AUST 1913 1d Red Roo 'CHAS STEELE & CO' to A.E.Roberts Coachbuilder 10.SEP.13

Description

AUSTRALIA
A century old (108 years old)
1913 1d Red Kangaroo
postal history on
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306-308 RUSSEL STREET MELBOURNE
advertised enveloped posted from
Melbourne
with round and label message
postmarks
dated
MELBOURNE 10.SEP.13
and
VICRTRIA
addressed to
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A.E. Roberts, Coachbuilder, Gordon Street, Ipswich, Qland
,
in good to fine condition.
Albert Edward Roberts
(born 1855) served an apprenticeship as a
coachbuilder
in Swansea, Wales. He went on to work with some of Britain’s best known coachworks, including the carriage workshop of Buckingham Palace.
Roberts migrated to Brisbane in 1881 and in 1886 purchased the West Moreton Coach Works in upper Brisbane Street, Ipswich.
The workshop made every kind of vehicle, from sulkies and delivery carts to high class carriages, hearses and omnibuses. Roberts’ sons entered the trade, and
Albert Edwin (Bert) Roberts
(born 1878) went on to build railway carriages in Townsville and railway rolling stock in Ipswich. He later toured and worked, before touring and worked in England, the United States and Canada. Bert noted that motor car bodies were being built in some overseas coachworks. On his return to Ipswich in 1905, the AE Roberts Carriage Works moved into building motor car bodies while continuing with horse drawn vehicles. A car sales division of the Carriage Works commenced operations in 1908. Bert added a Ford dealership to the business in 1913.
If you are interested in the Roberts family, please follow the link for more reading
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https://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Explore/Find+out+about/Histories+of+Queensland/Queensland+families/Roberts+family
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A fine piece of centrury old (108 years old) postal history as a collector item as a memento on
Chas Steele & Co
, Melbourne
and
The Roberts family
, Coachbuilder, Ipswich, Queensland
Happy Bidding!!
Postage & Handling
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