AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 999		Estimate: $3,000 Realised Price : $3,800 1845 (16 Feb) entire from Perth to Montreal, Canada with fair strikes of the crowned octagonal 'GENERAL/POST OFFICE/PERTH' in black and oval 'SHIP LETTER/crown/WESTERN AUSTRALIA/PAID' in red, endorsed 'By overland mail via Southampton', reverse with London transit ds of 16 MY 1845, and with oval Liverpool transit of MY 19 on face. Ratings include handstruck '1/-' and manuscript '10½', '2/5' and 2/2'. The contents begins 'I only had the pleasure of receiving your letter of May 28 on the 13 December so distant are we from each other & the chances of communication with this sad wretched Colony of the Mother Country so very rare . . . ' Fine condition, and a very unusual and possibly unique destination for W.A. pre-stamp mail, ex Allan Steinhart
Lot 1000		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $280 1862 (23 Aug) part front addressed to Brighton, England with 1860 Locally Printed Imperf 2d Pale Orange and 6d Sage-green (roughly separated at base) and 1861 1d Rose-carmine Very Rough Perf 14-16 tied by 15-bar numeral '1', and with Perth cds. An unusual combination of adhesives for the 9d via Marseilles rate
Lot 1001		Estimate: $400 1878 (18 Apr) cover to Sheerness, England with 6d Mauve Wmk Crown CC Perf 12½ tied by Perth GPO duplex, endorsed 'via Southampton' and with Sheerness arrival backstamp JU 6 78. Adhesive damaged at lower left corner, otherwise a fine and clean cover
Lot 1002		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $240 1887 (27 Jun) cover from Perth to Melbourne with 2d Chrome-yellow Wmk Crown CA Perf 14 tied by 'GPO' duplex, and endorsed 'Per Carthage', with Melbourne arrival backstamp JL 2 87. 'Carthage' was a P&O contract steamer, and the write-up notes that it was unusual for the U.K. contract steamer to carry intercolonial mail. Fine and scarce
Lot 1003		Estimate: $80 1901 (4 Oct) picture postcard to Corbeil, France with 1d Swan tied by Pert Town Hall Duplex, and with 'S.M.R./PERTH W.A.' cds. Underpaid ½d for 1½d foreign postcard rate, and with handstruck hexagonal 'T/5' in violet, with French 10c postage due affixed on arrival. Heavy vertical crease and other minor faults
Lot 1004		Estimate: $40 Realised Price : $30 1910 (4 Mar) picture postcard to Japan underpaid with 1d Swan tied by Perth machine cancel, 'T/10' in black within hexagon, transit and arrival datestamps in violet or black