AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, POSTAL HISTORY, INLAND MAIL

Lot 467		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460 1846 (Jun) entire letter Melbourne to Seymour, rated '8' showing framed 'POST PAID/MELBOURNE' in red, crowned 'MELBOURNE/PORT PHILLIP' and 'SEYMOUR/PORT PHILLIP' backstamps in black. Ex Purves
Lot 468		Estimate: $400 1849 (20 Mar) entire letter addressed 'His Honor C J La Trobe' with framed 'FREE/GEELONG', Port Phillip Geelong and Melbourne backstamps, slight ageing
Lot 469		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $525 1853 (28 Apr) outer entire Lake Colac to Melbourne showing framed 'PAID/LAKE COLAC' in red (late use of Port Phillip marking), rated '2' in red denoting the 2d inland letter rate, backstamps of Colac and Melbourne
Lot 470		Estimate: $500 1854 (28 Aug) outer entire Bacchus Marsh to Melbourne, framed 'PAID/BACCHUS MARSH' in black (late use of Port Phillip marking and only recorded example), rated '6d' in red for new 1854 inward rate, backstamps of Bacchus Marsh and Melbourne
Lot 471		Estimate: $200 1884 (7 Aug) cover Hamilton to Warrnambool bearing Stamp Duty 1d Brown pair tied by '476' duplex, transit (Kerang) and arrival backstamp, minor faults. Scarce
Lot 472		Estimate: $200 1886 cover to South Yarra bearing 1d Brown 'STAMP DUTY' pair tied by BN '84' strikes of Winchelsea, transit and arrival backstamps, cover blemishes on reverse
Lot 473		Estimate: $80 1895 (10 Jul) cover to St. Kilda bearing 2d tied by BN 'M50' (1050) duplex of Wickliffe Road Stn' in blue. Attractive