U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History; The David Mace Collection of U.S. Stamps
April 24-25, 2018
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1201 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1811 (17 Nov) FL from Sydney to Stirling "Per Ship Thomas", rated 2sh on arrival, with "2/", with 'MA/ C 13/812 transit backstamp and "MY/1812/16" cds of Edinburgh in red on front, the brief holograph letter signed "MC OConnell/Lt Col Comdg 1st Battn/73rd Regt", filing fold, fine (Maurice Charles O'Connell commanded the 73rd Regiment that arrived in 1809 with Governor Macquarie, who appointed him Lieutenant-Governor. He married former Governor Bligh's daughter. In 1814, O'Connell & his regiment sailed for Ceylon, but he returned to Sydney in 1838, as Major-General Sir Maurice O'Connell, in command of the military forces in NSW)  | Unsold |
 | Lot #1202 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1811 (17 Nov) FL from Sydney to Stirling "Per Gambier", on arrival rated "2/-" with MA/ C 13/812 transit and 'MY/1812/16 cds of Edinburgh in red on front, the brief holograph letter signed "MC OConnell/Lt Col Comdg 1st Battn/73rd Regt", light filing fold, fine (Maurice Charles O'Connell commanded the 73rd Regiment that arrived in 1809 with Governor Macquarie, who appointed him Lieutenant-Governor. He married former Governor Bligh's daughter. In 1814, O'Connell & his regiment sailed for Ceylon, but he returned to Sydney in 1838, as Major-General Sir Maurice O'Connell, in command of the military forces in NSW, a position he held until 1847) | Unsold |
 | Lot #1203 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1824 FL with full contents, sent from Hobart to London, endorsed "Per Allies Capt. Kirton Jan 19 1824", with "Ship Letter Falmouth" handstamp, ms "3/4", interesting contents discuss "the intention of establishing a bank here upon the same principles as the one at Sydney and having received Sir Thomas Brisbane's approval", some sources state that the "Bank of Van Diemen's Land" was established in 1823 but this letter suggests it was early 1824, as stated by Graeme Petterwood in "Tasmania Tokens Revisited", ex-Tinsley and Peace | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1204 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1829 (27 Mar) FL from Hobart Town to Edinburgh, with nice "Hobart Town VDL" postmark, rated "1/8" with "Ship Letter Falmouth" handstamp, contents state "We very greatly regret that the whole of your shipment per Hunter remains undisposed of. The market has become glutted by such and importation of goods of most descriptions", fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1205 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1835 (25 Apr) FL from Hobart to Edinburgh, endorsed "pr Eveline 25th April 1835", with boxed "India Letter Gravesend", London transit and Edinburgh arrival on reverse, usual wear, otherwise fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1206 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1837 (May 23) FL from Hobart to Edinburgh, signed Art Crombie, with oval datestamp and boxed "1/2" handstamp (paying the Scottish turnpike tax), boxed "India Letter Deal" and London transit on reverse, vertical filing fold, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1207 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1838 (18 Aug) Official mail FL from Sydney to the War Office in London, with Sydney departure and "Free" London arrival, usual wear, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1208 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1840 (30 Oct) FL from Hobart to Calcutta, with neat "General Post Office Hobart Town 30 Oct 1840" cancel, endorsed "per ship Sovereign from Launceston", "Bombay Ship Letter 1841" handstamp and light Calcutta arrival on reverse, usual flaws, still fine and rare origin in this early period | Unsold |
 | Lot #1209 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1842 (4 July) FL from Adelaide to the Congregational Library in London, with large Adelaide datestamp and London arrival on reverse, rated "8", central stain, otherwise fine. The letter is from Thomas Quinton Stow, a Congregational Church minister who arrived in Adelaide in 1837 and was responsible for forming several new churches there | Unsold |
 | Lot #1210 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1843 (17 Apr) FL headed "Australind" & signed "Wpearce Clifton", to Yorkshire "p Phantom to Mauritius" (endorsed within), light strike of rectangular "SHIP LETTER" and crown/Western Australia Paid" handstamp of Bunbury (only example recorded in black), date filled in by hand, on reverse boxed CALCUTTA/GPO/SHIP LETTER in red, also 6 NO 43/LIVERPOOL/SHIP, some typical age-related soiling and stains. The earlier of only two recorded covers bearing the Ship Letter handstamp (the other being from five years later & in red), carried per "Phantom" which departed from Port Leschenault (later Bunbury) on 20/4/1843 directly for Mauritius, ex Dr Cecil Walkley (the sender, William Pearce Clifton arrived in 1841 on the "Parkfield". In 1846 he was appointed magistrate & in 1847, helped survey the road from Bunbury to Williams) | Unsold |
 | Lot #1211 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1843 (20 June) FL from Sydney to London, with red "Paid Ship Letter Sydney" handstamp, rated "8" for the inland rate due from the addressee, with arrival on reverse, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1212 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1845 (6 Dec) FL from Melbourne, sent via Sydney and London and finally redirected to Malta, with Melbourne (Dec 6), Sydney (Dec 16) and London (Apr 27 1846) postmarks, endorsed "Via Southampton", boxed "Packet Letter" handstamp and various rate markings, v.f. and well travelled letter | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1213 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1849 (6 Jan) FL sent by Charles Meredith (Member of Tasmanian Parliament who twice served as Colonial Treasurer) in Great Swan Port (Tasmania) to Thomas McQuoid in Waniassa (what is now a suburb of Canberra), endorsed "Sea Postage Paid 5d" and "Swansea 6.1.49", with tombstone Paid and Sydney arrival, fine. Mr. McQuoid was one of the first settlers in what became known as the Australian Capital Territory, ex Dr. Ed Druce who stated "This is the earliest known letter associated with the A.C.T" | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1214 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1850 (18 Feb) stampless cover from Launceston, Tasmania, to San Francisco, endorsed "Paid" and "Per Swan", with departure postmark on reverse, usual wear, fine, mail to the United States from this period is scarce | Unsold |
 | Lot #1215 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1852 (3 Feb) stampless FL from Hobart to San Francisco, endorsed "per Architect", apparently carried "per favor" and placed into the mails on arrival, with May 14 San Francisco arrival and neat "Ship 6" postmark, fine. The Architect operated in the California Gold Rush and then was involved in trade with China and Australia. Gold was discovered in Australia in 1851 and the contents of the letter describe the mining situation in Australia | Unsold |
 | Lot #1216 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1855 (11 May) stampless FL written in French, sent from Melbourne to Mauritius, endorsed "Per Reliance", without any Victoria postmarks, crown Mauritius arrival (Jul 9), and "Late Received" handstamp, fine (unlisted in Ben Palmer's census where he lists ten stampless items to Mauritius prior to June 1856) | Unsold |
 | Lot #1217 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1866 (28 Dec) FL from Melbourne to Bordeaux, endorsed "via Marseilles", sent unpaid with "GB 1F62 4/10c" Anglo-French Accountancy postmark on departure, charged 10c on arrival, with "Insufficiently Paid" handstamp and Marseilles transit, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1218 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1874 (7 Oct) legal size OHMS envelope with Police Department imprint at lower left and CHIEF SECRETARY free frank in blue, overstruck with Melbourne duplex, sent to California with London transit and San Francisco arrival cds (Christmas Day) in purple, two strikes of the unusual 8-line "Have your letters and papers addressed to PO Box or to Street and Number", UNCLAIMED handstamp in red, also ADVERTISED and San Francisco DEAD LETTER OFFICE backstamp in blue, "Victoria" in green, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1219 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1886 (31 May) stampless cover from Sydney to Norfolk, sent Via Brindisi, with Downham arrival on reverse, sent via Colombo and Suez, without any evidence of payment of the 6p rate (apparently sent without charge), fine and unusual | Unsold |
 | Lot #1220 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA 1889 cover sent by the Commanding Officer of the "HMS Swinger, Sydney Australia" to Boston, Lincolnshire, with Great Britain 1p applied in London (Jan 12, 1890), with arrival on reverse, stamp excised and replaced, some faults, otherwise fine and interesting cover | Unsold |
