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Auction: 11033 - Autumn Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1438

Victoria Travelling Post Offices The Western District Line Using Numbers 10, 18 and 19 T.P.O. No. 18 1890 (24 Oct.) 1d. orange card from Geelong to Melbourne cancelled with large "t.p.o/18" between bars (not recorded on cover by Purves) and with light "up train/m.g. 18" large c.d.s. alongside, 1896 1d. orange card from Melbourne to Stawell cancelled with superb "down train/m.g. 18" large octagon d.s., two part transit c.d.s. on reverse, and 1900 (30 Jan.) 1d. pink card to a stamp dealer in Beechworth and cancelled with fine "up train/m.g. 18" large c.d.s. (31.1); a fine trio Estimate £ 120-150 Note: This TPO line from Geelong to Colac was opened on 25 November 1876, and then as far as Warrambool in 1887. It was extended to Port Fairy on 4 February 1890. It was withdrawn in 1908

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