AUSTRALASIA, AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS

Lot 372		Estimate: $5,000 Fine collection annotated on 64 pages to exhibition standard in French, comprising covers (46), post cards (19), postal stationery items (29), stamps/pieces (231), range of numbers from 1 to early 2000's, issues from Half-length to Commonwealth, few franks, numbers in colour, two highly rated '1345' of Vectis East - RRRRR (2 examples known) and '2007' of Massey R.S. - RRRR. Inspection a must
Lot 373		Estimate: $400 Small selection comprising 369 (2, RRR), 479 SS, 698 RRRR, 749 RR, 1044 SS, 1316 RR, 1538 RRR, 1729 R, 1821 RRRR and 2036 S, fair to fine strikes (11)
Lot 374		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,250 1897-1900 Cancellation Experiments: Original and in depth letter from the Government Analyst together with large blocks of 1895 ½d, 1d, 2d, 2½d, 3d and 4d affixed to pages and obliterated with a variety of cancellations and showing chemical attempts at removal. The blocks endorsed in the margins and the chemical used, test results noted alongside, some testing damage to adhesives which is be expected. An important group