Queensland 9 brown and ultramarine on covers

A census of Queensland 9d brown and ultramarine (SG 265 and SG 266) 3rd Sideface on covers with details of the postal rates used. This issue first went on sale in July 1903. Most of these stamps, being of a high value, were used on telegrams and parcels and while postally used examples are not that scarce, postally used multiples and examples on covers are 

1913

An official registered cover from the Correspondence Branch, Postmaster- General's Department, Brisbane to Lyon, France dated 4 December 1913. The postage paid was 9d including a registration fee of 3d. The letter rate to France was 2½d. per half ounce, suggesting that this was a 2 x letter rate cover with 1d left over. Seen on Ebay