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AUSTRALIA Georgian Head Issues - Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings

563
 U/* Mainly Used Collection on well written up leaves, appears complete at the wmk level including perf 'OS' so includes 1/4d SMW P14 normal & 'OS', a few of the early CTOs and some of the 1d red shades and varieties are missing, otherwise largely intact. Good value at estimate. (100s)
Lot 563 [1 of 5]:Mainly Used Collection on well written up leaves, appears complete at the wmk level including perf 'OS' so includes 1/4d SMW P14 normal & 'OS', a few of the early CTOs and some of the 1d red shades and varieties are missing, otherwise largely intact. Good value at estimate. (100s)Lot 563 [2 of 5]:Mainly Used Collection on well written up leaves, appears complete at the wmk level including perf 'OS' so includes 1/4d SMW P14 normal & 'OS', a few of the early CTOs and some of the 1d red shades and varieties are missing, otherwise largely intact. Good value at estimate. (100s)Lot 563 [3 of 5]:Mainly Used Collection on well written up leaves, appears complete at the wmk level including perf 'OS' so includes 1/4d SMW P14 normal & 'OS', a few of the early CTOs and some of the 1d red shades and varieties are missing, otherwise largely intact. Good value at estimate. (100s)		 1,500.00 1,150.00 R

AUSTRALIA Other Pre-Decimals

767 F 1949-50 5/- Arms red block of 6 (3x2) showing different alignments of the two-part 'T' perfin, Hobart parcels roller cancel. Unusual.
Lot 767:1949-50 5/- Arms red block of 6 (3x2) showing different alignments of the two-part 'T' perfin, Hobart parcels roller cancel. Unusual. 		60.00 46.00

QUEENSLAND - Early Inwards Postal History

1025 ✉ 1869 (Dec 18) inwards cover from Hobart to Supreme Court Brisbane with 6d perforated Chalon tied by Hobart dumb cancel with adjacent strike of GPO Hobart-Town Crown datestamp in red, Brisbane (Dec 31) arrival backstamp. Covers from Tasmania to Queensland are rare, particularly so early.
Lot 1025 [1 of 2]:1869 (Dec 18) inwards cover from Hobart to Supreme Court Brisbane with 6d perforated Chalon tied by Hobart dumb cancel with adjacent strike of GPO Hobart-Town Crown datestamp in red, Brisbane (Dec 31) arrival backstamp. Covers from Tasmania to Queensland are rare, particularly so early. Lot 1025 [2 of 2]:1869 (Dec 18) inwards cover from Hobart to Supreme Court Brisbane with 6d perforated Chalon tied by Hobart dumb cancel with adjacent strike of GPO Hobart-Town Crown datestamp in red, Brisbane (Dec 31) arrival backstamp. Covers from Tasmania to Queensland are rare, particularly so early. 		500.00 380.00 R

SOUTH AUSTRALIA Departmental Overprints

1138 F Post Office Blue 'P.O.' on 2d vermilion wmk Star Roulette, the roulettes grossly misplaced - the vertical roulettes pass through the 'O.' - so cut from the sheet, a couple of tiny defects. Rated 4R.
Lot 1138:Post Office Blue 'P.O.' on 2d vermilion wmk Star Roulette, the roulettes grossly misplaced - the vertical roulettes pass through the 'O.' - so cut from the sheet, a couple of tiny defects. Rated 4R. 		400.00 300.00 R

NEW ZEALAND - Postal History

1440 ✉ 1862 (Sep 16) cover with Imperf 6d black-brown (SG #41?) pair (margins just touching to large, except where cut-into at the base of the second unit) tied by neat '14' cancels of 'PICTON' (poor backstamp), fine unframed 'P.D.' handstamp applied at WellIngton (?), French 'POSS ANG V SUEZ/13/JANV/63/MARSEILLES' mailboat sorter in red on the face, redirected on arrival & with four French backstamp. Carried per Madras, departed Sydney 22/11/1862; mail arrived Malta 10/1/1863 & Marseilles 13/1/1863. [From 5/4/1862, mail to France could be partly-paid, or fully paid, to destination. Duplicate sets of instructional handstamps including 'P.P.' & 'P.D.' were sent to Auckland and Wellington: see Ellott (2009) at page 53. The rate was the standard 6d + 4d per ¼oz so the cover was overpaid 2d for a ¼oz letter.] Ex Benvie.
Lot 1440 [1 of 2]:1862 (Sep 16) cover with Imperf 6d black-brown (SG #41?) pair (margins just touching to large, except where cut-into at the base of the second unit) tied by neat '14' cancels of 'PICTON' (poor backstamp), fine unframed 'P.D.' handstamp applied at WellIngton (?), French 'POSS ANG V SUEZ/13/JANV/63/MARSEILLES' mailboat sorter in red on the face, redirected on arrival & with four French backstamp. Carried per Madras, departed Sydney 22/11/1862; mail arrived Malta 10/1/1863 & Marseilles 13/1/1863. [From 5/4/1862, mail to France could be partly-paid, or fully paid, to destination. Duplicate sets of instructional handstamps including 'P.P.' & 'P.D.' were sent to Auckland and Wellington: see Ellott (2009) at page 53. The rate was the standard 6d + 4d per ¼oz so the cover was overpaid 2d for a ¼oz letter.] Ex Benvie. Lot 1440 [2 of 2]:1862 (Sep 16) cover with Imperf 6d black-brown (SG #41?) pair (margins just touching to large, except where cut-into at the base of the second unit) tied by neat '14' cancels of 'PICTON' (poor backstamp), fine unframed 'P.D.' handstamp applied at WellIngton (?), French 'POSS ANG V SUEZ/13/JANV/63/MARSEILLES' mailboat sorter in red on the face, redirected on arrival & with four French backstamp. Carried per Madras, departed Sydney 22/11/1862; mail arrived Malta 10/1/1863 & Marseilles 13/1/1863. [From 5/4/1862, mail to France could be partly-paid, or fully paid, to destination. Duplicate sets of instructional handstamps including 'P.P.' & 'P.D.' were sent to Auckland and Wellington: see Ellott (2009) at page 53. The rate was the standard 6d + 4d per ¼oz so the cover was overpaid 2d for a ¼oz letter.] Ex Benvie. 		1,000.00 750.00 R
1448 ✉ 1868 (Jan) large-part cover (opened-out to display the stamps that were folded over the edges) to Locarno with P12½ 1d vermilion x5 & 1/- yellow-green pair cancelled with squiggly lines attributed to Waimea (unrecorded by Wooders), Hokitika transit backstamp of JA22/68, fine strike of the scarce 'REGISTERED/PD/S/30MR68/LONDON' "overlapped duplex" transit d/s in red, 'ANGL/AMB CALAIS A' TPO cds & French 'CHARGE' handstamp, Swiss postage due handstamp plus backstamp of Basel, Lucerne & Locarno & undated-oval '[cross]/GIUMAGLIO' arrival handstamp. A famous item, that oozes character. Carried per "Kaikoura", departed Wellington 7/2/1868; arrived Panama 5/3/1868; mails arrived Plymouth 28/3/1868. [While this might appear to be overpaid 1d for a ¼oz letter, the Swiss handstamp shows the weight as 8gr (= just over ¼oz) so the correct rate was 1/4d + 1/10d registration = 1/- plus an extra 5d per ¼oz x2 - see Ellott Vol 3 at page 20-47: note 'f' - which means that 3d & 6d stamps are missing (apparently from the upper-right).] Ex Woolfe & Benvie.
Lot 1448:1868 (Jan) large-part cover (opened-out to display the stamps that were folded over the edges) to Locarno with P12½ 1d vermilion x5 & 1/- yellow-green pair cancelled with squiggly lines attributed to Waimea (unrecorded by Wooders), Hokitika transit backstamp of JA22/68, fine strike of the scarce 'REGISTERED/PD/S/30MR68/LONDON' "overlapped duplex" transit d/s in red, 'ANGL/AMB CALAIS A' TPO cds & French 'CHARGE' handstamp, Swiss postage due handstamp plus backstamp of Basel, Lucerne & Locarno & undated-oval '[cross]/GIUMAGLIO' arrival handstamp. A famous item, that oozes character. Carried per "Kaikoura", departed Wellington 7/2/1868; arrived Panama 5/3/1868; mails arrived Plymouth 28/3/1868. [While this might appear to be overpaid 1d for a ¼oz letter, the Swiss handstamp shows the weight as 8gr (= just over ¼oz) so the correct rate was 1/4d + 1/10d registration = 1/- plus an extra 5d per ¼oz x2 - see Ellott Vol 3 at page 20-47: note 'f' - which means that 3d & 6d stamps are missing (apparently from the upper-right).] Ex Woolfe & Benvie. 		500.00 380.00 R
   
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