AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 75		Estimate: $400 1872 (2 Dec) large cardboard parcel front sent from Adelaide to Wimborne, Dorset, and redirected to Basingstoke, endorsed 'Parcel only Without Letter'. Franked with 4d and 1/- Perkins, Bacon cancelled 'G.P.O. ADELAIDE', toned due to the acidic nature of the cardboard. A remarkable early survivor of non-letter rate mail
Lot 76		Estimate: $200 1898-1904 selection with OPSO envelope [slightly reduced] from 'Chief Secretary's Office' Adelaide to USA bearing 2½d Violet-blue optd 'OS', 1899 to Canada via San Francisco bearing ½d strip of five tied by Semaphore squared-circle datestamps, and 1904 to Hobart bearing 2d tied by Petersburg squared-circle datestamps, arrival backstamps (3 covers)
Lot 77		Estimate: $700 1900 (14 Aug) Governor's envelope (red insignia on flap), used Adelaide to Sydney bearing ½d and 1d optd 'O.S.' pairs, with violet cachet 'AIDE DE CAMP'S/OFFICE/ GOVERNMENT HOUSE' at left, Sydney backstamp. A rare franking
Lot 78		Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $700 1905 (9 Mar) registered cover to USA bearing Thin 'POSTAGE' 4d Orange-red pair (SG 281) tied by squared-circle 'JAMESTOWN' datestamp, with another strike alongside, U.S. receiving markings, Adelaide, London, New York and Wilmington backstamps, minor blemishes. An attractive and scarce example of the ½-1oz rate (5d) + 3d registration