FINE AND RARE STAMPS 2008, AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL HISTORY, GENERAL

Lot 542		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1913 (11 Jul) PPC (slight faults) Tighes Hill, NSW to USA with Kangaroo ½d and NSW ½d tied to picture side, fine cds on face
Lot 543		Estimate: $250 1917-65 covers/stationery group incl underpaid cover to UK bearing 1½d, 'OFFICIALLY OPENED' labels affixed, G.B. 2d Postage Due affixed and tied, also unused lettercards, wrappers, etc (20 items)
Lot 544		Estimate: $250 1919 (8 Jul) registered cover Sydney to USA bearing Kangaroo Third Wmk 6d Blue and 3d, KGV 1d Red (2) and ½d Green (3),minor faults. Attractive franking
Lot 545		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $85 1929 (1 Jun) underpaid airmail cover Melbourne to France bearing 3d Green Air, KGV 1d Green and 2d Orange, endorsed 'By Air Mail/Thence/Orsova', 'T50c' in black octagon, France 2c and 50c dues affixed and tied on arrival, re-addressed and backstamped
Lot 546		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $180 1935-39 cover fronts to the same addressee in Germany with typewritten 'By Australia-Greece-Germany Airmail', make-up frankings including 5/- Kangaroo, 2/- Jubilee pair and single, 1/- ANZAC, etc (9 items)
Lot 547		Estimate: $125 1938-39 coloured congratulatory Telegram envelopes (3, two backstamped in magenta 'WILLIAMSTOWN/4 NOV 1939/POST OFFICE W.16'), and form [TG42G] cancelled with double-oval 'POST OFFICE/COBURG. N.13/3 FEB 1938' (WWW.1040) ornaments pointing downwards - 10 weeks earlier than previously recorded (4 items)