AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS

Lot 265 SOLD	[ * ]	Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 1890-94 Watermark V over Crown (V2) ½d to 4d Dull Blue and Claret (½d) or Dull Blue and Brownish-red, 5d to 5/- Dull Blue and Brown-lake, ½d, 5d, 6d and 5/- watermark inverted, all part OG and generally fine. SG D1-4a, D5-10, cat £425+, BW VD1-4B, VD5-10, cat AU$1050 (10)
Lot 266	[ ** ]	Estimate: $100 Purchase Price : $88 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
Lot 267	[ * ]	Estimate: $300 Purchase Price : $268 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)
Lot 268	[ */(*) ]	Estimate: $240 Purchase Price : $210 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)
Lot 269	[ */(*) ]	Estimate: $300 Purchase Price : $268 1895-96 Watermark V over Crown (V2) Rosine and Bluish-green printing with 'Double Perforation' varieties, comprising 1d horizontal pair (at top, wmk inverted), 10d (at top, wmk upright), and 1/- (at top, wmk upright, with straight edge at base). The first two part OG, the 1/- no gum. The 1d uncatalogued, and 10d and 1/- unpriced mint (4)
Lot 270	[ ** ]	Estimate: $350 Purchase Price : $315 1895-96 Watermark V over Crown (V2) (inverted) 2d Rosine and Bluish-green vertical strip of 3 from right side of sheet with two strikes of 12 x 12½ comb resulting in double perforation on three sides. Couple of marks in gum in selvedge, otherwise very fine MUH. Unlisted by BW in this printing
Lot 271	[ O ]	Estimate: $275 Purchase Price : $245 1895-96 Watermark V over Crown (V2) Rosine and Bluish-green printing with 'Double Perforation' varieties, comprising 2d (at top, wmk inverted), 4d horizontal pair (at bottom, wmk inverted), and 1/- (at top, wmk upright) fine used, 4d pair with reinforced perfs. BW VD13b,18b plus 4d (unlisted), cat AU$200++ (4)
Lot 272	[ CTO ]	Estimate: $180 Purchase Price : $158 1895-96 Watermark V over Crown (V2) 10d Rosine and Bluish-green variety 'Double Perforation' at top, two examples with strip pasted over off-centre perforation. One has large part OG and watermark inverted and straight edge at base, the other without gum and watermark upright - thus from different sheets despite their almost identical appearance. Both are CTO with differing dates. BW VD17b, cat AU$200 (2)
Lot 273	[ O ]	Estimate: $250 Purchase Price : $222 1895-96 Watermark V over Crown (V2) 5/- Pale Red and Yellowish-green block of 6 (2 x 3) with manuscript cancel 'H J T/14 5 03', rare multiple from use for bulk postage by Education Department, also 1903 Watermark V over Crown (V4) 5/- Scarlet and Deep Green with portions of similar manuscript, overstruck by Williamstown cds. BW VD20,33 cat AU$875, SG D21,D33 cat £340+ (7)
Lot 274	[ O ]	Estimate: $400 Purchase Price : $350 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
Lot 275	[ O ]	Estimate: $400 Purchase Price : $350 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
Lot 276	[ O ]	Estimate: $60 Purchase Price : $54 1897-99 Watermark V over Crown (V3) 2d Pale Scarlet and Yellow-green variety 'Double Perforation' down left side, cancelled Barred Numeral '179?'. Unlisted by BW
Lot 277	[ C ]	Estimate: $90 Purchase Price : $82 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
Lot 278 SOLD	[ C ]	Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $90 1892 (8 Jul) cover from London to Melbourne with 2½d Jubilee, overweight and with handstruck 'T' and '25' (centimes) in blue pencil. On arrival the double deficiency was indicated by the 'T5D' in oval, and 1890-94 5d Dull Blue and Brown-lake Postage Due affixed and cancelled by smudged 'circle of dots' obliterator (rare on cover), few tone spots and flap tears, a scarce postage due on cover
Lot 279	[ PS ]	Estimate: $100 Purchase Price : $88 1893 (27 Dec) U.S. 1c postal card sent from New York to Melbourne, additional adhesive affixed has fallen off and consequently the '15/CTMS/T' handstamp was applied, and the 'T3D' in oval double deficiency handstamp struck on arrival. 1890-94 1d and 2d Dull Blue and Brownish-red Postage Dues affixed and tied by boxed 'L.C. 2' ds, FE 7 94
Lot 280	[ C ]	Estimate: $100 Purchase Price : $88 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
Lot 281	[ C ]	Estimate: $100 Purchase Price : $88 1905 (7 Mar) local Brisbane letter with 1897-1907 1d pair, redirected to Melbourne and with 'TAX 4D' in oval applied before despatch, unusually without any corresponding Melbourne tax handstamp. Watermark V over Crown (V4) 2d Aniline Rosine and Green Postage Due pair affixed and tied by 'P.B. ROOM/MELBOURNE' cds, MR 11 05. Portion of back flap missing and one or two small peripheral faults, otherwise fine
Lot 282	[ C ]	Estimate: $150 Purchase Price : $134 Postage Dues: 1919 (31 Jan) OHMS envelope (toning) from Muckleford Rly Stn (light cds in blue, rare) to Maldon with combination of Victoria ½d Dull Scarlet and Pea-green Wmk Crown over A (inverted) and Commonwealth Perf 11 1d Rose-red and Green, tied by Maldon cds and paying single deficiency. A nicer combination realised AU$800 in our Sale 77