AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, NEW SOUTH WALES, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 147		Estimate: $200 1829 cover with 'On the Service of the Australian Agricultl Compy' at top, '6' rating, flap with fine Gravesend (JY 17 1829) and London (18JY18 1829) datestamps, carried by ship to U.K. and placed in postal system at Gravesend. (The Australian Agricultural Company was originally established in 1824, on one million acres at Port Stephens, and operates to this day)
Lot 148		Estimate: $400 1844 (31 Mar) outer from Bungonia to Maitland, with good strike of Bungonia crowned oval datestamp, and with Sydney (AP 2) and Maitland (AP 4) transit and receipt datestamps, rated '1/1' in red. Fine and rare, with only a handful of examples of the Bungonia datestamp recorded
Lot 149		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1850 (9 Jul) entire letter signed by William Crotty, Goulburn, to East India Company London, bearing fine largely complete framed 'GOULBURN/ POST PAID' and 'PAID SHIP LETTER SYDNEY' datestamp on front, reverse with fair Goulburn datestamp (across fold) and London arrival
Lot 150		Estimate: $900T 1851 (1 Nov) outer from Albury to Melbourne with Sydney View 1d Dull Carmine Plate II pair (touched bottom left and right) tied by '50' numerals, Albury despatch and Melbourne arrival backstamps. Vertical filing crease, otherwise fine, ex Ed Druce
Lot 151		Estimate: $250T 1854 (16 Oct) cover to Newcastle via Sydney with 1d Laureate Wmk '1' pair (close to touching all around and slightly oxidised) tied by '21' numerals of Campbell Town (ds on reverse). Slight soiling
Lot 152		Estimate: $60T 1875 (20 Oct) cover from Gundagai to Paterson, New Jersey, with 1871-84 6d Lilac tied by '46' rays type numeral, and with 30mm 'PAID ALL' circular handstamp in red. Gundagai despatch and Sydney transit cds on reverse, and 'SAN FRANCISCO/PAID ALL' transit cds in red on face. Few tears at top of envelope and with flap defect
Lot 153		Estimate: $60T 1891 (11 Aug) cover to St. Louis, Missouri, with 6d Carmine Centennial tied by Sydney duplex, and with 30mm circular 'PAID ALL' handstamp unusually in black (about four recorded), with 'SAN FRANCISCO/PAID ALL' cds and 'ST. LOUIS & Co. BLUFFS R.P.O.' double circle ds in violet on reverse. Slightly soiled, otherwise fine
Lot 154		Estimate: $120 1895 (29 Jul) advertising cover for I. Israel, Bonus Tea Warehouse, with trademark crowing rooster and caption 'While I live I'll crow', sent from Sydney to London, minor blemish
Lot 155		Estimate: $200 Selection of Paquebot markings 1950s/2000, various types including Newcastle, Port Kembla, Sydney, variety of ship's names and other embellishments (42)