FINE STAMPS AND COVERS OF THE WORLD, AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, LATER ISSUES

Lot 663		Estimate: $1,000T 1859 Perf 12 1/- Blue, SG 81, with prominent pre-printing paper fold tied by Melbourne duplex to 1863 (26 Jan) mourning envelope to U.K., arrival backstamp. Ex Kellow
Lot 664		Estimate: $1,000 1873-87 Proof of ½d in deep violet on Pelure paper (18x25mm) from the unfinished electrotyped die, showing the fraction bar but not the figures of value at lower right. Fine and very rare. [One of two known]. Ex Purves
Lot 665		Estimate: $750 1878 Emergency printing ½d Rose-Red/Pink, SG 195, large part o.g. block of twelve, the equal record multiple, fine and fresh mint
Lot 666		Estimate: $4,500 1884-96 inscribed \'STAMP DUTY\' Proof of 35/- in deep rose-lake on perf 12½ paper, endorsed \'Proof\' in red manuscript. One of the key items of the Stamp Duty series
Lot 667		Estimate: $1,500 1885-95 inscribed \'STAMP DUTY\' 8d Die Proof in purple on thick glazed card (30x32mm). Very rare, being one of three recorded
Lot 668		Estimate: $4,500 1900 Charity 2d Die Proof in green on pale green wove paper (63x104mm), minor creasing and slight ageing on reverse. Unique in this colour
Lot 669		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $2,400 1901 no \'POSTAGE\' ½d Blue-Green marginal block of four on \'W.R. Rundell\' First Day Cover, cancelled at Melbourne 29.1.1901. Unique
Lot 670		Estimate: $1,250T 1905-13 Wmk Crown over A (Inverted) Perf 11 1/- Yellow-Orange pair, SG 442, BW V117A. Only four pairs are recorded. Very rare Federal period item and missing from most collections. 1999 RPSV Certificate