1890-94 Watermark V over Crown (V2) ½d to 5/- Dull Blue and Brown-lake set, ½d, 1d, 6d, 10d, 1/- and 5/- with watermark inverted. Heavily hinged, couple with tone spots on gum, and 4d with small thin. SG D1-10 cat £425, BW VD1-10 cat AU$1005 (10)
1890-94 Watermark V over Crown (V2) ½d Dull Blue and Deep Claret vertical marginal block of 10 MUH, few units with marks of apparent offset of frame plate. SG D1a, cat £47.50+, BW VD1B, cat AU$250
1895-96 Watermark V over Crown (V2) ½d-1/- Rosine and Bluish-green, and 2/-, 5/- Pale Red and Yellowish-green mint set, part OG, the ½d, 4d, 5d and 1/- with inverted watermark, couple somewhat heavily hinged otherwise fine. SG D11-20, cat £300, BW VD11-20, cat AU$765 (10)
1895-96 Watermark V over Crown V2 ½d to 1/- Rosine and Bluish-green and 2/-, 5/- Pale Red and Yellowish-green set, 2d, 4d and 2/- with watermark inverted. ½d, 1d and 5/- no gum, others part OG and generally fine. SG D11-20 cat £300, BW VD11-20 cat AU$665 (10)
1895-96 Watermark V over Crown (V2) Rosine and Bluish-green printing 'Double Perforation' varieties, with mint comprising 1d horizontal pair (at top, wmk inverted, unlisted), 2d vertical strip of 3 (at right, fine MUH and unlisted by BW in this printing), 10d (at top, wmk upright), and 1/- (at top, wmk upright, with straight edge at base and no gum); and used with 2d (at top, wmk inverted), 4d horizontal pair (at bottom, wmk inverted, reinforced perfs), 10d CTO (2 at top, one with straight edge sat base and 1/- (at top, wmk upright). Also 1897-99 Wmk V over Crown (V3) 2d Plate Scarlet and Yellow-green with double perfs at left, used and unlisted by BW. A very scarce group (7M, 7U)
1895-96 Watermark V over Crown (V2) 5/- Pale Red and Yellowish-green vertical block of 8 cancelled in manuscript pencil 'H J J/2 5 04', used on a bulk postage docket, fine and a rare multiple. SG D20 cat £320, BW VD20, cat AU$1000
1895-96 Watermark V over Crown (V2) 5/- Pale Red and Yellowish-green vertical block of 8 cancelled in manuscript pencil 'H J J/19 5 03', used on a bulk postage docket, fine and a rare multiple. SG D20 cat £320, BW VD20 cat AU$1000
1891 (27 Jul) front from Everton Station to Collingwood with 1d Reading Design cancelled '936' numeral in blue, and struck with 'T' in oval in same blue ink twice, one with manuscript '2d' (double 1d postage deficiency) and the other with manuscript '6d' (officially registered due to valuable enclosure). 1890-94 1d, 2d, and 5d Dull Blue and Brown-lake Postage Dues affixed and cancelled in manuscript. Heavy vertical crease and damaged lower right corner, but possibly the only known cover with three different values of the 1890-94 series
1904 (18 March) front of large OHMS envelope (damaged at top and with other small faults) from Nhill to Superintendent of Police at Stawell West, with 1d Punctured 'OS' (2, both slightly defective), but with weight noted as 3½oz and therefore underpaid. Watermark V over Crown (V4) 1d Aniline Rosine and Green block of 5 affixed (overlapping top of envelope and three with minor faults) tied by Stawell West cds, MR 19 04. An unusual franking