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[Letter refers to mail lost on the Edinburgh "burned about a month's sail from this, and the crew of which have SymbolcGradeb Estimate$300Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 706 1836 (May 16) entire to Scotland "p Giraffe" with 'POST PAID SHIP LT/SYDNEY' (White #SL1) in red, boxed 'INDIA LETTER/DEAL' and Scottish Border Wheel Tax '½d' h/s, rated red "3" Colonial Ship Letter paid and black "1/7" for 4d India Letter plus 1/3d carriage from Deal to Meigle to collect, 'OCT/13/1836' arrival b/s, fine intact red wax seal. [Letter refers to the writer's wife and son having been struck by lightning] SymbolcGradeb Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSold View details 707 1837 (Mar 6) mourning entire to Sydney rated manuscript "5" (d) on face with fair undated 'LIVERPOOL/N.S.W' h/s (White #C3) and crowned 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/SYDNEY' (White #S4) arrival alongside, addressed to "Mrs. Norton, Care of James Norton Esq, Elswick" (Sydney solicitor) at their property in the suburb of Leichhardt. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 708 1838 (Feb 17) entire to "Mrs. Erskine, London" with 'POST PAID SHIP LT/SYDNEY' (White #SL1) in red and boxed 'INDIA LETTER/PLYMOUTH' b/s in red, rated red "3" Colonial Ship Letter paid and black "1/3" to collect for 4d India Letter plus 1/1d carriage to London, re-directed with boxed 'POSTAGE NOT PAID/TO LONDON' cachet, 'EX/14NO14/1836' Extra Duty cds and re-rated "2/1" for extra 10d to Weymouth with red '6JU6/1838' arrival. [Carried by convict ship "James Pattison", and almost certainly the add SymbolcGradeb Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 709 1840 (Feb 19) entire to London Missionary Society with 'PAID SHIP LETTER/SYDNEY' (White #SL2) in red and boxed 'INDIA LETTER/LIVERPOOL' h/s, rated red "6" double Colonial Ship Letter paid and black "4" India Letter and "1/4" double 8d carriage to London to collect with '23JY23/1840' arrival b/s in red, light vertical file fold. [Contains several duplicate letters regarding missionaries in transit to Samoa and an account of death of Rev Hyram Dickson in Sydney six days earlier] SymbolcGradeb Estimate$300Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 710 1840 (May 17) lengthy entire to Paterson, NSW with a good strike of the rounded-boxed 'SYDNEY/POST PAID' h/s (White #P2) in red, rated "8" in red for 4d coastal shipletter plus 4d for carriage not more than 15 miles, minor soiling but most attractive. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 711 1843-48 group of entires to UK with Sydney 'SHIP LETTER' markings variously rated including "1/5" paid with 'INDIA LETTER/PLYMOUTH' cachet, some with ship endorsements such as "per Penyard Park" and most with routings described, also three 1830's fronts with Sydney markings and 1843 local letter with fine 'HARTLEY/NEW.S.WALES' crowned datestamp, condition variable. (13) 13 Symbolc Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 712 1846 (Jan 20) entire to Sydney endorsed "Prepaid" with fair strike of boxed h/s with curved 'NEWCASTLE/POST PAID' (White # P12) in red rated "4"(d) paid and good crowned oval 'NEWCASTLE/NEW.S.WALES' (White # C65) alongside on face, 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/SYDNEY' (White # S11) b/s, minor aging marks but attractive. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 713 1847 (June 3) Goulburn Hospital 'Terms of Admission' notice to Registrar, Supreme Court, Melbourne annotated "Enclosing affidavit ..." with fair boxed 'GOULBURN/POST PAID' h/s (White # P11) in red on face and poor crowned oval 'GOULBURN/NEW.S.WALES' (White # C65) b/s, rated red manuscript "2/4" paid (double 1/2d for carriage between 400-500 miles) with bold 'YASS/JU3/NEW.S.WALES' (White # C65) transit and fair 'MELBOURNE/JU7/1847/PORT PHILLIP' arrival, some edge faults and internal repairs. SymbolcGrade(b) Estimate$600StatusUnsold View details 714 1847 (Sept 2) entire to Cassilis with 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/SYDNEY' crowned oval (White #S9) b/s and 'CASSILIS/SE11/1847/NEW.S.WALES' oval arrival h/s (White #C63; stated to be the best of the few recorded strikes) on face, rated "1/2" in red for 4d coastal shipletter plus 10d for carriage of not more than 170 miles, aging marks and internally repaired edge faults. SymbolcGrade(b) Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 715 1850 (Nov 18) entire to Sydney with Sydney Views 2d deep blue Plate III SG 30 (margins small to touching design, roughly separated) tied BN '54' (reversed '4', Freeman rated RRR) and good 'CARRINGTON/NEW.S.WALES' crowned oval (White #C65) alongside paying uniform inland letter rate, 'SYDNEY/NO20/1850/NEW SOUTH WALES' arrival (White #P2) b/s, letter headed "Stroud" written by Rev Dr John Dunmore Lang, Presbyterian Church Leader and Member of the Legislative Council, some staining. Stated to be on SymbolcGradec Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 716 1852 British mercantile entire to Sydney "p Chusan Steamer" with London Maltese Cross & 'SHIP-LETTER/ =LONDON=' d/s both of MY14/1852 & both in red, rated "8" in red as a shipletter, 'SHIP LETTER/[crown]/ AU*4/1852/SYDNEY' arrival b/s & very fine strike of the '3' h/s applied to incoming shipletters, minor soiling. An historically important sailing. ["Chusan" departed Southampton 15/5/1852, via Cape Town, arrived at Sydney 3/8/1852. This was the first of only two P&O experimental voyages via the GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea- Estimate$550Price Realized$950StatusSold View details 717 1852-55 entires with Diadems 6d bluish grey (full margins) from Sydney to Scotland "per Madras SS via Marseilles" or Laureates frankings to Scotland from Tarcutta with BN '48' (good backstamp) and Armidale with BN '25' (very fine backstamp but two stamps do not belong) and another to Melbourne, also unpaid to England rated "2/3" endorsed "pr Norna via Marseilles", condition variable. The first four with routings described. (5) 5 Symbolc Estimate$400Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 718 1853 (Sept 8) entire headed "Copabella, Yass" to Scotland "pr Victoria" with Laureates 2d chalky blue SG 53 horizontal strip of 3 (wide margins except where torn into at right, left unit with crease and surface rub) tied three strikes BN '46' of Gundagai (poor b/s and 'SHIP LETTER/SE16/1853/SYDNEY' transit) paying Colonial Ship Letter rate, rated "8" to pay and blue boxed 'LANARK/DE14/1853' arrival on face, notwithstanding faults an attractive "country" ship letter. SymbolcGradec Estimate$200Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 719 1853 large-part cross-written entire to London - unusually with no superscription - with very fine Laureates 3d yellow-green/blue SG 67 (margins close to large) tied by very fine bars cancel of Sydney (b/s of JY*2/1853), London arrival b/s of 25OC25/1853 in red. An unusually fine Laureates cover. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold View details 720 1854 (Dec 30) entire to Scotland "p Argo" with Laureates 3d yellow-green SG 87 (three margins) tied by bars cancel with 'SYDNEY/N.S.W' b/s (White #S18) underpaying 6d rate and taxed with poorly struck Sydney large '1D' (White #X16) on face, treated as wholly unpaid (part-prepayment not being allowed) and rated manuscript "6" to collect with blue boxed 'LANARK/MR18/1885' arrival on face, vertical filing fold not affecting markings. [From Andrew Bogle Paterson, the father of bush poet Andrew "Banj SymbolcGradeb Estimate$250Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 721 1855 stampless entire consignee's letter to Yorkshire "p Lightning" with unframed 26mm 'SYDNEY/--/AP*7/1855/* NSW *' b/s (the second '5' in '1855' is appreciably smaller) b/s & '1D' accountancy h/s, British 'AUSTRALIAN/ LIVERPOOL/JU30/55/=PACKET= b/s & superb 'd6' accountancy h/s both in blue, 'MANCHESTER' b/s, very minor blemishes. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea- Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 722 1859 cover to "Oakville/Canada West" with rare franking of Imperforate Diadems 6d fawn Error of Watermark '8' instead of '6' SG 93a cut-to-shape pair & 2d blue tied by 'NSW'-in-conmcentric-ovals with 'SYDNEY/ AU15/1859/NEW SOUTH WALES' b/s being the First Day of Issue!!, 'LONDON/OC4/59/PAID' transit cds in red on face and partial 'OAKVILLE/OC27/1859/CW' arrival b/s, a bit soiled. Not pretty but rare. [NB: The 6d pair has been lifted to confirm the watermark & then hinged back in place] SymbolCGradeb Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 723 1859 large-part outer to the Philippines with Imperf Diadems 1/- pale red x2 (one almost very fine, the other a little cut-into) tied by 'NSW'-in-concentric-ovals cancels of Sydney (b/s), largely very fine 'MANILA/31/DIC/1859/ISS FILIPS' arrival b/s, a bit aged, the two panels separated & rejoined with archival tape. SymbolcGradec Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 724 1864 (May 27) Government Printing Office OHMS folded notice sent to "The Bench of Magistrates, Kiandra" with De La Rue 2d pale blue SG 199 tied Sydney 'NSW' oval obliterator, endorsed "Missent to Kiama" and forwarded with Wollongong, Campbelltown, Goulburn, Cooma and Kiandra cds on back. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold View details 725 1867 NSW/Victoria "Riverina" combination cover with all stamps unusually cancelled with Rays '50' of 'ALBURY/NSW' (poor b/s) via Melbourne (MR28/67), to the Isle of Wight with 'VENTNOR' arrival b/s, forwarded to a chemist on the island with 'RYDE' transit b/s & 'COWES' arrival cds on the face, minor blemishes. This cover has several distinctive aspects including that it is one of only two "Four Colour" frankings recorded on a NSW/Vic combination cover & it is overpaid 4d in both NSW & Victorian GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,800StatusSold View details 726 1871 cover to a London optician with extraordinary combination franking of NSW De La Rue 2d x2 (one torn before being affixed) tied by light Rays '140' & light 'WENTWORTH/JU19/1871/NSW' cds at left and Victoria Laureates 6d blue pair tied by manuscript "X", 21mm 'SWAN HILL/JN25/71/VICTORIA' transit b/s (the only recorded example & the earliest unframed cds for Swan Hill by 16 years!), '1' "killer" cancels applied at Melbourne with b/s of JU26/71, one NSW & one Victorian stamp each tied by 'LONDO SymbolcGradeb Estimate$1,500Price Realized$2,400StatusSold View details 727 1875 mourning cover to Shropshire with DLR 2d strip of 3 (one defective) tied by poor Rays '609' of 'BARRANJOEY' (superb cds at left), 'NEWPORT' arrival b/s, blemishes. [Barranjoey Headland was the site of a Customs Station, opened in 1843 to thwart smuggling in the area, & a lighthouse, built 1880-81] SymbolcGradeb Estimate$100Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 728 1879 mourning cover to Denmark with De La Rue 2d (folded over the top of the envelope) & 6d tied by '26AU/79 - 914' duplex, Sydney transit b/s & '1½D' h/s in purple, London transit & 'ODENSE' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Estimate$125Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 729 1901 Robert Jolley PPC ("BOTANICAL GARDENS, SYDNEY") to New Caledonia with message in French, NSW 1d Arms tied by one of two very fine strikes of the French mailboat 'LIGNE T/4/FEVR/01/PAQ FR No1' d/s. [At Federation, NSW only had a "South Pacific" letter rate of 2d - instead of 2½d - & an inferred postcard rate of 1d - instead of 1½d. The rate was a casualty of the Federal PMG's Department that commenced operations on 1.3.1901. With a duration of only 2 months, this is the shortest-lasting post GSTex GSTSymbolC†Gradea Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 730 1903 usage of 3d Registration Envelope to New Zealand with scarce albeit philatelic franking of 10d violet tied by Sydney cds, Dunedin arrival b/s & readdressed to Wellington with 3d Birds for redirection fee added & tied by 'DUNEDIN/ R ' cds & boxed registration cachet in red alongside, 'WELLINGTON' arrival b/s. Most unusual. [The rate was 2d per ½oz & it seems unlikely - though not impossible - that the contents weighed between 2 & 2½oz] GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradeb Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 731 POSTMARKS: 1970s-2000s datestamps on covers primarily airmail to overseas destinations with many single frankings, selected for clarity of strikes which are generally well above average, noted the occassional registered item, postal stationery, as well as modern rubbers including boxed 'Australia Post/Jerilderie NSW 2716' in violet, boxed 'POST OFFICE/LAVINGTON', 'RECEIVED/EAST MAITLAND' in violet, 'POSTAL SERVICES/ OFFICER/MILSONS POINT' and lots more, also a smattering of ACT offices. Great op 100 SymbolCPSGradeA Estimate$600StatusUnsold View details 732 POSTMARKS: A-Y datestamps 1930s-80s on stamps many complete strikes on piece, mostly from smaller Post Offices although no great rarities seen, a few 'PAID' in red and some LDL/SDL conversions, noted 'ISLAND BEND' (Snowy Mountains Scheme), 'NANA GLEN RAILWAY' on KGV 2d on piece, 'SPRINGSIDE' on blank red registration label and sure to be more pickings, generally better than average strikes & little if any duplication. (900+) 900 SymbolSΔGradeA Estimate$600StatusUnsold View details 733 REGISTRATION LABELS: c.1930s mounted collection of blue & black/white types noted as Types C1 to C5 including Rat Tail Varieties, numerous provisionals with handstamps or manuscript office names, hundreds of tiny offices many of which are long-closed, plus a few Victorians noted, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (1500 approx) 1,500 GSTex GSTSymbolPS† Estimate$500Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 734 New South Wales Diadems 8d dull yellow-orange SG 98, margins good to large, very fine Rays '95' cancels of Brisbane, Cat £1300. A very desirable Queensland forerunner. GSTex GSTSymbolf†Gradea Estimate$1,250StatusUnsold View details 735 1868-74 Truncated Star Irregular Compound Perf 3d brown Perf 13x13x12x13, a little aged, unused. Unlisted by Gibbons. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolΩGradea- Estimate$750Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 736 1882 Second Sidefaces with Lined Background Perf 12 2d blue horizontal pair Imperforate Between SG 168a, indistinct Barred Numeral cancellation, undercatalogued at £3000. RPSofL Certificate (2007). Ken Scudder at page 122 states "On at least one occasion, a vertical line of perforations was omitted, as pairs imperforate between are known". Both stamps are also imperforate at the top but this may be the result of trimmed perforations, although the upper margin is 1mm from the design. SymbolgGradea Estimate$3,000StatusUnsold View details 737 1895 Void Background Perf 12½,13 ½d green with Double Impression SG 208a, light horizontal crease, large-part o.g. with a hinge remainder, Cat £2000. BPA Certificate (2009). [The first print was quite faint & was obviously considered unsatisfactory. The strong second print is 2mm to the right. With a normal stamp for comparison] Ken Scudder at page 179 states "Clear double prints exist...probably all...from the same sheet of stamps". Until their 2010 Edition, this error was unpriced by Gibbon Symbol*Gradeb c1 Estimate$4,600StatusUnsold View details 738 1896-1902 Figures in Lower Corners Only 6d imperforate proof in brown on ungummed unwatermarked wove paper BW #Q42(DP)1F, minor thinning at top, Cat $3000 (2004). Ex Bernie Manning. [This is a progressive design with the spandrels in the lower corners represented by small white triangles only. The ACSC notes that such proofs were struck from a matrix die block of 4. They exist in 8 different colours; between 2 & 6 single examples of each colour are recorded. Alan Griffiths' similar proof in gree SymbolPGradeb Estimate$550StatusUnsold View details 739 1899-1908 Widow's Weeds ½d perforated plate proof of the final design (Filled Tablets) BW #Q1(PP)2 in blue-green on ungummed unwatermarked wove paper, Cat $250. GSTex GSTSymbolP†Gradea Estimate$150StatusUnsold View details 740 PRIVATE RAILWAY STAMPS: Cairns-Mulgrave Tramway Large Format 1d 3d & 1/- and Small Format 2d 3d 6d & 1/- blocks of 4 all overprinted with Serial Numbers in black, unused with no gum as issued. (7 blocks) 7 SymbolΩGradea Estimate$750Price Realized$1,200StatusSold View details 741 REVENUES - STATE DEVELOPMENT TAX: 1939 Crown/Q 6d brown & deep mauve block of 6, large-part o.g. but rather aged & a bit knocked-about, Elsmore Online $1500+ as singles (but date '39' unlisted). A rare multiple. Symbol*Gradec Estimate$250Price Realized$240StatusSold View details 742 REVENUES - STAMP DUTY: 1901 KEVII 1d violet to 10/- brown (ex 2/6d), condition variable, unused or large-part o.g. (9) 9 Symbol*Ω Estimate$75Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 743 REVENUES - BEER DUTY: 1889 Crown/Q 2/- pink for 8 gallons, unusually fine; & No Watermark (not listed by Dave Elsmore) 12/9d pink for 51 gallons, soiled & minor defects; manuscript cancels of "14.11.91" or "27-6-1907" (a very late usage), both with 'CANCELLED' h/s in violet or blue. Dave Elsmore does note that the 1901 '12/6' on 12/9d is on unwatermarked paper. (2) 2 SymboloGradea/b Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 744 1864 cover to "Kembla/Wollongong/New South Wales" with 2d x3 with faint cancel & postmaster's endorsement "Rockhampton Post Office" on the flap, 'DALBY/MR30/1864/-QUEENSLAND-' Brisbane & Sydney transits & 'KEMBLA/AP9/1864/=NSW=' arrival b/s. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea- Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 1892 hand-illustrated cover (young boy with fishing gear & letter on hook, and dog) "I'll just drop a line to..." to Yorkshire with Lined Background 1d strip of 3 & BN '203' of 'GIN GIN' (part-cds at upper-left), 'BUNDABERG' transit & 'HOWDEN' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. Delightful! SymbolcGradeb Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 746 1894-1911 selection of covers and cards in album with destinations such as Argentina, Austria, Canada, Ceylon, Ireland and Papua, noted 1906 to USA with 'REGISTERED/MOUNT MORGAN' cachet and to Japan with 'YOKOHAMA' receiver, postal stationery four illustrated Postal Cards including 1899 to Malta taxed and 1910 ½d wrapper to London uprated to 3d, domestic usages 1901 with Revenue/Postage stamps mixed franking, 1908 punctured 'OS' illegally used on private mail and two Qld/NSW combination covers, 42 SymbolCPSGradeA/B Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 747 1895 double-rate registered cover to the USA with Lined Background 6d & Void Background 1d pair tied by 'R'-in-oval h/s of Brisbane, 'VICTORIA BC/CANADA' transit, 'San Francisco, Cal/ F.D. /REGISTERED' cds & three-line 'REGISTERED/San Francisco, Cal' arrival b/s both in violet, minor blemishes. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold View details 748 1897 complete black/pink 'PARCEL POST/FORM OF CUSTOMS DECLARATION' label affixed to a slightly larger piece from the packet with ½d pair 2d & 5d strip of 3 tied by Rays '87' of 'IPSWICH' (light cds), a smaller black/white label affixed at Brisbane & tied by two part-strikes of a British Parcel Post handstamp, minor faults. Rare. Ex Hugh Campbell: illustrated at page 73 of "Queensland Postal Rates". GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 749 POSTMARKS: Selection in twelve albums on Ken Smithies' pages from Colonial era to modern with datestamps and some numeral cancels including ties on cover, noted many on piece with some covers and postcards also, primarily from larger towns with sub-types but some closed offices and rated items seen with quality of strikes generally well above average. Needs to be viewed as there are plenty of pickings. (100s) 100 SymbolSΔCGradeA/B Estimate$800Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 750 POSTMARKS: Selection of per favor strikes prepared by engraver Campbell before issue or by Trevor Sellars from the archives mostly on contemporaneous stamps on piece including 'GOOSE PONDS', 'GROSVENOR', 'GUNPOWDER', 'MAROON DAM', 'NIVE STORE', 'SUNSHINE BEACH', 'TERRORS CREEK' on KGV 1d red, 'TULLY FALLS', 'WAIWEER', etc. Ex Ken Smithies with his pencil notations of provenance. (150+) 150 SymbolsΔGradeA Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 751 1855 London Printings 1d 2d & 6d SG 1 2 & 3, a very fine trio; also 1856-58 Adelaide Printings 2d SG 9 (a very large stamp), 6d slate-blue SG 10 (margins just clear to huge with a fragment of the adjoining unit below, a little soiled) & 1/- orange SG 12 (margins just clear to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit above), Cat £1450. (6) 6 GSTex GSTSymbolF†GradeA/A- Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 752 Collector's duplicates in large stockbook with plenty of pickings including First Imperf set, 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' 10/- fiscally used & Thick 'POSTAGE' with huge 'A' perfin, 'O.S.' Overprints, etc, some mint, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Hours of fun. (100s) 100 GSTex GSTSymbol*o† Estimate$500Price Realized$480StatusSold View details 753 1855 London Printings by Perkins Bacon 1d plate proof block of 4 in green - brighter than the issued colour - on ungummed unwatermarked paper, margins close to good except at lower-left where slightly cut-into, ironed-out wrinkles. [Michael Blake's similar but very fine block of 4 sold for $2415] GSTex GSTSymbolP†Gradea-/b Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 754 1855 London Printings by Perkins Bacon 2d plate proof single in dull carmine-lake on ungummed unwatermarked paper, good even margins. GSTex GSTSymbolP†Gradea Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 755 1855 London Printings by Perkins Bacon 2d rose-carmine SG 2, margins close to good, large-part o.g., Cat £800. Superb! GSTex GSTSymbol*†Gradea+ Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 756 1855 London Printings by Perkins Bacon 6d die proof in black on India paper, reduced to stamp-size, affixed (many years ago) to a non-contemporary piece of glazed card (35x50mm) apparently to disguise damage affecting 'POSTAGE' & a small repair at lower-right. Rare and desirable, despite the imperfections. Ex Victor Frankenstein and John Griffiths. [Superior to the similar Harry Lower/Michael Blake example - more significant faults - that sold for $2760] GSTex GSTSymbolP†Grade(a-) Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold View details 757 1855 London Printings by Perkins Bacon 6d plate proof block of 10 (5x2) in blue on ungummed unwatermarked paper, margins close to large except at the top of the third unit where there is a small inclusion, ironed-out vertical crease across the second column doesn't affect the very fine facial appearance. [Michael Blake's marginal block of 12 (6x2) - four units affected by vertical creases - sold for $1035] GSTex GSTSymbolP†Gradea/b Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 758 1855 London Printings by Perkins Bacon 6d deep blue SG 3 marginal block of 6 (3x2) from the right of the sheet, margins good to very large with a fragment of the adjoining unit below the last unit, two impressions - one untidy - of the roller-cancellation of the GPO, Cat £1020++. A rare & remarkably fine multiple. Ex Maurice Burrus. [At least as fine as Michael Blake's non-marginal block of 6 that sold for $3105] GSTex GSTSymbolo†Gradea Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold View details 759 1856-58 Adelaide Printings 1d yellow-green SG 6, margins close - at lower-left - to large with a chunk of the adjoining unit at left, light '1' diamond numeral cancel, Cat £650. GSTex GSTSymbolf†Gradea Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 760 1858-59 First Roulettes 1d yellow-green SG 13 block of 4, some separation/rejoining of the vertical roulettes, Diamond Numeral '1' cancels of Port Adelaide, Cat £260+. Symbolg/fGradea Estimate$350Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 761 1860-69 Second Roulettes 1d x4, 2d x3, 6d x6, 9d grey-lilac x2 (one with Pre-Printing Paper Fold), 'TEN PENCE' on 9d x3, 1/- yellow & 1/- orange (SG 18), 1/- brown x4 plus a defective but apparently Imperforate pair, & 2/-, generally fine to very fine. (27) 27 GSTex GSTSymbolG/V†GradeA/B Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 762 1860-69 Second Roulettes 1/- lake-brown SG 42 block of 8 (4x2), stains on the reverse don't detract from the very fine facial appearance, Cat £96++. A very scarce used multiple. [Harry Lower's block of 6 - one unit with a separation fault - sold for $719] GSTex GSTSymbolg†Gradeb/c Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 763 1867-1900 Perkins Bacon Issues with most values/shades & Surcharges including '3-PENCE' in Red on 4d, generally fine to very fine. (63) 63 GSTex GSTSymbolO† Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 764 1876-1900 "Broad" Star 6d Prussian blue SG 117 x2 (shades) & 1/- lake-brown SG 127 blocks of 4. Scarce multiples. [All three blocks clearly have "Large" Star Wmk and NOT the "Broad" Star. We have drawn attention in the past to this anomaly in this issue] (3 blocks) 3 GSTex GSTSymbolg/f†Gradea Estimate$380StatusUnsold View details 765 1886-1912 Long Types with 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' postally used 10/- plus 15/- £1 & £2 with fake cancels & 50/- fiscally used (very scarce thus), Thin 'POSTAGE' 2/6d to £1 all CTO, Thick 'POSTAGE' 5/- shades x2 & 10/-, 1906-12 2/6d shades x3, etc, generally fine to very fine. (54) 54 GSTex GSTSymbolG/V† Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 766 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £20 claret SG 208a reprint with the Watermark Inverted, 12½x2mm 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, a bit aged, large-part o.g. Ex Ed Williams: sold for $308 at the Prestige auction of 26/1/2002. [Ed Williams stated that only one sheet of 60 was printed with the watermark inverted] Symbol*Gradeb b2 Estimate$150StatusUnsold View details 767 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 3d olive-green marginal example from the right of the sheet Imperforate at Right BW #S19b (SG 268var), lightly mounted, Cat $1750 (2004). [The ACSC states two sheets were affected, making a total of 12 examples of which one is noted as having been damaged] Symbol*Gradea Estimate$1,750Price Realized$2,000StatusSold View details 768 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 1/- brown & brown-red BW #S30A (SG 268a) lower-right corner pair with Plate Number '1' BW #S30Azd, the left-hand unit has a very minor natural gum-crease, very lightly mounted, Cat $4000+ (£2400+) as normal singles. [We believe that only one other Plate Number piece has been recorded. If this was a Kangaroo monogram of which only two examples were recorded, our estimate would at least have another zero added] Symbol*Gradea-/a Estimate$3,400StatusUnsold View details 769 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' Perf 12 3d deep olive-green marginal block of 4 from the base of the sheet, the upper units with Misplaced 'POSTAGE' & 'THREE PENCE', the lower units with 'POSTAGE' Omitted BW #S19c/ca (SG 280a), well centred, full unmounted o.g., grossly undercatalogued at $4500+ in the ACSC (2004). Superb! From the one sheet of 60 affected & one of the most outstanding errors of the "Long Toms" & of State-Period Commonwealth of Australia. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2015) states "Great r Symbol**Gradea+ b1 Estimate$12,500StatusUnsold View details 770 1905-12 Crown/A Monogram pairs comprising 1d 'JBC' & 'CA' and 2d 'JBC' BW #S6zb 6zc & 9zd, undercatalogued at $450 for "strips of 3" (in error for "pairs"). The 2d is especially scarce. (3 pairs) 3 GSTex GSTSymbol*†Gradea Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 771 1906-12 Thick 'POSTAGE' 2/6d deep dull violet BW #S62B marginal block of 4 [47-48/57-58] from the base of the sheet, CTO with indistinct GPO cds, full o.g. Very scarce & unlisted CTO in the ACSC. SymbolvGradea b1 Estimate$400Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 772 DEPARTMENTALS: Blue 'L.T.' of Land Titles on DLR Crown/SA 2d with the Watermark Reversed horizontal strip of 3 Imperforate Between the First Two Units, from the lower-left corner of the sheet with horizontal & vertical watermark lines, 'GPO/NO15/69/ ADELAIDE' cds. One of the great rarities of the Departmentals Series: unrecorded by Ron Butler. BPA Certificate (2006). SymbolfGradea Estimate$6,000Price Realized$7,500StatusSold View details 773 REPRINTS: Range on Hagners including Imperf set + 1/- violet, Rouletted to 1/- x4 including 9d violet & 'TEN PENCE' on 9d various colours x6, Perf to 2/- including '3-PENCE' in Red on 4d x2 & in Black, '8 PENCE' on 9d x5, 'TEN PENCE' on 9d x2 etc, all with 'REPRINT' Overprint; also 6d violet-blue with 'SPECIMEN' Overpint; a few faults but generally very fine, most with large-part o.g. Ex the "Severin" UPU Collection. (58) 58 Symbol* Estimate$450Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 774 RAILWAY STAMPS: Parcel piece with remarkable combination franking of South Australian 'VR' 1d (defective), 3d pair (defective) & 3d marginal block of 4 with 'AYS SA RAILWAYS' imprint + Victorian Railways 6d on parcel piece & all cancelled. An extraordinary item. SymbolΔGradeb Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 775 REVENUES: 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 10 £4 lemon-yellow (Walker rated RRRR; with the Watermark Sideways) and Perf 11½-12½ £3 olive (RRRR) & £5 brown (RRR), sound examples with concealed faults, fiscal usages. Rare. [Most fiscally used stamps were cleaned & had fake cancels applied] GSTex GSTSymbolo†Gradeb/(b) Estimate$550Price Realized$700StatusSold View details 776 REVENUES: 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 10 £20 pale claret, ironed-out creases & small peripheral tears, manuscript date "5/5/96" & light cancel in purple, Elsmore Online Cat $750. Rated RRRR by Martin Walker. [Probably from the same document as the next lot] SymboloGradec b1 Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSold View details 777 REVENUES: 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £5 brown, well centred, a couple of characteristic irregular perfs & two pinholes, manuscript date "5/5/96" & light cancel in purple, Elsmore Online Cat $375 (apparently for both the grey & brown printings). Rated RRR by Martin Walker. [Most fiscally used examples of all the high values are very scarce to very rare. Most such stamps had the cancellations removed & are routinely offered as "unused" or with forged "postal" cancellations applied] SymboloGradeb a2 Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 778 REVENUES: 1902 Stamp Duty KEVII 1d to £10 complete set with 'SPECIMEN' handstamp in rosine, a few minor blemishes & no gum but generally very fresh & attractive, Elsmore Online Cat $1440. A very rare set: all rated RRR by Martin Walker. [A set sold at auction in 2007 for $2530] (12) 12 SymbolΩGradea-/b Estimate$1,750Price Realized$1,900StatusSold View details 779 1858 wrapper with large 2d, 1869 local cover with watercolour illustration, 1869 to GB with Perf 11½-12½xRoul 'TEN PENCE' on 9d SG 59, 1878 to GB with 6d Imperf at Left, 1887 registered to Germany with 5-colour franking (!), and a few others, condition variable. GSTex GSTSymbolC† Estimate$500Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 780 Mounted selection of mostly philatelic covers with a wide range of CDS mostly from closed POs & many on Closing Day, includes 'RELIEF' types, mostly unaddressed. (63) 63 SymbolCGradeA Estimate$150StatusUnsold View details 781 1856 (May 16) large-part outer to Adelaide (b/s) with superb example of London Printings 2d carmine-rose SG 2 tied by fair diamond-numeral '25' & 'GAWLER' cds. Exceptional quality. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea+ Estimate$550StatusUnsold View details 782 1860 (Feb 3) entire with rare franking of Adelaide Printing 1d yellow-green SG 6 horizontal pair (margins in places, a little cut-into at the base, Cat £1300+ x2+ on cover) & largely very fine diamond-numeral '100' cancel (rated R) of 'MILANG' (cds alongside - affected by ironed-out vertical filing fold - rated RRRR), 'STRATHALBYN' arrival b/s in blue. A rare cover. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Grade(a-) Estimate$1,150StatusUnsold View details 783 1886-1911 selection of covers and cards in album with foreign destinations including Ceylon, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, USA, 1906 OHMS to London with 2d violet punctured OS, 1907 to Sweden posted on ship with 1d tied 'NAPOLI' and postal card to Malaya with 'SINGAPORE' receiver on face, Postal Stationery including "CIRCULATING LIBRARY" scenic Postal Card sent 1911 but uncancelled, selection of wrappers some 'OS' overprints and one PTPO for "The Chronicle" (faults), also group of picture postc 67 SymbolCPSGradeA/B Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 784 ENVELOPES: 1911 1d rose-pink HG B2, unused. SymbolpsGradea Estimate$100StatusUnsold View details 785 TRAVELLING POST OFFICES: '376 MILE E.W. [RLY]/16SP18/S [A]' very fine strike on Third Wmk 1/- Roo. Rare. SymbolsGradea a2 Estimate$250Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 786 Courier 4d cut-square x5, then an array of Chalons with a good range of Imperfs including No Watermark 1d SG 19 very fine but for a small nick at right & strip of 3 - faults - on 1856 piece, & a very attractive 2d SG 20, Numeral Watermarks with a couple apparently unused, 1d strip of 4 - one defective - with postal manuscript "X" cancel & 4d strip of 3 with manuscript "Port Arthur" cancel, 6d group of shades, many with full margins, also Perforated selection many of which are pen-cancelled & Ser 200 Symbolo Estimate$1,500Price Realized$2,200StatusSold View details 787 1853 Couriers One Penny selection comprising Medium Soft Yellowish Paper 1d pale blue SG 1 x2 & 1d blue SG 2, and Hard White Paper 1d pale blue SG 3 & 1d blue SG 4, all wth full margins (three with complete outer framelines), a few small faults, Cat £7100. An unusual opportunity. Ex Koichi Sato. GSTex GSTSymbolo† Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,400StatusSold View details 788 1853 Couriers 1d blue SG 4 (?) with margins good to large & almost complete outer framelines & Star Wmk 4d with three margins both with manuscript "##" cancels on small piece with "tombstone" 'PAID/LIVERPOOL/SHIP/NO21/56' d/s in red, Cat £1400+. A rare Two Issue franking. Ex Koichi Sato. GSTex GSTSymbolΔ†Gradea- Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 789 1853 Couriers Early Impressions on Medium Soft Yellowish Paper 1d pale blue as SG 1 but an Intermediate Impression, tiny red spot on top of Queen's head & faint bend, unused, Cat £12,000. Ex Koichi Sato. [This stamp exhibits a strange reaction under ultra-violet light so an extension is recommended] GSTex GSTSymbolΩ†Gradeb Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 790 1853 Couriers Early Impressions on Medium Soft Yellowish Paper 1d blue SG 2, good even margins with complete outer framelines, small nick at right, unused, Cat £12,000. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolΩGradea- Estimate$4,000StatusUnsold View details 791 1853 Couriers Four Pence selection on exhibit pages etc from various printings with a good range of shades & a horizontal pair, condition variable but all cut-square, some with neat Barred Numeral cancels, Cat £11,000+ (minimum); also an apparently unused example (thinned), four examples cut-to-shape on a single piece, & two forgeries with "South Australian" numeral cancels. Ex Koichi Sato. (38) 38 GSTex GSTSymbolo† Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,400StatusSold View details 792 1853 Couriers selection including a pair, all cut-square with full margins, various printings & shades, a few may be repaired/rebacked otherwise generally very fine & attractive, various Barred Numeral cancels, Cat £3375+ (minimum). (9) 9 Symbolo Estimate$750Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 793 1853 Couriers Plate I (Second State with Blurred Background Lines) 4d red-orange SG 7, margins close to good except at top where the outer frameline is just shaved, unused, Cat £6000. Ex Koichi Sato. GSTex GSTSymbolΩ†Gradea- Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold View details 794 1853 Couriers Plate I (Second State with Blurred Background Lines )4d orange SG 8 - attractive shade - block of 4, margins close to large except at left where just touched, minor thinning, BN '58' cancels, Cat £1800++. A rare multiple. Ex Koichi Sato. GSTex GSTSymbolo†Gradeb Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold View details 795 1853 Couriers Plate II (Coarser Engraving) 4d orange proof on Vertically Laid Paper, cut-to-shape with margins good to large & complete outer framelines, unused, Cat £10,000. Ex Koichi Sato. [See footnote in Gibbons below SG 12] GSTex GSTSymbolP†Gradeb Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 796 1853 Couriers Plate II (Coarser Engraving) 4d orange SG 10, faults & rebacked but of fine appearance, unused, Cat £5500. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolΩGrade(b) Estimate$400Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 797 1853 Couriers Plate II (Coarser Engraving) 4d orange SG 10, good even margins, very fine BN '59', Cat £425. Superb! GSTex GSTSymbolf†Gradea+ Estimate$350StatusUnsold View details 798 1853 Couriers Plate II (Coarser Engraving) 4d orange SG 10 [5], good even margins, tied by bold '64' of Hobart to small flapless cover to Victoria "Per Steamer Clarence" with a largely good strike of the 38mm 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/HOBART TOWN/[crown]/NO1/VDL/1853' cds in red alongside, 'GEELONG/NO7/__/VICTORIA' arrival b/s in red ink as used for incoming shipletters, the cover opened-out & stained. Ex BD Forster & Koichi Sato. RPSofV Certificate (1995) confirms the date of use & states "genuine". GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradec Estimate$5,000Price Realized$3,000StatusSold View details 799 1853 Couriers Plate II (Coarser Engraving) 4d dull orange SG 11 vertical pair, margins close to large, tiny faults & rebacked, unused, Cat £11,000+. Pairs are the largest unused multiples. Ex George Boucher and Koichi Sato. GSTex GSTSymbolΩ†Grade(B) Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 800 1853 Couriers Plate II (Coarser Engraving) 4d red-orange SG 11 block of 6 (2x3), margins close to large but the corners cut-to-shape, the colour a little oxidised, closed diagonal scissor cut across the base of the last two units, BN '58' cancels, Cat £2250++. Another rare multiple. Ex Koichi Sato. GSTex GSTSymbolo†Gradeb/c Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 801 1855-67 Imperf Chalons partly-mounted collection with London Printings on Star Wmk Paper 1d, 2d x2 & 4d x21 including three pairs & very attractive strip of 3; No Watermark 2d & 4d x2 + Pelure Paper 1d; Numeral Watermarks with pieces of watermarked paper '2' x9 impressions & '4' x15 impressions & an array of the issued stamps with a few multiples & Double Impressions, cancellations including manuscript squiggles on 2d pair & a good selection of Barred Numerals including a 4d pair with both 180 GSTex GSTSymbolO/P† Estimate$750Price Realized$1,200StatusSold View details 802 1855 London Printings with Large Star Wmk contemporary photographic reproductions of an unadopted essay based on the Penny Courier; the Chalon Head; Chalon Head on plain field with ornamental engine-turning; and a very late state of the Penny die proof. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives and Koichi Sato. GSTex GSTSymbole†Gradea Estimate$400Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 803 1855 London Printings with Large Star Wmk 2d deep green SG 15, a huge example with margins close to large & fragments of the adjoining units at left & right, inconsequential closed scissor-cut in the margin at lower-left, manuscript "Torqu[ay]" cancellation, Cat £550. A gem! SymbolfGradea+ Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 804 1856-57 No Watermark Pelure Paper 4d plate proof in pale dull ultramarine, margins good to large. Very scarce. GSTex GSTSymbolP†Gradea Estimate$750Price Realized$600StatusSold View details
