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- Lots with a "T" after the Estimate are subject to GST of 10% on the Hammer Price.
Overseas buyers are exempt from paying this charge. - An * after the Starting Price indicates that the Lot is affected by Alternate, Limit or Tied bids.
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Online General Sale No. 86 Bidding closes at 5pm AEDT on Friday 20th March 2026 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, POSTAL HISTORY
Lot 152 | [ C ] |
1856 (19 Dec) cover from Heathcote to the Colonial Secretary in Melbourne franked 1d Queen-on-Throne and 3d Half-length (both touched in places), cancelled BN 49, and with manuscript 'Heathcote/Dec 19th' P.O. endorsement on reverse (the datestamp having been returned to have the year changed). Staining around punch hole at lower right, otherwise good appearance.   | ||
| Lot 153 | [ C ] |
1878 (30 Mar) registered cover from Geelong to Doyle's Creek with 1878 ½d Bell Emergency Printing on Pink Paper strips of 6 (2) and vertical pairs (2) cancelled Barred Numeral '2', all misperforated and cut apart with scissors from the same sheet (one unit defective). With superb 22mm 'REGISTERED/GEELONG' cds (earliest recorded date) and with 'REGISTERED' oval handstamp and Melbourne transit cds on front, backstamped with Sydney transit and West Maitland datestamps of 4 and 5 April. Endorsed 'Try West Maitland' crossed out and 'The Secretary General Post Office Sydney'. Undeliverable and forwarded back to Victoria, where Melbourne May 11 datestamp applied, minor blemishes on reverse. An exceptional usage of this emergency printing, ex Rod Perry, Andrew Halfpenny  | ||
| Lot 154 | [ PPC ] |
1907 (7 Mar) picture postcard showing 'The Effect of Storm. Train passing through Flood Waters. South Yarra 25-1-07', franked 1d Rose tied by Melbourne cds, minor blemishes   | ||
| Lot 155 | [ PPC ] |
1909 (1 Mar) tinselled picture postcard showing a motorcycle bedecked with flowers, used from Melbourne, and with rare straight-line 'PROHIBITED', some staining and minor blemishes  | ||
| Lot 156 | [ PPC ] |
1909 (26 Mar) picture postcard of 'Town Hall, Sydney' from Melbourne to France with ½d Watermark Crown over Double-lined A Perf 11 with machine cancel, addressed to France and underpaid as a foreign postcard, handstamped 'T/10c' in octagon, and with Franch 10c postage due affixed and cancelled  | ||
