AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, POSTAL HISTORY, MAIL TO OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS

Lot 250		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $2,600 German States - Hamburg: 1860 (24 Dec) registered cover to Hamburg bearing Perf 12 2/- Woodblock and 1/- Octagonal tied by Barred Numeral '5' of Ballarat, arc '(crown)/ REGISTERED' in red, rated '8', datestamps of Ballarat, Geelong and London registered, arrival backstamp
Lot 251		Estimate: $100 New Brunswick: 1888 (17 Aug) cover Victoria to Cambridge bearing 1d Green pair and 6d Blue tied by Barred Numeral '71' duplexes of Richmond endorsed 'Per Cuzco De/Via Southampton, Melbourne and London backstamps. Attractive bicolour franking to an interesting destination
Lot 252		Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $600 New Zealand: 1855 (20 Dec) entire Melbourne to Wellington bearing 6d Woodblock tied by Barred Numeral '1', handstruck '2' in black, Wellington arrival datestamp with incorrect year slug, Melbourne backstamp, slight filing crease. Mail to New Zealand from this period scarce to rare
Lot 253		Estimate: $2,000 United States of America: 1856 (5 May) cover Beechworth to U.S.A. bearing 6d Woodblock tied by Barred Numeral '9', endorsed 'Via England', carried by 'Royal Charter around Cape Horn and by 'Niagara' from Liverpool, handstamped '33' (cents) in black due from addressee and manuscript '28' representing trans Atlantic portion of journey, backstamps of Beechworth, Melbourne, Liverpool Packet and Boston Br. Pkt