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S.S. WHITE TECHNOLOGIES, LETTER from F.H. FAULDING, AUSTRALIAN CHEMISTS

The cover was sent from F.H. Faulding & Co., Adelaide to Messrs. S.S. White’s Dental Mfg. Co., Chestnut St. Corner Twelfth, Philadelphia, U.S.A. and the two red 1d KGV Head stamps and the green ½d ‘Roo on Map of Australia’ stamp were canceled with an ADELAIDE/ 22 MAR 15 5.45 PM SOUTH AUSTRALIA roller cancel. There was also a purple handstamp ‘PASSED’ (Figure 1). S.S. White Technologies started life in

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ROCKE, TOMPSITT, WHOLESALE DRUGGIST & MANUFACTURING CHEMIST

These are two of five covers addressed to the above company. The first was sent from Denny & Day, Beddome & Co, Chemists & Chiropodists, Swanston St., Melbourne, and it had a corner advert ‘For your Dog’s Sake’. It was addressed to the Manager, Rocke, Tompsitt & Co. Limited. 292 Flinders Street, Melbourne. . Insist on Beddome’s Famous Dog Remedies’. The 3½d Responsible Government stamp was cancelled with a roller

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ROBERT CRAIG, UROLOGIST-BENEFACTOR & DR. W.F. DUGGAN, EYE SURGEON

The postcard has a red 2½d KGVI stamp cancelled with a roller boxed postmark of MELBOURNE/ 11-PM/ 31 AUG/ 1942/ VICTORIA. It is addressed to Dr. Walter F. Duggan, 258 Genesee Street, Utica N,Y., U.S.A., and it has a purple handstamp of a boxed ‘3/ PASSED/ BY/ CENSOR’ (Figure 1). The reverse has a printed ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS/ GORDON CRAIG LIBRARY/ Spring Street, Melbourne, C.1., dated August 25

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QUARANTINED & FUMIGATED MAIL of VICTORIA & NEW SOUTH WALES

This insignificant cover with an interesting background story was described by the vendor as follows: 1893 cover to Melbourne with Naish2d violet tied by an almost fine strike of the rare ‘T’ in lattice cancellation in violet of the Nepean Point Quarantine Station at Portsea, arrival back-stamp of NO 9/ (18)93. A key piece for the collector of quarantined mail, being the only recorded example on cover. It was addressed to

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PROFESSOR ARTHUR STEINDLER, ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON & SISTER KENNY

The O.H.M.S. cover had a green 1d KGV Head and a red 2d Anniversary of South Australia stamps cancelled with a BRISBANE/ 8 -PM/ 16 SEP/ 1936/ QLD roller cancel with the slogan SOUTH AUSTRALIA/ CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS/ 1936. It was addressed to Professor A. Steindler, The State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States America and it had the return address for the Royal Commission On The Investigation of

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PROF. HARVEY SUTTON, SCHOOL of PUBLIC HEALTH & TROPICAL MEDICINE

This cover was sent from the Australian National Research Council to Dr. Harvey Sutton, The Director, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, The University, Sydney. The red 1½d KGV head stamp with the ‘TWO / PENCE’ overprint is canceled with an illegible roller postmark was issued on 1 August 1930 and Dr. Harvey was appointed to the first Director of the School the same year, so this narrows the

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PRIVATELY EMBOSSED ENVELOPE from LAUNCESTON to SYDNEY REDIRECTED to KENMORE ASYLUM, GOULBURN N.S.W.

Private issues embossed to order exist in great variety on Tasmanian envelopes with different shades, sizes and papers. This fairly ordinary envelope has from left to right an orange ½d Tasmanian stamp, an embossed red 1d and an embossed red ½d stamp cancelled with two duplex postmarks of LAUNCESTON/ K/ AU 20/ 96. It is addressed to a Mr. Parry of Sydney with a redirect to Kenmore Asylum, Goulburn (Figure

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POSTCARD to DR. BENHAM from MOUNT LYELL MINING & RAILWAY Co. Ltd.

This 1d pink Victoria postcard has a roller postmark MELBOURNE/ OC 29–2-30P/ VICT/ 1908 and it was sent to Dr. Benham, Camden House, Exeter, S.A. (Figure 1). The reverse shows that it is from The Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Co. Ltd, 30 Queen Street, Melbourne, 29th Octr 1908.  The printed message has been altered by writing and it reads:Dear Sir, I beg to acknowledge receipt of your P/C of

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PLINY HAROLD HAYES M.D., THE ASTHMA INSTITUTE, BUFFALO, N.Y.

The illustrated Tasmanian postcard has a view of Government House, Hobart and has a purple 2½d ‘Side Face’ Tasmanian stamp postmarked with the duplex LAUNCESTON/ K/ JA 7/ 98/ P – R cancel as well as  the TASMANIA obliterator.  It was addressed to Dr. P. Harold Hayes MD, 716 Main St, Buffalo, New York, United States of America. The reverse was not seen (Figure 1). The cover has four olive

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MOREE BORE BATHS, NORTH-EAST NEW SOUTH WALES, ARTESIAN SPA

The illustrated cover shows a photo of the Moree Bore Baths and is addressed to The Town Clerk, Council Chambers, Tamworth. The red 1½d KGV head stamp is postmarked MOREE/ 1. 15 P 15 JL 26/ N.S.W. [Type 2 C (T) of Hopson & Tobin (Figure 1). The reverse gives the details of the Moree Municipal Artesian Bore Baths For Rheumatism and Nervous Disorders, as follows: Bore 2792 feet deep.

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