Australian Colonies: The Trevor Hiscock Collection (#115MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-100 of 262. Previous|123|Next Lot #1 1850-51 Sydney Views 1d plate proof horizontal pair in black on thick wove paper/thin card, good even margins. Not previously seen by us & of unknown status. RPSofV Certificate (2016) states "it is a posthumous reproduction". View details Estimate$250Price Realized$320StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #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). View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,400StatusSold Symbol*Gradeb Lot #3 1854 Laureates with Numeral Watermark 2d Prussian blue SG 85, good even margins with outer framelines at left & base, unused, Cat £350. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$180StatusSold SymbolΩGradea Lot #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. View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$720StatusSold SymbolΩGrade(a-) Lot #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) View details Quantity110Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Symbol*Ωo Lot #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) View details Quantity11Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,080StatusSold Symbol*ΩGradea/b Lot #7 1861-88 "Coin" 5/- rose-lilac Perf 10 SG 178 two blocks of 4, one with rough perforations, Cat £440++. Very scarce multiples. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$220StatusSold Symbolf/gGradea Lot #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) View details Quantity4Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolsGradea Lot #9 Rays Numerals '151' of Condamine very fine strike on NSW Imperf Diadems 2d strip of 3 with almost full margins. Rated RRRR. View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold SymbolfGradea a1 Lot #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 View details Quantity128Estimate$3,000Price Realized$3,800StatusSold Symbol*Ωo Lot #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). View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold SymbolfGrade(a) Lot #12 1860 Large Star Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 1d carmine-rose SG 4, unused, Cat £2750. A rare stamp. RPSofV Certificate (2016). View details Estimate$1,750Price Realized$1,400StatusSold SymbolΩGradea Lot #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). View details Estimate$600Price Realized$950StatusSold SymbolΩGradeb Lot #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). View details Estimate$500Price Realized$440StatusSold SymbolΩGradea- Lot #15 1860-61 Small Star Clean-Cut Perf 14 at Somerset House 1d carmine-rose SG 12, unused, Cat £375. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$200StatusSold SymbolΩGradea Lot #16 1866-67 Lithographs First Transfer 4d red-lilac SG 53, tiny pinhole, unused, Cat £400. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$120StatusSold SymbolΩGradea- Lot #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. View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Symbol*Gradea Lot #18 1866-67 Lithographs Second Transfer 4d lilac with Major Transfer Flaw ('OUR' Missing) SG 55b, horizontal crease, Cat £550. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$320StatusSold SymbolfGradeb Lot #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] View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold SymbolΩGradec Lot #20 1866-67 Lithographs 5/- pale rose SG 58, unusually clean-cut perfs for this issue, unused, Cat £1100. View details Estimate$600Price Realized$1,200StatusSold SymbolΩGradea Lot #21 1868-78 Crown/Q 6d bright apple-green Imperforate horizontal pair SG 92a, good even margins, unused, Cat £700. Superb! View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$600StatusSold SymbolΩGradea+ Lot #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). View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,000StatusSold SymbolΩGradeb Lot #23 1879 No Watermark 6d pale emerald-green SG 116, large-part o.g., Cat £400. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$600StatusSold Symbol*Gradea Lot #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 & View details Quantity170Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Symbol*Ωo Lot #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] View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,800StatusSold Symbol*Gradea/a- Lot #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] View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold SymboloGradea Lot #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] View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold SymbolPGradea Lot #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) View details Quantity3Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Symbol*Gradea/a- Lot #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"] View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold SymbolgGradeb b1 Lot #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). View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Symbol*Gradeb c1 Lot #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) View details Quantity2Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Symbol*Gradea Lot #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) View details Quantity11Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Symbol* Lot #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) View details Quantity28Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold Symbolo Lot #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 View details Quantity180Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,400StatusSold Symbol*Ω Lot #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! View details Estimate$600Price Realized$480StatusSold SymbolΩGradea+ Lot #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). View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold SymbolΩGradeb Lot #37 1856-58 Adelaide Printings 2d red SG 9 horizontal pair, margins good to large, ironed-out horizontal crease, unused, Cat £1500+. View details Estimate$750Price Realized$450StatusSold SymbolΩGrade(a-) Lot #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. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold SymbolΩGradea Lot #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) View details Quantity9Estimate$1,000Price Realized$800StatusSold Symbol*ΩGradea/b Lot #40 1868-79 Perf 11½-12½ '3-PENCE' in Black on 4d Prussian blue SG 66, 'PORT AUGUSTA' cds, Cat £850. RPSofL Certificate (2008). View details Estimate$500Price Realized$480StatusSold SymbolfGradea Lot #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) View details Quantity15Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold Symbol*Gradea/a- Lot #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). View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold SymbolΩGradec Lot #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). View details Estimate$3,500Price Realized$2,700StatusSold Symbol*Gradea a1 Lot #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) View details Quantity87Estimate$1,250Price Realized$950StatusSold Symbol*Ωo Lot #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 View details Quantity193Estimate$5,000Price Realized$4,000StatusSold Symbolo Lot #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). View details Estimate$7,500Price Realized$7,000StatusSold SymbolΩGradea Lot #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 View details Estimate$15,000Price Realized$11,500StatusSold SymbolΩGradea- Lot #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. View details Estimate$750Price Realized$540StatusSold SymbolgGradea Lot #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. View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$1,800StatusSold SymbolgGradea/b Lot #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). View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold SymbolfGradea+ Lot #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. View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$3,200StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #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). View details Estimate$5,000StatusUnsold Symbolg/fGradea Lot #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 View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,440StatusSold SymbolfGradea+ Lot #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] View details Estimate$600Price Realized$360StatusSold SymbolfGradea Lot #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. View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold SymbolfGradea Lot #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). View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold SymbolfGradea Lot #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). View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$3,800StatusSold SymbolΩGradeb Lot #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). View details Estimate$750Price Realized$540StatusSold SymbolfGradea+ Lot #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). View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,080StatusSold Symbolf/hGradea/b Lot #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), View details Estimate$400Price Realized$360StatusSold SymbolfGradea Lot #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. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSold SymbolfGrade(a) Lot #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). View details Estimate$350Price Realized$250StatusSold SymbolfGradea- Lot #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), View details Estimate$750Price Realized$540StatusSold SymbolfGradea+ Lot #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). View details Estimate$1,250Price Realized$750StatusSold SymbolgGradea/b Lot #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), View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold SymbolfGradeb Lot #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). View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$720StatusSold SymbolfGradea/b Lot #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). View details Estimate$1,750StatusUnsold SymbolΩGradea/b Lot #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). View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Symbol*Gradea Lot #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). View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Symbol* Lot #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. View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradeb/c Lot #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 View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold SymbolP Lot #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. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolfGradea/a+ Lot #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). View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold SymbolfGradea- Lot #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) View details Quantity2Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Symbol*/**Gradea Lot #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). View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$800StatusSold Symbolg/fGradeb Lot #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). View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$7,500StatusSold SymbolgGradea Lot #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! View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradea Lot #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). View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$950StatusSold Symbol*Gradea Lot #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). View details Estimate$1,750Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Symbol*/**Gradea/a- Lot #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. View details Estimate$6,000Price Realized$3,600StatusSold SymbolbGradea Lot #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). View details Estimate$1,250StatusUnsold Symbol*Gradea Lot #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) View details Quantity12Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,400StatusSold SymbolpsGradea-/a+ Lot #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) View details Quantity48Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Symbolo Lot #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] View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$3,000StatusSold SymbolΩGradeb Lot #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). View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold SymbolΩGradeb Lot #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. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$950StatusSold Symbolo Lot #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). View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSold SymbolΩGradeb Lot #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"] View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$9,000StatusSold SymbolΩGradea- Lot #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 View details Quantity19Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Symbolo Lot #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 View details Estimate$4,000StatusUnsold Symbolo Lot #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 View details Estimate$6,500Price Realized$23,000StatusSold SymbolfGradea Lot #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. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Symbol*Gradea a1 Lot #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] View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Symbol*Gradea c1 Lot #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] View details Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSold Symbol*/**Gradea b1 Lot #95 1884-96 Large Stamp Duty Wmk '19' £1 orange/yellow Perf 12½ SG 262a, large-part o.g., Cat £1200. RPSofV Certificate (2014). View details Estimate$750Price Realized$850StatusSold Symbol*Gradea c1 Lot #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). View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Symbol*Gradea- b1 Lot #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. View details Estimate$20,000Price Realized$12,000StatusSold SymbolbGradea- Lot #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. View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$1,800StatusSold SymbolbGradeb Lot #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. View details Estimate$450Price Realized$360StatusSold SymbolfGradea/b Lot #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. View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold SymbolgGradea/b Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next
