AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, POSTAL STATIONERY, ENVELOPES

Lot 348		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $105 Envelopes: 1870 2d Pink used to or from David Hill, comprising Size a No Wmk with seal Type 1 (Stieg B2-1a) used from Nagambie to Melbourne JL 7 83, Size b Wmkd with seal Type 15 (Stieg B2b-15a) used from Nagambie to Melbourne DE 16 82, and Size d Wmkd with seal Type 42 (Stieg B2h-42) used from Melbourne to Ceres, SE 15 85, all fine (3)
Lot 349		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $125 Envelopes: 1869 2d Pink Embossed Size b with Seal Type 19 on flap handstamped small seriffed 'SPECIMEN.' Few very minor wrinkles otherwise fine and rare
Lot 350		Estimate: $75 Envelopes: 1885 2d Violet Naish Stamp Duty Design Size d (Stieg B4d) used from Hawthorn to Richmond, AP 6 91, a philatelic use but still scarce. Few minor wrinkles, otherwise fine
Lot 351		Estimate: $75 Envelopes: 1890 1d Brown Embossed, comprising Size c (x 3, different 'knives'), Size d and Size e, couple with a few tone spots, otherwise fine unused (5)
Lot 352		Estimate: $60 Envelopes: 1890 1d Orange-brown Size d (Stieg B7) used (2), one locally in Melbourne (fine), the other to Berne, Switzerland and thus under paid but not taxed (small tear at right)
Lot 353		Estimate: $50 Envelopes: 1890 1d Orange-brown Embossed uprated with 1½d adhesive, endorsed 'Per "Mariposa" ' and used from Melbourne to Hamilton, Canada, JE 6 98, few creases. The sender has enclosed portion of the recipient's last letter to him to indicate the time taken in transit!
Lot 354		Estimate: $100 Envelopes: 1899 ½d Green Stamp Duty (Stieg B11) very fine unused and scarce
Lot 355		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $180 Envelopes: 1901 ½d Green Bantam Design unused (Stieg B14), few marks but rare with only 124 printed
Lot 356		Estimate: $125 Official Envelopes: 1907 1d Rose with drilled 'OS' for the Education Department (220 x 95mm), small part of top flap missing in crease barely visible when folded, otherwise of very fine appearance and scarce (Stieg DB3e)
Lot 357		Estimate: $400 Official Envelopes: 1903 2d 'POSTAGE' with drilled 'OS' for the Education Department (265 x 111mm, Stieg DB4a), used from Teesdale to Geelong, 4 FE 13. Flap roughly opened, central vertical fold and some toning along right edge, but very rare with only two used entires recorded, ex 'Edgar'
Lot 358		Estimate: $60 Stamped-to-order Envelopes: 1881 1d Green Embossed two examples on blue paper in an unusual shade of Olive-green, one Stieg KB3j, the other with 'cup' cut of envelope on reverse, (unlisted)
Lot 359		Estimate: $80 Stamped-to-order Envelopes: 1875 2d Pink Embossed for Commercial Bank of Australia (Stieg KB6(1)) used from Geelong to Christchurch, N.Z., JA 26 76. Roughly opened with portions of flap missing otherwise generally fine
Lot 360		Estimate: $60 Stamped-to-order Envelopes: 1881 2d Violet Embossed on blue laid paper (Stieg KB9) for Shire of St. Arnaud used from Donald to Melbourne, MR 23 89. Portion at upper left torn away and repaired
Lot 361		Estimate: $60 Stamped-to-order Envelopes: Shire envelopes used, comprising 1887 2d Violet Embossed (137 x 79mm, Stieg KB9) and 1892 2d Red Embossed (225mm x 100mm, Stieg KB12) for Shire of St. Arnaud, and 1890 1d Orange-brown Embossed (Stieg KB11) for Shire of Seymour (226 x 95mm), two badly spotted and with other small faults, but scarce (3)
Lot 362		Estimate: $80 Stamped-to-order Envelopes: 1887 2d Blue-violet Naish Stamp Duty Size b (Stieg KB4) with flap seal Type 11 for The Mutual Store, used in Melbourne JL 15 85, generally fine and rare in used condition
Lot 363		Estimate: $60 Stamped-to-order Envelopes: 1890 1d Orange-brown Embossed (Stieg KB11) for Mercantile Bank of Australia Limited unused, and with handstamped 'LEAVE ENVELOPE UNFASTENED' on flap. Heavy horizontal and vertical creases, but scarce
Lot 364		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $55 Stamped-to-order Envelopes: 1890 1d Light Brown (148 x 80mm) for Warracknabeal Waterworks Trust, two small stains on face, otherwise fine unused, good thematic interest. Stieg KB11
Lot 365		Estimate: $60 Stamped-to-order Envelopes: 1893 1d Light Orange-brown Embossed (Stieg KB11) for William Adamson & Co. used in Melbourne, JA 30 93. Few stains, especially on reverse
Lot 366		Estimate: $75 Stamped-to-order Envelopes: 1890 1d Orange-brown Embossed sack-type envelope (225 x 95mm) with back flap on right edge, few creases down left side otherwise fine, unusual and scarce (Stieg KB11)
Lot 367		Estimate: $75 Stamped-to-order Envelopes: 1892 1d Carmine Embossed used 1901, and 1901 1d Rose Die 1 used in 1903 and Die 2 used in 1911 (opened three sides), all for the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, minor blemishes (3)
Lot 368		Estimate: $80 Stamped-to-order Envelopes: 1892 2d Red for Shire of St. Arnaud (220 x 97mm), Shire of Dandenong (223 x 97mm) and Shire of Euroa (224 x 96mm), each used to Melbourne and all with some faults, but scarce (Stieg KB12) (3)
Lot 369		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $46 Stamped-to-order Envelopes: 1892 2d Carmine Embossed (Stieg KB12) for Longwood Waterworks Trust used to Melbourne JE 7 00, few minor marks and creases, good thematic interest
Lot 370		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $60 Stamped-to-order Envelopes: 1896 ½d Pink Fergusson & Mitchell Design (Stieg KB17) for Powers, Rutherford & Co., used from Melbourne to Bairnsdale JA 4 97, and with handstamped '100 POSTED' above stamp impression. Some marks on face but very scarce
Lot 371		Estimate: $60 Stamped-to-order Envelopes: 1899 2d Violet Embossed Size b with printed address for A.M.P. Society in Sydney unused (3), all showing the constant variety 'Spur extending from Queen's nose'. Variable condition, but mint s.t.o. envelopes are scarce
Lot 372		Estimate: $75 Stamped-to-order Envelopes: 1901 1d Red Embossed for Shire of Stawell (222 x 102mm, Stieg KB22) cancelled BN 152 and used to Melbourne. Vertical crease and some spotting, but scarce
Lot 373		Estimate: $70 Realised Price : $55 Stamped-to-order Envelopes: 1901 1d Red Embossed various sizes and users (Stieg KB22 and 23), mostly with faults including missing adhesives or missing flaps (7 entires and one front)
Lot 374		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 Stamped-to-order Envelopes: 1905 ½d King Edward VII Embossed, Size 135 x 117mm, two examples one in Turquoise-green shade used in 1910 (ageing on flap and some spots on face) and the other in Apple-green shade used in 1911 (horizontal fold), Stieg KB26, scarce (2)