AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, PARCEL POST LABELS

Lot 893		Estimate: $200 1895 (16 Mar) Inland Parcel Post label (black printing on white paper, 127 x 80mm) affixed to small piece of brown parcel wrapping (weighing 1 lb), with ½d (2), 2d and 6d Stamp Duty tied by Hastings cds. Label torn in half vertically and with portions missing in several places, but a very scarce type
Lot 894		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $320 1899 (7 Aug) Inland Parcel Post label (black printing on white paper) for 5lb parcel with 3d, 6d and 2/6d Stamp Duty tied by Violet Town cds, the 2/6d apparently belongs but was originally cancelled with the wrong date which has been altered in manuscript. Label creased and soiled but a very scarce usage. Also with a similar somewhat damaged unused label
Lot 895		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $280 1901 (23 Jan) advertising postcard with Inland Parcel Post label (black printing on white paper) affixed to reverse, addressed to Lorne and with Stamp Duty 1d and 2d strip of 3 and single on front tied by Geelong cds. Spike hole and considerable creasing through being affixed to parcel, but a very unusual usage
Lot 896		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $220 1909 (13 Jul) Inland and Inter-State Parcel Post label (black printing on white paper) affixed to small piece of brown parcel wrapping (weight 2 lbs) with 9d Postage tied by Ballarat cds
Lot 897		Estimate: $350 1910 (21 Nov) British, Foreign and Intercolonial Parcel Post 'FORM OF CUSTOMS DECLARATION' label (black printing on buff paper, 157 x 87mm) for parcel addressed to England containing 'Leather work & calendar', with 1/- Postage pair tied by Carlton cds. Label with a few minor defects, but very scarce
Lot 898		Estimate: $200 1911 Inland Parcel Post label (black printing on white paper) with 2d and 1/- Postage tied by Melbourne 'PP' duplex, few marks on label
Lot 899		Estimate: $300 1911 (18 Jul) Interstate Parcel Post label (black printing on red paper) with 5d and 9d Postage tied by Essendon cds. Label with creases but very scarce
Lot 900		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $0 1911 (2 Oct) Inland Parcel post label (black printing on white paper) with 9d Postage tied by Geelong cd, fine
Lot 901		Estimate: $250 1912 Interstate Parcel Post label (black printing on red paper, small portion missing at upper right) with 1/- and 2/- Postage tied by Melbourne 'P.P.' cds. A very scarce franking
Lot 902		Estimate: $200 1912 Inland and Inter-State Parcel Post label (black printing on white paper) affixed to small piece of parcel wrapping bearing 1d pair and 1/- Postage tied by 'P.P./MELBOURNE' cds, small fault on one 1d and vertical crease not affecting adhesives
Lot 903		Estimate: $250 1913 (26 Mar) Inland Parcel Post label (black printing on white paper) with 9d franking made up of Victoria ½d pair and 2d (2) Postage, South Australia 2d (creased) and Tasmania 2d Pictorial, presumably philatelic, tied by Prahran cds. Few wrinkles, otherwise fine and unusual