Status International - Sale 394

New South Wales: Postmarks & Postal History. Introduction lot with covers (13) inc 1843 Melbourne NSW to Edinburgh, 1859 Liverpool to England franked QV Diadem 6d grey imperf tied by numeral 20, 1861 Sydney-Sussex franked QV Diadem 6d violet. Early 1900s Registered Mail to Hobart (6) inc Broken Hill, Cobar, Gilgandra, Narrabri West & Wellington, 1904 cover Yalgogrin North to Hobart with numeral 1736 cancel, plus 4 Edwardian era NSW PPC. Other numeral cancels (6) on stamps, all highly rated with 221 (RRR) on 1850s QV 6d brown Diadem imperf, 305 type 4B (RRR) on QV 2d blue, 963 (RRRRR) part strike on 1d dull red QV, 966 (RRRRR) poor strike on piece with West Tamworth cds alongside, 1010 (RRRR) of Tin Tin Hull superb strike on piece with cds alongside & 1080 (RRRRR) of Cedar Party Creek near comp strike on 1d Shield, plus 2 very useful reference works 'The Postal History of NSW 1788-1901' (pub 1988) & 'Numeral Cancels of NSW' (pub 2012). Excellent lot to start collecting this interesting field. (25 items) (P)
Estimate A$600