AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 148		Estimate: $100 1873 (10 Oct) cover to UK bearing 9d Bright Mauve (2, one with missing corner) paying double rate via Brindisi, minor cover faults. Very rare make-up for double rate
Lot 149		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $240 1875-1903 useful group of covers (8) including 1875 9d pair to UK, 1892 registered to UK bearing 1d (3) + 2½d (2); Postal Cards (4) two uprated, Wrapper, PPC (3, two unused), etc, mixed condition (14). Interesting lot
Lot 150		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $550 1884 (23 Aug) cover to Germany bearing 8d on 9d tied by 'YORKE TOWN' cds, another alongside, backstamps of Adelaide, London and Werben arrival. Scarce adhesive on cover
Lot 151		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $120 1891-96 selection with 1891 cover to Wales bearing 2½d on 1d, 1895 2½d to Germany both with arrival backstamps, Postal Cards 1d (3), one used to Port Victor, others to Germany and Switzerland uprated with ½d, Wrapper 1d used Moonta to Melbourne, mixed condition (5 items)
Lot 152		Estimate: $175T 1898 (14 Sep) OPSO envelope used Adelaide to USA, bearing 2½d Violet-Blue optd 'OS', arrival backstamp, slightly reduced
Lot 153		Estimate: $175T 1900 (29 Nov) envelope endorsed 'On Public Service' and 'House of Assembly' used from Adelaide to Dept of Water at Sydney, bearing 2d optd 'OS', arrival backstamp
Lot 154		Estimate: $750T Realised Price : $950 1902 (May) OHMS registered cover for Post & Telegraph Dept to U.S.A. bearing ½d brown and 5d purple tied by Adelaide squared-circle datestamp, backstamps of San Francisco and Boston. Attractive bicolour franking for 3d registration + 2½d ½oz rate
Lot 155		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $1,400 1903 (27 May) registered OHMS cover to USA bearing thin 'POSTAGE' 8d Ultramarine tied by squared-circle Adelaide cancellation, 'R' within black oval, New York arrival backstamp, faint filing crease at left. Rare franking on cover