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Auction: 11033 - Autumn Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1452

Victoria Travelling Post Offices Sea Mails The "R.M.S.S. Hobson´s Bay" Service From August 1861 additional time was given to the public for posting their letters up to the time of sailing of vessels anchored in Hobson´s Bay, Port Melbourne. The letters were collected by officers of the Post Office from Sandridge and cancelled on board the vessel concerned by a Victorian postal agent. Up to July 1864 - No late fee was payable July 1864 to September 1865 - A late fee of 2/- was imposed September 1865 to December 1887 (when discontinued) - Late fee reduced to 1/- The R.I.C. Holland collection contains no less than seven covers from this service with three previously unrecorded 1884 (31 Jan.) envelope (opened-out for display purposes and rebacked) from Williams Town "Per R.M.S. Carlleague" to Surgeon Major Ogilvie of the Bombay Army, c/o The Postmaster at Bombay and redirected to Hyderabad, bearing 2d. lilac and 6d. blue twice cancelled with "11" duplex and showing, on reverse, a superb strike of the "r.m.s.s./hobson´s bay/victoria" code "t" duplex (Type 2, letters widely spaced) and two Bombay c.d.s. (23.2), one alongside manuscript "Recd in this condition 4/3/84". A previously unrecorded cover and the only one known with the Hobson´s Bay cancellation used as a backstamp. Photo Estimate £ 400-500 Note: This cover has been sent at the 6d. Ship Letter rate with the 2d. Late Fee charged for letters despatched by Private Ship

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