Auction 333-341 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand – The ‚KOOYONG‘ Collection - Day 2

1818/1908: Group of nine circulated covers/cards, comprising pre-philatelic (3), 1899/1900 postal stationery cards (2), registered mailings (3 of which 2 are uprated stationery envelopes) and franked destination mail (1). Noted; 1818 entire letter to Caresse nearby Orthez, France with oval "PORT LOUIS / POST PAID" handstamp, 1853 two Shipmail entire letters written in Madras and directed to Port Louis Mauritius, both endorsed "Lady Jocelyn", and struck by "MADRAS / G.P.O. / 1853 JU 21" and oval "PACKET LETTER MAURITIUS" and the "INDIA PAID" handstamp in red. Among the three registered is an example dated 1904 sent from Rose Hill to Paris, endorsed "Via Colombo", bearing 1895 Arms 3 c. dull purple, a single and a block of four together with 1902 '12 CENTS' on 36 c. orange & ultramarine and a 1905 registered stationery envelope KEVII 15 c. blue from Curepipe to Leiden, Netherlands, bearing in addition Arms 12 c. grey-black & carmine and 1907 36 c. brown stationery envelope sent registered from Beau Bassin to Paris uprated with with 1900/05 6 c. purple & carmine on red. Also, a 1908 envelope from St. Julien to Susa, Italy, bearing 1905 Arms 15 c. black & blue on blue with gutter at right rare on destination mail.