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Auction: 11033 - Autumn Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1428

Victoria Travelling Post Offices The Benalla Line Using Numbers 5, 6, 12 and 13 T.P.O. No. 13 1882 (7 June) 1d. lilac card (a little toned) from Broadforde to Melbourne cancelled with "up train/m.g.13" intermediate c.d.s. (only found on this TPO), 1884 (30 June) envelope to Adelaide bearing 1d. green and Stamp Statute 1/2d. on 1d. pair cancelled with several "up train/m.g.13" intermediate c.d.s., the only known use of the Stamp Statute 1/2d. on 1d. value on a TPO cover, 1894 (9 July) 1d. orange card from Tallarook to Seymour, cancelled with "343" duplex and showing, on reverse, fine "down train/m.g.13" medium octagon d.s. and arrival c.d.s. of the same date, 1905 picture postcard to Box Hill bearing 1/2d. and 1907 picture postcard of Sydney Express at Seymour Station, both cancelled with fine "up train/m.g.13" large c.d.s.; also 1918 envelope to U.S.A. bearing 2 1/2d. with heavy coastline variety and cancelled by "t.p.o. 13/up" Commonwealth type c.d.s. alongside "passed by censor" h.s. Photo Estimate £ 200-250 Note: TPO 13 came into use on this line in 1883

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