361 / September 2015

1871/1902, 1 d. salmon, 2 d. pale-blue in horizontal pair, 5 d. bluish-green and 8 d. yellow, tied by duplex "SYDNEY FE 28 82" to mourning cover to Germany, endorsed "Via Brindisi"; envelope and one 2.d. tears by opening, still attractive and scarce

1900, private advertising envelope 2 d. "RECHS LIMITED " used from Sydney to Noumea with adjacent tax stamp "M.S.W. / T 5", very scarce

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 1899, handdrawn essay 1/2 d. blue issue 1899 with allegory design and part of steam engine, fine and scarce

1854/57, Campbell 1d. dull red and 3 d. blue, both with clear to mostly wide margins, tied to lettersheet 1856 from Melbourne to Geelong, very fine

1857/59, Black swan 2 d. brown-black on red with clear to wide margins, small part of neighbour stamp at top, fresh colour, unused without gum; a very faint and minor horizontal crease at top; fine and attractive, certificate BPA (2014) (SG 5000 £)

"3" in black on lettersheet endorsed "on Service" 1851 from Fredericton to Robert D. Wilmot, Surveyor General of New Brunswick, filing creases

"FREDERICTON MR 14 1853" on complete receipt for a registered letter to St. John

"GAGETOWN N.B. PAID" and inside "PAID 3 D", both in red on small envelope from Gagetown to Fredericton, fine and scarce

1851/60, 3 d. bright-red with clear to large margins, tied by clear grid to piece; tiny marginal tear just touching the frameline, otherwise very fine

3 d. dull-red, clear to good margins, neatly cancelled by grill "1" of St. John, very fine

3 d. dull-red with plate scratch in left "3", tiny marginal scuff at left, otherwise fine

3 d. dull-red with scarce cancellation of St. John express mail cds., repaired tear and small thins

6 d. yellow, clear to mostly wide margins, neatly cancelled, very fine, certificate RPS (1953)

3 d. deep blue showing distinctive plate re-entry in "POS", touched at one side, otherwise large margins, tied by oval of bars to lettersheet from Halifax to Mills Village, faint filing crease affecting the stamp; onle 3 covers recorded bearing this plate variety

3 d. deep-blue, horizontal strip of 3, partly touched at bottom, otherwise clear to good margins, tied by oval grill to registered entire letter from New Glasgow to Pictou; light horizontal filing crease affecting the stamps; an attractive and scarce registered letter, certificate Greene (1985)

3 d. deep-blue, horizontal strip of 3 used on triple rate entire letter 1854 from Trouro to Halifax; filing creases affecting the 2 outer stamps

3 d. blue, horizontal pair, tied to small envelope (one side flap missing) 1856 to England, short paid by 1½ d. currency, showing on front due hand stamp "5" and red "SHIPLETTER PAID LIVERPOOL"; the right stamp with diagonal tear; a scarce cover, certificate Greene (2004)

3 d. blue, 2 single copies, one slightly cut into at one side, otherwise large to huge margins, tied to lettersheet 1858 from Parrsborough to London with arrival mark on front; stamps lifted for inspection and replaced by hinge; certificate Greene (2002) stating "... maybe short paid or missing a bisect stamp"

1851/60, 3 d. pale-blue with good to mostly wide margins, neatly cancelled, very fine

3 d. blue, 5 copies incl. different shades, one copy cancelled by pen cross (certificate Greene), all with good to partly enormous margins, some with small thins

3 d. pale-blue, 2 copies, both with clear to mostly wide margins, tied by light cancel to lettersheet from Halifax to Albion Mines, slight staining, otherwise fine

6 d. yellow-green in pair, clear to wide margins and very lightly cancelled, the left stamp with faint broken crease, otherwise very fine, certificate Greene (1999)

6 d. deep green, clear to large margins, just touched at one corner, cancelled by clear central mail boat marking "A95"; tiny thin on reverse, very scarce

1 sh. purple, clear to good margins, lightly cancelled, somewhat thinned, otherwise fine

1857/59, 9 p. purple-brown, cut in outer frame at upper right, otherwise clear to wide margins, lightly cancelled, fine (SG £ 900,-)

4 d. dull rose, intermediate perforated 14:15½,  fresh colour, unused without gum, fine and scarce, certificate RPS (1988)

1 shilling slate-violet, rough perforation 14:15½, in combination with 1866/68, 1 d. blue, both tied by "A" in bars to small envelope with adjacent red "COLOMBO PAID DE 10 68" via Dull, Southampton and London to the Isle of Wight; a fine mixed franking, certificate BPA (1975) Provenance: Burrus (1963)

1861/64, perforated 12½: 10 d. dull vermilion, unused without gum, fine, certificates RPS (1947 and 2007)

1862, issue without watermark 1 d. dull-blue perf. 13, horizontal strip of 5, used, somewhat cresased; a scarce multiple, certificate BPA (1995)

1867/70, 6 d. blackish-brown, vertical pair in combination with 1868, 1 d. blue, tied by "A" in bars and additional pen strokes to entire letter with adjacent "COLOMBO PAID JU 12 69" to Forres with arrival mark, certificate RPS (2007)

1867/70, 9 d. bistre-brown (deep shade), tied by oval of bars and cds. "COLOMBO AP 2 69" to envelope to England; slight creasing due to transportation, still fine, certificate RPS (2002)

INCOMING MAIL: 1860, cash paid envelope from "LONDON FE 9 60" to Galle, showing on front red "GALLE STEAMER-LETTER"

1903, Edward 1 c., 3 copies together with Straits Settlements 1 c., all tied by cds. "VICTORIA 24 Ja 06" to postcard with adjacent "HONG KONG K.B" to Austria with arrival mark

1856, Victoria 8 p. lilac, 1 a. brown, 4 a. green and 8 a. red tied by blue octogonal "B1" to mourning cover from Calcutta with boxed "PD" and French ship cancel "..V.SUEZ. PAQ..Q" to Switzerland with arrival mark, fine, nice 4-colour franking

1865, 1 a. brown tied by duplex "BOMBAY 17. AP 67" and additional manuscript "stamped" to printed matter envelope endorsed "via Persian Gulf" to Boushire, Persia, fine and scarce

1948, Gandhi 1½ a.-10 r., tied by special first day cancellation to special booklet, fine