AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, THE BERNIE MANNING COLLECTION OF 1818-1856 POSTAL HISTORY, CONVICT MAIL

Lot 178		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,800 1833 (28th Jan) Notice of Assignment form for a convict being sent from Hobart to Rosedale, endorsed 'OHMS' and 'Free', signed by Josiah Spode, the Principal Superintendent of Convicts
Lot 179		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $700 1837 (16th Jun) Notice of Assigment form to Campbell Town for a convict being transferred, fine strike of '(crown) 'FREE/26JY26/1837' type I in red
Lot 180		Estimate: $5,000 Realised Price : $3,800 1846 (22nd Oct) Convict Entire Letter from Oyster Bay Probation Station to the Police Magistrate at Richmond, endorsed 'Convict Letter' and 'Exd. H.E.A.(Atkinson)' who was the prison superintendent, handstamped 'FREE/22OC22/1846' in red with the crown missing due to damage to handstamp. Rare
Lot 181		Estimate: $6,000 Realised Price : $4,600 1851 (18th Apr) entire letter from 'Hobartown Barracks' to England, endorsed at top 'Convict Letter', showing '(crown)/FREE/22AP22/1851' handstamp in red, mss. '8' indicating incoming ship letter to England only, despatched free in Tasmania. Provenance: Tinsley, Groom, Bombieri