Stamps and Postal History (#47MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 101-200 of 322. Previous|1234|Next Lot 101 1854 envelope to Switzerland "per via de Madras" with Half-Length 3d blue SG 11 block of 4 (trimmed at the top, the lower units are both very fine) with two superb strikes of Barred Oval '1' & 'MELBOURNE/MY29E/ 1854/VICTORIA' d/s unusually on the face, superb strike of the Anglo-French 'COLONIES/&c ART 13' h/s in red overstruck with Calais TPO cds, various rate indicators, 'NEUCHATEL' arrival b/s in blue, minor blemishes. The third-earliest Victorian cover to Switzerland as per Ben Palmer's Cens SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,300StatusSold Lot 102 1854 lengthy largely cross-written entire letter headed "St Kilda 6mo13 54" - an unusual configuration! - & signed "Lucy B", to Yorkshire with oval 'PAID/JU30/1854/MELBOURNE' & rated "1/-" in red, London b/s of DE12/1854 & rated "2/-", very fine 'WAKEFIELD' arrival b/s of the same date in blue, minor blemishes. Ex Rod Moreton: on his display page. [The first page of the entire is a printed advertisement for 'HOME EDUCATION/St Kilda/MRS BIRCHALL' (presumably "Lucy B"), being very early postal ad SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 103 1854 small stampless cover to France with mss "1/-" for postage paid & sensational crowned-oval 'CRESWICKS CK/[crown]/SE*25/1854/VICTORIA' b/s (ERD), London transit b/s of '2JA2/1855' & superb boxed 'COLONIES/&c ART 13' accountancy h/s both in red, French '15' (decimes) h/s & 'ECOMMOY' arrival b/s, a couple of very minor blemishes. Ex Trevor Davis. Per "Lady Jocelyn" - the second of only five contract voyages - via South Pacific, Cape Horn & Trans-Atlantic to London. [Creswick's Creek, a goldmin SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$600Price Realized$500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 104 1855 entire stampless letter in French headed "Melbourne 11 Mai 1855" & signed "Ed Chrétien", apparently carried privately to Mauritius "p Reliance", no Victorian postmarks, '[crown]/MAURITIUS/JY9/1855/=GPO=' arrival d/s & very fine 'Late Received' h/s (Proud #I7). Not listed in Ben Palmer's Census: he lists 10 items to Mauritius to June 1856, all of which are stampless. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 105 1856 (Jan 30) double-rate entire letter to Scotland "Per Hellespont/via Singapore" with Woodblock 6d x2 (3½ or full margins) tied by superb BN '1' of Melbourne (b/s), London transit b/s of 4MY4/1856 where smudged 'MORE/TO/PAY' h/s & mss "8" applied to the face, superb Edinburgh arrival b/s in red. Carried per "Hellespont", departed 18/2/1856, via the Indian Ocean & arrived Singapore 16/3/1856; then per P&O Norna" to Galle; "Bombay" to Suez; & "Pera", arriving Southampton 4/5/1856. During the Cr SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot 106 1858 quadruple rate outer with very fine 'SANDY CREEK/[crown]/AP*9/1858/VICTORIA' oval b/s & extraordinary franking of Woodblocks Imperf 6d orange block of 6 - faults, but the largest recorded block of this stamp - cancelled in pen "Registered/(62)" but otherwise uncancelled, to Scotland "Per RM Ship Victoria", oval 'REGISTERED/ 21JU58/LONDON' d/s in red & 'd6' h/s - for the British registration fee - on the face, very fine Glasgow arrival b/s. Despite the problems, a dramatic and important cove SymbolclGradec View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 107 1858 cover to London "p Australasian...via Marseilles" with Woodblocks 6d yellow-orange SG 32b pair [41-42, very fine with large even margins] tied by BN '1' of Melbourne, light oval 'SHIP LETTER/[crown]/JU*15/1858/MELBOURNE' b/s in red, London arrival cds of AU9/58 in red on the face. A very fine classic cover. Carried per European & Australian Royal Mail Co "Australasian", departed 16/6/1858; "Cambria", Alexandria-Malta; & "Wye", departed Malta 5/8/1858, arrived Marseilles 7/8/1858. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$800StatusUnsold Lot 108 1859 cover to Massachusetts per "Columbian/Via Marseilles" with Perf 12 Emblems 4d pair & 1/- Octagonal tied by "killer" '1' cancels of Melbourne (b/s), London & New York transit cds on the face, some creasing/wrinkling. Not recorded in Ben Palmer's Census. [The rate was 1/8d per ½oz via Marseilles] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 109 1860 cover to London with scarce franking of Emblems 1d green SG 86b two singles & 4d rose-pink SG 87 tied by superb BN '5', small 'BALLARAT/JU18/60/VICTORIA' b/s & Melbourne transit of the same day, London arrival b/s of AU9/60 in red, a couple of minor blemishes. Exceptional appearance. Carried per "Malta", departed Melbourne 19/6/1860, arrived Suez 27/7/1860; then per "Massilia", departed Alexandria 28/7/1860, arrived Southampton 9/8/1860. Ex Sir Chester Beatty, BD Forster, Rodney Perry & Ken SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 110 1860 cover to Durham "Via Marseilles/per Salsette" with rare franking of Emblems "Bordeaux Paper" 1d bright green SG 97 (cut from the sheet at top & left) plus Laid Paper 1d yellow-green SG 86/b group x2 (both gum-stained), Rouletted 2d brown-lilac SG 69 x3 & Beaded Ovals Laid Paper 3d deep blue SG 88 all tied by BN '157' of Collingwood, Melbourne transit backstamp of AU25/60 & faint 'HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING/OC18/60' arrival b/s, a few minor blemishes on the face & the flap removed. A remarkable fra SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,600Price Realized$3,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 111 1862 envelope to "Pietermaritzberg/Natal/South Africa" with Octagonal Perf 12 1/- tied by fair BN '113' and very fine oval 'SCHNAPPER POINT/[crown]/MY*20/1862/VICTORIA' d/s alongside, Melbourne & 'CAPE TOWN/SP15/ 1862/CAPE OF GOOD HOPE' transit b/s both in red, minor soiling & repaired flap. The earlier by 17 years of only two pre-UPU covers to Natal recorded by Ben Palmer. Schnapper Point PO 21/5/1856; renamed Mornington 16/8/1864. An 1859 cover with a lesser strike of the oval d/s - & a back SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$3,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 112 1865 envelope to Scotland "Via Southampton" with Laureates 2d & 4d cancelled with manuscript numeral "56" & with postmaster's manuscript endorsement "Keilor/25 5 65/Vic" on the flap, Melbourne transit b/s of MY25/65 & '1'-in-bars "killer" cancels both in blue, very fine 'EDINR M2/ 1 /JY23/65' arrival b/s, minor soiling & repaired tears across the flap. Carried "Madras", departed Melbourne 26/5/1865; "Mooltan" from Galle; & "Nyanza" from Alexandria, arrived Southampton 22/7/1865. Keilor PO opene SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,250Price Realized$3,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 113 1865 (Oct 23) OHMS cover with embossed 'THE GOVERNOR OF/[Arms]/VICTORIA' on the flap & signed by the Governor "Sir Charles Darling" at upper-left, to the Governor of Mauritius with light strike of the first type 'GOVERNOR OF/[Arms]/FRANK STAMP/VICTORIA' h/s in blue overstruck with very fine Melbourne duplex, equally fine 'MAURITIUS/FE25/66' arrival b/s in blue-black (four months transit by private ship), light overall soiling. An early overseas usage of the franking privilege that was introduc SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 114 1866 mourning cover to New York with Laureates 2d & 1/- tied by Melbourne duplex, London transit in red, ' 5 /N YORK BR PKT' cds ties both stamps. Very attractive. Ben Palmer's Census USA #204. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$850StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 115 1867 cover endorsed "From 61 Co Wm Grimes Sergeant Royal Marines LI/HMS Galatea Melbourne" & countersigned (Marines Captain) "RF Taylor", to London with GB 1d Plate '91' tied by light 'A81' mailboat cancel used aboard P&O "Tanjore", light 'LONDON N/ A6 /FE17/68' arrival cds in red on the face, repaired flap tears & a few moderate tonespots. Carried per P&O "Geelong", departed Sydney 24/12/1867; "Nubia", departed Galle 18/1/1868; "Tanjore", departed Alexandria 5/2/1868, arrived Southampton 17/2/1 SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$4,000StatusUnsold Lot 116 1868 OHMS cover with 'GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VICTORIA' banner, to the Geological Society of France with 'MINISTER OF MINES' Frank h/s in blue - otherwise unstamped - tied by Melbourne duplex of MY22/68, French 'POSS.AN.V.SUEZ/14/JUIL/68/P.AN.AM.MARS' mailboat cds & 'P.D.' h/s both in red, Paris arrival b/s. A rare envelope, of which Carl Stieg & Max Watson recorded only one example, of FE4/68. Not listed in Ben Palmer's Census. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$300Price Realized$500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 117 1869 quadruple-rate cover to France "by Travelling Post" with Laureates 2d dull violet, 6d blue & 1/- blue/blue pair tied by 'BEECHWORTH/DC-4/69/VICTORIA - 9 ' duplex, light French mailboat cds & 'P.D.' h/s both in red on the face, Paris transit & 'MANSLE/24JANV/70/ (15) ' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. Ben Palmer's Census France #159: illustrated at page 87. [The rate was 8d per ¼oz x4] GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 118 1870 cover to Ireland "Via Marseilles" with Laureates 10d brown/pink (a huge & superb well centred example) & 1/- dark blue/blue (very fine) tied by two strikes of the rare 'RMSS/ T /SE-11/70/HOBSONS BAY - VICTORIA' duplex (Type 1; letters closely spaced), a superlative strike of the boxed 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID/FOR BRINDISI ROUTE/DEFICIENT POSTAGE - 3d' handstamp applied at London, 'DUNDRUM/NO--/70/DUBLIN' arrival b/s. A marvellous cover, being the finest and most impressive of the eight recorded SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$10,000Price Realized$9,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 119 1871 (Feb 25) orange envelope to Switzerland "via Trieste" amended to "via Brindisi" with Laureates 1/- (marginal example) tied by part-strike of the first '10' duplex of Warrnambool, a second stamp (presumably a 3d) lost almost immediately in transit so at Melbourne (b/s) a superb strike of the rare boxed 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID/VIA BRINDISI' h/s applied, thus carried via England with London cds of 21AP71 in red on the face, 'BASEL' arrival b/s & rated "20" but that crossed-out apparently because SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$3,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 120 1874 (Oct 7) long OHMS envelope with 'Police Department' imprint at L/L & 'CHIEF SECRETARY' Frank h/s in blue overstruck with Melbourne duplex, to California with London transit cds of 4DE74 & 'SAN FRANCISCO/ DEC/25/PAID ALL' arrival cds (Christmas Day) in purple, two strikes of the unusual 8-line 'HAVE YOUR/LETTERS AND/PAPERS ADDRESSED/TO PO BOX OR TO/STREET AND NUMBER/...' h/s, 'UNCLAIMED' h/s in red, 'ADVERTISED' h/s & 'San Francisco/JAN/11/ADVERTISED' b/s, 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/FEB/25/1875/US' SymbolclGradeb View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot 121 1875 (Mar 24) OHMS envelope to Scotland with a very fine strike of the worn 'COMMR OF CROWN LANDS & SURVEY/...' Frank h/s in blue overstruck with very fine Melbourne duplex, Edinburgh arrival b/s of MY18/75. A remarkably fine Frank cover. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 122 1882 cover to Switzerland with Three-Issue franking of Laureates 6d blue x2, Bell ½d rose pair & Naish 2d brown tied by 'DAYLESFORD/AP12/82/VICTORIA - 173' duplex & boxed 'REGISTERED' h/s at the base, transit b/s Italian 'BRINDISI/20/MAG/82' & very fine double-circle 'AMBTE MILANO-CHIASSO/No 2' TPO and Swiss 'LOCARNO' cds and 'BIGNASCO' arrival b/s, large 'R'-in-octagon h/s in purple applied to the face in Europe. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 123 1884 makeshift wrapper to Germany "Via Brindisi" SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 124 1884 cover endorsed "Photo only" & paid 2d only, to Ireland "via Brindisi", very fine British (?) 'Deficient Postage ("10d")/Fine ("6 - 1/4")' h/s, Irish 'ENNIS/JA28/85 - 211' b/s & 'KILKEE' arrival on the face. An interesting item. [The sender was apparently paying a Printed Matter rate but this was either overlooked or ignored by the Post Office, which charged the 6d letter rate x2 (less 2d already paid) + a fine of 6d] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 125 1885 cover with Italian Consulate in Melbourne cachet in blue across the flap, to the Italian Navy Minister in Rome (b/s) "Per SS Sorata" with rare four-colour franking of Naish 'STAMP DUTY' ½d rosine x2, 2d violet & 6d blue plus Large Stamp Duty 1/- chalky blue/lemon SG 257 tied by Melbourne duplex, slightly reduced at left, a couple of faults & a bit soiled; also linen-lined Winch Bros cover with Large Stamp Duty 1/6d rosine SG 236 to England "pr Garonne" amended to "RMS Tasmania", overall soi SymbolcGradec View details Quantity2Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 126 1885 (Feb 9) cover to India with very scarce solo franking of 'STAMP DUTY' on Bell 1/- blue/blue tied by 'HAWTHORN/ VICTORIA' cds, Melbourne & superb Bombay transit b/s & fine 'FIRST DELY/SAIDAPET/MADRAS/-MAR8' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. [Lushington Gardens was a fine Colonial house built in the late 1830s in an area known as Anderson's Nopalry] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 127 1885 double-rate cover to Austria "per Cuzco" with SymbolcGrade(a) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 128 1886 cover with embossed "The Argus" (newspaper) on the flap, to Captain Anthony Musgrave at "Granville/British New Guinea" & endorsed "Per SS Victory", with Victorian 6d blue tied by Melbourne duplex of DE17/86, fine strike of Musgrave's triple-oval 'ASST DEP COMMR/RECEIVED/("14.1.87")/NEW GUINEA' cachet in violet on the face, minor blemishes. This is the earliest recorded postal cover into British New Guinea & the earlier of only two pre-UPU covers from Victoria in Ben Palmer's Census. Ex Roge SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$7,500StatusUnsold Lot 129 1889 flapless cover to "Sir William MacGregor/Government House/British New Guinea" with Victorian 1d green pair tied by Melbourne duplex of SE25/89, Brisbane & Cooktown transit backstamps & a superb strike of the rare 'GRANVILLE/ OC18/89/B.N.G' arrival b/s (Lee #4; rated F), a couple of repaired opening tears. A marvellous inwards cover. Ex Roger Lee. [This is the finest strike of only four examples of the 'GRANVILLE' cds recorded on cover. Tim Rybak's May 1889 cover with a messy strike of the GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$7,500StatusUnsold Lot 130 1891 (July 28) cover to Jamaica "via London" with an extraordinary & rare 5-colour franking of 2½d red/yellow x2, 4d red, 5d brown, 8d pink x2 & 1/6d orange (only one other example recorded on cover) tied by '1/W' cancels of 'MARKET ST/MELBOURNE W' (cds alongside) & with boxed 'REGISTERED' h/s below all in dull blue, London transit d/s in red & 'JAMAICA/REGISTERED' arrival d/s on the face, some toning/staining still a remarkable item. The rate was 9d x5 + 3d registration. Ex Max Watson: acquire SymbolclGradeb View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$3,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 131 1893 OHMS cover with printed 'CHIEF SECRETARY' Frank & 'GOVERNMENT BOTANIST' imprint at lower-left, to "Imperial Botanical Gardens/St Petersburg/Russia" endorsed "Seeds only" with Reading 1d only tied by Melbourne duplex, Cyrillic arrival b/s in blue, a few faults including a reinforced vertical fold at left. A very rare concessional merchandise rate cover to a quite unusual destination. SymbolpsGradec View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 132 1893 double-rate usage of 1d orange-brown/brown Stamped-to-Order Envelope to Canada with 3d & 4d tied by "Belt & Buckle" 'POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE/PRAHRAN/MY8/1893' datestamp, 'REGISTERED/MELBOURNE' & 'WINDSOR/ONT' transit b/s. The rate was 2½xd x2 + 3d registration. SymbolpsGradea- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$1,100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 133 INWARDS MAIL: 1843 lengthy unsigned entire letter headed "Malta 18 March 1843" to Melbourne "care of Messrs Capper and Gold/Westminster" apparently privately carried but rated "3" on arrival as an inwards shipletter, light horizontal filing crease. The letter is from Robert Sconce, Chief Naval Commissary at Malta, to his daughter Sarah Susannah Bunbury, who had married Captain Richard Hanmer Bunbury RN in Malta in 1838. They emigrated on the "Argyle", arriving at Port Phillip in March 1841. Cap SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$500Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 134 INWARDS MAIL: 1850s stampless American style yellow-buff envelope to "Mr William F Christie/Melbourne/Australia" endorsed "Per Adams & Co's Express" at lower-left, "Collect" at upper-right & "Advtd" at left, minor staining. Rare inwards private carrier mail. Adams & Co was an American firm that had overseas branches including in Melbourne. We believe "Australia" in the address makes it highly likely that this cover originated in the United States. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 135 INWARDS MAIL: 1852 (Nov) entire multi-part letter from Ulster to "Melbourne/Victoria/Australia Felix - or Port Phillip" (!), light 'OMAGH/NO15/1852' cds, London 'SHIP-LETTER/[crown]/NO17/1852/=LONDON=' cds, Tombstone 'PAID' d/s & rated "8d" all in red, fair oval 'SHIP LETTER/[crown]/AP*3/1853/MELBOURNE' arival b/s in red. ["Australia Felix" was a name given by the explorer Sir Thomas Mitchell to areas of Western Victoria. It was sometimes used to signify the whole of the Port Phillip District] SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 136 INWARDS MAIL: 1853 poste restante cover from England with exceptional franking of an enormous corner example of the Embossed 1/- green SG 55 (margins good to humungous, Cat £1800+ on cover), poor numeral cancel & 'NEWPORT IW' b/s, Liverpool "lozenge" transit d/s on the face, oval 'SHIP LETTER/MELBOURNE' arrival b/s & rated "3" in black for an incoming shipletter, superb strike of the boxed 'ADVERTISED/AND/UNCLAIMED' h/s in red ties the stamp, light strike of the scarce Butterfly '14' handstamp SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,250StatusUnsold Lot 137 INWARDS MAIL: 1855 Germain Nicholson cover from England with a very attractive Embossed 1/- green (margins good to large, 11mm scissor-cut at lower-right just intrudes on the design) tied by superb 'LIVERPOOL/4OC/1855/ H1 - 466' duplex & oval ' L /OC4/ A ' b/s, '1d' in red for postage due to Victoria, 'SHIP LETTER/FREE/DC28/1853/GPO VICTORIA' arrival b/s in red, minor blemishes & light soiling. Most attractive. Carried per Black Ball Line "Schomberg" on her maiden voyage, departed Liverpool 6/10 SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$6,000StatusUnsold Lot 138 INWARDS MAIL: 1855 (June 1) envelope & contents from GB "To be left at the Post Office/till called for Melbourne/Port Phillip" with 2d blue x3 tied by very fine diamond-numeral '16' cancels & straight-line 'Battersea' b/s in blue, '1d' in red for the payment due to Victoria, fair 'SHIP LETTER/FREE/AU27/1853/GPO VICTORIA' arrival b/s in red & rated "2" as a town letter, 'ADVERTISED/AND/UNCLAIMED' h/s & endorsed on the reverse "Opend by a person of same name 18.10". Carried per clipper "Donald Ma SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 139 INWARDS MAIL: 1856 (Aug 6) envelope from England with 'Deptford Broadway' b/s in blue, 2d blue strip of 3 with diamond-numeral '41' cancels & '1d' in red for postage due to Victoria, 'SHIP LETTER/FREE/NO5/1856/GEELONG VICTORIA' arrival b/s in red, a little soiled. Carried per clipper "White Star", departed Liverpool 20/8/1856, arrived Melbourne 5/11/1856. [The Geelong mail was apparently offloaded after passing through Port Phillip Heads] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 140 INWARDS MAIL: 1858 cover front only from the Cape of Good Hope "per Steamer Prince Alfred", to "Box No 190/Government Post office/Melbourne" with Triangle 4d blue (2½ margins, cut-into at lower-left), largely fine 'DETAINED ON/BOARD OF SHIP' h/s in red applied at Melbourne where rare '.LC./DCc31/1858' d/s (large dots before & after 'LC'; ERD) also applied, forwarded to "White Hills/Sandhurst", minor blemishes. [Undelivered mail was "called" in the Letter Carriers (LC) Room. If the addressee was SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$800Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 141 INWARDS MAIL: 1860 cover from Ireland with Line Engraved 1d & 2d + Surface Printed 6d (rounded corner) tied by very fine 'MALLOW/MR14/1860/ C - 321' duplex, light diagonal crease justs affects the 2d adhesive. Mallow is in County Cork. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 142 INWARDS MAIL: 1862 cover from GB "Via Marseilles" with scarce franking of 1862-64 9d bistre SG 86 (Cat £875 on cover) tied by very fine 'LONDON-WC/ 11 /OC27/62 - W.C/11' duplex, equally fine 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE 3d/FINE 6d - 9d' h/s, superb Melbourne arrival b/s of DC13/62 in red, minor blemishes. The cover was taxed because it weighed more than ¼oz. Carried per "Vectis" from Marseilles, "Nubia" from Suez; & "Bombay" from Galle, arrived Melbourne 13/12/1862. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot 143 INWARDS MAIL: 1868 quadruple-rate cover from Ireland "via Marseilles" to East Melbourne with very scarce franking of 4d vermilion Plate '10' with wing-margin & 1/- green Plate '4' wing-margin single & pair tied by very fine 'DUBLIN/ 2E /DE3/68 - 186' duplex cancels, Melbourne arrival b/s of JA21/69. The envelope burst in transit, & repairs with stamp selvedge were effected on arrival with two largely very fine strikes of the scarce boxed 'RECEIVED OPEN AT/POST OFFICE MELBOURNE/AND REFASTENED' h SymbolcGradec View details Estimate$2,500StatusUnsold Lot 144 INWARDS MAIL: 1875 cover from the United States "via San Francisco" with 'OLYPHANT & CO OF CHINA/SEP/16/1875/NY' b/s in blue, 5c Zachary Taylor tied by geometric cork cancel of New York (cds in red alongside), Melbourne arrival b/s of NO15/75, minor blemishes. Carried per "City of Melbourne", departed San Francisco 11/10/1875, arrived Sydney 10/11/1875. [The letter rate was 12c. 5c was the printed matter rate] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 145 INWARDS MAIL: 1881 underpaid cover from England with 6d grey tied by 'MANCHESTER/ S52 /MR3/81 - 198' duplex & very fine 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE 6d/FINE...6d - 1/-' h/s at lower-left, Melbourne transit b/s of AP18/81& scarce '1s/MORE TO PAY'-in-oval h/s added, 'TARNAGULLA' arrival b/s (ERD by 10 years), slightly truncated. Carried per "Tanjore", departed London 11/3/1881, "Kaiser-i-Hind", departed Suez 18/3/1881; & "Rosetta", departed Galle 31/3/1881, arrived Melbourne 18/4/1881. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 146 1843 (Apr 17) entire letter headed "Australind" & signed "WPearce Clifton", to Yorkshire "p Phantom to Mauritius" (endorsed within) light but fine strike of the rare octagonal 'SHIP LETTER/("April") [crown] ("26")/WESTERN AUSTRALIA/PAID' handstamp of Bunbury (#PA SL2; ERD & the only example recorded in black), very fine boxed 'CALCUTTA/GPO/SHIPLETTER' & octagonal '26NO43/LIVERPOOL/SHIP' backstamps, some soiling/staining that a paper conservator could significantly improve. The earlier of only tw SymbolcGradec View details Estimate$15,000StatusUnsold Lot 147 1846 lengthy entire letter signed "EC Ommanney", to Bedfordshire "p Ship Unicorn" with very fine strike of the octagonal 'PAID/("17th Feb 1846")/AUSTRALIND' handstamp & light strike of the Perth oval Ship Letter h/s in red, GB straight-line 'SHIP-LETTER' b/s, London transit b/s in red & 'BEDFORD/JY9/1846' arrival cds on the face, some soiling, extensive internal repairs. Letter ends "I hope this will not be 9 months reaching you". Ex Dr Cecil Walkley: acquired for $2300. [Actually carried per "C SymbolcGrade(b) View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$3,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 148 1856 entire mercantile letter headed "Perth W Australia/Feby 4th 1856" & signed for "W&R Habgood", to the "Marine Brewery/Ratcliff/London", 1854 Imperf 1d black SG 1 horizontal pair (almost full margins, just shaved at right) & 4d blue SG 3a (margins just touched to large) with Void Grid cancels in black, poor London arrival b/s of 27AU27/1856 in red & rated "1/-", internal archive tape repairs along the folds. A very attractive First Issues cover. [Robert Mace Habgood arrived at Perth 28/12/183 SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$7,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 149 1883 (Aug 7) cover to Italy "per Pekin" with Perf 14 1d yellow-ochre & 6d lilac tied by poor 15-bar '6' cancels, fine Albany cds at base, fumigated at Venice where cut by three chisel slits (one affecting the 1d, another through the complete Union Bank of Australia wafer on the flap), Naples arrival, upright-oval '1A/DIST/11/SET/83' & '81'-in-heart postman's backstamps, minor faults. Ex Patrick Pearson and Dr Cecil Walkley. RPSofV Certificate (2011). Carried "Pekin" 7/8/1883; then "Venetia" fro SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$3,500StatusUnsold Lot 150 1896 double-rate cover to Japan with 5d yellow-olive tied by 'COOLGARDIE' cds, Perth, Colombo & Hong Kong transit b/s & superb 'YOKOHAMA/29/OCT/96/JAPAN' arrival b/s, reinforced vertical fold at left. SymbolclGradeb View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 151 1897 (Mar 23) double-rate cover with 'THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BANK' embossing in blue on the flap, to a ship's captain in Egypt with scarce franking of Postal Fiscals 1d pair & 6d tied by 'R'-in-oval cancels of 'FREMANTLE' (cds below), Perth & 'SUEZ' transit & light 'PORT SAID' arrival b/s. A delightful cover. The rate was 2½d x2 + 3d registration. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 152 1902 commercial usage of 2d Envelope uprated with ½d & two strikes of the unframed 'MT MALCOLM/DE15/02/W.A - PO' duplex, to "Mr H Klink/Leader of the Ramu Expedition III/Stephansort/German New Guinea" with transit backstamps of Brisbane & Singapore (!) plus a very fine strike of the scarce 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/NEU-/ GUINEA-/ZWEIGLINIE/ (SINGAPORE)/ b ' cds, unclaimed & redirected to "GPO Sydney" with Brisbane & Sydney cds on the reverse, minor faults are of no consequence to what is a truly GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradeb View details Estimate$8,000StatusUnsold Lot 153 1906 Falk PPC ("Ivanhoe GM, Boulder") to the "Coast Inspectors Office/Shanghai/China" with 1d only tied by 'KELLERBERRIN' cds, Hong Kong, British Post Office 'SHANGHAI/BPO' & double-circle 'SHANGHAI/LOCAL POST' cds all on the face. [The rate is debatable. If the card terminated with the British Post Office in Shanghai, then 1d was correct. However, as it went into the Local Post, 1½d probably should have been paid] SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 154 1911 usage of CofA Fullface 1d Postal Card BW #P1 to Holland uprated with 1d Swan tied by 'PERTH' machine cancel of 16OCT11, 'AMSTERDAM' arrival cds of 11.11.11 on the face. Overpaid ½d. [The message headed "Subiaco/14.10.11" states "This is a new Card issued by the Commonwealth of Australia". This card proves an allocation to WA in late-1911. Queensland received a supply only in mid-1912. #P1 was not released in NSW] SymbolpsGradea View details Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 155 1914 (Sep 26) usage of QV 1½d blue Postal Card Pope #PC19 to "Finland (Russia Europe)" with Perth cds & tri-lingual 3-line (Censor?) handstamp in violet both canceling the printed stamp, superb tri-lingual 'RAAHE * BRAHESTAD/11xi14/...' arrival cds on the face, the message in Finnish apparently laments that the writer has received no mail from his family. A very significant item, being the only correctly rated 1½d usage known to us. Brian Pope notes that only four postally used examples have b GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradea View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 156 INWARDS MAIL: 1916 commercial cover from Cuba with 2c Map x6 tied by 'CIENFUEGOS/SANTA CLARA' cancels, minor peripheral blemishes. [Cuba is a rare destination from Australia] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot 157 INWARDS MAIL: 1916 (Feb) envelope from Egypt with 20m Gate tied by Cairo cds & registration label below, Claremont arrival b/s of 6MR16, rather the worse for wear but quite presentable. [This item shows classic signs of having been immersed in sea water: the flaps have come unstuck but after drying have reaffixed themselves in somewhat chaotic fashion. Brian Peace lists no ship-board event that ties in with the relevant dates. However, we are confident this cover survived a maritime incident] SymbolcGradec View details Price Realized$20StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 158 INWARDS MAIL: 1936 usage of Kenya Uganda & Tanganyika KGV 15c Postal Card with 'MPIGI/UGANDA' cds & 'BOMBAY FOREIGN' transit cds on the face, small closed tear at the base. SymbolpsGradeb View details Estimate$75StatusUnsold Lot 159 1913 PPC to "Hotel Central/Tokyo/Japan" with 1d Roo tied by Melbourne machine cancel, superb 'T/10c'- in-octagon, Japanese "chop' at right, characters in red & remnants at the top of a readdressing label, creased at left. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$200Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 160 1914 PPC to Siam with Roos ½d & 1d tied by Melbourne machine cancel, 'SINGAPORE' transit & 'BANGKOK' arrival cds both on the face. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 161 1914 usage of 1d Fullface Postal Card to Bohemia with ½d Roo tied by 'EPPING/VIC' cds, superb 'PRAHA 1 * PRAG 1/ 5c ' arrival cds on the face. SymbolpsGradea- View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot 162 1914 cover to the United States with ½d Roo & Engraved 1d x2 tied by Brisbane machine cancel. One of the more attractive Penny Engraved covers we have offered. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 163 1915 usage of Kangaroo 1d Postal Card unusually to a naval POW in Germany with very fine 'TPO No1 NR/28MR14/QUEENSLAND' cds & 'PASSED CENSOR/1AP15/BRISBANE' cds in red, British 'POST FREE/ P.C/PRISONERS OF WAR' cachet in purple & German 'geprüft' (= censored) h/s in violet, a bit aged. Nice TPO usage. SymbolpsGradeb View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 164 1915 cover with printed 'AUDIT DEPARTMENT/[coat of arms]/QUEENSLAND' in blue on the flap & unusual 'AUDITOR GENERAL/12 APR 15/OF QUEENSLAND' datestamp in red below, to Yorkshire with 5d Roo tied by 'REGISTERED/BRISBANE' cds in blue, red & black/white registration label, 'NETHERTON/HUDDERSFIELD' arrival cds on the face. A lovely 5d cover, paying 1d Empire rate x2 + 3d registration. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 165 1916 Forbin cover to France with unusual franking of Third Wmk 3d olive perf 'OS' (rounded corner, Cat $350 on cover) & KGV Single-Line Perf 5d (exceptional centring, Cat $150 on cover) tied by 'REGISTERED/ 1 /MELBOURNE' cds, red/white 'GPO MELBOURNE' registration label, minor defects. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot 166 1917 OHMS cover to "Lieut Col GF Napier/British Legation/Teheran/Persia" with Third Wmk 2d grey perf 'OS' (Cat $250 on cover) tied by Melbourne cds, 'PASSED' h/s in violet at the base, 'TEHERAN' arrival b/s. A very rare destination. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$750Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 167 1919 cover to Sweden with very scarce solo franking of Third Wmk 9d violet (corner fault, Cat $350 on cover) tied by 'HAYMARKET/NSW' cds, red/white 'NSW/Haymarket' registration label, superb 'STOCKHOLM 2/ANK.AFD' arrival b/s, central vertical fold. The rate was 2½d x2 + ½d war tax + 3d registration. [War tax was ½d per article, not ½d per rate. Overpayment often occurred on overweight articles] SymbolclGradeb View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 168 1920 OHMS cover with 'QUARANTINE SERVICE/Melbourne' imprint at lower-left, to Washington DC with KGV ½d green & 5d yellow-brown both perf 'OS' tied by Melbourne cds, minor blemishes. The rate was 2½d x2 + ½d war tax. SymbolclGradeb View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 169 1921 (Dec 7) cover to "Oregan" [sic] with scarce franking of Third Wmk 6d milky greyish blue BW #19F (Cat $500 on cover) tied by superb 'MOORA/WESTN AUST' cds, 'MOORA' h/s in red on provisional 'Index 866' registration label, apparently sent via Panama with New York transit b/s, then by rail with double-circle 'PORTLAND (LERTS STA) OREGON/REGISTERED' arrival b/s with skewed date, vertical fold & minor repair at left. From 1/10/1921, the rate was 4d + 3d registration so this cover was 1d underpai SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 170 1922 double-rate cover to Finland with very scarce solo franking of Third Wmk Die IIB 9d violet (Cat $350 on cover) tied by 'COLLINGWOOD/VIC' cds, red/white registration label, London transit backstamp in red & 'HELSINKI/ HELSINGFORS' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. The rate was 4d for the first 1oz + 2d for the second ounce + 3d registration = 9d. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 171 1923 quintuple-rate cover to New Zealand with scarce franking of KGV 1d violet & Third Wmk 1/- (Cat $300 on cover) tied by 'REGISTERED/TOWNSVILLE' cds, red/white registration label, 'TPO No 1 N RLY/UP.../ QUEENSLAND' & 'REGISTERED BRISBANE/...' transit b/s, split in transit as a result of being overpacked & repaired with two complete 'DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND/OFFICIALLY SEALED/...' labels. Full of character. The rate was 2d per 1oz x5 + 3d registration = 1/1d. SymbolcGrade(b) View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 172 1925 (Dec 1) unsealed social-size cover to "Baron & Baroness Shimadzu/Kagoshima/Japan" addressed also in Japanese with KGV 1½d only tied by 'THURSDAY ISLAND/ 1 /QUEENSLAND' cds. Almost certainly contained a greeting card. Neither we nor Richard Breckon have been able to discover any regulation regarding rates for greeting cards. The extrinsic evidence suggests they were accepted at the Printed Matter rate. At this date, the foreign lette rate was 4d, but the printed matter rate was 2d per 2oz. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot 173 1928 (May 28) illustrated advertising cover for Burrows Crawford to New York with typed endorsement "USA Air Mail" with scarce franking of KGV 1d & Third Wmk 1/- Die IIB (Grossly Misplaced Perforations) tied by Sydney 'SAY IT BY TELEPHONE' slogan, San Francisco transit & New York arrival b/s. The rate is unclear. As per the 1928 Post Office Guide, the rate was 3d foreign letter rate + 4d per ½oz x2 = 11d + 1d late fee (?) so overpaid either 1d or 2d. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 174 1929 cover to England with KGV 1½d red x2 tied by 'HONOLULU,HAWAII/PAQUET BOAT' (misspelt) cds, superb London cds on the face, readdressed three times with Glasgow machine on the face. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot 175 1931 (May 15) airmail cover to London with scarce franking of Small Multiple Wmk Roos 9d & 1/- (Cat $350 & $250 respectively on cover) & KGV 2d tied by superb 'REDFERN/NSW' cds, redirected within London with Australian Bank of Commerce label. The rate was 2d per oz Empire rate + 3d domestic airmail x2 + 6d Karachi-London airmail x2 = 1/8d. We expect the cover was intended to be registered, which would account for the extra 3d. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 176 1931 General Motors cover to Massachusetts with scarce solo franking of Small Multiple Wmk Perf 13½x12½ 4d olive tied by 'LATE FEE/SPENCER ST VIC' cds, 'SS MAKURA' & 'LATE FEE' h/s both in red, central vertical fold. The rate was 3d + 1d late fee. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 501 KGV Period duplicated mostly mint collection with Engraved 6d Kookaburra x3 (one **), Kookaburra M/S (**), 3d Air Mail Type B block of 4 (no gum) & Booklet Plate pair (**), Bridge 5/- ** & CTO (no gum), Macarthur 9d imprint block of 4 (**), lots of other imprint blocks & Plate Numbers, numerous listed varieties including Canberra Flag at Half-Mast & unlisted Three Flags both in blocks of 4, 1929 Swan Plate 2 (**) & Plate 6 (no gum) Re-Entries in blocks of 8, Victoria Centenary 3d Flag on Tower t Symbol*/**o View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$2,800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 502 King George VI Period mostly mint collection in large Hagner album Symbol*/**o View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 503 1953-65 mostly mint collection in three Hagner binders Symbol**/*oGradea View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 504 B.C.O.F. IN JAPAN: Selection with basic set to both 5/- plus Thin Trial Overprint in black on 1d & 3d, Blue-Black Overprint on 1d, Wrong Font '1' on ½d in block of 40, Wrong Font '6' on ½d in block of 4, 'IJAPAN' on ½d in pair used, Wrong Font '6' on 6d in block of 4 & a used single, and No Stop after 'F ' on 6d in block of 4, unmounted. A very scarce group. (70) Symbol**oGradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 505 WAR SAVINGS STAMPS: 6d "Spitfire" Perf 11 McCracken Imprint block of 4 (superb; two units with faintest trace of having been mounted) & a single in black/grey 'War Savings Stamps/Booklet' (a couple of very minor blemishes), and National Savings Stamp 5/- Tank & Mortar apparently unmounted but regummed. (3 items) Symbol*/**ΩbGradea-/a+ View details Estimate$250Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 506 ONE PENNY KGV: Selection of shades, marginal block of 4 & Plate 2 upper-left corner block of 6 with Re-Entry, single CTO JY17/14, Plate Numbers 1 3 & 4 blocks of 4 and Plate Number 2 block of 8, a few minor blemishes, some units are unmounted. (18 items) Symbol*/**Gradea/b View details Estimate$400Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 507 ONE PENNY KGV: 1d bright red Plate 3 vertical pair Imperforate Between BW #59ba (SG 17b), unmounted, Cat $6000+ (£2250++) mounted. Rare. The ACSC states that two sheets from Plate 1 were imperf between the third & fourth horizontal rows and that only "two pairs have been identified as deriving from Plate 3". Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 508 ONE PENNY KGV: 1d rose-red single from the right of the sheet Imperforate at Right BW #59be (SG 17 var), characteristic minor gum bends, Cat $1500. Symbol*Gradea- View details Estimate$600Price Realized$500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 509 ONE PENNY KGV: 1d carmine-red block of 4 from the right of the sheet with Double Perfs at Right BW #59bi (SG 17 var), minor gum blemishes; and a lower-right corner block of 4 in a brighter shade with a more dramatic example of the error, unused; Cat $700+. (2 blocks) Symbol*ΩGradeb/a- View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 510 ONE PENNY KGV: 1d bright red marginal vertical pair from the left of the sheet both with Doubling of the Design caused by a Kiss Print BW #59ca (SG 17 var), characteristic minor gum bends, Cat $2000+. Symbol*Gradea- View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot 511 SIX PENCE KOOKABURRA: 6d dull claret marginal pair from the base of the sheet grossly misperforated with an Official Repair at the Base and re-perforated resulting in a striking Double Perforations variety BW #60b (SG 19var), Cat $800+. Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 512 Blocks of 8 from the top of the sheets with complete Plate Numbers 'No 1', 'No 2' and 'No 4', minor perf separation/reinforcing in the margins only otherwise unmounted, Cat $925+ (mounted). Unusually fine. (3 blocks) GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea View details Estimate$750Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 513 Mostly annotated range of varieties mostly in blocks or strips including Plate 1 lower-right corner block of 12 (4x3), complete imprints & Plate Numbers 'No 1' to 'No 4' blocks of 4 plus 'No 2' & 'No 4' blocks of 8, also CTO singles x3 & two uncancelled singles on PPCs to the UK, etc, generally very fine with many units/multiples being unmounted. (220+) GSTex GSTSymbol*/**c View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 514 1d red Plate 3 vertical pair Imperforate Between BW #59ba (SG 17b), the faintest trace of having been mounted, Cat $6000 (£2250). [Hugh Morgan's very similar pair - identified as Plate 1 but, considering the realisation, probably from Plate 3 - sold in September 2012 for £3840] GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 515 1d pale red Plate 1 horizontal pair from the right of the sheet Imperforate at Right BW #59be, Cat $1500. [Superior centring to Hugh Morgan's pair that sold in September 2012 for £900] GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea View details Estimate$850Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 516 1d pale red Plate 1 corner block of 4 from the lower-right of the sheet Imperforate at Right BW #59be, Cat $3000+. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 517 1d red marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet with Double Perforations at Right BW #59bi, Cat $350+. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea View details Estimate$200Price Realized$180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 518 PLATE ONE: 1d pale red BW #59A complete sheet of 120 (10x12) rejoined between the 6th & 7th rows with complete Plate Number 'No 1' at the top and complete imprints on all sides, 27 units with listed varieties, some mostly minor perf separation & reinforcing & some minor perf crimping, many units are unmounted, Cat $3500++ (as mounted singles plus the imprint & Plate Number blocks of 8). GSTex GSTSymbol*/**Gradea/a- View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 519 PLATE ONE: 1d pale red BW #59A two blocks of 30 (5x6) comprising Rows 4-9 with 13 listed varieties & annotations of many others, complete imprint at both sides, generally well centred, unmounted, Cat $1500++ (as unmounted singles plus premiums for the varieties & imprints). Superb! (2 blocks) GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea+ View details Estimate$500Price Realized$480StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 520 PLATE TWO: 1d red BW #59C complete sheet of 120 (10x12) divided between the 6th & 7th rows with complete Plate Number 'No 2' at the top and complete imprints on all sides, 17 units with listed varieties plus the Roller Flaws on [9/19/29/39/49/59], some mostly minor perf separation & reinforcing & some minor perf crimping, many units are unmounted, Cat $2000++ (as mounted singles plus the imprint & Plate Number blocks of 8). GSTex GSTSymbol*/**Gradea/a- View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 521 PLATE THREE: 1d red BW #59C complete sheet of 120 (10x12) divided between the 6th & 7th rows with complete Plate Number 'No 3' at the top and complete imprints on all sides, 7 units with listed varieties, some perf separation & reinforcing & some minor perf crimping, many units are unmounted, Cat $1550++ (as mounted singles plus the imprint & Plate Number blocks of 8). GSTex GSTSymbol*/**Gradea/a- View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 522 PLATE FOUR: 1d red BW #59C complete sheet of 120 (10x12) divided between the 6th & 7th rows with complete Plate Number 'No 4' at the top and complete imprints on all sides, 14 units with listed varieties, many units are unmounted, Cat $2250++ (as mounted singles plus the imprint & Plate Number blocks of 8). GSTex GSTSymbol*/**Gradea View details Estimate$850Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 523 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet with Double Horizontal Perforations Between BW #132bc, Cat $600+. Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$200Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 524 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake block of 6 (2x3) with Aberrant Horizontal Perforations through the Second Row BW #132bc.va, the four lower units are unmounted. Symbol**/*Gradea View details Estimate$200Price Realized$180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|1234|Next Previous 1234 Next Previous 1234 Next