Stamps & Postal History (#89MG) 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 501-600 of 928. Previous|12345678910|Next Lot #1003 1853 Couriers Medium Soft Yellowish Paper with Engraved Lines Well Defined 1d blue SG 2, margins close to huge with almost complete outer framelines except where clipped at upper-right & part of the '[Printed by H & C B]est' Imprint at lower-left, some soiling but unused, Cat £11,000. Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold SymbolΩGradec Lot #1004 1853 Couriers Medium Soft Yellowish Paper with Engraved Lines Well Defined 1d blue SG 2, good even margins with complete outer framelines, ironed-out horizontal crease, unused, Cat £11,000. Ex VJ Colbeck. An attractive stamp. View details Estimate$4,000StatusUnsold SymbolΩGrade(a) Lot #1005 1853 Couriers Medium Soft Yellowish Paper with Engraved Lines Well Defined 1d blue SG 2, good even margins with complete outer framelines, light First Allocation Barred Numeral '59' of Launceston, Cat £1500. Ex VJ Colbeck. Signed "AD" (= Alberto Diena). View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold SymbolfGradea Lot #1006 1853 Couriers Medium Soft Yellowish Paper with Engraved Lines Well Defined 1d blue SG 2 [14], margins good to very large with complete outer framelines, First Allocation '61' cancellation of Hobart, Cat £1500+. One of the finest examples of the Penny we have seen. Ex VJ Colbeck. [John Bell's superb example of SG 3 - Cat £1300 - sold at the Prestige auction of 8.5.2013 for $1955] View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold SymbolgGradea Lot #1007 1853 Couriers Medium Soft Yellowish Paper with Engraved Lines Well Defined 1d blue SG 2 [24], margins good to very large with complete outer framelines & 'CH Coard Sc' Imprint, light ironed-out horizontal crease, First Allocation '61' cancellation of Hobart clear of the imprint, Cat £1500+. A very attractive Number One, greatly enhanced by the imprint, examples of which are rare on the Penny. Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold SymbolgGrade(a) Lot #1008 1853 Couriers Medium Soft Yellowish Paper with View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,300StatusSold Symbolg/f Lot #1009 1853 Couriers FOUR PENCE: Plate I with Finely Engraved Lines First State in Brilliant Colours 4d bright red-orange SG 5, margins close to large with complete outer framelines, a couple of minor blemishes & ironed-out crease at the top, unused, Cat £8500. Ex VJ Colbeck. A very attractive stamp. View details Estimate$2,500StatusUnsold SymbolΩGrade(a-) Lot #1010 1853 Couriers Plate I with Finely Engraved Lines First State in Brilliant Colours 4d bright brown-orange SG 6 [9], good even margins, very fine First Allocation '59' cancellation of Launceston, Cat £1300. Superb! Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$850Price Realized$650StatusSold SymbolfGradea+ Lot #1011 1853 Couriers Plate I Finely Engraved Later Impressions with Blurred Lines 4d orange SG 8 [24], margins good to large with complete 'CH Coard Sc' Imprint, slight oxidisation, tied to piece by superb First Allocation '59' cancellation of Launceston with light 'PAID/4AP4/1854' datestamp in red alongside, Cat £450+. Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolfGradeb Lot #1012 1853 Couriers Plate I Finely Engraved Later Impressions with Blurred Lines 4d pale orange SG 9 horizontal pair, unusually large margins, minor thinning characteristic of this paper, First Allocation BN '18' of Campbell Town, Cat £900+. View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea- Lot #1013 1853 Couriers Plate II with Coarser Engraving 4d orange SG 10, margins close to large with complete outer framelines & a fragment of the adjoining unit at left, minor blemishes, unused, Cat £5500. Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold SymbolΩGradeb Lot #1014 1853 Couriers Plate II with Coarser Engraving 4d shades, four examples with full margins & complete outer framelines, a few trivial imperfections, Cat £1500 minimum. Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$650StatusUnsold Symbolg/fGradea/a- Lot #1015 1853 Couriers Plate II with Coarser Engraving 4d orange SG 10 [9], margins good to large, First Allocation '64' cancellation of Hobart, Cat £425. Superb! Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolfGradea+ Lot #1016 1853 Couriers Plate II with Coarser Engraving 4d orange SG 10 [18] from the right of the sheet with margins good to huge, First Allocation '61' cancellation of Hobart, Cat £425. Superb! Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolgGradea+ Lot #1017 1853 Couriers Plate II with Coarser Engraving 4d orange SG 10 block of 6 (2x3), three units each with one cut-to-shape corner but with virtually complete outer framelines, ironed-out/repaired vertical crease/split at right & a few repaired spots on the reverse, Cat £2250+. A rare multiple. Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSold SymboloGradeb/c Lot #1018 1855 London Printings with Large Star Wmk 1d carmine, 2d green & 4d blue SG 14 16 & 18, margins just clear to good, Cat £1480. Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Symbolg/fGradea/a- Lot #1019 1855 London Printings with Large Star Wmk 1d carmine SG 14 & 2d green SG 16 horizontal pairs, both with the left-hand units a little cut-into & the right-hand units with close to good margins, First Allocation cancellations '60' of Hobart or '53' of Richmond, Cat £2700+. Scarce multiples. Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold SymbolfGradea/b Lot #1020 1855 London Printings with Large Star Wmk 1d carmine SG 14, margins close to good except at lower-right where just shaved, unused, Cat £10,000. An attractive example of this stamp that is rare in unused condition. Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$4,000StatusUnsold SymbolΩGradea- Lot #1021 1855 London Printings with Large Star Wmk 2d green SG 16 & 4d blue SG 18 x2 shades, margins good to large & each with a fragment of an adjoining unit, Cat £710. A superb trio. Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Symbolg/fGradea+ Lot #1022 1855 London Printings with Large Star Wmk 2d green SG 16 with two portions of the 'CANCELLED' handstamp applied by Perkins Bacon, margins close to good except where just touched at mid-right, Cat £13,000. Ex EW Mann and VJ Colbeck. This is a very rare example of the so-called "Ormond Hill Specimens": only two other examples are recorded, one in the Royal Collection. Absent from Peter Jaffé's extraordinary collection of these rare 'Specimen' stamps: this is his [Pos 4]. Six examples of many Per View details Estimate$10,000Price Realized$7,500StatusSold SymbolvGradea- Lot #1023 1855 London Printings with Large Star Wmk 4d deep blue SG 17 block of 8 (3x3, with the seventh unit excised), the central horizontal strip of 3 with full margins, some minor defects, First Allocation Barred Numeral '18' of Campbell Town, Cat £1040++ (as singles). A fine showpiece. Ex VJ Colbeck. [The second-largest recorded mutiple, and of better appearance & quality than Koichi Sato's block of 9] View details Estimate$750Price Realized$700StatusSold Symbolg/fGradea/b Lot #1024 1855 London Printings with Large Star Wmk 4d blue SG 18 with small triangular "convict puncture", three good to large margins, very fine First Allocation '18' of Campbell Town. Ex VJ Colbeck: the puncture stated by him to be "Unique on this issue". View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold SymbolgGradeb Lot #1025 1856-57 No Watermark 2d dull emerald-green SG 20 horizontal pair, margins just clear - at right - to large, 10mm scissor-cut between the units at the top, neat First Allocation '11' cancellation of Avoca, Cat £1900+. A rare multiple. Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Symbolg/fGradea/a- Lot #1026 1857-67 Double-Lined Numerals 1d SG 25-29 group of ten singles & a pair apparently all unused, Cat £4200 minimum as unused singles; then a used group comprising 1d x25 including three strips of 4 & a block of 4 (one unit torn) plus a single with Watermark Flat Top to '1'; 2d x15 including three pairs & two strips of 3; and 4d x16 including two pairs; a few very fine Barred Numerals noted, condition variable but many are fine to very fine, Cat £2100++. Ex VJ Colbeck. (68) View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold SymbolΩo Lot #1027 1857-67 Double-Lined Numerals 1d shades SG 25-29 group, six examples with three to four margins with fragments of a four adjoining units, unused, Cat £2150 minimum. Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold SymbolΩGradea/b Lot #1028 1857-67 Double-Lined Numerals 1d deep red-brown SG 25, 1d pale red-brown SG 26 and carmine SG 29 x2 - one with inferior impressions - horizontal strips of 4, shaved/a little cut-into at places but many units are very fine with full margins, numeral cancellations, Cat £600++ (as singles). Scarce multiples. Ex VJ Colbeck. (4 strips) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$600StatusSold Symbolg/fGradea/b Lot #1029 1857-67 Double-Lined Numerals 1d pale brick-red SG 27, an enormous example with fragments of four adjoining units including a chunk of the unit at left, unused, Cat £425. Ex VJ Colbeck. [A fine example of the "Slurred Prints" that are often mistaken for Double Prints] View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolΩGradea Lot #1030 1857-67 Double-Lined Numerals 1d carmine SG 29, an enormous example with fragments of six adjoining units!, unused, Cat £350. Superb & of stunning appearance! Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold SymbolΩGradea+ Lot #1031 1857-67 Double-Lined Numerals 2d green SG 31 horizontal strip of 4, margins close to large with fragments of the adjoining units at left & right, fine First Allocation Barred Numeral '44' cancels of New Norfolk, Cat £240++ (as singles). A rare & remarkably fine multiple. Ex VJ Colbeck. [Of superior quality to Koichi Sato's similarly cancelled strip of 7] View details Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSold Symbolg/fGradea/a+ Lot #1032 1857-67 Double-Lined Numerals 2d grey-green SG 34, large even margins with traces of the units above & at left, light bars cancel of Hobart, Cat £85. Superb! View details Estimate$100Price Realized$160StatusSold SymbolfGradea+ Lot #1033 1858 'TASMANIA' London Printings 6d dull lilac SG 40 pair; then Hobart Printings 6d SG 44-48 group comprising eight singles - one with the Watermark Inverted & one with a Slurred Print - & two pairs plus 6d reddish mauve SG 49 x2, mostly with full margins & generally very fine, Cat £1500+. Ex VJ Colbeck. (14) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSold Symbolf/gGradea/a- Lot #1034 1858 'TASMANIA' London Printings 1/- bright vermilion SG 41 vertical pair, margins just clear to large with fragments of both adjoining units at left, large-part o.g., Cat £1600+. Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradea Lot #1035 1858 'TASMANIA' London Printings 1/- bright vermilion SG 41 vertical strip of 3, margins just touching - at the top - to close, minor stain at the base, large-part o.g. & the central unit may be unmounted, Cat £2400+. A rare multiple. Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Symbol*/**?Gradea/b Lot #1036 1860-67 'TASMANIA' Hobart Printings 6d grey-violet SG 46, margins just clear to good, two small natural paper inclusions, unused, Cat £700. Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolΩGradea- Lot #1037 1863-71 Experimental Separations with Perf 10 by Walch & Sons 1d x3 (all apparently unused), 4d x2 & 6d x4 (two are SG 67, both with Double Perforations at Right); Perf 11½-12 by Walch & Sons 1d apparently unused x4 (one a Slurred Print), 1d used x6 including a very scarce vertical strip of 4, 2d x4 including a pair & 4d x5 (one apparently unused); and Perf 12½-13 by Robert Harris (Launceston) 1d x4 (two apparently unused), 2d, 4d x3 & 6d x3 (one on 1864 cover front to England); generally fine t View details Estimate$600Price Realized$800StatusSold SymbolΩ?o Lot #1038 1863-71 Experimental Separations Perf 12 by J Walch & Sons 1d carmine as SG 70 but with Irregular Compound Perf 12x12x10x12 additionally with an obvious Double Print, very fine Barred Numeral '63' of Hobart. Unlisted by Gibbons. Ex Tom Petterd and VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold SymbolfGradea Lot #1039 1870 De La Rue Sidefaces 1d die proof in black on glazed card (93x61mm) with 'Mar 16 1870' handstamp at upper-left & endorsed "The Die from which this impression is taken, is not yet finished", very minor burnishing at the edges, unusually with an onion-skin flap. Rare. Ex VJ Colbeck. [The ornaments at centre-right are unfinished & the ornaments on all sides are uncleared. This is the only such proof we have recorded. That pictured by Gene Tinsley at page 56 is dated three days later &, despite View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,400StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #1040 1870 De La Rue Sidefaces imperforate plate proof singles on gummed Crown/CC paper comprising 3d in dull claret, 9d in orange-buff & 5/- in dull purple & in bright purple (a huge corner stamp), large-part o.g. Ex VJ Colbeck. (4) View details Estimate$200Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #1041 1870 De La Rue Sidefaces imperforate plate proof marginal blocks of 4 on gummed Crown/CC paper comprising 2d in green with Plate Number '2', 4d in black & in blue, and 10d in deep violet with Plate Number '4', large-part o.g. Ex VJ Colbeck. (4 blocks) View details Estimate$800StatusUnsold SymbolPGradea Lot #1042 1870 De La Rue Sidefaces 9d imperforate plate proof marginal blocks of 4 in black & in slate-violet on ungummed unwatermarked paper. Rare. Ex VJ Colbeck. (2 blocks) View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold SymbolPGradea Lot #1043 1870 De La Rue Sidefaces 9d imperforate plate proof marginal blocks of 4 on gummed Crown/CC paper in orange-buff & in bright orange (with Current Number '50'), in bright purple & in bright violet (with Current Number '50'‹), large-part o.g. Ex VJ Colbeck. (4 blocks) View details Estimate$800StatusUnsold SymbolPGradea Lot #1044 1870-71 First Sidefaces 4d blue SG 130, apparently reperforated Perf 13 at right, a trifle soiled, neat numeral cancel, Cat £475. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$180StatusSold SymbolvGradeb Lot #1045 1870-71 First Sidefaces Perf 12 4d blue SG 130, an unusually large & attractive example, Cat £475. Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold SymbolfGradea Lot #1046 1871-91 Perforated by the Post Office Perf 11½ 6d bright violet SG 138 block of 6 (3x2), vertical crease affects the right-hand units, large-part o.g., Cat £1350++. Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Symbol*Gradea/b Lot #1047 1871-91 Perforated by the Post Office 1/- orange-red SG 141 block of 4, untidy Hobart duplex cancels, a bit aged, Cat £260+. Scarce multiple. View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold SymboloGradeb Lot #1048 1871-91 Perforated by the Post Office Perf 12 6d dull claret SG 143 two blocks of 6 (3x2), virtually full o.g., Cat £600++ (as mounted singles). Ex VJ Colbeck. (2 blocks) View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Symbol*/**Gradea/a+ Lot #1049 1880-91 Sidefaces 1d pink Imperf Pair SG164a, margins close to large, large-part o.g., Cat £400. Ex VJ Colbeck. BPA Certificate (1968) as the then SG 172var. View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradea Lot #1050 1891 Surcharge 'd./2½' 3½mm Setting on 9d pale blue SG 169 complete shhet of 120 (12x10) with Plate Number '7' & Control Number '50' both appearing twice, most units are unmounted, Cat £600++. View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol**/*Gradea Lot #1051 1892-99 Tablets ½d to £1 SG 216-225 complete, Cat £600. Ex VJ Colbeck. (10) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$360StatusSold SymbolfGradea b1 Lot #1052 1892-99 Tablets ½d to £1 SG 216-225 complete with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, the ½d & 6d mounted, the others are superb unmounted, Cat £650. Ex VJ Colbeck. (10) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$450StatusSold Symbol*/**Gradea/a+ Lot #1053 1892-99 Tablets £1 green & yellow SG 225, faint bend, full unmounted o.g., Cat £500 (mounted). View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Symbol**Gradea- c1 Lot #1054 1902-12 Pictorials Melbourne Printings scarce to rare perforation variants on ½d x3, 2d Imperforate, 3d & 6d x6 including SG 237c used, 237d x2 (one used, unpriced thus), 246b mint, 248a mint, 254b used (unpriced thus) & 254cc used, etc. High catalogue value & a very desirable group. (11) View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Symbol*O Lot #1055 1903 Sidefaces Typo in Melbourne 9d blue with the Watermark Sideways BW #T65Aaa (SG 242c), a trifle aged, Hobart cds of JE7/1904, undercatalogued at $75 (£160). View details Estimate$200Price Realized$220StatusSold SymbolfGradea- c1 Lot #1056 1906-07 Tablets Crown/A 1/- rose & green Irregular Compound Perf 12½x12x12½x12½ BW #T79 (SG 257c), the faintest trace of having been mounted, undercatalogued at $300 (£250). This is a rare stamp, offered with a normal Perf 12½ example for comparison. [The ACSC states "Reported examples show Perf 11.8 [12] at top..." On this stamp it is at the right] View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradea+ a1 Lot #1057 1855 soiled cover to London "per Royal Charter/Via Melbourne" with defective Large Star 2d & 4d, also two 1857 entires to Hobart each with No Wmk 4d deep blue SG 21 & Barred Numerals '18' of Campbell Town (with postmaster's manuscript "CTown/15-1-58") or '60' of Launceston Ex VJ Colbeck. (3) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$280StatusSold Symbolc Lot #1058 1853 outer to Dorsetshire with very early usage of Courier 4d pale orange SG 9 (margins good to large; minor scissor-cut in the margin at lower-right), central First Allocation Barred Numeral '31' & postmaster's endorsement "Green Ponds/17.11.53" at right, 'LIVERPOOL/SHIPLETTER' b/s in green & 'BRIDPORT/FE16/1854' arrival b/s in red, central filing fold. Ex VJ Colbeck. [The 1d & 4d Couriers were issued on 1.11.1853. 1853 covers are very scarce, and those from November are rare] View details Estimate$500Price Realized$575StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #1059 1857 entire to Launceston with scarce franking of No Watermark 4d blue SG 22 (full margins, lifted & hinged in place) just tied by a light numeral cancel, 'PRE-PAID/2JY2/1857' cds of Hobart & similar boxed arrival b/s. Ex VJ Colbeck. View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea Lot #1060 1886 cover to Scottsdale with scarce albeit philatelic franking of Sidefaces 2d unauthorised bisect tied by BN '115' of 'ELLESMERE' (cds alongside). View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold SymbolcGradea- Lot #1061 POSTAL STATIONERY: 1911 'ONE PENNY' at 40 Degrees on 2d Letter Card HG 6a "MOUNT GOULD - LAKE MARLOW" in claret, minor discolouration on the view side, Hobart machine cancel of 30JAN12. Rare. View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold SymbolpsGradeb Lot #1062 POSTAL STATIONERY: 1898 Scenic Issue Envelopes 2d & 2½d HG B2 & 3 complete set of the twelve views, unused. Superb! Ex VJ Colbeck. [These envelopes are among the most beautiful postal stationery items ever issued. Printed by Waterlow & Sons, only 308 sets were produced. A similar set sold in our auction of 30.9.2015 for $4046] (12) View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,400StatusSold SymbolpsGradea+ Lot #1063 POSTMARKS: Datestamps on Pictorials 'AVOCA' to 'ZEEHAN' plus selection of TPO markings, Loose Ship handstamps & Pictorials cancelled interstate, lots of very fine strikes & some better stamps. (100s) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$480StatusSold SymboloΔ Lot #1064 POSTMARKS: manuscript "Port Arthur" cancellations - three different styles/hands - on Imperf 1d carmine strip of 3 (cut-into at the base), 4d (cut-into) + 6d pair (full margins), 6d strip of 3 (full margins with fragments of the three adjoining units below) & 6d strip of 4 (just touched at the base but with chunks of the four adjoining units above), Cat £750++. Ex VJ Colbeck. (4 items) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold SymboloGradea/b Lot #1065 Three volume collection with many Classics including Half-Lengths 1d x12, 2d x3 & 3d x14, Woodblocks with Imperf 2/-, 'TOO LATE' & 'REGISTERED' x4, good range of Emblems, an array of Laureates including 3d mauve x4, 8d orange, 10d grey x2 & 5/- blue/yellow (repaired), extensive array of Middle Period including Astley 6d lovely block of 8, 1/6d blue, 1897 Charity 2½d CTO on piece (!), 1900 Charities with fake cancels, Commonwealth Period to 5/- x2 on pieces, KEVII £1 from 'WOODS POINT' & £2 from View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,000StatusSold GSTex GSTSymboloc Lot #1066 Attractive collection with an above-average group of Half-Lengths (a few wrongly identified but including a very fine 3d SG 4a & 2d SG 10a with RPSofV Certificate), huge 1/- Octagonal, Woodblocks Imperf 2/- & 'TOO LATE' (both very fine), nice group of Emblems, a sound Beaded Ovals 6d orange, Laureates 8d orange with Double Perfs, Ultra-High Values £50 pen-cancelled, 1897 Charity duo mint & CTO at 'CROWLANDS', 1900 Charity duo mint (apparently unmounted), No 'POSTAGE' set, etc, condition variable View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Symbolo* Lot #1067 Cancelled to Order (CTO) group with Large Stamp Duty including 10/- green, 15/- brown, £1/5/- & £10, Ultra-High Values Typo £25 & £100, 1886-96 £7 £8 & £9, No 'POSTAGE' 5/-, V/Crown £1 Perf 12½, £1 Perf 11 & £2 Perf 12½, and a few others, most to £1 with large-part o.g., Cat £3600+. (27) View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold SymbolvGradea Lot #1068 Large stockbook of duplicates arranged by denomination with One Penny Half-Lengths x15 (one apparently unused but rebacked), Emblems with an attractive strip of 3 & Stamp Statute 1d and ½d on 1d both mint, Two Pence Half-Lengths x8, Three Pence Half-Lengths x26 plus Perf 12 x2 tied to piece by Adelaide cds, Beaded Ovals magenta x2 & blue x13 (one apparently unused), Six Pence Woodblocks x24 & Queen-on-Throne x38, Eight Pence Laureates orange x2, Ten Pence Laureates grey, One Shilling & Six Pence View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$3,400StatusSold Symbol*Ωo Lot #1069 1850-53 Half-Lengths by Thomas Ham Second State of the Dies (Band of Orb Protrudes at Left) 3d blue SG 7, margins close to large except where a bit cut-into at the base, unused, Cat £4750. [About 20 unused examples have been recorded, most of which have significant faults. This is one of the more attractive examples] View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradec Lot #1070 1850-53 Half-Lengths by Thomas Ham Third State of the Dies (Framelines Added) 3d blue SG 11 large-part reconstruction of the sheet with five horizontal pairs missing only [7-8], margins in places & of fine to very fine appearance, Cat £900++. Ex Charles Lathrop Pack & still on part of his album-page. View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold SymboloGradea/b Lot #1071 1850-53 Half-Lengths by Thomas Ham White Veils 3d greenish blue SG 14b vertical pair from the lower-right corner of the sheet with enormous sheet margins at right & base, crudely separated at left the upper unit intact with a chunk of the adjoining unit at left, the lower unit damaged towards the base, large-part o.g., Cat £2600++. Ex Rodney Perry. View details Estimate$1,800Price Realized$1,350StatusSold Symbol* Lot #1072 1852 Engraved Queen-on-Throne 2d purple-brown SG 18b, margins large to very large with outer framelines at top & left, large-part o.g., Cat £650. Superb! View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,100StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea+ Lot #1073 1854 Half-Lengths by Campbell & Co 3d blue SG 24, margins close to good, unused, Cat £1100. Rarely available this fine. View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold SymbolΩGradea Lot #1074 1854 Half-Lengths by Campbell & Co 3d blue SG 24 block of 4 [1-2/7-8], virtually full margins except at upper-right, a couple of minor defects, Barred Oval '15' cancels in blue of Warrnambool, Cat £200+. A very scarce multiple. View details Estimate$450Price Realized$360StatusSold SymbolgGradea/b Lot #1075 1854-57 Half-Lengths by Campbell & Fergusson 1d orange-brown SG 27 enormous corner example from the lower-left of the sheet, ironed-out creases with a few attendant faults that hardly detract from the impressive facial appearance, unused, Cat £3250. Ex Rodney Perry. View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,400StatusSold SymbolΩGradec Lot #1076 1854-57 Half-Lengths by Campbell & Fergusson 1d dull rose-red SG 27a, margins cut very close but remarkably with no thins or other faults, unused, Cat £3750. View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold SymbolΩGradea Lot #1077 1854-57 Half-Lengths by Campbell & Fergusson 1d pink SG 28 two examples in rather different shades, the first - that we think is actually SG 27a - with tiny faults, the second with three large margins but creased, unused, Cat £2800 minimum. View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold SymbolΩGradeb Lot #1078 1854-55 Woodblocks 6d lilac & green 'TOO LATE' SG 33 corner example from the upper-right of the sheet, margins large to huge, Barred Numeral '3' of Castlemaine, Cat £250. A huge example, possibly the largest extant. View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea Lot #1079 1854-55 Woodblocks Experimental Separations 6d orange with Serpentine Roulettes at the top & lower-left otherwise cut from the sheet to preserve the design, tied to late-1857 cover to Rutland by BN '1' of Melbourne (b/s), very fine Leicester transit of JA13/1857 (error for 1858) & 'ROCKINGHAM/JA14/58' arrival cds on the face, light allover soiling. A very rare franking of SG 58. View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #1080 1855-56 Litho Queen-on-Throne Campbell & Fergusson Early Printings on Poorer Quality Paper 2d brown-purple SG 37a vertical pair [40/50], the upper unit [PU] with Creased Transfer Variety, natural aeration holes characteristic of this paper, the lower unit creased & there is a lightly scored separation line between the units, unused, Cat £950++. A rare multiple. Ex Charles Lathrop Pack, Dr Wawn, JRW Purves & Rodney Perry. RPSofV Certificate (2006). [Geoff Kellow at page 78 states that this & othe View details Estimate$1,800Price Realized$1,600StatusSold SymbolΩGradea/b Lot #1081 1858 Emblems on Good Quality Wove Paper Rouletted 7-9 on All Sides 4d rose-pink horizontal pair Imperf Between, BN '54' (rated R) cancels of Kilmore. Unlisted in Gibbons. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold SymboloGradea Lot #1082 1859 Perf 12 by Robinson 3d blue SG 78 [14], characteristic wayward centring, a couple of short perfs but otherwise very fine, unused, Cat £1800. RPSofV Certificate (2014). [Most unused examples have significant faults] View details Estimate$2,400Price Realized$1,800StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradea- Lot #1083 1859 Perf 12 by Robinson 2/- green/yellow SG 82, well centred for this issue, small hinge thin, unused, Cat £550. View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolΩGradea- Lot #1084 1860-66 Beaded Ovals 6d orange SG 93, a remarkably fine, large & well-centred example that has been cut from the sheet, superb First Type BN '289' (rated RRR) of Hotham, Cat £450. An exceptional combination of a very scarce stamp - especially in this condition - and a rare postmark. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$340StatusSold SymbolhGradea b1 Lot #1085 1863-73 Laureates 8d orange SG 112, an unusually large example with significant Plate Wear at Lower-Right & Base, some slightly short perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £750. One of the more attractive examples we have seen. View details Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold Symbol*Gradea- b2 Lot #1086 1863-73 Laureates V/Crown 5/- blue/yellow SG 139, a little discoloured/aged, unused, Cat £3500. View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold SymbolΩGradeb Lot #1087 1863-73 Laureates 1867-70 Emergency Printings on Saunders Paper 6d blue with 'THREE/PENCE' Watermark SG 165, unusually well centred, minor blemishes, unused, undercatalogued at £475. [Geoff Kellow at page 169 states "This is a rare stamp unused". Our vendor suggests this is possibly the finest recorded unused example] View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradeb Lot #1088 1882-84 Naish Wmk '33' 2d chocolate Perf 12 SG 210ab, an unusually large example with an official repair at the base, indistinct numeral cancel, Cat £425. View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea Lot #1089 1884-96 Large Stamp Duty £1/10/- deep grey-olive SG 244 with Kellow & Turner Type 13 'Specimen' Handstamp (applied diagonally reading upwards), sweated gum. [Only one example recorded in the Handbook] View details Estimate$250Price Realized$600StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea- Lot #1090 1884-96 Large Stamp Duty Wmk '33' Perf 12½ £2 bright blue SG 276, 'JAMIESON' postal cds, Cat £130+. Rare postal usage. [NB: The Gibbons prices for "used" denominations above £1 are for CTO stamps from presentation/collectors' sets. Such stamps are regularly encountered. The Two Pounds is the only such value that has been recorded postally used. Examples are rare, and are believed to have been used on gold packets out of Jamieson, Gaffneys Creek or Omeo] View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold SymbolfGradea b1 Lot #1091 1884-1900 Ultra-High Values Recess Wmk '33' £25 deep green SG 283b, £50 black-violet SG 284a & £100 aniline crimson with the Watermark Upright SG 285c (minor perf stains), excellent centring, unused (regummed), Cat £210,000; unknown postally used. A very attractive set of great rarity. Separate RPSofV Certificates (2014). Geoff Kellow at page 247 states "Unused copies [of all recess and litho printings] are extremely rare." Of the recess stamps he records one £25 in the Royal Collection View details Estimate$25,000Price Realized$38,000StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradea/a- Lot #1092 1896-99 Wmk '82' 2d violet with the Watermark Sideways SG 334e, Cat £90. View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold Symbol*Gradea c1 Lot #1093 1901-10 V/Crown Irregular Compound Perf 1½d brown-red/yellow BW #V56A (SG 411) Perf 12½x12x12½x11, Cat $3000 (£800). A very rare stamp. [Across three related entries, the ACSC records a total of only two mint & six used examples. Of #V56A, with Perf 11 at left, no unused examples are recorded. #V56B boasts a single unused example, Perf 11 at the top. Our conclusion is that this is the first recorded mint example of #V56A] View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradea b1 Lot #1094 1905-13 Crown/A ½d, 1d (2, one marginal), 2d reddish violet, 2½d, 3d (3, two are marginal) & 6d blocks of 4, large-part o.g. with many units being unmounted. (10 blocks) View details Estimate$200Price Realized$180StatusSold Symbol*/**Gradea Lot #1095 1905-13 Crown/A Perf 12½ ½d blue-green Imperforate at Base BW #V22b (SG 416var) horizontal corner strip of 4 from the lower-left of the sheet, very lightly mounted, Cat $4000+ for singles. A very desirable error multiple. View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$4,200StatusSold Symbol*Gradea Lot #1096 1905-13 Crown/A Perf 11 £2 blue KEVII SG 445 BW #V133 (SG 445), Cat $1250 (£1300). View details Estimate$600Price Realized$500StatusSold Symbol*Gradea b1 Lot #1097 REPRINTS: 1884 Stamp Statute 1d to £1 complete with small 'Reprint' Overprint plus £5 with large 'REPRINT' Overprint in red, large-part to virtually full o.g. Most are superb! [As fine a set as we have seen] (11) View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Symbol*Gradea/a+ Lot #1098 ECHUCA RAILWAY STAMPS: ½d black x2, 1d green marginal example & 3d orange, faults. Ex Brussels Find. (4) View details Estimate$100Price Realized$60StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*ΩGradeb/c Lot #1099 MURRAY RIVER STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY: ½d black x10 including two horizontal pairs, a few faults, most with full unmounted o.g. Ex Brussels Find. (10) View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*/**Gradea/b Lot #1100 MURRAY RIVER STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY: 1d red single with Double Perfs at Left & Triple Perfs at Top, one tonespot on the gum otherwise remarkably fresh with full unmounted o.g. Ex Brussels Find. [The only other single in the find sold at the Prestige auction of 7.5.2013 for $264] View details Estimate$200Price Realized$180StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea Lot #1101 MURRAY RIVER STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY: 1d red block of 6 with Double Perfs Vertically & Triple Perfs Horizontally, full unmounted o.g. A spectacular error. Ex Brussels Find. [The two similar blocks in the find sold at the Prestige auctions of 7.5.2013 & 8.11.2013 for $1495 & $1437 respectively] View details Estimate$1,400Price Realized$1,050StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea Lot #1102 STAMP DUTY - IMPRESSED: Embossed Stamp Duty cut-outs 6d & 9/- both in rose-pink affixed to local 1893 philatelic covers & tied by Melbourne duplex, minor blemishes. Unusual. (2) View details Estimate$100Price Realized$160StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678910|Next Previous 12345678910 Next Previous 12345678910 Next
