AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 116		Estimate: $200 1888 (15 Dec) cover to Dunrolan bearing 1d Sideface pair tied by BN '61' of Sandford, datestamp at left, backstamped Hobart and Dunrolan. Believed to be the earliest known cover from Sandford
Lot 117		Estimate: $250 1895-1903 covers bearing Tablets: 2½d to UK; ½d block of four Ulverstone to NZ; ½d pair and Pictorial 2d Mathinna to Hobart, taxed with due 2d tied by cds, slight faults in last (3)
Lot 118		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $550 1895 (22 Jul) use of (3d) Reg’d Envelope (HG C3a, opened out, trivial toning) to Barcelona, Spain with Tablet ½d (3) and 6d paying triple letter rate. Very scarce usage
Lot 119		Estimate: $200 1896 (18 Jul) cover Launceston to Trinidad bearing ½d + 2d, New York and bold Port of Spain backstamps. Great destination
Lot 120		Estimate: $175 Realised Price : $180 1897-98 covers from Launceston bearing Tablet 2½d: pair to New York per ‘ ‘Oroya' S via London'; single to Guadalajara, Mexico but unclaimed showing fine 'NO RECLOMADO' in blue on face, Hobart oval DLO datestamp (etc) on reverse, (2 items)
Lot 121		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $525 1901 (22 Feb) use of (3d) Reg’d Envelope (HG C3) to USA, bearing Tablet 5d (2) paying quadruple letter rate, attractive
Lot 122		Estimate: $175 Realised Price : $135 1901 (12 Oct) use of 1901 2d Lettercard (view Mount Lyell Reduction Works) West Devonport to Upsala, Sweden uprated with Tablet ½d, Sassnitz-Trelleborg and Upsala cds on face. Very fine
Lot 123		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $80 1902 (19 Apr) inwards PPC - 'Cossack' from Russia to Ulverstone bearing 1K Orange pair tied by Rostov datestamp, Odessa and Hobart transit and Ulverstone arrival datestamps
Lot 124		Estimate: $350 1908 (15 Feb) use of 1d on 1½d Lettercard uprated with 1904 1½d on 5d Tablet to Apia, Samoa (cds on face) showing two strikes of Melbourne 'LOOSE SHIP LETTER' (Hosking #1435) with cds at left, no message. A very scarce usage