AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, NEW SOUTH WALES, POSTAL STATIONERY

Lot 142		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $160 Postal Stationery: 1877-1905 unused and used duplicated range, with postcards (58, incl SPECIMEN optd on 1d OS (2)), lettercards (19, two with SPECIMEN opts), envelopes (31, three with SPECIMEN opts) and wrappers (7, two STO with 1d Centennial). Used includes a variety of local and overseas usages, taxed item noted. Condition variable, a few have defects but the majority are fine to very fine (115)
Lot 143		Estimate: $75 Envelopes: 1882 (31 Jul) use of 2d P.O. Envelope on laid paper without seal on flap (H&G B2a) from The Exchange, addressed to the Doyen of Victorian Philately David H. Hill, backstamped at Sydney and Melbourne
Lot 144		Estimate: $90 Realised Price : $360 Post Cards: Range of 1897-1907 'View' cards, with 1897 1d Sans Serif text 'Greetings From' (4 U) and 'New Year Greetings' (2, one U), 1898 1½d 'Christmas Greetings' (2), 'New Year Greetings' (5, four U), 1904 1d five line heading (2 U, one taxed), 1905 1d six-line heading U, 1907 1d divided card U. Range of views and colours, few cards with faults but most are reasonably fine (17)
Lot 145		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 Post Cards: 1908 American Fleet postcards 1d Carmine (2, shades) and 1½d Blue, very fine unused (3)
Lot 146		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $360 Ottmar Zieher cards featuring New South Wales stamps, a duplicated selection with embossed cards (14, six used, and five showing illustrations of Sydney), flat cards (4), and the cruder V.S.M. series (3, one used, and two showing illustrations of Sydney). Some faults but many fine (21)