AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 517		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $90 1842 (16 Dec) entire per 'Lord Samarez' Melbourne to Edinburgh the reverse with dated oval 'Melbourne/New S Wales', 'SHIP LETTER', London transit and Edinburgh arrival cds. Rated '3'(d) ship letter rate and '8'(d) on arrival. Early Port Phillip letter
Lot 518		Estimate: $300 1856 (15 Jun) cover Melbourne to England bearing 2 x 6d imperforate Woodblocks with four margins each, cut close at top on one unit and both tied by B/N '1', mss. 'per "Australasian"' and backstamped Newark. An attractive double rate cover
Lot 519		Estimate: $300 1857 (14 Sep) outer Melbourne to London franked four margined 6d Woodblock endorsed 'p Emeu' and carried on the ill-fated voyage which stranded on a coral reef in the Red Sea. The Southampton mails were transferred onto the P&O 'Ripon'. A clean and attractive cover with about twenty examples from this incident believed to exist
Lot 520		Estimate: $200 1859 (21 Mar) folded registered wrapper Hepburn to Ballarat via Creswicks Creek (all backstamped) bearing imperforate 1/- Octagonal and 4d perforated Emblems representing the single inland registered rate. Soiled but a scarce franking
Lot 521		Estimate: $400 1859 (18 Nov) entire Melbourne to France franked 6d Queen on Throne lightly tied, the front bearing a French marine cds and the rear with an arrival b/s. Superb
Lot 522		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $135 1860 (20 Nov) small envelope endorsed 'Pr Aldinga' Melbourne to Redruth, South Australia with Adelaide GPO cds on face and franked by tied 6d Queen on Throne. Uncommon destination
Lot 523		Estimate: $120 1860 (21 Nov) large cover Melbourne to Edinburgh bearing pair perforated 1/- Octagonal representing the scarce via Southampton triple rate. Few peripheral faults. Ex Moreton
Lot 524		Estimate: $750 1860 (24 Dec) outer from Geelong to London franked perforated 1/- Octagonal, 6d Queen on Throne and 3d Beaded Oval (showing numerous flaws at left and unpriced on cover). Two examples of this three issue mixed franking recorded. Scarce
Lot 525		Estimate: $650 1861 (8 Jan) front and large part back folded cover to Melbourne, the reverse with rare Ballan mss. despatch marking franked perforated 1/- Octagonal and pair 4d Beaded Oval. Scarce double inland plus registration rate
Lot 526		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 1861 (May) trimmed front of an entire franked perforated 1/- indigo Octagonal to Adelaide (scarce destination and double rate) bearing two strikes of the Adelaide GPO cds (one tying the stamp). A rare shade particularly on cover and more so cancelled on arrival. RPSL Certificate (2004)
Lot 527		Estimate: $300 1861 (24 May) cover Bunninyong to France with transit markings of Melbourne, London and Calais on reverse and face and franked with tied pair 6d Queen on Throne. A few stains but an uncommon example of mail to France via Southampton
Lot 528		Estimate: $1,500 1861 (25 Jul) entire Melbourne to Birmingham franked pair and single perforated 1/- Octagonal plus 3d Beaded Oval representing the quintuple via Marseilles rate and the only example believed to exist. A famous cover offered in the Marken and Ganzachenhaus auction in 1921 (Lot 4218). Ex Davis (2002) and Palmer (2010)
Lot 529		Estimate: $400 1861 (20 Dec) outer (few file folds) Melbourne to Dunedin 'per Aldinga' franked 2 x 6d Beaded Ovals. Four double rate covers to New Zealand recorded. Fine and unusual
Lot 530		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $140 1862 (17 May) envelope Belfast to Dublin franked by tied 6d and 3d Beaded Ovals for the 9d single via Marseilles rate. A neat and clean cover
Lot 531		Estimate: $500 1863 (26 Aug) cover Sandridge to New York with UK accountancy and transit markings on face, franked perforated 1/- Octagonal and 6d Adapted Design (closed tear) and routed 'via Marseilles'. A few minor filing faults but a very early example of the revised Marseilles rate of which five examples are recorded by Palmer
Lot 532		Estimate: $100 1864 (18 Apr) and 1876 (14 Nov) covers Geelong to New Zealand franked 6d Adapted design and pair and single 2d Bell, representing the single and triple rates respectively. A few blemishes but an uncommon destination
Lot 533		Estimate: $1,500 1865 (25 Jul) cover Melbourne to Belfast, Prince Edward Island bearing strip of three of 6d Adapted design tied by Melbourne duplex, mss. '5' and '1, London Paid transit and Prince Edward Island arrival cds on rear. The sole example recorded by Palmer. Ex Lehr (1992)
Lot 534		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $380 1865 (4 Oct) entire newspaper 'The Argus' to Edinburgh, bearing 1d Laureate (wing margin) tied by Melbourne cds. Ironed out crease, a few faint stains and peripheral faults but a very scarce example of non-letter rate mail particularly in its entirety
Lot 535		Estimate: $750 1867 (25 Oct) cover front from Castlemaine (with rare 'Registered/Castlemaine' cds) to Switzerland bearing 3 x 1/- and 10d Laureates representing the double postage and foreign registration rate plus 6d domestic registration. A few peripheral faults. Ex Harvey, Jaffe, Palmer
Lot 536		Estimate: $450 Realised Price : $400 1868 (5 Feb) cover Melbourne to Aden (ADEN. STR. POINT) bearing tied pair 6d Laureate. Cover typically aged and discoloured from this correspondence but a very rare destination
Lot 537		Estimate: $750 1869 (4 Dec) cover Beechworth to France bearing outstanding franking of pair 1/-, 6d and 4d Laureates. Rear flap damage but the sole example of a quadruple rate via Marseilles rate recorded by Palmer. Ex Kekko
Lot 538		Estimate: $100 1871 (25 Jan) small envelope Melbourne to Swansea, Tasmania franked with a tied 3d Laureate. An uncommon rate. Fine. Ex Blake
Lot 539		Estimate: $1,500 1872 (29 Oct) unfranked small envelope Kilmore to St Petersburg, Russia inscribed via Trieste and overscored. Unpaid and consequently sent via Marseilles and struck with the GB 'diamond' accountancy mark. Charged a total of '72' kopecks on arrival. The sole example of mail to Russia in the pre-UPU period. Ex Davis
Lot 540		Estimate: $250 1874 (7 Sep) cover Eaglehawk to Denmark bearing 6d Laureate and 2d Bell with Melbourne and London transit markings. Scarce destination
Lot 541		Estimate: $150 1875 (15 Jan) folded prices current Melbourne to Launceston franked 1d Laureate solo franking. A fine and scarce printed matter rate. Ex Blake
Lot 542		Estimate: $400 1875 (23 Mar) cover Melbourne to Germany franked with 1/- Octagonal and 4d Laureate both tied, London paid handstamp on front and arrival handstamp at rear. A few stains and rear flap missing but a very rare double rate
Lot 543		Estimate: $650 1875 (10 Aug) folded outer Melbourne to Paris bearing 1/- Laureate, 9d and 1d Bell. French transit marking on face and arrival b/s on rear. Very fine double rate and three colour franking. Ex Perry
Lot 544		Estimate: $500 1875 (7 Sep) folded outer Melbourne to Amsterdam bearing pair and single (perf fault) 6d and single 3d (faint crease) Laureates and endorsed 'via Brindisi' representing the single rate plus late fee. A rare destination and attractive franking. Ex Linfield and Palmer
Lot 545		Estimate: $50 1877 (8 Jan) local pre-printed cover Bridgewater on Loddon to Melbourne bearing 2 x 2d Bell. A few filing faults but an attractive cover
Lot 546		Estimate: $900 1878 (28 May) use of 1d Violet on Pale Buff Postal Card, Stieg P2-c, HG 2-b, from Melbourne to Carlton, showing superb strike of the very rare framed handstamped 'POSTED AT/NEWSPAPER SLIPS'
Lot 547		Estimate: $200 1879 (26 Dec) cover Melbourne to Berlin bearing 6d Laureate, 1d and ½d Bell representing the scarce via Southampton rate. A few blemishes but an attractive three colour franking
Lot 548		Estimate: $300 1880 (29 Nov) large format OHMS parcel label for Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880 to Germany bearing Chief Secretary frank stamp cancelled with 'MC/97' and a strike of the 'Exhibition/Victoria' cds at lower left. Few folds and splitting at top but a scarce postmark on cover
Lot 549		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $100 1893 (10 Jan) cover Melbourne to Oran (Algeria) bearing 2d Naish and ½d Fergusson & Mitchell with arrival and transit handstamps on rear. Fine and an unusual destination
Lot 550		Estimate: $150 1895 (14 Mar) PMG Frank stamp on Melbourne GPO OHMS cover used from Melbourne to Antwerp and uprated with 2½d Tannenberg stamp as required by UPU regulations. Uncommon use of franked stationery
Lot 551		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $300 1898 (26 Oct) cover Melbourne to Verviers (Belgium) with scarce and unusual franking of 3d Naish and 2 x 1d Reading blue newspaper wrappers cut-outs. A neat and fine cover