AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 698		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 699		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $46 1893 (15 Jun) printed W. Brettschneider registered cover from Melbourne to Germany with 3d and 5d Stamp Duty tied by 'REGISTERED/MELBOURNE' cds, Hanover backstamp. Small tears at top and bottom of cover, otherwise fine
Lot 700		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 1900s illustrated advertising envelopes for different hotels from Daylesford (actually Heywood Coffee Palace), Donald (2), Hamilton (unused envelope), Geelong, Healesville, Koroit, Melbourne (2) and Warrnambool, most with spike holes, however an impressive group (10, two are registered)
Lot 701		Estimate: $250 1901 (7 May) cover from Langwarrin Camp with 1d pair tied by two strikes of Shield '1/MILITARY/ENCAMPMENT' datestamp, addressed to Forth, Tasmania. Very scarce
Lot 702		Estimate: $100 1906 (29 Jan) Tattersalls cover from Lancefield to Hobart with 1d pair, and overall advertisement for W.S. Tong, Wholesale Fruiterer on reverse