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- All amounts are in Australian dollars.
- Lots with a "T" after the Estimate are subject to GST of 10% on the Reserve Price.
Overseas buyers are exempt from paying this charge. - Purchase Prices include the Buyer's premium of 16.5% (including GST).
- Realised Prices do not include the Buyer's Premium (and GST if applicable).
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General Sale No. 48
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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, POSTAL HISTORY
| Lot 131 SOLD | [ C ] | ) ) | 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)
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Lot 132 | [ C ] | ) | 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
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| Lot 133 | [ C ] | ) | 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
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| Lot 134 | [ PS ] | ) | 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
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| Lot 135 | [ C ] | ) | 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
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| Lot 136 SOLD | [ C ] | ) | 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
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| Lot 137 SOLD | [ O ] |  | 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)
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