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

Lot 219		Estimate: $15,000 1838 (14th Sep) Internal Soldier's Letter entire letter from Great Swan Port addressed to 'Sergeant Killion of 51st Regiment at Hobart Town', written on a single-sheet of paper re:...'obtaining payment on a stale cheque...', rated '6' when put into the post at Waterloo Point for the 74 miles to Hobart and arrival framed handstamp in black '19 DE 19/1838' and mss. '1' for the reassessment at the 1d concessional rate. The only known Inland Soldier's Letter
Lot 220		Estimate: $600 1839 (29th Jul) entire from Commandant Frederick Mainwarring at Launceston to Hobart, rated '9' for the 121 miles, re-assessed on arrival as free mail and '(crown)FREE/30JY30/1839' type I handstamp applied in red