AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, 1892-99 TABLET ISSUES

Lot 70		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $420 1892-99 Tablets ½d to £1, large part OG and very fine. SG 216-25, cat £750 (10)
Lot 71		Estimate: $400T Realised Price : $360 1892-99 Tablets ½d to £1 overprinted 'SPECIMEN', very fine. SG Nos. 216-25s, cat £650 (10)
Lot 72		Estimate: $300T Realised Price : $230 1892-99 Tablet group of covers, with ½d solo usage on wrapper to New Zealand, ½d (2) used on 1895 printed matter wrapper to U.S.A., ½d (4) used on inland covers (2), ½d pair with 1d Sideface on 1897 inland cover, ½d (5) on 1893 cover to U.S.A., ½d on 1898 2d embossed envelope to England, ½d used with 2d Pictorial on 1903 cover to U.S.A., 2½d on 1899 cover to Transvaal, 2½d (2) on 1911 cover to U.S.A., ½d and 2½d pair on 1897 cover to U.S.A., and 5d on cover to Canada, and registered covers to New Zealand and Canada. Few covers with small faults but generally fine (15)
Lot 73		Estimate: $100T Realised Price : $135 1892-99 Tablets 6d Violet and Black and 1/- Rose and Green used with 2d Sideface on 1898 (18 Mar) registered cover to Baden Baden, Germany, tied by Hobart duplexes, and with 'R' in oval and chamfered boxed 'REGISTERED/HOBART' handstamp in blue, Baden Baden arrival backstamp (23.4.98). Small piece of back flap missing, otherwise very fine and an attractive franking
Lot 74		Estimate: $80T Realised Price : $60 1892-99 Tablets 10d Purple-lake and Deep Green tied by Hobart cds on 1902 (MY 9) registered cover to Boston (JUNE 8 1902 backstamp). Probably philatelic, but a scarce stamp on cover, very fine
Lot 75		Estimate: $200T 1892-99 Tablet 1/- Rose and Green cancelled HOBART/P/TASMANIA' cds (10 JA 06) used on 'Parcels Post Form Between Tasmania and United States' relating to the posting of 'Fancy Pin Cushions', affixed to portion of parcel wrapping, portion of form missing at top right, and other minor defects, but very scarce
Lot 76		Estimate: $150T Realised Price : $270 1892-99 Tablets 2/6d Brown and Blue (top marginal) used with ½d and 2d Pictorials tied by Hobart cds on 1912 (11 Dec) registered cover to Germany, with Hobart registration label, and backstamped Apolda cds (17.1.13). Fine, and a very scarce use of the 2/6d Tablet on cover
Lot 77		Estimate: $300T Realised Price : $230 1892-99 Tablets 5/- Lilac and Red and 10/- Mauve and Brown horizontal strips of 3 cancelled Launceston and Zeehan cds respectively, fine. SG 223, 224, cat £438 (6)
Lot 78		Estimate: $300T Realised Price : $230 1892-99 Tablet 10/- Mauve and Brown block of 4 cancelled Zeehan cds, DE 18 00, perf separation between upper pair and small red mark on one unit, otherwise fine. SG 224, cat £480
Lot 79		Estimate: $600T 1892-99 Tablet £1 Green and Yellow used on small piece with 6d, 1/-, 2/6 and 5/- Tablets and 1889-91 2½d on 9d surcharge cancelled by duplexes, fine and a very scarce usage of the top value