AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 361		Estimate: $5,000T Realised Price : $4,000 1833 entire letter headed 'Perth 22 Sept 1833' used Perth to England [carried by private ship], mss. charge '1/3' with the usual '1/-' rate, fine framed 'INDIA LETTER/ MARGATE' handstamp in black (Robertson In.1a), arrival backstamp in red. Letter contents of general nature with references to the hardships of farming, postal service, including a ship's captain taking a dislike to someone and refusing to carry their mail! An rare early survivor
Lot 362		Estimate: $5,000T 1842 (17 Sep) duplicate entire to England with rare mss. 'Post Office/Australind/ 17thSeptr1842' (Australind Post Office opened just 5 months earlier), framed '(crown)/GENERAL/POST OFFICE/PERTH' in black, and faint strike of oval '(crown)/ SHIP LETTER/WESTERN AUSTRALIA/PAID' in red, straight-line 'SHIPLETTER' in red, endorsed 'Post Paid 4' and '8' for ship letter, slight soiling. Rare
Lot 363		Estimate: $2,750T 1843 inwards 'duplicate entire letter' carried privately from India, addressed to the 'Surveyor General/Western Australia', endorsed 'Pr 'Hooghly' ', posted at Bunbury and endorsed 'P.O. Bunbury Feby/3th (sic) 1843', also mss. rate of '4d'
Lot 364		Estimate: $2,000T Realised Price : $2,600 1846 (Jan) entire letter to England, framed '(crown)/'GENERAL/POST OFFICE/PERTH' in black, faint strike of oval '(crown)/SHIP LETTER/WESTERN AUSTRALIA/PAID' in red, straight-line 'SHIPLETTER' in black on reverse and arrival datestamp
Lot 365		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $460 1894 (26 Nov) cover to Connecticut bearing 2d Swan and Revenue 1d tied by 'ESPERANCE BAY' datestamp, backstamps of Adelaide, London, New York and West Haven, minor blemishes. Scarce combination
Lot 366		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1896 (17 Dec) cover with 'ORIENT LINE' motif on flap used to Leeds bearing GB 2½d tied by 'ALBANY/P.O.' duplex, arrival backstamp
Lot 367		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1897 (17 May) cover to London bearing ½d and 2d (short corner perf) cancelled by 'GPO' obliterator in green with datestamp alongside, London arrival backstamp
Lot 368		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $120 1903 (28 Aug) spiked 'Tatts' cover to Hobart bearing 2d Yellow tied by 'FREMANTLE/P.O.' duplex, arrival backstamp
Lot 369		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $145 1904 (4 Oct) spiked cover to Hobart bearing 2d Yellow tied by Katanning cds, with handstruck 'TOO-LATE' in black, backstamps of Launceston and Hobart
Lot 370		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $190 Cancellation: Geraldton barred 'GT' (9 strikes) tying 1d, 6d single and block of ten, 1/- single and pair to small part of registered piece, crayon line through lower adhesives. Attractive