AUSTRALASIA, AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, POSTAL HISTORY
Lot 217
Estimate: $100
Realised Price : $100
1843 (28 Apr) entire letter packet England to George Town, rated '8' and '5', London Ship Letter and Paid handstamps in red, indistinct datestamps, some staining
Lot 218
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $200
1844 (23 Dec) entire letter carried by Toulmin packet England to George Town, rated '5', London Ship Letter and Paid handstamps in red, backstamped 'SHIP LETTER/ 21MY/ 1845' in black
Lot 219
Estimate: $1,000T
Realised Price : $750
1869 (12 Aug) cover Hobart to Derbyshire via Melbourne, Galle and Suez, overland to Alexandria, then sea to Southampton, bearing 6d Chalon tied by obliterator and large GPO handstamp in red, on arrival re-addressed to Liverpool, G.B. 1d affixed and cancelled by Sheffield duplex, to pay forwarding charge. Attractive
Lot 220
Estimate: $500T
Realised Price : $480
1898 (20 May) use of 3d Registered Envelope to USA uprated with Sidefaces 4d buff and 2½d on 9d tied by Hobart code H duplex, blue handstamped registration, backstamps of San Francisco (oval) and Camden datestamps
Lot 221
Estimate: $4,000T
Realised Price : $3,200
1911 cover printed for 'TASMANIAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION' bearing 1d Pictorial tied by double-circled 'LOOSE SHIP'S LETTER/POSTED AT/MACQUARIE ISLAND/ (penguin)/S.Y. AURORA/A.A.E' cachet and cancelled at Hobart 21st Dec 1911, some minor soiling. Very rare item from a semi-official government bureau. Great item for a polar or bird exhibitor