AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, POSTAL HISTORY, INWARDS MAIL

Lot 490		Estimate: $800T Realised Price : $950 Austria: 1880 and 1885 inwards covers from Meran to Sale with varying franking compositions for 30kr via Brindisi rate, European '50' rate markings, earlier with octagonal 'Down Train' TPO datestamp, backstamped Brindisi, Melbourne, Sale. Scarce origin/destination
Lot 491		Estimate: $600T Realised Price : $525 Burma: 1884 (19 Aug) use of India 4a 6p Envelope from Rangoon to Melbourne, addressed to Maximillian Tannenberg (designer of various South Australian and Victorian stamps - notably 1897 Charity issue), insufficiently franked and with mss. '18 cts' and Indian or Victorian tax markings, backstamped Bombay, Melbourne, Carlton