Lot 71
| | | Estimate: $350 | Realised Price : $550 |
1878 Bell Design Emergency Printings on coloured Papers ½d Rose-red on Pink pair on 1878 (13 Mar) cover to Echuca tied by Kyneton '57' duplex and with unframed Echuca cds and boxed 'UNCLAIMED AT ECHUCA' handstamp on face. Backstamped with octagonal 'DOWN TRAIN/GM4/MR 13/78/VICTORIA', unframed Echuca 'AP17/78' arrival ds, and green 'DLB/AP 18/78/VICTORIA' with addressee's manuscript 'J Clark/opened by and not for me'. The earliest date for the ½d on pink paper is 1/3/78, making this a very early country town usage. Exquisite
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Lot 72
| | | Estimate: $150 | Realised Price : $115 |
1873-84 Bell Designs ½d Rose-red Perf 12 pair (SG 181) on 1880 (22 Mar) wrapper to Glenorchy, tied by Stawell '151' duplex, and with Glenorchy cds on face, and endorsed 'Unclaimed at Glenorchy' at left. Backstamped 'GLENORCHY/MR 23/80/VICTORIA' arrival stamp and green 'DLB/MY 5/80/VICTORIA'. (Glenorchy is only 25km from Stawell. We can assume the addressee, who was a contractor, was away working for a time)
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Lot 73
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1873-84 Bell Designs ½d Pale Red Perf 12½ pair used with Naish 2d Brown and 6d Blue Laureates (2) on 1882 (2 Apr) registered cover from Daylesford to Switzerland, tied by Daylesford '173' duplexes and with framed 'REGISTERED' handstamp and large octagonal 'R' in purple applied in Europe. Italian transit backstamp 'BRINDISI/20/MAG/82' and very fine double circle 'AMBTE MILANO-CHIASSO/No 2' TPO, and arrival cds of Bignasco and Locarno
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Lot 74
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1873-84 Bell Designs ½d Rosine Perf 12 used with 6d Laureate and Naish 1d Green on 1883 (Nov) cover from Tallarook to Lombardy Italy, tied by barred numeral '343' without bars of Tallarook plus unframed Tallarook cds above, with backstamps of Melbourne and Vila Di Tirano, (partial). Disinfection slits applied due to typhoid outbreak at the time, some faults, still an attractive use
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Lot 75
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1873-84 Bell Designs ½d Rose-red Perf 13 with 1/- Deep Blue on Blue Perf 13 pair (cancelled with faint barred numeral) plus Naish 1d (cancelled by pen stroke) on 1884 (9 Apr) registered cover without despatch cds and addressed to Saxony, endorsed 'Per R.S.S. Ballarat' and 'To be registered' with Melbourne 'Belt & Buckle' oval ds at left and octagonal 'R', transit backstamp of Brindisi and arrival cds of 19 5 (84)tamp on back. Some small faults but attractive
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Lot 76
| | | Estimate: $150 | Realised Price : $135 |
1873-84 Bell Designs ½d Rosine Perf 12 used on 1884 (26 Apr) wrapper with printed 'The Argus/Mr James Hosken,/SPRING GULLY/Near Castlemaine', tied by Melbourne duplex and with framed 'MISSENT TO/VAUGHAN'. Attractive
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Lot 77
| | | Estimate: $100 | Realised Price : $145 |
1873-84 Bell Designs ½d: 1901 Reprint marginal block of four overprinted 'Reprint' vertically with full gum MUH, a rare multiple
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Lot 78
| | | Estimate: $100 | Realised Price : $160 |
1873-84 Bell Designs ½d: 1901 Reprint block of four, CTO 'MELBOURNE/JE 2/01', full gum MUH, a rare multiple
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Lot 79
| | | Estimate: $5,000 | Realised Price : $3,800 |
1878 Bell Design Emergency Printings on Coloured Papers: ½d Rose-red on Pink Paper, superb marginal mint block of 45 (9x5), minor hinge strengthening, majority fresh MUH, this being the largest recorded multiple. SG 195 cat £4275+
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Lot 80
| | | Estimate: $180 | Realised Price : $135 |
1878 Bell Design Emergency Printings on Coloured Papers: ½d Rose-red on Pink Paper block of four tied to small piece by 1878 Williamstown '11' Duplex, very scarce as a multiple. SG 195 cat £200+
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Lot 81
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1878 Bell Design Emergency Printing on coloured Paper: ½d Rose-red on Pink strips of 6 (2) and vertical pairs (2) (all grossly mis-perforated and cut apart with scissors from the same sheet, one unit defective) on 1878 (30 Mar) registered cover from Geelong to Doyle's Creek tied by barred numeral '2', superb 22mm 'REGISTERED/GEELONG' cds (earliest recorded date) and handstamped with oval 'REGISTERED' and Melbourne transit cds on front, backstamped with Sydney transit and West Maitland datestamps of 4 and 5 April. Endorsed 'Try West Maitland' crossed out and 'The Secretary General Post Office Sydney'. Undeliverable and forwarded back to Victoria where Melbourne May 11 datestamp applied, minor blemishes on reverse. Ex Rod Perry
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Lot 82
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1885-95 Naish Stamp Duty Designs ½d Pink used with 1884-96 large size Stamp Duty 1/- Chalky Blue/Lemon (SG 257) on registered cover from Chiltern to Ticino, Switzerland, tied by Chiltern cds, and with framed 'REGISTERED' and octagonal 'R' handstamps in black, reverse with Brindisi, 'AMBT MILANO-CHIASSO' TPO, Swiss transit and arrival backstamps, minor blemishes
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Lot 83
| | | Estimate: $200 | Realised Price : $150 |
1885-95 Naish Stamp duty Designs ½d Deep Rosine on 1885 (24 Dec) plain wrapper used locally in Melbourne containing Melbourne Stock Exchange Investment List, tied by Melbourne duplex. Addressee Alfred J Agg Esq was Commissioner for Railways. Scarce survivor and rare solo usage of this stamp
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Lot 84
| | | Estimate: $100 | Realised Price : $320 |
1896-99 Watermark V over Crown (V3) ½d Light Scarlet Stamp Duty used with 1d Orange-brown Reading Design cancelled Melbourne cds on 1896 (17 Jul) ½d Orange-yellow wrapper to Finland, with four different transit and arrival backstamps. Attractive three-colour franking to a very unusual destination
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Lot 85
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1899-1901 Watermark V over Crown ½d Emerald Stamp Duty pair used with 1½d Red on Yellow pair and single on 1900 (27 Jun) registered cover from Stawell to Cork, Ireland, tied by Stawell cds and with backstamps of 'ENGLISH MAIL T.P.O.' duplex and Cork arrival cds
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Lot 86
| | | Estimate: $150 | Realised Price : $130 |
1901-10 Watermark V over Crown (V4) ½d Blue-green Perf 12½ used with 1d Rose pair on coloured illustrated envelope for 'STAMP MARKET/325 COLLINS STREET,/MELBOURNE' in dull green and red-brown (not previously seen in these colours) to Germany, tied by double ring Melbourne datestamps and Coburg arrival backstamp. Very attractive
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Lot 87
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1901-10 Watermark V over Crown (V4) ½d Blue-green Perf 12½ pair used on 1d Postal Card previously cancelled-to-order MELBOURNE FE 22 01 (from Federal presentation set), addressed to Sydney dealer T.H. Nicolle with ½d pair cancelled Cranbourne cds. The card is used by Rev H.W. Lane whose opinion of the CTO cards was somewhat less than that of modern-day collectors!
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Lot 88
| | | Estimate: $1,500 | Realised Price : $1,500 |
1905-13 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A (sideways) ½d Blue-green Perf 12½ marginal pair, error 'Imperforate Between Stamps and Margin at Foot' (SG 416), fine mint. The second largest multiple of this error recorded. BW V22b cat AU$2000+
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Lot 89
| | | Estimate: $75 | Realised Price : $60 |
1905-13 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A ½d Blue-green Perf 11 used with 1d rose-red 1906 (4 Jul) coloured picture postcard 'HOME FROM THE HARE DRIVE' from Daylesford to Constantinople, tied by Daylesford '173'duplex, with Suez transit and 'BRITISH POST OFFICE/CONSTANTINOPLE' arrival datestamps. Unusual destination
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Lot 90
| | | Estimate: $100 | Realised Price : $85 |
1905-13 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A ½d Blue-green Perf 11 pair paying for forwarding 1906 (22 Jun) inwards picture postcard from Jamaica 'The Market/Womens Car (tram)' to Melbourne bearing 1d Llandovery Falls tied by Kingston cds, re-addressed to Sydney upon arrival and ½d pair tied by South Yarra '173' duplex of, minor ageing
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Lot 91
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1905-13 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A ½d Blue-green Perf 12½ used on 1907 (3 May) printed syllabus card for 'Amateur Photographic Association of Victoria', tied by Melbourne cds and used locally
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Lot 92
| | | Estimate: $400 | Realised Price : $440 |
1905-13 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A ½d Blue-green Perf 12½ (faulty) on 1908 (29 Jul) long envelope with unsealed flap printed for 'First Australian Exhibition of Women's Work, Melbourne, 1907' used in Melbourne by the Manager of the Exhibition. Rare
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Lot 93
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1905-13 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A ½d Blue-green Perf 11 on 1909 (26 Mar) picture postcard of 'Town Hall, Sydney' to France, cancelled by Melbourne machine cancel, 1d underpaid for foreign postcard rate and handstamped octagonal 'T/10c', on arrival French 10c Postage Due affixed and cancelled
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Lot 94
| | | Estimate: $200 | Realised Price : $150 |
1905-13 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A ½d Blue-green Perf 12½ used with 1d Kangaroo pair on 1913 (8 Apr) cover to Germany tied by 'GOLDEN SQUARE' cds (no backstamps), fine
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Lot 95
| | | Estimate: $125 | Realised Price : $105 |
1912 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A Thin Pregummed Paper ½d Blue-green Perf 12½ uprating 1912 (12 Dec) 1d Full Face scenic card with 'GOLD DREDGING, VICTORIA', tied by 'CAPE CLEAR' cds, message written in Esparanto
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Lot 96
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Postal Cards: 1908 1d (pale) Visit of US Fleet Postal Card uprated with ½d Blue-green and used 1910 (12 Dec) to Germany, cancelled with Melbourne machine cancel. A late philatelic usage
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Lot 97
| | | Estimate: $200 | Realised Price : $180 |
Envelopes: 1905 KEVII ½d Pale Green Envelope, uprated with 5d Brown for overseas registered use 1909 (24 Apr) to Germany, tied by Hochkirch datestamps, stamped and manuscript registration details, Hamilton backstamps, fine condition and very attractive
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Lot 98
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Wrappers: 1901 ½d Blue-green wrapper used 1902 (2 Jul) to 'Reuter's Telegram Company/Sydney', cancelled by M&W Type 2 (27mm medium octagon) 'DOWN TRAIN/M.G.6/JY 2/02/VICTORIA'. Only four covers recorded in this period
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