AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 717		Estimate: $1,000T Australian Stamp Dealer memorabilia in cover album incl covers to and/or from the Trade, Price lists, stationery, other ephemera, mostly pre-war, with 1895 Australian Stamp Co (Adelaide) advertising cover to France ('1,000,000 stamps wanted'), 1898 inwards to Fred Hagen (also his 1898 Buying list), 1901 Hamilton, Macrae (Perth) reg’d advertising cover to U.S., 1901 Smyth & Nicolle catalogue (cover fault), 1909 Howard Davis (Melbourne) reg’d cover to famous philatelist Charles Lathrop Pack, etc, also fine 1946 ACSC and 1914-15 S.G. catalogues (77 items). Interesting lot
Lot 718		Estimate: $125T Realised Price : $135 1913 (3 Mar) PPC to Manly bearing Kangaroo 1d Red + N.S.W. ½d Blue-Green tied by machine-cancel. Scarce State/Kangaroo combination
Lot 719		Estimate: $200T 1929 (19 Sep) cover (crease at centre) Sydney to Canada bearing KGV ½d and 4d prepaying internal airmail only, with striking 'INSUFFICIENTLY/PREPAID' in red which, together with bicoloured airmail etiquette, makes for an attractive item
Lot 720		Estimate: $125 c.1930 roughly opened cover to Miram bearing KGV 2d Red tied by straight-line 'POSTED IN LATE FEE BAG' in black, 'T' in oval alongside and mss. '1d' in blue crayon
Lot 721		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1933 (7 Feb) OHMS window envelope printed in red for 'HUNTER DISTRICT WATER SUPPLY/AND SEWERAGE BOARD' bearing 1d Green optd 'OS' tied by Newcastle machine cancel. Very attractive use of 1d printed matter (for an invoice) rate
Lot 722		Estimate: $60T 1947 (4 Feb) reg’d cover to Malvern with provisional label (number 73) and datestamp for 'P.I.C.A.O./MELBOURNE-AUST'