AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, NEW SOUTH WALES, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 54		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $80 1842 (17 Jan) inwards entire letter Bedford (U.K.) to Sydney, rated '1/-' and '8', re-addressed on arrival in Sydney (backstamp) to Berrima, where 'LIVERPOOL' datestamps in black applied
Lot 55		Estimate: $150 1854 (10 Feb) small cover from Liverpool (backstamped) to Sydney, adhesives unfortunately fallen off, address deleted and 'FORWARDED/---/FE*11/1854/*N.S.W.*' applied (White type V17). Very scarce marking
Lot 56		Estimate: $300 Riverina Cover: 1870 (31 Dec) cover to England endorsed 'Via Southampton' bearing NSW 1d DLR pair cancelled rays '49' with Wagga Wagga datestamp alongside, together with Victoria 6d blue, datestamps of Tarcutta, Albury, Melbourne and London arrival in red. 1998 RPSV Cert states 'a genuine cover, to which the Victorian six pence does not belong'.
Lot 57		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1881 (8 Aug) inwards cover addressed to Sydney from G.B. bearing 6d tied by Tewkesbury datestamp, reverse with Sydney 22 Sep datestamps, re-addressed 'C/- H.M. Consul/San Francisco' where on arrival 2 Nov 81 struck with 'DUE 12' in black and oval 'PAID ALL' in violet, Postage Dues 10c and 2c affixed and cancelled. Minor blemishes, still a very scarce taxed cover
Lot 58		Estimate: $100 1885 (23 Mar) mourning cover used Drummoyne to Wollongong bearing Stamp Duty 3d Grey, transit (Sydney) and arrival backstamp, minor faults
Lot 59		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 1890 colour hand-illustrated cover of Japanese master, used to Austria, bearing 6d tied by Sydney duplex, Brindisi and Ala backstamps, slightly reduced at left. Beautiful item
Lot 60		Estimate: $350 1890-1905 selection comprising 1890 flapless cover Sydney to Ceylon bearing 2d and 4d (Cook), 1895 Newcastle to Finland bearing 2½d with St Petersburg transit, 1897 private wrapper ½d Grey pair Albion Park to Belgium, 1903 printed 'OHMS' reg'd cover for 'Postal and Electric Telegraph Department' Sydney to U.S.A. bearing 5d and ½d, 1905 PPC Summer Hill to Sweden bearing 1d with 'T/5' in shield (5 items)
Lot 61		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 1896-1910 Advertising covers, all different selection used within Australia (4) and overseas (12, including Canada, Germany, Great Britain, New Zealand (2), U.S.A. (7), including hotels, photography, maritime, produce/agriculture, general traders, mixed condition, fair/fine (16)
Lot 62		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $140 1902, 1905 and 1907, the trio of 'PRESCOTT' advertising covers in different colours to the one address in U.S.A., two with cachet 'ONE HUNDRED POSTED', generally fine (3)
Lot 63		Estimate: $200 1905 cover (reduced at left) to U.S.A. bearing 1d Red block of eight cancelled by framed 'PACKET BOAT' four strikes in black, alongside Auckland 10MR05 datestamp, arrival backstamp
Lot 64		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $95 1907 (16 Jul) printed advertising cover for 'ALBERT & SON' (music stores) bearing ½d and 2d used Sydney to U.S.A. Great thematic cover