VICTORIA to QUEENSLAND postal history 1872 mourning cover to Rockhampton, Queensland with Victoria QV 6d tied Melbourne 5 Y/MY 4 72 duplex, reverse Brisbane (MY 9), Marlborough (MY 21), Rockhampton (MY 15) transit and arrival. £125
By LAND ROUTE inter-colonial rate to Melbourne, Victoria, Queensland postal history 1878 cover to Germain Nicholson, Melbourne with QV 2d Chalon tied "QL" with BRISBANE 4/JU 12 78 despatch alongside, reverse Melbourne JN 17 78 arrival. £150
VICTORIA to SOUTH AUSTRALIA postal history 1860 cover front and top flap marked per "Oscar Steamer" to Adelaide with 6d Queen on Throne pmk'd "1" paying the intercolonial rate to Adelaide, South Australia showing OC 13 1860 arrival and Melbourne C/OC 10 60 on top flap. £75
HAWTHORN 48 duplex, VICTORIA postal history 1895 use of QV 2d purple PSE to the Editor of the Age, Melbourne pmk'd HAWTHORN "48" duplex dated A/MY 3 95. £20
WARRNAMBOOL, Victory postal history 1909 use of QV 1d rose Post Card uprated with QV ½d, 1d to Austria pmk'd WARRNAMBOOL 8 NO 09 cds with SALZBURG 2 arrival dated 11.X11.09 alongside, some soiling. £30
DOMINICA to AUSTRALIA postal history 1948 printed A.C. Shillingford & Co, Roseau cover to South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia with corner fault KG6 2/6d pmk'd Roseau */17 AP 48 d/ring. Interesting social history about the Shillingford family enclosed. £20
UPU MALTA to non-UPU Melbourne, VICTORIA, Australia postal history 1890 opened to display cover showing HUDDART, PARKER & Cos.. LINE printed sender's flap to Huddart-Parker & Co, Melbourne, Australia with QV 4d brown pmk'd Malta "A25" duplex dated H/SP 11 90, b/stamped Brindisi (13-9) and Melbourne (OC 16). Malta joined the UPU on JY 1 1875 but Australia did not become a member until OC 1 1891. £180
VICTORIA postal history 1855 cover marked "per Kent" (Wigram's Blackwall Line) to Alnwick, Northumberland with 6d Woodblock pmk'd Melbourne "1" on SE 12 1855 1856 showing half share red "3" for private ship carriage, reverse with Alnwick NO 29 1855 arrival. £40
VICTORIA postal history (ex Groom) 1856 entire headed "Melbourne 26 July 1856" to London marked p. "Formosa" to Pt de Galle" with 6d Woodblock pmk'd Melbourne "1" on JY 29 1856 showing handstruck red "1d" accountancy and OC 18 1856 arrival. Ex GROOM. £80
VICTORIA postal history 1883 cover with QV 2d sepia strip of three (right stamp large tear) to London pmk'd "587" with COBDEN SE 1 83 despatch. RPS (2012) Certificate. £475
VICTORIA postal history 1868 cover and lengthy enclosure with QV 2d pair, single pmk'd Melbourne JY 18 68 duplex to Cirencester, Gloucestershire. £50
VICTORIA postal history 1868 cover to Edinburgh with strip of three QV 2d pmk'd "196" numerals with boxed "TOO LATE" handstamp alongside, reverse BRANXHOLME despatch datestamp showing "MR" slug, fine blue Melbourne AP 1 68 and Edinburgh JU 19 68 arrival, some toned perfs. This cover missed the previous ship, the GEELONG, by just one day £140
VICTORIA postal history 1875 cover to Edinburgh with QV 9d pmk'd Geelong "2" duplex dated JY 13 75, sender's printed flap and Edinburgh SP 13 75 arrival backstamp. The "Ceylon" went aground and broke her shaft on her outward leg. £150
VICTORIA postal history 1875 cover to London with QV 6d, 1/- pmk'd Melbourne SE 7 75 duplex, sender's printed flap, some soiling etc. £120
VICTORIA postal history 1860 reg. cover with pair 1/- paying 1/- postage 1/- registration to Reading, Berkshire pmk'd "93" numerals with ARARAT C/MY 15 60 despatch and READING C/JY 8 60 arrival backstamps, left stamp with perf. faults. £175
VICTORIA postal history 1875 cover via London to Germany with 4d, 1/- pmk'd MELBOURNE 5 K/MR 23 75 duplex, flap removed clear of SALDER 19 5 75 arrival, soiling etc. £120
VICTORIA postal history 1867 reg. cover front to Locarno, Switzerland with QV 10d, 1/- pair, single (3/10d rate) pmk'd "3" numerals with REGISTERED CASTLEMAINE A/OC 25 67 alongside, soiling. £250
T.P.O.3 small duplex UP TRAIN (SD) JY 11 87 on QV 1d Post Card to Melbourne written from Sandhurst. £20
VICTORIA postal history: 1865 mourning cover with P.12 QV 4d pink, 6d grey-black for Marseilles route tied Geelong FE 24 65 duplex, b/stamped AP 13 65 arrival. £125