 27 (?9), 1904. The message
This cover found on Ebay was particularly interesting not only because of the sender, but also the recipient, and there was a connecting thread between the two that was not immediately apparent. It was sent from The Grand Lodge of Tasmania of Free and Accepted Masons and it had a pair of the red 1d and the green ½d KGV side face stamps with three examples of the Hobart, Tasmania,
A simple cover can lead one on a voyage of discovery, without leaving the computer. This cover was seen on eBay auctions and immediately the ancient disease of leprosy sprang to mind. The cover was addressed to the “Sister in Charge/ Gemo Island” and was posted with two Australian stamps, the purple 1d Princess Elizabeth and the ½d orange Roo, postmarked PORT MORESBY/ 23 JE 48/ PAPUA NEW GUINEA (Figures
The New South Wales Post Card with the printed red 1d ‘Shield’ stamp is addressed to Messrs Freeman & Wallace, Medical Institute, 227½ Elizabeth street, Sydney. The stamp is cancelled with the ‘624′ Ray of Luddenham (Figure 1). The reverse has the following penned message: Post Office, Luddenham, April 24th 1905. To Messrs Freeman & Wallace, Sirs, Will you kindly send me one of your Medical Work Books as I
There is no certainty that this item was posted, but it is too good to ignore, for this homeopathic chemist was an important man in Tasmania particularly Launceston. It is part of an invoice in the 1920s when he operated his chemist shop out of 112 Brisbane Street, Launceston. He describes himself as a Homeopathic and Pharmaceutical Chemist, as well as a Merchant for Photographic Supply. He mentions his appointment
This Tasmania Post and Telegraph form is strictly non-postal, but it does have an OUSE/ AU 19/ 03/ TASMANIA postmark. It was sent from Macquarie Plains on that date to a Mr. Nicholas, Coroner in Ouse with the following message: Have made full enquiries case of Dr. Stewart. My opinion death due to failure heart. No suspicion of suicide. Consider Inquest unnecessary. Frank Allwork, New Norfolk. It was calculated as
When I first considered this paper I could not find any information on the addressee of this letter, so I decided to discuss this ship which had a short but interesting sailing history, with journeys to and from Australia, and finally its demise on the coast of New South Wales. Its association with Australia is shown on this cover which is addressed to W.D.P. Swain Esq, Barque Eleanor Lancaster, Port
The cover was sent from the American Consular Service to Mr. E.F. Mahady, 671 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. The blue 2½d ‘Roo on Map of Australia’ stamp was cancelled with a roller postmark SYDNEY/ MY 8 – 2PM/ 1915/ N.S.W. There was no backstamp on the reverse (Figure 1). Interesting information was obtained concerning the company from an advertising post card that had been sent to
The long registered cover has a Blue Sydney “A”, New South Wales Registration label, a purple ‘REGISTERED’ handstamp and 2 green 1d KGV Head stamps as well as two 2d orange ‘Centenary of Victoria’ stamps, showing an Aborigine and the Yarra River, canceled by REGISTERED/ 31 AU 31/ SYDNEY N.S.W. It has a printed address of The International Society for Crippled Children , Inc., Elyria, Ohio. The reverse is backstamped