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Online General Sale No. 86 Bidding closes at 5pm AEDT on Friday 20th March 2026 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, QUEENSLAND, POSTAL HISTORY
Lot 104 | [ C ] |
1870 (31 May) cover from Maryborough to Kapunda (S.A.) with 1868-78 Wmk Crown over Q (I) Perf 13 6d Yellow-green tied by '201' in rays cancel, Adelaide arrival cds on face, and despatch and Kapunda arrival datestamps on reverse. Back flap torn and defect at top left, however a scarce destination – Palmer records only seven covers to South Australia in the Chalon period, four of which are from this Kapunda correspondence  | ||
| Lot 105 | [ C ] |
1870 (28 Apr) long cover (240mm x 109mm) to Bowen with 2d Blue and 6d Yellow-green Wmk Crown over Q (I) Perf 13 tied by '59' in rays of Townsville, two vertical folds and slight portion missing at top left however a scarce quadruple inland rate not listed in the Palmer census  | ||
| Lot 106 | [ C ] |
1873 (14 May) cover to London endorsed 'Via Brindisi', franked 1868-74 Watermark Truncated Star 3d Brown and 6d Yellow-green tied by Rockhampton '201' numerals, arrival backstamp, repaired flap tears otherwise fine, unlisted in the Ben Palmer census  | ||
| Lot 107 | [ C ] |
1873 (28 Sep) cover to Sydney franked with 1871 3d Brown x 2 tied by rays numeral '96', with unframed 'GYMPIE/SP 28/1873'cds alongside, Brisbane transit cds and Sydney arrival datestamp (3 Oct). A very unusual make-up of the 6d rate and scarce thus  | ||
| Lot 108 | [ C ] |
1874 (Sep) Maryborough town letter with 1868-74 Wmk Truncated Star Perf 12 2d Blue cancelled '96' in rays, very fine and a scarce double rate unlisted in the Palmer census  | ||
| Lot 109 | [ PS ] |
1883 (1 Feb) use of 1d postal card (crease) to Brisbane, Bundaberg return address, showing superb strike of rare oval 'LOOSE/SHIP/LETTER' (Hosking #1358) and unframed Maryborough cds  | ||
| Lot 110 | [ C ] |
1889 (11 Mar) cover to Washington D.C. (?) with 1882-83 4d Sideface (2) cancelled '450' in bars of Gympie, endorsed 'Via San Francisco', with illegible arrival backstamp, and with 'PAID/ALL' in circle. Cover slightly trimmed at left and with minor defects  | ||
| Lot 111 | [ C ] |
1894 (June) stampless 'Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science' cover signed 'AL Gregory' over 'PRESIDENT' handstamp allowing for free carriage, to Adelaide but curiously with 'PAID/ALL' marking that was intended for use only on trans-Pacific mail to the United States prior to the Australian Colonies joining the U.P.U. on 1.10.1891. Stated by Hugh Campbell at page 109 to be a 'unique' usage. Superb  | ||
| Lot 112 | [ C/PS ] |
Thursday Island: 1899 uprated 1d postal card (view of Charleville) and 1906 1d picture postcard showing rays '148' or BN '336' along with unframed cds, also 1931-83 covers with mainly fine datestamps, two registered including 1948 with provisional label (11)    | ||
| Lot 113 | [ PPC ] |
c1905 picture postcard to Tasmania with Netherlands Indies 2½c and 5c tied by Townsville duplexes and with very fine oval 'LOOSE/SHIP/LETTER'(Hosking #1524)  | ||
