AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 235		Estimate: $300T 1853 (17 May) stampless 'Registered Letter' to Geelong, faint strike of 'PAID/BENDIGO CK' in red, manuscript '2', crowned backstamps of Melbourne and Geelong
Lot 236		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $280 1859 (17 Nov) registered cover Melbourne to Scotland bearing rouletted 6d Queen-on-Throne + perforated 1/- Octagonal, both tied by obliterators, '(crown)/REGISTERED' in red arc, backstamps of Edinburgh and Aberdeen
Lot 237		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $440 1872 (Jun) and (Nov) registered mourning covers to same addressee, the latter re-addressed with framed or oval 'REGISTERED', rated 1/6d and 1/3d respectively, the 1/3d endorsed over adhesives 'Redirected'
Lot 238		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $80 1873 (2 Jan) mourning envelope front and most of flap with frank stamp of 'GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA' in black (V250.2), to the Governor of Ceylon, W.H. Gregory. Early and very scarce usage
Lot 239		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $200 1882 inwards cover (roughly opened) from India to Geelong bearing 4a pair tied by Calcutta duplex, circled 'T' and 'MORE TO PAY' within oval, '4d' endorsed
Lot 240		Estimate: $400 1884 (16 Aug) Riverina Cover to London bearing N.S.W. 2d Blue and Victoria 2d Mauve (3) cancelled by Corowa datestamp, endorsed at left 'Per Orient Line', Melbourne and London backstamps, minor opening blemishes. Not recorded in the census
Lot 241		Estimate: $300T Realised Price : $340 1885 (19 Jan) registered cover to Ticino, Switzerland, bearing 6d pair and ½d tied by multiple strikes of framed 'REGISTERED', manuscript number, Sandhurst datestamp and 'R' within octagon, backstamps of Melbourne, Brindisi, Ambulant, Locarno and Giumalio. Attractive 8½d per ½oz + 4d registration. Unrecorded in Palmer
Lot 242		Estimate: $150 c.1896 illustrated advertising Wrapper printed 'all-over' for Phillips-Ormonde & Co. used to Austria with G.B. ½d affixed and tied by 'F.B.' in black. Interesting and ornate
Lot 243		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $38 1899 (7 Feb) use of 2d rose Envelope (opened-out) to Sydney uprated with 1d pair with illustrated advertising on reverse for 'Spalding-Robbins Rotary Disc Ploughs', minor blemishes
Lot 244		Estimate: $175 Realised Price : $135 1905 (23 Feb) use of Envelope 1d Vermilion-Pink Die II (Stieg B13, HG B10a) used Melbourne to Valparaiso, uprated with 1½d, backstamped Montevideo (3 Apr) and Valparaiso (partial), light toning. Rare destination
Lot 245		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $190 1907 (19 Sep) registered cover Castlemaine to Barbados bearing 1d single, pair and block of four, circled 'R's at left, manuscript registration details, New York registration label partly covering adhesives, backstamps of New York and Barbados. Exotic destination
Lot 246		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $725 Cancellations: Accumulation arranged on hagners approximately comprising Numerals (3800+), Duplexes (540+ - mostly pairs), Circular datestamps (960) and TPOs (1700) with duplication throughout, a little heavy in places, nevertheless a suitable lot for research or for resale. Mostly clear strikes (7500-8000)