Political

A cover addressed to the Honble. Charles Sladen Esqre, Geelong, Victoria on June 29, 1859 had a strip of three of the blue NSW Diadems tied to the cover by an indistinct ‘rays’ cancels, which would have been ‘87′ of Ipswich NSW, taking into account the reverse. The post office at Ipswich NSW opened in 1846 and it was transferred to Queensland on 1. December 1859 (Figure 1). In addition

There is nothing about this cover that would suggest that this it would contain a letter that spoke of a broken finger, beastly conduct in a divorce case, a friend abstaining from alcohol for 2 years, and that women are not be trusted and this is the reason why the sender is suspicious of marriage. Interspersed with this gossip is an interesting political discussion on Sir George Grey, the single

Two covers addressed to Mr R.D. Craig, Secretary, Nth New South Wales Conference, c/o Seventh Day Adventists, Box 129 Post Office, Hamilton, NSW were sent from Murwillumbah on the 6th and 13th July, 1964, both with the green 5d booklet stamp of QE II (Figure 1). The reverse showed a map of New South Wales, with a shaded insert occupying the north-east portion of the State up to the Queensland

This abused mourning cover has a blue imperforate 1854 ‘Laureate’ stamp of New South Wales canceled with an indistinct barred numeral ‘57′ of Raymond Terrace and it is addressed to W.C. Windeyer Esq, University, Sydney. The vendor states that the stamp is the Plate III, being the Plate I re-engraved with the background of crossed lines (Figures 1 & 2). The reverse shows more clearly that it is a mourning

A cover with two baronets in the address is not a common finding, and in this case both are of interest. The cover is a stampless ‘On Her Majesty’s Service’ London cover of 1895 with a purple Colony of Tasmania handstamp applied to mail sent from the Agent General for Tasmania in London. This Departmental cachet was applied to show that the correspondence was properly entitled to be sent free.

The 1899 long cover from the UK had a blue 2½d stamp and was addressed to the Hon. Sir Philip Oaklt Fysh KCMG, Highbury, Hobart, Tasmania. There was a ‘tombstone’ boxed ‘T’, a ms. ‘1/3′, an oval handstamp ‘1/3d/ MORE TO PAY’ as well as a boxed ‘REFUSED’ handstamp. The reverse was not seen (Figure 1). Sir Philip Oakley Fysh, politician and merchant, was born on 1 March 1835 at

This official stampless cover, ‘On Public Service’ was addressed to The Hon. Malcolm Fraser C.M.G., Colonial Secretary’s Office, Government Buildings, Perth and was postmarked with a duplex PERTH/ NO 19/ 1885/ WESTERN AUSTRALIA, G.P.O. There were several manuscript additions, with a handstamp [Crown]/ PAID marking (Figure 1). Sir Malcolm Fraser (1834-1900), civil engineer and administrator, was born in Gloucestershire, England, son of William Fraser of Clifton. He was a surveyor

The printed to private order envelope of Victoria with the printed purple head of QV stamp ‘TWO PENCE STAMP DUTY’ is cancelled by an unframed EUROA/ JE 7/ 00/ VICTORIA postmark. It was addressed to The Hon. Sir J.P. ABBOTT, K.C.M.G., Australian Mutual Provident Society, 87 PITT STREET. SYDNEY. The reverse was not seen (Figure 1). Joseph Palmer Abbott was born on 29 September 1842 at Muswellbrook, New South Wales,