Stamps, Coins & Postal History (#63MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 301-400 of 750. Previous|12345678|Next Lot #345 Carton and two stockbooks with issues to 2013, sheetlets, M/Ss, gutter strips, International Post, later issues including FDCs are still in envelopes as sent by Australia Post standing order service, high face value, conservative estimate. Bring a calculator. (Qty) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Symbol**CGradeA Lot #346 1967 5c QEII with Major Pre-Printing Paper Fold (the left-hand portion removed) & Self-Adhesive 45c Bird Grossly Misperforated. View details Estimate$50Price Realized$80StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolo Lot #347 1966-72 Decimal study on album leaves with plate number blocks, coil strips and coil starters, Helecon ink and paper types including 4c red Non Helecon Ink or Paper used and 5c blue Non Helecon block of four mint, both with BSAP Certificates, 1967 Experimental Helecon Paper set of 6 x 60c booklets, Navigators, 1971 Christmas sheets of 100 (2), Wesley & Royal FDCs, Forces Concession covers from Vietnam, aerogrammes and 1974 Paintings to $10 ($110 face value towards posting the lot!). (100s) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$1,300StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol**OGradeA/B Lot #348 1966-75 Publicity Cards as released by the PMG's Department including for Weather Watch pairs & Intelsat block of 4, 1968 & 1970 Famous Australians booklet stamps, 1969 Primary Industries set, Captain Cook with 5c strip & another with 30c, Australia-Asia set, 1971 Animals & Aboriginal Art sets, 1971 Christmas block of 4 (!) etc, twenty are very fresh & fine, the others have varying degrees of even suntanning from being displayed in post office windows. Such large selections are rarely available. View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,800StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc Lot #349 1966-71 QEII 7c bright purple lower-left block of 15 (3x5) with a pre-printing paper crease resulting in a huge Void Area affecting Eight Units to varying degrees with Two Units Completely Blank & another 99% Blank, unmounted. An astonishing and highly visual error. View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,800StatusSold Symbol**Gradea Lot #350 1971 Aboriginal Art 25c Body Painting horizontal pair from the right of the sheet, the second unit with the Black Printing Partly Omitted, unmounted. This is a newly discovered variant of the "Missing Black" error BW #565c-cb. In this instance, part of the background behind 'AUSTRALIA' is omitted, resulting in a significant void at the base. In addition, the facial features of the right-hand native are omitted. Finally, there are numerous white specks on the left-hand native. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold Symbol**Gradea b1 Lot #351 1972 35c Olympic Equestrian complete sheet of 100 with unfolded gutter, all listed varieties, autotrons and sheet numbers, unmounted. View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol**GradeA Lot #352 1977 Performing Arts 20c Violinists horizontal strip of 10 from the right-hand pane with selvedge at left & right. Unit 1 is normal; Unit 2 has Dark Grey Printing (violin strings & the rear chair) Partly Omitted; Units 3 to 10 have Dark Grey Printing (violin strings and both chairs) Completely Omitted, unmounted. Unrecorded in ACSC. [In 2006, a complete pane of 50 comprising 5 such strips was discovered in a safety deposit box where it had lain undisturbed for many years. This is only the third View details Estimate$8,000Price Realized$6,000StatusSold Symbol**Gradea a1 Lot #353 1982 Whales 60c with Solid Blue Background BW #930E(1), unmounted, Cat $350. With a normal stamp for comparison. Includes a photocopy of a 1985 Australia Post letter stating "... Cambec Press have advised that the stamps originated from an unapproved proof sheet, one or more of which was inadvertently included with stamp stocks supplied to Australia Post." ( ) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSold Symbol**GradeA B1 Lot #354 Balance of the collection including Blank Tablet 'SPECIMEN' set, Filled Tablet set to 5/- plus perf/watermark variants to 1/- including ½d Perf 11 & 10d Perf 12x11 plus 20/- with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, 1906-08 Small Crown/A set (the 3d is toned but the 6d is very fine), Victorian Design Thick Paper set (the 10/- is very fine, the £1 has small gum-thins), etc, some minor duplication, condition variable but many are very fine to superb and many are unmounted. (160+) View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,200StatusSold Symbol*/** Lot #355 1902 Blank Tablet ('NSW' Removed) ½d to 5/- BW between D1-11 plus an extra 4d & 6d (unmounted), very fresh & most are very lightly mounted. Advertised retail $950+. (10) View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Symbol*/**Gradea Lot #356 1902-04 Filled Tablet 2/- emerald Perf 12 BW #D40 (SG D20), unmounted, Cat $350 (£120+ mounted). Superb! Advertised retail $375. View details Estimate$240Price Realized$180StatusSold Symbol**Gradea+ b1 Lot #357 1902-04 Filled Tablet 10/- light green Perf 11 BW #D44 (SG D43) with marginal Watermark Letter 'E', very well centred, lightly mounted, Cat $3750+ (£2000). [The 10/- & 20/- were issued in very small numbers and only in New South Wales] View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradea b1 Lot #358 1902-04 Filled Tablet 20/- light green Perf 11 BW #D45 (SG D44) marginal example from the right of the sheet, very fresh & unmounted, Cat $11,500 (£4250, mounted). Pristine! [This is likely to be the finest example of this rare stamp in existence. Our vendor believes it is the only unmounted example in private hands. We have no records of other examples] View details Estimate$7,500StatusUnsold Symbol**Gradea+ b1 Lot #359 1902-04 Filled Tablet ½d to 20/- complete with sans serif 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, very fresh & very lightly mounted (several may be unmounted), Cat $2100 (£1100). An exceptional set. Advertised retail "POR". [Far superior to the "Shades of Green" set - a few blemishes & hinge remainders - that sold at the Prestige auction of 2/8/2013 for $1437] (14) View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradea/a+ Lot #360 1902-04 Filled Tablet 5d 1/- & 2/- each with seriffed 'SPECIMEN' Overprint Reading Upwards (5d & 2/-) or Downwards (1/-) BW #34x 42x & 45x, very fresh & lightly to very lightly mounted, Cat $375. The only three values overprinted in Hobart. (3) View details Estimate$240Price Realized$200StatusSold Symbol*Gradea/a+ Lot #361 1907 Crown/Double-Lined A (Victorian Paper) ½d (hinge remainder) to 6d (a little aged) BW #D56-60 (SG D53-57), Cat $1440 (£900). Advertised retail $1500. View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold Symbol*Gradea/b Lot #362 1908 High Denominations with Stroke 1/- to 20/- BW #D61-65 (SG D58-62), a few nibbled perfs & the 2/- a little aged, Cat $19,000+ (£9000). Rarely available as a "set". Raybaudi Certificate for the five stamps (1994) states "...in ottimo stato di conservazione" (= "in the ultimate state of preservation", which is a bit of a stretch!). (5) View details Estimate$8,500StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradea/b Lot #363 1909-10 Victorian Design Crown/Double-Lined A ½d to £1 BW #D76-92 (SG D63-73), minor gum-disturbance &/or hinge remainders, Cat $1600+ (£950). (11) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Symbol*Gradea-/b Lot #364 1913-23 Crown/Double-Lined A Thin Paper 10/- scarlet & pale yellow-green BW #D103 (SG D86), unmounted, Cat $2500 (£1400 mounted). Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2002) states "Only 343 believed issued". View details Estimate$1,750Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Symbol**Gradea b1 Lot #365 1913-23 Crown/Double-Lined A Thin Paper £1 scarlet & pale yellow-green BW #D104 (SG D87), unmounted, Cat $2000 (£950 mounted). Superb! Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2002) states "Only 708 believed issued". View details Estimate$1,250Price Realized$950StatusSold Symbol**Gradea+ b1 Lot #366 1931-36 CofA Wmk Perf 11 3d, 6d marginal example from the top of the sheet (exceptional centring) & 1/- lower-right corner example BW D118 120 & 121 (SG D108 110 & 111), unmounted, Cat $1450 (£500 mounted). Advertised retail "POR". (3) View details Estimate$750Price Realized$700StatusSold Symbol**Gradea Lot #367 1938 CofA Wmk Perf 14¼x13¾ 4d with Misplaced Vignette BW #D126c, unmounted, Cat $275. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Symbol**Gradea c1 Lot #368 1946-56 Redrawn Value Plates 2d with Misplaced Vignette BW #D131c, unmounted, Cat $175. View details Estimate$125Price Realized$95StatusSold Symbol**Gradea b1 Lot #369 1946-56 Redrawn Plates 2d with Misplaced Vignette BW #D131c block of 4, one unit very lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $650+. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$380StatusSold Symbol**/*Gradea a1 Lot #370 Surface mail covers with KGV Heads SMult Wmk Perf 13½x12½ ½d orange x9 including 1½d postcard rate on two advertising postcards, 1½d Empire rate to Canada, 1½d foreign postcard rate to USA, 1936 2d Empire rate to Barbados (with cds & machine arrival b/s) & block of 10 for the 5d internal airmail rate (philatelic), etc; and CofA Wmk 1d green x7 including 1d printed matter rate wrapper, 2d sample rate on samples envelope, 1d per 10oz internal newspaper rate with attractive "Table Talk" banner, per View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Symbolc/cl Lot #371 1930s bundle of printed matter & letter rate covers mostly with commercial imprints of NSW firms with good Newcastle & District content, a few illustrated types, some postmark interest, minor duplication, generally fine to very fine. (100+) View details Estimate$150Price Realized$200StatusSold Symbolc Lot #372 Cherry box of KGV Period covers mostly with Heads frankings, generally a bit pedestrian but with numerous better items notably advertising covers including two beautiful Alpha Fishing Tackle types, early slogan cancels & a few meters, datestamps including 'COWWAR/VIC' (error for 'COWWARR'), Postal Stationery including 1930 1½d Postal Card unusually uprated for internal airmail & 'TWO/PENCE' on Oval 1½d Envelope unused, many used to the United States, condition variable but generally fine to very View details Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold Symbolcps Lot #373 Handy bundle of mostly commercial airmail covers including 1935 with Macarthur Dark Hills 2d pair, 1933 to Peru from the Peruvian Consul-General, 1935 to London with KGV 1/4d, 1935 to Malacca with 9d Roo & 1959 to North Borneo, etc, generally fine to very fine. (14) View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Symbolcl Lot #374 1904-07 three Tatts covers to Hobart with Postage Dues Blank Tablet 2d x2 or 4d & 1906 PPC from GB with 'ALDERNEY' (Channel Islands) cds & Filled Tablet 1d tied by 'EDITHBURGH/SA' squared-circle. (4) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$250StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea/b Lot #375 1913 commercial cover with Norddeutscher Lloyd imprint & endorsed "Abs Felix Fabian/Rabaul, Deutsch Neuguinea" both on the flap, to Germany apparently carried per favor to Fremantle where WA 2d & ½d Roo added and tied by Fremantle machine cancel, filing holes at left. Unusual. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #376 1913-14 combination frankings comprising 1) PPC to Germany with NSW ½d & 1d Roo; 2) cover to Germany with Victorian ½d & 1d Roo pair; and 3) philatelic cover with Tasmanian ½d & ½d Roo (3) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold SymbolcGradea/a- Lot #377 1914 usage of large-part black/red parcels label with rare franking of First Wmk Large 'OS' 9d strip of 4 & Small 'OS' 4d orange pair tied by 'PARCEL POST/BRANCH/16SEP14/BRISBANE' cds, small black/white 'BRISBANE' parcel post label, a couple of minor perf faults, stamps Cat $1000+. The rate of 3/8d paid for an interstate parcel weighing between 6 & 7Lb (pounds). [The ACSC prices the 4d on cover at $1000; the 9d on cover is unpriced] View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #378 1914 commercial cover to Townsville with a very well centred Kangaroo 4d orange tied by very fine 'GOOMBUNGEE/QUEENSLAND' cds, scarce red & black/white registration label, toning mostly on the reverse. View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradec Lot #379 1915 (Mar 30) PPC to the Red Cross in Switzerland with ½d Roo & KGV 1d red x2 tied by scarce Warwick (Qld) machine cancel, 'PASSED CENSOR/30MR15/BRISBANE' cds in red, two strikes of a very small & very rare 'UNDELIVERABLE.' h/s (26x2mm) in rosine & another strike of the Censor cds of 15AP15 also in rosine. Unusual. View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea Lot #380 1917-25 commercial covers 1) 1917 to Switzerland with 2d Roo & ½d KGV; 2) 1918 to New York with 2½d Roo plus KGV ½d x3 & 1d tied by 'LATE/FEE - STOCK EXCHANGE/VIC' duplex; 3) 1917 to Switzerland with KGV 1d red single & block of 4, 'PINARO0/SA' squared-circles; 4) 1924 to Germany with 6d brown Roo, Horsham (Vic) cds & red/white registration label; & 5) 1925 to New Zealand with 6d brown Roo & KGV 1d green, Tanunda (SA) cds & red/white registration label. (5) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea/b Lot #381 1922 double-rate cover with printed "No Dutiable Matter whatever is contained in this letter", to Pennsylvania "per SS Makura" with scarce franking of Third Wmk Roos 6d milky greyish blue (Cat $500 on cover) tied by very fine 'SPECIAL/=SYDNEY=' cds. The rate was 4d for the first ounce + 2d for each successive ounce. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold SymbolclGradeb Lot #382 1924 cover to Illinois with KGV 1½d green & Melbourne cds, boxed 'MUTILATED BY/STAMP CANCELLING/MACHINE' h/s & damage at right repaired with pieces of selvedge from a 1d violet sheet. The rate was 3d for the first ounce + 1½d for each successive ounce. View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGrade(b) Lot #383 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge Souvenir Telegram with message "Greetings on Opening of Bridge" & SE Pylon cds of 19MR32, plus the matching envelope (flap removed) similarly cancelled. (2 items) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolcGradea/b Lot #384 1932 usage of 'SOUVENIR TELEGRAM' for Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge with SE Pylon cds of 19MR32, plus the matching envelope with a largely very fine strike of the scarce 'SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE/ -1- ' reserve cds. (2 items) View details Estimate$600Price Realized$480StatusSold SymbolcGradea Lot #385 1933 (May 26) long Vacuum Oil cover (266x114mm) to Burma with 6d brown Kangaroo 'VOCo' perfin & KGV 1d green tied by 'LATE FEE/SPENCER ST VIC' cds, TAA airmail label, 'RANGOON/16JUN33' arrival b/s, vertical fold at left. The rate was 2d per ounce Empire rate + 3d per ½oz domestic airmail supplement + 1d late fee. The postage paid does not conform to this rate structure & the 21 days transit time probably indicates carriage by sea at 2d per ounce x3 + 1d late fee = 7d. View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold SymbolclGradeb Lot #386 1933 commercial cover with Hudson Motor Car Co imprint & typed endorsement "By SS Maunganui", to the company's Detroit HQ with KGV 1d green x4 paying 3d rate + 1d late fee tied by the scarcer 30mm 'POSTED SHIP SIDE/SYDNEY' cds. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold SymbolcGradea- Lot #387 1936 philatelic cover from New York USA to Victoria "Via Zeppelin Von Hindenburg" with Times Square cancels & large Lakehurst Zeppelin cachet in purple at left, Melbourne arrival b/s of 30MY36. Very scarce. [Rodney Perry's commercial cover from the same flight sold at auction for $5290. It was noted there that the covers were carried from London per Imperial Airways " Aurora" which developed engine trouble at Penang. A similar cover sold at our auction on 6/3/2015 for $1521] View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea Lot #388 1938 Tait Brothers airmail cover to Germany with rare franking of CofA Wmk 10/- grey & pink (Cat $1750 on cover) & QM 1d green for the late fee tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/MELBOURNE' cds, Athens transit b/s & Greek Currency Control cachet on the face, minor blemishes. The rate was 1/6d per half-ounce so this item is either overpaid (1/-) or, less likely, underpaid 6d. [NB: there was no airmail cds at the Melbourne GPO until 1939] View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold SymbolclGradeb Lot #389 2014 Shitbox Rally cover with a photograph & autographs of the intrepid Watson Brothers & their valiant Mini Van from Team BMC ("Break, Mend, Continue"), #17/100 carried from Perth to Darwin via the Kimberley and the infamous Gibb River Road. Original cost $50 with every penny going to the Cancer Council. This cover was bought by English dealer Martin Taylor, who donated it back so, again, the money raised will aid the Cancer Council. View details Estimate$50Price Realized$40StatusSold SymbolcGradea Lot #390 1934 (Jan 13) NSW-New Zealand AAMC #350 Kingsford Smith Air Services cover with KGV 2d tied by 'MASCOT/NSW' cds & NZ 1d tied by 'NEW PLYMOUTH' cds for the return flight, signed by the pilot "CKingsford Smith", Cat $650. View details Estimate$240StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea Lot #391 1934 (Oct 21) Brisbane-Fiji-Honolulu-San Francisco AAMC #455 flown by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith & PG Taylor in a Lockheed Altair 8D "Lady Southern Cross", Fiji transit cds on KGV 3d and Hawaii cds on USA 3c, Los Angeles arrival b/s of NOV5/1934, signed by Kingsford Smith, Cat $3250. This was the first eastward crossing of the Pacific by air, View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolC Lot #392 1937 (Sep 22) Sydney-Thursday Island cover AAMC #766a flown and signed by Davis & Duryea on the first leg of their flight to Papua and New Guinea in a Sikorsky amphibian owned by Papuan Oil Development Co. [12 flown to the island]. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$260StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolC Lot #393 BOER WAR: 1902 OAS cover endorsed "CW St John Clarke Lt/4th Battn ACH" to Victoria with 'NEWCASTLE/NATAL' cds & '1D' tax h/s, unusually routed via Sydney (b/s) where 'MORE TO PAY/1D' h/s added, at Melbourne (b/s) 'T1D'-in-oval h/s added, Victoria Postage Due 1d tied by 'HAWTHORN' arrival cds. Very scarce: the Australian Commonwealth Horse arrived in South Africa only in April 1902 & hostilities ceased on 31/5/1902. View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Lot #394 WORLD WAR I: 1917 PPC of SS "Mooltan" to Melbourne with KGV 1d red tied by Fremantle machine cancel of 19JUN17, message headed "No 1 Unit Mediterranean Forces AANS/Salonika AIF" & written at sea by a nurse en route to Greece. The only such item we have seen. Ex Tony Finlayson: acquired at the Prestige auction of 14/11/2014 for $506. [The British had requested Australia to send nurses to Salonica. The "Mooltan" departed Melbourne in June with 462 nurses aboard. The writer states "...some great ti View details Estimate$450StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Lot #395 WORLD WAR II: Two albums of covers from the one correspondence to Tasmania with some better postmarks including 'MIL PO MONA VALE', 'RAAF 4103', 'RAAF 4017', RAAF POs at Parkes, Somers, Shepparton etc, a few from Cressy RAAF (Vic) but with civilian cds, '___ML___/NSW' & '___UL___/NSW' relief cds, some interest in the censor & other cachets, later period from the UK including many Aerogrammes (several with oval '466 SQUADRON RAAF/ORDERLY ROOM' d/s on reverse, some with the letters enclosed, condi View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Symbolcps Lot #396 WORLD WAR II: 1944-45 four covers to an Australian officer at Zentsuji POW Camp in Japan, each at the 5d concessional airmail rate, all censored in Melbourne & with Japanese censor "chops", some staining & one with a stamp removed, one with the brief original letter enclosed; also a post-liberation medical tag for Lieut Woods noting he was suffering from malnutrition. (5 items) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolcGradec Lot #397 WORLD WAR II: 1944 blue/white printed POW postcard from the same correspondence at the 4d concessional airmail rate, also censored at Melbourne & with large Japanese "chop", remarkably fine. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$700StatusSold SymbolcGradea Lot #398 Selection with Roo 1d Letter Card ("ON THE MURRAY") CTO, long 4½d Registration Envelope unused & used to Germany (crease), used Wrappers ½d Roo, KGV ½d+½d and 1d red etc, also Papua 1d Postal Card unused (stained at left) etc, a bit scrappy but useful. (21 items) View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Symbolps Lot #399 POSTAL CARDS - OFFICIAL: 1911 Fullface 1d with 'OS/NSW' perfin #P23ea for Sydney Harbour Trust, local usage in 1913, minor aging, Cat $1000. Rare. A new discovery; only the third example - all used - recorded. [The ACSC states "The 'OS/NSW' puncture is believed to derive from a small quantity of these cards being included with 1d Kangaroo cards sent for puncturing. Only two used examples [and none unused] are recorded". It should also be noted that because BW #P1 was not released in NSW, this is View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold SymbolpsGradeb Lot #400 POSTAL CARDS - OFFICIAL: 1913 Kangaroo 1d red with Heading Plate 1 & 'OS/NSW' Perfin BW #P24(1)eb, printed notice for Sydney Harbour Trust, used at Sydney in 1913, Cat $400. [The Sydney machine cancel is most unusual; the datehead is a "bridge" type that does not include the year, which is between the continuous bars] View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold SymbolpsGradea- Lot #401 ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1913 Kangaroo ½d green on blue stock #ES1 for The Shire of Colac, unused, Cat $400. View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold SymbolpsGradea Lot #402 AEROGRAMMES: Partly mounted & annotated collection mostly unused but including 7d Airletter to Egypt x2, a range of First Day Issues & some with pictorial datestamps, two OHMS types with 'SPECIMEN' h/s in violet, etc. View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps Lot #403 LETTER SHEETS - STO: 1918 (Sep) 1d red Die 1 with '1' under the flap BW #LSS5 uprated for the war tax with Adelaide 'PAID ½D' slogan cancel of 2NOV18, remarkably with the address label intact, central vertical wrinkling, Cat $2000. [The roneo'd letter dated 'September 1918' urges the addressee to read a pamphlet being sent separately & states "[it] will prove to you...that our quarrel is just and righteous...We were driven to take up arms by [Germany's] malignant aggression...our very life depen View details Estimate$750Price Realized$750StatusSold SymbolpsGradeb Lot #407 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (No Clouds) Hard Bluish Paper 1d pale red SG 6 horizontal pair [19-20], margins just touching - at upper-right - to large, BN '46' of Gundagai, Cat £950+. View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold SymboloGradea/a- Lot #408 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate II (Horizontally Lined Background) Early Impressions 2d indigo with No Whip SG 21e [8], good even margins, bars cancel of Sydney clear of the variety, Cat £450. Ex Guy Hutson. View details Estimate$350Price Realized$340StatusSold SymbolfGradea Lot #409 1851-63 Laureates Thick Yellowish Paper 1d carmine with No Leaves to Right of 'SOUTH' SG 44a, margins just clear to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, fine strike of BN '64' (with Reversed '4') of Maitland well clear of the variety, Cat £500. A premium-grade example of the variety. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea Lot #410 1888-89 Centennial Large 'NSW' Wmk on Revenue Paper 1d mauve SG 259a vertical strip of 3 from the left of the sheet Imperf at Left and with Marginal Watermark 'SOU' Only, Sydney duplex of OC5/89. View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold SymbolgGradea/a- Lot #411 POSTAGE DUES: 1891-97 Perf 10 20/- green BW #ND37 (SG D10) wing-margin example from the right of the left-hand pane, very fine 'SYDNEY/MR24/NOON/93' cds. The only postally used example we have recorded. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2015) states "Great rarity with cds cancel - only example known to me". [CTO stamps with concentric ovals cancels from presentation or collectors' sets are common, Cat $100 (£100) only. The ACSC "Postage Dues" (2014 Edn) lists the NSW and Victoria issues for the first View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$3,800StatusSold SymbolfGradea Lot #412 OFFICIAL OVERPRINTS: 1882-85 Wmk '40' Perf 10 3d yellow-green with Double Overprint One Albino SG O22aa, characteristic rough perfs, large-part o.g., undercatalogued at £150. RPSofV Certificate (2009) as SG O22var. Gibbons listed this variety only from the 2010 edition. View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea a2 Lot #413 -1888-90 Centennial 2d Emu with Double Overprint One Albino SG O40aa block of 4, virtually full o.g. with the lower units being unmounted. Unpriced by Stanley Gibbons. [The albino overprint is displaced 3mm to the left] View details Estimate$600Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Symbol*/**Gradea Lot #414 1850 outer to London with a very fine example of Sydney Views 3d yellow-green/yellowish paper SG 39 [14; excellent colour & large even margins] tied by bars cancel, light Sydney cds of OC*14/1850 in red alongside, poor London arrival b/s, horizontal filing fold at the base & faults on the reverse, pencil-signed by "W Balasse" & "AD" (Alberto Diena). The stamp is graded "A" & is quite exceptional for a 3d on cover. View details Estimate$2,500StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #415 1866 cover endorsed "Per SS Hero via/Torres Straits Batavia/& Marseilles", to Nottinghamshire with Perf 13 8d red-orange SG 167a (and a 2d stamp lost) tied by Sydney duplex of '66/JY31', fair 'WORKSOP/OC30/66' arrival b/s, repaired flap faults. A great rarity of maritime mail. Hero was diverted from a Sydney-New Zealand service to succeed "Souchays" on the experimental Torres Strait service between Brisbane & Batavia, thence to Europe. Her first departure from Moreton Bay was scheduled for 4/8 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$900StatusSold SymbolcGrade(b) Lot #416 POSTAL CARDS: 1897 Scenic Issue printer's proof on very thin card with printed banner in red but no stamp & "KATOOMBA FALLS, NS WALES" in black on the reverse, a couple of very minor blemishes. Rare. Ex Dr Ed Druce and John Bell (NSW). A group of 29 of these delightful essays came to light only in 1984, comprising six different designs in a range of colours, some with 'Stamp'-within-a-box printed on the address side. They were almost certainly prepared by William Gullick, the NSW Government Pri View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold SymbolPGradea- Lot #417 POSTMARKS: Shoebox of mostly PPCs with cds 'ADELONG' to 'YOUNG' many with numerals, stated to have very little duplication, noted scarce postmarks & numeral ties and many closed offices, condition very variable & quality of the strikes rather mixed but an excellent basis for expansion. Ex John Forrest. (340+) View details Estimate$450Price Realized$650StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc Lot #418 POSTMARKS: Seven pages of Newtown markings with Rays '182' Type 1 (rated R) x3, Type 2 range including on a Tatts cover with superb triple-oval 'REGISTERED/NEWTOWN NSW' d/s & 'REG No' h/s both in rosine, various duplexes including on 5d on 1891 registered cover to Victoria, etc. Ex John Forrest. (67 + 10 covers) View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold SymbolsΔc Lot #419 1860 Large Star Imperf 1d carmine-rose SG 1, large even margins with full outer framelines, rich colour, indistinct Barred Numeral cancel, Cat £800. An unusually large & attractive example of "Number One". View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolgGradea Lot #420 1868-78 Crown/Q Perf 12 4d yellow First Transfer SG 102, unusually well centred, a couple of minor blemishes, unused, Cat £1400. A very scarce stamp in unused condition. View details Estimate$850StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradea- Lot #421 1880 High Value Lithographs 2/- blue SG 119 horizontal pair, the second unit with a minor thin, large-part o.g., Cat £280+. View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea/b Lot #422 1882-95 Large Chalons Thick Revenue Paper 5/- bright rose SG 159 block of 4, some characteristic irregular perfs, part- to large-part o.g., Cat £192++. A very scarce multiple. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Symbol*Gradea b2 Lot #423 1882 Second Sidefaces with Lined Background Perf 12 2d blue horizontal pair Imperforate Between SG 168a, indistinct Barred Numeral cancellation, undercatalogued at £3000. RPSofL Certificate (2007). Ken Scudder at page 122 states "On at least one occasion, a vertical line of perforations was omitted, as pairs imperforate between are known". Both stamps are also imperforate at the top but this may be the result of trimmed perforations, although the upper margin is 1mm from the design. View details Estimate$4,000StatusUnsold SymbolgGradea Lot #424 POSTAL FISCALS: 1871-72 Smaller Chalons Wmk Crown/Q Perf 13 6d 1/- 2/- 2/6d 5/- & 10/-, unused, Gibbons Cat £1750. [Under ultra-violet light, we could see no trace of cancellations having been removed. However, without being expertised, a conservative estimate is warranted] (6) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold SymbolΩGradea/a- Lot #425 STAMP DUTY: 1901 KEVII 1d violet to 10/- brown (ex 2/6d), condition variable, unused or large-part o.g., Elsmore Online at $170. (9) View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold Symbol*Ω Lot #426 1874 neat cover to Yorkshire "via Sydney/& San Francisco" with 3d greenish grey & 6d yellow-green tied by 'BRISBANE/ 2 /JA14/74/QUEENSLAND' cds, 'WHITBY/MR10/74' arrival b/s, piece of the flap missing. Carried per "City of Melbourne", departed Sydney 17/1/1872, arrived San Francisco 17/2/1874; "Russia" departed New York 25/2/1874, arrived Queenstown 8/3/1874. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$240StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Lot #427 1900 local cover with Boer War Charity 1d SG 264a tied by 'WARWICK/JY1801/+QUEENSLAND+' cds, the reverse stained. View details Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Lot #428 POSTAL CARDS - OFFICIAL: 1911 Four LIne Heading on Undivided Face as HG 17 with 'OS' perfin, for Department of Public Lands, to Gayndah in 1913 with Brisbane machine cancel. Very rare: unlisted in Higgins & Gage and only the second example we have recorded. View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$900StatusSold SymbolpsGradea Lot #429 Classic selection comprising London Printings 1d with almost full margins, 2d a very large single & a strip of 4 with almost full margins and 6d single & pair all with full margins; Adelaide Printings 2d x2, 6d (small corner nick) & 1/- orange (apparently the imperf issue); Second Roulettes 1/- yellow; and 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d yellow four of six different positions of the overprint; a few small problems but generally very fine. (18) View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Symbolg/fGradea/b Lot #430 1856-58 Adelaide Printings 1d deep yellow-green SG 5, margins close to good, 'PAID/ADELAIDE GPO' cds in blue, Cat £550. Ex Michael Haden. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold SymbolfGradea Lot #431 1856-58 Adelaide Printings 1d yellow-green SG 6, margins close to good, unused, Cat £8500. A beautiful example of this rare stamp: only a handful of unused examples across both shades have been recorded. [Michael Blake's slightly larger example sold at the Prestige auction of 7/2/2014 for $9200] View details Estimate$6,000StatusUnsold SymbolΩGradea Lot #432 1856-58 Adelaide Printings 1d yellow-green SG 6, margins just shaved - at lower-right - to huge with a fragment of the adjoining unit below, neat void cancel of the GPO, Cat £650. An unusually fine example of this scarce stamp. View details Estimate$450StatusUnsold SymbolfGradea Lot #433 1860-69 Second Roulettes 4d dull violet SG 27, remarkably well centred with the rouletting clear of the design on all sides, large-part o.g., Cat £140. A premium example. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Symbol*Gradea Lot #434 1860-69 Second Roulettes 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d orange-red SG 35, unused, Cat £425. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold SymbolΩGradea Lot #435 1870-71 Perf 10 '3-PENCE' in Red on 4d dull ultramarine SG 91, one short perf at the top, large-part (brown) o.g., Cat £1200. A rare stamp. [Dr Donald Pearce stated in "Shilling Violet" (Dec 1991) that "discolouration of the paper...is the norm". Michael Blake's unused example - no gum & a little aged - sold for $1380] View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradeb Lot #436 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 10 'SPECIMEN' Overprints comprising 12mm Overprint on 2/6d 5/- 10/- £10 £15 & £20; 17mm Overprint on 10/- £1 £3 £4 (defective) & £5; and the rare 18mm Overprint on 2/6d 5/- & £1; also Perf 11½-12½ £20 reprint; a few problems but generally good to fine & mostly with large-part o.g. (15) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Symbol*Ω Lot #437 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 10 50/- dull pink (no gum), £4 lemon-yellow (no gum) & £5 grey (large-part o.g.) each with 12½x2mm 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, Cat £1200 for a set of 14. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold SymbolΩ*Gradea/a- Lot #438 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ 2/6d to £20 SG 195a-208a reprints (ex £5 brown & £15) all with 12½x2mm 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, some characteristic perf & gum problems, large-part o.g. Ex Ed Williams. (12) View details Estimate$350Price Realized$320StatusSold Symbol*Gradea/b Lot #439 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £20 claret SG 208a reprint with the Watermark Inverted, 12½x2mm 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, a bit aged, large-part o.g. Ex Ed Williams: sold for $308 at the Prestige auction of 26/1/2002. [Ed Williams stated that only one sheet of 60 was printed with the watermark inverted] View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradeb b2 Lot #440 1904-12 Thick 'POSTAGE' Crown/SA 6d to £1 SG 284-292 & Crown/A 3d to 5/- SG 298-305, condition variable but the £1 is very fine, Cat £980 (minimum). (17) View details Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold Symbol* Lot #441 NORTHERN TERRITORY: 1920 commercial usage of KGV 4d orange Registration Envelope with red Star on Flap, to Holland with large-part '[P]ARAP/8AP20/[NORT]HERN TERRITORY' cds (ERD) - a very fine strike on the reverse - and superb 'PARAP N.T.' h/s in violet in lieu of a registration label, removal of 2d stamp hardly detracts. Rated RRRR. Parap (1) renamed from Paraparap 1/12/1918; closed 8/10/1921. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$340StatusSold SymbolpsGradeb Lot #442 Blackfellows Creek: 'BLACKFE[LLOWS] CREEK/SE13/94/S.A' largely fine strike on 2d orange. Rated RRRR. PO 12/4/1894; closed 31/5/1895. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$550StatusSold SymbolsGradea a2- Lot #443 Bookpurnong: 'BOOKPURNONG/OC15/04//S.A' superb b/s on a much-travelled large-part OHMS cover. Rated RRR. PO 2/4/1904; closed 15/1/1917. View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb a1+ Lot #444 Bright: 'BRIGHT/DE17/09/S-A' two fine to very fine strikes on 1d Postal Card. Rated RRR. PO 1/9/1891; RO 19/5/1917; closed 31/10/1917. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$240StatusSold SymbolpsGradea- a1 Lot #445 Canowie: 'CANOWIE/OC22/07/S-A' two largely very fine strikes on 2d violet pair on Tatts cover. Rated RRR. PO 1/9/1867; RO 1/2/1918; closed 12/2/1924. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$120StatusSold SymbolcGradea- a1- Lot #446 Frome Downs: 'FROME DOWNS/01 2/12/S-A' three good to very fine strikes on 1d red x5 on Shierlaw front, curved 'REGISTERED/No...' h/s. Rated RRRR. PO 31/12/1905; RO -/10/1910; closed 31/8/1918. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$440StatusSold SymbolcGradeb a1- Lot #447 Holder (1): '[H]OLDER/NO21/9-/[S-]A' (no year slug) superb strike on DLR 1d. Rated RRRR. PO 1/8/1894; closed 30/7/1903. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$120StatusSold SymbolsGradea a2+ Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678|Next Previous 12345678 Next Previous 12345678 Next
