VICTORIA
cover 1857 (Aug.) rouletted 7-9 by counter clerks at G.P.O. Melbourne 1/- ("REGISTERED") rose-pink and blue, a large example with roulettes on three sides, and 1857 (Oct.) serpentine roulette 10-10½ 6d. orange-yellow; both tied by "1" barred numeral on 1857 (16 Nov.) envelope (slightly soiled) registered to Scotland, showing handstruck "d6" (additionally tying the 1/-), oval "REGISTERED/G.P.O." d.s. in red and, on reverse, despatch and arrival d.s. A very rare franking, four or five covers bearing the rouletted stamp are known, all dated in the last months of 1857
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cover 1857 (Aug.) rouletted 7-9 by counter clerks at G.P.O. Melbourne 1/- ("REGISTERED") rose-pink and blue, a large example with roulettes on three sides, and 1857 (Oct.) serpentine roulette 10-10½ 6d. orange-yellow; both tied by "1" barred numeral on 1857 (16 Nov.) envelope (slightly soiled) registered to Scotland, showing handstruck "d6" (additionally tying the 1/-), oval "REGISTERED/G.P.O." d.s. in red and, on reverse, despatch and arrival d.s. A very rare franking, four or five covers bearing the rouletted stamp are known, all dated in the last months of 1857