AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 1278		Estimate: $220 Victoria Tourism-related: 1911-63 photographic booklets (4) and 1927-92 mainly 'Greetings from' envelopes (19 + front), the first 'Spend your next holiday at Maldon', noted 1963 with rare Tidal River Camp cds (29 items)
Lot 1279		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $60 1923 (31 Dec) use of 'FOURPENCE/HALFPENNY' on 5d registration envelope (BW RE16) uprated with 3d Kangaroo Die IIB paying 1-2oz rate from Melbourne to Holland
Lot 1280		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $75 1924 (4 Feb) use of 'FOURPENCE/HALFPENNY' on 5d registration envelope (BW RE17, 'envelope') uprated with KGV ½d Orange 1d Violet and 1½d Brown paying 1-210z rate from St. Kilda to Germany
Lot 1281		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $80 1942 long envelope used at Melbourne franked KGVI 1½d Green pair showing bold handstamp 'POSTED CONTRARY TO REGULATIONS/RETURN TO SENDER' in violet, and with typewritten label affixed ' . . . the length of the fastener may not be excessive and the ends must be rounded . . . Postal Rule 73', rare
Lot 1282		Estimate: $1,800 New South Wales Registered Mail: Collection of covers with blue C6 labels, stated all different, essentially from 1950s and 1960s plus some earlier and later, noted Bradfield, Bullaburra, Caringbar (error), Fern Bay, Frenchs Road, Goodnight, Green Valley (cds without time, not recorded Hopson and Tobin), Herne Bay, Island Bend, Macdonaldtown, Majors Creek, Maroubra Bay, Mascot Aerodrome, McCallums Hill, Number One, Oyster Bay, Parramatta East, Picnic Point, Rufus river, Turvey Park, Twins Camp, Wanganella, Warragamba Dam, Widgiewa and Yarra Bay, condition variable although presentable (approx 820 covers)
Lot 1283		Estimate: $180 Cash on Delivery Mail: c1953 cardboard box front, 1957 parcel wrapper and 1966 envelope with different 'C.O.D. 2' labels used in New South Wales, the first missing corner, the last label torn on opening, rated 5/5d, 4/9d or 34c, very scarce group (3 items)