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 1007. Previous|12345678...11|Next Image Lot # Item Title Time Left Your Bids 405 IRELAND: 1868 quadruple-rate cover from Ireland "via Marseilles" to East Melbourne with very scarce franking of 4d vermilion Plate '10' with wing-margin & 1/- green Plate '4' wing-margin single & pair tied by very fine 'DUBLIN/ 2E /DE3/68 - 186' duplex cancels, Melbourne arrival b/s of JA21/69. The envelope burst in transit, & repairs with stamp selvedge were effected on arrival with two largely very fine strikes of the scarce boxed 'RECEIVED OPEN AT/POST OFFICE MELBOURNE/AND REFASTENED' h/s in SymbolcGradec Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold View details 406 ITALY: 1887 cover to Victoria with 25c blue strip of 3 tied by 'FIRENZE/20/1-87/FERROVIA' duplex cancels, Melbourne transit b/s of FE26/87 & 'WARRNAMBOOL' arrival b/s in blue, flap removed. SymbolcGradea- Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 407 ITALY: 1889 cover with Queensland Second Sidefaces 1d orange-red, 4d yellow & 6d green tied by 'REGISTERED LETTER OFFICE/NO4/89/BRISBANE' cds, 'NAPOLI/13/12-89/(FERROVIA)' b/s & boxed registration datestamp on the face, 'ROMA/(RACCOM)' arrival b/s, a few oily stains that could be improved by a paper conservator. A very rare destination from Queensland. Ex Hugh Campbell. The rate was 7d to Italy + 4d registration. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 408 KOREA: 1898 usage of Japanese (2s+)2s Reply-Half uprated with 5r x4 tied by 'GENSAN/21/SEP/98/IJPO' cds, Brisbane transit duplex of OC23/98 on the face, minor blemishes. An exotic origin, to an unusual destination. [The writer states "...the card is like a piece of blotting paper and you will be hardly able to read it..."] SymbolpsGradeb Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 409 MALTA: 1841 lengthy family entire headed "Darebin Creek Nr Melbourne/...August 31st 1841" & signed "your most affectionate daughter SS Bunbury", to Malta "Via Sydney" & then via a London forwarding agent, endorsed "paid 1/- via Falmouth" with a fine strike of the scarce octagonal 'MELBOURNE/PAID' h/s in red & very fine ovoid 'MELBOURNE/[crown]/SE*8/184_/NEW.S.WALES' b/s (no year, as always in 1841), Sydney d/s of SE*23/1841, British 'SHIPLETTER' b/s & London arrival d/s of 1AP1/1842. Ben Palmer' SymbolcGradeb Estimate$800Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 410 MALTA: 1841 OHMS usage of Mrs Muir illustrated lettersheet ("St Jean d'Acre/after the Battle") headed "HMS Howe Malta July 13th 1841" with lengthy letter, to "John Septs Roe/Surveyor-General/Swan River/Western Australia" rated "6" in red for the private shipletter rate, with curved 'PAID/MALTA' (Proud #PD2; recorded only to 26.9.1839, making this the LRD by almost 2 years) partly overstruck by very fine crowned-oval 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/OC23/ 1841/CAPE OF GOOD HOPE' datestamp, professionally rep SymbolcGrade(b) Estimate$3,000StatusUnsold View details 411 MALTA: 1845 lengthy & largely cross-written family letter headed "Williams Town Novr 26th 1845" endorsed "via Sydney" with largely very fine oval 'MELBOURNE/[crown]/DE*6/1845/PORT PHILLIP' d/s, oval 'PAID SHIP LETTER/ DE*16/1845/SYDNEY' d/s in red, London b/s of 27AP27/1846, various rate markings & very fine boxed 'PACKET LETTER' h/s all crossed-through, and forwarded to "Malta/via Southampton". A remarkable cover that is full of character. Also absent from Ben Palmer' Census. [The letter refers SymbolcGradea- Estimate$1,750StatusUnsold View details 412 MALTA: 1891 cover to Malta with four-colour franking of Queensland Lined Background ½d x2 1d 2d & 6d tied by fine BN '353' & very fine 'AYR/JU12/91/QUEENSLAND' cds, superlative 'REGISTERED/AYR' handstamp at left, 'TOWNSVILLE', 'SUEZ' & 'ALEXANDRIE' transit & 'MALTA' arrival b/s & very fine '4.'-in-oval postman's delivery h/s, some toning & minor blemishes still of dramatic appearance. A very rare destination from Australia in this period. The rate was 6d + 4d registration. SymbolcGradec Estimate$800StatusUnsold View details 413 MAURITIUS: 1855 entire stampless letter in French headed "Melbourne 11 Mai 1855" & signed "Ed Chrétien", apparently carried privately to Mauritius "p Reliance", no Victorian postmarks, '[crown]/MAURITIUS JY9/1855/=GPO=' arrival d/s & very fine 'Late Received' h/s (Proud #I7). Not listed in Ben Palmer's Census: he lists 10 items to Mauritius to June 1856, all of which are stampless. SymbolcGradea- Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 414 OTTOMAN EMPIRE: 1872 cover to "Chez Son Altesse le Prince Mustapha Fazyl Pacha Constantinople" with NSW 4d & 1/- tied by faint bars cancels of 'BERRIMA' (cds alongside) & Sydney duplex of FE27/72, British Post Offices in Egypt 'ALEXANDRIA/AP7/72' transit cds on the face. An extraordinary destination, to an important personage. BPA Certificate (2010). Mustafa Fazl Pasha was an Egyptian prince who was first in line to succeed his brother. However, in 1866, his brother persuaded the Ottoman author SymbolcGradeb Estimate$5,000Price Realized$4,800StatusSold View details 415 PAPUA: 1886 cover with embossed "The Argus" (newspaper) on the flap, to Captain Anthony Musgrave at "Granville/British New Guinea" & endorsed "Per SS Victory", with Victorian 6d blue tied by Melbourne duplex of DE17/86, fine strike of Musgrave's triple-oval 'ASST DEP COMMR/RECEIVED/("14.1.87")/NEW GUINEA' cachet in violet on the face, minor blemishes. This is the earliest recorded postal cover into British New Guinea & the earlier of only two pre-UPU covers from Victoria in Ben Palmer's Census. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$5,000Price Realized$3,800StatusSold View details 416 PHILIPPINES: 1853 outer to Manila "Per Duke of Northumberland" with very fine franking of NSW Laureates 1d vermilion/blue SG 47 & 2d ultramarine/blue SG 52 (both with margins just clear to large) tied by bars cancels of Sydney (very fine b/s of NO*22/1853), 'MANILA' arrival b/s of 15/JAN/1854 & superb '1' (reale) h/s for an inwards shipletter. Ex Wise and "Manwood:" sold for $US3250 (1995). [Docketing on the reverse states "...Not to ship more than 1,000,000 Cigars at a time on his a/c"!!] SymbolcGradea- Estimate$4,000Price Realized$3,200StatusSold View details 417 RUSSIA: 1890 Basset Hull cover to Russia with Tasmanian Postal Fiscal 6d mauve Platypus tied by Hobart duplex of OC13/90, three diffferent Russian Cyrillic backstamps including of Reval (Tallinn, Estonia). SymbolcGradea- Estimate$350StatusUnsold View details 418 RUSSIA: SIBERIA: 1916 Russian Prisoners of War Postal Card to NSW with the message headed "Nikolsk-Ussuriysk den 21 Juli 16", to "der Hilfsverein für Deutsch-Osterr-Ungarische Kriegsgefangene", sent via Austria where triangular censor applied in magenta, a bit aged. [Nikolsk-Ussuriysk (now Ussriysk) is about 50km N or Vladivostok. An online resource states there was a POW Camp here only between 1919 & 1921. This card proves the camp was operating 3 years earlier] SymbolpsGradeb Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 419 SWITZERLAND: 1873 cover to Ticino with Victorian La SymbolcGradeb Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 420 TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS: 1899 cover to "Government House/Grand Turk/Turks Islands/West Indies" with NSW 2½d tied by Sydney duplex, San Francisco transit b/s & 'TURKS-ISLANDS/JA25/00' arrival cds on the face. From a well known correspondence, of which most items are postal stationery. Very few covers have been noted. SymbolcGradea Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 421 UNITED STATES: 1852 entire headed "Hobart Town Febry 28th 52" & signed "TG [?] Merwin", to California "pr Architect" apparently carried per favor & placed into the mails on arrival receiving 'SAN FRANCISCO/14/MAY/Cal' cds & very fine strike of the fancy 'SHIP/ 6 ' h/s, minor dappling. [The writer, a ship's master, states "...I am waiting the arrival of more American whalers to furnish me with more oil...Capt Libby and all the Ship's Company has gone to the Victoria diggings...the value of Coloni SymbolcGradeb Estimate$1,250StatusUnsold View details 422 UNITED STATES: 1857 outer to New York "Per RM Steamer Simla" with NSW Imperf Diadems 2d (margins just touching to large) & 1/- (margins close to good) tied by very fine bars & dots cancels of Sydney (superb b/s of FE10/1857), London transit cds of 1857/9AP9/1857 & American ' 5 /APR/26/N YORK BR PKT' cds both on the face, filing fold between the stamps & the addressee's name obliterated. [Carried per "Simla", departed Sydney 12.2.1857, arrived Suez 26.3.1857; thence per "Jura", departed Alexandri SymbolcGradeb Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold View details 423 UNITED STATES: 1872 mourning cover to Texas USA - an unusual destination - with Victorian DLR 2d (defective) & Laureate 1/- tied by fine 'BALLAARAT - 5' duplex, London & New York transits in red on the face, a little aged & slightly truncated at right. Ben Palmer's Census #USA #233. [The enclosed letter (repaired with archival tape), from "Robt Gibbs" to his step-son tells the addressee that his mother has died of "valvular disease of the heart" despite a doctor recommending "having blisters on SymbolcGradeb Estimate$300Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 424 UNITED STATES: 1874 (Oct 7) long OHMS envelope with 'Police Department' imprint at L/L & 'CHIEF SECRETARY' Frank h/s in blue overstruck with Melbourne duplex, to California with London transit cds of 4DE74 & 'SAN FRANCISCO/ DEC/25/PAID ALL' arrival cds (Christmas Day) in purple, two strikes of the unusual 8-line 'HAVE YOUR/LETTERS AND/PAPERS ADDRESSED/TO PO BOX OR TO/STREET AND NUMBER/...' h/s, 'UNCLAIMED' h/s in red, 'ADVERTISED' h/s & 'San Francisco/JAN/11/ADVERTISED' b/s, 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/ SymbolclGradeb Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 425 UNITED STATES: 1882 cover to Victoria with Garfield 5c brown x2 tied by geometric cork cancels of 'CHICAGO/AUG/29/1LL' (cds alongside), superb 'RETURNED/FOR POSTAGE' h/s, 2c vermilion added & similarly cancelled with a second Chicago cds of AUG/31, superb San Francisco transit b/s of SEP/6 & Melbourne arrival b/s of OC23/82, a bit soiled. Carried per "Australia", departed San Francisco 24.9.1882, arrived Sydney 20.10.1882; then per coastal ship. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 426 Album of mostly Postal Stationery from all Colonies/States except Western Australia, a bit light on but including NSW 1d Postal Card with 'OS/NSW' puncture, Queensland 1d Postal Card "Botanic Gardens..." (early tennis photo), Tasmania 'ONE PENNY' on 2d Letter Card "MOUNT OLYMPUS..." in brown-red very fine used in 1935 (!), etc, also long envelope with 'GOVERNOR-GENERAL' Frank handstamp & Sydney cds of JA5/01 to the newly appointed Minister of Defence, condition variable but generally presentable Symbolcps Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 427 Postal History selection with NSW 1839 & 1849 to G Symbolcps Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 428 Small box with NSW 1846 to Glasgow with superb arrival b/s, Registration Envelopes from NSW x13 (NOT Tatts correspondence!) & from Queensland in 1912 with scarce 'TOOWOOMBA' label, Queensland 1d Postal Card with superb '5/CTS/T' h/s, Victoria 1861 entire to New Zealand with 6d black Woodblock, etc, condition variable. (31) Symbolcps Estimate$300Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 429 AUCTION CATALOGUES: AH Thompson (19-20.10.1926) including Victoria Half-Lengths & WA, no illustrations, with p/r; Glendining (9-10.6.1931) including Queensland with 2 loose plates; Harmers (London) (3-4.12.1951) including NSW Sydney Views, p/r; then Robson Lowe group comprising "Philatelic Zoology" (Meinertzhagen, 13.6.1945), p/r; "Australasians" (30.4.1947); "Burrus" SAust Tas & WAust (28.11.1962) and NSW Qld & Victoria (11.2.1964), both with p/r; and "Purves" Part 1 (27.11.1980); also "Guide t GSTex GSTSymboll Estimate$100Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 430 AUCTION CATALOGUES: Robson Lowe "Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria" of Boucher and Meade (7.11.1945), with p/r. GSTex GSTSymbollGradea- Estimate$50Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 431 AUCTION CATALOGUES: Robson Lowe "The George Ginger Collection of New South Wales" (5-6/12/1945), 883 lots, a very fine example, with p/r. Rare. [Copies sold at Prestige auctions of 23/9/2011 & 7/2/2014 for $241 & $368 respectively] GSTex GSTSymbollGradea Estimate$150Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 432 AUCTION CATALOGUES: Robson Lowe "New Zealand & Australian States" (19.10.1949), 8 plates, p/r. GSTex GSTSymbollGradea- Estimate$50Price Realized$60StatusSold View details 433 AUCTION CATALOGUES: Robson Lowe "General Robert Gill's Queensland & Perkins Bacon Proofs of the Empire" (5.6.1957), p/r. GSTex GSTSymbollGradea- Estimate$50Price Realized$38StatusSold View details 434 Selection of Classics with Sydney Views 1d No Clouds x5, 2d x5 & 3d x3, Laureates 1d x4 including a pair, 2d x5 (one on outer), 3d x2 & 6d x2, variable condition but generally good to fine & presentable, cancellations including BNs '30' '37' '60' & '75' (rated RR), Cat £5500 approximately. (25 + cover) Symbolo Estimate$750Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 435 Basic collection on Hagners with Sydney Views 1d & 2d, Laureates to 3d x2, Perf Diadems to 1/- x3, 5/- Coin x2, 20/- Governors, 'OS' Overprints, etc, condition rather mixed especially in the earlies, STC £5000+. (few 100) Symbolo Estimate$500Price Realized$480StatusSold View details 436 Attractive single-volume semi-specialised collection with Laureates No Wmk 1d x2 3d & 8d and an array of the watermarked issues, Imperf Diadems 6d x10 8d & 1/- x3 all with full margins, 'REGISTERED' Imperf x5 all with full margins & Perf x5, good range of Perf Diadems, array of Middle Issues with shades & perfs noted, 'POSTAGE' Overprints 5/- & 10/- with 'Specimen' Overprint & £1 with 'REPRINT' Overprint, later issues with some mint to 2/6d pair, 1907 Emergency Issue most values to 2/6d Symbol*o Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,200StatusSold View details 437 Selection with a very fine Sydney View 1d, Laureates with an apparently unused 3d, Perf Diadems group including mint 6d & 1/-, Middle Issues with unused/mint to 1/- black, 'POSTAGE' Overprint 10/- mint x3 & used x7 (one CTO), Governors 20/- mint x2 & used x2, later mint to 2/6d x2, 'OS' Overprints mint to 1/- black & 1/- Kangaroo x2 and used to 5/- Map x2, also a few 'OS' & 'OS/NSW' punctures, condition of the earlies is rather mixed otherwsie generally fine to very fine. A good lot. (200 approx Symbol*o Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,800StatusSold View details 438 QV 'REPRINT' selection including (6d) 'REGISTERED' and 5/- Coin, 'Specimen' overprints to 20/- Governor's including Double Overprint on 5/- Map (thinned at top right), also 'Specimen' Postage Dues SG D2-10, condition varied, Cat £590+. (26) Symbol* Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 439 1850-51 Sydney Views ONE PENNY group with No Clouds SG 2 and Clouds various shades x10 including a horizontal pair & Laid Paper with No Clouds SG 13c, all with full margins though close to just clear in places, various cancellations of varying standard, Cat £4900 (minimum). Opportunity! (11) SymboloGradea/a- Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 440 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (No Clouds) Soft Yellowish (Laid) Paper 1d reddish rose SG 3 horizontal pair [1-2], margins just clear to good, untidy but light Barred Numeral cancels, Cat £950+. Georg Bühler Certificate (1988). GSTex GSTSymboloGradea Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 441 1850-51 Sydney Views TWO PENCE group with Plate I Later Impression, Plate II Early Impressions x2, Intermediate Impressions x2 & Worn Impressions x2, and Plate V x2, all with good to large margins, very fine to superb, cancellations include Barred Numerals '3' '9' (Reversed), '50' & '60', Cat £1800 (minimum). (9) SymboloGradea/a+ Estimate$850Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 442 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate II (Horizontally Lined Background; Dated Bale & Dots in Stars) 2d grey-blue SG 23, margins good to large with outer frameline at right, light BN '66' of Singleton, Cat £300. Superb! SymbolfGradea+ Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 443 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate II (Horizontally Lined B GSTex GSTSymbolhGradea Estimate$1,150StatusUnsold View details 444 1850-51 Sydney Views THREE PENCE trio comprising Yellowish Paper SG 39 and Bluish Paper SG 42 x2, full margins, Cat £875. Symbolg/fGradea Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 445 1850-51 Sydney Views Bluish Paper 3d yellow-green SG 42, good even margins, sensational BN '55' of Newcastle, Cat £275. Superb! SymbolfGradea+ Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 446 1851-55 Laureates selection comprising 1d scarlet, 1d vermilion & 1d brick-red horizontal pair (very fine BN '1'; rated R), 2d (superb BN '88'), 3d dull yellow-green, 3d emerald-green, 6d grey-brown & 8d orange-yellow (just shaved at lower-left), all with full margins but a few just clear in places, Cat £1825. (9) Symbolg/fGradea-/a+ Estimate$750Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 447 1854 Laureates with Numeral Watermark 2d blue SG 84-86 group complete reconstruction of 50 (10x5) including two pairs, condition variable but many are attractive &/or fine to very fine, Cat £600 (minimum). (50) Symbolo Estimate$250Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 448 1854 Laureates with Numeral Watermark 3d yellow-green SG 87, margins close to good, minor stain at the base, unused, Cat £600. GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradeb Estimate$250Price Realized$260StatusSold View details 449 1854-59 Imperforate Large Diadems 6d grey-brown SG 96, good even margins, unused, Cat £1500. GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradea Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 450 1854-59 Imperforate Large Diadems 6d grey-brown with Error of Watermark '8' (Sideways) SG 96ab, close even margins, notations on the reverse, undercatalogued at £500. GSTex GSTSymbolgGradea- Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 451 1856-60 Imperforate Small Diadems 1d orange-vermilion SG 107 superb strip of 3 with Rays '73' (rated RRRR), then unused 1d carmine-vermilion, 1d orange-red vertical pair & Plate I 2d blue horizontal pair, all with full margins, Cat £1650+. SymbolΩoGradea/a+ Estimate$850Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 452 1856-60 Imperforate Small Diadems Lithographic Transfer 2d pale blue SG 118 horizontal pair, margins just shaved - at right - to large, the first unit a superb stamp with full margins, very fine strike of the ' E / AU3/1859/SYDNEY - NSW' (sideways) duplex, Cat £1600++. A rare pair, remarkably cancelled on the First Day of Issue. Ex Guy Hutson (unrecognised in a mixed lot!). RPSofV Certificate (2015). SymbolfGradea+/b Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold View details 453 1860-72 Perforated Diadems 2d Prussian blue Plate II Major Retouches comprising three singles (one a bit aged) & a horizontal pair [57-58] the first unit with Second Retouch: Cross-Hatching around Neck, generally lightly cancelled leaving the retouched areas largely unobstructed, Cat £2000+. A very scarce & desirable quintet. Ex Michael Haden. ( ) Symbolg/fGradea/b Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 454 1890 High Values Wmk-in-Diamond Perf 10 5/- deep lilac SG 263, very fresh with large-part o.g., Cat £275. Symbol*Gradea b1 Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold View details 455 1897 Re-Issue 5/- reddish purple Perf 11 SG 297c block of 4, two pulled perfs at lower-left, large-part o.g., Cat £192+. An attractive block. Symbol*Gradea/b Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold View details 456 OFFICIALS: 1891 'Halfpenny' on 1d grey SG O55 lower-right corner block of 16 (4x4), a few gum-side blemishes but with full unmounted o.g., Cat £1040++. GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea/b Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 457 SPECIMEN OVERPRINTS: Diadems 3d (no gum) 5d 6d 8d & 1/-, 5/- Coin and De La Rue 1d 2d 4d & 10d all with diagonal sans serif 'SPECIMEN', plus 'O S' 10/- SG O37 with 'Specimen' (superb & possibly unmounted) and £1 reprint with seriffed 'O S' & 'SPECIMEN', large-part o.g. A scarce group. (12) Symbol*Gradea/a- Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 458 REPRINTS: 3d green & 5/- Map both with 'OS' Overprint in Red, CTO with 'GPO'- or 'NSW'-in-concentric-ovals. Scarce. SymbolvGradea c1 Estimate$300Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 459 RAILWAY STAMPS: Single-volume collection with a strong showing of the early issues to 5/- x5 including the very rare 2/- (faults), numerous perforation variants, a few watermark variants, 3d x2 & 1/- x3 marginal examples imperforate on one or two sides, and 'O S' Overprints to 3/-, 1929 set to 5/- & 'OS' most values to 5/- plus a defective 10/-, 1948 Narrow & Wide Settings to 10/-, Decimals to $10 including several mint values, some scarce multiples, etc, also cash register labels x17 & "Blue Sp SymbolΩo Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 460 RAILWAY STAMPS: 1890 First Issue 6d die proof in black on tissue paper (175x108mm), minor peripheral blemishes but remarkably fine for such an ethereal item. Elsmore Online Cat $1500. Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle. [It is believed that only one other example exists] SymbolPGradea- Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 461 RAILWAY STAMPS: Sydney Morning Herald envelopes with 6d pink 'BURWOOD', or 'GOVERNMENT TRAMWAYS' 6d turquoise or 9d dull blue; also piece with 3c & 30c + Commonwealth Railways 12c (all with faults but a scarce combination franking). Very scarce/rare quartet. Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle. (4 items) SymbolcoGradea-/b Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 462 REVENUES: 1865 QV long type 4d to £1 complete set of 18 bicoloured die proofs in unadopted colours - plus of the master die (in black) - reduced to stamp-size & affixed in "windows" framed on card 188x228mm or - for the 10/- to £1 - 160x73mm. A unique and delightful set. Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle. [The issued stamps appeared in only four frame colours: 4d to 8d blue; 1/- to 4/- brown (shades); 5/- to 9/- green; and 10/- to £1 carmine] (19 proofs) SymbolPGradea Estimate$6,000StatusUnsold View details 463 REVENUES: 1865 QV long type 4d claret, 6d brown-orange, 8d blue, 1/6d blue, 4/- crimson, 6/- green & 10/- brown - all the vignettes in lilac - bicoloured die proofs on highly glazed stock (91x60mm), characteristic tiny pinholes at far-left & -right, very fine to superb. Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle. [Peck & Smith (1999) record such die proofs between 4d & 10/- only] (7) SymbolPGradea/a+ Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold View details 464 REVENUES: 1880 Small Format 2d die proof in black on highly glazed stock (92x60mm) handstamped '21MAY80' in blue & 'AFTER HARDENING'. Rare. Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle. [Peck & Smith (1999) record only a 9d die proof 'BEFORE HARDENING] SymbolpGradeA Estimate$600Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 465 REVENUES: 1880 Small Format 3d die proof in black on highly glazed stock (92x60mm) with no handstamps. Rare. Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle. [Peck & Smith (1999) record only a 9d die proof 'BEFORE HARDENING] SymbolPGradea Estimate$600Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 466 REVENUES: 1880 Small Format 3d imperforate plate proof single with Plate Number '1', and a very fine used block of 6 of the issued stamp. Rare. Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle. [Plate proofs are unrecorded by Peck & Smith (1999)] (2 items) SymbolP/fGradea Estimate$100Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 467 1838 (Mar 21) printed OHMS outer for the Colonial Secretary's Office signed on the face "TS Harrington" & with fine large-part strike of the rare second-type '[crown]/FREE/MR*21/1838' datestamp (#F2) in red, overall staining/aging. Ex Hans Karman & Brian Peace. [#F2 is recorded in the Handbook 27.3.1837 to 10.6.1837. However, this and one other of the next day - sold for $1725 at the Prestige auction of 27.7.2009 - are the only examples recorded in private hands. #F2 was replaced by #F3 but appe GSTex GSTSymbolcGradec Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 468 1845 entire headed "New England/May 25th 1845" & signed "John Richards", to England with fine boxed 'PAID AT/ARMIDALE' & poor Armidale d/s, Sydney transit of JY*16/1845 & London arrival b/s of 24NO24/1845 both in red, a bit soiled. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Estimate$150StatusUnsold View details 469 1848 double-rated part-entire from Sydney to Scone endorsed "½oz" & rated "2/-" with postmaster's manuscript endorsement "Scone/Jany 24 48" on the face. [In the early datestamps, the year was fixed. Each December, the implements were sent to Sydney to have the new year inserted. Mail handled in this period was serviced with manuscript endorsements, all of which are very scarce to rare] GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 470 1849 (Oct 8) part-entire to "Danl Cuper MLC" with a good strike of the boxed 'FREE' h/s (#F12) of Braidwood (oval b/s) irregularly in black, Sydney arrival b/s, overall soiling/staining. Ex Victor Frankenstein (2000) & Brian Peace. [Stated to be only the second example of any of the boxed Free h/s recorded in black. The origin of the generic handstamps can usually be identified only if on cover. Sir Daniel Cooper was a prominent merchant, philanthropist & politician. He was keenly involved in me GSTex GSTSymbolcGradec Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 471 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. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$1,900StatusUnsold View details 472 1853 large-part outer with scarce franking of Laureates 1d scarlet SG 46 horizontal pair with virtually full margins (just touched at upper-left, Cat £320+ x2+ on cover) tied to by bars cancels of Sydney, part Sydney & West Maitland backstamps. Ex Rick Slade-Slade. SymbolcGradea Estimate$300Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 473 1853 London GPO notice regarding Postal Rates for Books etc to New South Wales (252x400mm), Scottish boxed 'LERWICKAP15/1853' datestamp in green. Unusually fine; it would look terrific framed. GSTex GSTSymbollGradea Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 474 1855 cover to Holland "p James Baines" with scarce franking of Laureates 2d (margins just clear to huge) & 8d yellow-orange SG 80 (faults; Cat £600 x2+ on cover) tied by messy bars cancels of Sydney (very fine b/s of MR*5/1855), 'AUSTRALIAN/PAID/LIVERPOOL/MY21/55/=PACKET=' arrival cds, London transit of the next day & 'PD'-in-oval h/s all in red. A rare destination from the Australian Colonies. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Estimate$250Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 475 1867 outer to Scotland "Via Marseilles" with scarce franking of Diadems 5d blue-green pair (corner fault at lower-right) tied by Sydney duplex of 67/FE22, British tiny undated 'C&C/RPO' TPO handstamp & 'LANGHOLME/AP13/1867' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. Carried per P&O "Bombay", departed Sydney 22.2.1867; "Mongolia", departed Galle 17.3.1867; & "China", departed Alexandria 4.4.1867, arrived Marseilles 10.4.1867. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$300Price Realized$500StatusSold View details 476 1898 complete tiny parcel tag to "BQ Corney/Suva/Fiji" with 1d pair & 3d tied to the reverse by 'REGISTERED/SYDNEY NSW' cds. Superb! A marvellous origin/destination item, paying the merchandise/samples rate of 1d per 2oz x2 + 3d registration. SymbolcGradea+ Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 477 1911 & 1912 PPCs from Fiji to Sydney or from NZ to Hobart each with 1d tied by a different Sydney cds & double-oval 'SHIP LETTER/ 1D /LATE FEE' handstamp (very fine on the NZ card). Nice duo. (2) SymbolcGradea Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 478 AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY: 1849 entire letter headed "Great Swan Port VDL/6th January 1849" & signed "Charles Meredith" with postmaster's endorsement "6 1 49/Swansea" & endorsed at upper-left "Sea postage paid 5d", to "H Macquoid/Waniassa/Queanbeyan/New South Wales" with tombstone 'PAID/9JA9/1849' in red on the face & small boxed '9JA9/1849' datestamp across the flap, 'SHIP LETTER/JA*28/___/SYDNEY' arrival b/s (no year), minor staining. Ex Dr Ed Druce who stated "This is the earliest known le SymbolcGradeb Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 479 Morag Campbell covers with proof impressions of 'KIMBRIKI/26AP63/NSW-AUST' (the only recorded date), 'MAIMURU/300C63/NSW-AUST', 'MARTINSVILLE/28MY63/NSW-AUST' (the only recorded date), 'MT PEERLESS/24AU62/NSW-AUST' (the only recorded date) & 'NARRANDERA RAIL/24NO62/NSW-AUST' (the only recorded date), each with a second very fine to superb strike on the reverse. (5) SymbolcGradea a1+ Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 480 AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY: 'DUNTROON/6AU37/FCT' and 'HALL/5AU37/FCT' very fine on KGV 2d. SymbolΔGradea a1 Estimate$150StatusUnsold View details 481 AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY: 'MOLONGLO SETTLMT/16MY27/FCT' superb strike on KGV 1½d red. PO 30.5.1922; TO 15.3.1945; closed 30.11.1947. [This is Australia's most recut datestamp. Originally inscribed 'NSW' at the base, it was progressively amended to 'CCT' by June 1925; 'FCT' by August 1925; and 'ACT' by 1942!] SymbolΔGradea a1+ Estimate$150Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 482 Tumbarumba Railway Camp (1): 'TUMBARUMBA RLY CAMP/29-E1-/=NSW=' (incomplete dateline) superb strike on KGV 1d red. PO 1.5.1916; closed 29.9.1917. Rare, and a wonderful item. [Hopson & Tobin record usage in 1919 only, during the second opening] SymbolΔGradea a1+ Estimate$200Price Realized$500StatusSold View details 483 POSTAL CARDS: 1908 1d for the Visit of the United States Fleet, unused. Superb! SymbolpsGradea+ Estimate$100StatusUnsold View details 484 POSTAL CARDS: 1908 1d & 1½d for the Visit of the US Fleet HG 34 & 35, unused. Superb! [The admonition on both values states that the reverse "may be used for communications"! Only 9560 of the 1d & a mere 2320 of the 1½d were sold] (2) GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradea+ Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 485 POSTAL CARDS - STO: 1896 usage of 1d violet with 'SPECIAL/POST CARD' heading in red for Briscoe Drysdale & Co Hardware & Machinery Merchants with printed advice on the reverse, BN '1104' & 'STRATHFIELD' cds, minor toning on the reverse only, the face being superb. Rare. SymbolpsGradeb Estimate$200Price Realized$160StatusSold View details 486 ENVELOPES: Essay with embossed 1d as used for the first Wrappers, in dull red & 'Specimen.' handstamp below, a few minor blemishes but very fresh. SymbolpsGradea- Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 487 ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1899-1900 1d x2 & 2d with different Advertising Collars for Dundee Whiskies or Sazerac Brandies & all-different Waverley Brewery imprints on the flaps, all locally used. Delightful trio. SymbolpsGradea/a- Estimate$600Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 488 ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1902 2d with embossed Hill Clark & Co Auctioneers imprint on the flap, the stamp with 'HC/& CO' perfin, Brisbane arrival b/s, minor blemishes. Rare. SymbolpsGradeb Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 489 ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1912 1d with Resch's Ltd imprint on the flap & illustration of their Redfern brewery in olive, uprated to Germany. SymbolpsGradea- Estimate$150StatusUnsold View details 490 GPO EMBOSSED LETTERSHEETS: Very fine oval embossing of an oval 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/[crown]/ SYDNEY' seal on laid paper, unused. A great rarity of international significance. Ex Brian Peace. [Lettersheets with an embossed circular GPO seal were introduced by James Raymond in late-1838 and are widely regarded as the world's first issue of postal stationery. Of the oval embossing, only two unused wrappers are known & no used example is recorded. The original implement is still in the possession of GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradea Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold View details 491 Collector's duplicates on Hagners with a good selection of Small Chalons including better values, a few unused & a few used multiples, Large Chalons to £1, array of Sidefaces to 2/- including perf 'OS' to 2/- x2, etc, also a page of Revenues & oddments, condition variable. (850+) Symbol*Ωo Estimate$400Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 492 Range on stockcards with many useful items including Imperf 1d SG 1, 1860-61 Clean-Cut Perf 3d & 'REGISTERED' and Rough Perf 3d & 'REGISTERED' both unused, No Watermark 1/- grey unused, Litho Second Transfer 4d lilac unused, other Small Chalons plus some with 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp, First Sidefaces unused to 1/- x2, Second Sidefaces unused/mint to 2/- x4, Large Chalons unused/mint to £1, postally used to 10/- & CTO to £1, Four Corners mint to 2/- x2, etc, also an array of fiscal usages & Revenues SymbolΩ*o Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,000StatusSold View details 493 1860 Large Star Imperf 1d carmine-rose and 2d blue SG 2 (clipped corner at upper-left) SG 1 & 2, both with margins close to good & almost complete outer framelines, Cat £2600. Symbolf/hGradea/a- Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold View details 494 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". GSTex GSTSymbolgGradea Estimate$550Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 495 1860 Large Star Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 6d green SG 6, very slightly soiled, unused, Cat £1200. A very rare stamp in unused condition. [Bernie Manning's mint pair sold at the Prestige auction of 12.5.2007 for $9200. Manning's census amounted to his pair, two blocks of 4 - one in the Royal Collection - and "a small number of singles"] GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradea- Estimate$750Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 496 1860-61 Small Star large-part sheet of the watermarked paper - a small section removed at lower-right - with 'POSTAGE' on all four sides, central fold still unusually fine for such artefacts. SymbolPGradea Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 497 1860-61 Small Star Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 2d blue SG 7 horizontal pair, Rays '85' cancels, Cat £220+. A rare multiple. GSTex GSTSymbolgGradea Estimate$300Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 498 1866-67 Lithographs 5/- pale rose SG 58, unused, Cat £1100. GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradea Estimate$600Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 499 1868-78 Crown/Q Perf 13 4d yellow SG 89, unused, Cat £1900. GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradea Estimate$750Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 500 1868-78 Crown/Q 6d bright apple-green Imperforate block of 4 SG 92a, good even margins, unused, Cat £1400++. Rare & delightful! [Pairs appear regularly but very few blocks are recorded] GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradea+ Estimate$4,000StatusUnsold View details 501 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. GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradea- Estimate$650StatusUnsold View details 502 1880 High Value Lithographs 2/- blue SG 119 horizontal pair, the second unit with a minor thin, large-part o.g., Cat £280+. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea/b Estimate$150StatusUnsold View details 503 1880 Surcharge 'Half-penny' on 1d red-brown Die I SG 151, large-part o.g., Cat £325. Symbol*Gradea- Estimate$150StatusUnsold View details 504 1900 Boer War Charity 1d & 2d (creased) SG 264a & b, rather aged but with full unmounted o.g. & rare thus, Cat £490+ (mounted). (2) GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradec Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678...11|Next1234567891011 Previous 1234567891011 Next
