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DOWN TRAIN 18: Octagon very fine cancel of AU4/96 on 1d Postal Card with illustrated advice for Bleasby & Co Ironmongers (Melbourne), to Stawell with Ballarat transit & Stawell arrival b/s. Rated RRR on cover. [It appears this item travelled on the original Melbourne-Geelong-Ballarat Line. The sender's business was close to the North Melbourne RS, at which both the Geelong & Ballarat trains stopped. The card would appear to have been missent on the Geelong service but not returned to Melbourne because the Geelong-Ballarat connection was still in use]