379. Auktion

VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA) – AUSTRIA: 1867, pre-paid entire letter from Melbourne to Vienna, franked with laureated 6 d. blue  and 1 sh. blue on blue, tied by duplex "MELBOURNE OC 26 67", marked "1/-" in red for the distance to Alexandria and "15" kreuzer for the conveyance to Vienna.

VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA) – AUSTRIA: 1870, pre-paid entire letter from Melbourne to Vienna, franked with laureated 2 d. violet and 10 sh. dull purple on pink, tied by duplex "MELBOURNE AU 13 70", marked "6"(pence) in red fort he distance to Alexandria and "15" kreuzer for the conveyance to Vienna.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA – MALTA: 1857, entire letter, dated "Australind 5th/10th OCTO. 1857" to Malta, endorsed "per Steamer from King George Sound"and franked with 1854/55, 4 d. blue with large margins and pair 1 d. black, slightly touched at lower right, otherwise clear to good margins, tied by barred oval with adjacent "POST OFFICE AUSTRALIND WESTERN AUSTRALIA"; on reverse clear blue oval "AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO MALTA". Most likely the letter was transported by the 'European & Australian Steam Navigation Company' to Suez, via 'Overland Mail', from Alexandria to Corfu by the Austrian Lloyd 'Trieste express line' and finally to Malta by a short-lived branch line. A very fine and fresh letter of great rarity, showing the only recorded example of the Austrian Lloyd agency handstamp of  Malta. Certificate BPA (2007)

Provenance:
Frank Chadwick (1978)
Henry Houser (1992)