Stamps & Postal History (#126MG) 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) Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 801-900 of 1348. Previous|1...7891011121314|Next Lot #805 1857-67 Double-Lined Numerals piece of watermarked paper with 24 impressions (6x4) of the '4' Watermark. Ex Koichi Sato. View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolP†Gradea Lot #806 1857-67 Double-Lined Numerals 1d carmine as SG 29 but with Dramatic Double Print, margins just shaved - at upper-left - to large with fragments of the adjoining units above & at right, a trifle oxidised, unused. BPA Certificate (2007) states "...variety double print unused is genuine". [Until 2008, Gibbons listed this variety as SG 29a, unpriced unused. In the 2009 Edition, it was priced unused at £550. However, from the 2010 edition, this & other listed Double Print errors were deleted, on the View details Estimate$1,200StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradeb Lot #807 1857-67 Double-Lined Numerals 4d pale blue as SG 36 but Printed on Both Sides (the impression on the reverse inverted relative to the face), almost three margins & a little cut-into at left, BN '18' of Campbell Town. Unlisted by Gibbons: the same variety in the "bright blue" shade is listed as SG 38a, unpriced unused & unrecorded used. RPSofV Certificate (2016) states "...repaired tear at lower-right and remnant staining". [We suggest that the Gibbons listing is an error. Koichi Sato's similar s View details Estimate$2,500StatusUnsold SymbolgGradec Lot #808 1858-67 'TASMANIA' London Printings Imperfs partly-mounted selection with 1/- plate proof single in black, 6d x60 with a good range of shades, a few pairs & strip of 3, and 1/- x11 including an apparently unused pair plus a fiscally used block of 9, condition variable & many with manuscript cancels removed. Ex Koichi Sato. (81) View details Quantity81Estimate$600Price Realized$500StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolP/Ω?/O† Lot #809 1858-67 'TASMANIA' London Printings 1/- vermilion SG 41 horizontal strip of 3, margins just touching to large, a couple of insignificant imperfections, unused, Cat £2400++. Ex Koichi Sato. BPA Certificate (2015). [Stated to be second only to a strip of 4 as the largest recorded unused multiple] View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolΩ†Gradea Lot #810 1858-67 'TASMANIA' London Printings 1/- vermilion SG 41 selection of used singles x5 & a strip of 3, Cat £640++; also two singles & a block of 4 with manuscript cancellations removed; all with full or virtually-full margins. (14) View details Quantity14Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymboloGradea/a- Lot #811 1863-91 Perforated Chalons partly-mounted collection with some apparently unused stamps including 1d block of 4 with large-part o.g., 4d block of 4 (no gum) & 6d two strips of 3 with large-part o.g., also shades, multiples including 6d fiscally used block of 20, 4d with Double Perfs, a few Double Impressions, plus a few Experimental Perforations of dubious authenticity, some postmark interest, condition variable & many with manuscript cancels removed. Ex Koichi Sato. (170 approx) View details Quantity170Estimate$1,250Price Realized$1,600StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*Ωo† Lot #812 1863-71 Experimental Separations Perf 12 by Walch & Sons 1d carmine SG 70 block of 4, virtually full o.g., Cat £440+. Ex Koichi Sato. View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol*†Gradea Lot #813 1863-71 Experimental Separations ImperfxOblique Roulette 11½ at Oatlands 4d blue SG 91, very fine BN '64' of Oatlands, Cat £800. A rare stamp. Ex Koichi Sato. RPSofL Certificate (1971) states "is genuine with unclassified - at that time - roulette". [Three similar examples sold at Prestige auctions between 13.6.2009 & 23.9.2011 for an average of $1092] View details Estimate$800StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolf†Gradea Lot #814 1871-91 Perforated by the Post Office Perf 12 6d dull claret SG 143 block of 12, minor gum-staining at the top, virtually full o.g. with several units apparently unmounted, Cat £600++. Ex Koichi Sato. View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol**/*†Gradea/a- Lot #815 1891 Surcharge 'd./2½' 3½mm Setting on 9d pale blue SG 169 complete shhet of 120 (12x10) with Plate Number '7' & Control Number '50' both appearing twice, most units are unmounted, Cat £600++. View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol**/*†Gradea Lot #816 1899-1900 De La Rue Pictorials ½d to 6d SG 229-236 with 'Specimen' Overprint, minor problems, Cat £550. (8) View details Quantity8Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*†Gradea/b Lot #817 1905-11 Electrotyped 2d purple marginal example from the base of the sheet Imperforate at Base BW #T36b (SG 251b var), lightly mounted, Cat $1000 (2004). View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Symbol*Gradea Lot #818 REPRINTS: Chalons plate proofs Imperf 1d 2d 4d & 1/- plus 6d & 1/- blocks of 4, Perforated with 'REPRINT' Overprint 4d 6d & 1/-, and posthumous die proofs with blank or ornamental value tablets in black x2, carmine & a strip of 3 in ultramarine. Ex Koichi Sato. (21 impressions) View details Quantity21Estimate$600Price Realized$850StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolR/P†Gradea Lot #819 REVENUES - BEER DUTY: 1881 Bradbury Wilkinson 4/6d vermilion, ironed-ot creases, Cascade Brewery d/s of 13AUG89 in blue; and 1892 '1/8' on 1/3d vermilion, unusually fine, Boag & Son d/s of 11DEC04 in violet. (2) View details Quantity2Estimate$150StatusUnsold SymboloGrade(a-)/a Lot #820 REVENUES 1902 De La Rue 'INLAND REVENUE' No Watermark 4d indigo with significant part of the Papermaker's Watermark, 1/6d indigo, 2/6d orange-brown & 8/4d dull ultramarine, all marginal examples with one or two margins Imperforate, very fine unused, Elsmore Online Cat $1000+. (4) View details Quantity4Estimate$800Price Realized$700StatusSold SymbolΩGradea Lot #821 Pre-stamp outers & entires to Great Britain comprising 1824 privately carried to London, No Markings Period 1828 to London, 1836 to Scotland, 1839 x2 both with crowned-oval Hobart Town d/s, 1840 & 1841 with the massive GPO d/s in black or red x2 (one redirected with Imperf 1d affixed), 1845 privately carried to Edinburgh with superb 'Kennington +' h/s in blue, also 1866 to Somerset carried privately (with letter) and 1846 to Adelaide with 38mm GPO cds (ERD?) in red, condition variable. Ex Koichi View details Quantity11Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc† Lot #822 Pre-stamp inwards outers & entires from New South Wales x2 including 1829 with largely fine strike of the first-type Sydney cds in blue; South Australia part-outer with partly fine strike of the rare 'POST OFFICE/[crown]/PORT ADELAIDE' h/s; and Great Britain x2; also Victoria group with 1856 franked with very fine Woodblock 6d orange, 1868 with Laureate 6d tied by '52' cancel of Launceston & a few stamps with Tasmanian cancels; condition variable. Ex Koichi Sato. (7 + stamps) View details Quantity7Estimate$650Price Realized$500StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc† Lot #823 Pre-stamp internal entires including 1830 to "Lake River" with typically poor strike of the small undated 'HOBART' oval h/s, 1849 with postmaster's endorsement "Oatlands/19.2.49", 1853 printed lettersheet with '10 O CLOCK' cds (stated to be the LRD), Money Letters 1850 with postmaster's endorsement "Cleved 25 4 50", 1851 with boxed 'CAMP TOWN' d/s & 1853 with postmaster's endorsement "Emu Bay 2 Aug 53", two others, plus 1869 OHMS with very fine '[crown]/FREE' diamond-d/s, generally fine to very View details Quantity9Estimate$850StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea/b Lot #824 Partly-mounted group mostly with Imperf Chalon frankings including 1d (3 margins) on 1858 town letter, 2d pair (a little cut-into) on 1868 entire Hobart-Launceston, 2d (cut-into) & a huge 4d with squiggle cancels, 2d slate-green & 4d (both a bit cut-into) on 1862 cover Hobart-Melbourne, 4d with fair strike of 'N NORFOLK' postmaster's handstamp alongside, 4d huge marginal example but bisected!! tied by BN '51' with postmaster's endorsement "Latrobe" at upper-left, very fine 4d with BN '91' View details Quantity22Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,000StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc† Lot #825 Bundle of covers & postcards with mercantile imprints 1) on the face x10 including Vogt Chisholm & Co Carriage Builders, Tasmanian Refrigerating Co, Day's Furnishing Arcade, J Cane & Co Ironmongers; 2) & on the flap x26 including City Flour Mills, J Blane Bookseller (Beaconsfield), Walter Radford Mining Agent (Launceston), Burgess Brothers Merchants, Perpetual Trustess (on 2d Envelope) & legal firms x14; 3) printed on reverse of postcards x3; 4) handstamped on the face x4 including Tasmania Gol View details Quantity43Estimate$250StatusUnsold Symbolcps Lot #826 Illustrated advertising covers including 1897 for WT Bell Christmas Sale of Japanese Goods (on 1d Postal Card), 1911 Tasmanian Shropshire Sheepbreeders' Association (a superb example sold at our auction of 30.6.2016 for $198), 1910 Gordon & Gotch Press Agency (Launceston), 1910 "Pineapple" Bacon (Launceston), 1911 "Salvitis" Preparation (stained), 1910 Moran & Cato's Grocers, also others with wordy adverts including 1886 Brisbane Hotel (Launceston, on 1d Postal Card), 1907 Selwyn Cox Stationers View details Quantity22Estimate$400Price Realized$440StatusSold Symbolcps Lot #827 1836 (Jan 7) entire headed "Launceston" signed "JMcRobertson" to "John Leake/Campbell Town" with a fair (but still better-than-average) strike of the undated double-oval 'LAUNCESTON' handstamp, minor blemishes. View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #828 1837-53 entires from England x3 or Scotland (the earliest, with 'OLDRAIN' d/s) all with various boxed 'SHIPLETTER' datestamps of Hobart, one of 1843 is a mourning letter, apart from the first - which is stained - the others are fine to very fine. [One, of 1841, is to "Frank Allison/Streanshall/Macquarie River", father of William Race Allison: see Lot 279524] (4) View details Quantity4Estimate$500StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea/c Lot #829 1851 cover from Wales "By private ship" with very fine 'BEAUMARIS' & 'BANGOR' cds, very fine boxed 'SHIPLETTER/28MY28/1851' arrival b/s of Hobart, minor blemishes. [The addressee, Bartholomew W Thomas, was the nephew of the first Colonial Treasurer Jocelyn Thomas and son of Bartholomew Boyle Thomas, who arrived per "Albion" on 3.5.1826. Bartholomew Senior was "the first settler in Devon", taking up 2200 acres at Port Sorell. During the genocidal "Black Wars" - see Lot 279524 - he enjoyed remarka View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #830 1854 cover & two outers all from Launceston with BN '59' & 4d Couriers 1) cut-square with good even margins to London, professionally cleaned & with RPSofL Certificate (2014) that states "the obliteration tie has been inked-in" (very minor if so); 2) cut-to-shape to London per "Ship Redjacket via Melbourne"; & 3) cut-to-shape to Campbell Town with very fine boxed 'CAMP TOWN/18 JUNE 54.' arrival d/s on the face. Ex Koichi Sato. [The first is also Ex BD Forster] (3) View details Quantity3Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Grade(a)/b Lot #831 1854 entire headed "Latiner Cottage New Town Row/Hobart Town 14 July 1854" & signed "Henry H Whitton", to London "p Queen of the South/via Melbourne" with Courier 4d (large margins) tied by BN '68' of Hobart & faint strike of the GPO cds in red, light London arrival d/s of 14OC14/1854 & rated "1/-" for an inwards packet letter, a little soiled. Ex Koichi Sato. View details Estimate$600Price Realized$480StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #832 1855 town letter with rare franking of London Printing 1d carmine SG 14 (margins good to large except at right where slightly cut-into, Cat £900 x3+ on cover), indistinct Launceston numeral cancel & light 'PRE-PAID/7NO7/1855' cds in red alongside, exceptional facial appearance but some aging damage within. An early usage: the 1d was issued on 19.9.1855. Ex Koichi Sato. View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #833 1856 outer to London with rare franking of Couriers 1d pale blue x4 & fine strike of the diamond GPO d/s of 28AP28/1856 in red, 'AUSTRALIAN/LIVERPOOL/12AU/56/=PACKET=' transit & London arrival b/s, redirected to "Boulogne Sur Mer" (France) with the Tasmanian stamps crudely removed & Penny Stars x4 (one damaged & another affected by ironed-out crease) affixed in their place - but with a couple of telltale remnants still evident - & tied by very fine '28' cancels of the Foreign Branch, superb 'PD' View details Estimate$500Price Realized$360StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #834 1859 mercantile entire headed "pr Columbian SS via Suez/Hobart Town 14 May 1859" with scarce franking of 'TASMANIA' Imperf 6d dull lilac SG 40 horizontal pair (almost full margins, Cat £180 x5+ on cover) tied by fine & superb strikes of First Allocation BN '48' used at Hobart, to London "p May Mail/Via Marseilles" with light GPO cds & London arrival of AU5/59 both in red, repaired flap fault & minor aging. Ex Koichi Sato. [Carried per "Columbian" ex Melbourne 19.5.1859, arrived Adelaide under sa View details Estimate$750Price Realized$600StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #835 1864 local letter to Glenorchy with 1857-67 Imperf 2d slate-green SG 34 (3½ margins, with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left) tied by very fine bars cancel & light 'PRE-PAID/7JY7/1864' cds in red both of Hobart. Stated to be the only recorded cover for the 2d rate for within 5 miles of the GPO. Ex Koichi Sato. View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,800StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea Lot #836 1864 small cover to an officer serving in India with scarce franking of Imperf 'TASMANIA' 6d (3 margins) & 1/- (slightly cut-into at right) tied by Second Allocation BN '52' of Launceston, large-diamond d/s of 23NO23/1864 in red alongside and straight-line 'REGISTERED' handstamp, small 'BOMBAY' transit and very fine unframed 'SECUNDRABAD/1864/DE24' b/s from where redirected to "Sholupore", repaired tear well clear of the stamps & part of the flap missing. Very attractive. Ex Koichi Sato. View details Estimate$750Price Realized$500StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #837 1868 double-rate cover to London "via Marseilles" with Imperf 4d x2 (both with 3 margins & fragments of adjoining units) & 1/- (almost full margins) tied by Second Allocation BN '52' of Launceston, fine strike of the diamond datestamp of 1FE1/1868 in red, part-London arrival of 23MR68, minor soiling. Ex Koichi Sato. Carried per "Avoca" ex Melbourne 5.2.1868; "Mongolia" ex Galle 27.2.1868 & "Nyanza" ex Alexandria 15.3.1868, arrived Marseilles 21.3.1868. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #838 1868 cover to London with scarce Two-Issue franking of Imperf 4d blue SG 37 (margins close to large with a chunk of the adjoining unit at right) & Perf 10 2d yellow-green SG 60 (Cat £150 x10+ on cover) with neat bars cancel & 34mm GPO cds of 23AP23/1868 in red at left, London arrival cds of JU19/68, minor faults. Ex Koichi Sato. Peter Holcombe Certificate (1985) as SG 35 & 89! View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #839 1870 cover with Perf 12½ 2d yellow-green SG 83 (Cat £170 x3+ on cover) tied by fine First Allocation BN '26' of River Don with postmaster's endorsement "Don/7 11 70" alongside, boxed 'PRE-PAID' b/s of Launceston in red, repaired flap-tears. Ex Koichi Sato. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea- Lot #840 1893-1912 selection of covers and cards in album with emphasis on more unusual destinations noted Hong Kong, New Zealand, Portugal and South Africa, two 'POSTAGE PAID/HOBART,TAS' on Tattersalls envelopes with Sweepstakes Tickets contents, 1911 Fred Hagen cover with ½d Pictorials x2 and Philatelic Exhibition label tied by Sydney cancels, also stationery including 1893 1½d brown reply postal card to USA, 1d red+½d orange doubleton postal card to Germany, 1d red wrapper STO for "The Mercury Hobart" View details Quantity27Estimate$300StatusUnsold SymbolCpsGradeA/B Lot #841 1910-12 Tasmanian PPCs from Ringarooma all to Russia, one with Pictorials ½d & 1d, the others with 1d only & various Russian tax & redirection handstamps. Nice lot, to a very scarce destination. (5) View details Quantity5Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea/b Lot #842 FRANK HANDSTAMPS: All-different collection of handstamps on piece including 'ADMINISTRATOR OF CHARITABLE GRANTS', 'CHAIRMAN HOSPITAL BOARD HOBART', 'CORPORATION OF HOBART' & '...LAUNCESTON', 'DEPUTY SURVEYOR-GENERAL', 'ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH', 'GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN', 'GOVERNOR...' both types, 'HD QR DEF FORCE', 'HM CUSTOMS LAUNCESTON', 'HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE...', 'INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION', 'MARINE BOARD OF LEVEN', 'THE MARINE BOARD OF MERSEY DEVEONPORT', 'THE RE DUTIES DEPARTMENT' and with View details Quantity75Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolΔGradea Lot #843 POSTMARKS: Neatly presented collection in fifteen small albums with a mostly decimal period array but some earlier material & a few better items noted; also "Tasmania: The Postal History & Postal Markings" both volumes (much-loved). (100s) View details Quantity100Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSold SymbolsΔL Lot #844 POSTMARKS: First Allocation Barred Numerals '11' (superb), '35', '52', manuscript "54", '59', '60', '61', '64' & '68', fine to very fine strikes, also Victorian Barred Oval with indistinct numeral (rare), all on 4d Couriers cut-square with full- to almost-full margins, a few faults but generally fine & attractive, Cat £3750 (minimum). Ex Koichi Sato. (10) View details Quantity10Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolo† Lot #845 Small but desirable collection mostly unused/mint including Woodblocks 6d; Emblems Star Wmk 1d, Rouletted on Laid Paper 2d & 4d, Perf 12 1d & 2d on 'THREE/PENCE' Paper; Shilling Octagonal Perf 12; Queen on Throne 6d; Beaded Ovals 3d blue, 3d maroon (large-part o.g.), 4d SG 92 & 95, 6d black and Redrawn 6d; Netted Corners 1d; Laureates Single-Lined Numeral 1d 2d & 1/- all with large-part o.g., and V/Crown 10d; De La Rue 2d with large-part o.g.; Bell 2d on Green Paper SG 99 with large-part o.g.; 1 View details Quantity100Estimate$5,000Price Realized$2,900StatusSold SymbolΩ*o Lot #846 1850-53 Half-Lengths by Thomas Ham Second State of the Die 1d red-brown SG 5 pair [21-22], margins close to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, unusually cancelled with bars of Sydney & rare thus, Cat £900+. View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolg†Gradea Lot #847 1850-53 Half-Lengths by Thomas Ham Second State of the Dies (Band of Orb Protrudes at Left) 3d blue SG 7, margins close to large except where a bit cut-into at the base, unused, Cat £4750. [About 20 unused examples have been recorded, most of which have significant faults. This is one of the more attractive examples] View details Estimate$1,200StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolΩ†Gradec Lot #848 1850-53 Half-Lengths by Thomas Ham Third State of the Dies (Framelines Added) 3d blue SG 11 large-part reconstruction of the sheet with five horizontal pairs missing only [7-8], margins in places & of fine to very fine appearance, Cat £900++. Ex Charles Lathrop Pack & still on part of his album-page. View details Estimate$380Price Realized$290StatusSold SymboloGradea/b Lot #849 1850-53 Half-Lengths by Thomas Ham Vertical Drapes 2d drab SG 17a, close even margins, small professional repairs, unused, Cat £3750. RPSofV Certificate (2016). View details Estimate$1,250StatusUnsold SymbolΩGrade(a) Lot #850 1854-55 Woodblocks Experimental Separations 6d orange with Serpentine Roulettes at the top & lower-left otherwise cut from the sheet to preserve the design, tied to late-1857 cover to Rutland by BN '1' of Melbourne (b/s), very fine Leicester transit of JA13/1857 (error for 1858) & 'ROCKINGHAM/JA14/58' arrival cds on the face, light allover soiling. A very rare franking of SG 58. View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #851 1854-55 Woodblocks 2/- dull bluish green/pale yellow SG 35, margins just touched to good, nasty thin at the top, unused, Cat £3750. RPSofV Certificate (2016). View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolΩGradec Lot #852 1859 Perf 12 by Robinson 2/- green/yellow SG 82, well centred for this issue, small hinge thin, unused, Cat £550. View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold SymbolΩGradea- Lot #853 1860-63 Emblems Perf 12 No Wmk 1d bright green on Horizontally Lined Laid Paper SG 96, unused, unpriced by Gibbons unused or used. View details Estimate$600Price Realized$1,100StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolΩ†Gradea Lot #854 1860-63 Emblems Perf 12 with Single-Lined '2' Watermark 2d dull reddish lilac SG 101, large-part o.g., Cat £325. View details Estimate$300Price Realized$480StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*†Gradea Lot #855 1863-81 Laureates extensive collection/research accumulation in albums & on leaves with ONE PENNY many unused/mint issues including Emergency Printings & a large-part reconstruction of SG 108/e group (93 of the 120 positions); TWO PENCE three used large-part reconstructions; THREE PENCE including part of Bill Purves' collection with mauve/lilc printings x80; EIGHT PENCE with Oranges x42 & 8d Brown/Pinks Second Forme Setting large-part reconstruction of 112 of the 120 positions; and TEN PENCE wit View details Quantity1,500Estimate$3,000Price Realized$3,600StatusSold SymbolΩ*Oc Lot #856 1863-81 Laureates V/Crown 5/- blue/yellow SG 139, a little discoloured/aged, unused, Cat £3500. View details Estimate$1,150Price Realized$850StatusSold SymbolΩGradeb Lot #857 1863-81 Laureates V/Crown Perf 12 8d red-brown/pink SG 146 with tiny 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp (KTM Type 12a) in Deep Blue, no gum. Illustrated by Kellow Turner & McCredie at page 33, where noted as the only example in private hands. View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,800StatusSold SymbolΩGradea b1 Lot #858 1863-81 Laureates 1867-70 Emergency Printings on Saunders Paper 6d blue with 'THREE/PENCE' Watermark SG 165, unusually well centred, minor blemishes, unused, undercatalogued at £475. [Geoff Kellow at page 169 states "This is a rare stamp unused". Our vendor suggests this is possibly the finest recorded unused example] View details Estimate$550Price Realized$420StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolΩ†Gradeb Lot #859 1873-80 Bell 1/- indigo/blue with the Watermark Sideways SG 180a, thinned but of very fine facial appearance, Cat £750. View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold SymbolgGradec Lot #860 1880-82 Naish Wmk '19' 2d sepia-brown as SG 203 but Perf 13x12½, Melbourne duplex of MR4/82. Unlisted by Gibbons. RPSofV Certificate (2016). View details Estimate$750Price Realized$600StatusSold SymbolfGradea b1 Lot #861 1882-84 Naish Wmk '33' 2d chocolate Perf 12 SG 210ab, an unusually large example with an official repair at the base, indistinct numeral cancel, Cat £425. View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolf†Gradea Lot #862 1884 Stamp Statute V/Crown 4d rose-carmine with the Watermark Upright (Inverted) SG 222a, Barred Numeral cancellation, Cat £1300 unused; unpriced used. RPSofV Certificate (2016). Most used examples have been cleaned and/or have fake cancels. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSold SymbolfGradea b1 Lot #863 1884-96 Large Stamp Duty Litho 3/- maroon/blue Perf 12½ SG 237b, a little soiled, unused, unpriced unused or used by Gibbons: Perf 13 & Perf 12 both Cat £850. RPSofV Certificate (2016). View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolΩGradea- Lot #864 1884-96 Large Stamp Duty 4/- orange x7 (two pairs and a strip of three), 5/- red pair & 10/- green x2 all with 'ENGLISH MAIL TPO/+ - VICTORIA' duplex cancels used on mail posted at Melbourne directly onto the Express TPO service to catch ships departing South Australia (genuine usage; not the forged canceller dated FE18/04 often encountered on cleaned Fiscals), also 5/- claret/yellow (rounded corner) with two part-strikes of 'RMSS/ T /OC/8/85/HOBSONS BAY - VICTORIA' duplex cancel (second type) u View details Quantity12Estimate$500StatusUnsold SymboloGradea/a- Lot #865 1884-96 Large Stamp Duty Wmk '33' Perf 12½ £2 bright blue SG 276, 'JAMIESON' postal cds, Cat £130+. Rare postal usage. [NB: The Gibbons prices for "used" denominations above £1 are for CTO stamps from presentation/collectors' sets. Such stamps are regularly encountered. The Two Pounds is the only such value that has been recorded postally used. Examples are rare, and are believed to have been used on gold packets out of Jamieson, Gaffneys Creek or Omeo] View details Estimate$380Price Realized$420StatusSold SymbolfGradea b1 Lot #866 1884-96 Large Stamp Duty the Unissued Denominations plate proofs on unwatermarked paper comprising 7/- violet (defective), 8/- salmon-pink (repaired at the base), 14/- pale blue (badly faded, apparently having been the subject of a chemical experiment, endorsed "Proof" in red), and 19/- blue-violet/blue (thinned & with a repaired fault at lower-right), all with the gum removed. Ex Henry Harvey, Rodney Perry and "Lionheart II" (25.2.2016). Except for the 14/-, these are the examples illustrated b View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold SymbolPGradec/d Lot #867 1901-10 V/Crown £1 imperforate plate proof block of 4 - plus a significant portion of the two adjoining units at left - in rose-carmine on ungummed unwatermarked paper BW #V125PP(2), margins just clear to huge, initialled on the face "JBC/3.5.10" by the Stamp Printer JB Cooke, Cat $20,000. Unique! Illustrated in the ACSC. View details Estimate$9,000Price Realized$7,000StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #868 1905-12 Crown/A Perf 11 1d lower-left corner block of 6 (2x3) with Double Perfs at Left and 'CA' Monogram BW #V50z, the four lower units are unmounted, Cat $300++. Superb! Rare: stated only two other Monogram blocks have been recorded. Ex CL Pack, John Gartner & Rodney Perry. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$500StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*/**†Gradea+ Lot #869 1905-12 Crown/A £1 KEVII Irregular Compund Perf 12½x11x11x12½ BW #V129 (SG 453a), CTO with 'MELBOURNE/MR22/11' cds, grossly undercatalogued at $5000 (but £12,000 in Gibbons). Unique, and one of the outstanding rarities of the 1901-1912 Commonwealth period. Ex Rodney Perry. The ACSC states "Only one example is recorded...from a parliamentary presentation set", which repeats Geoff Kellow's statement in "The Stamps of Victoria" at page 314. Unlike many perforation varieties that need to be measu View details Estimate$15,000Price Realized$12,000StatusSold SymbolfGradea b1 Lot #870 OFFICIALS: 1905-12 Crown/A Perf 12½ £1 salmon-pink perf 'OS' BW #V127Ab (SG 431), large-part o.g., undercatalogued at $600 (£300 without perfin). Most examples of this and the next two lots are CTO from presentation/collector sets. Mint - and commercially used - examples are much scarcer, which is not reflected in the ACSC prices (2004). Gibbons have not yet listed and priced 'OS' perfins on State issues which, in our opinion, is an unfortunate shortcoming of that reference work. View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradea b1 Lot #871 OFFICIALS: 1905-12 Crown/A Perf 12½ £1 rose perf 'OS' BW #V127Cb (SG 431a), exceptional centring, characteristic rough perfs, large-part o.g., undercatalogued at $600 (£300 without perfin). View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradea a2 Lot #872 OFFICIALS: 1905-12 Crown/A Perf 12½ £2 dull blue perf 'OS' BW #V132b (SG 432), very well centred, very lightly mounted large-part o.g., undercatalogued at $1200 (£750 without perfin). View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradea b1 Lot #873 1884 David Hill cover with Stamp Statute 1d x2 - one with corner fault - cancelled with BN '96' of 'CERES' (cds alongside) & 'MO&SB/SOUTH YARRA' arrival b/s, scarce usage in the first year of being authorised for postal usage; 1895 David Hill usage of 2d on 1d Letter Card; & 1900 cover with Stamp Duty 1d "Widow Weeds" x2 with 'YARRAVILLE' cds & Sydney arrival b/s. (3) View details Quantity3Estimate$300Price Realized$260StatusSold SymbolcGradea/b Lot #874 Album of covers & cards with foreign destinations including Argentina, Cape Colony, Finland, India, Italy, Jersey, Mexico (taxed), Natal and Uruguay, noted 1893 1½d Postal Card from William Rundell registered to Romania uprated to 9d pre-UPU rate, 1901 Cole's Book Arcade advertising cover to Ireland, 1906 to USA underpaid with Dues but refused and DLO markings, postal stationery wrappers, postal cards and envelopes (a few mint), official mail with 1870s-80s Solicitor-General OHMS circulars and View details Quantity120Estimate$1,000Price Realized$950StatusSold SymbolCPSGradeA/B Lot #875 1839 lengthy cross-written entire to "RW Allison/Streanshall/Macquarie River/VDL" headed "Port Phillip/Sunday July 8th 1839" and signed "ER Bostock" with very early usage of the ovoid first type 'MELBOURNE/[crown]/ --JU/18[39]/NEW.S.WALES' datestamp - with inverted month slug - & very fine boxed 'SHIPLETTER/20AU20/1839' backstamp of Hobart, rated "11" for inland transit Hobart-Macquarie River, minor soiling. A very early & desirable letter. The addressee, William Race Allison, arrived at Hoba View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$2,200StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #876 1841 (c.) entire headed "Melbourne August" & signed "WH James" to his father "Joseph James/George Town/VD Land" with a complete & almost very fine strike of the undated 'MELBOURNE/NSW' handstamp on the flap, a bit soiled but most presentable. The handstamp was introduced in 1837 when Melbourne's first post office opened. It was replaced by the first datestamp in early-1839 but continued to be used until 1842 as a shipletter marking. This example is not listed in Brian Peace's census of 22 covers View details Quantity2Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,900StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradec/d Lot #877 1854 cover to Lincolnshire "pr Harbinger/Via Southampton" with scarce Two Issue franking of Half-Lengths 3d (small defect at upper-right) & Queen on Throne 2d (virtually full margins) tied by Barred Oval '60' - rated R - of 'ST KILDA' (crowned-oval b/s with mss "19 Jan" in lieu of slugs), Melbourne transit of the same date, British Liverpool & London transit b/s both of AP19/1854. "Harbinger" ex Melbourne 22.1.1854, arrived Southampton 18.4.1854 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$750StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #878 1856 entire to London "per Walmer Castle" with Woodblock 6d (3 margins) tied by BN '10' & large-part strike of the scarce 'SHIP LETTER/FREE/MY*13/1856/WARNAMBOOL VICTORIA' b/s (note spelling), similar Melbourne transit b/s in red, British 'PLYMOUTHAU19/1856/ B /=SHIP-LETTER=' & London "tombstone" arrival d/s on the face. "Walmer Castle" ex Melbourne 18.5.1856, carrying 43,000oz of gold; arrived Plymouth 19.8.1856. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea- Lot #879 1857 outer to "Bückeburg/North Germany" with Imperf Emblems 2d (corner fault) & 1/- Octagonal (cut-into) unusually cancelled with oval 'SANDHURST/NO14/1857/VICTORIA' datestamp, Melbourne transit b/s, French 'AUSTRALIE V SUEZ/6/JANV/58/AMB C' marine sorter cds, two French transit b/s & part- View details Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradec Lot #880 1858 (June 14) cover to Christiansfeld, Denmark franked with imperf Octagonal 1/- blue (just touching design on three sides) and Woodblock 6d orange (3 margins) tied Barred Numeral '3' of Castlemaine (faint oval backstamp) over-paying the 1/4½d per ½oz rate via Southampton, Melbourne transit on back and red London 'PAID/1858/14AU14/CX' datestamp and oval 'P' View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$2,000StatusSold SymbolCGradeA- Lot #881 1874 unusual style of mourning cover to Carmathenshire (Wales) with Laureates 6d only tied by 'EMERALD HILL/VICTORIA - 148' duplex, Melbourne b/s where a very fine strike of the small boxed 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID/VIA BRINDISI' h/s applied, minor blemishes & unfortunate docketing on the face. View details Estimate$550StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #882 1878-79 covers 1) to Germany with Bell ½d & 2d + Laureates 6d; 2) to France with Bell 1/-; 3) to Jersey with Laureates 8d brown/pink; and 4) to London with Laureates 8d brown/pink. Nice clean quartet. (4) View details Quantity4Estimate$250StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea/a- Lot #883 1896 registered cover to USA with Large Stamp Duty 6d blue plus QV 2d violet tied 'BOURKE STREET EAST/VIC' cds 'San Francisco,Cal/FD/REGISTERED' arrival b/s. The 6d was re-used to defraud the Post Office, having been cleaned well enough to escape notice by the postal clerk at the time, but the fiscal pen cancel has now become apparent again. View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolCGradeA Lot #884 REGISTRATION LABELS: Mounted collection of blue/white types noted as "after Type C5" including numerous provisionals with handstamps or manuscript/typed office names, 'ABBOTSFORD' to 'FRANKSTON EAST' including numerous tiny offices many of which are long-closed, lots from c.1969 with Postal Area Codes obliterated & some with those codes omitted from later printings, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (1600 approx) View details Quantity1,600Estimate$300Price Realized$320StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolps† Lot #885 Remainders in seven albums from Colonial era to modern with datestamps and some numeral cancels including ties on Solicitor-General Frank Stamp circulars and QVic postal cards, noted many on piece and plenty of KGV Heads with a few covers also, primarily from larger towns with sub-types but some closed offices and rated items seen with quality of strikes well above average. Needs to be viewed as there will be pickings. Ex Ken Smithies. (100s) View details Quantity100Estimate$600StatusUnsold SymbolSΔCGradeA/B Lot #886 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 to superb, noted the occassional registered item, postal stationery, some PAIDs and modern rubbers including 'AUSTRALIA POST SHOP/EMERALD', 'LICENCED POST OFFICE/BRENTFORD SQUARE', 'P.O.WONTHAGGI', 'TIMEKEEPER & ROSTERS/MAIL CENTRE/CLAYTON SOUTH' and lots more. A great opportunity to enhance any collection of modern postmar View details Quantity100Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold SymbolCPS Lot #887 A-Y Selection of datestamps 1930s-80s many complete strikes on piece, mostly from smaller Post Offices although no great rarities seen, noted quite a few 'PAID' in red, LDL/SDL conversions and some Money Order types, little if any duplication and generally better than average strikes. (600+) View details Quantity600Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolSGradeA Lot #888 BARRED NUMERALS: Nicely presented collection in three matching multi-ring albums with lots of very fine to superb strikes & plemty of R and RR items, also RRR '349', 1st Type '545', '601', 'M96', 'MCC/60', 'MCC/73', 'MCCC/78', 'MCCCC/25', '1735', and RRRR 'MCCC/31' & 'MD/67', some duplication mostly in the lower numbers. A very fine basis for expansion. (many 100s) View details Quantity100Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold SymbolsΔ Lot #889 BARRED NUMERALS: Collection in four large albums, numerous offices with multiple types including a good range of scarcer duplex cancels, some coloured strikes, many fine to superb strikes throughout but care is required because optimism has won over scepticism in many cases. Better items include Rated RRR Type 7 '148', duplex '268' (numeral only), Type 1 '289', Type 1 '545', '914', Type 1 'M96', Type 2 '1238', 'MCCCC/77', 'MCCCC/85' & duplex '1533' (numeral only); and RRRR Type 2 '1048' & Type 1 View details Quantity100Estimate$750StatusUnsold SymbolsΔ Lot #890 BARRED OVALS: Basic collection on Classic issues including rated RRR '12' x2, '15', '17', '23', '85', '93', '107' & '108' and rated RRRR '16', '27', '31' & '78', quality of both the stamps & postmarks is very mixed still an excellent basis for expansion. (51) View details Quantity51Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbols† Lot #891 BARRED OVALS: '17' two clear strikes on Ham Half-Lengths Second State of the Dies 2d & 3d SG 6 & 7 with almost fine 'LAKE COLAC/AU8/1850/PT PHILLIP' b/s (LRD) on outer to Hobart Town with Melbourne & 'LAUNCESTON/11AU11/1851' transits & small boxed '12AU12/1851' arrival b/s, the addressee's name scribbled-out by an IDIOT! PO 1/7/1848; renamed Colac 1.1.1854 but a 'COLAC' d/s is recorded from JA/1852. View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #892 BARRED OVALS: '82' of Hepburn two heavy but clear strikes on Imperf Octagonal 1/- x2 on outer to England "Per Mermaid or first ship", largely very fine oval 'HEPBURN/[crown]/JU*27/1855/VICTORIA' b/s, Liverpool transit & Manchester arrival b/s of OC21/1855. Rated R. [PO opened 1.1.1854] View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #893 BUTTERFLY NUMERALS: '15' (unconvincing), '34' (only the second example recorded used at the GPO) & '48' all used at the GPO in red on 1855-56 covers from GB with cut-to-shape Embossed 6d or 1/- x2, all redirected to 'HEATHCOTE' (b/s). Very scarce trio. Ex Captain Tom Ward. [The other '34' cover - a wonderful item - was sold by Prestige on 9.2.2008 for $9200!] View details Estimate$800StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolc †Gradeb Lot #894 Coldstream: 'TO COLDSTREAM/13MR15/VIC' cds (ERD) alongside KGV 1d red with Barred Numeral '1678' on cover with 'COOMBE COTTAGE' imprint on the flap. [In 1909, Dame Nellie Melba acquired 60 acres north of Lilydale, built Coombe Cottage in 1912 and resided there until her death in 1931. Included are two notes on imprinted stationery, one signed "Nellie Melba" and the other "per Madame Melba, K Rose"] (3) View details Quantity3Estimate$200Price Realized$320StatusSold SymbolCGradeA- B1- Lot #895 Footscray: "Belt & Buckle" 'POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE/FOOTSCRAY/NO15/1888' on 1d Postal Card. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold SymbolpsGradea a1- Lot #896 TRAVELLING POST OFFICES: mostly from Colonial period including on covers and cards and also some on Kangaroos & KGV Heads, noted 'Travelling Post' crowned seal on Laureate 4d, 'DOWN TRAIN/MG2/JL5/80' octagonal on postal card, 'UP TRAIN/MG3' on 1890's "Bendigo Mail" wrappers, 'UP TRAIN/MG6' on 1892 cover from NSW, 'ENGLISH MAIL TPO/IN' on 1906 cover from Egypt, rare 'POSTED MELBOURNE/DOWN EXPRESS' 1908 on 1d pink pair and 'RMSS/ T /HOBSONS BAY - VICTORIA' 1884 duplex cancel on QVic 2/- blue, View details Estimate$800Price Realized$600StatusSold SymbolsΔcGradeA/B Lot #897 Bundle of mostly Postal Cards with good advertising content plus some Wrapper fronts & a group of Envelopes Postcards & Wrappers with printed Frank Stamps including '...DEFENCE', '...MINES' & 'THE SPEAKER', some postmark interest, condition variable. From a family/business source never before on the market. (180 approx) View details Quantity180Estimate$350Price Realized$500StatusSold Symbolps Lot #898 FRANK STAMPS: Various printed Franks on Envelopes x5 including two penalty types (one to UK with oval 'VICTORIA/[crown]/OFFICIAL PAID' h/s) & a very scarce unused 'POSTMASTER-GENERAL' in red; and a very scarce group of Postal Cards x8 including 'POSTMASTER-GENERAL' in blue, 'MINISTER OF RAILWAYS' to NSW, etc; generally fine to very fine. (13) View details Quantity13Estimate$400StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea/b Lot #899 POSTAL CARDS: 1917 Re-Issue of Severed Reply Cards (1d+)1d Die II reply-half with 'REPLY' Barred-Out Stieg #P37a, stained on the reverse, unused, Cat $300 (2001). RPSofV Certificate (2016). View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold SymbolpsGradec Lot #900 Handy selection with 1860-64 Imperf 4d blue SG 26 with small faults but postally used - Cat £2250 - with RPSofV Certiticate, 1864-79 CC 4d 6d x2 & 1/- x2 all unused, Crown/A 9d mint block of 4, Perf 11 3d with the Watermark Upright mint, CTO values to 10/- including Single-Line Perf 5/-, and 'I.R.' Surcharges 1d 2d 3d & 1/- all with part- to large-part o.g. (25) View details Quantity25Estimate$1,000Price Realized$950StatusSold Symbol*Ωo Lot #901 Dealer's stock of perforated issues with 1864-79 to 1/- x12, 1888 New Colours x12 sets, a page of Surcharges, extensive array of 'WA' punctures to 10/- including 2/- x7, 2/6d x4 & 5/-, 'OS' punctures to 5/- including 2/- x20 (one with the Watermark Sideways) & 2/6d x14, Postal Fiscals 3d postally used x60+, etc, also a few postmarks on Swans or KGV Heads, condition variable. (100s) View details Quantity100Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold Symbolo Lot #902 1854 Lithographs 4d pale blue SG 3 & 1/- pale brown SG 4c, also 1860 2d orange-vermilion SG 25, all with full margins, unused, Cat £990. RPSofL Certificate (1962) for the 4d as the then SG 2. (3) View details Quantity3Estimate$600StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolΩ†Gradea Lot #903 1861 Recess by Perkins Bacon imperforate plate proofs on ungummed unwatermarked paper 4d in rose-carmine & 6d pair in black-violet, margins close to good. (3) View details Quantity3Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolP†Gradea Lot #905 1874 Surcharge 'ONE PENNY' in Green on 2d yellow with the Watermark Reversed SG 67x, very fine 15-bars '5' cancel of Guildford, undercatalogued at £60. RPSofL Certificate (2005). View details Estimate$180StatusUnsold SymbolfGradea Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...7891011121314|Next1234567891011121314 Previous 1234567891011121314 Next Previous 1234567891011121314 Next
