1880 REGISTERED ENVELOPE
4p Rose Queen Victoria on White.

Curved flap at back with stamp imprint.
Box for stamp on front 21 - 23 1/2 mm x 23 - 25 mm.
Sawtooth edge at fold.

“McCorquodale & Co. / Patentees.”
under flap.

"Specimen" on 130 mm x 85 mm envelope.
1888, AUGUST 13: CASSILIS to MUDGEE
With 2p blue Victoria for single domestic rate on 
130 mm x 85 mm envelope. 
Backstamped MUDGEE / AU 14.
1886, MARCH 17: HAYMARKET to NEW YORK
6p Violet franking for single foreign rate on 
130 mm x 85 mm envelope. 
Backstamped with encircled “U / 4-26-86”.

1884: SYDNEY to TURKEY
Endorsed “Per Orient Line / Via Suez”. With 2p  x 3 and 1p  Victorias 
on 155 mm x 95 mm envelope. Backstamped CONSTANTINOPLE / ARRIVE / 23 AOUT 1884 
beside ALEXANDRIA and SUEZ transit postmarks. 
Re-directed to BAFFRA (BAFRA). SAMSUN  / 27 AOUT 1884 blue cds on front.

1888, MARCH 30:  VICTORIA to GERMANY
Endorsed “Per german mail S.S. Solier / Via Brindisi”.  Disptach cds on verso beside 
SYDNEY / MR 31 cds. Backstamped FRANKFURT / 9-5-88. 
German red registry label added. 
Envelope passed through the mail without prepaid postage.
Most likely subjected to Postage Dues per pencil manuscript
“A” (Abono?) and numeral “10” pen markings.