Stamps and Postal History (#111MG) 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 1007. Previous|1...4567891011|Next Lot #505 1911 Railway Perforation 10½-12½ 1d red SG 313 with characteristic irregular perforations at the base perf 'OS' BW #Q15b, 'QL'-in-Rays cancel, Cat $1500 (£700) but unpriced perf 'OS'. Extremely rare. RPSofV Certificate (2016). The only perf 'OS' example recorded in private hands. The perforator used was converted from its previous role perforating Railway Stamps. The ACSC states "A considerable number of sheets were perforated with this machine but the results were so poor that only a small num SymbolhGradea View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Lot #506 REVENUES: Large Chalons £1 green x40 including two blocks of 10 affixed to the reverse of 1888 Mount Morgan Gold Mining Co 'TRANSFER OF SHARES', defaced with single pen-lines, a few faults including a crease affecting the lower 10 units. A remarkable survivor. SymbollGradeb View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #507 Handy batch with four Small Chalon frankings including 1869 to Worcesershire with very fine 6d & Rays '87', 1885 to Canada with 2d x3, 1888 endorsed "Tender for carriage & Engine Sheds" with 1d pair, 1892 with 2d & 3d tied by 'REGISTERED/MARYBOROUGH' cds, 1904 Tatts covers with BN '328' or '549' & 2-line 'REGISTERED/BURKE TOWN' or '.../CHARLEVILLE' h/s, 1907 Tatts cover with imprint of 'WYBEN PEARLING FLEET, TORRES STRAITS' & Thursday Island cds, etc, condition variable. (21 items) Symbolcps View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #508 Batch of Small Chalon covers comprising with 1d vermilion or 2d both with boxed 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE/FINE' h/s; 2d; 2d x4; 2d + 6d; two with 2d x2 + 6d (one with 'REGISTERED/BUNDABERG' h/s; 3d strip of 3 (front only); and 3d + First Sideface 6d to Schleswig & with fumigation slits (but sadly defective); rather mixed but good value at estimate. Scarce lot. (9) GSTex GSTSymbolc View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #509 1872 cover with beautiful embossing of 'HMS/BASILISK' intertwined by a winged dragon in blue on the flap & very fine oval 'LOOSE/SHIP/LETTER' h/s of Brisbane (very early usage), to "Evelyn Cottage/St Leornards North Shore" with 3d greenish brown tied by very fine 'QL'-in-Rays cancel & 'BRISBANE/ a /FE14/QUEENSLAND' "thimble" cds alongside, unusual 'SYDNEY/ A /FE17/1872/ P /=NSW=' arrival b/s, tears on the flap professionally repaired. A delightful & scarce inter-colonial naval cover. SymbolcGrade(a) View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,600StatusSold Lot #510 1900 use to Germany of unstamped 'Avis de Reception en Retour' envelope with printed 'R'-in-oval at upper-left, repaired opening tear & a little soiled. These envelopes are rare from all Colonies & this is the first example we have seen from Queensland. [Hugh Campbell made no mention of AR envelopes. It is also worth noting that these forms, issued at the direction of the Universal Postal Union for transmission of returned Avis de Réception forms between post offices in different countries SymbolcGrade(b) View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #511 1909-10 three PPCs with messages in Esperanto, all to "Vraca/Bulgaria", all with bilingual arrival cds & two with different Sofia transits. Scarce destination. SymbolcGradea/a- View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #512 1913 merchant's advertising cover to Brisbane with Kangaroo 1d pair tied by poor Cunnamulla cds of 27MY13 & overstruck with 'TPO GS & WR/DOWN 28MY13/QUEENSLAND' cds, straight-line 'LATE FEE' h/s, a bit spotty. An unusual TPO Late Fee cover: the rate was 1d + 1d late fee. SymbolcGradec View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot #513 RECEIVING OFFICES: 1901 registered Tatts cover to Hobart (b/s) with 1d & 2d x2 tied by very fine fancy-oval 'BINGERA PLANTATION/("21.2.01")/QUEENSLAND' datestamp in violet overstruck with poor numeral of 'BUNDABERG' (very fine cds below). A very desirable cover. RO opened 1894; to PO c. -.1.1907; closed 31.5.1976. [Sugar cane plantation, established by 1885, 16km from Bundaberg] SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$300Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #514 Collection on Hagners with London Printings 1d x2, 2d Symbolo View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot #515 Classic selection comprising London Printings 1d with almost full margins, 2d a very large single & a strip of 4 with almost full margins and 6d single & pair all with full margins; Adelaide Printings 2d x2, 6d (small corner nick) & 1/- orange (apparently the imperf issue); Second Roulettes 1/- yellow; and 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d yellow four of six different sub-types of the overprint; a few small problems but generally very fine. (18) Symbolg/fGradea/b View details Estimate$750Price Realized$850StatusSold Lot #516 1855 London Printings by Perkins Bacon 1d dark green SG 1, an unusually large example with margins good to large with a fragment of the unit below & a chunk of the adjoining unit at left, light '75' cancel & small-part 'YANKA[LILLA]' cds, £500. Superb! SymbolfGradea+ View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #517 1855 London Printings by Perkins Bacon 2d rose-carmine SG 2, margins close to good, slight soiling, unused, Cat £800. GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradea- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #518 1855 London Printings by Perkins Bacon 2d rose-carmine SG 2 horizontal pair, margins close to very large, tiny nick in the margin above the second unit & a trifle soiled, Cat £1600+. A rare multiple. Ex Barton Sparrow & Michael Blake. RPSofV Certificate (2014). SymbolΩGradea-/b View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #519 1856-58 Adelaide Printings 1d yellow-green SG 6, margins just shaved - at lower-right - to huge with a fragment of the adjoining unit below, neat void cancel of the GPO, Cat £650. An unusually fine example of this scarce stamp. SymbolfGradea View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot #520 1858-59 First Roulettes 1/- orange SG 18, small repair at upper-left, unused, Cat £1800. GSTex GSTSymbolΩGrade(a) View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Lot #521 1858-59 First Roulettes 1/- orange SG 18 horizontal strip of 3, rounded corner at upper-right & a nick at the base between the first two units, neat dumb cancels of Adelaide, Cat £800.150+. Rare multiple. GSTex GSTSymbolg/fGradeb View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #522 1860-69 Second Roulettes 1/- yellow SG 38, roulletting on all sides but misplaced at the base resulting in No Value Tablet, unused, Cat £900. GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradea View details Estimate$260Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #523 1860-69 Second Roulettes 'TEN PENCE' in Black on 9d yellow with the Surcharge Inverted at the Top SG 37a with Overprint Sub-Type 6 ('P' below 'ENCE'), 20mm 'G.P.O ADELAIDE/NO10/67/S.A' cds largely clear of the surcharge, Cat £7000. A very fine example of South Australia's most famous error. Ex William Frazer. RPSofV Certificate (2005). [At least the equal of Michael Blake's similarly centred example that sold at the Prestige auction of 7.2.2014 for $10,350] GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea View details Estimate$9,000StatusUnsold Lot #524 1870-71 Perf 10 '3-PENCE' in Red on 4d dull ultramarine SG 91, one short perf at the top, large-part (brown) o.g., Cat £1200. A rare stamp. [Dr Donald Pearce stated in "Shilling Violet" (Dec 1991) that "discolouration of the paper...is the norm". Michael Blake's unused example - no gum & a little aged - sold for $1380] Symbol*Gradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #525 1890 Stamp Design Competition series of four stamp-size pen & ink drawings for 2½d x2 - one on a small piece partly affixed over a different incomplete design - & 5d x2 designs by "Belle" with the "artist's" commentary on wove paper (244x127mm) affixed to a slightly larger piece. A rather more attractive submission than many that have circulated in the marketplace. Sergio Sismondo Certificate (2006). SymboleGradea View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #526 OFFICIAL STAMPS: Selection on stockcard including Type 1 'O.S.' 6d Prussian blue & 6d bright blue both with part-o.g.; and 'G.T.' Overprint of Goolwa Tramways in Red on 4d dull purple with faults but very attractive & with large-part o.g. and RPSofV Certificate (1979); also Thick 'POSTAGE' Crown/A 5/- very fine mint. (29) SymbolΩ*o View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #527 DEPARTMENTALS: 'B.G.' of Botanic Gardens on Perf 10xRouletted 1/- brown, separation faults at the sides. Rated RRR. [A very fine example sold at the Prestige auction of 22.4.2006 for $460]. SymbolgGradeb View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot #528 REPRINTS: Presentation page (275x362mm) with an all-different array of Perkins Bacon and De La Rue issues to 2/- including 'TEN PENCE' on 9d x5 & 1/- violet, all with 'REPRINT' Overprint; plus 16 values to 2/- with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint; all with large-part o.g. & only partly-affixed. Remarkably fresh. (51) Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #529 19th Century covers comprising 1847 fronts with postmaster's manuscript endorsements "PO/Mt Gambier" or "PO/Robe Town"; 1854 with very fine 'CLARE/OC12/1854/=SOUTH AUSTRALIA=' cds, 1854 OHMS cover with unframed 'NOORLUNGA/JY7/1854/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA=' cds; 1857 from Hobart with very fine 'MORPHETT-VALE/__15/1857/SOUTH AUSTRALIA' b/s (no month); 1858 stained cover with postmaster's endorsement "Lobethal/8 1 58"; 1862 with postmaster's endorsement "PO/Pt McDonl/4 Feb 62" (ERD) & resealed with 'PORT Symbolc View details Estimate$550StatusUnsold Lot #530 1849 OHMS outer with a light but largely legible strike of the rare undated double-circle 'POST OFFICE/[crown]/PORT ADELAIDE' handstamp, superb GPO arrival cds of JA*25/49. Exceptional quality. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea+ View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #531 1859 double-rate cover to Essex with 6d slate-blue SG 17 horizontal pair tied by 'PAID/JU18/1859/=ADELAIDE -S.A.=' cds, 'EPPING/OC15/1859' arrival cds in blue, two vertical folds at left & some peripheral soiling, minor flap fault. SymbolclGradeb View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #532 1887 cover to South Carolina "Via San Francisco" with De La Rue 6d tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/SA - AUSTRALIA' duplex, superb 'US CHARGE/TO COLLECT - 5 CENTS' h/s & very fine & well centred Postage Due 5c tied by light 'CHARLESTON/SC/OCT 9 87/12 M' cds (a far superior strike on the reverse), repaired flap tears & minor soiling. A very scarce destination from any of the Australian Colonies. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #533 POSTAL CARDS: Gorgeous original postcard-size artwork in purple & China white on artboard, surface abrasion at lower-right well clear of the design. Unique! GSTex GSTSymboleGradea- View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #534 Partly mounted collection remainders with lots of mostly post-WWII Adelaide plus earlier items including GPO arrival cds on PPC with GB/Egypt combination franking, various instructional handstamps including a few very unusual items, a couple of 'FOUND OPEN' labels (one "mint"!), etc, plus an array from other towns with many Shierlaw fronts, OHMS items & PPCs, numerous squared-circles with some rated up to RRRR noted. Inspection strongly recommended. Ex John Bell. (few 100 items) SymbolsΔc View details Estimate$400Price Realized$340StatusSold Lot #535 Rare group comprising superb '[B]RINKLEY/22JL28/S.A' (rated RRR), largely fine 'CAP[E] SPENCER/1DE23/S.A' (RRR), very fine 'CARPENTERS ROCKS/30JE65/STH AUST' (RRR), superb '[CO]RDILLO DOW[NS]/2SE24/[S AUST]' (ERD by 4 years; RRRR), very fine 'CROMER/29SE36/S.A.' (RRRR), very fine 'GOONDOOLOO/ 27MY47/S.A' (RRR), very fine 'GREEN'S PLAINS/3FE31/S.A' (RRR), superb 'POSTMASTER/FE3/27/PT ADELAIDE' (RRRRR), fine 'WILSON/29OC23/STH AUSTRALIA' (RRR) & very fine 'WYNBRING/23NO21/STH AUST'. (10) SymbolΔs View details Estimate$450Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #536 Adelaide Oval: triple-oval 'TELEGRAPH OFFICE/29JAN1971/ADELAIDE' OVAL' (the only recorded date) very fine strike in violet on piece from Post Office form. Rated RRRRR. An important item for the "Cricket" collector. SymbolΔGradea a1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #537 Barossa Goldfield (1): 'BAROSSA GOLDFIELD/SP23/69/SA' two fine to very fine strikes on DLR 2d on piece, closed tear slightly into the first strike. Rated R across both openings. PO late-1868; closed 1/7/1876. Re-opened -/4/1877; closed 31/12/1907. [A superb 1869 example sold for $327 in our auction of 30.9.2015] SymbolΔGradeb a1 View details Estimate$100Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #538 Coolatoo: 'COOLATOO/SE30/79/S.A' very fine strike on DLR 2d. Rated RRRR. PO 1875; closed 28/4/1880. [John Bell's superb strike sold at the Prestige auction of 14.11.2014 for $222] SymbolsGradea a2 View details Estimate$100Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #539 Stirling East: Diamond-Numeral '153' two superb strikes on Rouletted 2d pair (a bit aged). Rated RRR. SymbolsGradeb a1+ View details Estimate$200Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot #540 Travelling Post Offices: 21mm unframed 'P-O/ 1 /FE25/70/RAILWAY' (#UFM) very fine b/s on cover with Rouletted 1d green pair tied by poor numeral of 'TANUNDA' (fine cds alongside) to Stepney. Rated RR. SymbolcGradeb a1 View details Estimate$150Price Realized$340StatusSold Lot #541 ESSAY: 1880s 3d stamp-size hand-painted design in shades of green & China white on thin artboard. Delightful! Ex De La Rue Archives. SymboleGradea View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$3,600StatusSold Lot #542 DIE PROOFS: 1d 2d 3d 4d & 6d all except the 4d on highly glazed card, all reduced to stamp-size, the 3d & 6d affixed to small pieces from the De La Rue printer's day book. (5) SymbolPGradea/a+ View details Estimate$500Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #543 DIE PROOFS: ½d Type A + ½d Type B in black on a reduced piece of highly glazed card (69x39mm) handstamped '30JAN82' in blue & 'BEFORE HARDENING', minor blemishes. SymbolPGradeb View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot #544 DIE PROOFS: 3d in black on highly glazed card (92x61mm), handstamped '16OCT94. Superb! SymbolPGradea+ View details Estimate$500Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #545 DIE PROOFS: 6d in black on highly glazed card (92x61mm), handstamped '21OCT85' & 'BEFORE/HARDENING'. Superb! SymbolPGradea+ View details Estimate$500Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #546 DIE PROOFS: Tannenberg 2½d with Kangaroo in black on highly glazed card (92x61mm), handstamped '24JAN93' & 'AFTER/STRIKING'. Superb! SymbolPGradea+ View details Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #547 PLATE PROOFS: Selection on exhibit pages with imperf "Bantam" ½d in green gutter strip of 24 (2x12) from the right of the sheet, 2d in black block of 4, 3d in olive block of 18 (6x3), 4d in violet corner block of 4, Tannenberg 2½d in black corner strip of 4 & 5d marginal pair, Post Office ½d pair in black & block of 4 in green, etc, & a few perforated items & a few Plate Numbers. (97 units) SymbolPGradeA/A- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #548 PLATE PROOFS: "Bantam" ½d imperforate part-sheet of 168 (14x12) in green on gummed unwatermarked paper, with central gutter & Plate Number '1' at upper-left & lower-left, minor bends, full unmounted o.g. SymbolPGradea/a- View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #549 PLATE PROOFS: 2d imperforate colour trials on Crown/SA ungummed paper, the complete set of 15 different. (15) SymbolPGradea View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #550 PLATE PROOFS: 2d imperforate brown-purple/bright yellow on ungummed unwatermarked wove paper, lower-left corner block of 9 (3x3) with Plate Number '2', diagonal crease. Very scarce. Probably created in Adelaide as a trial for the new colours issued in 1905. SymbolPGradea/b View details Estimate$300Price Realized$360StatusSold Lot #551 PLATE PROOFS: 6d perforated sheet of 120 (12x10) in blue on gummed unwatermarked paper, with central gutter & Plate Number '1' at upper-left & upper-right, a few very minor blemishes, full unmounted o.g. SymbolPGradea/a- View details Estimate$800StatusUnsold Lot #552 1868-76 Wide Crown/SA Selection on exhibit pages with ONE PENNY SG 154 mint & used x4, SG 158 mint and SG 161 unused & used x2; and TWO PENCE SG 152/3 mint x3 & used strip of 3, SG 155 used, SG 156 used x2 (one with light unframed 'NAVAN' cds; rated RRRR), SG 163 mint & used x3, SG 157 x3 (one on cover with '19' cancel & 'GLENELG' cds), and SG 160 on cover with 'TEMPLERS' b/s (rated RR) & 'DEAD LETTER/ADELAIDE' cds on the face; etc, generally fine to very fine, Cat £2000+ plus the covers. (45 + Symbol*Ωoc View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Lot #553 1868-76 Wide Crown/SA Rouletted 2d orange horizontal pair Imperf Between SG 153b, unframed 'MEADOWS/SE19/68/SA' cds, Cat £1300. Ex Barton Sparrow. RPSofL Certificate (1994). SymbolfGradea View details Estimate$850Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Lot #554 1868-76 Wide Crown/SA Perf 10xRouletted 2d orange horizontal pair SG 157, central thin, large-part o.g., Cat £1000+. A rare multiple. Ex Barton Sparrow. RPSofL Certificate (1994). Symbol*Gradeb View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #555 1869 Large Star Watermark 2d Rouletted SG 164 singles x3 (one unused) & a superb strip of 3 with 'MINTARO' cds; and Perf 11½-12½xRouletted SG 165 pair (with RPSofL Certificate) & a single on cover from 'TANUNDA' to 'KAPUNDA'; also V/Crown Wmk 2d SG 166 singles from 'KOORINGA' & 'NAIRNE', pairs from 'GAWLER' & Gumeracha ('43' cancel) both with the Watermark Reversed, & on Bishop cover from GPO to Port Lincoln with large 'P' h/s; generally fine to very fine, Cat £780++ & the covers. Scarce group. SymbolΩoc View details Estimate$350Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #556 1876-1904 Narrow Crown/SA Bundle of exhibit pages with mostly mint collection including HALFPENNY SG 182 block of 8, SG 191 Plate Number/Sheet Number block of 12 & 11 examples on registered cover to Canada; ONE PENNY SG 169 pair & used block of 4, SG 171 used, SG 173 blocks of 4 (one with transient Driving Rain varieties on all units), TWO PENCE 2d "blood-red" SG 168 Plate Number/Sheet Number strip of 3, SG 177 corner block of 10 (5x2), SG 177a block of 6, SG 172/a used x3, SG 174 block of 4, 2d Symbol*/**oc View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #557 1876-1904 Narrow Crown/SA Perf 10 1d blue-green SG 167 block of 12 (3x4), the upper row creased, six other units with full unmounted o.g.; also 1d yellow-green SG 167a block of 6 (2x3), full unmounted o.g.; Cat £720++ (mounted). Symbol*/**Gradea/b View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #558 1876-1904 Narrow Crown/SA Perf 11½-12½ 2d orange SG 172, minor blemishes & perfs trimmed at right, unused. Unpriced unused by Gibbons. BPA Certificate (1953) as the then SG 179. SymbolΩGradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #559 1876-1904 Narrow Crown/SA Perf 13 1d green horizontal pair Imperforate Between SG 175b, light crease, 'WHITWARTA' cds (rated R). Unpriced in Gibbons. Ex Lt-Col Harry Napier. RPSofL Certificate (1965). [Believed to be the only recorded example] SymbolgGradeb View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$3,600StatusSold Lot #560 1876-1904 Narrow Crown/SA Perf 12x11½ New Colours 2d violet vertical strip of 3 from the top of the sheet with Grossly Misplaced Horizontal Perfs, light vertical crease. Unlisted in the ACSC. Symbol*Gradeb View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold Lot #561 1882 Surcharge 'HALF/PENNY' on 1d green half-sheet of 60 (6x10) comprising the forme of 12 (6x2) x5, each forme with varieties on [Pos 2, 4, 9 & 10], with the margins removed, very fresh with full unmounted o.g., Cat £840++ (mounted). A very scarce & desirable pane. Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #562 1883-99 New Denominations Perf 10x11½-12½ "Bantam" ½d brown SG 186 marginal block of 20 (4x5) from the top of the sheet, most units with full unmounted o.g., Cat £640++ (mounted). A technically interesting piece: the sheets were Comb Perf 10 but because the ½d stamp was half normal size, the Perf 11½ single-line perforator was applied between each pair of units. Thus, in this instance, the first & third columns are Perf 10x10x10x11½, and the second & fourth columns are Perf 10x11½x10x10] Symbol**/*Gradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot #563 1891-93 Surcharges '2½d.' on 4d green including Perf 10 block of 48 (6x8, most units unmounted), Perf 10x11½x10x10 mint x2, Closer Fraction SG 233b in block of 4, block of 4 with Major Double Perfs, and covers to USA, Austria (faults), Germany & GB, generally fine to very fine, Cat £1100+ plus the covers. Symbol*/**oc View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #564 1891-93 Surcharges Perf 10 '2½d.' on 4d green & '5D.' on 6d brown SG 229 & 230 blocks of 12 (6x2), full unmounted o.g., Cat £320++ (mounted). (2 blocks) Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot #565 1891-93 Surcharges Perf 10 '5D.' on 6d brown tied to 1d Postal Card to Germany by GPO cds of AU25/91, on arrival 'T'-in-inverted-triangle applied & taxed "80"(pf). [The Postal Card was not valid for overseas usage so, even though it was uprated to the 6d foreign letter rate, in Germany the adhesive stamp was ignored] SymbolpsGradea View details Estimate$250Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #566 'SPECIMEN' OVERPRINTS: '2½d.' on 4d & '5D.' on 6d strips of 3, 6d blue, Tannenberg 2½d & 5d and GPO ½d, plus various reprints to 2/-, all with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint; (23) Symbol*Gradea/a- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot #567 'O.S.' OVERPRINTS - THICK 'O.S.': Selection on exhibit pages including Perf 10 1d mint pair x2, 2d with the Overprint Inverted used x2 (one with 'S.' Omitted), two very different Double Overprints & No Stop after 'S ' (unpriced) all used, 4d mint, 6d mint x3, ½d on 1d mint & 2½d on 4d mint, etc; Perf 11½-12½x10 1d used x2 (one with Horizontal Perfs through Centre of Stamp), etc; generally fine to very fine, Cat £1200+. (46) Symbol*o View details Estimate$500Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #568 'O.S.' OVERPRINTS - THIN 'O.S.': A mostly used selection on exhibit pages including Perf 10 ½d with No Stop after 'S ', 1d mint pair & strip of 3, 2d mint pair, 2½d on 4d pairs x2 (one with Closer Fraction), No Stop after 'S ' & on 1895 cover to Canada, 5d on 6d mint pairs x2 (one with No Stop after 'S ') & No Stop after 'D ' mint, 4d mint x2 & No Stop after 'S ', and 6d mint x2; Perf 15 4d & 6d both mint; Perf 13 ½d mint, 1d & 2d mint blocks of 4, 1d on lettersheet, 4d mint x2 (one with No Stop Symbol*oc View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #569 'O.S.' OVERPRINTS - THIN 'O.S.': 1896 Education Department cover with printed registration lines & boxed 'REGISTERED/No' with very scarce franking of Perf 10 '2½d.' on 4d green SG O51 horizontal pair (Cat £26 x30+ on cover) tied by 'REGISTERED ADELAIDE' squared-circle, 'YORKETOWN' squared-circle arrival b/s. Superb! SymbolclGradea+ View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #570 'O.S.' OVERPRINTS - THIN 'O.S.': 1897 Post Office & Telegraph Department cover to Massachusetts with rare franking of 2½d violet-blue SG O75 (Cat £7½ x50+) tied by one of two very fine strikes of 'CORRESPONDENCE OFFICE/GPO' cds in red, London transit & Boston arrival b/s, flap removed. Delightful! SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$300Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #571 'O.S.' OVERPRINTS - WIDE 'O.S.': Mostly mint selection on exhibit pages including Perf 13 ½d 1d x2 2½d & 4d pairs & 2d block of 4, ½d & 1d (used) with the Overprint Inverted, ½d (used) & 4d with No Stop after 'S ' (unpriced used), various Misplaced Overprints, etc; generally fine to very fine, Cat £1200+. (42) Symbol*o View details Estimate$500Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #572 'O.S.' OVERPRINTS - WIDE 'O.S.': ½d to 6d SG O80-85 (no 2½d) blocks of 4, the 1d marginal with Plate Number '1', the 4d with Misplaced Overprints, some units are unmounted, Cat £800++ (mounted). Scarce blocks. Symbol*/**Gradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #573 'O.S.' OVERPRINTS - WIDE 'O.S.': 2d violet with the Overprint Inverted SG O82a block of 4, rounded corner at upper-right, Cat £520+. A rare multiple. Symbol*Gradea/b View details Estimate$400Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot #574 Selection on exhibit pages including undenominated plate proof pair with Plate Number '1', 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 10 2/6d mint x3 (one without gum) & used x3, 5/- used x2, 10/- with faked cancel, 15/- & £1 both postally used, 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ 2/6d mint x2 & used x3, 5/- mint x3 & used, 10/- & £5 brown both apparently mint but cleaned, £3 "space filler" & £10 with 15mm 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, Thin 'POSTAGE' 2/6d & 5/- mint, and Thick 'POSTAGE' 5/-, condition variable. (29) Symbol*ΩoP View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Lot #575 OFFICIAL PUNCTURES: Range with Crown/SA punctured 'SA' 6d mint & used x3 (one with Inverted 'SA'), 9d mint, 1/- mint with the Watermark Inverted, 2/6d used and 5/- mint & used x2, and punctured 'OS' 6d mint & used, 8d used x2, 9d with the Watermark Inverted mint, 1/- used x2 and 5/- mint & used; then Crown/A punctured 'SA' 3d mint x2 & used x4, 4d mint x2 & used x5 (one with Inverted 'SA'), 6d mint & used x3, 9d mint & used x3 (one with the Watermark Inverted), 1/- mint & used strip of 3 and 2/6 Symbol*o View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #576 POSTAL HISTORY: Mostly registered commercial covers with "Long Tom" frankings comprising Thin 'POSTAGE' 3d on two Tatts covers, 3d + 4d to New Zealand, 4d solo internal & 8d solo to Belgium; and Thick 'POSTAGE' 4d x2, 4d punctured 'SA' pair on OHMS front, and 6d on Shierlaw front; plus philatelic frankings 3d + 8d + 10d to Germany & 1/- + 2/6d to Austria; condition variable. (11 items) Symbolc/cl View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #577 Imperforate undenominated plate proof in lilac upper-left corner block of 20 (5x4) on gummed unwatermarked paper with Plate Number '1', full unmounted o.g. [Ed Williams states only two sheets (120 units) were printed] SymbolPGradea/a+ View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot #578 2/6d imperforate plate proof in lilac with the value in blue upper-left corner block of 12 (6x2) on gummed unwatermarked paper with Plate Number '1', full unmounted o.g. Superb! [Ed Williams states only one sheet of 60 units was printed] SymbolPGradea+ View details Estimate$1,200Price Realized$2,400StatusSold Lot #579 5/- imperforate plate proof in lilac with the value in red lower-left corner block of 8 (4x2) on gummed unwatermarked paper with Plate Number '1', one unit lightly mounted, otherwise full unmounted o.g. Superb! [Ed Williams states only one sheet of 60 units was printed. Only the 2/6d & 5/- values were produced] SymbolPGradea+ View details Estimate$800Price Realized$2,000StatusSold Lot #580 2/6d lilac (minor creases), 5/- pink & 15/- brownish yellow SG 195 196 & 198, large-part o.g., Cat £1000. (3) Symbol*Gradea/a- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #581 50/- dull reddish pink SG 201, concealed defects, large-part o.g., Cat £4500. Rare. Symbol*Grade(b) b1 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #582 'SPECIMEN' OVERPRINTS: 12½mm Overprint on 2/6d lilac to £20 dull reddish violet SG 195-208, the £3 & £4 are creased & the £5 is a bit aged, otherwise very fine with large-part o.g. [These stamps are from the original 1886 printings. Most stamps with the 12½mm Overprint are on Perf 11½-12½ stamps specifically reprinted for overprinting thus: see Lots 584-587] (13) Symbol*Gradea+/b View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot #583 'SPECIMEN' OVERPRINTS: 12½mm Overprint on £20 dull reddish violet as SG 208 with 'TWENTY' 14mm Long, full unmounted o.g.! ['TWENTY' measures either 12mm or 14mm long] Symbol**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #584 'SPECIMEN' OVERPRINTS: 15mm Overprint on 10/- green, £2 reddish brown, 50/- reddish pink, £15 silver & £20 dull reddish violet SG 197 200 201 207 & 208, large-part o.g. Very scarce: Ed Williams had only these five values plus the 15/- & £1. (5) Symbol*Gradea/a- View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #585 'SPECIMEN' OVERPRINTS: 17mm Overprint on 2/6d to £20 SG 195A-208A, the £10 copper with minor surface-rubbing otherwise generally very fine, large-part o.g. A rare set: Ed Williams had only eight values to £15. (13) Symbol*Gradea/b View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$3,200StatusSold Lot #586 'SPECIMEN' OVERPRINTS: 18½mm Overprint on 2/6d to £20 SG 195A-208A, the £20 without gum, a few minor blemishes/defects but generally very fine with large-part o.g. Another rare set. (13) Symbol*ΩGradea/b View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,400StatusSold Lot #587 'O. S.' OVERPRINTS: 1891 Perf 10 2/6d lilac SG O86, concealed faults, Cat £7000. Symbol*Grade(b) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot #588 'O. S.' OVERPRINTS: 1891 Perf 10 2/6d lilac SG O86 horizontal pair, some creasing, full unmounted o.g.!, Cat £14,000++ (mounted). A very rare multiple. [Only one sheet of 60 was printed] Symbol**Gradeb c1 View details Estimate$10,000StatusUnsold Lot #589 'O. S.' OVERPRINTS: 1891 Perf 10 5/- pink SG O87, horizontal crease, large-part o.g., Cat £7500. [Only one sheet of 60 was printed] Symbol*Gradeb c1 View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$6,500StatusSold Lot #590 2/6d violet, 5/- rose-pink, 10/- green & £1 blue SG 195a-197a & 199a, large-part o.g., Cat £935. (4) Symbol*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$450Price Realized$340StatusSold Lot #591 2/6d both shades, 5/- both shades, 10/- to £2 (crease Symbolg/fGradea/b View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot #592 £4 lemon-yellow SG 203a, very minor blemishes, large-part o.g., Cat £8500. Rare. Symbol*Gradea- c1 View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$3,000StatusSold Lot #593 £5 brown with 'NATIONAL D'ESCOMPTE/DE PARIS' handstamp & manuscript date "17.9.98", small faults. An attractive fiscal isage. [Most examples of all the high values have had fiscal cancels removed and fake "postal" cancels applied. Consequently, genuine fiscal usages are very scarce] GSTex GSTSymboloGradeb View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot #594 1900 large-part linen parcel tag endorsed "Without letter/from" & oval 'WALLAROO SMELTING WORK 27DEC00/SA' cachet in violet on the face, to "Royal Mint/Melbourne" with exceptional franking of £1 blue x2 & £2 horizontal pair (!) - the only multiple known to us - plus 5d 1/- & 2/- all tied to the reverse by 'WALLAROO' squared-circles, 'R'-in-circle h/s & light Melbourne arrival d/s, minor blemishes/creasing. A wonderful item proving postal usage of the £1 & £2 and, in our opinion, the best item in SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$4,800StatusSold Lot #595 CANCELLED TO ORDER - WITH ADELAIDE DOUBLE-RING CDS: 2/6d to £1 SG 195a-199a all with Adelaide double-ring cds, the 5/- 15/- & £1 with large-part o.g., Cat £520. [These were the only denominations prepared in this fashion] (5) SymbolvGradea View details Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold Lot #596 CANCELLED TO ORDER WITH "DUMB" QUARTER-CIRCLE: £2 Venetian red SG 200a, Cat £500. In 1903, all mint remainders of the 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' series were sent to the Commonwealth Stamp Printer (JB Cooke) in Melbourne. In 1905, small numbers of the £2 to £20 were cancelled with the 'MELBOURNE' CTO datestamp that had no inscription at the base, & from which the dateslugs were removed, for inclusion in presentation sets. The fact that no examples of the lower values being so-treated have been recorded SymbolvGradea b1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #597 CANCELLED TO ORDER 50/- brownish red SG 201a, full o.g., Cat £650. Superb! SymbolvGradea+ b1 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #598 CANCELLED TO ORDER £3 sage-green SG 202a, exceptional centring, characteristic rough perfs, two creases, Cat £600. SymbolvGradeb a2 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #599 CANCELLED TO ORDER £4 lemon-yellow SG 203a, Cat £1400. [NB: Very occasionally an example with a fragment of the 'M' or second 'E' of 'MELBOURNE' is apparent, as is the case here. Such examples are rare &, in our opinion, worth a significant premium] SymbolvGradea b1 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Lot #600 CANCELLED TO ORDER £5 brown SG 205, exceptional centring, Cat £1000. SymbolvGradea a1 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #601 CANCELLED TO ORDER £10 copper SG 206a with lustrous metallic sheen, full unmounted o.g., Cat £1800. Superb! Ex Australia Post Archives. SymbolvGradea+ b1 View details Estimate$1,250Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot #602 CANCELLED TO ORDER £15 silver SG 207a with lustrous metallic sheen, characteristic rough perfs, full unmounted o.g., Cat £2250. Superb! Ex Australia Post Archives. SymbolvGradea+ b2 View details Estimate$1,750Price Realized$2,200StatusSold Lot #603 'SPECIMEN' OVERPRINTS - 12½mm OVERPRINT: 2/6d violet to £20 claret as SG 195a-208a being the official reprints for distribution to UPU members, a few blemishes, large-part o.g. [The £5 brown has a 15mm long overprint] (14) Symbol*Gradea/b View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #604 'SPECIMEN' OVERPRINTS a very similar but supe Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...4567891011|Next1234567891011 Previous 1234567891011 Next Previous 1234567891011 Next
