REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: 1903 Melbourne Printings 4d ultramarine size 100x64mm #R4a (HG C5), CTO. Superb! A remarkable item, being the smallest official envelope issue of the entire British Empire. [Absent from David McNamee's collection]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: 1903 Melbourne Printings 4d ultramarine size 230x100mm with V-cut below the flap #R4d (HG C4a) commercial usage to Bohemia underpaid with Pictorials 1d x2 only but not taxed tied by Hobart cds of 12MAY12, 'NAPOLI PORTO' transit b/s, on arrival redirected internally, minor flap repair. Rare: only two other commercially used examples have been recorded, along with several philatelic usages. [David McNamee's example had a mutilated flap. The other example - a small piece of the flap missing - sold at our auction of 24.11.2018 for $1198]

Grade (A-) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: 1912 Boxed 'REGISTERED' 4d ultramarine size 230x100mm with larger stamp box & all the text reset in different fonts #R5 (HG C6), CTO with 'MELBOURNE/DE9/13' cds. Superb! A few mint examples have been recorded, but none postally used. In our opinion, this is the rarest item of Tasmanian Postal Stationery. Ex Australia Post Archival Sale No 1 (Feb 1987). [David McNamee's similar example sold at the Prestige auction of 2.5.2014 for $1747]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000