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;) | SHORT DURATION CHALON 2d with INTRODUCTION OF SIDEFACE NEW RATE, TASMANIA postal history 1870 FIRST DAY OF ISSUE OF SIDEFACE with new rate paid by Chalon 2d yellow-green pmk'd Hobart Town NO 1 70 to The Hon. Joseph Archer, Panshanger, Longford. Ex CHARTWELL collection. APS (1994) Certificate. This adhesive had short duration, compounded by survival, adding to rarity. £1250 |
;) | 26 used Don, TASMANIA postal history 1866 mourning cover to John Taylor in Newcastle on Tyne with Chalon 6d grey watermark double-lined numeral "6" with postmaster's manuscript "Don 16/5/66" alongside, reverse red Launceston MY 17 1866 and Newcastle-on-Tyne H/JY 20 66. £480 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | 74 used Hobart, TASMANIA postal history 1860 cover to The Right Reverend Bishop Goold in Melbourne, Victoria with Chalon 2d green showing some DOUBLING OF VALUE TABLET and engine turning and Chalon 4d (pencil marked "cobalt blue, fluorescent ink" on reverse) pmk'd Hobart "74" with part red Hobart Town alongside, reverse with ornate seal impressed black wax and Melbourne A/FE 4 60 arrival. James Alipius Goold, Roman Catholic Archbishop, was born NO 4 1812 into a prosperous family in Cork, Ireland. Ordained in Rome, returned Ireland where he gained permission to volunteer for missionary work in New South Wales arriving Sydney FE 24 1838. Visited Ballarat gold fields 1854 and 1855 and pacified Catholic miners particularly after the Eureka affair. £925 |
;) | 52 used Launceston, TASMANIA postal history 1875 cover to London with mixed franking Chalon 6d and QV 3d Sideface pmk'd "52" with Launceston L/JN 10 75 and London AU 3 75 alongside. £525 |
;) ;) | 52 used LAUNCESTON DROP LETTER CIRCULAR, Tasmania postal history (Ex CHARTWELL) 1867 printed circular from William A. Collins requesting William John Johnstone, St. John Street (Launceston) to attend a Special Meeting of the Committee of the Northern Railway Leauge at the Mechanics Institute mailed with Chalon 1d brick-red P.10 tied upright Launceston "52" numeral. Ex CHARTWELL £650 |
;) | BULGARIA postal history 1918 local cover with 5s green (Scott 129) diagonally bisected and tied SOPHIA 21.111.1918. £75 |
;) | GREECE stamps: 1901 10c rose and diagonally bisected 25c ultramarine (Scott 169, 171) tied to dated piece, Scott unlisted. £65 |
;) | CLINE TOWN, Sierra Leone postal history (025.03) */1 JY 46 tying KG6 1/3d (SG.196a) on First Day Cover to Magnus J. Taylor, Police Sergeant No.36, Central Police Station, Freetown. £40 |
;) | PARCEL-POST, BARBADOS postmark dated */JA 5 99 on 8d Diamond Jubilee (SG.122). £12 |
;) | PARCEL-POST, BARBADOS postmark dated */MY 10 00 on 10d Diamond Jubilee (SG.123, Cat.£55.00). £16 |
;) | OFFICIAL PAID, BARBADOS postmarks dated NO 14, 8 FE 19, 19 OC 27 (3 items) £15 |
;) | R.L.O., BARBADOS postmarks Registered Letter Office (2 items) £10 |
;) ;) | FONT HILL, JAMAICA postal history purple TRD dated 27 NOV 1954 on commercial card. £18 |
;) | ASHTON, JAMAICA postal history purple TRD dated 22 DEC 1955 on full cover £14 |
;) | JAMAICA postmarks QV 1d Keyplate with numerals A27, A35, A42, A43, A45, A47, A50, A53, A62, A66, A75, A78 (12 items) £20 |
;) | SOUTHERN NIGERIA postmarks REGISTERED ovals Benin City, Bonny, Burutu, Old Calabar (4 items) £18 |
;) | SOUTHERN NIGERIA postmarks Koko, Udi, Ebute Metta (3 items) £40 |
;) | LAGOS AMALGAMATED INTO SOUTHERN NIGERIA postmarks BADAGRY "D" code (3 items) £28 |
;) | TASMANIA postmarks Range QV imperfs with numeral cancels 6, 10, 16, 21, 23, 39, 42, 52 (on 1d and 4d), 63, 64. Small thins on three stamps. £80 |
;) | TASMANIA postmarks Range QV imperfs with numeral cancels, 6, 10, 16, 25, 34, 42, 48, 52, 59, 60, 63, 64 (the 59 thinned with inverted wmk). £85 |