AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, THE BERNIE MANNING COLLECTION OF 1818-1856 POSTAL HISTORY, CONVICT MAIL
Lot 178
Estimate: $1,500
Realised Price : $1,800
1833 (28th Jan) Notice of Assignment form for a convict being sent from Hobart to Rosedale, endorsed 'OHMS' and 'Free', signed by Josiah Spode, the Principal Superintendent of Convicts
Lot 179
Estimate: $600
Realised Price : $700
1837 (16th Jun) Notice of Assigment form to Campbell Town for a convict being transferred, fine strike of '(crown) 'FREE/26JY26/1837' type I in red
Lot 180
Estimate: $5,000
Realised Price : $3,800
1846 (22nd Oct) Convict Entire Letter from Oyster Bay Probation Station to the Police Magistrate at Richmond, endorsed 'Convict Letter' and 'Exd. H.E.A.(Atkinson)' who was the prison superintendent, handstamped 'FREE/22OC22/1846' in red with the crown missing due to damage to handstamp. Rare
Lot 181
Estimate: $6,000
Realised Price : $4,600
1851 (18th Apr) entire letter from 'Hobartown Barracks' to England, endorsed at top 'Convict Letter', showing '(crown)/FREE/22AP22/1851' handstamp in red, mss. '8' indicating incoming ship letter to England only, despatched free in Tasmania. Provenance: Tinsley, Groom, Bombieri