Covers & Stationery hoard mostly to Singleton or used there locally between 1900-1910 with range of BNs and CDSs including 'ties' of '272' (Camberwell; R), '937' (Bulga; RR), '1165' (Glennie's Creek; R), '1495' (Toronto; very fine), etc, TPOs including 'TRAVELLING PO NORTH' & 'WERRIS CK TO SYDNEY/TPO', advertising covers, 'ED' commercial perfin for Edwards Dunlop on plain cover, John Sands advertising postcard showing Druitt St factory, OHMS envelopes with 'OS/NSW' punctures, 1895 cover with 'TOO LATE' cachet, bundle of Arms 1d postal cards, a few telegrams, etc, also a few items from other States including Tasmanian Railways OPSO envelope with 1d Pictorial punctured 'T' (faults), from New Zealand & Great Britain, condition quite mixed. (Qty 300+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1851 (May 14) small cover with Sydney Views Plate IV 2d ultramarine on Vertically Laid Paper SG 34 (margins close to good) tied by bars cancel of Sydney, to Maitland with faint arrival b/s, vertical fold at left. Not recorded in Ben Palmer's Census.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1895 use of 3d Registration Envelope to Montenegro with ½d x5 tied 'ASHFIELD/JA19/95/NSW - 193' duplex cancels paying 2½d foreign rate, carried via Egypt with 'SUEZ' & 'ALEXANDRIE' b/s and Italian TPO 'AMB. LEGGE-FOGGIA' squared circle, Cetinje cyrillic arrival b/s, couple of very minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1900 homemade wrapper to "JP McGlinn/Adjutant & Quartermaster/New South Wales/Mounted Infantry HQ/South Africa" with 1d Arms - creased - tied by 'NEWCASTLE/DE19/00/NSW' cds, minor blemishes. Inwards mail to Boer War troops is very scarce.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1901-05 trio with Captain Cook 4d frankings 1) 1901 registered Tatts cover with Redfern duplex; 2) 1902 + Arms 1d for Late Fee tied by 'RAILWAY STATION/SYDNEY' cds; and 3) 1905 OHMS with 'OS/NSW' perfin & huge 'GOVERNMENT ASYLUMS FOR THE INSANE/DIRECTOR'S OFFICE/MACQUARIE STREET, PARRAMATTA' cachet in violet, minor defects. (Qty 3)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1903 PPC ('Triumphbogen' = Federation Arch) PPC to New Zealand posted directly onto ship with 1d Arms and NZ 1d Universal both tied 'WELLINGTON/-5JA04/NZ' arrival cds, double-framed 'PACKET BOAT' h/s of Auckland alongside, minor blemishes. The NZ stamp paid the late fee.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1912 (Jan 24) stampless PMG's Department in NSW OHMS cover with penalty admonition at U/R, to France with Sydney cds plus vermilion & black/white R label, boxed 'TOO LATE' h/s, central vertical fold. A very scarce overseas usage.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

POSTAL CARDS - OFFICIAL: 1906 usage of NSW Government Railways card 'HAWKESBURY RIVER BRIDGE...' in brown with 1d Die II printed at U/R, minor tonespots. Very scarce.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

POSTAL CARDS: 1908 Visit of the American Great White Fleet 1d red (superb!) and 1½d blue (minor blemishes) HG 34 & 35, unused. Only 9560 of the 1d were sold, and a mere 2320 of the 1½d. (Qty 2)

Grade A+/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250