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 601-700 of 1007. Previous|1...4567891011|Next Image Lot # Item Title Time Left Your Bids 605 'SPECIMEN' OVERPRINTS £15 silver SG 207 with the Watermark Upright, characteristic rough perfs, large-part o.g. [Virtually all of the reprints overprinted 'SPECIMEN' have the watermark sideways] Symbol*Gradea b2 Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 606 'SPECIMEN' OVERPRINTS 15/- £1 & £2 each with Double Perfs at the Top, large-part o.g. [The second row of perfs is at an angle & measures Perf 10, making them obvious fakes] (3) Symbol*Gradea/b Estimate$100Price Realized$30StatusSold View details 607 'SPECIMEN' OVERPRINTS 15mm OVERPRINT: 5/-, £3, £4, £5 grey, £5 brown & £10, a few characteristic irregular perfs, the 5/- & £5 grey without gum, the others with part- to large-part o.g. [These stamps are from the original printings, not the reprints. Ed Williams had only these six values, and this may be his set] (6) Symbol*ΩGradea/a- Estimate$600Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 608 'SPECIMEN' OVERPRINTS 18½mm OVERPRINT: £3 sage-green, large-part o.g. [This is from the original printing, not the later reprints] Symbol*Gradea b2 Estimate$100Price Realized$180StatusSold View details 609 Exhibit pages of plated stamps with all denominations mostly used to £1 including 10d strip of 4, and useful mint including 3d Plate Number '1' pair with Sheet Number, 8d block of 4, 2/6d x8 (one punctured 'OS'), 5/- x2, 10/- x3 & £1, generally fine to very fine & attractively presented, Cat £2000++. (140+) Symbol*o Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 610 3d olive to £1 blue SG 268-279, CTO with large-part o.g., Cat $1370 (£490+). A very scarce set. (11) SymbolvGradea b1 Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 611 Remainders on exhibit pages with many better items including 3d the six sub-types used, mint block of 6, single with ERD AP7/04 & block of 4 with Plate Number '1' & Sheet Number '1d 657091' ; 4d block of 4 with Plate Number '1' & Sheet Number '3d 007129'; 6d mint block of 6; 9d with Additional Vertical Line of Perfs; 10d pair with Plate Number '1' & Sheet Number '1d 647111'; 1/- mint single with unlisted "Swarm of Bees" Variety & First Printing Bi-Colour used (creased); 2/6d both shades mint; 5/ Symbol*/**o Estimate$1,000Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 612 Selection stated to be from all-different printings/shades comprising 3d x3, 4d x3, 6d x3, 8d x3, 9d x2, 10d x4 (both types in both shades), 1/- x3, 2/6d x2, 5/- 10/- & £1, generally very fine, Cat $1700. (26) Symbol*Gradea/a- Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 613 Selection stated to be from all-different printings/shades comprising 3d x3, 4d x4, 6d x3, 8d x3, 9d x2, 10d x4 (both types in both shades), 1/- x3, 2/6d x2, 5/- 10/- & £1 (CTO), generally very fine, Cat $1000+. (27) Symbolg/fGradea/a- Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 614 Upper-right corner blocks of 4 all with Plate Number '1' & Sheet Numbers comprising 3d '1d 657382' (ink notation in the margin) and '3d 003382' BW #S18zb & #S19za, 4d '1d 658189', '4d 010511' and '3d 006806' #S20za & zb & #S21za, 6d '2d 736765' #S23za, 9d '2d 734824' #S27zb (ink notation in the margin) & 10d '1d 659456' #S29za, many units are unmounted, significantly undervalued at Cat $1225++ (for mounted pairs only). (8 blocks) Symbol*/**Gradea Estimate$1,200Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 615 Perf 11½-12½ 3d pale olive-green BW #S18B complete sheet of 60 (10x6) with Plate Number '1' at all four corners, separated & rejoined between the third & fourth columns, some creasing; and 4d orange-red BW #S20B block of 48 (8x6) with Plate Number '1' at Upper-Left & Lower-Left, some perf separation/rejoining; most units are unmounted, Cat $1750++ (mounted). Rare suvivors. (2 items) Symbol*/** Estimate$500Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 616 Perf 11½-12½ 8d bright ultramarine with 'EIGNT PENCE' Error BW #S26c (SG 272a) being the third unit in an upper-right corner block of 4 with Plate Number '1', well centred, ink notation in the margin, very lightly mounted, Cat $4000 (£1600++). South Australia's second-most famous error. Symbol*Gradea b1 Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,400StatusSold View details 617 Perf 11½-12½ 8d bright ultramarine with 'EIGNT PENCE' Error BW #S26c (SG 272a), CTO with large-part o.g., Cat $2000 (£3000). Ex Henry Harvey. RPSofL Certificate (1926, signed by "ED Bacon"). [The ACSC states "...the authorities withdrew the stock and removed the error from sheets prior to re-issue. It has been stated officially that 45 to 50 of the stamps were issued...which accords with the numbers now extant...It is much rarer used than mint, with probably less than ten examples known": our ve SymbolvGradea c1 Estimate$2,500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold View details 618 Perf 11½-12½ 9d reddish pink upper-right corner block of 4 with Plate Number '1', Sheet Number '2d 734773' and Error of Watermark 'SUOTH' BW #S27a/zb, ink notation in the margin, mounted in the margins only, Cat $750++ (mounted). Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 619 Perf 11½-12½ 9d bright reddish pink (aniline) vertical pair Imperforate Between BW #S27bb,(SG) lightly mounted, Cat $3000 (£2500). [Michael Blake states that no more than five pairs have been recorded. Ed Williams' pair had significant faults] Symbol*Gradea b1 Estimate$2,000Price Realized$5,000StatusSold View details 620 Perf 11½-12½ 10d dull orange upper-right corner block of 4 with Plate Number '1' & Sheet Number '1d 659102' BW #S29za, unmounted, grossly undercatalogued at $200 (for a pair). Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 621 Perf 11½-12½ 1/- brown vertical pair from the base of the sheet Imperforate Between & at the Base BW #S30bb (SG 275b), characteristic rough perfs, small hinge remainder at the top, Cat $2500 (£2500). [The ACSC states "Ten pairs exist; one is in the Royal Collection"] Symbol*Gradea Estimate$1,750Price Realized$2,400StatusSold View details 622 Perf 11½-12½ 1/- brown with 'POSTAGE' & 'ONE SHILLING' Misplaced Downwards BW #SS30c punctured 'SA' as always, characteristic rough perfs, 'REGISTERED ADELAIDE/10/OC30/S-A' squared-circle, Cat $3000. [The ACSC states "At least three used examples...are known..."] SymbolgGradea c2 Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 623 Perf 12 3d olive with 'POSTAGE' & 'THREE PENCE' Grossly Misplaced resulting in Blank Tablets BW #S19c, very lightly mounted, Cat $750. Symbol*Gradea b1 Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 624 Perf 12 4d orange-red upper-right corner example with Plate Number '1' & Sheet Number '3d 007499', postally used & rare thus. SymbolgGradea d1 Estimate$100Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 625 POSTAL HISTORY: 1902 double-rate OHMS cover to New Jersey with scarce albeit philatelic franking of 9d rosy lake tied by Adelaide squared-circle with 'CORRESPONDENCE OFFICE/GPO' cds alongside, London & New York transits & superb 'REGISTERED/FEB 6 1903/CAMDEN NJ' arrival b/s in red, very minor blemishes. [Overpaid 1d] SymbolcGradea- Estimate$600Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 626 POSTAL HISTORY: 1903 double-rate cover to Massachusetts with scarce albeit philatelic franking of 8d ultramarine tied by 'PORT LINCOLN' squared-circle, curved 'REGISTERED/No...' & 'R'-in-circle h/s, Adelaide & London transit & octagonal 'BOSTON, MASS/REGY DIV' arrival b/s in violet, central vertical fold. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 627 POSTAL HISTORY: 1906 long cover to Japan with 3d & 4d tied by 'PT DARWIN/SA' squared-circle, 'R'-in-circle at upper-left, Hong Kong transit & 'YOKOHAMA/JAPAN' arrival b/s in violet, vertical fold at left. SymbolclGradeb Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 628 Handy remainders on exhibit pages with 6d 8d x2 9d & 10d mint blocks of 4, 6d with the Watermark Inverted used, 8d pair with Sheet Number '8d 181' in Red, 2/6d mint x3, 5/- mint & used x3 (one with 'ENG MAIL TPO/S AUSTRALIA' cds, 10/- mint & used, £1 both printings mint, etc, generally very fine. (64) Symbol*o Estimate$750Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 629 Upper-right corner blocks of 4 all with Sheet Numbers comprising 6d '6d 013892' in Red (pair only) & '...017442' in Black both BW #S42zb, 8d '8d 46' in Red, '8d 000752' in Red & '001317' in Black #S46z S47z & S47za, and 1/- '1/- 003519' in Red #S54z (a bit soiled on the reverse & some perf separation/rejoining), undercatalogued at $525+ (for pairs only). (6 items) Symbol*Gradea/b Estimate$400Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 630 9d 5/- & £1 each CTO with Adelaide cds, large-part o.g. Very scarce; unlisted in the ACSC. (3) SymbolvGradea b1 Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 631 All-different printings/shades comprising 6d, 9d x2, 10d, 1/- x2, 2/6d x3, 5/- x2, 10/- & £1 x2, Cat $1800+ (£1300+). (14) Symbol*Gradea b1 Estimate$850StatusUnsold View details 632 All-different printings/shades comprising 6d x2, 9d x2, 10d x2, 1/- x2, 2/6d x3, 5/- x2, 10/- & £1 x2 (one CTO; unlisted in the ACSC), Cat $950 (£750). (16) SymbolovGradea Estimate$450Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 633 9d deep rosy lake with the Watermark Inverted BW #S49a, Adelaide cds, Cat $750. [The ACSC states "Only several used examples...have been recorded..."] SymbolgGradea a1 Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 634 9d brown-red on Crown/SA Paper with the Watermark Inverted BW #S50a mint single & a defective used strip of 3 with North Adelaide cds of 2NO11, Cat $650+. [This printing was an anomaly, being made in 1911 to use up old remainders of De La Rue and Detmold Crown/SA paper] Symbol*oGradea/c Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 635 5/- rose-pink marginal block of 4 from the base of the sheet, CTO with Adelaide cds, large-part o.g. Unlisted in the ACSC. A rare CTO multiple. SymbolvGradea b1 Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 636 5/- bright scarlet upper-right corner pair with Sheet Number '5/- 000918' in Black BW #S64z, thinned in the margin at right, very lightly mounted, Cat $750. Symbol*Gradea- b1 Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 637 10/- dull green marginal block of 4 [46-47/56-57] from the base of the sheet, CTO with Adelaide cds, full unmounted o.g. Unlisted in the ACSC. A rare CTO multiple. SymbolvGradea b1 Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 638 10/- dull green upper-right corner pair with Sheet Number '10s 192' in Greenish Blue BW #S68z, very lightly mounted, Cat $1500+. A rarity, with very few examples recorded. Symbol*Gradea c1 Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold View details 639 £1 deep blue upper-right corner pair with Sheet Number '20/- 000534' in Red BW #S70z, faint bend on the second unit, mounted in the margin only with both units unmounted, Cat $1500+. A rarity, with very few examples recorded. Symbol**Gradea/a- Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 640 OFFICIAL PUNCTURES: 10d brownish orange on De La Rue Paper BW #S52 (SG 287) half-sheet of 30 (5x6) with central horizontal gutter, unmounted, Cat $1200++ (£500++) mounted. A rare survivor. Symbol**Gradea Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 641 POSTAL HISTORY: 1907 double-rate cover to "Ancon/Canal Zone/Panama" with scarce franking of 8d ultramarine (Cat $750 on cover) tied by 'REGISTERED/ADELAIDE' squared-circle, 3-line 'Transmitted through Seattle/Wash as registered mail' h/s (duh!) & superb New York transit, oval 'ANCON CANAL ZONE/REGISTERED' & 'STA A ANCON CZ/REGISTERED' backstamps, minor faults. A terrific destination. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$750Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 642 POSTAL HISTORY: 1912 oversize linen-lined cover (250x151mm) to Switzerland with rare franking of 10d brownish orange (unpriced on cover by the ACSC) & poor Adelaide cds, Swiss tax endorsements & Postage Dues 50c vertical strip of 3 tied by superb 'NEUCHATEL/17 I 13/CONSIG LETTRES' cds, light soiling & minor faults. SymbolcoGradec Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 643 The exhibit pages offered largely intact with all values to 5/- mint x2 & used (closed tear) representing most of the printings & shades, also 3d pale olive-green & 6d emerald mint blocks of 4, used multiples including 3d block of 4, 4d block of 6 & 2/6d pair, a 3d Perf 11 used (faked perfs), a few Inverted Watermarks, etc, generally very fine. (200+) Symbol*o Estimate$400Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 644 Upper-right corner pairs with Sheet Numbers comprising 3d (Detmold Paper) '3d 7700' BW #S35z, 4d (Detmold) '4d 257' in Red Over-Stamped '002552' in Black #S39z(var), 9d (Pre-Gummed Paper) '9d 32670' in Black unlisted for #S51, 1/- (Detmold) '001363' in Black & (Parsons) '1s 24309' in Black #S55zb & #S55z and 2/6d (Parsons) '2/6 2423' #S62z, a very fine group, under-catalogued at $885. (6 pairs) Symbol*Gradea b1 Estimate$600Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 645 3d olive on Thin Pre-Gummed Paper with Double Perfs at Right BW #S38b, Yorketown cds of 11DE11, Cat $200. SymbolfGradea Estimate$100Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 646 1853 Couriers Medium Soft Yellowish Paper 1d pale blue SG 1, three good to large margins & just touching the outer frameline at the top, skilfully ironed-out crease, a bit grubby, Cat £9500. A very rare unused "Number One". BPA Certificate (1958). GSTex GSTSymbolΩGrade(b) Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold View details 647 1855 London Printings with Large Star Wmk 1d carmine, 2d green, 4d deep blue & 4d blue SG 14 & 16-18 horizontal pairs, generally very fine but the margins a bit deficient in places, Cat £3200+. Scarce multiples. (4 pairs) Symbolg/fGradea/b Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 648 1855 London Printings with Large Star Wmk 2d imperforate plate proof block of 4 in black on ungummed unwatermarked wove paper, margins close to good, ironed-out creases. Blocks are very scarce. GSTex GSTSymbolPGradea/(a) Estimate$650StatusUnsold View details 649 1856-57 No Watermark 1d pale brick-red SG 19, margins close to good, tiny concealed cut at left, fine BN '60' of Hobart, Cat £650. A very attractive example. BPA Certificate (1992). SymbolfGrade(a) Estimate$200Price Realized$180StatusSold View details 650 1856-57 No Watermark 2d dull emerald-green SG 20, margins just touching - at lower-right - to good, ironed-out vertical crease, BN '60', Cat £900. GSTex GSTSymbolgGrade(a-) Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold View details 651 1863-71 Experimental Separations Pin Perf 5½-9½ at Longford 1d carmine SG 104, fiscal cancellation; Serrated Perf 19 at Hobart 2d yellow-green SG 119, closed tear at the base, bars cancel of Hobart clear of the Queen's face, Cat £750; and Mixed Perfs/Serrations 1d - of dubious authenticity - apparently unused but it has had a pen cancellation removed. RPSofV Certificate (2016) for the 2d. (3) SymbolgGradeb Estimate$350Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 652 1899-1900 Pictorials ½d deep green block of 38, 2d deep violet block of 32 & 2½d indigo block of 16, unmounted, Cat £850++. (3 blocks) Symbol**Gradea/a- Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 653 1899-1900 Pictorials 1d Mount Wellington imperf colour trial in bright red (the issued colour) on ungummed unwatermarked paper, good even margins. Rare. GSTex GSTSymbolPGradea Estimate$800Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 654 1899-1900 Pictorials 2½d indigo Tasman's Arch complete sheet of 60 (10x6) with large-part Plate Number '2' at centre-left, unmounted, Cat £1300++ (mounted). Symbol**GradeA Estimate$450Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 655 1903 V/Crown 9d blue with the Watermark Sideways BW #T65aa (SG 242c), minor pink stain, Lauceston cds, under-catalogued at $75 (£160). [A very fine example sold at the Prestige auction of 7.2.2009 for $368] SymbolfGradeb b1 Estimate$100StatusUnsold View details 656 POSTAL FISCALS: 1900 'REVENUE' Overprint 1d dark blue with Double Overprint SG F36d upper-right corner block of 6 with Current Number '8', mounted in the margins only, Cat £1800++ (as mounted singles). An exceptional block. Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle. [The initial overprint was applied on an angle and misplaced to the right causing it to appear in the margin at right] Symbol**Gradea Estimate$2,500Price Realized$3,000StatusSold View details 657 POSTAL FISCALS: 1900 'REVENUE' Overprint £1 green & yellow SG F39 lightly mounted mint & used with Queenstown cds, Cat £450; also 1892 £1 with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint (no gum). (3) Symbol*ΩfGradea/a- Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 658 Display pages of postage stamps used as revenues with three pages of remarkable imperf multiples & 1d with Major Double Print, Symbolo Estimate$500Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 659 Display pages with fiscal usages of postage stamps on documents including Imperf 6d & strip of 3 on 1866 insurance policy, Perf 6d & 1/- strip of 3 on 1876 insurance policy, Perf 10 1d & 4d on gorgeous Back Creek Gold Mining Co £5 Scrip Certificate, Perf 6d SymbollGradea/b Estimate$1,000Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 660 STAMP DUTY: 1863-65 St George & the Dragon reprinted plate proofs in black on ungummed 'TAS' watermark paper comprising 3d marginal block of 4 from the top of the sheet, 2/6d block of 4, 5/- pair & 10/- corner pair, Elsmore Online Cat $2400+ for singles. Very scarce. Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle. (4 items) SymbolPGradea Estimate$1,400Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 661 STAMP DUTY: ditto, with the Watermark Inverted comprising 3d vertical pair, 2/6d rejoined block of 4 (two pairs), 5/- & 10/- marginal blocks of 4, Elsmore Online Cat $2800+ for singles. Very scarce. Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle. (4 items) SymbolPGradea Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold View details 662 STAMP DUTY: 1900 'REVENUE' Overprint 2d chestnut vertical pair Imperforate Between, large-part o.g. Rare: unlisted at Elsmore Online. Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle. [Dave Elsmore does list horizontal pairs imperforate vertically] Symbol*Gradea Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 663 STAMP DUTY: 1900 Tablet £1 green & yellow with diagonal 'REVENUE' Handstamp in violet, Hobart cds. Rare: stated that only 4 examples have been recorded. Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle. SymbolfGradea b1 Estimate$150Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 664 BEER DUTY: c.1898 Sideface 6/- salmon with oval Cascade Brewery cachet of 17SEP98, a couple of insignificant blemishes but remarkably fine Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle. [This is the stamp illustrated at Elsmore Online] SymbolfGradea- Estimate$400Price Realized$440StatusSold View details 665 BEER DUTY: c.1900 Sideface 9/- dull pinkish rose, minor blemishes but no thins or tears. Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle. SymboloGradeb Estimate$400Price Realized$440StatusSold View details 666 BEER DUTY: 1920 Commonwealth Issue Bottled Beer 70/- turquoise right-half only affixed to 1923 Tasmanian Breweries receipt. A rare survivor. Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle. [Elsmore Online states "Only half-stamps known" & the Kiddles stated "One of two known on document"] SymbolcGradea Estimate$400Price Realized$440StatusSold View details 667 POSTAL NOTES: 1931 New Design with Coat of Arms at Left, All Text & Serial Numbers in Black and John Ash Imprint at the base on CofA Watermark Paper 'TASMANIA' 3/- superb, 1d maroon affixed at lower-left, 'OATLANDS/26JY44/TASMANIA' cds. SymboloGradeb Estimate$150StatusUnsold View details 668 1832 Wesleyan missionary outer to London rated "3" in red, British boxed 'INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH' h/s & rated "1/-" (4d inwards shipletter + 8d mileage), London arrival b/s of 3JY3/1833 in red, docketed on the reverse from "Macquarie Harbour/Dec 26 1832/John Manton/State of the works...", unusually fine for such items. An important piece for the collector of convict-related mail, being the later of only two Macquarie Harbour covers in private hands. Carried to Hobart per the Government brig "Ta GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,200StatusSold View details 669 1853-60 entires from GB to Tasmania carried by P&O contract vessels with 1853 (Sep 3) rated 1/- per "Chusan", 1853 (Nov 3) rated 2/- per "Madras", 1854 (Mar 31) rated 1/- per "Norna", 1854 (May 9) rated 2/3d via Marseilles per "Norna", 1854 (Nov 8) rated 2/8d for double via Marseilles rate per "Madras", and 1860 (June 19) rated 6d for Uniform Empire rate per "Jeddo", condition variable. (6) SymbolCGradeb/c Estimate$450StatusUnsold View details 670 1885 Basset Hull cover to Austria "Per Oriental Line" with scarce franking of 9d Sideface tied by Hobart duplex, part-Brindisi transit b/s, minor blemishes. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$250Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 671 1891 triple-rate cover to Germany with Chalons 6d dull claret SG 143 & De La Rue Sidefaces 2d green horizontal strips of 3 tied by Hobart duplex of SE21/91. [A very late pre-UPU usage. If the sender had waited until 1.10.1891, the letter would have cost only 2½d x3 to post] GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Estimate$500Price Realized$500StatusSold View details 672 1895 commercial cover to Victoria with Sidefaces De La Rue 1d pair & 2d x2 tied by two strikes of the boxed 'LOOSE SHIP LETTER' h/s of Melbourne (b/s), minor aging. Ex Roger Hosking. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 673 1900 usage of 2d Letter Card ("ENTRANCE ISLAND, MACQUARIE HARBOUR") to a member of the Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen in South Africa with Launceston cds of JL17/1900 & 'DURBAN' arrival b/s, forwarded to "Pretoria", some soiling. Rare inwards mail to the Boer War. [The letter states "I have posted a letter & packet in the Contingent bag". If that was a sealed bag made up in Hobart - or Melbourne? - much of the mail may have had no stamps or postmarks, which would go some way to explaining why mail t SymbolpsGradec Estimate$600Price Realized$500StatusSold View details 674 1904 cover with 'Tasmanian Shropshire Breeders Association' imprint & illustration of a flock of sheep, 'OATLANDS' arrival b/s. Superb! SymbolcGradea+ Estimate$100Price Realized$160StatusSold View details 675 FRANK STAMPS: Group of envelopes with 'CORPORATION OF HOBART', 'CORPORATION OF LAUNCESTON' (registered to England), 'GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN' (a wrapper), 'GOVERNOR' Types 1 & 2, 'INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION' CTO, 'MARINE BOARD HOBART', superb 'MARINE BOARD LAUNCESTON', superb 'RE DUTIES DEPARTMENT' & 'UNIVERSITY OF/TASMANIA' (a postcard), condition a bit variable; also cutouts with superb strikes of 'MERSEY MARINE BOARD FORMBY', 'MARINE BOARD OF LEVEN' & 'THE MARINE BOARD OF MERSEY DEVONPORT'. A v GSTex GSTSymbolpsΔ Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 676 POSTAL STATIONERY: 1898 Scenic Issue Envelopes 2d & 2½d HG B2 & 3 complete set of the twelve views, three 2d Envelopes have tiny blemishes otherwise superb unused. [These envelopes are among the most beautiful postal stationery items ever issued. Printed by Waterlow & Sons, only 308 sets were produced] (12) SymbolpsGradea-/a+ Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold View details 677 Selection of CDS on Pictorials including very fine 'LOIRA' (rated RRR), very fine 'SELBOURNE' (RR) & partial 'WHITEMORE' (RR), also defective PPCs with very fine 'DILSTON' (R), untidy 'PEARSONS POINT' (RRR) & 'KING'S ISLAND'. (40 + 4 PPCs) Symbolsc Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 678 Flinders Island: triple-oval 'RADIO STATION/1JUL1935/FLINDERS ISLAND' very fine strike in violet on piece from Post Office form. Rare. SymbolΔGradea a1 Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold View details 679 RECEIVING OFFICES: 'STRAHAN-No 2/JU19/94/TASMANIA' CDS (early usage largely very fine strike on face of Exhibition 1½d+1½d Reply Card (intact) to England with BN '193' cancel, Launceston transit & 'CHELTENHAM/JY30/94' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. Strahan West was renamed from West Strahan as an RO 25.1.1893; TO - at railway station - 1.11.1901; closed 2.2.1924. SymbolpsGradeb a1- Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 680 Collection remainders including pickings from Classics through to 1912 plus a quantity of unsorted duplicates, 'RELIEF' Overprints on £1/10/- x2 or on 15/- £2 & £5 on 1930 & 1931 documents, lots of postmarks including a collection of Melbourne 1890s single-circles, some very ordinary covers & PPCs, also an album of mostly fine to very fine Postal Stationery including some CTO items, etc, plus some stamps from the other Colonies/States. (Qty) Symbol*ocps Estimate$500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold View details 681 Attractive single-volume semi-specialised collection with Queen on Throne 2d x21, a nice selection of Emblems, Perf 12 1/- (unused) & 2/-, Beaded Ovals 3d maroon 3d blue & 4d pink all unused, good range of Laureates including 8d orange, 10d grey x2 and unused including 3d lilac, 3d orange x5, 10d brown/pink x3 & 1/-, Bell selection including a few Coloured Papers, Naish 'STAMP DUTY' mint to 2/- x5, 'STAMP DUTY' Overprints unused/mint set, 1886-96 mint to 1/6d blue x2, 1901 No 'POSTAGE' mint set, Symbol*o Estimate$3,000Price Realized$3,200StatusSold View details 682 Range on stockcards with many useful items including good selections of Emblems & Laureates including 8d orange mint, 8d brown/pink unused/mint x2 & ½d on 1d unused/mint x4, Bell including 1/- unused/mint x3 & Coloured Papers 1d green/drab mint, Naish 2d brown Perf 12 SG 204, 1884-96 Large Stamp Duty values to 4/- mint, 1885 'STAMP - DUTY' Overprints unused/mint set, 'POSTAGE' mint set to 5/- including 6d with Major Cracked Electro, Postage Dues to 5/- used/CTO, etc, also a few curiosities Redra SymbolΩ*o Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 683 1854 Campbell & Co Queen-on-Throne Clear Impression from an Early Printing 2d brown-purple SG 19, margins close to large, unused, Cat £500. SymbolΩGradea Estimate$400Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 684 1856 Perkins Bacon Queen-on-Throne Imperf 1d yellow-green SG 40, margins just clear to good, large-part o.g., Cat £275. Superb! Symbol*Gradea+ Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 685 1857 Woodblocks Experimental Separations Rouletted at the GPO 6d orange SG 53a with full margins & rouletted at the top & right, shallow thin, unused. Rare & unpriced unused by Stanley Gibbons. GSTex GSTSymbolΩGradeb Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 686 1859 Perf 12 by Robinson 1/- blue with Defective 'SH---LING' SG 81var, well centred, a couple of tiny natural aeration holes, Melbourne duplex. A quite dramatic transfer flaw. GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSold View details 687 1863-81 Laureates Single-Lined Numeral Watermarks 1d green SG 108/e group large-part reconstruction of the First Forme Setting with 93 of the 120 positions including a number of blocks, condition rather mixed with some characteristic gum-staining, Cat £8000++. Ex Nick Holness. A remarkable achievement. (93) Symbol*Ω Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold View details 688 1863-81 Laureates 2d Second Forme Setting large-part reconstruction of 103 of the 120 positions; 2d Emergency Printings of 1867 Second Forme Setting 95 of 120; and 2d Emergency Printings of 1868 68 of 120 positions; a few pairs noted, condition a bit variable but generally fine to very fine. Ex Nick Holness. [A terrific opportunity to continue with this fascinating study] (266) Symbolo Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 689 1884 Stamp Statute V/Crown 4d rose with the watermark inverted (as usual) SG 222, large-part o.g., Cat £1100. Rare. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea d1 Estimate$750Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 690 1884-96 Large Stamp Duty 1/6d bright rose-carmine, 2/6d brown-orange, 2/6d yellow, 3/- drab, 4/- red-orange, 5/- claret/yellow, 5/- rosine & 6/- pea-green, large-part o.g., Cat £1350+ minimum. [Printings and perfs not confirmed by us] (8) Symbol*Gradea/a- Estimate$600Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 691 PUNCTURED 'OS': ½d marginal block of 4 **, 3d, 4d, 5d x2, 6d, 9d, 1/- & 2/-, hinge remainders, and the very scarce Perf 11 5/- BW #V124ba, Cat $750 minimum. (14) Symbol*Gradea/a- Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 692 REPRINTS: 1857-63 Emblems 2d pulls from a single defaced electro in black & in dull blue both on unsurfaced stout paper & very fine, and in blue-green - minor toning & a repaired tear well clear of the impression - & in purple both on highly surfaced paper with some rubbing, all 115x147mm. Most such proofs have been significantly reduced. Fullsize examples, as here, are rarely available. SymbolRGradea/(b) Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 693 FORGERIES: Half-Lengths 3d blue Jeffryes Forgery complete sheets of 50 (10x5) gummed (rare thus) & ungummed, a few very minor blemishes. (2 sheets) Symbol*ΩGradea/a- Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 694 1847 (Nov 25) outer to Portland endorsed "Paid and Registered 3/6", good backstamps of the rare 'THE GLENELG/ PORT PHILLIP' & 'PORTLAND/NEW.S.WALES' arrival, internal docketing identifies the sender as Alexander McKinlay, first postmaster at The Glenelg. [Sold for $1680 at the Prestige auction of 15.3.2003] GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Estimate$950Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 695 1848 entire headed "The Gums" & signed "Alex Kemp" to Melbourne with an untidy but discernible strike of the rare (especially in the Port Phillip period) 'MUSTONS CREEK/ [crown]/JY*31/1848/PT PHILLIP' datestamp (inverted day slug) unusually on the face & rated "10" for carriage between 120 & 170 miles, very fine 'MELBOURNE/PORT PHILLIP' arrival b/s. PO 1.3.1848; renamed Caramut 1.1.1854. Ex Rod Moreton (2005). [The brothers Alexander & Edward Kemp farmed "Chiene's Station" (aka "Lawrenny"), in t GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Estimate$550Price Realized$500StatusSold View details 696 1848 lengthy entire letter headed "Waranooke - River Richardson/31 Dec 1848" & signed "Henry Nicoll" to England, prepaid with a light but largely fine strike of the 'GEELONG/JANY 1/1849.' provisional handstamp in red on the reverse (unfortunately overstruck with the London transit b/s also in red), rated "3" in red for a single shipletter & "8" in black payable by the recipient of an inwards shipletter. A great rarity. Ex Tony Rigo de Righi (1982) & Brian Peace. The early datestamps had the ye GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold View details 697 1849 (May 3) outer from Warrnambool to Portland twice endorsed "Registered" & rated "11d" in red for carriage between 170 & 230 miles, largely very fine strike of the rare rounded-boxed 'MISSENT TO/PORT FAIRY' h/s & an unusually fine strike of the 'PORT FAIRY/[crown]/N.S.W' b/s, no other markings. Ex Ray Kelly & Max Watson (2005). [Such misdirection of registered mail is rarely encountered because of the strict procedures for handling such items. The apparent rate is problematic. 11d was for car GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Estimate$900Price Realized$675StatusSold View details 698 1850 (Nov 12) cover to Sydney endorsed "Per Shamrock" but crossed-out & amended in the same hand to "Per Overland Mail" with very rare franking of Ham 1d dull red SG 8a horizontal abnormal pair [5-28, the right-hand unit being substituted for 6] with almost full margins (the left-hand unit with White Flaw Obliterating the Upper-Right Corner), Butterfly '1' cancels of Melbourne (b/s) & Sydney arrival b/s of NO*19/1850, minor blemishes. Ex JRW Purves, Rodney Perry & Ken Barelli. Rodney Perry Certi SymbolcGradea- Estimate$2,200Price Realized$1,700StatusSold View details 699 1857 double-rate mercantile cover to London "Per Simla & Overland" with Emblems 4d brown-vermilion SG 42a x2 (one an apparently enormous upper-left corner stamp, the other with 3 good to large margins) plus No Watermark 2d grey-lilac SG 45a x2 (both with margins at places) all overlapped & tied by BN '2' of Geelong (b/s of MY*27/1857), superb London arrival cds of 3AU3/1857 in red on the face. A very pretty cover. Carried "Simla", departed Melbourne 31.5.1857, arrived Suez 12.7.1857; then per "S SymbolclGradea Estimate$750Price Realized$950StatusSold View details 700 1857 internal cover with Emblems 4d dull rose SG 44 marginal horizontal corner (?) pair from the right of the sheet (margins good to huge except at upper-left where there is a small fault), superb "socked on the nose" BN '1' of Melbourne (b/s of AU18/1857), very fine 'GEELONG/[crown]/*AU19/1857/VICTORIA' arrival b/s (the star incorrectly & unusually positioned to the left of the month slug), vertical & horizontal folds well clear of the stamps. Ex Rodney Perry & Ken Barelli. SymbolclGradeb Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold View details 701 1858 outer to Scotland "pr Australasia" with Emblems 2d pale lilac SG 45 vertical pair (margins good to large except at left where a little shaved) & 2d grey-lilac SG 45a single (good even margins) tied by BN '1' of Melbourne (poor b/s), two different 'GREENOCK/AU16/1858' arrival b/s, a bit soiled, repaired tear at upper-right clear of the stamps. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 702 1858 cover to Wales "pr Monthly Mail/Collumbian" [sic] with Emblems 1d pale emerald SG 62 horizontal pair plus Rouletted 4d pale dull rose on Vertically Laid Paper SG 71 tied by BN '9' cancels of Beechworth (light b/s of AU-13/58), Melbourne & 'COWBRIDGE/OC19/58' b/s, ironed-out vertical fold well clear of the stamps, some blemishes. A scarce franking. Carried per "Columbian", departed Melbourne 17.8.1858, arrived Suez 3.10.1858; then per "Cambria", departed Alexandria 5.10.1858, arrived Southam SymbolcGradeb Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold View details 703 1859 quadruple-rate entire headed "Beehive Association" with Emblems 4d rose-pink SG 85a pair & two singles, BN '60' & very fine oval 'MALDON/[crown]/NO30/1859/VICTORIA' b/s, Melbourne arrival b/s, minor faults that don't affect the fine facial appearance. A very scarce internal franking. Ex Rodney Perry & Ken Barelli. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSold View details 704 1860 mustard-coloured envelope to New York "Pr Columbian/via England" with Emblems 2d brown-lilac Horizontally Laid Paper SG 69 (folded over top of the envelope) plus Octagonal 1/-, very fine oval 'B MORTIMER & SON/...' cachet at upper-left (affected by a repaired opening tear), BN '1' & Melbourne b/s of JA17/60, London cds of MR12/60 & New York cds of 28/3/1860. Despite the repaired tear, this is a most appealing cover. Carried per "Columbian", departed Melbourne 18.1.1860, arrived Port Louis 6 SymbolcGrade(b) Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...4567891011|Next1234567891011 Previous 1234567891011 Next
