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3328

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Via the Indian Ocean and Galle 1857 (Feb 15): Cover from Melbourne, Victoria to Hong Kong (China) endorsed “Simla to Galle” bearing 1854 Victoria Woodblock 6 d. dull orange, large margins all round, neatly cancelled by the barred numeral “1” obliterator prepaying 6 d. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to Hong Kong. Despatch and arrival datestamps on the reverse. Some minor soiling, otherwise very fine and rare. The earliest recorded cover from Victoria to Hong Kong. Route - The European and Australian Royal Mail Co: Departed Melbourne 15 Feb 1857 per “Simla” to Galle (10 March). P&O Line: “Madras” via Penang (18 March) and Singapore (20 March) to Hong Kong, arriving 28 March 1857 (42 days). Provenance: Collection Lewin. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3329

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Via Galle 1857 (March 15): Entire letter from Melbourne, Victoria to Canton, China endorsed "Per European" bearing 1854 Victoria Woodblock 6 d. dull orange, four close to large margins, crossed by light file fold, tied by barred numeral “1” obliterator and prepaying 6 d. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to China. Melbourne and transit datestamp of Hong Kong on the reverse. Unpaid from Hong Kong to Canton (mail from the Australian Colonies could only be prepaid to Hong Kong. Letters to China attracted additional shipping fees) with “4” (cents) manuscript in black for forwarding to Canton to be paid on receipt. Rare, very fine and attractive. One of the earliest covers recorded from Victoria to China. Route - The European and Australian Royal Mail Co: Departed Melbourne 15 March 1857 per “European” to Galle (4 April). P&O Line: “Pekin” (12 April) via Penang (18 April) and Singapore (20 April) to Hong Kong (29 April 1857; thence by private ship to Canton (over 46 days). Note: There are no Victorian Half Length covers recorded to China. The earliest available imperforate covers are from the Woodblocks issues. This entire was addressed to the famous American merchant Augustine Heard & Co. and the contents provide a great insight into the trading conditions in Melbourne with the influx of miners to the Victorian gold fields: “Since our last respects of Jan 26, we have had to report a continue stagnation in business, with very little prospect of reaction. Imports of most every description have been daily adding to our heavy stocks, and looking into the future, we cannot with any confidence predicts an improved state of trade for some time to come...” Provenance: Collection Kirk, Geitenbeek. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3333

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Via Galle 1858 (Dec 18): Cover from Melbourne, Victoria to Calcutta, India endorsed "pr. Columbian" bearing 1858 Victoria 6 d. light blue, rouletted but trimmed all round, neatly cancelled by barred numeral “1” of Melbourne, prepaying 6 d. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to India. Calcutta arrival in red (Jan 30) on reverse. One of the earliest stamped covers recorded from Victoria to India. Route - The European and Australian Royal Mail Co: Departed Melbourne 18 Dec 1858 per “Columbian” to Galle (8 Jan 1859). P&O Line: “Candia” (12 Jan) to Calcutta, arriving 30 Jan 1859 (43 days). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3339

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Via Galle 1867 (Sept 28): Cover from Melbourne, Victoria to Aden endorsed “per Geelong str.” bearing 1867 Victoria Laureate 2 d. slate-grey and 10 d. dull purple on pink, cancelled by Melbourne duplex and prepaying 1 s. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to Aden with "Aden Str. Point" arrival (Oct 31) on the reverse. Scarce and very fine, the finest cover recorded from Victoria to Aden and the second earliest recorded cover from Victoria to Aden. Route - P&O Line: Departed Melbourne 28 Sept 1867 per “Geelong” to Galle (22 Oct); “Bengal” to Aden, arriving 31 Oct 1867 (33 days). Provenance: Collection Groom. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3340

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Via Galle 1870 (March 24): Cover from Geelong, Victoria to Rangoon, Burma endorsed “Per R.M.S. “Geelong” at upper left, bearing 1868 Victoria Laureate 1 s. indigo-blue on blue paper, cancelled by barred numeral “2” and prepaying 1 s. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to Burma. Calcutta transit in red on the reverse. The envelope with cover repairs at the top and part flap missing, but very rare - the earliest of just two covers recorded from the Australian Colonies to Burma. Route - P&O Line: Departed Melbourne 24 March 1870 per “Geelong” to Galle (15 May). British India Steam Navigation Co: By steamer via Calcutta 24 May 1870 to Rangoon (over 31 days). Provenance: Collection Linfield. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3344

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Via Galle 1874 (Dec 31): Cover from Melbourne, Victoria to Moradabad, North West Province, India bearing 1873 Victoria Laureate 1 s. pale dull blue on blued paper, cancelled by Melbourne duplex and prepaying 1 s. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to India. Multiple transit datestamps on the reverse including Moradabad arrival. A fine cover. Route - P&O Line: Departed Melbourne 31 Dec 1874 per “Ceylon” to Galle (22 Jan 1875); by steamer to Bombay (26 Jan); by rail via Allahabad (28 Jan) to Moradabad, arriving 30 Jan 1875 (31 days). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3350

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Via Mauritius 1859 (June 18): Cover from Melbourne, Victoria to St. Denis, Réunion endorsed “Per “Benares”, via Maurice” at upper left bearing 1858 Victoria 6 d. bright blue, rouletted, cancelled by the barred numeral "1" obliterator; prepaying 6 d. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to Réunion. Reverse with faint framed "M&I" and Mauritius transit cds. The cover with faults, including part of the address excised, but very rare. The earliest cover recorded from Victoria to Reunion. Route - P&O Line: Departed Melbourne 18 June 1859 per “Benares” to Port Louis, Mauritius, arriving 8 July 1859; by private ship to Réunion (21 days). Provenance: Collection Purves. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3351

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Via Indian Ocean 1860 (May 7): Entire letter from Melbourne, Victoria to Port Louis, Mauritius and carried as a consignee's letter to Mauritius. Endorsed “per Lawrence” at upper left and struck with very fine “Late Received” handstamp in black applied at Port Louis for incoming consignee letters. Reverse with very fine "G.P.O. Mauritius" arrival datestamp. Typically brittle as usual with this correspondence otherwise fine and scarce. Route - Private sailing ship: Departed Melbourne 8 May 1860 per “Lawrence” to Port Louis, arriving 29 June 1860. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3381

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Via Cape Horn 1857 (May 21): Cover from Port Albert, Victoria to Halle, Kingdom of Prussia endorsed "via London", bearing 1857 Victoria Emblem 1 d. yellow-green, two examples, one with four margins the other with left margin just shaved, used in combination with 1854 Octagonal 1 s. blue, close to ample margins, neatly cancelled by barred numeral “12” of Port Albert and prepaying 1 s. 2 d. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to the Kingdom of Prussia. “8” (pence) manuscript in black debit to Prussia for the incoming ship letter fee and superb “P” handstamp in red representing the cover was paid to destination. "AUS ENGLAND PER AACHEN FRANCO” datestamp in red tying the two 1 d. Emblems and “26/8” (silbergroschen) manuscript in black at lower right conversion of the British incoming ship letter fee to be paid on receipt. Very attractive and in outstanding quality. Route - Victorian contract steamship: Departed Melbourne 21 May 1857 per “Great Britain”, via Cape Horn to Liverpool (22 Aug); by rail to London (24 Aug); by steamer to Ostende; by rail via Aachen (25 Aug) to Halle, arriving 26 Aug 1857 (97 days). Provenance: Collection Perry, Kellow. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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3384

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Via Cape Horn 1859 (June 18): Cover from Melbourne, Victoria to Lutterworth, England, redirected to Leicester bearing 1859 Victoria Half Length 3 d. blue, perf. 12, two examples, the second stamp showing the large white patch on the dress "necktie" secondary flaw, cancelled by the Melbourne “1” obliterator and prepaying 6 d. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to England. Boldly endorsed “Per Oneida” at upper left and very fine transit datestamps on the reverse. A most attractive and rare cover. Route - Non contract steamship: Departed Melbourne 18 June 1859 per “Oneida", via Montevideo (6 Aug), Rio de Janeiro (14 Aug) and St. Vincent (26 Aug) to Southampton (6 Sept); by rail via London (7 Sept) via Rugby to Lutterworth, arriving 8 Sept 1859 (82 days). Note: It is unusual that this cover was sent via the non-contract steamship “Oneida”. The P&O Line contract steamship “Benares” sailed on the same day via Suez with the mails reaching Southampton in 51 days, demonstrating the speed of the overland route when compared to this voyage via Cape Horn of 82 days. The “Oneida” carried 65,000 ounces of gold on this voyage, equivalent to over Australian $300 million today. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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3387

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Via Aden 1861 (April 26): Cover from Melbourne, Victoria to Aden bearing 1858 Victoria 6 d. bright blue, rouletted, a used example in a deep shade cancelled by barred numeral “1”obliterator, prepaying 6 d. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to Aden. Endorsed “per Northern Str.” at top left and with red Aden arrival datestamp on the reverse. Addressee’s name reinstated, otherwise fine and scarce. Route - P&O Line: Departed Melbourne 26 April 1861 per “Northam” via Galle (15 May) to Aden, arriving 29 May 1861 (33 days). Note: All the six early Victorian covers to Aden originate from this correspondence. They were first sold by Robson Lowe on the 27 November 1968, lot 1500; with all of them except one in indifferent quality, this being the earliest recorded cover from Victoria to Aden. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3389

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Via Aden 1878 (Oct 4): Cover from Melbourne, Victoria to Port Louis, Mauritius endorsed "per Assam", bearing 1875 Victoria Laureate 6 d. light prussian-blue and 1877 Bell 1 s. deep blue on blued paper, cancelled by Melbourne duplex and prepaying 1 s. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to Mauritius plus 6 d. Late Fee. “4” (pence) manuscript in red for internal delivery to be paid upon receipt. Illustrated in “The Pre-UPU Mail of Victoria” by Ben Palmer on page 142. Just two stamped covers are recorded from Victoria to Mauritius after 1860. Route - P&O Line: Departed Melbourne 4 Oct 1878 per “Assam” to Galle (24 Oct); “Mirzapore” (25 Oct) to Aden (7 Nov). British India Line: By steamer via Zanzibar to Durban; by steamer to Port Louis. Provenance: Collection Linfield, Palmer. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3390

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Via Aden 1879 (April 17): Cover from Ballarat, Victoria to Durban, Natal bearing 1879 Victoria Laureate 4 d. dull rose and 1877 Bell 1 s. pale blue on blued paper cancelled by barred numeral “5” of Ballarat and prepaying 1 s. 4 d. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to Natal. Transit datestamps on the reverse and closed cover tears at top; however a rare destination from the Australian Colonies with just two covers recorded from Victoria to Natal. Route - P&O Line: Departed Melbourne 17 April 1879 per “Tanjore” to Galle; “Poonah” (10 May) to Aden. British India Line: By steamer via Zanzibar to Durban, arriving 9 July 1879 (84 days). Provenance: Collection Davis, Palmer. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3393

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Sailing Ships via Peru 1857 (Aug 11): Cover from Melbourne, Victoria to Valparaiso, Chile bearing 1857 Victoria Woodblock 6 d. orange-yellow, Rouletted 7-9, with roulettes on both vertical sides and cut into at base, cancelled by barred numeral “1” of Melbourne and prepaying 6 d. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to Chile. “25” (centavos) handstamp in red for the internal ship letter fee to be paid by the recipient. Horizontal filing fold and some soiling commensurate with the journey, a fine and a rare destination from the Australian Colonies with just four covers recorded from Victoria to Chile. Route - Private sailing ship: Departed Melbourne 11 Aug 1857 per “William Jackson” via Callao, Peru to Valparaiso, arriving 9 Nov 1857 (90 days). Note: Stanley Gibbons lists the earliest date of use of the Woodblock 6 d. Roulette as October 1857. This cover predates this by two months, making this the earliest recorded usage of this stamp. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3394

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Sailing Ships via Peru 1857 (Dec 1): Entire letter from Melbourne, Victoria to Boston, USA carried as a consignees letter via Panama to the United States. Endorsed originally "Carrier Dove via Callao", this deleted and replaced by “Via Panama” at top, with “PAID TO / PANAMA” in black applied at the British P.O. in Panama and circular “STEAMSHIP / 20” in black applied at New York representing 20 cents transit postage to be paid by the recipient. Fine and rare, five examples recorded of the PAID TO / PANAMA handstamp known on Australian Colonial mail. Route - Private sailing ship: Departed Melbourne 7 Dec 1857 per “Linda” to Callao, Peru; overland to Aspinwall. Pacific Mail Steamship Co: Departed Aspinwall (16 Feb) per “Star of the West” to New York 28 March 1858; by rail to Boston (over 117 days). Note: Internally and externally, the entire is docketed “Per Carrier Dove”, however, this ship had already left on the 30th November, and had to wait until the next ship to Callao, which was the “Linda” on the 7th December. Provenance: Collection Purves. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3395

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Via Peru & Panama 1858 (May 23): Entire letter from Melbourne, Victoria to Boston, United States of America endorsed "per European via Marseilles", bearing Victoria 1854 Half Length 3 d. blue, 1854 Octagonal 1 s. blue, 1854 Woodblock 2 s. dull bluish green and 1857 Emblem 1 d. yellow-green, all with generally fine to just touched margins lightly cancelled by barred numeral “1” of Melbourne and prepaid 3 s. 4 d. for a letter over 1 ounce to the United States. Postal markings include oval framed “INSUFFICIENTLY PAID / VIA MARSEILLES” handstamp in red for underpayment of a 1 ounce letter with “1/4” (sterling) manuscript in red credit to Great Britain for transatlantic shipment scored through since the letter was not sent via that route. Two vertical filing creases, one of which crosses the 3 d. adhesive, otherwise very fine and an exceptionally rare four colour franking of great charm. One of the most important covers sent via Peru and Panama from the Australian Colonies. Route - Private sailing ship: Departed Melbourne 23 May 1858 per “Wellfleet” to Callao, Peru; by steamer from Callao to Panama; overland to Aspinwall. Pacific Mail Steamship Co: Departed Aspinwall (4 July) per “Star of the West” to New York 13 Aug 1858; by rail to Boston (over 82 days). Note: There were no published rates for letters over 1 ounce from Victoria in this period. The envelope was prepaid for up to 1 oz. but was overweight, however, it is interesting to note that the letter was not redirected to the cheaper route of via Southampton. Instead, the cover was placed in the slowest possible route via Callao, Peru. The indicators that this envelope was sent via Callao are that there are no transit datestamps for London or transatlantic handstamps for it’s arrival in the United States. The postal officials of Great Britain and the United States were meticulous in recording the accounting deficiencies between both countries, with covers from this period distinctly cancelled to record these shortfalls. This envelope has none of these cancellations. Provenance: Collection Purves, Perry, Geitenbeek. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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3407

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Via Pacific Ocean & San Francisco 1877 (Jan 8): Cover from Maryborough, Victoria to Toronto, Canada bearing 1873 Victoria Bell 2 d. dull mauve and Laureate 6 d. dull ultramarine cancelled by barred numeral “61” of Maryborough and prepaying 8 d. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to Canada. “2” (cents) manuscript in red credited to the United States for 2 cents inland postage and “MORE-TO-PAY” applied at Windsor. Large “5” (cents) applied at Windsor, Canada in black for internal postage due from a non-treaty country to be paid by the recipient. Small portion of the backflap missing, otherwise extremely fine and scarce. Route - Private steamship: Departed Melbourne 8 Jan 1877 per “City of Adelaide” to Sydney. Pacific Mail Steamship Co: Departed Sydney (12 Jan) per “City of Sydney” via Auckland (17 Jan) to San Francisco (10 Feb); by rail via Chicago to New York; by rail to Toronto, arriving 19 Feb 1877 (44 days). Note: The contract for the via San Francisco route was with the New South Wales and Queensland governments. Victorian mail was treated as underpaid and had to pay the additional 2 cents postage. Conversely, Canada was also a non-treaty country, with the 5 cents additional postage to be paid by the recipient. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3435

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Via Tasman Sea 1861 (Nov 1): Second sheet of entire letter from Melbourne, Victoria to Nelson, New Zealand endorsed “per “Omeo” at left, bearing 1861 Victoria Woodblock 6 d. black cancelled by the Melbourne duplex and prepaying 6 d. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to New Zealand. Light Nelson arrival datestamp on obverse (Nov 23). Typical slight ageing but a very scarce usage of this stamp on letter with just 15 examples thought to exist. Route - Private steamship - McMeckan, Blackwood & Co: Departed Melbourne 1 Nov 1861 per “Omeo” to Otago, by private ship to Nelson, arriving 23 Nov 1861 (22 days). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3440

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Via Pacific 1863 (Sept 1): Cover from Beechworth, Victoria to Farmington, USA endorsed "Via Liverpool & Portland" bearing 1863 Victoria Adapted Design 6 d. grey-black, a single example cancelled by the barred numeral “9” of Beechworth and prepaid 6 d. and underpaid 8 d. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to the United States. The envelope was grossly underpaid and thus sent by the slower via Panama route. Postal markings include “INSUFFICIENTLY PAID / VIA THE / UNITED KINGDOM” applied in red at Melbourne for the Southampton route and “SHIP 6” applied at San Francisco for 6 cents due comprising 3 cents for a non-contract ship letter and 3 cents to forward to New York. A couple of minor cover imperfections, otherwise fine. Route - Australasian Steam Navigation Co: Departed Melbourne 1 Sept 1863 per “City of Melbourne” to Sydney. Private sailing ship: Departed Sydney (10 Oct) per “Mary & Edith” to San Francisco (22 Dec). Pacific Mail Steamship Co: Departed San Francisco (23 Dec) per “St. Louis” to Panama (9 Jan 1864); by rail to Aspinwall. Atlantic & Pacific Steamship Co: Departed Aspinwall (16 Jan) per “Ocean Queen”, to New York 29 Jan 1865; by rail to Farmington (over 192 days). Note: This cover is interesting in that the journey from Melbourne to San Francisco took 141 days, when a normal sailing voyage would take about 75 days. In early August 1863, there were no ships sailing directly to San Francisco from Melbourne, so the cover was sent to Sydney for the next available ship. The “Mary & Edith” arrived in Sydney on the 8 September advertising for cargoes to San Francisco, and did not sail until the 10 October. A rare and late cover from the Australian Colonies via the Panama route by sailing ship Provenance: Collection Forster. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3446

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Via Tasman Sea 1878 (June 27): Cover from Melbourne, Victoria to Dunedin, New Zealand bearing Victoria 1873 Bell 2 d. dull mauve, three examples, cancelled on arrival at Port Chalmers, Dunedin and prepaying 6 d. for a double rate 1 ounce ship letter to New Zealand. Endorsed “Per Ringarooma” at upper left and with oval framed “LOOSE / SHIP LETTER” handstamp in black also applied at Port Chalmers. Very fine, and a scarce and early cover Loose Ship Letter cover from the Australian Colonies. Route - McMeckan, Blackwood & Co: Departed Melbourne 27 June 1878 per “Ringarooma” to Dunedin, arriving 6 July 1878 (9 days). Provenance: Collection Forster. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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