AUSTRALASIA, AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 217		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $100 1843 (28 Apr) entire letter packet England to George Town, rated '8' and '5', London Ship Letter and Paid handstamps in red, indistinct datestamps, some staining
Lot 218		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $200 1844 (23 Dec) entire letter carried by Toulmin packet England to George Town, rated '5', London Ship Letter and Paid handstamps in red, backstamped 'SHIP LETTER/ 21MY/ 1845' in black
Lot 219		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $750 1869 (12 Aug) cover Hobart to Derbyshire via Melbourne, Galle and Suez, overland to Alexandria, then sea to Southampton, bearing 6d Chalon tied by obliterator and large GPO handstamp in red, on arrival re-addressed to Liverpool, G.B. 1d affixed and cancelled by Sheffield duplex, to pay forwarding charge. Attractive
Lot 220		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $480 1898 (20 May) use of 3d Registered Envelope to USA uprated with Sidefaces 4d buff and 2½d on 9d tied by Hobart code H duplex, blue handstamped registration, backstamps of San Francisco (oval) and Camden datestamps
Lot 221		Estimate: $4,000T Realised Price : $3,200 1911 cover printed for 'TASMANIAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION' bearing 1d Pictorial tied by double-circled 'LOOSE SHIP'S LETTER/POSTED AT/MACQUARIE ISLAND/ (penguin)/S.Y. AURORA/A.A.E' cachet and cancelled at Hobart 21st Dec 1911, some minor soiling. Very rare item from a semi-official government bureau. Great item for a polar or bird exhibitor