AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA

Lot 71		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1884-96 'STAMP DUTY' 45/- Lilac, SG 277, handstamped 'Specimen.' in italics. Fine mint
Lot 72		Estimate: $15,000T Realised Price : $12,000 1905-13 Wmk Crown over A KEVII £2 Dull Blue perf 11, BW V133, SG 445, upper right corner block of six. Superb and fresh unmounted The largest known multiple and arguably the most important piece of Victorian Commonwealth period philately. Ex Australia Post Archival Sale, Lionheart
Lot 73		Estimate: $1,500T 1871 (2 Jan) entire letter to London endorsed 'Via Brindisi' bearing 1d and 6d pair tied by Melbourne duplex, London arrival datestamp. Minor faults, although perhaps the most attractive of the (now) six recorded covers from the short-lived 1/1d rate via this route. A new discovery