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Previous|12345678910|Next Lot 803 BRITISH CENSOR CACHETS: Exhibit pages with (April) postcards x5 (one of HMT "Galeka" with the ship's name obliterated) & covers x2 (one with a nasty repaired tear, the other from Lt Clement Lane, who was killed 25.4.1915, during the first assault on Gallipoli) all with British-pattern square 'PASSED BY/[crown]/No..../CENSOR' h/s in rosine comprising No 2202 x3 (one on card dated "9/4/15", being the earliest recorded date of usage of any of this type: confirmed by Gary Diffen at page 58), No 2204 Symbolc View details Estimate$200Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 804 BRITISH CENSOR CACHETS: 1915 (Apr 18) OAS cover with very fine 'AUST & NZ ARMY CORPS/HEADQUARTERS/FIELD PO' cds & superb boxed Censor No 2208 h/s in rosine, to Switzerland with Zurich arrival b/s, superb 'T' h/s & mss "20" in blue, Swiss Postage Due 20c tied by Zurich cds, minor repaired tear at the top. [Free postage extended only to British Empire destinations] SymbolcGrade(a-) View details Estimate$200Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 805 BRITISH CENSOR CACHETS: 1915 (Apr 21) usage of stampless 'LETTER CARD/AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL EXPEDITIONARY FORCE' to Perth without a datestamp, boxed Censor No 2214 h/s in rosine. A rare item. [From a member of the 3rd Infantry Brigade who states "...the battalion has the honour of breaking the ice for the Australian Division when we do get going...rather in the way of a silver lining to a pretty dark cloud, for it will be pretty rough work..." A classic understatement!] SymbolpsGradea View details Estimate$250Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 806 BRITISH CENSOR CACHETS: 1915 (Nov 2) unusual usage of a Greek 10L Postal Card with Censor No 2882 h/s of a British unit counter-signed "JL Anderson" & slightly overstruck with British Army Post Office cds (number illegible), minor blemishes. A marvellous item. [Message headed "Lemnos" & states "Fancy writing Xmas Cards this early...it takes six weeks to reach Australia...Parcels usually arrive a mail later..."] SymbolpsGradea- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 807 THE LANDINGS: Real Photo postcards comprising "Australians Disembarking at Anzac Cove" (ten landing craft being towed towards the beach), "Landing at Anzac Cove (Gallipoli) 25th April 1915", "Dug Outs at Anzac Cove Dardenelles", "Anzac Cove, Dardenelles" & "Anzac Cove" (troops & light railway on the beach), all unused; also an artist card "Australian Troops Leaping Ashore from the Warships' Boats" (used under cover); and three cards reproducing Cairo newspaper photographs "With the Australians a SymbolcGradea/a- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 808 "OCCUPATION": Exhibit pages with postcards including Field Service types & covers including green privilege types (one with two enclosed letters, one of them the reply-half of a Dardenelles Letter Sheet), some datelined as originating at Gallipoli & all the others identified from the various datestamps & square Censor handstamps, also two makeshift postcards fashioned from scraps of cardboard (one to England), a few bear evidence of censorship, condition variable. [Some interesting & poignant me Symbolc View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot 809 "OCCUPATION": 1915 (June & July) homemade envelopes fashioned from a piece of lined writing paper or from a fiull page of the locally produced "Peninsula News", both with '1st AUST INF BDE FIELD PO' cds & boxed Censor No 2202 or 2205 h/s in rosine, the first to NSW with 'NEWTOWN' arrival b/s, the other to Egypt with Alexandria & Cairo b/s. [By July there was an acute shortage of paper & the troops began using whatever was available for their correspondence] (2) SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 810 "OCCUPATION": 1915 (May) Silverton Tramway Co cover from Broken Hill to Sapper LW Avery in Egypt from where sent to Gallipoli, the postage crossed through, the original opening at the top stitched with green yarn (!) & the cover re-addressed to the sender's father in NSW, light part-cds of 5DE15 & boxed Censor No 2222 h/s in rosine, minor faults. A truly remarkable item showing real initiative. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 811 "OCCUPATION": 1915 (Dec 6) crudely produced postcard from "Sig Newman/3rd Sig Troop/3rd LH Bde" to "Pte Les Frayne/4th LH Field Ambulance/Gallipoli" with part-cds in reddish purple & British square Censor No 2627 h/s in violet, ironed-out & reinforced creasing presumably as a result of being stuffed in the recipient's pocket. A very rare item, being the only Gallipoli "local letter" we have seen! [The writer states "...let me know where to find you & I'll trot along for a yarn..."] SymbolcGrade(c) View details Estimate$100Price Realized$650StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 812 "OCCUPATION": 1915 (Aug) opened-out cover & (Sep) illustrated "A Budget from Australia" Reply Letter Card - the 1d stamp has either been moved or doesn't belong - both to Sgt HS Mills in Egypt, both endorsed "Killed in Action" & with superb 'S.O.I.' (= Senior Officer Informed) handstamp in violet, DLO b/s of Melbourne & Adelaide. [The latter item states "...Eight Hours Day is to be called Anzac Day this year...& collections are to be taken for the returned wounded...", the first such reference w SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$300Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 813 REINFORCEMENTS: Exhibit pages for the Fourth to Sixteenth Troopship Convoys with postcards (mostly) & covers identified by ship & convoy, many with AIF censor handstamps including scarce types notably 'A.I:F,/Passed by Censor No 40' & crowned-oval 'PASSED BY/...LIEUT-COLONEL/CHIEF CENSOR/THE CENSOR' h/s, postmarks including undated 'AIF/POSTAGE/FREE' h/s of Fremantle & 'AI FORCES POSTAGE FREE/VIC' cds, a few YMCA items, Gratuitous Distribution OAS Letter Card with Poem on the Reverse, the best i Symbolc View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 814 CASUALTIES: Exhibit pages of postcards & covers with Hospital cachets including ovoid 'FIRST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL' x3 (one is superb) at Heliopolis, ovoid 'SECOND AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL' at Mena House, '3rd AUXILIARY HOSPITAL/HELIOPOLIS/AIF', oval 'No 1 AUXILIARY/CONVALESCENT DEPOT' (Sep 1915) at Abbassia & another apparently with the top line excised (Oct 1915), two items from HMHS "Assaye" one with oval 'HM HOSPITAL SHIP/ASSAYE' h/s, etc, and a PPC from a Nurse who asks for "...a n Symbolc View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 815 CASUALTIES: Real Photo PPC of soldiers with snow-covered trenches & artillery piece, sent under cover headed "25-2-16/Egypt" with message that states "...This is a photo from the Dardenelles the week the snow fell it is one of the 8th Battery's guns...". An amazing photograph! [On 27th & 28th November, severe storms developed into blizzards. More than 280 men died & there were some 16,000 cases of frostbite & exposure, a situation that strongly influenced the decision to withdraw from the Penins SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 816 CASUALTIES: Five-page eye-witness account headed "Suvla Bay/4.12.15" speaks of the previous week's storms, of damage to hospital tents on the beach & flooding there, and "...we had another storm next day which happened to be worse...so the Hospital people decided to shift up on to the high ground...& the poor beggars have been shelled nearly every day since...the rain came down in torrents...we had about 7 inches in an hour, & the trenches were just small rivers & they are quite eight feet deep, SymbollGradec View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 817 CASUALTIES: Eight-page (octavo) eye-witness account headed "Hospital Ship/Karapara/.../2 December 1915" that states "...the Turks countermined one of our tunnels & blew it up...we were at it all night, two men at a time lying down behind sandbags firing over them & two men shoving the bags forward...The fumes of the bombs & cartridges made the men lose consciousness, & then they had to be pulled out & other men take their places...The cold was severe...the ground was covered with snow...[a piece SymbollGrade(b) View details Estimate$200Price Realized$400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 818 CASUALTIES: MALTA: 1915-16 Capt Ronald Smith Correspondence comprising 9.10.15 from Tasmania forwarded to "Verdala Hospital/Malta", 10.12.1915 registered from Malta to Tasmania, 15.12.1915 inwards from Egypt with British 'ARMY POST OFFICE/SZ7' cds used at Valletta, 17.1.1916 & 11.2.1916 registered covers from Sicily to Tasmania (one illustrated for Excelsior Palace Hotal at Palermo, the other with Italian Red Cross 5c label, 20.3.1916 & 28.3.1916 registered usage of both parts of a Dardenelles R Symbolc View details Estimate$400Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 819 CASUALTIES: 1915 undated St John Ambulance chromolitho PPC of a nurse attending to wounded soldiers, message headed "Imtarfa Hospital Malta", to South Australia with superb large-part 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ + /MEDTN' cachet in violet, minor bends. Gorgeous! [See Gary Diffen at page 133] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$250Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 820 EVACUATION and REPATRIATION: Exhibit pages with a typed transcript headed "Lemnos Is 8.1.16" regarding the evacuation, plus postcards x3 & covers x2 from Gallipoli veterans returned to Egypt; also ephemera "The Gallipoli Letter Card" with 6 black & white photos within, and two commemorative programmes for Anzac Day 1916 commemorations; condition variable. (13 items) Symbolc/l View details Estimate$250Price Realized$260StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 821 EVACUATION and REPATRIATION: Christmas 1915 'GALLIPOLI/GENERAL SIR WM R BIRDWOOD'S MESSAGE' booklet with central "Coo-ee to Australia" illustration by "Corpl Fullwood", various printed messages including from General Sir Ian Hamilton "...the Australians who have fought at Gallipoli will bequeath a heritage of honour to their children's children", very minor blemishes. Not previously seen by us. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$200Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 822 EVACUATION and REPATRIATION: 1916 HW Cave PPC of "No 1 Australian Hospital Ship/Karoola" from a wounded Australian soldier to England. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$100Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 823 Collection remainders on American pages with New South Wales including mint to 2/6d x2, 5/- Coin, 5/- Map, Long Type 10/- SG 277a and Postage Dues 5/- & 10/-; Queensland Small Chalons range with a few unused to 6d, Large Chalons mint/unused set, Lined Background 4d orange 'FOUR PENGE' mint x2 (one with trimmed perfs), Four Figures both sets to 2/- mint, Charity duo mint ("seconds"); South Australia with early unused/mint '3-PENCE' on 4d, 'TEN PENCE' on 9d yellow & 2/-, 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' mint t SymbolΩ*o View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 824 Collection on huge French pages with CTO material including New South Wales 1911 set to 10/-, Queensland Crown/A 2/6d 5/- 10/- & £1, South Australia Thick 'POSTAGE' values to 10/-, Tasmania to 10/- plus Pictorials 1d & 2d overprinted 'Specimen', Victoria Crown/A set to £2 (nasty toning) & Western Australia most values to 10/-, plus some other mostly ordinary stamps, condition a bit mixed. (160+) Symbol*Ov View details Estimate$500Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 825 Queensland Fleet Card CTO (rare thus but stupidly addressed), Victoria STO Envelopes 1901 1d rose for Shire of Colac and 1892 2d rose Error of Colour, & a few covers, condition variable. (9 items) GSTex GSTSymbolcpsGradea/b View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 826 Bulging "Seven Seas" album with lots of stamps from all Colonies with many better items including New South Wales Sydney Views "set", a few apparently unused Laureates & a very fine used Imperf 'REGISTERED', Governors 20/- x2; South Australia characteristically colourful array & four pages of 'OS' issues; Tasmania apparently unused Chalons including a huge 1d, 1899-1900 Pictorials mint; Victoria Classics, 10d grey x2 & good mint range including a very fine 1/6d blue; Western Australia handy grou Symbol*Ωo View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 827 Pre-WWI financial instruments virtually all from Tasmanian firms including illustrated types & others with elaborate engraved features, with a good variety of revenues including embossed Platypus types, mostly negotiated in Victoria with further revenues including embossed types, several with "collection" slips affixed, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. A very attractive & desirable collection. (118) Symbol$ View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot 828 Modest collection with lots of mostly common stamps but pickings including NSW 1905 5d Jubilee PPC to New Zealand, Tasmania Pictorials Double Perfs on 1d x2 & 2d plus Melbourne Printings 3d & 6d used blocks (very scarce), Victoria with a page of Classics, some Revenues & postmark interest. (100s) GSTex GSTSymbol*o View details Estimate$600Price Realized$850StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 829 Quality collection of Classics with Sydney Views 1d x5, 2d x7 & 3d x3, Laureates No Wmk 3d x2 & 6d, Imperf Diadems 3d, 5d on piece (unconvincing but with Robineau Certificate), 6d x6, very fine 8d orange with 1857 duplex (Cat £1300) & 1/- x3, etc, generally fine to very fine with many very attractive stamps, high catalogue value. (89) Symbolo View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 830 Superior quality collection on huge French album pages with Sydney Views simplified set, Laureates simplified set including a superb 8d orange-yellow, Centennial set to 20/-, Long Type 10/-, Charity 2/6d, 'OS' Overprints 5/- Map mint plus Long Type 10/- & £1 reprints both CTO, Postage Dues set CTO, Telegraphs 1d (unused) & 2d (mint), etc, generally fine to very fine. Symbol*ov View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 831 Neat collection in Frank Godden album with full-margined Sydney Views 1d No Clouds on piece (creased) & Clouds x2, 2d Plate I Intermediate & Late Impressions, Plate II Intermediate & Late Impressions, Plates III IV on Laid Paper & V, good selection of Laureates in mixed condition with 1d x11 including two pairs & No Leaves x2, 6d x4 including very fine SG 78, 8d x2 (one with superb BN '127' - rated RR - of Hinton) & 'REGISTERED' x6 (one a superb example on piece) Imperf Diadems with a few very f Symbolo View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 832 Stockbook of duplicates with lots of Classics in very indifferent condition but with some better stamps noted, scads of middle period, many Official overprints including 8d with 'OS' in Red SG O9 with 1880 duplex (creased) & 5/- Map with Broken 'S', some Official perfins, Telegraphs 1d unused, etc, some postmark interest, condition rather mixed but plenty of better stamps. (100s) Symbolo View details Estimate$600Price Realized$1,700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 833 1850-51 Sydney Views - ONE PENNY: Plate I (No Clouds) on Soft Yellowish Paper 1d carmine SG 2, margins close to large, superb bars cancel of Sydney, Cat £500. Superb! SymbolfGradea+ View details Estimate$400Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 834 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (No Clouds) on Soft Yellowish Paper 1d reddish rose SG 3, good even margins, superb First Type BN '35' of Goulburn, Cat £475. SymbolfGradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$260StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 835 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (No Clouds) on Soft Yellowish Paper 1d reddish rose SG 3, good even margins, superb First Type BN '35' of Goulburn, Cat £475. [Possibly, formerly a pair with the previous lot] SymbolfGradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 836 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (No Clouds) on Soft Yellowish Paper 1d reddish rose SG 3 horizontal pair [19-20], margins close to good, neat bars cancels of Sydney, Cat £950+. Ex Baron de Ferrary. SymbolfGradea View details Estimate$850Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot 837 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (No Clouds) on Soft Yellowish Paper 1d reddish rose as SG 3 [8] but with a Pronounced Double Impression, margins just clear to large, indistinct numeral cancel that leaves much of the design unobscured, Cat £475+. BPA Certificate (1985). [The doubling is especially evident in the lower-half of the design but is also obvious in the upper tablets] SymbolgGradea View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 838 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (No Clouds) on Hard Bluish Paper 1d pale red SG 5, good even margins, light BN '66' (probably) of Singleton or '99' (rated RRRR) of Walgett, Cat £475. Superb! GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea+ View details Estimate$500Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 839 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (No Clouds) on Hard Bluish Paper 1d pale red SG 5 horizontal pair [12-13], margins close to good, BN '75' (rated RR) of Jerry's Plains, Cat £950+. BPA Certificate (1980). SymboloGradea View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 840 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate II (Clouds) on Hard Toned White to Yellowish Paper 1d dull carmine SG 8 [21], corner example with margins good to huge, untidy BN '9' (reversed) of Bathurst, faint stain at the base, Cat £375. Ex Guy Hutson. SymboloGradea- View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 841 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate II (Clouds) on Bluish Paper 1d dull carmine SG 11 with Pronounced Double Impression, margins close to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit above, bars cancel of Sydney, Cat £375+. RPSofL Certificate. SymbolgGradea View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 842 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate II (Clouds) on Horizontally Laid Paper 1d carmine SG 13 vertical pair, margins close to good except at upper-left of the lower unit where just touched, bars cancels of Sydney, Cat £1400+. A rare & desirable multiple. SymbolhGradea+/a- View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot 843 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate II (Clouds) on Horizontally Laid Paper 1d carmine/vermilion group SG 13-14 five examples including [7, No Trees on Hill] all with portions of the Papermaker's Watermark, all with full margins (one creased), Cat £3600. A very rare & desirable group. Ex Guy Hutson. SymboloGradea/b View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot 844 1850-51 Sydney Views TWO PENCE: Plate I (Vertically Lined Background) Early Impressions 2d greyish blue SG 15, margins good to large with outer framelines at base & left, light BN cancel, Cat £550. SymbolfGradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$440StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 845 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (Vertically Lined Background) Intermediate Impressions 2d greyish blue SG 16b, large even margins with outer frameline at right, light & indistinct numeral cancel, Cat £325. Superb! GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea+ View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 846 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (Vertically Lined Background) Later Impressions with Much Detail Lost 2d greyish blue SG 17 block of 4 [6-7/18-19], margins clear to large except at upper-left where just shaved, 10mm closed tear into the base of the third unit & a minor thin at top of the upper units, bars cancels of Sydney, Cat £720++. Blocks of 4 are extremely rare. GSTex GSTSymbolf/gGradea/(b) View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,400StatusSold Lot 847 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate II (Horizontally Lined Background) Early Impressions 2d indigo with No Whip SG 21e, margins good to large with outer framelines at top & left, light numeral cancel clear of the variety, Cat £475. SymbolfGradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 848 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate II (Horizontally Lined Background) Early Impressions 2d indigo with No Whip SG 21e, margins good to large with outer framelines almost complete, bars cancel of Sydney clear of the variety, Cat £475. SymbolgGradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 849 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate IV (Double-Lined Bale & Circle in Each Star) 2d Prussian blue horizontal pair the first unit with Fan with Six Segments SG 35/b [20-21] additionally with part of the elaborate Papermaker's Watermark across Both Units, ironed-out vertical crease across the left-hand unit, the right-hand unit is superb, exceptional BN '57' cancels of Raymond Terrace, Cat £700++ plus a large premium for the Papermaker's Watermark. BPA Certificate (2013). GSTex GSTSymbolfGrade(a)/a+ View details Estimate$3,000StatusUnsold Lot 850 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate V (Pearl in the Fan) on Stout Vertically Laid Paper 2d dull ultramarine SG 38 horizontal pair [5-6], from the top of the sheet with margins good to huge, untidy bars cancels of Sydney, Cat £750+. Superb! A rare multiple. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2001). SymboloGradea+ View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 851 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate V (Pearl in the Fan) on Stout Vertically Laid Paper 2d ultramarine SG 38 nine examples each with a fragment of the Papermaker's Watermark, all with almost full to full margins, cancellations include BN '3' of Windsor, '48' of Tarcutta & '90' of Grafton, Cat £3375. Another rare group. Ex Guy Hutson. SymboloGradea/b View details Estimate$1,400Price Realized$1,050StatusSold Lot 852 1851-52 Laureates Yellowish Paper 1d as SG 44 but in the carmine-vermilion shade that is sometimes encountered on this paper, margins close to good, minor thins & a little aged, large-part o.g., Cat £4250. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradeb View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 853 1851-52 Laureates Bluish Medium Wove Paper 1d vermilion with No Leaves at Right and another with Two Leaves at Right SG 47a & b, both with good even margins, the first cancelled well clear of the variety, the other with BN '38' (rated R) of Queanbeyan that just intrudes on the variety, Cat £800. SymbolgGradea View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 854 1851-52 Laureates Medium Bluish Paper 8d dull yellow SG 79, margins just clear to good, BN '68' of Scone, Cat £600. SymbolgGradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 855 1851-52 Laureates Medium Bluish Paper 8d orange-yellow SG 80 [39], margins just clear to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, tied to piece by untidy BN '35' with partial oval 'GOULBURN' datestamp alongside, Cat £600+. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2000). SymbolhGradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 856 1854-59 Imperforate Large Diadems 5d dull green SG 88, good even margins, pencil notations on the reverse, part-o.g., Cat £1200. Ex Guy Hutson. [Most examples seen are unconvincing: many are Perf 12 stamps with the perforations trimmed off] Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 857 1854-59 Imperforate Large Diadems 5d dull green SG 88, margins good to large, part-Sydney duplex clear of the Queen's portrait, Cat £650. Superb! GSTex GSTSymbolvGradea+ View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 858 1854-59 Imperforate Large Diadems 6d greyish brown SG 96, margins just touching - at lower-left - to large, unused, Cat £1500. GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradea- View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 859 1856-60 Imperforate Small Diadems 1d orange-vermilion SG 107 horizontal strip of 5 from the left of the sheet, margins good to enormous (at left), large-part o.g., Cat £1625++. Stated to be the third-largest recorded unused multiple. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 860 1856-60 Imperforate Small Diadems 1d orange-vermilion SG 107 corner pair from the upper-left of the sheet with top of the ornamental pattern in the left-hand margin, margins just clear to enormous, ironed-out vertical crease through the first unit, unused. A very rare marginal item: only two other examples of the 1d with ornamental pattern have been recorded. [Our vendor states that the last example offered at auction was the Alfred Caspary/Josiah Lilly/John Boker block of 4, sold in 1981] GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradeb/a View details Estimate$1,800Price Realized$1,350StatusSold Lot 861 1856-60 Imperforate Small Diadems 2d blue (shades) Plate I SG 110-113 mounted & annotated collection of the units that received Major Retouches comprising [13] original state x2 (one a Double Print), "Blistered" x7 (two in pairs) & Retouched x3; [24] original, First Retouch x8 including in strips of 3 & 6 (both Ex George Ginger) & Third Retouch x6 including in a pair on piece & in a block of 4 (both Ex George Ginger); [25] original, "Blistered" x2 & Retouched x2; [36] original (with Wmk '5'), "B Symbolo View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$4,600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 862 1856-60 Imperforate Small Diadems 3d green GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea+ View details Estimate$16,000StatusUnsold Lot 863 1860-72 Perforated Diadems Perf 12 2d pale blue Plate I SG 133 annotated study of imperforate remainders subsequently Perf 12 including "Blistered" units & many noted as "Damaged and Re-Entered", etc, includes strips of 3 x8 (one vertical) & a strip of 4, also a huge corner single Imperf at Top & Right, etc, some postmark interest, Cat almost £14,000. Ex Guy Hutson. [This is a remarkable assemblage that will have great appeal for the technical philatelist] (97) Symbolo View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot 864 1860-72 Perforated Diadems 2d pale blue (shades) Plate I group of Major Retouches SG 133a comprising [24] in pair (cut-into at right), [25] (quite aged), [37], [49] x2 (one cut-into at right) & [61] (defective), mostly stained by the blackboy gum used for this issue, Cat £8400. Ex George Ginger - on his album page - and Guy Hutson. A very rare group: only a few examples of each of these stamps have been recorded. (6) SymboloGradeb/c View details Estimate$750Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 865 1860-72 Perforated Diadems 2d blue (shades) Plate II SG 134-136 group, four examples all very worn impressions, unused, Cat £800. Ex Guy Hutson. SymbolΩGradea/b View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 866 1860-72 Perforated Diadems Perf 13 1d dull red SG 155 marginal block of 6 3x2) from the top of the sheet, unusually well centred for this issue, ironed-out vertical crease affects the right-hand units, virtually full (brown) o.g., Cat £900++. Ex Guy Hutson. One of the largest recorded multiples of this stamp. [The similar "Alvarado" non-marginal block of 6 sold in May 2010 for £564] GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea/(a-) View details Estimate$800Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 867 1860-72 Perforated Diadems 6d purple with Error of Watermark '5' SG 165a, unused, Cat £750. GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradea View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 868 1867-93 De La Rue New Values 4d & 10d imperforate plate proof singles in the issued colours on ungummed unwatermarked or '10' watermarked paper both with small sans-serif 'SPECIMEN' (Marcus Samuel Type D2), margins close to good. Rare. [Absent from Bill McCredie's collection] SymbolPGradea View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 869 1867-93 De La Rue New Values 10d die proof in black reduced to stamp-size & recessed in card (92x61mm) behind mica layer, 'May 1, 1867' handstamp at upper-left. SymbolPGradea View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 870 1871-1902 Wmk '36' Perf 10 mounted collection with a mint/unused set including 1d SG 208a (a rare stamp; no gum, tonespots), also 1d used x14 including a pair, 3d mint x15 including two blocks of 4, 4d used x8, 5d mint x20 including two blocks of 4, 8d used x15 including a pair, 'NINEPENCE' on 10d mint x10 including a block of 4, 1/- used block of 6 (a rare multiple but defective), etc, many Watermark Varieties including with Marginal Letters, condition variable but generally fine to very fine, Symbol*Ωo View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot 871 1882-97 Wmk '40' Perf 10 mounted collection with a mint set, also 1d mint block of 4, 2d mint x14 including a pair, 3d mint three blocks of 4, 4d mint x7, 5d mint blocks of 4 & 8 and Re-Entry across 'POSTAGE' used x5 (two perf 'OS/NSW'), 6d mint x11 including a pair, 8d mint x11 including a pair, 1/- mint x7 including a wing-margin pair, etc, many Watermark Varieties including with Marginal Letters and No Watermark, condition variable but generally fine to very fine, the unused mostly with part- Symbol*o View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot 872 1882-97 Wmk '40' Line Perf 12 mounted range with a faked 1d, the rare 2d & 4d x8 all used, 3d mint two blocks of 4, 5d mint four blocks of 4 & a rare used block of 6 (3x2), 6d mint x2 (one with no gum), 8d mint x3 (one with no gum), etc, Cat £4000+. Ex Guy Hutson. A very scarce selection. (129) Symbol*Ωo View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot 873 1882-97 Wmk '40' Perf 11 mounted range with 1d used x3, 2d used x6, 3d mint six blocks of 4, 5d mint two blocks of 4, 6d mint x2, 8d mint x8 including a pair, 1/- used block of 4 (a rare multiple, small corner fault), etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine, Cat £3600+. Ex Guy Hutson. Another very challenging group. (160 approx) Symbol*o View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot 874 1882-97 Wmk '40' Perf 10 3d yellow-green Double Print two examples in slightly different shades, the first an unusually tall stamp with a Pre-Printing Paper Fold - that may have caused the doubling - & a pulled perf at lower-right, the second with shallow thins, light cancels that barely obstruct the doubling. Ex Guy Hutson. A rare duo. [This variety was formerly listed by Gibbons as SG 226a, last appearing in the 2010 edition, Cat £1100] SymbolfGradeb View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 875 1882-97 Wmk '40' Perf 11 3d yellow-green horizontal pair Imperf Vertically SG 226da, large-part o.g., Cat £600. Ex Guy Hutson. Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$650Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot 876 1882-97 Wmk '40' 5d deep blue-green Imperforate marginal block of 4 SG 233e from the right of the sheet, attractive burnishing between the units, characteristic minor gumbends, large-part o.g., Cat £950++. Ex Guy Hutson. Symbol*Gradea/a- View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 877 1885-86 Stamp Duty Overprinted 'POSTAGE' in Blue Perf 10 10/- mauve claret/bluish paper SG 241, large-part o.g., Cat £1700. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea d1 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 878 1885-86 Stamp Duty Overprinted 'POSTAGE' in Blue 10/- mauve & claret Perf 10 SG 241 Imperforate at Right, large-part o.g., Cat £1700. A rare & underrated stamp. Ex Guy Hutson. Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 879 1885-86 Stamp Duty Overprinted 'POSTAGE' in Blue 10/- Perf 12 SG 241b two examples, in mauve & deep claret, and in deep mauve & claret, large-part o.g., Cat £600. Ex Guy Hutson. Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 880 1888-89 Centennial Perf 12x11½ range on leaves with mint including all values to 1/- x13 plus 2d Emu pair with '1888' Monogram & irregular block of 10 with 'CP' & 'G Pr O/NSW' Monograms, 4d Captain Cook x16 including two pairs, 6d carmine-pink x4, 8d Lyrebird x15 including a block of 4 & a pair with 'CP' Monogram, etc, also 2½d Allegorical SG 265b x4 & 4d Captain Cook Perf 11 SG 255c used x3, generally very fine, Cat £2000++. Ex Guy Hutson. (160+) Symbol*o View details Estimate$750Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot 881 1888-89 High Values Wmk 'NSW' 20/- Governors SG 262, unusually well centred, characteristic irregular perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £600. Ex Guy Hutson. An unusually fine & attractive example. Symbol*Gradea b2 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 882 1890 High Values Wmk '[value]/NSW' 20/- Governors Perf 12 SG 264ca and SG 264cb both Perf 11x12 and Perf 12x11, all with large-part o.g., Cat £1050. Ex Guy Hutson. Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 883 1892-1910 Halfpenny extensive partly annotated collection of grey & blue-green printings with a high proportion of mint material, lots of blocks including with Imprints and Monograms, some handy varieties, condition variable but much is fine to very fine. (many 100s) GSTex GSTSymbol*o View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot 884 1892-99 New Denomination ½d slate Perf 12x11½ block of 4 the left-hand units apparently Imperforate Three Sides SG 272c but with "blind perfs", the second unit with a small thin, large-part o.g., Cat £1600(-). Ex Guy Hutson: acquired for £645. Symbol*Gradea/a- View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 885 1897 Charity (Consumptives Home) 2/6d SG 281 tied to philatelic cover - minor blemishes - by 'PETERSHAM - 303' duplex & 'NEWTOWN' cds, Cat £225 x2 on cover. GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea b1 View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 886 1897-99 Diamond Jubilee 1d + 2d + 2½d (sideways) composite die proof in deep brown on highly surfaced stock (143x94mm). SymbolPGradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 887 1897-99 Diamond Jubilee 1d rose-carmine Die II marginal horizontal pair from the left of the sheet Imperforate at Left, large-part o.g. Much scarcer than the Imperforate Three Sides errors. Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 888 1897 Coin (Re-Issue) 5/- Perf 11 SG 297c x12 including a block of 4 (minor gum-crazing), Compound Perf SG 297e Perf 11x12 x12 including a very fine block of 4 & a marginal single with Floral Border, and Perf 12x11 x8 including [26, Cracked Plate], generally fine to very fine with large-part o.g., Cat £1600+. Ex Guy Hutson. (32) Symbol* View details Estimate$600Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 889 1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper Ordinary Paper 1d scarlet-pink block of 20 (2x10) being the two right-hand columns from the left-hand pane, all units in the right-hand column being Imperforate Three Sides, complete '1897' Monogram at upper-right & part marginal inscription '...PENNY' at lower-right, virtually full o.g. with most units being unmounted, Cat £5500++ (for four mounted blocks of four). Ex Judge Montgomerie Hamilton and Guy Hutson; acquired for £2852. Symbol*/**Gradea View details Estimate$4,500StatusUnsold Lot 890 1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper 1d salmon-pink Imperforate block of 4 SG 301a, margins close to good, Cat £550+ (for two pairs). [Blocks of 4 are much scarcer than pairs] Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 891 1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper Perf 11x12 6d yellow-orange SG 306 mint x11 including a block of 4 & used x7, and 6d emerald SG 307 mint x14 including two blocks of 4 (slightly different shades) & used x8, generally very fine, Cat £1500++. Ex Guy Hutson. (41) Symbol*oGradea View details Estimate$450StatusUnsold Lot 892 1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper 'NINEPENCE' on 10d with Albino Surcharge Only SG 309b, small gum-thin, Cat £275. A very unusual error. Symbol*Gradeb c1 View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 893 1903-08 Wmk '65' 5d dark blue-green Imperforate horizontal pair SG 329d from the right of the sheet, large-part o.g. with minor hinge remainder, Cat £425. Ex Guy Hutson. Symbol*Gradea- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 894 1905-10 Small Crown/A 1d rose-carmine with Double Impression BW #N12c (SG 334a), hinge remainder, Cat $500 (£475). GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea- b1 View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot 895 1905-10 Small Crown/A Perf 12x11½ 2/6d Lyrebird with the Watermark Upright (Inverted) BW #N63a (SG 349avar), heavy 1906 cds, Cat $250. SymbolhGradea b1 View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold Lot 896 1905 Crown/A-in-Circle 20/- Governors Perf 12x11, Perf 12 & Perf 11 (hinge remainder) BW #N74-76 (SG 350b, 350a & 350), large-part o.g., Cat $1000 (£1000). Ex Guy Hutson. Symbol*Gradea/a- View details Estimate$450Price Realized$550StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 897 1905 Crown/A 9d yellow-brown & ultramarine Perf 11 BW #N50B (SG 352a) upper-left corner block of 4, three units are unmounted, Cat $600++ (£440++) mounted. Symbol**/*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 898 OFFICIALS: 1879 Wmk '6' 3d dull green SG O1, characteristic rough perfs, Sydney cds of DE31/1881, Cat £550. Ex Guy Hutson. Underrated; unpriced mint. SymbolfGradea c2 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot 899 OFFICIALS: 1882-85 Wmk '40' Perf 10 3d yellow-green with Double Overprint One Albino SG O22a block of 4, full unmounted o.g., Cat £600++ (for mounted singles). RPSofV Certificate (2009). [Many such errors are difficult to detect because the two impressions are almost coincident. In this case, there is 3mm horizontal displacement] GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea View details Estimate$450Price Realized$340StatusSold Lot 900 OFFICIALS: 1882-85 Wmk '40' Perf 11 8d yellow with the Overprint Triple SG O32db, well centred, untidy but light cancellation that only slightly intrudes on the overprints, Cat £1200. Ex Guy Hutson. A rare stamp. SymboloGradea b1 View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 901 OFFICIALS: 1887-90 High Values overprinted 'POSTAGE' with Seriffed 'O S' 10/- mauve & claret Perf 10 SG O37b, a few irregular perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £6500. Ex Guy Hutson. A very rare Official. BPA Certificate (1963). Symbol*Gradea c2 View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$3,000StatusSold Lot 902 FORGERIES: Laureates unauthorised reprints 8d in blue complete sheet of 50 (10x5) with HC Jervis imprint at the base, central vertical fold between the columns. SymbolΩGradea View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678910|Next Previous 12345678910 Next Previous 12345678910 Next