AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, FRANK STAMPS

Lot 624		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $950 Frank Stamps: Sheet of thin paper (310mm x 204mm) with strikes of 27 different frank stamps in various colours, taken on 31 October 1902, the date on which the franking system was withdrawn. Two horizontal folds at base between impressions, otherwise very fine and one of three recorded examples. An important document
Lot 625		Estimate: $150T Realised Price : $115 Frank Stamps: 'EDUCATION DEPARTMENT' in red used on 'ON PUBLIC SERVICE ONLY' envelope used locally in Hobart, fine. Believed to be the latest recorded use of any frank stamp (these being superseded by the use of official punctures on 1 November 1902)