| Lot |
Symbol |
Description |
Est Price |
| 545 |
O |
--- 10/- blue and bistre-brown, horizontal pair, centred to top, fine used. Cat. £160 (54) |
£50.00 |
| 546 |
* |
1927-30 £1 pale olive-green and red, part o.g., fine. Cat. £90 (57) |
£40.00 |
| * 547 |
* |
--- £1 u.m., ½d. to 10/- set in horizontal pairs, large part o.g., fresh and fine. Cat. £315 (57, 58-67) |
£100.00 |
| 548 |
O |
--- £1 pale olive-green and red, used, fine. Cat. £160 (57) |
£60.00 |
| 549 |
* |
--- 2/6 green and brown, horizontal pair from the left of the sheet showing "Without stop after A" variety, large part o.g., fine. Cat. £160 (65a)
(Photo Plate 29) |
£70.00 |
| 550 |
O |
1931 1/- to 20/- plus 3d. and 10d Airs, all eight values in used horizontal pairs, the 10/- with a few seperated perfs., fine. Cat. £267 (80-87) |
£80.00 |
| Lot |
Symbol |
Description |
Est Price |
| * 554 |
e |
Frank Stamps: 1888 to 1901, selection of ten envelopes, comprising of "CHAIRMAN HOSPITAL BOARD HOBART" in violet, "THE CHIEF SECRETARY" in blue (unused), "CORPORATION OF HOBART" in blue (2), "CORPORATION OF LAUNCESTON" in black, "OFFICE OF TAXES" in red and in blue, "SECRETARY GENERAL POST OFFICE" in black (unused), "THE SURVEYOR GENERAL" in red and "TASMANIAN RAILWAYS" in blue, a few with small faults as to be expected though chiefly fine and a scarce assembly
|
£400.00 |
| * 555 |
e |
1890 (March 17), large printed "On Public Service only" entire addressed to Macquarie Plains from Hamilton relating to "Agricultural and Live Stock Statistics", signed on front alongside despatch c.d.s., arrival c.d.s. of the same date on reverse, and another dated March 21, interesting contents relate to crops sown, machinery in operation, etc., fine, and scarce
(Photo Plate 28) |
£200.00 |
| * 556 |
e |
1899 (May 31), two Postage Paid envelopes from the Tattersall correspondence in Hobart, both addressed to Wellington New Zealand and with red "UNCLAIMED", green "NOT FOUND" or "GONE NO ADDRESS" markings and red Wellington c.d.s. of Sept 19 all on front, also similar envelope to Auckland dated Aug. 2 with red "UNDELIVERABLE" marking, and another (damaged and poor) addressed to Kimberley South Africa with black "GONE - NO ADDRESS" marking, all four have various original enclosures, the envelopes with some slight stains, perimeter faults and bends, otherwise fine and unusual |
£60.00 |
| * 557 |
e |
1899 (Aug. 3), printed "On Public Service only" entire with fair strike of the "ANTILL PONDS RY. STN" c.d.s. on front, addressed to Oatlands, the contents being a "Registration of Births and Deaths" declaration relating to the birth of a daughter to a local railway employee, countersigned by the local postmaster, a detailed map (photocopy) of the railway line accompanies the lot, fine and scarce
(Photo Plate 30) |
£200.00 |
| * 558 |
e |
1901 (April 3), printed "On Public Service only" EL for registration of births and deaths, addressed to Oatlands with superb PARATTAH c.d.s., the contents relate to the birth of a son to a local farmer and is counter-signed by the local postmaster, fine and unusual. Parattah Post Office was on the main railway line. A scarce railway entire letter |
£75.00 |
| * 559 |
t |
1907 (August), "TASMANIAN GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS" parcel label affixed to piece, used from Tunbridge to Hobart and endorsed "Pd" (Paid), some slight faults otherwise fine and rare. The Railway Parcel system was used to circumvent the Commonwealth Government's Postal ban on mail to Tattersalls lotteries
(Photo Plate 30) |
£50.00 |
| * 560 |
S |
Postal Stationery: 1905 "1d." overprint on 1892 1½d. Reply-Card, the cards separated and with the reply portion missing the lower third and pasted to the face of the first portion, both portions showing incomplete strikes of the "POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES/MADAGASCAR" handstamp in red and both the stamp impressions also with Hobart c.d.s. cancellations of Jan. 311906, a few small stains, otherwise fine and scarce. One of only two recorded Madagascar Specimens known on Tasmanian Postal stationery
(Photo Plate 30) |
£190.00 |
| * 561 |
**4+ |
Railway Stamps: 1966 1c. black, 2c. bright blue, 5c. yellow-orange and 10c. blue, all in complete u.m. sheets of ten (5 x 2), fine |
£150.00 |
| * 562 |
P |
Revenues: Beer Duty: 1881 6/9 "Half Hogshead" an imperforate Plate Proof in red on white glazed paper, produced by the Government printer Binns from Bradbury Wilkinson plates, a few wrinkles otherwise fine |
£75.00 |