A nice pair of postal covers from 1905

 

A nice pair of postal covers from 1905 posted in New Zealand and addressed to the Commercial Bank in Hobart, Tasmania. 

Note the postmarks on the rear of the envelopes to show when the letters were received in Hobart. It's slightly galling to realise that mail from Wellington to Hobart took about a week, if anything slightly faster than today!

There is hole in each of the envelope - it was common practice in offices of the time for correspondence or invoices once dealt with to be placed on a spike before filing.

The Commercial Bank was founded in Melbourne in 1866 and operated until 1982 when it merged with the Bank of New South Wales to form Westpac.

The Commercial Bank did not operate in New Zealand until 1912, but as can be seen, it had business dealings in New Zealand before then.