Document – Onbekend – British Colonial Postal Stationery Collection – Australia, New Zealand & Pacific – 1900

Comprehensive collection of British Colonial postal stationery from the late 19th and early 20th century.The collection includes material from the following territories:– Australia: Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, New South Wales– New Zealand– British North Borneo– Labuan– FijiThe lot consists of a wide variety of postal stationery items, including:– Post Cards– Letter Cards– Reply Cards– Registered and folded postal forms– Official and O.H.M.S. (On Her Majesty’s Service) mail– Both unused and postally used itemsSeveral different denominations, colours, paper types and official usages are represented. The material is mounted in an old collector’s album and shows typical signs of age and previous mounting, such as light toning, traces of hinges and minor handling wear, which is normal for items of this period.Overall a solid and coherent colonial postal history collection, ideal for collectors of British Empire, Australian colonies and Pacific postal stationery.Condition: mixed, generally reasonable to good for age (unused and used).Period: ca. 1880–1915.