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 401-500 of 750. Previous|12345678|Next Lot #448 Innamincka: 'INNAMINCKA/DE4/08/S-A' largely very fine strike on 1d red on PPC. Rated RRRR. PO 1881; RO 1910; closed 31/12/1923. SymbolcGradea a1- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #449 Longwood: 'LONGWOOD/SE--/--/S-A' (day slug only) very fine strike on 1d on birthday PPC, minor blemishes. Rated RRRR. PO 2/4/1898; RO 1910; PO 1/7/1927. SymbolcGradeb a1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot #450 Loxton's Hut: 'LOXTON'S HUT/AU23/04/S-A' (indistinct date) very fine strike on 1d Postal Card to Renmark. Rated RRR. PO 17/11/1895; renamed Loxton 1/4/1908. [The message headed "Pyap Aug 22 1904" states "The boaring [sic] is 140 feet deep and not a supply of water yet"] SymbolpsGradeb a1 View details Estimate$150Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #451 Mount Schanck (2): 'MOUNT SCHANCK/FE("12")/13/S-A' (during the RO period) largely superb strike on piece from Land Tax form signed by the postmaster "M Doman". Rated RRRR. RO 6/2/1911; PO 1/7/1927; closed 28/9/1984. [This office may have avoided being renamed during World War I because "shank" didn't sound German! Afrer all, that's how Rodney Overton spelled it] SymbolΔGradea- a1 View details Estimate$100Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #452 Quondong: '[QU]ONDONG/DE7/85/S-A' superb strike on 2d orange. Rated RRRR. PO 1/9/1884; renamed Pine Valley 12/11/1900. SymbolsGradea a2+ View details Estimate$200Price Realized$360StatusSold Lot #453 1935 Howard Johnson covers from 'CARPA' (B2), 'CHANDADA' (A1, provisional registration label), 'COOLCHA' (A2) & light 'CUNLIFFE' (B1, red/white label). All rated RRR. [John Bell's similar but non-registered covers sold at the Prestige auction of 14/11/2014 for $546] (4) SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #454 Carrow: 'CARROW/21SE14/STH AUSTRALIA' largely very fine strike on 1d Roo on Shierlaw front. Rated RRR. PO -/12/1911; renamed Port Neil 1/12/1933. SymbolcGradea a1- View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot #455 Mount Lyndhurst (2): 'MT LYND[HURST]/22JE--/S.A.' very fine strike on KGV 1d red on Shierlaw front. Rated RRRR. RO -/4/1915; PO 16/9/1915; RO 1/12/1917; PO 1/8/1926; closed 30/6/1930. SymbolcGradea a3 View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot #456 Muljarra: 'MULJARRA/12DE18/S.A.' (ERD) largely superb strike on KGV ½d green & 1d red on Shierlaw front. Rated RRR. From Pata (1) 1/10/1918; renamed Pata (2) 1/11/1929. SymbolcGradea- a1 View details Estimate$150Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #457 Muston (1): 'MUSTON/27OC15/STH AUST' superb strike on KGV 1d red on Shierlaw front. Rated RRRR. TO 23/8/1910; RO 19/9/1910; PO 16/9/1915; closed 1924. [Kangaroo Island] SymbolcGradeb a1+ View details Estimate$150Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #458 Mostly used range on Hagners with some postally used Chalons, handy lot of Sidefaces, Pictorials to 6d x9 (one mint), perfins including 'T' on 1899 5d & 6d and 'OS' on 4d & 5d, postal fiscals & revenues group, etc, condition very mixed, some postmark interest. (400+) Symbol*o View details Estimate$200Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #459 1853 Couriers Medium Soft Yellowish Paper 1d pale blue SG 1, three good to large margins & just touching the outer frameline at the top, skilfully ironed-out crease, a bit grubby, Cat £9500. A very rare unused "Number One". BPA Certificate (1958). GSTex GSTSymbolΩGrade(b) View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot #460 1853 Couriers 4d Plate II reprinted complete sheet of 24 (6x4) from the defaced plate in yellow-orange, 'Printed by H&C Best' and 'CW Coard Sc' imprints at the base. Ex Wise (1951). SymbolRGradea View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #461 1855 Chalons Wmk Large Star 2d imperforate plate proof block of 4 in black on ungummed unwatermarked wove paper, margins close to good, ironed-out creases. Blocks are very scarce. GSTex GSTSymbolPGradea/(a) View details Estimate$850StatusUnsold Lot #462 1856-57 No Watermark 2d dull emerald-green SG 20, margins just touching - at lower-right - to good, ironed-out vertical crease, BN '60', Cat £900. GSTex GSTSymbolgGrade(a-) View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #463 1903 V/Crown Sidefaces 9d blue with the Watermark Sideways BW #T65Aaa (SG 242c) overprinted 'SPECIMEN', large-part o.g. Very rare, and the only example known to us. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea c1 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$225StatusSold Lot #464 1894 OHMS cover with the heading & 'Tasmanian Government/Railways' imprint scored-through, to Victoria with Sidefaces De La Rue strip of 3 & Local Printing 4d buff tied by four of five strikes of the rare boxed 'LOOSE/SHIP LETTER' h/s of Melbourne (b/s), folded at left, minor tonespots & repaired opening tears clear of the stamps & postmarks. Ex Roger Hosking. SymbolclGrade(b) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #465 1895 commercial cover to Victoria with Sidefaces De La Rue 1d pair & 2d x2 tied by two strikes of the boxed 'LOOSE SHIP LETTER' h/s of Melbourne (b/s), minor aging. Ex Roger Hosking. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #466 1926-28 commercial covers with 'PAID AT/HOBART' continuous machine cancels & eight different slogans all in red, minor duplication, generally fine (17) SymbolcGradea/b View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold Lot #467 1850-57 Half-Lengths Thomas Ham Original State of the Dies (Very Little Colour above 'VICTORIA') 1d dull chocolate-brown SG 1b [8], characteristically tiny margins except at base where a little cut-into which is compensated for by an unusually large margin at the top with a fragment of the adjoining unit [3], Butterfly '1' cancel of Melbourne, Cat £2500. RPSofV Certificate (2015). An attractive example of this rare stamp. [Geoff Kellow at page 32 states that the chocolate-brown shade "is about t GSTex GSTSymbolgGradeb View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #468 1850-57 Half-Lengths Second State of the Die (More Colour above 'VICTORIA')1d pale dull red-brown SG 5a, almost full margins - just shaved at right - with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left, neat Butterfly '15' cancel of Geelong, Cat £450. Unusually fine for this issue. GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot #469 1850-57 Half-Lengths Second State of the Dies (Fine Border & Coarse Background) 2d grey-lilac SG 6, 3½ margins - shaved at upper right, unused, Cat £6000, RPSV Certificate (2004) states "Genuine with evidence of surface rubbing, cleaning and regumming". SymbolΩGradec View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #470 1850-57 Half-Lengths Third State of the Dies (Framelines Added) 1d dull red SG 8a, almost full margins except at upper-left where a little cut-into & with the lower frameline from the adjoining unit above, tiny thin spot & an ironed-out vertical crease at right, unused, Cat £4500. Rare. Apex (2013) & RPSofV (2015) Certificates. GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradeb View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot #471 1850-57 Half-Lengths JS Campbell & Co 1d orange-red SG 23 marginal horizontal pair [13-14] from the left of the sheet, margins just clear to huge, two bold/superb strikes of Barred Oval '2' of Geelong, Cat £280++. A beautiful & superb multiple. RPSofV Certificate (2015). [This pair came to us with a BPA Certificate (1998) as the rare "rose" shade SG 23a, Cat £1500++. This was clearly wrong. However, in the BPA's defence, this is a common error, but it highlights why Australian stamps - and espec GSTex GSTSymbolhGradea+ View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #472 1850-57 Half-Lengths Campbell & Fergusson 1d dull red SG 26b, an unusually large example with railroad margins on all sides, Barred Oval '1' of Melbourne, Cat £110. Superb! GSTex GSTSymbolgGradea+ View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot #473 1857-63 Emblems essays by William Bell on a single piece of thin wove paper (70x29mm) with three die proofs in black adapted from the same Head but with two of them on a circular rather than oval field, the first of just the Head with the background too heavily engraved, the others with 'VICTORIA' and 'SIX PENCE' (lower-left corner unfinished) or 'TWO PENCE' (lower-right corner unfinished) & Small Numerals Added, a couple of insignificant blemishes. It's odd that Bell produced a 6d value when th SymbolEGradea- View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$8,500StatusSold Lot #474 1857-63 Emblems 1857 Large Star 1d deep green SG 41a horizontal strip of 4, margins just touching - at left - to good, a bit soiled on the reverse & a few small defects but of generally very fine appearance, unused, Cat £1100++. A very rare strip. Ex Ken Barelli. SymbolΩGradeb/c View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #475 1857 Woodblocks Experimental Separations Rouletted at the GPO 6d orange SG 53a with full margins & rouletted at the top & right, shallow thin, unused. Rare & unpriced unused by Stanley Gibbons. GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradeb View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #476 1857 Woodblocks Experimental Separations Compound Serrated 18-19 x Serpentine Roulette 10-10½ at the Top 6d orange-yellow SG 61 marginal example from the right of the sheet, extraordinarilly well centred, BN '1' cancel of Melbourne, Cat £600. Almost certainly the finest example in existence of this underrated stamp, of which only 7000 were issued: see Kellow at page 92. Ex Roland Geitenbeek. RPSofV Certificate (2015) SymbolgGradea+ View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot #477 1857 Woodblocks Experimental Separations Pin-Perf Roulette about 10 6d dull orange [36], rouletted at left & right but cut from the sheet to preserve the design resulting in margins close - at the base - to large, minor soiling; tied to outer by Barred Numeral '1' of Melbourne (part-b/s of AP/1856), to London "pr Earl of Sefton", light but clear 'AUSTRALIAN/PAID/LIVERPOOL/JY16/*858/=PACKET=' cds & London arrival of the next day both in red on the face, minor blemishes & a small repair at the top SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$6,000StatusSold Lot #478 1861 Woodblocks 6d black with 'SIX/PENCE' Watermark SG 102, an unusually large & well centred example, Cat £350. A remarkable example of this underrated stamp, probably because it is listed by Gibbons well away from the other Woodblock issues. Ex Roland Geitenbeek. RPSofV Certificate (2015) SymbolΩGradea View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Lot #479 1884 Stamp Statute V/Crown 4d rose with the watermark inverted (as usual) SG 222, large-part o.g., Cat £1100. Rare. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea d1 View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #480 1884-96 Large Stamp Duty 3/- drab, 5/- rosine, 6/- apple-green, 10/- blue-green, 15/- brown, £1 orange x2 (one on Yellow Paper), £1/5/- pink, £1/10/- pale olive, £2 blue, 45/- mauve & £10 lilac, all CTO with large-part o.g., Cat £1240+ (without gum). Several are superb! Ex Colonel Harrie Evans: sold for $720 at the Prestige auction of 4/5/2002. [The 6/- 10/- & £1 on Yellow are dated 5DE/00; and the top five denominations are dated AP18/01] (12) Symbolv/fGradea/a+ View details Estimate$750Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #481 1900 Boer War Charity 1d & 2d SG 374-5, exceptional centring, tied to a single piece by contemporary Melbourne postal cds, Cat £310. Postal usage (albeit philatelic) is much scarcer than mint or CTO examples. SymbolvGradea a1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot #482 1901-10 V/Crown 2d mauve plate proof on brownish cartridge paper BW #V58PP(2), corner pair, Cat $1500. SymbolΩGradeA C1 View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold Lot #483 1901-10 V/Crown KEVII £1 die proof Fourth State with White Line of Collar Strengthened BW #V125DP(4) in blue on thick wove paper (70x82mm); and £2 die proof First State with the King's Beard Rounded at the Base BW #130DP(1) in blue on thin greenish wove paper (63x106mm); both are very fine, Cat $30,000 (2004). GSTex GSTSymbolPGradea View details Estimate$55,000StatusUnsold Lot #484 OFFICIALS: 1905-12 Crown/A Perf 12½ £1 salmon-pink perf 'OS' BW #V127Ab (SG 431), large-part o.g., undercatalogued at $600 (£300 without perfin). Most examples of this and the next two lots are CTO from presentation/collector sets. Mint - and commercially used - examples are much scarcer, which is not reflected in the ACSC prices (2004). Gibbons have not yet listed and priced 'OS' perfins on State issues which, in our opinion, is an unfortunate shortcoming of that reference work. Symbol*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #485 OFFICIALS: 1905-12 Crown/A Perf 12½ £1 rose perf 'OS' BW #V127Cb (SG 431a), exceptional centring, characteristic rough perfs, large-part o.g., undercatalogued at $600 (£300 without perfin). Symbol*Gradea a2 View details Estimate$800StatusUnsold Lot #486 OFFICIALS: 1905-12 Crown/A Perf 12½ £2 dull blue perf 'OS' BW #V132b (SG 432), very well centred, very lightly mounted large-part o.g., undercatalogued at $1200 (£750 without perfin). Symbol*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot #487 REPRINTS: 1857-63 Emblems 2d pulls from a single defaced electro in black & in dull blue both on unsurfaced stout paper & very fine, and in blue-green - minor toning & a repaired tear well clear of the impression - & in purple both on highly surfaced paper with some rubbing, all 115x147mm. Most such proofs have been significantly reduced. Fullsize examples, as here, are rarely available. SymbolRGradea/(b) View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot #488 REVENUES: 1886-96 Fergusson & Mitchell £5 to £9 Bicolours, very fresh with none of the usual pinholes, neat manuscript cancels. (5) SymboloGradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot #489 REVENUES: post-1900 Perf 11 £1/10/- dull olive/toned paper, virtually full o.g. very lightly mounted. Rare & superb! RPSofV Certificate (2015). [This stamp came to us with a BPA Certificate (1998) as SG 275, Cat £4250. Obviously the committee didn't have a perforation gauge handy: SG 275 is Perf 12½] GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea+ c1 View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #490 REVENUES: QV Long Type £5 blue & maroon with 'CATTLE' Overprint (14x2¼mm), circular cancellation in violet. Very few examples have been recorded. GSTex GSTSymbolgGradea View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot #491 1850 (Nov 12) cover to Sydney endorsed "Per Shamrock" but crossed-out & amended in the same hand to "Per Overland Mail" with very rare franking of Ham 1d dull red SG 8a horizontal abnormal pair [5-28, the right-hand unit being substituted for 6] with almost full margins (the left-hand unit with White Flaw Obliterating the Upper-Right Corner), Butterfly '1' cancels of Melbourne (b/s) & Sydney arrival b/s of NO*19/1850, minor blemishes. Ex JRW Purves, Rodney Perry & Ken Barelli. Rodney Perry Certi SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$3,000StatusUnsold Lot #492 1851 entire letter to Geelong with a very fine example of Ham's Second State (More Colour above 'VICTORIA') 1d pale red-brown SG 5 tied - unusual for Half-Length covers - by very fine Butterfly '1' of Melbourne, 'MELBOURNE/ MY*7/1851/PORT PHILLIP' & Geelong arrival b/s of the same day. A delightful Half-Lengths cover, & certainly one of the finest we have ever handled. Ex Guy Linfield and Gary Diffen: sold 14/11/2007 for £4465. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea View details Estimate$4,500StatusUnsold Lot #493 1855-80 goldmining group with crowned-oval 'HEPBURN' d/s on 1855 piece, then seven covers (two - one a front only - are registered) with various Classic frankings including Woodblocks Imperf 2/- & Perf 12 2/-, scarce cds of 'EGANSTOWN', 'GAFFNEYS CK', 'KANGAROOFLAT' (one word) & 'YANDOIT' noted, all but one with various 'PD' (Paid to Destination) markings, rather scruffy but value at the estimate. [Priced by a European dealer for €1750] (8 items) GSTex GSTSymbolc View details Estimate$500Price Realized$950StatusSold Lot #494 1857 double-rate mercantile cover to London "Per Simla & Overland" with Emblems 4d brown-vermilion SG 42a x2 (one an apparently enormous upper-left corner stamp, the other with 3 good to large margins) plus No Watermark 2d grey-lilac SG 45a x2 (both with margins at places) all overlapped & tied by BN '2' of Geelong (b/s of MY*27/1857), superb London arrival cds of 3AU3/1857 in red on the face. A very pretty cover. Carried "Simla", departed Melbourne 31/5/1857, arrived Suez 12/7/1857; then per "S SymbolclGradea View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #495 1857 small local cover with Emblems Imperf 1d pair (margins good to large) tied by BN '3' of 'CASTLEMAINE' (oval b/s), two very fine strikes of the unframed-oval 'ADVERTISED/AND/UNCLAIMED' h/s. Delightful. [Many itinerant goldminers had their mail addressed to the closest post office. As there was no delivery and notification system, acceptance of mail required the personal attendance of the addressee. Often, unsuccessful miners moved to "greener pastures" without advising the post office of the GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$800Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #496 1857 internal cover with Emblems 4d dull rose SG 44 marginal horizontal corner (?) pair from the right of the sheet (margins good to huge except at upper-left where there is a small fault), superb "socked on the nose" BN '1' of Melbourne (b/s of AU18/1857), very fine 'GEELONG/[crown]/*AU19/1857/VICTORIA' arrival b/s (the star incorrectly & unusually positioned to the left of the month slug), vertical & horizontal folds well clear of the stamps. Ex Rodney Perry & Ken Barelli. SymbolclGradeb View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #497 1858 internal cover with Emblems 4d rose-pink SG 65 irregularly separated single just tied to outer by BN '57', largely fine oval 'KYNETON/[crown]/1*MA/1858/VICTORIA' (1st March, not May) & Melbourne arrival b/s. This is a significant cover because it proves that No Watermark imperf stamps were issued prior to the cancellation for fraud & theft of Calvert's contract, in April 1858. Ex CL Pack, BD Forster, Rodney Perry & Ken Barelli. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #498 1858 double-rate mourning cover to England with Emblems 4d dull rose (oily ink) SG 67 three singles (one is superb) tied by BN '5' of Ballarat (b/s), Melbourne transit b/s & London arrival cds of JY19/58 in red on the face, repaired tear at left & a couple of other faults still a handsome cover. A very rare franking. Ex Sir Chester Beatty, BD Forster, Rodney Perry & Ken Barelli. See "Stamps of Victoria" at page 118. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$360StatusSold Lot #499 1858 outer to Scotland "pr Australasia" with Emblems 2d pale lilac SG 45 vertical pair (margins good to large except at left where a little shaved) & 2d grey-lilac SG 45a single (good even margins) tied by BN '1' of Melbourne (poor b/s), two different 'GREENOCK/AU16/1858' arrival b/s, a bit soiled, repaired tear at upper-right clear of the stamps. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #500 1858 cover to Wales "pr Monthly Mail/Collumbian" [sic] with Emblems 1d pale emerald SG 62 horizontal pair plus Rouletted 4d pale dull rose on Vertically Laid Paper SG 71 tied by BN '9' cancels of Beechworth (light b/s of AU-13/58), Melbourne & 'COWBRIDGE/ OC19/58' b/s, ironed-out vertical fold well clear of the stamps, some blemishes. A scarce franking. Carried per "Columbian", departed Melbourne 17/8/1858, arrived Suez 3/10/1858; then per "Cambria", departed Alexandria 5/10/1858, arrived Southa SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot #501 1859 quadruple-rate entire headed "Beehive Association" with Emblems 4d rose-pink SG 85a pair & two singles, BN '60' & very fine oval 'MALDON/[crown]/NO30/1859/VICTORIA' b/s, Melbourne arrival b/s, minor faults that don't affect the fine facial appearance. A very scarce internal franking. Ex Rodney Perry & Ken Barelli. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #502 1859 double-rate cover with Emblems 4d rose-pink SG 85a pair, BN '1' of Melbourne & Geelong arrival backstamp. SymbolclGradea- View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot #503 1860 double-rate mercantile entire to Geelong (b/s) with 2d brown-lilac Horizontally Laid Paper SG 69 x2 plus Beaded Oval 4d rose on Bordeaux Paper SG 89a, ironed-out folds that don't affect the stamps. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #504 1860 mustard-coloured envelope to New York "Pr Columbian/via England" with Emblems 2d brown-lilac Horizontally Laid Paper SG 69 (folded over top of the envelope) plus Octagonal 1/-, very fine oval 'B MORTIMER & SON/...' cachet at upper-left (affected by a repaired opening tear), BN '1' & Melbourne b/s of JA17/60, London cds oif MR12/60 & New York cds of 28/3/1860. Despite the repaired tear, this is a most appealing cover. Carried per "Columbian", departed Melbourne 18/1/1860, arrived Port Louis SymbolcGrade(b) View details Estimate$450StatusUnsold Lot #505 1860 part-entire endorsed "Registered" with Emblems 4d rose-pink SG 87 plus Perf 12 1/- Octagonal SG 81, poor BN '4' cancels & fair oval 'SANDHURST' d/s on the face, 'REGISTERED/MELBOURNE' arrival cds in red also on the face, the contents headed "Specimen Hill/Sailors Gully/Sandhurst". Ex CL Pack, BD Forster, Rodney Perry & Ken Barelli. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot #506 1860 duplicate entire to London "Via Marseilles" with Emblems 2d brown-lilac Horizontally Laid Paper SG 69 plus Perf 12 4d rose-pink SG 87 & Queen on Throne 6d blue, BN '2' & very fine 'M' (signifying carriage via Marseilles) of Geelong (b/s of AP-16/60) in red, London arrival b/s of JU12/60, two vertical filing creases one of which affects the stamps. Carried per "Emeu", departed Melbourne 25/4/1860, arrived Suez 2/6/1860; then per "Panther", departed Alexandria 4/6/1860, arrived Marseilles 10 SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot #507 1860 entire to Scotland "p Emue [sic] SS/Via Marseilles" with Emblems 1d dull green SG 84 plus Rouletted 2d SG 69 & Queen on Throne Rouletted 6d SG 73, "killer" BN '1' & Melbourne b/s of AP24/60, British 'Insufficient Postage ("3")/Fine ("6")' & 'MORE/TO/PAY'-in-circle handstamps both in red, Edinburgh arrival b/s of JU13/60, internal writing shows through the paper but otherwise remarkably fine & attractive. Carried per "Emeu", departed Melbourne 25/4/1860, arrived Suez 2/6/1860; then per "Pant SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #508 1860 flimsy entire to England "Via Marseilles" with Emblems 4d rose-pink SG 87 vertical pair plus Wove Paper 1d yellow-green SG 84/a gr on, barely legible BN '214' & poor 'BIRREGURRA' b/s of MY13/60, minor blemishes. Carried per "Benares", departed Melbourne 18/5/1860, arrived Suez 28/6/1860; then per "Panther", departed Alexandria 29/6/1860, arrived Marseilles 6/7/1860. Ex Sir Chester Beatty, BD Forster, Rodney Perry & Ken Barelli. [The reverse was sealed with a piece of selvedge from a sheet o SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot #509 1860 (Dec 26) cover to London "Via Marseilles" with scarce franking of Woodblocks Rouletted 6d orange SG 53a & Beaded Ovals 3d blue SG 88 tied by BN '1' of Melbourne (b/s), London arrival b/s of FE12/61 in red. Carried per "Jeddo", departed Melbourne 26/12/1860; "Nemesis", departed Galle 18/1/1861; & "Euxine". departed Alexandria 4/2/1861, arrived Marseilles 10/2/1861. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #510 1861 mourning cover to England "Per Behar/Via Marseilles" with Emblems 1d yellow-green SG 98/a vertical strip of 3 plus Queen on Throne Rouletted 6d blue SG 73 BN '5' & tiny 'BALLARAT/JA25/61/VICTORIA' b/s plus similar Geelong & Melbourne transit b/s, 'M' h/s applied at Geelong, very fine 'BIRMINGHAM/MR17/61' arrival b/s, minor soiling. Carried per "Behar", departed Melbourne 26/1/1861, arrived Galle 14/2/1861; per "Nubia", departed Galle 17/2/1861, arrived Suez 4/3/1861; then per "Valetta", dep SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #511 1861 stampless cover to "Govt Offices/Melbourne" with very fine strikes of the rare octagonal 'PAID AT/BROWNS' h/s & unframed oval 'BROWNS/MA-29/61/VICTORIA' d/s (the latest of only three examples recorded). PO 11/10/1858; closed 17/3/1885. [Goldmining: Ballarat District near Smythesdale] GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #512 1861 cover to Scotland "Per Jeddo" with Emblems 2d brown-lilac Vertically Laid Paper SG 69a horizontal strip of 3, BN '1' & Melbourne b/s of JU20/61, Carlisle transit b/s of AU22/1861 & part 'SANQUHAR' arrival b/s, flap faults. Carried per "Jeddo", departed Melbourne 26/6/1861, arrived Galle 16/7/1861; "Candia", departed Galle 18/7/1861, arrived Suez 5/8/1861; then per "Delta", departed Alexandria 9/8/1861, arrived Southampton 21/8/1861. Ex Rodney Perry & Ken Barelli.. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot #513 1861 cover to "Victoria Hotel/Lower Huntley" with Emblems 1d yellow-green SG 98/a single & horizontal strip of 3 with Pre-Printing Paper Crease tied by very fine Melbourne duplex, superb oval 'SANDHURST' transit b/s & largely fine strike of the rare oval 'HUNTLEY' arrival d/s unusually on the face, repaired opening tear on the reverse. Huntley PO opened 1/6/1860; renamed Huntly c.1867. SymbolcGrade(a-) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #514 1863 Macartney Correspondence double-rate cover to Queensland with Emblems 2d dull reddish lilac SG 101 vertical strip of 3 & Redrawn 6d grey-black SG 107b tied by Melbourne duplex, light 'ROCKHAMPTON' arrival b/s, a couple of minor defects & light overall soiling. Ex Rodney Perry & Ken Barelli. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold Lot #515 1885 OHMS cover with 'VICTORIAN RAILWAYS' heading locally used with 'COMMISSIONER OF RAILWAYS' Frank h/s in blue. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold Lot #516 1888 OHMS cover with 'Centennial International Exhibition Melbourne 1888' imprint at lower-left, to "Australian Court/CIEM" with 'CHIEF SECRETARY' Frank h/s in purple & Melbourne duplex, superb strike of the framed 'EXHIBITION/OC11/88/MELBOURNE' arrival b/s (the ERD of only two recorded strikes). Mail to any type of exhibition is much scarcer than mail from such events. The Exhibition opened 1/8/1888 & closed 31/1/1889. PO opened 16/7/1888 & closed early-1889. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #517 BARRED NUMERALS: '307' of 'GROWLERS CK' (superb b/s of JU27/65; LRD) poor but discernible (inverted) strike on Laureates 4d on stained cover. Rated RRRR. PO 1/8/1860; renamed Wandiligong 25/1/1875. [Goldmining: 6km SSE of Bright. The addressee "JB Ware" was JB Were, Melbourne's first & most prominent stockbroker] GSTex GSTSymbolcGradec d1 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #518 Coongulmerang Upper: unframed 'COONGULMERANG UPPER/AP5/22/VIC' very fine strike on KGV 2d scarlet on cover to Melbourne. PO 18/10/1880; renamed Coongulmerang (2) c.-/8/1922. [Gippsland: 21km WNW of Bairnsdale] GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea a1 View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #519 Glenmaggie Weir: 'GLENMAGGIE WEIR/11FE26/VIC.' very fine strike on KGV 1½d red on cover. Rated RR. RO 8/9/1920; PO 3/2/1922; closed 31/3/1929. [Gippsland: 5km E of Glenmaggie] GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb a1 View details Estimate$175StatusUnsold Lot #520 Quartz Reef Stawell: 'QUARTZ REEFS STAWELL/JA6/70/VICTORIA' largely very fine arrival b/s on soiled cover from Geelong to "Reefs Pleasant Creek". From Quartz Reef Pleasant Creek c.1867; replaced by Stawell (2) 1/7/1870. [Goldmining: 2km from Stawell. The cds is recorded SE3/69 to JA31/70 only] GSTex GSTSymbolcGradec a1- View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #521 Warramate: 'WARRAMATE/30JY35/VIC.' largely very fine strike on KGV 5d on cover, red/white registration label. RO 1/9/1914; PO 1/7/1927; closed 30/9/1955. [Yarra Valley: 3km NE of Woori Yallock] GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- a1- View details Estimate$240StatusUnsold Lot #522 1860-64 Recess in the Colony from Perkins Bacon Plates Imperf 6d sage-green SG 28, good even margins, large-part (sweated) o.g., Cat £2500. Rare & superb! Apex (2000) & RPSofV (2015) Certificates. Most examples of this stamp have incomplete margins. This would be a great stamp if it was used; being unused, it is quite magnificent! GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea+ View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$3,400StatusSold Lot #523 WRAPPERS: 1902 Double-Lined Borders ½d emerald #WR1 locally used in 1905 with Fremantle duplex, horizontal fold at the base. GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradeb View details Estimate$300Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #524 WRAPPERS: 1903 Single-Lined Borders ½d blue-green #WR3 locally used in 1906 with Perth cds. GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradea- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #525 Useful unsorted batch of Litho Swans including a piece with 2/6d x7, another piece with "combination franking" of Duty Stamp & 'HOSPITAL FUND' values, many with 'THE BAIRDS CO LTD/PERTH' security overprint, usage on receipts x7; small 'REVENUE DUTY' 3d grey part-sheet of 40 (4x10), some creasing, unmounted, and 2/- brown x160 mostly in blocks affixed to both sides of a Wages Sheet; eight different WA Motor Spirit Ration Tickets plus 1gal green tête-bêche pair; and a couple of others including WW Symbol**o View details Estimate$300Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #526 1937 Yalumba Vineyards illustrated invoice (corner filing fault) with a very fine 'L.T.D./ 2½d. /W.A.' rouletted label affixed & tied by 'S SMITH & SON LIMITED' h/s. Not previously seen by us. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$100Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #527 DUTY STAMP: 1904 Waterlow plate proof of the Swan vignette only in black on highly surfaced thick paper, marginal block of 4 from the left of the sheet, minor wrinkles. Very fine & rare: absent from Francis Kiddle's collection sold by Prestige on 23/9/2011. SymbolPGradea- View details Estimate$750Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #528 REVENUE STAMP: 1941 1d scarlet very pale shade apparently a Dry Print marginal block of 20 (4x5) from the right of the sheet. Absent from Francis Kiddle's collection. Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot #529 REVENUE STAMP: 1941 1d scarlet with Strong 100% Offset on the reverse in a deeper shade than the front of the stamp (!), corner block of 48 (6x8) from the upper-right of the sheet, minor bends, unmounted. A dramatic piece. Absent from Francis Kiddle's collection. Symbol**Gradea/a- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #530 Collection in four expensive German hingelesss albums with 1913 Handstamps ex 5gr, 1913 Independence Handstamps, Skanderberg set, 1917 Skorce set, 1919 Overprinted Fiscals & with "Comet" Handstamps, 1921 'BESA' Handstamps, 1924 National Assembly & Red Cross sets, 1925 Republic Overprints SG 164a-185, 1925 Air & Zogu sets, 1927 Air Overprints & 'A Z' Overprints, 1928 Air Overprints (ex 2fr) & National Assembly Overprints, 1929 Zog's Birthday & Kingdom Airs to 50q, 1930 Airs, 1931 Tirana-Rome Over Symbol*/** View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Lot #531 1961 5d Magnetic Pole die proof in the issued colour recessed in presentation mount (90x101mm) with boxed 'RBA/NOTE PRINTING/BRANCH/("16 /8-6-61")' h/s in violet on the reverse, flap lost & minor blemishes on the card but the proof is very fine. [Only 10 were produced, No 16 being given to WL Russell, member of the Stamp Advisory Committee] GSTex GSTSymbolPGradea- View details Estimate$2,400Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot #532 Neatly presented mostly used collection with 1858-59 including Type II 2kr 3kr 10kr & 15kr all apparently unused and "St Andrew's Cross" labels in yellow red brown & blue (all with faults), 1860-61 3kr 5kr & 15kr all apparently unused plus used 2kr x5 & 3kr x6, seven pages of Newspaper Tax stamps including 1853 2kr green x4, etc; also Lombardy & Venetia with Imperf set (the 5c a bit aged), 1858-62 simplified set, Arms Perf 14 set & Perf 9½ set (the 2sol is unused), Imperial Journal 2kr & 4kr SymbolΩ*o View details Estimate$2,400StatusUnsold Lot #533 c.1946 pair of 'AUSTRALIAN ARMY/CANTEENS SERVICE/BCOF/One Yen' perforated "chits", a little soiled & reinforced between the tickets. [A poorly centred single sold at the Noble Auction of 24-27/11/2009 for $253] Symbol?Gradeb View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #534 Collection of Occupation Period black & white photographs including several of devastation at Hiroshima, "View of Naval Port Yokosuka", "Australian Delegation", "View of New Yokohama" (strolling GIs & Japanese girls), also a series of volcanic eruptions, etc, generally fine to very fine. A poignant group. (36 photos) GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea/b View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #535 1946-48 Overprints ½d to 2/- complete lower-left corner Imprint blocks of 4, unmounted, Cat $825. (6 blocks) GSTex GSTSymbol**GradeA View details Estimate$300Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #536 1946-48 Overprints ½d to 5/- both papers, unmounted. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2001) for the Thick Paper 5/-. (8) Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$200Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #537 1946-48 Overprints ½d to 5/- blocks of four SG J1 - J7, all but the last with imprint, unmounted, Cat $1800+. With accompanying 1948 letter and cover from a Corporal requesting that the recipient, a Sergeant, "keep quiet about the stamps". (7 blocks) Symbol**GradeA- View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #538 1946-48 Overprints 3d dark brown with the Overprint Double BW #J3ca (SG J3a), faint cds, Cat $2250 (£1100) unmounted mint (unpriced used). [The initial faint overprint is misplaced about 3mm to the right, causing fragments of the adjoining overprint to appear at far-left] GSTex GSTSymbolvGradea c1 View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #539 1946-48 Overprints 6d with 'B' & First 'A' in 'JAPAN' in the Wrong Fonts BW #J4g being the third unit in a block of 4, unmounted. GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot #540 1946-48 Overprints 6d with 'B' & First 'A' in 'JAPAN' in the Wrong Fonts BW #J4g tied to commercial airmail cover to Adelaide by 'AFPO 28/23OC47/RAAF JAPAN' cds, 'AF PO/BOFU' registration label. GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea b1 View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold Lot #541 1946-48 Overprints 6d with '6' in the Wrong Font (Bold '6') BW #J4h (SG J4a), unmounted, Cat $450. GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold Lot #542 1946-48 Overprints 5/- Thick Paper horizontal pair, the second unit with unlisted Defective 'B'/'APAN'/'6', well centred, faint gum-toning, unmounted. Rare. Advertised retail $450+ as normal singles. GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradeb b1 View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold Lot #543 1949 complete Customs Declaration form for a parcel of dresses & buttons with Overprints 2/- marginal pair tied by the scarce 'AUST UNIT POSTAL STN/497' cds used at Kure. A very scarce & desirable item. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Lot #544 1950 social usage by air to Scotland of Japanese PPC with Australian 3d pair tied by light 'AUST ARMY' cds, minor bends. VERY scarce postcard usage. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot #545 BAHAMAS: The mostly mint balance of Russell Stern's collection to early QEII including a page of Inter-Insular 1d issues, QV 4d rose x9, QV £1 fiscally used, War Tax selection, some KGV Plate Numbers, KGVI 5/- x8 & £1, Columbus Overprints set, 1961 Booklets 3/- x2 & 6/-, a few forgeries, etc, condition variable but much is fine to very fine. (few 100) Symbol*o View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #546 BAHAMAS: 'SPECIMEN' Overprints with QV 6d, Staircases SG 59-61 76 77 & 114, KEVII 1d to £1 SG 62-70, 1917 Red Cross Overprint & 'WAR TAX' Overprints x9 (3d SG 98 is defective), a few mostly minor problems, large-part o.g., Cat £1000 approximately. (24) Symbol* View details Estimate$400Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #547 BAHAMAS: 1858-82 Chalons collection with GB Used in Bahamas 1d (badly faded, Cat £2500) & 6d (trimmed wing-margin), No Wmk 1d to 6d SG 4-6, 1862 De La Rue printings 1d SG 8 x3 & 9, 4d SG 18 & 6d SG 19, Crown/CC 1d shades unused x12 & used x3, 4d unused x2 & used x9, 6d SG 30 used x4, SG 31 mint x2 & used x7, SG 32 mint pair & unused single, Perf 14 1d unused x7, Crown/CA Perf 12 used 4d x4 and Perf 14 used 1d x3 & 4d, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine, Cat £8500 SymbolΩ*o View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678|Next Previous 12345678 Next Previous 12345678 Next
