TASMANIA - Postal History: 1859 (Jan.16) "On Public Service Only" cover to Campbell Town with imperf 2d pair SG.31 tied by First Allocation BN '46' cancels of New Town (Rated 4R). This cover was sent between 1st Jan. and 30th Sept 1859 when the Government free mail service was suspended and an "official rate" of 4d was applied. It is believed to be the only known example sent at this interim rate. An important cover. Ex John Cress. Purchased in our November 2003 Sale
Stamps listed

TASMANIA - Postal History: 1859 (Jan.16) "On Public Service Only" cover to Campbell Town with imperf 2d pair SG.31 tied by First Allocation BN '46' cancels of New Town (Rated 4R). This cover was sent between 1st Jan. and 30th Sept 1859 when the Government free mail service was suspended and an "official rate" of 4d was applied. It is believed to be the only known example sent at this interim rate. An important cover. Ex John Cress. Purchased in our November 2003 Sale

Estimate
A$1,500–2,000
Closed 24 Aug 2020, 02:00 View at the house ↗
727-729 High Street, Armadale, VIC 3143
★ Save lot

Sign in to keep this in your watchlist.

The full catalogue description is shown to signed-in users. Sign in or read it at the house's page ↗.

Recent Stamps results

300 recent Stamps results in our archive. These are category-level, not exact matches, so read them as a rough guide. The 5 most recent:

See all 300 and export them (CSV) with a subscription.

More like this
History

No changes recorded since first indexing.

Provenance
Source
Leski Auctions
First seen
30 Sept 2026, 03:04
Last seen
30 Sept 2026, 03:04
Category
Stamps · classified by our model
Reference
This page is the durable record · survives the house removing its listing
Artifact hash
c45941673270 · integrity of the captured page

Estimates and results are Leski Auctions's published figures, reproduced as facts with their source. Lotwatch does not value lots.