Australia (Victoria) - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 1050 - Australia (Victoria) - Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 21893 April 17, 1½d red on 2d violet UPU postal stationery card (H & G 12) endorsed 'Per Orient' and sent registered to Beirut, Syria, uprated with 1d yellow-buff (2) and 1d dull rose on blue, postal stationery cut-outs all cancelled 'R' h/stamps with 'Registered/Melbourne, VIC' c.d.s alongside, readdressed on arrival to Alexandria, Egypt with appropriate transit & arrival d/stamp, fine & scarce. Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 2Australia (Victoria) |
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 Lot 1051 - Australia (Victoria) - Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 21901 March 4, registered PPC (Hobart from the Bay) variously redirected to Oxford and endorsed 'via Vancouver' multi franked with Tasmania 1899-1900 1d cancelled by 'Hobart/Tasmania' c.d.s, Western Australia 1898-1907 2d vertical pair tied by two oval 'R' hand stamp with oval 'Registered/13 Mar,1901/Perth,WA' date stamp alongside Victoria 1901 4d re-issue without 'Postage' inscription cancelled by 'Avoca/Mr 29,01/Victoria' c.d.s with additional strike dated March 19 alongside and Queensland 1897-1908 2d and 3d and 1899-1906 ½d tied by a single 'Registered/Ap.22.01/Rockhampton' c.d.s, appropriately back stamped with eight transit date stamps and front additionally with oval 'Registered/31.My.01/London' arrival date stamp, minor imperfections incl. corner crease but most unusual & attractive franking. Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 2Australia (Victoria) |
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 Lot 1011 - Australia (Victoria) - Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 21d dull red [26] with pronounced cut transfer at base, good margin at right, clear or touched on the other two sides, cancelled by Butterfly '1' in blue; an attractive example which is illustrated on Plate 4 of the Purves handbook, SG.8a. Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 2Australia (Victoria) |
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 Lot 1027 - Australia (Victoria) - Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 22d brown-lilac [18], sheet margin at right, clear or touched on the other sides, Butterfly '29' of Port Fairy; tear in top tablet and three small punctures at upper right though of good appearance, SG.16b. Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 2Australia (Victoria) |
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 Lot 1043 - Australia (Victoria) - Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 21d lilac-rose [22] with dramatic squeezed transfer across top, unused with traces of gum, margins largely all round; thin and repaired tear, SG.28b. Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 2Australia (Victoria) |
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 Lot 1006 - Australia (Victoria) - Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 23d blue [9]v, lower left background, close to large margins, lightly cancelled, faults & repaired, SG.7a. Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 2Australia (Victoria) |
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 Lot 1022 - Australia (Victoria) - Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 23d deep blue, pos. 120, [12] right-hand margin, clear to large margins nearly all round, part barred oval '1' cancellation at top, thinned at lower right though of fine appearance, SG.14c. Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 2Australia (Victoria) |
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 Lot 1038 - Australia (Victoria) - Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 21d dull rose-red [1] Type A entire width of left border, margins largely all round showing trace of adjoining stamp at top, light indistinct cancellation leaving much of design clear; two small tears and other faults though of good appearance, SG.27a.c. Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 2Australia (Victoria) |
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 Lot 1001 - Australia (Victoria) - Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 23d blue [4] right of crown, clear to very large margins nearly all round, in combination with 2d 8th printing, pale dull brown, margins generally all round, each cancelled by barred oval '46' of Seymour (RR) in blue and tied to small piece. A previously unrecorded retouch. SG.7a, 17b. Provenance: Diffen. Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 2Australia (Victoria) |
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 Lot 1017 - Australia (Victoria) - Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 22d drab [11], clear to good margins and with central Butterfly '1' cancellation; vertical crease at left though a presentable example which is seldom found with clear margins, SG.13. Corbitts Sale #163 - Day 2Australia (Victoria) |
