AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 252		Estimate: $3,000 Realised Price : $7,250 1888 cover 'Via Brindisi', addressed to 'Austria/Moravia/Brunn' bearing 1d Ochre (3) and 6d Lilac, tied by individual strikes of barred "K", oval unframed 'KOJONUP/(mss 16/8/88)/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' backstamps of Napoli and Brunn Stadt, small blemishes including small portion of flap missing. Rare and attractive
Lot 253		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $60 1898 (17 Dec) OHMS envelope (225x98mm) with fine 'PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT' frank in blue, signature handstamp, Stores Manager handstamp plus Perth/R duplex, very fine
Lot 254		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1900 (Nov) use of ½d Postal Card at Perth with 21mm L.C. Room cds missing all of date except year, showing unframed 'NOT KNOWN/BY LETTER CARRIERS'
Lot 255		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $120 1903 (3 Oct) registered OHMS cover, Perth to Guildford bearing 4d tied 'R' within oval, arrival backstamps though undelivered, two strikes of framed 'UNCLAIMED', further Guildford duplex applied, D.L.O. handstamps on reverse