AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, POSTAL HISTORY, GENERAL

Lot 256		Estimate: $150T Realised Price : $190 1854 (Oct) to 1858 'Woodblock' covers bearing 6d imperf pair (margins, cover soiled, fault), single (7) or serpentine roulette 10½ single (cover soiled), from Melbourne, Williamstown, Portland, Bacchus Marsh or Ballarat to NSW, Melbourne, San Francisco (part of address excised) or Tasmania (fine Hobart Ship Letter datestamp), mainly fine apart from faults noted (9)
Lot 257		Estimate: $150T Realised Price : $180 1855-1901 selection of redirected mail with 1855 from UK (2) bearing 1855 Embossed cut to shape 6d or 1/-, redirected to Heathcote with Ship Letter Free and Heathcote backstamps; 1871 from UK to Brighton then Melbourne (stamps damaged) with 'UNCLAIMED'; 1891 from France to Warrnambool then Hawksburn; 1892 from Germany with added ½d and 1d for redirection to Germany; 1900 OAS cover from Sth Africa to Cheshunt then Melbourne, (6)
Lot 258		Estimate: $250 1883 (26 Dec) inwards use of US 3c Envelope from Cincinnati to Melbourne uprated with 2c strip of four and 1c, endorsed at left 'Per Pacific Mail line/Via San Francisco’, re-addressed on arrival to Ballarat, various backstamps, flap faults
Lot 259		Estimate: $60T Realised Price : $65 1903 OHMS senate envelope used to a Senator from South Yarra franked 1d; similar vintage OHMS envelope + letterhead unused; 1906 Census Dept postcard used to Peru (!) bearing punctured ‘OS’ 1½d; 1907 cover bearing punctured ‘OS’ 2d, scarce group (4)