Description:

1916 KGV ½d green ‘Star’ envelope (without "Postage" in die; ACSC ES25; Cat $200) printed to private order (PTPO) with ‘The Australian Drug Coy’ imprint in blue sent to Hobart, Tasmania with flap unsealed, ‘SYDNEY/JA31/1918/NSW’  roller cancel & ‘20 POSTED’ cachet in violet alongside on face paying domestic printed papers rate, couple of minor blemishes. [Circulars reproduced from a written original could be sent at printed papers rate provided at least 20 identical copies were posted at the same time and a "20 posted" marking was applied to each item]