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SymbolPGradea Estimate$250Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 2 1851-55 Laureates Medium Greyish Blue Wove Paper 3d dull yellow-green SG 67, margins close - at lower-right - to large with part of the adjoining unit at left, good colour for this issue with just a small patch of discolouration in front of Queen's mouth, light horizontal crease at the base, large-part o.g., Cat £2750. A very scarce stamp. Sergio Sismondo Certificate (2009). Symbol*Gradeb Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,400StatusSold View details 3 1854 Laureates with Numeral Watermark 2d Prussian blue SG 85, good even margins with outer framelines at left & base, unused, Cat £350. SymbolΩGradea Estimate$250Price Realized$180StatusSold View details 4 1854-59 Imperforate Large Diadems 6d grey-brown with Watermark '8' (Inverted & Reversed) SG 96a(var), close even margins, a couple of small repaired thins, unused, Cat £4000+. Friedl/Herbert Bloch (1983) & Chris Ceremuga (2014) Certificates. SymbolΩGrade(a-) Estimate$1,000Price Realized$720StatusSold View details 5 1861-88 "Coin" 5/- collection with a good number of mint/unused examples including a corner stamp with Floral Border, the used with one on an 1888 piece, another with Floral Border & an excellent array of shades including the dramatic "royal purple" SG 175 x8, also the 1897 Re-Issue mint x20 including a block of 4, two on commercial pieces, etc, and Overprinted 'O S' unused & used x6, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (110) 110 Symbol*Ωo Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 6 1861-88 "Coin" 5/- SG 174a-181 selection of shades and perfs including an unusually large example of the Perf 13 "royal purple" SG 175, plus 'OS' Overprint SG O14b & O18, condition variable, several with part- to large-part o.g., Cat £4200 approximately. (11) 11 Symbol*ΩGradea/b Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,080StatusSold View details 7 1861-88 "Coin" 5/- rose-lilac Perf 10 SG 178 two blocks of 4, one with rough perforations, Cat £440++. Very scarce multiples. Symbolf/gGradea Estimate$250Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 8 Rays Numerals '85' of Drayton (rated RR), '96' of Maryborough (R), and '201' of Rockhampton (RRRR) on NSW Imperf Diadems 1d & 2d x2, also 'QUEENSLAND/60/JY4/=BRISBANE=' duplex on 2d pair, all the stamps with full margins. (4 items) 4 SymbolsGradea Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 9 Rays Numerals '151' of Condamine very fine strike on NSW Imperf Diadems 2d strip of 3 with almost full margins. Rated RRRR. SymbolfGradea a1 Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 10 1860-80 Small Chalons attractive collection on hingeless pages with 1860 Imperf 1d & 6d (and a 2d forgery) & Perf set, 1860-61 Clean-Cut Perf set & Rough Perf unused/mint set, 1862-67 Perf 13 unused/mint set & Perf 12½x13 unused to 6d, 1864-65 unused/mint set plus used Imperf singles of 2d 6d x2 & 1/-, 1866 Script Wmk Perf 13 1d & 2d unused and Perf 12½x13 1d & 2d used, 1860-67 Litho 5/- unused, 1868-78 Crown/Q Perf 12 unused/mint 6d x4 & 1/-, and 1/- imperf single, 1880 High Value Lithos 5/- ye 128 Symbol*Ωo Estimate$3,000Price Realized$3,800StatusSold View details 11 1860 Large Star Imperf 6d green SG 3, margins good to large with complete outer framelines & fragments of the units at left & right, minor repair at the base, very fine Rays '201' cancellation of Rockhampton, Cat £800. An unusually large example. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolfGrade(a) Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 12 1860 Large Star Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 1d carmine-rose SG 4, unused, Cat £2750. A rare stamp. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolΩGradea Estimate$1,750Price Realized$1,400StatusSold View details 13 1860-61 Small Star Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 1/- violet SG 10, clipped perfs at the top, unused, Cat £1400. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolΩGradeb Estimate$600Price Realized$950StatusSold View details 14 1860-61 Small Star Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 (6d) 'REGISTERED' SG 11, minor tonespots on the reverse, unused, Cat £950. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolΩGradea- Estimate$500Price Realized$440StatusSold View details 15 1860-61 Small Star Clean-Cut Perf 14 at Somerset House 1d carmine-rose SG 12, unused, Cat £375. SymbolΩGradea Estimate$200Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 16 1866-67 Lithographs First Transfer 4d red-lilac SG 53, tiny pinhole, unused, Cat £400. SymbolΩGradea- Estimate$150Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 17 1866-67 Lithographs First Transfer 4d grey-lilac SG 54 & 5/- pale rose SG 58, characteristic irregular perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £1500. Symbol*Gradea Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold View details 18 1866-67 Lithographs Second Transfer 4d lilac with Major Transfer Flaw ('OUR' Missing) SG 55b, horizontal crease, Cat £550. SymbolfGradeb Estimate$150Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 19 1866-67 Lithographs Second Transfer 4d grey-lilac with Major Transfer Flaw ('OUR' Missing) SG 56b, shallow thinning, unused, Cat £600 used; unpriced unused. RPSofV Certificate (2016) as SG 55b in error. [This is an advanced state of the variety which, in it's final state, has virtually the whole word 'FOUR' omitted. Alan Griffiths had a rather similar stamp to this used on piece] SymbolΩGradec Estimate$500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold View details 20 1866-67 Lithographs 5/- pale rose SG 58, unusually clean-cut perfs for this issue, unused, Cat £1100. SymbolΩGradea Estimate$600Price Realized$1,200StatusSold View details 21 1868-78 Crown/Q 6d bright apple-green Imperforate horizontal pair SG 92a, good even margins, unused, Cat £700. Superb! SymbolΩGradea+ Estimate$1,000Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 22 1868-78 Crown/Q 4d yellow First Transfer SG 102 with the Watermark Reversed, a few toned perfs at the top, unused, Cat £1600+. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolΩGradeb Estimate$750Price Realized$1,000StatusSold View details 23 1879 No Watermark 6d pale emerald-green SG 116, large-part o.g., Cat £400. Symbol*Gradea Estimate$250Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 24 1879-1912 Issues on hingeless pages with First Sidefaces 4d SG 131 with part-o.g., No Wmk 4d to 1/- mint, 'Half-penny' on 1d Die I & a spurious Die II both used, Large Chalons Thin Paper to £1 used & Thick Paper mint set, 1884 Perf 9½x12 1/- unused, 1887-89 Perf 9½x12 2d used, 1890-94 to 2/- x2 including 4d three shades with 'PENGE' all mint, 1897-1908 mint set, 1897-98 Experimental Roulettes SG 256-261 complete mint, 1900 Charity pair mint, 1903 2/6d mint, 1905-06 Perf 12½,13 £1 & 170 Symbol*Ωo Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 25 1880 Surcharge 'Half-penny' on 1d brown Dies II-I SG 151/a rejoined block of 4 (two horizontal pairs), both left-hand units being Die II, the upper pair with an ironed-out crease, large-part o.g., Cat £2250++. A rare & desirable multiple. Ex Bernie Manning. RPSofV Certificate (2016). [It's curious that Gibbons don't list or price se-tenant pairs. A joined block of 4 sold at the Prestige auction of 5.9.2009 for $4140] Symbol*Gradea/a- Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,800StatusSold View details 26 1880 Surcharge 'Half-penny' on 1d reddish brown Die II vertical pair, the lower unit with 'QOEENSLAND' SG 151ab, vertical ink-line cancel (presumably fiscal), Cat £1480+. Ex Bernie Manning. [NB: It is believed no postally used example is known of the variety. This would suggest that the SG price of £1300 is for a fiscally used example] SymboloGradea Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 27 1882-95 Large Chalons £1 perforated plate proof in plum on thick watermarked paper. Lovely shade. [Basset Hull at page 160 states that this was a colour trial made in March 1897, apparently for a proposed change of colour: see Alan Griffiths "Stamp Magazine" (May 1992). Bernie Manning's unmounted example sold at the Prestige auction of 13.6.2009 for $977] SymbolPGradea Estimate$600StatusUnsold View details 28 1903 Recess High Values 2/6d vermilion BW #Q53A (SG 270) two examples in slightly different shades & £1 deep green BW #Q62 (SG 271), large-part o.g., Cat $3300 (£2380). The £1 is a rare stamp that was absent from Bernie Manning's collection. RPSofL Certificate (2005) for the £1 states "surface abrasion" which is a tiny almost imperceptible blemish at the top of the left-hand value tablet. (3) 3 Symbol*Gradea/a- Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold View details 29 1903 Recess High Values Line Perf 12½,13 £1 deep green BW #Q62 (SG 271), ironed-out vertical crease & a few toned perfs, untidy cancellation, Cat $1500 (£700) for CTO. RPSofV Certificate (2016). [The ACSC states that all "used" examples seen are CTO "and commercially used examples cannot be confirmed"] SymbolgGradeb b1 Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 30 1905-06 Litho High Values Line Perf 12½,13 £1 deep green BW #Q63 (SG 272), small faults, large-part o.g., Cat $1000 (£1000). RPSofV Certificate (2016). Symbol*Gradeb c1 Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 31 1905-06 Litho High Values Perf 12 5/- rose & £1 deep blue-green (a short stamp) BW #Q57 & 64 (SG 273-4) marginal examples from the right of the sheets, large-part o.g., Cat $800 (£700). (2) 2 Symbol*Gradea Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 32 1907-11 Lithographed High Values 2/6d x3 shades, 5/- x3 shades, 10/- x2 (same shade) & £1 x3 shades (the so-called "yellow-green" is regummed & has been repaired at upper-left) SG 309-312d, large-part o.g., Cat $6000 (£3750). Very difficult group to assemble. (11) 11 Symbol* Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,100StatusSold View details 33 Attractive group of Classics with Imperf London Printings 2d & 6d and Adelaide Printings 1d 2d x2 & 1/-, First Roulettes 1d 6d & 1/-, Second Roulettes 1d x2, 2d x3, 6d x4, 9d, 10d on 9d red-orange, 10d on 9d yellow, 1/- yellow, 1/- brown & 2/-, plus a few perf issues, generally fine to very fine, Cat £1800+. (28) 28 Symbolo Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 34 Attractively presented collection with Imperf London Printing 6d & Adelaide Printing 2d (both possibly cleaned), a few Roulettes, 1868-79 including '3-PENCE' on 4d x2, 'TEN PENCE' on 9d & 2/- x3, Perf 10 '3-PENCE' on 4d, Perf 10x11½ 'TEN PENCE' on 9d, Broad Star to 2/- x2 including '8 PENCE' on 9d x4, good range of small De La Rue issues, Thin 'POSTAGE' to 10/-, Thick 'POSTAGE' £1, 1906-12 Crown/A most shades to 5/-, etc, also a few 'REPRINT' Overprints including 1/- violet, generally fine 180 Symbol*Ω Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,400StatusSold View details 35 1855 London Printings by Perkins Bacon 2d red SG 2, margins good to huge with a chunk of the adjoining unit at right, unused, Cat £800. Superb! SymbolΩGradea+ Estimate$600Price Realized$480StatusSold View details 36 1856-58 Adelaide Printings 1d yellow-green SG 6, margins just clear to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, the upper-right corner thinned & with a small repaired tear, unused, Cat £8500. A rare stamp. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolΩGradeb Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 37 1856-58 Adelaide Printings 2d red SG 9 horizontal pair, margins good to large, ironed-out horizontal crease, unused, Cat £1500+. SymbolΩGrade(a-) Estimate$750Price Realized$450StatusSold View details 38 1858-59 First Roulettes 1d yellow-green SG 13, roulettes above the value tablet but cut from the sheet to preserve the design, unused, Cat £1000. SymbolΩGradea Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 39 1860-69 Second Roulettes 1d bright yellow-green SG 19, 2d pale vermilion SG 25, 4d dull violet SG 27, 6d greenish blue, dull ultramarine & violet-ultramarine SG 29-31, 9d grey-lilac SG 34, 10d on 9d orange-red SG 35 and 2/- rose-carmine SG 43, a few minor defects but generally fine to very fine unused (a few with part- to large-part o.g.), Cat £2400. (9) 9 Symbol*ΩGradea/b Estimate$1,000Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 40 1868-79 Perf 11½-12½ '3-PENCE' in Black on 4d Prussian blue SG 66, 'PORT AUGUSTA' cds, Cat £850. RPSofL Certificate (2008). SymbolfGradea Estimate$500Price Realized$480StatusSold View details 41 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' 6d to £1 (both) SG 284-292a including Value Closer on 8d & 9d, and listed shades for the 9d & 5/-, a few hinge remainders, Cat £1375. (15) 15 Symbol*Gradea/a- Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 42 DEPARTMENTALS: 'P.S.' of Private Secretary to the Governor in Black on '3-PENCE' in Red on 4d dull ultramarine, ironed-out creases & rather aged, unused. Rated RRR used but unrecorded unused by Ron Butler. RPSofV Certificate (1999). SymbolΩGradec Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 43 DEPARTMENTALS: 'S.G.' of Surveyor-General in Red on Perf 11½-12½ 4d dull purple, exceptional centring & perfs, a few slightly toned perf tips otherwise superb, large-part o.g. Rated RRR. One of the very finest Departmentals we have offered: acquired at the Prestige auction of 14.11.2014 for $3910. Ex Rev James Mursell, Colonel Harry Napier, "Hamilton" and Lord Samuel Vestey. BPA Certificate (2013). Symbol*Gradea a1 Estimate$3,500Price Realized$2,700StatusSold View details 44 'O.S.' OVERPRINTS: Attractively presented collection with Thick Overprint including 4d SG O1, 4d SG O3 unused x2, 2/- SG O5, 1/- SG O12 mint x2, 6d SG O14 unused, 6d SG O19 mint, 2/- SG O21 mint, good ranges of DLR Issues & Thin Overprints including 1d with Double Overprint SG O54a mint, Wide Overprint including 2d with the Overprint Inverted SG O82a mint, etc, also a few forged overprints, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (87) 87 Symbol*Ωo Estimate$1,250Price Realized$950StatusSold View details 45 1853-67 Imperforate Issues on hingeless pages with Couriers 1d x2 & 4d x9 including a pair, Large Star 1d x2, 2d x3 & 4d x8 including two strips of 3, No Watermark 1d x3 (one with postal manuscript cancel), 2d & 4d x2, Numeral Watermarks 1d x73 including two strips of 3 with postal manuscript cancels, three strips of 4 with Barred Numerals, & a remarkable strip of 12 with 'COLONIAL TREASURY' cds, and 2d x54 including nine pairs, strip of 4 with postal manuscript cancels, & strips of 5 & 8 193 Symbolo Estimate$5,000Price Realized$4,000StatusSold View details 46 1853 Couriers ONE PENNY: Early Printings on Medium Soft Yellowish Paper 1d pale blue SG 1, margins close to large with complete outer framelines, unused, Cat £11,000. A remarkably fine unused example. Ex Koichi Sato: acquired for €3840. RPSofV Certificate (1999) as 1d blue SG 2 (also Cat £11,000). SymbolΩGradea Estimate$7,500Price Realized$7,000StatusSold View details 47 1853 Couriers Early Printings on Medium Soft Yellowish Paper 1d pale blue SG 1 horizontal pair, margins good to very large with complete outer framelines, a couple of insignificant surface blemishes, scissor-cut at the base between the units with coincident minor closed tear to the outer frameline of the left-hand unit, unused, Cat £22,000++. One of the most important "Number One" items of Tasmania. Ex Maurice Burrus, Gene Tinsley (front cover of the catalogue) & Koichi Sato SymbolΩGradea- Estimate$15,000Price Realized$11,500StatusSold View details 48 1853 Couriers Early Printings on Medium Soft Yellowish Paper 1d pale blue SG 1, margins good to large with complete outer framelines, untidy numeral cancellation, Cat £1500. Ex Sir Henry Somerset. SymbolgGradea Estimate$750Price Realized$540StatusSold View details 49 1853 Couriers Early Printings on Medium Soft Yellowish Paper 1d blue SG 2 horizontal strip of 4, margins good to large with complete outer framelines except at left, the second & third units with thinning & the third unit with 3mm closed tear at the top, untidy numeral cancellations, Cat £6000++. A rare multiple. Ex Sir Henry Somerset. SymbolgGradea/b Estimate$2,500Price Realized$1,800StatusSold View details 50 1853 Couriers Later Printings on Hard White Paper 1d pale blue SG 3, large even margins with complete outer framelines, superb First Allocation BN '64' cancellation, Cat £1300. Superb! Ex Sir Henry Somerset. RPSofL Certificate (1973). SymbolfGradea+ Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 51 1853 Couriers 1d pale blue SG 3, an enormous example with margins good to huge & almost complete 'Printed by H & C Bes[t]' Imprint, on 1855 (June) part town letter to "FC Smith/Postmaster General/Hobarton" irregularly cancelled with a light strike of the 'PRE-PAID' datestamp of Hobart in red overstruck with & tied by very fine First Allocation BN '61', docketing on the face & with endorsement within referring to a convict Samuel [ ? ] (presumably the writer) & signed "Thos Barnard/Postmaster/14. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$4,000Price Realized$3,200StatusSold View details 52 1853 Couriers Later Printings on Hard White Paper 1d blue SG 4 irregular strip of 4 [1-3/7], large even margins with complete outer framelines except at lower-left, First Allocation BN '61' cancellations of Hobart, Cat £5200++. A rare & remarkably fine multiple. Ex Maurice Burrus and Sir Henry Somerset. RPSofV Certificate (2016). Symbolg/fGradea Estimate$5,000StatusUnsold View details 53 1853 Couriers FOUR PENCE: Plate I Fine Engraving 4d bright brownish orange SG 6 horizontal pair [19-20], margins good to large with complete outer framelines & traces of the imprint below the first unit, light numeral cancellation, Cat £2600+. Superb! Ex Lars Amundsen and Sir Henry Somerset SymbolfGradea+ Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,440StatusSold View details 54 1853 Couriers Plate I Worn Impressions with Blurred Lines 4d red-orange SG 7 Double Impression, margins close to large with complete outer framelines, very fine First Allocation '60' cancellation, Cat £475++. Georg Bühler Certificate (1981). [The doubling is most apparent in the central circle & the field behind the Queen's head] SymbolfGradea Estimate$600Price Realized$360StatusSold View details 55 1853 Couriers Plate II Coarse Engraving 4d orange SG 10, good even margins with complete outer framelines, superb First Allocation BN '64' cancellation, Cat £425. SymbolfGradea Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 56 1853 Couriers Plate II Coarse Engraving 4d orange SG 10 horizontal strip of 3 [2-4], margins close to large with complete outer framelines except at left, insignificant scissor-cut at base between the second & third units, First Allocation BN '59' cancellations, Cat £1275+. Ex Koichi Sato. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolfGradea Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 57 1853 Couriers Plate II Coarse Engraving 4d dull orange SG 11 [19] with margins good to large with complete outer framelines & complete 'Printed by H & C Best' Imprint, creased, unused, Cat £5500+. Ex Koichi Sato, who stated it is the only recorded unused imprint stamp from Plate II. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolΩGradeb Estimate$5,000Price Realized$3,800StatusSold View details 58 1855 London Printings with Large Star Wmk 1d carmine SG 14, an unusually large example with generous margins & a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, superb First Allocation BN '68' & small-part of 'PAID' cds of London (?) in red, Cat £900. Superb! RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolfGradea+ Estimate$750Price Realized$540StatusSold View details 59 1855 London Printings with Large Star Wmk 1d carmine SG 14 horizontal strip of 3, almost full margins except at the top of the second & third units where a little cut-into, the first unit is very fine, untidy cancellations, Cat £2700+. A rare multiple. Ex Sir Henry Somerset. RPSofV Certificate (2016). Symbolf/hGradea/b Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,080StatusSold View details 60 1856-57 No Watermark Thin White Paper 1d pale brick-red SG 19, good even margins, lightly cancelled, Cat £650. Ex Koichi Sato (in a mixed lot), SymbolfGradea Estimate$400Price Realized$360StatusSold View details 61 1856-57 No Watermark Thin White Paper 1d pale brick-red SG 19 horizontal pair, margins good to huge with fragments of three adjoining units, First Allocation BN '60', Cat £1300+. Scarce multiple. RPSofV Certificate (2016) states "genuine, repaired" which appears to be a very professional job to in-fill some thinning. SymbolfGrade(a) Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 62 1856-57 No Watermark Thin White Paper 2d pale emerald-green SG 20, unusually large margins with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left, tiny closed tear in the margin at lower-left, First Allocation BN '52' of Ross, Cat £950. Ex Koichi Sato. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolfGradea- Estimate$350Price Realized$250StatusSold View details 63 1856-57 No Watermark Thin White Paper 2d pale emerald-green SG 20, delicate shade, margins good to huge with a chunk of the adjoining unit above, First Allocation BN '52' cancellation of Ross, Cat £950. Superb! Ex Koichi Sato (in a mixed lot), SymbolfGradea+ Estimate$750Price Realized$540StatusSold View details 64 1856-57 No Watermark Thin White Paper 2d pale emerald-green SG 20 horizontal strip of 3, margins good to large except where a little cut-into at the base of the third unit, minor faults, postal manuscript cancellation, Cat £2850++. The equal largest recorded multiple: only two other strips of three have been recorded. Ex Koichi Sato. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolgGradea/b Estimate$1,250Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 65 1856-57 No Watermark Thin White Paper 2d dull emerald-green SG 20 with Major Pre-Printing Paper Fold, remarkably for such an item with full margins & fragments of the adjoining unit at right, a little aged, lightly cancelled, Cat £950+. Ex Koichi Sato (in a mixed lot), SymbolfGradeb Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 66 1856-57 No Watermark Pelure Paper 1d deep red-brown SG 24 horizontal pair, margins close to good except at lower-left where very slightly cut-into, lightly cancelled, Cat £1500+. A rare multiple. Ex GH Boucher and Sir Henry Somerset. RPSofL Certificate (1931). SymbolfGradea/b Estimate$1,000Price Realized$720StatusSold View details 67 1857-67 Double-Lined Numerals 1d pale red-brown SG 26 block of 6 (3x2), margins just clear to good, ironed-out central horizontal crease & some minor soiling, unused, Cat £3600++. A rare multiple. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolΩGradea/b Estimate$1,750StatusUnsold View details 68 1857-67 Double-Lined Numerals 2d slate-green SG 34 horizontal strip of 3, margins close to large, large-part o.g., Cat £1125++. Another rare multiple. Ex Sir Henry Somerset. RPSofV Certificate (2016). Symbol*Gradea Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,400StatusSold View details 69 1857-67 Double-Lined Numerals 4d pale blue SG 36 block of 9 [4-6/16-18/28-30], Pos [6] with Major Re-Entry at the Base, a few faults, large-part (aged) o.g., Cat £3600++. Ex Robert Gill and Koichi Sato. RPSofV Certificate (2016). Symbol* Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 70 1857-67 Double-Lined Numerals 4d blue SG 37 horizontal strip of 5, good to large margins at left & base, shaved/a little cut-into elsewhere, a few thins, large-part o.g., Cat £2000+. Ex Sir Henry Somerset. RPSofV Certificate (2016) mentions an "ironed-out light crease" that we can't detect. Symbol*Gradeb/c Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 71 1858 'TASMANIA' London Printings 6d imperforate plate proof block of 21 (7x3) in dull violet on ungummed Large Star Watermark paper, full margins except at upper-right, characteristic fading, ironed-out creases & faults, Cat £15,750+: see footnote below SG 18. One of the largest surviving multiples. [Gene Tinsley at page 24 states "A sheet was discovered in crumpled condition at the back of a drawer...All known copies [sic] are unused with ironed-out creases...". This item was formerly SymbolP Estimate$2,500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold View details 72 1860-67 'TASMANIA' Hobart Printings 6d dull slate-grey SG 44, 6d slate-violet SG 48 (outer frameline shaved at base) & 6d reddish mauve SG 49 x3 (one with '1'-in-bars cancel of Melbourne), all with full margins & two with fragments of an adjoining unit, Cat £700. SymbolfGradea/a+ Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 73 1863-71 Experimental Separations Oblique Roulette 14-15 4d pale blue SG 101 with rouletting at left & the top, otherwise cut from the sheet & just shaved at lower-right, BN '64' of Hobart, Cat £1000. A rare & underrated stamp. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolfGradea- Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 74 1871-91 Perforated by the Post Office Perf 12 6d dull claret SG 143 marginal blocks of 12 (4x3) & 24 (6x4, the second unit stained at the base) from the left of the sheet, virtually full o.g. with many units being unmounted, Cat £1800++ (mounted). Ex Alfred Caspary and Sir Henry Somerset. (2 blocks) 2 Symbol*/**Gradea Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold View details 75 1871-78 Sidefaces Printed in Hobart from De La Rue Plates Perf 11½ 1d rose vertical pair as SG 144 but Imperforate Horizontally, pre-printing paper crease largely between the units. A new discovery: unlisted by Stanley Gibbons. RPSofV Certificate (2016). Symbolg/fGradeb Estimate$1,000Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 76 1871-78 Sidefaces Printed in Hobart from De La Rue Plates Perf 11½ 1d rose vertical pair as SG 144 but Imperforate Horizontally, light fold between the units to assist separation. A new discovery: unlisted by Stanley Gibbons. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolgGradea Estimate$1,500Price Realized$7,500StatusSold View details 77 1880-91 Sidefaces Perf 12 4d chrome-yellow Printed on Both Sides SG 166ab, an unusually fine & fresh example with large-part o.g., Cat £1500+. Ex Sir Henry Somerset. RPSofV Certificate (2016). Like most examples, the design is virtually illegible on both sides. However, under UV examination, it is obvious that the printing on the reverse is Sideways! Symbol*Gradea Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 78 1891 Surcharge 'd./2½' on 9d pale blue with the Surcharge Double One Inverted SG 168a horizontal pair, large-part o.g., Cat £1400+. Scarce multiple. RPSofV Certificate (2016). Symbol*Gradea Estimate$1,000Price Realized$950StatusSold View details 79 1903 Sidefaces Typo in Melbourne 9d ultramarine BW #T65D (SG 242f) block of 4, the third unit with a tiny surface blemish, large-part o.g. the last unit being unmounted, Cat $4000+ (£1700++). A very rare multiple of this distinctive shade. Ex Sir Henry Somerset. RPSofV Certificate (2016). Symbol*/**Gradea/a- Estimate$1,750Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 80 BOOKLETS: 1911 2/- (Pictorials ½d block of 12 & 1d block of 18) as BW #B6(T) (SG SB4) but with the Original Text, complete - rarely obtainable thus for these issues - and unusally fine, Cat $7500++ (£6500) for just the cover + at least one stamp. An extremely rare & unlisted variant. SymbolbGradea Estimate$6,000Price Realized$3,600StatusSold View details 81 POSTAL FISCALS: 1863-80 St George & the Dragon Perf 11½ 10/- salmon SG F25 horizontal pair, large-part o.g., Cat £1100++. A very rare multiple. RPSofV Certificate (2013). Symbol*Gradea Estimate$1,250StatusUnsold View details 82 PICTORIAL ENVELOPES: 1898 Scenic Issue Envelopes 2d & 2½d HG B2 & 3 complete set of the twelve views, a few minor blemishes but generally very fine to superb unused. [These envelopes are among the most beautiful postal stationery items ever issued. Printed by Waterlow & Sons, only 308 sets were produced] (12) 12 SymbolpsGradea-/a+ Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,400StatusSold View details 83 1850-57 Half-Lengths selection with a few Ham printings but mostly from the Campbell or Campbell & Fergusson printings comprising 1d x21, 2d x6 & 3d x21, many attractive & fine to very fine stamps, condition variable but a well above-average group. High catalogue value. (48) 48 Symbolo Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,400StatusSold View details 84 1850-53 Half-Lengths by Thomas Ham Fourth State of the Die (Coarse Border & Background) 2d dull brownish lilac SG 15c [21], virtually full margins with a fragment of the adjoining unit above, unused, Cat £7500. An unusually fine & attractive example of this rare stamp. RPSofV (undated; 1970s) & David Brandon (2004) Certificates. [Gary Diffen had no unused example of this stamp. His two unused examples of SG 15b sold in November 2007 for £7200 each] SymbolΩGradeb Estimate$5,000Price Realized$3,000StatusSold View details 85 1854-57 Half-Lengths by Campbell & Fergusson 1d lilac-rose SG 28b, margins good to huge, shallow thin doesn't detract from the exceptional appearance, unused, Cat £1500. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolΩGradeb Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 86 1854-57 Half-Lengths by Campbell & Fergusson 3d blue SG 31b horizontal Inter-Panneau strip of 6 [22-24 & 19-21] with full margins except at lower-right of the last unit, the first & third units are very fine, the other units with faults, light BN cancels & European '.../BRIEF EXPEDITION' cds, Cat £288++. A rare and - despite the faults - desirable specialist piece. Symbolo Estimate$400Price Realized$950StatusSold View details 87 1854-55 Woodblocks 6d 'TOO LATE' SG 33 [9], large even margins, a couple of tiny defects, unused with part-o.g., Cat £2750. Ex Roland Geitenbeek: acquired in October 2014 for $2981. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolΩGradeb Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSold View details 88 1854-55 Woodblocks 1/- 'REGISTERED' SG 34 [9] Die I First Printing, an unusually large example with good even margins, a couple of minor shallow thins, unused, Cat £3500. Most attractive. Ex Roland Geitenbeek - acquired in October 2014 for $5247 - where it was described as "Superior quality & one of the best unused examples in existence". RPSofV Certificate (2016). [Geoff Kellow at page 98 states "Unused stamps are very rare...only about one dozen singles are known"] SymbolΩGradea- Estimate$4,000Price Realized$9,000StatusSold View details 89 1854-55 Woodblocks 1/- 'REGISTERED' SG 34 Die II selection including twelve with full margins, condition variable with several being fine to very fine, two on small pieces & one with manuscript "X" cancellation, Cat £3800. An unusual opportunity for the specialist. Ex Roland Geitenbeek. [Die I stamps have tiny letters 'V R' below 'REGISTERED'. On Die II, 'V R' is omitted. Yet again, we urge Gibbons to list both variants. Geoff Kellow at page 98 states "Die 2 stamps are 3-4 times scarcer than Die 19 Symbolo Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,100StatusSold View details 90 1854-55 Woodblocks 1/- 'REGISTERED' SG 34 Die II exhibit page with large-part reconstruction of 23 of the 25 positions on the plate, mostly with full margins, four are rouletted SG 55 (one on small piece), condition variable but well above-average for platings, postmarks include Barred Numerals '8', '9', '31', '46' x2 & '113', Cat £5400++ (as Die 1 stamps). Ex Roland Geitenbeek, where stated "This Die 2 reconstruction is the only one in existence at any reasonable level of completion and Symbolo Estimate$4,000StatusUnsold View details 91 1859 Emblems New Printings Perf 12 4d rose-carmine as SG 85 but a vertical pair Imperforate Between Corrected with a Row of Rouletting, BN Reversed '6' of Port Fairy, sensibly reinforced. A dramatic and unique variety. Unlisted by Gibbons, despite its impeccable provenance. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Marcel Burrus, JRW Purves, Rodney Perry & Ken Barelli: acquired at the Prestige auction of 2.5.2014 for $7187. RPSofV Certificate (1997). Illustrated by Geoff Kellow in "Stamps of Victoria" on Colour SymbolfGradea Estimate$6,500Price Realized$23,000StatusSold View details 92 1867-81 Laureates V/Crown Perf 13 8d lilac-brown/pink SG 137, exceptional centring, large-part o.g., Cat £190. In this issue, perhaps one stamp in 1000 is this well centred. Symbol*Gradea a1 Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 93 1884 Stamp Statute 4d rose with the Watermark Upright SG 222a, large-part o.g., Cat £1100. A very scarce stamp. RPSofV Certificate (2014). [Acquired at the Prestige auction of 15.8.2014 for $862] Symbol*Gradea c1 Estimate$750Price Realized$1,100StatusSold View details 94 1884 Stamp Statute '½d/HALF' on 1d pale green SG 234 strip of 4 [22-25], the third unit with Retouched Ornament below 'ONE PENNY', the fourth unit unmounted, Cat £440++. [Kellow at page 214 states that only 5960 were issued but that the low face value enabled philatelists to acquire "small stocks". Hugh Freeman's two strips of 5 sold at the Prestige auction of 23.9.2011 for $1035 & $1495 respectively] Symbol*/**Gradea b1 Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 95 1884-96 Large Stamp Duty Wmk '19' £1 orange/yellow Perf 12½ SG 262a, large-part o.g., Cat £1200. RPSofV Certificate (2014). Symbol*Gradea c1 Estimate$750Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 96 1884-96 Large Stamp Duty Wmk '33' Perf 12½ 15/- brown SG 273a, a couple of tiny blemishes, large-part o.g., Cat £1500. RPSofV Certificate (2016). Symbol*Gradea- b1 Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold View details 97 BOOKLETS: 1909-12 One Pound (1d pink x240) Blue/Pink cover with view "GENERAL POST OFFICE, ADELAIDE" on the reverse BW #B4(V)A (SG SB1b) with two complete blocks of 60 & a third block from which eight stamps have been removed - making a total of 172 of 240 stamps - minor splitting at the cover-fold but very fresh and of exceptional appearance, Cat $25,000+ (£20,000). An outstanding item: illustrated also on the back cover of this catalogue. SymbolbGradea- Estimate$20,000Price Realized$12,000StatusSold View details 98 BOOKLETS: 1911 2/- (½d block of 12 & 1d blocks of 6 & 12) with the Revised Text BW #B6(V)D (SG SB4var), complete - rarely obtainable thus for these issues - with only minor blemishes, Cat $6000++ (£6000) for just the cover + at least one stamp. SymbolbGradeb Estimate$3,000Price Realized$1,800StatusSold View details 99 FOUR PENCE - IMPERFORATE: 4d pale blue SG 3 vertical pair, margins good to large except to the right of the lower unit where just shaved, 15-bars '1' cancels of Perth, Cat £400+. Used multiples of any 4d printing are scarce to rare; vertical pairs are scarcer than horizontal pairs. SymbolfGradea/b Estimate$450Price Realized$360StatusSold View details 100 FOUR PENCE - IMPERFORATE: 4d pale blue SG 3 vertical strip of 3, margins just clear to good except to the right of the central unit where just shaved, manuscript "IIII" cancels overstruck with void grid in black, Cat £600+. A rare multiple; postal manuscript cancellations on Western Australian Imperfs are very elusive. SymbolgGradea/b Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next
