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Online General Sale No. 85 Bidding closes at 5pm AEDT on Friday 26th September 2025 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, QUEENSLAND, MORETON BAY DISTRICT
Lot 87 | [ O ] |
Moreton Bay District: '81' in rays (Warwick) on 1/- Diadem Perf 12, fine strike and very scarce use of perforated issue in the provisional period  | ||
| Lot 88 | [ O ] |
Moreton Bay District: '87' in rays (Ipswich) good strike on 1/- Diadem, very scarce use of the perforated issue in the provisional period  | ||
| Lot 89 | [ O ] |
Moreton Bay District: 6d (5, various printings) and 1/- Perforated Diadems used during the Provisional Period, with Brisbane void concentric ovals (2) or 'Q.L.' in concentric ovals cancels(3). A scarce group, the use of perforated stamps was small (5)  | ||
| Lot 90 | [ 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 91 | [ 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 92 | [ 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 93 | [ 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 94 | [ 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 some toning on reverse  | ||
| Lot 95 | [ 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 96 | [ 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 97 | [ 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 98 | [ 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  | ||
