AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, NEW SOUTH WALES, POSTAL STATIONERY

Lot 339		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 Mostly unused range comprising Post/Reply cards (17), incl two CTO and one optd 'Specimen', 1908 Fleet card and two 1898 Xmas/New Year cards Registration Envelopes (3), one optd 'Specimen'; Lettercards (7), four optd 'Specimen'; Pre-printed envelopes (8), one optd 'Specimen'; Newspaper Wrappers (8), two optd 'Specimen', plus the 1d QV embossed issue. Generally fine and very clean, with little duplication (43 items)
Lot 340		Estimate: $300 Telegraph Forms: 1894 6d Violet-red and 1/- Black, H&G H1-2, optd 'Specimen'. Very fine for these and scarce thus
Lot 341		Estimate: $300 Lettercard: 1901 1½d Orange, the reverse with four lines of text, with distinct triple perforations all of which are significantly misaligned. Unused with a few stains on both sides, still a striking error and possibly unique
Lot 342		Estimate: $300 Postal Card: 1904 1d Arms, five lines in heading, the indicia punctured 'G R' (Government Railways) used locally at Sydney (18 Nov), the rear with pre-printed Station Masters Office acknowledgement of correspondence, duly completed and signed. Stained at left and rear however extremely rare and an outstanding 'Railways/Trains' thematic item
Lot 343		Estimate: $400 Wrapper: 1892 ½d DLR Proof, probably for a newspaper wrapper, in the issued colour of Grey on cream wove paper (222 x 136mm) with triple oval 'GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE/SYDNEY' cachet in violet dated 17 AUG 91. Two vertical folds and some minor spotting, otherwise fine and rare