AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Lot 160		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $60 1876-1900 Wmk Broad Star Perf 11½-12½, 2/- Carmine, SG 132, scarce commercially used block of six, cancelled diamond numeral '35'
Lot 161		Estimate: $2,000 1883 ½d Essay in Green and Chinese white on card (77 x 102mm), handstamped '22 NOV 81' and endorsed 'Seen 23/11/81 AR', slight ageing. Attractive and very rare
Lot 162		Postal Card: 1908 1d American Fleet Card, fine unused
Lot 163		Estimate: $150 Postal Card: 1908 1d American Fleet Card, fresh unused
Lot 164		Estimate: $120 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 through the wax seals. Letter removed though endorsed to indicate it was written by J.M. Skipper
Lot 165		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460 1900 (14 Aug) Governor's envelope (red insignia on flap), used Adelaide to Sydney bearing ½d and 1d optd 'O.S.' pairs, violet 'AIDE DE CAMP'S/OFFICE/GOVERNMENT HOUSE' cachet at left, Sydney backstamp. A rare franking