AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Lot 355		Estimate: $90 Realised Price : $100 1876-1900 Wmk Broad Star Perf 11½-12½ 2/- Rose-Carmine, SG 132, scarce commercially used block of six, cancelled G.P.O. Adelaide
Lot 356		Estimate: $1,000 Official: (5 Nov) registered OHMS cover Adelaide to London with insignia of SUPREME COURT HOUSE ADELAIDE on flap, franked 6d Prussian Blue optd O.S. pair and single tied by GPO Adelaide datestamps, manuscript '8d' on face and complete Post Office Label affixed to reverse inscribed 'CAUTION/Valuable enclosure should never be forwarded in/unregistered letters/This Letter has been registered because it contains "Coins" (in blue crayon)' Minor soling mostly confined to reverse, arrival datestamps on both sides. SG unpriced on cover and rare
Lot 357		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 Official: 1876-85 1/- Red-brown, variety ' 'O.S.' inverted', SG O27a
Lot 358		Estimate: $175 Postal Stationery: 1908 1d American Fleet Card, fresh unused
Lot 359		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $440 1845 (3 Jan) entire Adelaide to London carried by the 'Prince Albert' and rated '6'(d) ship letter rate and '8'(d) inwards private ship letter rate. The rear with large Adelaide crowned Oval datestamp and London arrival cds. Written by Thomas Quinton Stow (1801-62) Congregationalist Minister who arrived in Adelaide in October 1837 and was involved in building its first church. Contents concern details of Bills he has drawn on the society, stating church membership is at 160 and that he has opened a new school room. Very fine and of significant social connection with Adelaide
Lot 360		Estimate: $150 1849 (27 Oct) outer Adelaide to England endorsed 'pr Overland Mail' and rated '9'(d) pre-paid 1 oz. ship letter rate and a total of '2/8'(d) on arrival. Carried by the 'Macedon' to Calcutta, 'Haddington' to Suez and 'Indus' from Alexandria to Southampton. London and Portsmouth cds on rear. Few small tears at rear and minor creases though the wax seals. Letter removed though endorsed to indicate it was written by J.M. Skipper
Lot 361		Estimate: $15,000 1855 (13 Jul) large part outer 'by the Marco Polo' Adelaide to Neustadt, Hanover franked strip of three 2d Perkins Bacon (SG 2) margins close to large and tied by rhomboid roller cancel. The face with Adelaide Paid cds and Liverpool and London transit cds and the rear with Aachen transit and framed Neustadt (in green) arrival markings. Rare use of first issues on foreign mail and a very scarce destination. Fine and attractive. Ex Risvold, RPSL Certificate (2010)
Lot 362		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $440 1902 (25 Sep) registered cover to Ohio with long type thin 'POSTAGE' 3d Olive (2) tied by squared-circle 'REGISTERED/ADELAIDE' datestamps, San Francisco & Cleveland backstamps, minor blemishes
Lot 363		Estimate: $120 Private Perfin: 1912 (28 Jun) cover to New York franked QV 1d red strip of three with perfin 'OK’ tied by Adelaide machine cancel. Scarce and fine
Lot 364		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $675 Northern Territory: 1893 (24 Feb) cover Port Darwin to Bathurst NSW franked 2d DLR and tied by Port Darwin cds with additional strike alongside and part Sydney transit cds on rear plus 1910 (18 Jun) cover endorsed 'POST CARD' at top apparently without enclosure bearing 1d DLR and tied by Roper River cds with additional strike alongside and part Thursday Island (28.6.1910) cds on rear. Both covers toned and with defective or missing flaps, nevertheless uncommon and early examples (2)