1866-75 OHMS 'RETURNED LETTER' envelopes (6, each 268 x 114mm) in three different types, three are registered with oval 'REGISTERED' and four have the framed 'D.L.B. PB/REGISTERED' in green. All with filing punch holes and several with flap faults. Also a 1866 OHMS 'Returned Free Letter' (220 x 94mm) with 'Free' scored through, also with filing punch hole. A scarce group (7)
Lot 154
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $150
1871 (15 Jan) cover (repaired at top) from San Francisco to historic 'Whi Whi/North Shore' (Careening Cove, Sydney) via Honolulu, bearing U.S. 2c + 10c pair tied by cork cancels, fine San Francisco Cal Paid datestamp in red, and unusually fine strike of rare framed 'MIS-SENT TO/MELBOURNE-VICTORIA' on front, backstamped Melbourne and Sydney
Lot 155
Estimate: $500
1876 (27 Dec) cover to London endorsed 'Via Brindisi' with 1876 8d on 9d Bell Surcharge tied by Melbourne duplex. Couple of very minor marks, otherwise very fine and a very scarce stamp used on cover
Lot 156
Estimate: $60
Realised Price : $60
1895 (16 Mar) Inland Parcel Post label (black printing on white paper, 127 x 80mm) affixed to small piece of brown parcel wrapping (weighing 1 lb), with ½d (2), 2d and 6d Stamp Duty tied by Hastings cds. Label torn in half vertically and with portions missing in several places, but a very scarce type
