SPECIMEN STAMPS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, CANCELLED-TO-ORDER STAMPS

Lot 489		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $750 1884-1900 Wmk V over Crown Perf 12½ Engraved £50 Black-Violet (SG 284a) with margins all round cancelled-to-order with ‘MELBOURNE’ c.d.s MR 6 97. Couple of gum splashes on selvedge, otherwise virtually full o.g. , fine and rare in this form
Lot 490		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $1,050 1884-1900 Wmk V over Crown Perf 12½ Engraved £100 Aniline Crimson (SG 285c) with margins all round cancelled-to-order with ‘MELBOURNE’ c.d.s MR 6 97. Very fine with virtually full o.g. and rare in this form Cancelled-to-order stamps prior to the sale of collector’s sets in 1900 are unusual and their purpose is uncertain
Lot 491		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $210 1897 Charity 1d (1/-) Blue and 2½d (2/6d) Red-Brown horizontal pairs cancelled-to-order with ‘MELBOURNE’ c.d.s, NO 16 97. Full o.g., slightly toned and very fresh
Lot 492		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $150 1897 Charity 1d (1/-) Blue horizontal strip of 4 cancelled-to-order with ‘MELBOURNE’ c.d.s. NO 16 97. Full o.g. with Perf separations reinforced with hinges
Lot 493		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $2,100 1900-02 Collector’s Sets 2/6d to £100 large-size Stamp Duties (the £25, £50 £100 being typographed, SG 289-291) cancelled-to-order with ‘MELBOURNE’ c.d.s. NO 20 00. Some with large part o.g. and generally fine (21) Collector’s sets were placed on sale in September 1900. Sets could be either cancelled-to-order or overprinted Type 21 italic ‘Specimen’ and were sold for £1 (½d to £1 set) or £5 (½d to £100)
Lot 494		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $650 1900-02 Collector’s Sets £5 to £9 Bicoloured Stamp Duties cancelled-to-order with ‘MELBOURNE’ c.d.s. NO 13 00. Fine with large part o.g. (5)
Lot 495		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $650 1900-02 Collector’s Sets ½d, 1d, 2d, 2½d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d, 9d, 1/-, 1/6d, 2/-, 2/6d, 3/-, 4/-, 5/-, 6/-, 10/-, £1/10/-, 45/- and £10 current issues cancelled-to-order with ‘MELBOURNE’ c.d.s. AP 10 01. All large part o.g. and mostly unmounted, £10 with vertical crease (21)
Lot 496		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $160 1900-02 Collector’s Sets ½d to 5/- ‘POSTAGE’ series cancelled-to-order with central ‘MELBOURNE’ c.d.s. JA 20 02. All large part o.g. and a scarce set with matched dates (13)
Lot 497		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $575 1900-02 Collector’s Sets ½d to £1 ‘POSTAGE’ series cancelled-to-order with ‘MELBOURNE’ c.d.s. DE 10 01, plus the £2 (not issued until June 1902) with indeterminate date. All large part o.g. and very fine (15)
Lot 498		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 1900-02 Collector’s Sets Postage Due Red and Green series ½d to 5/- cancelled to-order with ‘MELBOURNE’ c.d.s. SE 3 02, mixed watermarks, part o.g. and generally fine, another scarce set with matched dates (10)
Lot 499		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $950 Remainder of the collector’s sets accumulation with values including £10, £50 (typo) and £100 (engraved) with various dates, also £1 KEVII cto without gum and ½d Red and Bluish-Green Postage Due block of 8 cto in 1899, some with o.g. and a useful lot (28)
Lot 500		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $180 1900 Charity 1d (1/- ) Olive-Brown and 2d (2/-) Emerald-Green cancelled-to-order with ‘MELBOURNE’ c.d.s. AP 30 02. Very fine without gum (2)
Lot 501		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $190 1900 Charity 1d (1/- ) Olive-Brown and 2d (2/-) Emerald-Green cancelled-to-order with ‘MELBOURNE’ c.d.s. AP 30 02 and unusually tied to pieces, fine (2)
Lot 502		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $2,000 1901 Federal Presentation Set ½d to £100 Postage and ½d to 5/- Postage Dues comprising 36 of the 44 stamps included (lacking the £1/5/-, £1/10/-, £2, £5, £6, £7, £9 and £10) cancelled-to-order with ‘MELBOURNE’ c.d.s. FE 5 01 (or FE 1 01 for £25, £50 and £100). Many with large part o.g. and generally fine, a scarce group (36)
Lot 503		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $700 1901 Federal Presentation Set two printed sheets headed with coat-of-arms and ‘SET OF POSTAGE [or REVENUE] STAMPS’/OF/VICTORIA,/Prepared for Presentation to each Member of the Legislatures of the several States of/Australia on the Transfer of the Post Office to the Commonwealth.’ with ½d to £1 Postage and ½d to 5/- Postage Dues cancelled-to-order with ‘MELBOURNE’ c.d.s. FE 5 01, also 1d and 6d Postage unused which may be spurious additions. Apparently an official means of presentation of these sets not seen by us before (see also the Western Australia set, Lot 531). Some toning around perfs of some stamps, and one sheet with several marks. Unusual
Lot 504		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $220 1905-13 Wmk Crown over A Perf 12½ £1 KEVII cancelled-to-order with ‘MELBOURNE’ c.d.s. NO 11 10, fine without gum. Also with P.M.G. headed notepaper with typed ‘With the Postmaster-General’s compliments’ and dated ‘Melbourne, 8th Nov., 1910’ Sets were prepared for presentation to Federal Parliamentarians to mark the inter-changeability of States stamps, which came into operation on 13 October 1910
Lot 505		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $170 1905-13 Wmk Crown over A Perf 12½ £1 KEVII cancelled-to-order with ‘MELBOURNE’ c.d.s. JY 17 14. Large part o.g. with diagonal crease in top right corner not visible from face
Lot 506		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $575 1905-13 Wmk Crown over A ½d to £2 ‘POSTAGE’ series (1½d, 2/- Wmk V over Crown) cancelled-to-order with ‘MELBOURNE’ c.d.s. MR 22 11. Very fine and large part o.g. (15) Cancelled-to-order sets with later dates are believed to have been prepared for specific presentations to P.O. officials or other dignitaries