AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 517		Estimate: $400 1878 (18 Apr) cover to Sheerness, England with 6d Mauve Wmk Crown CC Perf 12½ tied by Perth GPO duplex, endorsed 'via Southampton' and with Sheerness arrival backstamp JU 6 78. Adhesive damaged at lower left corner, otherwise a fine and clean cover
Lot 518		Estimate: $220 Realised Price : $230 1900 (22 Feb) ½d Brown Postcard locally used within Perth, with printed message for the Mueller Botanic Society of W.A., undelivered with 'POSTE RESTANTE/PERTH' cds FE 23 00, 'L.C. ROOM/PERTH' cds ?FE 28 00, and oval 'MORE TO PAY' rubber handstamp in violet. Fine and scarce
Lot 519		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $75 1901 (4 Oct) picture postcard to Corbeil, France with 1d Swan tied by Perth Town Hall Duplex, and with 'S.M.R./PERTH W.A.' cds. Underpaid ½d for 1½d foreign postcard rate, and with handstruck hexagonal 'T/5' in violet, with French 10c postage due affixed on arrival. Heavy vertical crease and other minor faults
Lot 520		Estimate: $30 1903 (2 Dec) picture postcards (2) addressed to London and posted on board ship bound for Australia, each franked with GB 1d KEVII tied by Fremantle 'PO' duplex and with handstruck 'PAQUEBOT', one very worn type approx 45mm long between lines, the other a fine strike 56 x 8mm without lines, former with small tear repaired by sellotape. An interesting pair showing the use of two different types of 'PAQUEBOT' mark at Fremantle on the same day on mail presumably off the same boat (2)
Lot 521		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $46 c1907 OHMS 'RETURNED LETTER' envelope ('A1870/07' imprint) registered to a Perth address, with 'R/' in oval and 'R' in double circle in purple, minor creasing and several pinholes from processing