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Internet General Sale No. 81 |
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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, QUEENSLAND, MORETON BAY DISTRICT COVERS
Lot 263 | [ C ] |
Moreton Bay District: 1857 (7 Aug) envelope to Newcastle-on-Tyne U.K. with Imperf 6d Olive-grey Diadem cancelled Brisbane '95' ray type numeral. Brisbane, Sydney and arrival (DE 7 1857) backstamps, envelope with some soiling  | ||
| Lot 264 | [ C ] |
Moreton Bay District: 1857 (14 Dec) cover from Ipswich to Melbourne bearing Imperf 1d and 6d Diadems (both touched at top) tied by ray type '87' numerals. Reverse with Ipswich despatch and Sydney transit datestamp, and red "SHIP LETTER/FREE/G.P.O. VICTORIA" arrival (DE 22 1857) datestamp. Some ink marks on face, otherwise fine. Ex H. Gordon Kaye  | ||
| Lot 265 | [ C ] |
Moreton Bay District: 1858 (23 Mar) entire to Ipswich with Imperf 2d Deep Blue Diadem (just touched top left and right) tied by '95' ray type numeral of Brisbane, fine  | ||
| Lot 266 SOLD | [ C ] |
Moreton Bay District: 1859 (Dec) envelopes sent from Ipswich to Brisbane, each bearing 2d Diadem Imperf, one indistinctly cancelled, one with fair '87' (Ipswich), and one very fine '95' (Brisbane), backstamps on each (3)   | ||
| Lot 267 | [ C ] |
Moreton Bay District: 1860 (1 Jun) outer from Ipswich to Brisbane with 1d Diadem Imperf pair (good to large margins all round) cancelled light '87' in rays, reverse with despatch and arrival datestamps, very fine provisional period usage  | ||
| Lot 268 | [ C ] |
Moreton Bay District: 1860 (6 Aug) entire from Ipswich to Tenterfield (N.S.W.) with 2d Diadem Plate II Imperf bottom marginal vertical pair and single (both good margins all round) with indistinct rays cancel. Reverse with Ipswich despatch cds, Warwick and Maryland transits and Tenterfield arrival cds. Second line of address erased, and sone toning on reverse  | ||
| Lot 269 | [ C ] |
Moreton Bay District: 1860 (29 Aug) long cover (222 x 94mm) to Lyttleton, New Zealand with 6d Diadem Imperf (2, contrasting shades of Olive-grey and Greyish-brown, both large margins all round) tied by Brisbane concentric ovals duplex, and with Port Victoria arrival datestamp (SP 28 60) on face. Back flap torn and two vertical folds away from adhesives, however very rare, Palmer records only one other Moreton Bay District cover to New Zealand, from the same correspondence (a single rate franking)  | ||
| Lot 270 | [ C ] |
Moreton Bay District: 1860 (3 Sep) registered outer from Warwick to Tenterfield (N.S.W.) with (6)d Registered and 1/- Diadem Perf 12 tied by '81' in rays, with 'REGISTERED/WARWICK', and reverse with Warwick despatch cds and Maryland transit and Tenterfield arrival datestamps. Second line of address erased, otherwise very fine, and a major provisional period rarity, the perforated issues being very rare on cover  | ||
| Lot 271 | [ C ] |
Moreton Bay District: 1860 (17 Sep) outer from Condamine to Brisbane with 1d Diadem Imperf strip of 4 (good margins all round except barely touched at lower left corner) tied by '151' in rays (mostly indistinct, but one quite readable, rated RRRRR by Freeman. Reverse with Condamine despatch cds and Dalby transit and Brisbane arrival datestamps. Fine appearance, a wonderful and very rare provisional cover  | ||
| Lot 272 | [ C ] |
Moreton Bay District: 1860 (20? OC) mourning cover to Peel (N.S.W.) with 6d Greyish-brown Diadem Imperf (large margins all round except just cut into at bottom right) tied by Brisbane concentric oval duplex, with Peel arrival cds on face, reverse with 'SYDNEY/SHIP LETTER' and Bathurst datestamps. Very fine appearance and a rare provisional period usage, not listed in the Palmer census  | ||
