AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, CANCELLATIONS

Lot 166		Estimate: $80 Melbourne Double-circle Datestamps, numbers 1 to 24, collection f one to five of each of various types on 1900-06 cards or Tattersalls covers, nice strikes (80+)
Lot 167		Estimate: $180 Realised Price : $300 Barred Numerals: Wickliffe crowned oval ds on reverse of 1862 (31 Jan) entire to Melbourne, 4d Beaded Oval tied by fair Barred Numeral '99' (first type, rated RRRR)
Lot 168		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $240 Barred Numerals: '2060' of Clifton Springs (1), very fine complete strike on Bantam ½d Green pair with 'CLIFTON SPRINGS/VIC' framed cds alongside on 'The Dell, Clifton Springs' postcard sent to NSW, minor blemishes. Numeral rated RRR, ERD for cds and the earliest recorded dated postal marking from this office. Illustrated in Freeman at page 464. PO 12.3.1902; closed 8.8.1921 (destroyed by fire 23.6.1921). Ex Hugh Freeman, sold for AU$382