AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL HISTORY, GENERAL

Lot 485		Estimate: $600T Commercial commemorative/souvenir covers 1930s to recent, mostly illustrated covers and/or labels produced by institutions, organisations, commerce, etc, many scarce items not seen by us previously, odd fault here and there, generally fine (120). Unusual and interesting lot
Lot 486		Estimate: $250T Realised Price : $380 1913 (16th Apr) registered cover Lismore to Chicago, USA bearing ½d Green, 1d Red (2, one torn)and 3d olive, with Lismore reg'n label and 'REGISTERED' cachet in violet. Sydney, San Francisco and Chicago transit and arrival backstamps. An attractive three colour franking
Lot 487		Estimate: $900T 1915 (12th Mar) 'Felton Grimwade & Co' cover to USA bearing 5d Chestnut + 2½d Indigo - the latter perfin 'F G/&CO' in reverse tied by 'LATE FEE/SPENCER ST' datestamps. Rare combination
Lot 488		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1915 (7th May) piece franked with KGV 1d Red (5) + Kangaroo 2½d (2) + 5d tied by 'LATE FEE/SPENCER ST. VIC' cds's, few blunt perfs
Lot 489		Estimate: $125T 1917 (15th Aug) cover Melbourne to Philadelphia with printed addressed in red, bearing Third Wmk 2d Grey + KGV ½d Green, straight-line 'PASSED' cachet in violet
Lot 490		Estimate: $250 1935 (19th Aug) cover to Brisbane bearing KGV 2d cancelled with manuscript date and double-oval 'ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH OFFICE/DAKABIN', the Dakabin being a cable-laying vessel
Lot 491		Estimate: $200T 1940 (1st Oct) airmailed cover Queensland to England bearing 5d pair + 4d + ½d pair + 3d AIF tied by cds's of Pinnacle, censor tape at left tied by diamond '1' handstamp, reverse with Mackay Patriotic Funds 1d 'HELP TO LICK HITLER' label, surface scuff. Unusual
Lot 492		Estimate: $300 1945 (13th Sep) roughly opened cover to Richmond bearing KGVI 2½d + 'DAY DREAM ISLAND' multicolour vignette tied by Proserpine cds, minor staining. Only the second example of this vignette we have seen on cover