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 797. Previous|12345678|Next Lot #404 Basic collection with pickings from all Colonies/States including high values, officials, revenues etc, useful mint selections & some postmark interest, condition variable. Viewing is likely to be rewarded. (100s) View details Estimate$750Price Realized$4,000StatusSold Symbol*o Lot #405 Small group with NSW two Paquebot PPCs, Queensland taxed PPC to South Africa & two very fine used scenic Postal Cards in purple-brown & orange-brown, WA 2d perf 'OS' on cover with embossed WA Coat of Arms on the flap, etc, generally fine to very fine. (9) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcps Lot #406 STAMP DUTY: c.1940s issues for NSW ten values to £1; Queensland nine values to 20/-; and Victoria thirteen values to £1; some minor toning, unmounted. (32) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$320StatusSold Symbol**Gradea/b 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+ 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. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold SymbolcGradea a1- 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. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold SymbolcGradeb a1 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"] View details Estimate$150Price Realized$320StatusSold SymbolpsGradeb a1 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] View details Estimate$100Price Realized$550StatusSold SymbolΔGradea- a1 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. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$360StatusSold SymbolsGradea a2+ 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) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$420StatusSold SymbolcGradea 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. View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea a1- 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. View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea a3 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. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$240StatusSold SymbolcGradea- a1 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] View details Estimate$150Price Realized$200StatusSold SymbolcGradeb a1+ 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+) View details Estimate$200Price Realized$320StatusSold Symbol*o 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). View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolΩGrade(b) 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). View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold SymbolRGradea 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. View details Estimate$850StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolPGradea/(a) 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. View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolgGrade(a-) 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. View details Estimate$300Price Realized$225StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea c1 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. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolclGrade(b) 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. View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #466 1926-28 commercial covers with 'PAID AT/HOBART' continuous machine cancels & eight different slogans all in red, minor duplication, generally fine (17) View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea/b 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 View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,300StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolgGradeb 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. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea- 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". View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold SymbolΩGradec 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. View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradeb 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 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolhGradea+ 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! View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolgGradea+ 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 View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$8,500StatusSold SymbolEGradea- 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. View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$800StatusSold SymbolΩGradeb/c 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. View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradeb 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) View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold SymbolgGradea+ 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 View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$6,000StatusSold SymbolcGradeb 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) View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,400StatusSold SymbolΩGradea Lot #479 1884 Stamp Statute V/Crown 4d rose with the watermark inverted (as usual) SG 222, large-part o.g., Cat £1100. Rare. View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea d1 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) View details Estimate$750Price Realized$800StatusSold Symbolv/fGradea/a+ 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. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold SymbolvGradea a1 Lot #482 1901-10 V/Crown 2d mauve plate proof on brownish cartridge paper BW #V58PP(2), corner pair, Cat $1500. View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold SymbolΩGradeA C1 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). View details Estimate$55,000StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolPGradea 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. View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradea b1 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). View details Estimate$800StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradea a2 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). View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradea b1 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. View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold SymbolRGradea/(b) Lot #488 REVENUES: 1886-96 Fergusson & Mitchell £5 to £9 Bicolours, very fresh with none of the usual pinholes, neat manuscript cancels. (5) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold SymboloGradea 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] View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea+ c1 Lot #490 REVENUES: QV Long Type £5 blue & maroon with 'CATTLE' Overprint (14x2¼mm), circular cancellation in violet. Very few examples have been recorded. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolgGradea 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 View details Estimate$3,000StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea- 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. View details Estimate$4,500StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea 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) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$950StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc 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 View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold SymbolclGradea 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 View details Estimate$800Price Realized$600StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- 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. View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold SymbolclGradeb 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. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold SymbolcGradea- 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. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$360StatusSold SymbolcGradeb 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. View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb 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 View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb 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. View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #502 1859 double-rate cover with Emblems 4d rose-pink SG 85a pair, BN '1' of Melbourne & Geelong arrival backstamp. View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold SymbolclGradea- 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. 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