Lot 467
| | | Estimate: $250T | Realised Price : $190 |
1842 (28 Nov) entire letter from well-known and significant 'Bunbury' correspondence written at Williamstown and addressed to Malta for delivery via London, endorsed 'paid 1/-/via Falmouth' for final leg, fine strikes of 'MELBOURNE/NEW.S.WALES' datestamp and 'SHIP-LETTER' on reverse
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Lot 468
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1862 (25 Apr) cover London to Ballarat via Marseilles bearing attractive franking of line-engraved 2d and 1d and surface-printed 6d (wing margin overlaps cover), showing rare endorsement 'Via Queen's Cliff', backstamped Melbourne and Ballarat
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Lot 469
| | | Estimate: $150 | Realised Price : $130 |
1880 (21 Sep) cover Melbourne to Paris, endorsed 'Per John Elder' bearing 6d, 4d and ½d, various French datestamps on both sides, where undelivered, 'D L O/UDC28/80/VICTORIA' cds in green on reverse, roughly handled in transit, still an attractive three-colour franking
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Lot 470
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1884 (7 Aug) cover Hamilton to Warnambool bearing Stamp Duty 1d Brown pair tied by '476' duplex, transit (Kerang) and arrival backstamp, minor faults. Scarce
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Lot 471
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1885 (20 May) cover (little soiled) to U.K. bearing rare franking of Postal Fiscal 1/- Blue on yellow for double rate, tied by Melbourne duplex, backstamped on arrival
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Lot 472
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1900 (26 Jun) registered cover-front to New Zealand bearing 3d Olive and 1900 2d Charity superbly tied by Brunswick datestamps
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Lot 473
| | | Estimate: $75 | Realised Price : $80 |
1911 (1 Jun) cover to Sweden bearing ½d Green strip of five tied by Melbourne cancel, re-addressed on arrival, backstamps of Gotrborg. Attractive ½oz rate cover
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Lot 474
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1913 (25 Jan) linen-backed envelope (250 x 115mm) to U.S. bearing Victoria 6d (2) and N.S.W. ½d tied by Sydney cds, representing quintuple (2-2½oz) Foreign letter rate. Rare and valid commercial use of combination State stamps in Kangaroo era
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