1850-1912 Collection on Seven Seas album pages with used imperf Half-Lengths 1d (2), 2d (3) & 3d, QOT 2d (3), Woodblocks 1/- (Registered) and 2/- (complete margins), plus rouletted 6d; imperf & perforated Emblems to 4d; perforated issues incl. Beaded Ovals 3d maroon, Laureates 8d orange, 1885 optd 'STAMP DUTY' 1/- mint, Charity issues with 1897 Hospital Fund 1d mint & 2½d CTO, 1900 Patriotic Fund 1d mint & 2d CTO, Postage Dues with 1/- & 5/- Claret & Blues mint; also Revenues with Bicolours £5, £6 & £9, other Stamp Duties to £2 and £10; condition variable though many are fine. Inspection advised. High catalogue value. (150)      (Image)

Estimate AU$1,000-1,200
Min. Bid. AU$

1905-13 (SG.432) Wmk Crown/A Perf.12½ KEVII £2 dull blue, tied on parcel fragment, superb and complete 'ENGLISH MAIL T.P.O./OUT/1OC10' datestamp. Exceedingly scarce commercial usage. Cat.£425.   (Image)

Estimate AU$500-600
Min. Bid. AU$400

"MINISTER OF MINES" printed in black on Aug.1899 card; "MINISTER OF RAILWAYS" printed in black 0n Sept.1899 card; "DEPARTMENT OF TRADE & CUSTOMS" printed in black on May 1902 card; "THE TREASURER" printed in black on April 1901 envelope; "MINISTER OF RAILWAYS" handstamped in blue on "Storekeeper's Office" Jan.1893 envelope; and "CHIEF SECRETARY" printed in black on Feb.1905 "Electoral Registrar's Office" blue envelope. (6 items). (Image)

Estimate AU$180-220
Min. Bid. AU$160

An August 1854 four-page letter together with the original envelope from James Dixon, Richmond, to his friend S. Wilson, Battersea, England.
Dixon, a policeman, who had migrated to Victoria together with two brothers and their father (now returned to England), writes with great candour and insight about life in the young Colony. "I see a tremendous lot of people standing about the town because they cannot do any laborious work which (h)is most useful in this Colony..."
"The diggings are still holding out very fare. It would be a shocking thing if they were to fail (h)as there would be no work for them and they would take to bushranging."
"A fortnight ago there was a hundred of us went up to the diggings at Bendigo. The Chinese. By the time we got up they were quiet."
"Their (h)is a great number of blacks out hear all they where (h)is a possum rug, they eat Kangaroos and all kinds of animals." (Image)

Estimate AU$1,000-1,500
Min. Bid. AU$

1891 - 1912 range of commercially used covers and cards; mainly from the early Federal Period and mostly to foreign destinations. Offices of despatch include BALLARAT, PRAHRAN, DIGGERS REST, MILDURA, HOCHKIRCH, KILMORE, STOCK EXCHANGE P.O., SURREY HILLS, FISH CREEK, ARCHIES CREEK, etc.; several with interesting markings, illustrations, etc. (37 items). (Image)

Estimate AU$500-600
Min. Bid. AU$460

POSTCARDS: A nice group, with subjects including "TALLANGATTA, LOOKING EAST" RP, "View on the Yarra" (port activity), "The Lawn at Flemington" RP, "River Yarra, Victoria" by Jolley, "Post Office, Oakleigh" RP, "The Ozone leaving Sorrento Pier", "Manifold Street, Camperdown" RP, "A duel to the death" RP by Kerry, "Yachting at Corio Bay" RP by Thacker, a Tom Durkin "swaggie cartoon" with Norman Lindsay decorated reverse for the Bulletin, etc. Despatch postmarks include KANGAROO GROUNDS, SORRENTO, OAKLEIGH, MOOROOPNA, ALEXANDRA, TALLANGATTA, PORT MELBOURNE, CASTLEMAINE, RAINBOW, SHELFORD, & WARRENHEIP. Also, 2 incoming cards with interesting markings. (29). (Image)

Estimate AU$300-400
Min. Bid. AU$260

BUNDLEWARE & ON-PAPER ACCUMULATION: as received from an Estate. (1000s). (Image)

Estimate AU$100-200
Min. Bid. AU$80