AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 748		Estimate: $40 1919 (26 May) unstamped postcard (Notice of Meeting of the Sydney Philatelic Club) sent from Sydney to Arncliffe, with large 'UNSTAMPED' (56mm x 5.5mm), circular 'MORE TO PAY/2D' applied but crossed through, and similar handstamp for '3D' applied, fine
Lot 749		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $60 1921 (26 Oct) picture postcard from Sydney to U.S.A. with 2d Orange KGV cancelled Sydney machine, and 1922 (10 May) OHMS envelope with 2d Orange KGV punctured 'OS' used from Brisbane to Gatton (2 covers)
Lot 750		Estimate: $40 Realised Price : $40 1924 (12 March) picture postcard (Hawkesbury River N.S.W.) from Petersham NSW to Baghdad, Mesopotamia, franked 1½d Green KGV for foreign postcard rate, with BAGDAD H.Q. receiving cds, 19 APR 24
Lot 751		Estimate: $70 Realised Price : $135 1937 (13 March) cover from Wondai (Qld) to Spanish Morocco franked 1d KGV, 3d Vic Centenary and 2d SA Centenary for 3d foreign rate plus 3d registration fee, and with 'REGISTERED/WONDAI'. Backstamps include Gibraltar and British P.O.s at Tangier and Tetuan
Lot 752		Estimate: $60 1938 (26 Oct) picture postcard (Koala) from Sydney to Japan franked 2d N.S.W. Sesquicentenary tied by machine cancel, paying the foreign postcard rate, message in Japanese
Lot 753		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $160 1953 (16 June) QSL card franked 4½d Red George VI cancelled Kingsford (N.S.W.) cds, addressed to Maryland, U.S.A., paying the foreign postcard rate. A scarce solo franking
Lot 754		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 Postage Meters: 1927 three impressions on piece (130 x 53mm) from New Zealand Austral machine without licence number, denominated ½d
Lot 755		Estimate: $50 Postage Meters: Impressions on pieces from Universal Midget unengraved dies, the first dated 14 III 28 and denominated 1½d struck on position of envelope with printed description, the other dated 11 VII 29 denominated 1d with handstruck 'SPECIMEN ONLY' in violet (2)
Lot 756		Estimate: $100 Postage Meters: 1930 cut-out of Machine A1, the first franking machine with 1½d denomination dated 13 III 30, and a second similar piece with only part imprint but with Neopost slogan (2)
Lot 757		Estimate: $50 Postage Meters: 1930 demonstration machine imprint on cut-out with 1½d denomination and attractive Neopost ' "NEOPOST" YOUR MAIL DONT USE STAMPS' slogan
Lot 758		Estimate: $50 Postage Meters: 1956 cut out of Midget machine with error '55' for 'Y5' in licence number (used by The Federal Mutual Insurance Company, Melbourne, with normal Y5 cut-out for comparison, rare (2)