This O.H.M.S. New South Wales cover probably contained heavy papers for it had a single brown 1 shilling ‘Roo’ stamp with O.S. overprint and a pair of the green 3d stamps and the cancellation was illegible. However it was sent from the Government Printing Office, Sydney on 12-5-1891. It was addressed to The Honorable Nicholas Fitzgerald M.P., Parliament House (crossed out, and redirected to 454 Collins St.), Melbourne, Victoria (Figure
This large commercial airmail cover was sent from General Motors-Holden Ltd., Melbourne to Mr. Len Nettlefold, C/- Robt. Nettlefold Pty. Ltd., 113-115 Macquarie St., Hobart, Tasmania. It is thought to have the largest block of violet eight 9d ‘Roo on Map of Australia’ stamps on cover, augmented by a block of 4 as well as a pair of chestnut 6d stamps of the same stamp design (a total postage of
A simple cover sent air mail with a brown 5d KGV Head stamp postmarked in 1933 has an indistinct KATHERINE/ ( )/ NORTH AUST postmark (Figure 1). Edward A. Williams (1992) in his book The Postal History of the Northern Territory 1824-1988 on page 196 describes this postmark as “Type 8: NORTH AUST (30 mm rubber). 1927-21 February 1944. Issued in connection with the 1927 division of the Territory into Central and
I have developed a penchant for covers which have short title for the address as they frequently uncover an interesting story. Certainly the appearance of this cover did not enthrall me or produce a single bidder on Ebay in spite of the fact that the stamp was an imperf 2d blue Plate 1, NSW QV stamp with four margins, and was postmarked with the earliest type of a Sydney G.P.O.
This commemorative registered opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge cover has a blue regitration R. 6 label of Sydney Harbour Bridge/ N.E. PYLON (North East Pylon) and a single red 2d and 3d Harbour Bridge stamps, postmarked SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE N.E. PYLON/ 23 MR 32. The cover was addressed to W.M. Morgan Esq, c/o Mt. Coolon Gold Mines N.L., Private Mail Bag, Collinsville, Queensland. The reverse was not seen (Figure
The long cover is addressed to Messrs. Michaelis, Hallenstein & Co., 22, Basinghall Street, London E.C. and it has a ms. ‘p. Ravenna/ Via Brindisi’. It is difficult to identify all of the 5 stamps of Victoria, but the total postage is about 2 shillings. The cancellation was a duplex MELBOURNE/ 9 H/ 11 1/ 04 with the VICTORIA obliterator. The reverse was not seen but it had a London
The brown-orange advertising cover for M. Donaghy & Sons Pty Ltd, Geelong, manufacturers of Kangaroo Brand Harvest Twine, Rope and Mats. The illustration showed a man, probably a farmer, who was standing on a ‘deck ‘ of 6 mats, and there was a small kangaroo in the background who waved a baton and appeared to be directing a team of four kangaroos in the foreground. At lower right was printed
The cover has a red globe of the world with emphasis on Australia, labeled Cook’s Tours and is addressed to Messrs. Thos. Cook & Son, Cook’s Tourist Office, 261-3 Broadway, New York, U.S.A. It has a violet ‘TWO PENCE’ and a green bantam ½d Victorian stamps, cancelled with the double circle MELBOURNE/ 19 2 06/ 5 (Figure 1). Thomas Cook born1808 in Melbourne, Derbyshire, founded the travel agency that later
The Air Mail cover was addressed to Messrs, McWhirters Ltd., Merchants, Brisbane and the blue 5d Emu stamp was cancelled MOUNT GARNET/ 10-A- ( ) 42/QUEENSLAND. The most striking feature was the purple circular handstamp ‘1/ AFCC’, for which I could find no postage usage. The sender was the Tableland Tin Dredging N.L. Box 9, Mt Garnet. The reverse was not seen (Figure 1). James McWhirter arrived in Brisbane from
This 3-coloured stamped cover was sent to Messrs. Max Wulfsohn & Co., 109/111 West 27 Street, New York, U.S.A. The 3 stamps are all KGV Head stamps, the 1d red, the green ½d and the 2d brown-orange. There is a roller SYDNEY/ 9-PM/ MY 18/ 1921/ N.S.W. cancel without any slogan and there is a printed boxed return address at Box 959, G.P.O. Sydney. The reverse had a manuscript sender’s