b'82522 525522C 1859 (Jan.16) "On Public Service Only" cover to Campbell Town with imperf 2d pair SG.31 tied by First Allocation BN \'46\' cancels of New Town (Rated 4R). This cover was sent between 1st Jan. and 30th Sept 1859 when the Government free mail service was suspended and an "official rate" of 4d was applied. It is believed to be the only known example sent at this interim rate. An important cover.Ex John Cress. Purchased in our November 2003 Sale for $3450. $1,5002,000523C 1867 (May 6) \'On Public Service Only\' printed court circular with \'Clerk of the Peace/Launceston\' imprint at lower-left, sent locally with very fine strike of Launceston \'[crown]/FREE/6MY6/1867\' diamond datestamp in red (rated RR) on face. $150200524C 1886 (Feb.6) cover to Ireland endorsed "By P. O. Steamer" and "Via Melbourne" with 6d Platypus Postal Fiscal tied by HOBART duplex, OMAGH arrival backstamp; also 1900 (Nov.30) 3d optd \'REVENUE\' pair tied to local cover (unsealed flap) by Hobart datestamps. (2 covers) $120160525C 1891 (Jul. 2) use of 1d Postal Card uprated with 3d Platypus & 2d Sideface for transit from Hobart to Austria paying the 6d pre-UPU rate for letters to European countries, PRAGUE \'12/8/91\' arrival datestamp on face. [Postcards sent at the pre-UPU letter rate are extremely scarce] $400500526PS 1894 (Apr 4) use of Queen Victoria Embossed (without words of value) Registration Envelope, uprated with 2d on 9d Sideface for transit to Wurrtemberg, part-strike of the chamfered-boxed \'REGISTERED/HOBART\' handstamp in violet (being the earliest recorded use of this handstamp), superb Italian \'AMBTE BOLOGNA-ALA/(N2)\' TPO transit and ULM arrival backstamp.$100150527 528527C 1897 (May 19) triple-rate cover to England with attractive multicolour franking comprising Tablets 2d pair & d and Sidefaces 1d (2) cancelled by bold strikes of BN \'62\' obliterator with fine strike of \'NEW TOWN/MY19/97\' datestamp alongside, on reverse HOBART transit and LONDON arrival datestamp, minor edge blemishes$220260 528C 1901 (Nov.30) Boer War era cover to Pretoria via Melbourne with 2d Pictorial & d Tablet tied by HOBART \'NO30/01\' datestamps, fine strike triangular \'PRESS/CENSOR/PASSED/PRETORIA\' handstamp on face,on reverse DURBAN transit & PRETORIA arrival datestamps. $180220ImagesLot numbers in black indicate lots not illustrated in this catalogue but which are available online at www.leski.com.au'