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

Lot 556		Estimate: $100T Realised Price : $85 1937 three letters in the same hand written in March, June and August, the earliest with datestamp 'PAY TRAIN/18 MAR 37/TRANS AUST RAILWAY', the writer of all three being postmaster, paymaster and bank official on the train. Interesting contents
Lot 557		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $700 1937 (20 Mar) cover to USA bearing KGV ½d Orange pair, 1d Green (3) and 2d Red tied by four very fine strikes of '634 MILE T.A.R./W.A.' datestamps. [A similar registered cover realised AU$1380 in our General Sale No. 26]
Lot 558		Estimate: $100T Realised Price : $80 1937 (Apr) and (Sept) Trans-Australian Railway Timetables, with multi-page advertising, minor blemishes
Lot 559		Estimate: $150T Realised Price : $145 1937 (31 Aug) cover to USA bearing KGV ½d Orange strip of six tied by three superb strikes of 'ALICE SPRINGS/QUORN T.P.O.' datestamps
Lot 560		Estimate: $125T Realised Price : $190 Selection of Inter-System Passenger tickets (9) generally issued to various destinations from Kalgoorlie, plus Commonwealth types (2) for sleepers and meals, all handstamped SPECIMEN in red, violet, green or blue, etc (11 items)
Lot 561		Estimate: $300 Commonwealth Railways Parcel Stamps: 1962 set 1d to 10/-, fresh unmounted (17)