AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, QUEENSLAND, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 172		Estimate: $350 1888 cover endorsed 'From J.E. Young S.G.T. HMS Swinger Cooktown' countersigned 'George W Cornish' and franked with 1d Sideface (excised and neatly replaced as on all 'Swinger' covers), tied on arrival at London with 'FB' obliterator, and with handstruck '1D/F.B.', Boston arrival backstamp (NO 12 88)
Lot 173		Estimate: $150 1901 (6 Mar) cover from Isisford to London franked with QV 1d Purple Stamp Duty (3) incorrectly overpaying the 2½d rate, blue crayon 'T', handstamped in black '25/CTMS/T' and '5D/F.B.', Blackall cds on front and with backstamps of Rockhampton, Brisbane and Tottenham. (The flap has printed 'ELLIS SUTTON/WESTWARD HO HOTEL/ISISFORD', who became the first person in Australia to have a contract for mail to be carried in a motor vehicle)
Lot 174		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1912 (23 Feb) registered cover (vertical crease clear of adhesives) to U.K. bearing 1d (plate flaw at lower left) + 2d x 2 tied by Rockhampton cds, red and black registration label with mss 'LIVINGSTONE' at base