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Auction: 16044 - The John Clemente Collection of Tasmania Postal History
Lot: 531

(x) 1901 Federal Presentation Stamps and Postal Stationery
The following six lots were presented to James Hamilton Esq. on the eve of the amalgamation of the states' postal departments into a federal department.
Queensland
1901 Federal Presentation set of fourteen stamps as presented to Federal Parliamentarians comprising 1895 watermark Crown over Q (II) 2/6d., 5/-, 10/- and £1, 1897-98 1d., 2d., 2½d. purple on blue, 3d., 4d., 5d., 6d., 1/- and 2/-, and 1899 ½d., all cancelled with part "brisbane/t.c." (Telegraph Counter) c.d.s., also postal stationery postcards (4), letter card and wrappers (2), and Revenue Impressed Duty 3d. to £100 set of sixty-three and Stamp Duty 1892 3d. to £5 set of ten and 1899 1d., all with embossed handstamp; also the letters from the Post and Telegraph Department that accompanied the sending of these issues

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Estimate
£600 to £800