1864 small registered envelope to India bearing 1857-69 Numeral Wmk 4d Pale Blue strip of four (creased, lifted and replaced) and 2d Deep Green tied by barred numeral '10' of Antill Ponds carried by P&O "Madras" from Melbourne to Galle, then by "Emeu" to Bombay, Secunderabad arrival backstamp. Fine and attractive example of 6d per ½oz rate + 1/- registration
Lot 43
Estimate: $1,500T
Realised Price : $1,350
1870 and 1871 two entire Letter Bills intended for Green Ponds, with handstamp 'MISSENT-TO/HOBART-TOWN' in red and black respectively. Rare instructional markings on entire articles, with the few other known examples being on fragments
Lot 44
Estimate: $1,500T
Realised Price : $2,200
1905-12 postcards (3) and cover with framed 'POSTED OUT OF/COURSE' (Type 2, one of three known); 'NOT KNOWN' handstamp with box for 16 signatures in violet; another box for 22 signatures struck in blue rather than red (unique); and 'MISSENT/TO LAUNCESTON'. A rare little group
