AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 131		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1898-1904 selection with OPSO envelope [slightly reduced] from 'Chief Secretary's Office' Adelaide to USA, bearing 2½d Violet-blue optd 'OS', 1899 to Canada via San Francisco bearing ½d strip of five tied by Semaphore squared-circle datestamps and 1904 to Hobart bearing 2d tied by two Petersburg squared circle datestamps, arrival backstamps (3 covers)
Lot 132		Estimate: $250 1899 (15 Nov) registered printed envelope to U.S.A. bearing 1d, 2d pair and ½d tied by squared-circle 'LARGS BAY' datestamps, handstruck 'R' within oval and manuscript number, transit and arrival datestamps of Adelaide, London and New York. Attractive
Lot 133		Estimate: $750 1900 (14 Aug) Governor's envelope with insignia in red on flap, used Adelaide to Sydney bearing ½d and 1d optd 'OS' pairs, violet cachet 'AIDE DE CAMP'S/OFFICE/ GOVERNMENT HOUSE' at left, Sydney backstamp. A rare franking
Lot 134		Estimate: $150 1901 (10 Aug) use of 1d Postal Card at Adelaide with printed message on reverse side, on front 'UNCLAIMED' AND 'NOT KNOWN/BY LETTER CARRIER' in black, DLO backstamp in red
Lot 135		Estimate: $900 1905 (9 Mar) registered cover to U.S.A. bearing thin 'POSTAGE' 4d Orange-red pair (SG 281) tied by squared-circle 'JAMESTOWN' datestamp, another alongside, U.S. receiving markings and backstamps of Adelaide, London, New York and Wilmington, minor blemishes. An attractive and scarce example of ½-1oz rate (5d) + 3d registration
Lot 136		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 1906 (Apr) registered cover to U.S.A. bearing thin 'POSTAGE' 8d Blue tied by squared-circle 'CLARE' datestamp, another alongside, arc 'REGISTERED/Nº.' and manuscript number, backstamps of London, New York and Massachusetts, slightly trimmed corner
Lot 137		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $240 Cancellations: Two stockbooks containing perf 'SA' or 'OS' lower values, plus three plastic containers with low values, unchecked by us, did sight Darwin cancels (few 1000)