AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, POSTAL HISTORY, MAIL TO OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS
Lot 250
Estimate: $2,000
Realised Price : $2,600
German States - Hamburg: 1860 (24 Dec) registered cover to Hamburg bearing Perf 12 2/- Woodblock and 1/- Octagonal tied by Barred Numeral '5' of Ballarat, arc '(crown)/ REGISTERED' in red, rated '8', datestamps of Ballarat, Geelong and London registered, arrival backstamp
Lot 251
Estimate: $100
New Brunswick: 1888 (17 Aug) cover Victoria to Cambridge bearing 1d Green pair and 6d Blue tied by Barred Numeral '71' duplexes of Richmond endorsed 'Per Cuzco De/Via Southampton, Melbourne and London backstamps. Attractive bicolour franking to an interesting destination
Lot 252
Estimate: $800
Realised Price : $600
New Zealand: 1855 (20 Dec) entire Melbourne to Wellington bearing 6d Woodblock tied by Barred Numeral '1', handstruck '2' in black, Wellington arrival datestamp with incorrect year slug, Melbourne backstamp, slight filing crease. Mail to New Zealand from this period scarce to rare
Lot 253
Estimate: $2,000
United States of America: 1856 (5 May) cover Beechworth to U.S.A. bearing 6d Woodblock tied by Barred Numeral '9', endorsed 'Via England', carried by 'Royal Charter around Cape Horn and by 'Niagara' from Liverpool, handstamped '33' (cents) in black due from addressee and manuscript '28' representing trans Atlantic portion of journey, backstamps of Beechworth, Melbourne, Liverpool Packet and Boston Br. Pkt