This registered self-printed cover has a red registration label ‘Queensland/ Brisbane’ with five stamps totaling seven pence, made up of two 2d red KGV head stamps as well as three 1d purple KGV stamps, individually cancelled REGISTERED BRISBANE/ 15 SE 22/ QUEENSLAND, and it is addressed to C.C. Hosseus, Casilla de Correo 74, Cordoba, Rep. Argentina, South America (Figure 1). The reverse has the same origin postmark, a transit REGISTERED/
The cover has a manuscript ‘Herbertshoe (sic)/ Garrison’ and the red 1d ‘Roo on Map of Australia’ stamp has been cancelled with a straight line purple HERBERTSHÖHE handstamp. It is addressed to Mrs.Goadby, Rowanhurst, McMillan Street, North Sydney, N.S.Wales. There is a red ms. ‘Censored’ and the sender is identified as ‘B.T. Goadby/ Lieut RAS/ o/c Lands & Survey’. The reverse was not seen, but the vendor states it was
I have to admit that this insignificant cover probably has little or no relationship to the person to be described in this paper, other than they both resided in India, and had a common surname. The cover shows 3 green ½d KGV head stamps, two of which appear imprinted copies, with 2 postmarks of MELBOURNE/ 22/ 430A 12 NO 19/ VICTORIA. It was addressed to Messrs. Curtsejee & Sons, Merchants,
This somewhat battered and stained ‘cover’ adds to the information on the multifaceted Alfred Howitt. It was sent by him to Cyrus E. Doyle Esq, Werrinia, Kunopia, Moree, N.S.W. and it has the green 1d Bell designed Victorian stamp postmarked with BAIRNSDALE/ AU 31/ 77/ VICTORIA duplex with barred numeral ‘174′ (the first duplex, which is not rated by Freeman & White, 1997). Along the top of the cover there
Six French covers appeared on Ebay, two of which were addressed from Paris to Alfred L. Smith, a celebrated and at times controversial architect in Melbourne, Victoria. The cover was an entire with no identification of the sender, with no postmarks on the reverse, and it was addressed to Alfred L. Smith Esq., Architect, Bourke Street East, Melbourne, Australia. There was a black ink ms. ‘3′ and two double circle
The letter was sent to Dr. Tracy E. Hazen, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York U.S.A. It had a pair of the red ‘Shield’ stamp of New South Wales, cancelled with BERRIGAN/ 16 AU 11 (T)/ N.S.W of the Type 2 (iv) (T) of Hopson and Tobin. There were 3 markings showing addirional tax, a blue crayon ms. with ‘T 1d’, as well as an octagonal ‘T/ 30c’ and a circular
The 1d red roo on map of Australia stamped wrapper (H. & G. E-2) which is postmarked WILLIAMSTOWN/ 215A 30 SE 14/VIC has a manuscript Printed Matter and is addressed to Professor W.M. Davis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. U.S.A. The name of the sender has not been identified, but immediately below the name there appears to be written ‘Survey Egypt’ (Figure 1). William Morris Davis was a famous American geographer,
Australia’s gift in radiation physics to Great Britain and Canada: The cover has pairs of the two high values of the 150th Anniversary of Newcastle released on 8 September 1947, with a combined value of 1 shilling and six pence, the overseas airmail rate. The cover was postmarked MORNINGTON / 3 OC 47/ VICTORIA and it was addressed to Prof. J.A. Gray F.R.S., Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada (Figure 1).
A front of a very simple cover was sent to Professor Liversidge, Sydney University and readdressed in manuscript to the Union Club, in Sydney. It had a duplex cancellation different from the first duplexes in that the date stamp part was upright instead of sideways and had a double circle instead of one, and the obliterator oval had 4 rings instead of 3. It was probably of local manufacture and
The registered N.S.W. cover has added postage of a pair of the blue ‘TWO PENCE’ QV stamp which is postmarked with the numeral ‘1452′ of Jenolan caves, whereas the red printed registration stamp is canceled with the circular JENOLAN CAVES/ SP 14/ 1906/N.S.W. In addition there is an unframed, with double arcs, transit cancel of OBERON/ SP 14/ 1906/ N.SW. which is only 31 k away. It is addressed to