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
Two relatively unpretentious covers dated 27 years apart reveal, on their reverse, how the fortunes of the Dalton Brothers changed from humble beginnings in Ireland to riches in New South Wales. The first cover, a printed to private order envelope with the embossed blue 1d ‘Emu’ stamp of N.S.W. was postmarked with the duplex SYDNEY/ FE 11/ 11-A M/ 95/ 36 and was addressed to a firm in Melbourne (Figure
The cover is franked with the green-yellow 3d Roo on Map of Australia stamp (S.G. 37, narrow crown watermark) postmarked BRIGHTON/ VIC, the date is not legible, but most likely is dated ca. 1915. I is addressed to Charles Lathrop Pack Esq, Lakewood, New Jersey. United States of America. A manuscript “via San Francisco per Ventura” has been added (Figure 1). “Charles Lathrop Pack was one of the United States’
The One Penny Western Australian postcard has no visible postmark and it was sent to C. Harper Esq. M.L.A., Guildford (W.A.) (Figure 1). The reverse was printed “The West Australian Trustee, Executor and Agency Co., Ltd, St George Terrace, Perth” and it was dated 23rd May 1895. The message was: Dear Sir, A Meeting of the Directors of this Company will be held on Monday 27th at 11 o’clock a.m.,
To date, this is the only Australian paper at this website devoted to a ‘Cinderella’, a non-postal item with no postal value, although rare covers get through the postal system without being taxed. This block of six celebrates the Centenary of Charles Davis arriving in Tasmania in 1847 and the centre of the design illustrates the store which was known as Charles Davis Limited (Figure 1). Charles Davis, businessman, was
The rose ONE PENNY postcard of Victoria is postmarked with a duplex BALLARAT/ 7D/ DE 11/ 83 cancel with a barred numeral ‘5′ obliterator. It is addressed to Messrs Pfaff Pinschoff (sic) & Co., 73 Flinders Lane West, Melbourne (Figure 1). The message on the reverse is difficult to decipher, but reads: 34 Sturt St. Ballarat, Dec 10 th 1883. Dr. Sirs Your parcel of colours are to hand but
Two entires were available at auction, one addressed to the merchant Captain Joseph James and the other to his daughter Frances, one and a half years apart, during which time the Captain had died, and both were sent from the same town, Newnham, Gloucestershire in England. The first was sent from NEWNHAM/ AP 28/ 1843 and it has a red ‘tombstone’ cancel PAID/ 29 AP29/ 1843 as well as a