AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, THE BERNIE MANNING COLLECTION OF 1818-1856 POSTAL HISTORY, MARITIME AND SHIP MARKINGS

Lot 182		Estimate: $800 1835 (1st Nov) entire letter London to Rosedale, rated '10' and paid, carried aboard the convict ship Asia leaving from Sheerness 8th Nov 1835, inward Ship Letter rate of 4d applied in black on arrival
Lot 183		Estimate: $1,500 1837 (18th Mar) entire letter Guernsey to 'Westbury/near Launceston' handstamped on arrival with framed 'SHIPLETTER/18 MA 18/1837' type I in black. The earliest recorded date of this handstamp
Lot 184		Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $600 1838 (9th Aug) entire letter Bristol to Prosser Plains via Hobart Town rated '1/-' and '10d', various English markings, on arrival in Hobart, framed 'SHIPLETTER/3 DE 3/1838' type I handstamp applied and rated '9' for inwards use to Prosser Plains
Lot 185		Estimate: $1,200 1846 (6th June) inwards Ship Letter from London to Port Sorell, mss. '8' and '5' with fine strike of framed 'SHIPLETTER/27OC27/1846' type 3 handstamp in black. The earliest recorded date