1902-04 Filled Tablet at Base 10/- dull green ACSC D44 (SG D43), good colour, faint strike of the 'PARCELS BRANCH/GPO SYDNEY' postal cds in violet, Cat $5500 (£1800, for CTO). [The ACSC states "Stamps with 'NSW'-in -concentric-ovals are CTO...Postally used examples are of extreme rarity and worth a considerable premium...such stamps bear the cds (usually in violet) of the Sydney Parcels Branch."]
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2195
Symbol: C/CL
Cat No: Collection
Usages collection on covers & cards arranged by issue & selected for single & multiple frankings mostly with CDS cancels, from 'Blank-At-Base' including 8d SG D7 (Cat £95 used) solo pencil-cancelled on Tatts cover, Completed Design ½d pair on 1908 PC from Great Britain and 1/- solo (faults) on Tatts cover, then 1909-36 design with various watermarks & perforations noted ½d strips of 3 x2 on 1923 Public Curator (Qld) OHMS envelope sent unfranked, 2d pair on 1922 cover with illegal Victorian 2d Stamp Duty franking and irregular block of 9 on inwards airmail cover with GB KGV 6d solo, 4d pair on long cover from Perth, 6d solo on oversized OHMS cover (edge faults), 1938 Frame-in-Recess 3d solo on civilian airmail cover wrongly paid 4d concession rate only, 1946-57 Redrawn Types 1d block of 12 with 3½d meter and 'EXCEEDS ["½"] OZS' h/s, 1958-60 No Wmk ½d block of 4 on inwards airmail from South Africa, 8d solo on unfranked mail, 1/- solo on long cover with ''EXCEEDS TWO OZS/TAX 1/-' h/s, etc, etc, condition a little variable but mostly fine to very fine.
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