AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL HISTORY, REGISTERED MAIL

Lot 877		Estimate: $400 Collection of registered mail from New South Wales post offices, 1915-1965 (strength in 1920s and 1930s), including registration envelope stationery (10), various registration label types including Reddestone No. 1 label (1938), provisionals (1924 Mogriguy, 1924 Tarro, 1928 Dapto), black and blue labels including Yarrangobilly No. 1 label (1932), Long Bay altered by handstamp to Malabar (1934) and Uralla altered by handstamp to Gyuyra (1937), later blue labels including Gymea provisional type (1936), Casula manuscript registration details (1936), and Euston (1962) and Pooncarie (1966) with incorrect Victorian attribution corrected. A number of smaller and closed post offices are represented. Condition generally good to fine, and a nice lot of scarcer registered mail (33 covers)
Lot 878		Estimate: $500 1919-1950 collection of registered mail from Queensland post offices (including three registration envelopes), wide range of different registration label types, with red and black label (1919 Yarraman, 1935 Palmerville), red labels (1935 Gracemere provisional, 1936 Raglan converted to Rockhampton by handstamp), blue and black labels (including 1947 Altona Downs provisional, 1936 Edungalba converted to Rockhampton by Handstamp), blue labels (1942 Mulgeldie, 1935 Teviotville, 1935 Yatala provisionals, 1945 Charleville with 5½d Emu cancelled three-line 'CHARLEVILLE/22 OCT 1945/Q'LD AUST', and manuscript provisionals from Quinalow (1934), Kalbar (1935), Yatala (1936) and RAAF PO Drayton (1950). A number of scarce and closed post offices with rated cds by Deel & Price. Some covers with mostly small faults, but generally good and a fine collection of scarcer registered mail (46 covers)
Lot 879		Estimate: $80 Small group of registered mail from Victorian post offices, with 1922 Derrinallum to Australia with 3d Kangaroo (damaged) and 4d blue KGV with red label; 1925 4½d registration envelope from Maldon with red label; 1935 from Elwood East with provisional blue label; and 1942 5½d registration envelope from Woorinen with red label (4 covers)
Lot 880		Estimate: $30 Sydney 1925-26 registered covers with red labels, bearing KGV 4½d Violet (distinct shades) and comprising 1925 from William Street, and 1926 from Castlereagh Street (2)
Lot 881		1934 registered use of KGV 2d stationery envelope uprated with 3d Victorian Centenary to Footscray tied by superb strike of 'PRINCES PIER PORT MELBOURNE datestamp (APM No. 290), being the first day of use, and with black and blue 'rat's tail' registration label numbered '260', appropriate backstamps, cat AU$400+
Lot 882		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $105 Registration Labels: Accumulation of labels, all States represented but strength in New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland, blue and blue and black types, some duplication, and including a good number of provisional handstamped or manuscript labels (approx 300)
Lot 883		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $46 1934 (17 Nov - last day) 6th Aust Philatelic Exhibition meter impression (with 'Australasion' error) applied to souvenir cover bearing scarce true Yellow-green 1/- Large Lyrebird, and KGV 1d stationery wrapper, registered and denominated 3d + 3d and 1d + 2d, respectively, for uprates for airmail to U.K., and newspaper rate within Australia (2)