AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL STATIONERY, ENVELOPES

Lot 696		Estimate: $130 1915 ½d Bright Emerald KGV 'Star' Embossed CTO with 'MELBOURNE/VICTORIA' cds 3 JL 15 for U.P.U. distribution, very fine. BW EP6, cat AU$250
Lot 697		Estimate: $500 1928 KGV Oval Embossed ½d Orange, 1d Green, 1½d Red, 2d Brown each CTO with 'G.P.O./MELBOURNE' cds for U.P.U. distribution, very fine. The ½d, 1d and 2d represent the only printings of these values on Post Office stock, the dies being reserved otherwise for stamping of private envelopes. BW EP29,30,31w,33, cat AU$1100 (4)
Lot 698		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 Envelopes: 1953-56 3d Green, 3½d Red and 4d Plum QEII Embossed overprinted with large SPECIMEN (79mm x 12mm) in red for U.P.U. distribution, superb. BW EP50w, EP51(1)w, EP55(1)w, cat AU$450 (3)
Lot 699		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 Stamped-to-order Envelopes: KGV and KGVI used group from a wide range of users, KGV mainly oval embossed types (including some 'OS' dies), but with a few earlier 'Star' embossings, 1d, 1½d and 2d denominations, and including a number of attractive advertising types. About half are fronts only, and a number with small defects (77)
Lot 700		Estimate: $180 Realised Price : $140 STO Envelopes: 1916-18 ½d Yellow-green KGV 'Star' Embossed on laid batonne stock without any printing, fine unused. BW ES25, cat AU$400
Lot 701		Estimate: $350 STO Envelopes: 1920(?) KGV 1d Red 'Star' Embossed + ½d Green 'Star' Embossed + ½d Green Sideface cut-out cancelled at Melbourne, 12 March 1921. The famous 'tripleton' of which only about half-a-dozen complete envelopes are recorded. BW ES38, cat AU$500 as cut-out
Lot 702		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 STO Envelopes: 1922-24 1d Violet, 1924-28 1d Green and 1922-23 2d Red KGV 'Star' Embossed, each unused with printed address for British Australian Wool Realisation Association Ltd., 2d with vertical crease, others fine. A scarce group, BW ES41, 43 and 61, cat AU$800 (3)
Lot 703		Estimate: $180 Realised Price : $135 STO Envelopes: 1919-21 1½d Brown KGV Die 3 'Star' Embossed on off-white wove envelope. There is no printing on the envelope but this stock was not used for Post Office issues. Very fine unused, BW ES52, unpriced unused