Postage Dues: 1890-94 Watermark V over Crown (V2) ½d - 5/- Dull Blue and Brown-lake, plus ½d, 4d Dull Blue and Claret and 1d, 2d Dull Blue and Brownish Red, all Wmk Upright and all part OG and generally fine. SG D1-10, cat £500+ (14)
Lot 396
Estimate: $350
Postage Dues: 1890-94 Watermark V over Crown (V2) ½d - 5/- Dull blue and Brown-lake, plus ½d, 4d Dull Blue and Claret and 1d, 2d Dull Blue and Brownish-red, all Wmk. Inverted. 2/- no gum, others part OG, 6d with vertical bend, otherwise generally fine. SG D1-10,cat £500+
Lot 397
Estimate: $250
Realised Price : $190
Postage Dues: 1890-94 Watermark V over Crown (V2) ½d - 5/- handstamped italic Specimen Type 24b ('S' complete), ½d in Dull Blue and Deep Claret shade and with additional 2d in same shade, 1d, 5d and 2/- no gum, others part OG and generally fine. SG D1-10s, cat £475+ (11)
Lot 398
Estimate: $350
Realised Price : $320
Postage Dues: 1890-94 Watermark V over Crown (V2) ½d - 5/- handstamped italic Specimen Type 24a (Broken 'S'), ½d in Dull Blue and Deep Claret shade, part OG, ½d and 2d with small thins, others generally fine. SG D1-10s, cat £475 (10)
Lot 399
Estimate: $220
Realised Price : $280
Postage Dues: 1890-94 Watermark V over Crown (V2) ½d - 5/- Dull Blue and Brown-lake (1d, 4d Dull blue and Brownish-red shades, with additional ½d and 2d in similar shade), all CTO with Melbourne cds with blank base, various dates, mostly no gum and generally fine (12)
Lot 400
Estimate: $120
1892 (29 Feb) cover to Melbourne with 1d Reading Design pair tied by Beechworth '9' duplex in blue and with 'T' in oval in same colour applied with '2' in manuscript, 2d Dull Blue and Brown-lake postage due affixed and tied by boxed 'L.C.2' ds. Minor peripheral faults and light soiling but attractive
Lot 401
Estimate: $250
Realised Price : $190
Postage Dues: 1890-94 2d Dull Blue and Brown-lake affixed to 1891 (7 Aug) yellow-buff OHMS 'RETURNED "MORE TO PAY" LETTER', with 'T' in oval in violet at left, few tone spots down right side, otherwise fine
Lot 402
Estimate: $120
Realised Price : $115
4d Dull Blue and Brown-lake tied by boxed 'L.C. 2' ds on 1891 (Sep) cover from Tasmania with 1d Sideface pair tied by Hobart duplex, with 'Deficient Postage (2)/Fine_____ (2)' and 'T' in oval with manuscript '4d to Pay' inserted. Very fine
Lot 403
Estimate: $200
1892 (7 Jul) cover from G.B. to Melbourne overweight and taxed 5d, superb early strike of oval 'T5D', 5d Blue and Brown-lake affixed and tied by boxed 'L.C.2/AU 9/92' datestamp, roughly opened, scarce and not unattractive
Lot 404
Estimate: $220
Postage Dues: 1895-96 Watermark V over Crown (V2) ½d - 1/- Rosine and Bluish Green and 2/-, 5/- Pale Red and Yellowish Green, part OG, some with gum thins, and 2/- with light horizontal bend. SG D11-20, cat £350 (10)
Lot 405
Estimate: $120
Realised Price : $900
Postage Dues: 1895-96 Watermark V over Crown (V2) ½d, 2d - 1/- Rosine and Bluish-green and 2/-, 5/- Pale Red and Yellowish-green overprinted italic 'Specimen' (Type 24b), all but 2d no gum (9)
Lot 406
Estimate: $600
Postage Dues: 1895-1904 Red and Green issues cancelled-to-order with 'MELBOURNE' cds, a range with various dates comprising Wmk V over Crown (V2) Rosine and Bluish-green ½d, 10d (4) and 1/- (4), Pale Red and Yellowish-green 2/- (5) and 5/- (4), Wmk V over Crown (V3) Pale Scarlet and Yellow-green 4d, 5d (5) and 6d (2), Wmk V over Crown (V4) Scarlet and Deep Green ½d (3), 1d (4), 2d (3), 4d (5), 5d, 1/-, 2/- and 5/-. Few with small faults, many with part OG and a fine group including a number of stamps rarely seen in CTO condition, the 2/- and 5/- stamps alone catalogue £485 (46)
Lot 407
Estimate: $350
Postage Dues: Watermark V over Crown (V3) ½d - 5/-, the ½d, 2d and 4d in Pale Red and Deep Green shade, others in Scarlet and Deep Green, very fine with large part OG. SG D26-33, cat £500 (8)
Lot 408
Estimate: $300
Cancellations: Range of postage due issues (both colours, values to 1/-) showing the different types of cancellations found, with Barred Numerals (15). Melbourne '1' in thin bars (8), Money Order & Savings Bank cds (9), 'Belt & Buckle' oval ds (3), Butterfly 15 of Geelong (2), 'Wheel' cancellation (5), 'T' in oval (4) or triangle, 'Circle of dots' (8), P.B. Room cds (two types, 10), boxed time ds (12), straight-line postmen's cancellers (HAWTHORN and BALLARAT), and boxed 'REFUSED/ON ACCOUNT/OF TAX'. A fine group that would take a long time to assemble (80)
