Royal Reels: Gambling

Tattersall’s

GEORGE ADAMS, PUBLICAN, LOTTERY PROMOTER, TATTERSALL’S CLUB

The registered envelope has a pair of red 1d ‘Shield’ N.S.W. stamps added which are cancelled with a duplex postmark of THE EXCHANGE/ 3.45 PM/ FE 4/ 02/ H.S.W with the barred numeral ‘1154′. It was addressed to’Tattersall’, c/o Mr. George Adams, Hobart, Tasmania (Figure 1). The 1895 registered envelope has a pair of mauve 1d N.S.W. ‘View of Sydney’ stamps cancelled with Rays ‘788′ of Wallandbeen, and it has

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