VICTORIA: featuring Max Watson’s Franks & Les Molnar’s TPOs 04 03, 2017 View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews 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 492. Previous|12345|Next Image Lot # Item Title Quantity Time Left Your Bids 1 VICTORIA - Stockbook of mostly Classics with a page of Half-Lengths, Queen-on-Throne 2d x10, 1d strips of 4 x2 & 6d strip of 3, Emblems including 4d proof strip of 4 & Star Wmk 4d strip of 6 (faults but possibly the largest recorded multiple), Beaded Ovals 4d Wmk 'FIVE/SHILLINGS' strip of 3, Rouletted 4d & 6d orange, Laureates 2d mint, 3d mauve x3, 8d orange, 8d brown/pink strip of 3 & 10d grey x2, commercial piece with remarkable franking of Laureates 6d & 5/- x2 + Woodblocks 2/- blue/green pai SymbolO Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSold View details 2 VICTORIA - Stockbook with four pages of Classics plus later issues to 5/- used pair & a damaged KEVII £1, also punctured 'OS' to 2/- x2, Postage Dues & a handy selection of Revenues, condition variable. (100s) SymbolO Estimate$300Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 3 VICTORIA - Small box of stamps loose & on stockcards including a card of Shilling Octagonals (one Imperf apparently unused), Woodblocks 6d orange Rouletted x3 & 6d black apparently imperf, Laureates 5/- blue/yellow, Astley 6d pair apparently Printed on the Gummed Side, some CTO including Postage Dues to 5/- x3, etc. Seek and ye may find! (100s) SymbolO Estimate$850Price Realized$2,200StatusSold View details 4 VICTORIA - Large bundle of auction lots - some from the early-1960s! - etc with all sorts of material that didn't fit anywhere else or that duplicated other sections. Your inspection will be worthwhile. (many 100s) Symbol*O Estimate$500Price Realized$3,000StatusSold View details 5 VICTORIA - Double Perforations selection including Woodblocks 2/- blue/green, DLR 2d x2, Bell ½d pair, Naish ½d, later 9d green x2 (one on registered piece), 'POSTAGE' 1½d, 1d perf 'OS' mint block of 4, etc, a few minor faults. Scarce lot. (21 items) SymbolO* Estimate$350StatusUnsold View details 6 VICTORIA - Packet of mint singles & pairs including Naish 8d pair, 1/-, 2/- olive, 2/- blue-green, 2/- apple-green pairs x3, Large Stamp Duty 3/- drab, 9d green pair, 1897 & 1900 Charities, No 'POSTAGE' 9d x6, 2/- x5 & 5/-, 'POSTAGE' to 5/- x2, etc, large-part o.g. (100+) Symbol*/** Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 7 VICTORIA - Blocks of 4 including Naish 2d 3d & 8d, 1/6d orange x2 shades, 1901 1d olive & 3d grey-green, No 'POSTAGE' 4d, 'POSTAGE' 2½d x3 (two with all units unmounted), etc, also 'POSTAGE' ½d blocks of 4 & 8 with Official Repairs, large-part o.g. with some units being unmounted. (22 blocks) Symbol*/**GradeA Estimate$500Price Realized$500StatusSold View details 8 VICTORIA - Large blocks including 1½d green block of 15, 1d olive blocks of 6 & 24, No 'POSTAGE' 3d blocks of 6 & 9, etc, large-part o.g. with most units being unmounted. Symbol*/**GradeA Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 9 VICTORIA - Pizza box with untidy array including a few Classics & a few covers, some postmark interest & some Post Office forms, mixed condition. (few 100) SymbolOC/L Estimate$100Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 10 VICTORIA - "Types" collection on pages with Ham Half-Lengths 1d 2d & 3d, Woodblocks Imperf 2/-, 6d 'TOO LATE' & 1/- 'REGISTERED', Beaded Ovals 6d orange, Laureates 3d mauve, 8d orange & 10d grey, 1897 Charity duo (mint), KEVII £1 & £2 both CTO, etc, condition of the earlies is rather mixed. (80) 80 SymbolO Estimate$750Price Realized$1,100StatusSold View details 11 VICTORIA - CANCELLED TO ORDER: All-different selection with Large Stamp Duty x10 values to £10 (Cat £850), Small Stamp Duty x11 values to 2/- x2 (these are very scarce), No 'POSTAGE' x5 values to 1/-, KEVII £2 (superb!), and Postage Dues Red & Green set to 5/-, many with large-part o.g. (40) 40 SymbolVGradeA/A+ Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 12 VICTORIA - CANCELLED TO ORDER: 1884-96 Large Stamp Duty 2/6d to £100 between SG 260 & 292a missing only the £5, large-part o.g., Cat £3300+. Rarely offered as a "set". [The Gibbons prices for all values in this series are for CTO stamps. Postally used examples are much scarcer and no postally used example of any Victorian denomination above £2 has been recorded. The 35/- was not released CTO & the £5 is rare CTO] (17) 17 SymbolVGradeA B1 Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,800StatusSold View details 13 VICTORIA - CANCELLED TO ORDER: 1886-96 Fergusson & Mitchell £5 to £9 SG 324-8, large-part o.g., Cat £1160. [The Gibbons prices are for CTO stamps. No postally used example of any denomination has been recorded] SymbolVGradeA B1 Estimate$800Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 14 VICTORIA - CANCELLED TO ORDER: 1901 No 'POSTAGE' blocks of 4 comprising 3d 6d 9d 1/- 2/- (lower units mounted) & 5/- (the second unit with corner fault), plus 1901-10 V/Crown 1d & 5d blocks of 4, large-part o.g. the lower units being unmounted & rare thus. Very rare multiples. Ex AE Layton. (8 blocks) SymbolVGradeA/A+ Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 15 VICTORIA - CANCELLED TO ORDER: - 1901-10 V/Crown horizontal pairs comprising 3d 4d 5d 6d 9d 2/- & 5/- plus Postage Dues 1d 4d 6d 1/- 2/- & 5/-, large-part o.g. Ex AE Layton. There were no multiples in Bill McCredie's exceptional collection. (13 pairs) SymbolVGradeA B1 Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 16 VICTORIA - REPRINTS: Selection comprising Half-Lengths Imperf 1d & 2d and Perf 3d, Queen on Throne Imperf 1d 2d & 6d, Imperf 1/- Octagonal, Beaded Ovals 3d blue & 4d, Netted Corners 1d, Laureates 3d yellow, 8d orange, 10d grey & 1/-, Bell ½d 1d & 1/-, Naish 4d & 1/-, all with italicised 'Reprint' Overprint, no gum; also Stamp Statute £5 black & green with italicised 'REPRINT' Overprint in red, large-part o.g. (20) 20 SymbolΩ*GradeA Estimate$300Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 17 VICTORIA - COMMERCIAL PERFINS: Selection on Hagners including several pairs & several on piece plus usages on PPCs x3 (one of 1920 "tied"), on 1900 James Spicer & Sons cover, on 1901 Trustees Executors & Agency registered cover (opened-out) & on oversize 1901 cover with 1d & 2d x12 all with 'RR/&Co' of Robert Reid & Co. (188 + 6 covers) SymbolOC Estimate$250Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 18 VICTORIA - FORGERIES: Half-Lengths 2d x3 (one with corner missing) & 3d x2 plus Jeffryes 2d & 3d corner blocks of 8 9 & 25 of both values, Queen-on-Throne 2d x3, Shilling Octagonal x2 and Laureates 5/- blue & red imperf!, condition variable. (95) 95 SymbolΩO Estimate$250Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 19 HALF-LENGTHS - Reference collection of mostly Ham shades comprising ONE PENNY x11 including SG 5 & a pair; TWO PENCE x30 and THREE PENCE x56 including two pairs & two blocks of 4, condition very mixed but many are presentable. High catalogue value. (97) 97 SymbolO Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,700StatusSold View details 20 HALF-LENGTHS - Unsorted selection in packets & on stockcards comprising 1d x50, 2d x32 + a forgery & 3d x38, several scarce multiples including 1d blocks of 4 & 5, condition very mixed but many are fine &/or attractive, a few are possibly unused. High catalogue value. Inspection strongly recommended. (120) 120 SymbolO Estimate$1,250Price Realized$3,400StatusSold View details 21 HALF-LENGTHS - Balance of the Half-Lengths on album pages & Hagners comprising 1d x69, 2d x11 & 3d x97, a few multiples including 1d strips of 3 & 4, again condition is very mixed but many are fine &/or attractive; also 3d forgeries sheet of 50. High catalogue value. Inspection strongly recommended. (177 + forgeries) SymbolO Estimate$1,250Price Realized$3,800StatusSold View details 22 HALF-LENGTHS - THOMAS HAM PRINTINGS: Mounted range of Ham shades comprising ONE PENNY SG 1b (poor), 5 pair, 5a, 8 & 8a pairs, 9a strip of 3, 12 pair on piece & 12a huge marginal example; TWO PENCE SG 3, 3a, 6, 6a, 10, 10a, 13b, 13c, 15, 15a, 15b strip of 3, 16, 16b pair, 17, 17a pair, 17b on piece & 17d; and THREE PENCE SG 4, 4a, 7, 11, 11a pair, 11b block of 4 on piece, 14 strip of 3, 14a & 14b; condition rather mixed but generally presentable to very attractive, Cat £11,000+ (not including the 51 SymbolO Estimate$3,000Price Realized$5,000StatusSold View details 23 HALF-LENGTHS - THOMAS HAM PRINTINGS: Original State of the Dies (Virtually No Colour above 'VICTORIA') 1d orange-brown SG 1a, margins close to large except at upper-right where a little cut-into, ironed-out vertical crease at right, Butterfly '15' of Geelong, Cat £2250. A rare stamp. SymbolFGrade(B) Estimate$500Price Realized$1,400StatusSold View details 24 HALF-LENGTHS - THOMAS HAM PRINTINGS: Original State of the Dies (Fine Border & Fine Background) 2d as SG 2 but in a deep rich red-lilac shade, margins just touching to large, light Butterfly '19' cancel (rated RR) of The Leigh, Cat £1000+. An extraordinary shade, quite unlike any other Original State 2d we have seen. One of the gems of the collection. Absent from Gary Diffen's collection. John Barwis had an example described as "lilac-rose", stated to be a discovery by JRW Purves, of which only SymbolFGradeA Estimate$4,000Price Realized$5,500StatusSold View details 25 HALF-LENGTHS - THOMAS HAM PRINTINGS: Second State of the Dies (More Colour above 'VICTORIA') 1d red-brown SG 5 two shades, both with margins good to large, the first with a minor stain, the second with a shallow thin, Cat £900. SymbolFGradeB Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 26 HALF-LENGTHS - THOMAS HAM PRINTINGS: Second State of the Dies (Fine Border but Coarse Background) 2d grey-lilac/dull grey group SG 6/a, three examples with full margins, a couple of minor thins, Butterfly cancels, Cat £1200 minimum. One with BPA Certificate (1975). (6) 6 SymbolGGradeA/A- Estimate$700Price Realized$700StatusSold View details 27 HALF-LENGTHS - THOMAS HAM PRINTINGS: Second State of the Dies (Fine Border but Coarse Background) 2d grey-lilac SG 6 marginal example from the lower-left corner of the sheet, margins just touching to huge with a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, insignificant crease, neat Butterfly '15' cancel of Geelong, Cat £200. A remarkably large example. SymbolFGradeA- Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 28 HALF-LENGTHS - THOMAS HAM PRINTINGS: Fourth State of the Dies (Coarse Border And Background) 2d red-lilac SG 15 [16], striking deep shade with margins close to large and with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left, Butterfly '38' (rated RR) of Warrnambool in blue (as always), Cat £325. SymbolFGradeA Estimate$250Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 29 HALF-LENGTHS - CAMPBELL & CO: 1d rose on Campbell's "better quality paper" SG 23a, margins good to large, neat Barred Oval '1' cancel of Melbourne, Cat £750. An extremely rare stamp showing the distinctive brownish rose shade of this printing. RPSofV Certificate (2017). Geoff Kellow at page 51 states "...The rose shade is often misidentified...There are probably only about two dozen copies of this shade recorded". In fact, most examples offered for sale are not the right colour. For many years SymbolFGradeA Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,100StatusSold View details 30 HALF-LENGTHS - J.S. CAMPBELL & CO PRINTINGS: 3d blue SG 24 horizontal pair [23-24], margins close to good, Cat £100+. A very fine multiple. SymbolFGradeA Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold View details 31 HALF-LENGTHS - CAMPBELL & FERGUSSON PRINTINGS: 1d shades between SG 26 & 28c singles x12, four pairs & a vertical strip of 3, all with full margins & generally very fine, Cat £1600 approximately. (23) 23 SymbolOGradeA/B Estimate$600Price Realized$1,400StatusSold View details 32 HALF-LENGTHS - CAMPBELL & FERGUSSON PRINTINGS: 1d dull red SG 26b horizontal interpanneau strip of 4 [23-24-19-20], the third & fourth units with Redrawn Lines at the Base, a little cut-into at places, minor stain at upper-right, Cat £440+. The equal-largest recorded multiple. [Gary Diffen recorded only three strips of 4. His very fine but heavily cancelled strip sold for £1800] SymbolFGradeA/B Estimate$1,000Price Realized$950StatusSold View details 33 HALF-LENGTHS - CAMPBELL & FERGUSSON PRINTINGS: 1d bright rose-pink SG 27b singles x8 and two horizontal pairs, most with full margins & a couple are very large stamps, most with plate positions pencilled on the reverse, Cat £1920. A very scarce group. (12) 12 SymbolV/GGradeA/A- Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,000StatusSold View details 34 HALF-LENGTHS - CAMPBELL & FERGUSSON PRINTINGS: 1d bright rose-pink SG 27b, three close to large margins but a little shaved/cut-into at left, unused, Cat £6000. Another rare stamp. Submitted to the RPSofV for expertising. [Gary Diffen recorded only three unused examples, being his almost very fine example that sold for £3480, & "an extensively faulty pair"] SymbolΩGradeB Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 35 HALF-LENGTHS - CAMPBELL & FERGUSSON PRINTINGS: 3d blue, 3d bright blue & 3d Prussian blue SG 29-31 group, all with virtually full margins, a few faults but quite presentable, unused, Cat £4800 minimum. Ex JRW Purves: removed from Lot 37. SymbolΩGradeB/C Estimate$1,000Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 36 HALF-LENGTHS - CAMPBELL & FERGUSSON PRINTINGS: 3d greenish blue SG 29a horizontal interpanneau strip of 4, margins just clear to large, the third unit with ironed-out vertical crease, light soiling, Barred Oval '18' cancels of Portland, Cat £220++. A very rare multiple. SymbolFGradeB/C Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 37 HALF-LENGTHS - CAMPBELL & FERGUSSON PRINTINGS: 3d shades between SG 29 & 31d singles x33 & a pair, all with full margins & generally very fine, Cat £1750 approximately. (33) 33 SymbolOGradeA/B Estimate$800Price Realized$1,100StatusSold View details 38 HALF-LENGTHS - CAMPBELL & FERGUSSON PRINTINGS: Stone D 3d annotated study of the SG 31 to 31d group, many pairs including interpanneau [13-7] & a block of 4, also Abnormal pair [24-23], strip of 3 [11-12-9] & strip of 4 [23-24-21-22], a good range of Coloured Lines and White or Coloured Flaws, Creased Transfers x13, etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine & a couple are noted as being superb. Ex JRW Purves & mostly on his pages. (160 approx) SymbolO Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,000StatusSold View details 39 HALF-LENGTHS - 1857 Rouletted 3d bright blue SG 49, a large example with rouletting on all sides; and 1859 Perf 12 by Robinson 3d blue SG 78 three examples, various '1' cancels of Melbourne, Cat £670. (4) 4 SymbolG/FGradeA/A- Estimate$400Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 40 HALF-LENGTHS - 1857 Rouletted 3d bright blue SG 49 horizontal pair with rouletting at top & base and imperf vertically, light BN cancel, Cat £500+. SymbolVGradeA Estimate$500Price Realized$480StatusSold View details 41 QUEEN-ON-THRONES - Selection of lithographs comprising Campbell & Co from Stones 2 x2 (both three margins), 6, 7 & 8, and Campbell & Fergusson from Stones A, B (pair significantly cut-into) & D, four with full margins (the Stone 8 being an unusually large & very fine example), unused, Cat £3325 (not including the pair). [Geoff Kellow at page 73 states "Unused copies of all the lithographs are rare, much rarer considering the quantities issued than Ham's engraved stamp...Unused multiples are extr 9 SymbolΩ Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,200StatusSold View details 42 QUEEN-ON-THRONES - The balance of the 2d Campbell & Co and Campbell & Fergusson printings, mostly plated with many pairs included, condition very mixed but many are at least of fine to very fine appearance, two are possibly unused. Significant catalogue value. (170 approx) SymbolO Estimate$500Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 43 QUEEN-ON-THRONES - ENGRAVED BY THOMAS HAM: 2d reddish brown SG 18 [X-A] Pos 47, margins close to large, unused, Cat £600. SymbolΩGradeB Estimate$300Price Realized$280StatusSold View details 44 QUEEN-ON-THRONES - ENGRAVED BY THOMAS HAM: 2d reddish brown SG 18 [P-U] Pos 40, margins good to large, unused, Cat £600. SymbolΩGradeA Estimate$500Price Realized$900StatusSold View details 45 QUEEN-ON-THRONES - ENGRAVED BY THOMAS HAM: 2d reddish brown & purple-brown SG 18 & 18b, page of used examples with full margins including two pairs & an enormous [M-R] single with outer framelines on all sides, generally very fine, also a damaged "chestnut" SG 18a, Cat £850+ (not including the chestnut). An excellent basis for a quality reconstruction. [Geoff Kellow at page 66 states "...used pairs are very scarce..."] (32) 32 SymbolOGradeA Estimate$500Price Realized$500StatusSold View details 46 QUEEN-ON-THRONES - ENGRAVED BY THOMAS HAM: 2d reddish brown SG 18 strip of 4 [U-X to Y-B] Pos 45-48, margins close to large, small fault at upper-left & scissor-cut between the first two units (not affecting either stamp), lightly cancelled with indistinct Barred Ovals most unusually in red & believed to be ''6' (rated RRR) of Barwon/Winchelsea. A rare & attractive multiple. Ex Dale-Lichtenstein: part of Lot 249. Geoff Kellow at page 66 states "...strips and blocks are rare", highlighted by the SymbolG/FGradeA/B Estimate$750Price Realized$1,000StatusSold View details 47 QUEEN-ON-THRONES - LITHOGRAPHED BY CAMPBELL & CO: Plated examples from Stone 2 x37 including pairs x9 (one vertical), Stone 3 x13 including two pairs (one vertical, damaged but with Kiss Print at Right), Stone 4 x5, Stone 5 x8 including a pair, Stone 6 x10 including pairs x2 (one vertical), Stone 7 x45 including pairs x16 (five vertical), Stone 8 x28 including pairs x8 (two vertical) and Stone 9 x39 including pairs x9, most with full margins including a few enormous examples, some faults but gen 185 SymbolO Estimate$3,000Price Realized$4,000StatusSold View details 48 QUEEN-ON-THRONES - LITHOGRAPHED BY CAMPBELL & CO: Page of horizontal multiples comprising Stone 3 (ii) strip of 3 [Pos 2-4] & strip of 4 [Pos 37-40]; Stone 4 (ii) strip of 3 [Pos 8-10], scissor-cut in margin at right otherwise superb; Stone 7 (ii) block of 4 [Pos 21-22/31-32], the first unit cut-into at upper-left; Stone 8 (i) strip of 3 [Pos 1-3], ironed-out horizontal crease, and (ii) strip of 3 [Pos 45-48], close at upper-right otherwise superb; and Stone 9 strip of 3 [Pos 11-13]; all with fu SymbolG/F Estimate$600Price Realized$950StatusSold View details 49 QUEEN-ON-THRONES - LITHOGRAPHED BY CAMPBELL & CO: Stone 1 comprising Pane (i) [11] and Pane (ii) [20] [37] & [39], all with full margins. [Geoff Kellow at page 73 states "This is easily the scarcest of any of the printing stones...Only about 160 copies of this stamp have been found, covering 70 of the 100 positions...". Jim Johnstone's remarkable holding of 57 examples sold for $5290, or an average of $93 per unit] (4) 4 SymbolFGradeA Estimate$250Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 50 QUEEN-ON-THRONES - LITHOGRAPHED BY CAMPBELL & FERGUSSON: Plated examples from Stone A x37 including pairs x16 (two vertical), Stone B x29 including pairs x11 (three vertical), Stone C x38 including pairs x14 (two vertical), and Stone D x21 including pairs x5, most with full margins including a few enormous examples, some faults but generally fine to very fine with numerous attractive singles and pairs throughout, Cat £3750 approximately. Another unusual opportunity. (125) 125 SymbolO Estimate$1,500Price Realized$2,600StatusSold View details 51 QUEEN-ON-THRONES - LITHOGRAPHED BY CAMPBELL & FERGUSSON: Page of horizontal multiples comprising Stone A (i) strip of 4 [Pos 33-36], just shaved at upper-right, and (iv) strip of 4 [Pos 17-20]; Stone B (i) strip of 4 [Pos 21-24], ironed-out horizontal crease, and (ii) strip of 3 [Pos 23-25] on piece, small faults; and Stone C (ii) strip of 4 [Pos 41-44], ironed-out horizontal crease; most units with full margins. Well above average quality for C&F multiples, all of which were printed on poor-qua SymbolG/F Estimate$400Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 52 QUEEN-ON-THRONES - LITHOGRAPHED BY CAMPBELL & FERGUSSON: Creased Transfers group comprising Stone A (i) [Pos 30] & [Pos 38]; and Stone C (ii) [Pos 9], [Pos 17-18] two pairs in different shades, [Pos 18], [Pos 40] & [Pos 48], all with full margins, some minor imperfections due to the poor grade of the paper. Grossly underrated for not being listed by Gibbons. [Geoff Kellow states at page 78 "On the basis of quantities printed, each of these varieties [is] of similar rarity to the 'TVO' variety". SymbolOGradeA/B Estimate$500Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 53 QUEEN-ON-THRONES - LITHOGRAPHED BY CAMPBELL & FERGUSSON: Stone A 2d [Y-B] with the Major Creased Transfer 'TVO PENCE' SG 36b, margins good to large, minor imperfections, neat BN '1' of Melbourne intrudes on the variety, Cat £1300. SymbolVGradeB Estimate$600Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 54 QUEEN-ON-THRONES - LITHOGRAPHED BY CAMPBELL & FERGUSSON: Stone C (ii) horizontal strip of 3 [Pos 17-19] all three units are Creased Transfers, [18] with 'TVVO PENCE', margins good to large, minor creasing. A significant positional piece. SymbolFGradeB Estimate$400Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 55 QUEEN-ON-THRONES - LITHOGRAPHED BY CAMPBELL & FERGUSSON: Stone C Substituted Transfers on Pane (iv) three horizontal pairs comprising 1) [T-X & M-Q] Pos 19-12, margins close to large, light ironed-out crease; 2) [D-I & W-A] Pos 29-22, margins close to large, superb!; and 3) [C-H & R-W] Pos 28-42, the first unit shaved at the base & with vertical crease. Rare & technically important items. [Ten contiguous positions (2x5) were substituted. Geoff Kellow states at pages 78-79 "Probably six or seven SymbolGGradeA+/B Estimate$2,500Price Realized$3,200StatusSold View details 56 QUEEN-ON-THRONES - PERKINS BACON: Old-time album pages with Imperf 1d green x23 including marginal pair and strips of 3 & 4, and Rouletted 6d x55 including two pairs, condition variable, Cat £2000 approximately. (72) 72 SymbolO Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 57 WOODBLOCKS - Old-time album pages with 6d orange (shades) x78 including a few rouletted & a serpentine roulette, also Perf 12 2/- x3, condition variable, Cat £2000 approximately. (81) 81 SymbolO Estimate$400Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 58 WOODBLOCKS - 1854-55 Imperforate 6d 'TOO LATE' x2 (one on piece) & 1/- 'REGISTERED' x8 (one on piece), all with full margins, also Rouletted 1/- 'REGISTERED' SG 55 rouletted at left & right clear of the design, mostly fine to very fine, Cat £2500. (11) 11 SymbolOGradeA/B Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 59 WOODBLOCKS - 1854-55 Imperforate 2/- green/yellow SG 35 three singles with full margins, another just touched at L/L on piece & a pair with almost full margins, Rouletted SG 56 rouletted at left & right clear of the design, and Perf 12 x3, also 2/- blue/green block of 4 - a rare multiple - with repair at upper-right, Cat £1850+. A very desirable selection. (13) 13 SymbolOGradeA/A- Estimate$850Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 60 WOODBLOCKS - 1857 Experimental Separations 6d orange Serrated 18-19 SG 60 with serrations except at right tied to late-1857 cover to Scotland "p City of Sydney" by light BN '1' of Melbourne, 'GOUROCK/JA14/1858' arrival b/s. "City of Sydney" departed Melbourne 16.11.1857, arrived Suez 27.12.1857; "Teviot" departed Alexandria 29.12.1857, arrived Southampton 12.1.1858. SymbolCGradeA Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 61 EMBLEMS - Unsorted array comprising Imperf 1d x36 including a Complete Offset and a block of 4, 2d x6 including a strip of 4 and 4d x35 with a couple possibly unused; Rouletted 1d x15 including a strip of 3, & 2d x38 including a strip of 4; and Perf 12 by Robinson 1d x38 including strips of 3 & 4, 2d x23 including a block of 4 (one unit damaged) & 4d x14; condition variable. Inspection strongly recommended. (205) 205 SymbolO Estimate$1,250Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 62 EMBLEMS - 4d study on leaves including imperf Wmk Star (22, including two pairs & two Spot on Chin flaws), Rouletted at Melbourne GPO (4), Rouletted by Calvert (5), Robinson imperfs on Vertically-Laid Paper (3), Rouletted pairs (5) & Perf 12 on Wove Paper (17, including a pair) and on Horizontally-Laid Paper (29, including five pairs & three with Cracked Plate flaws), condition fair to fine. Ex Jack Ganly. (93) 93 SymbolO Estimate$400Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 63 EMBLEMS - Packet of auction lots on pages etc as acquired as long ago as the 1960s with very little removed, many multiples including Imperf 1d strips of 4 x4, 4d "offset" & 4d very fine strip of 4, Rouletted 2d strip of 4 & block of 4, Perf 12 1d strips of 4 x3, 2d strip of 4 & 4d strip of 3, a few are apparently unused, condition rather mixed but many fine & attractive stamps noted. Some Ex JRW Purves and Russell Jones. (700+) SymbolO Estimate$2,000Price Realized$4,000StatusSold View details 64 EMBLEMS - 1859 Perf 12 by Robinson 1d yellow-green vertical pair Imperforate Horizontally SG 76a, separated clear of the design at top & base, with 1/- Octagonal all tied to piece by indistinct BN & American arrival cds, grossly undercatalogued at £450. [Geoff Kellow at page 120 records three examples - one in the Royal Collection - & states another has been "reported". This example is superior to Ken Barelli's pair - illustrated by Kellow at Colour Plate 8 - which is cut-into at the base. It so SymbolFGradeA Estimate$3,000Price Realized$16,000StatusSold View details 65 EMBLEMS - 1859 Perf 12 by Robinson 4d dull rose-red SG 80 with Prominent Diagonal Feather Flaw - a very rare, apparently unique franking - tied to cover by light BN '48' clear of the variety, light 'HAWTHORNE/[crown]/AP14/1859/VICTORIA' b/s, Melbourne transit of the same date & Geelong arrival of AP15/59, grossly undercatalogued at £325 x2+ on cover. With lengthy partly cross-written lady's letter. [Gibbons states that reserves of old issues Perf 12 by Robinson were issued Jan-May 1859, and that SymbolCGradeA Estimate$5,000Price Realized$19,000StatusSold View details 66 BEADED OVALS - Selection on leaves etc with a good range of 3d blue shades including strip of 3 & a very fine example on Laid Paper, 3d maroon x12 (one apparently unused), 4d array including strips of 4 x2 & an imperforate single, etc, also some 1d "Netted Corners", condition variable but many are fine to very fine. (200+) SymbolΩO Estimate$500Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 67 LAUREATES - Old-time studies of the 1d green & 2d lilac/grey on annotated pages including shades, emergency watermarks, a few multiples & varieties. Ex Colonel Harrie Evans (postmarks removed). (500 approx) SymbolO Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 68 LAUREATES - Bundle of old auction lots - some from the 1960s! - with many better stamps including 3d mauve x15 (two unused), 8d orange x2, 8d brown/pink Wmk '10' mint, 10d grey x3 and 5/- red & blue unused, also 2d Wmk '2' part-reconstruction of 94/120 positions & Atkinson "master group" of 30, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (100s) Symbol*ΩO Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 69 LAUREATES - Single volume collection of shades & watermarks including Emergency Printings, with better stamps including 8d orange x3, 10d grey x5, 5/- red & blue x10 & ½d on 1d x13 including two unused, etc, also Woodblock 2/- blue/green x57 including three pairs, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (100s) SymbolΩO Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 70 LAUREATES - Stockbook of values to 4d with printings/shades & watermarks identified, 3d mauve x9 (Wmk V/Crown x4, '8' x3 & '1' x2) and 3d yellow/orange x28 (3 apparently unused), noted a few mint including 2d 6d & ½d on 1d x2, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (250 approx) Symbol*O Estimate$600Price Realized$480StatusSold View details 71 LAUREATES - SIX PENCE: 1867-70 Emergency Printings on Saunders Paper with 'THREE/PENCE' or 'FOUR/PENCE' Watermarks SG 165 & 166 (stated to be the earliest recorded usage on cover) tied by Melbourne duplexes to covers to Launceston. Very scarce frankings. Ex Rodney Perry. (2) 2 SymbolCGradeA Estimate$300Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 72 LAUREATES - FIVE SHILLINGS: 1867-71 Perf 13 5/- blue/yellow SG 139, three examples (one an unusually large stamp), Melbourne duplex cancels, Cat £1275. SymbolFGradeA/A- Estimate$600Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 73 WILLIAM BELL DESIGNS - 1878 Emergency Printings on Coloured Papers 2d violet/lilac SG 198, well centred and very attractive, a few minor tonespots on the reverse, light part-duplex '40' cancel of Echuca, Cat £1000. RPSofV Certificate (2017). This is another rare stamp, most examples of which submitted for expertising have been simply wrong, or faked. [Geoff Kellow at page 191 states "This rare stamp was not discovered by philatelists until 1904, since which time probably 30-40 used copies have c SymbolFGradeB B1 Estimate$750Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 74 1884-1900 THE POSTAGE AND REVENUE PERIOD - Postally used group comprising Stamp Statute 3d mauve with Ballarat duplex (rare but faults), Large Stamp Duty 1d brown pair, 1/-, 2/6d, 3/- drab, 4/-, 5/- maroon/yellow, 5/- rosine on piece, 6/- pair, £1 x5 including on registered piece & a pair, also 1/6d orange & 2/- blue-green on registered pieces, Cat £1000. Very scarce group. (15 items) SymbolOΔGradeA Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 75 1884-1900 THE POSTAGE AND REVENUE PERIOD - 1884 Stamp Statute Wmk '2' 2/- SG 217 (creased), Wmk V/Crown 1d with the Watermark Upright SG 220a & 5/- SG 227, and '½d./HALF' on 1d SG 234 x2, large-part o.g., Cat £1280. Scarce to rare (the 5/-). Symbol*GradeA/B Estimate$600Price Realized$700StatusSold View details 76 1884-1900 THE POSTAGE AND REVENUE PERIOD - 1884-96 Large Stamp Duty 10/- grey-green & £2 blue pair - a very rare multiple - plus Naish 4d all tied to piece by 'REGISTERED/AP6/98/MELBOURNE' cds, red registration line erased from the first £2. An extremely rare & significant item that proves postal usage of the £2. It must be stressed that Gibbons prices for all values above 5/- are for CTO examples and that not a single genuine postally used example of the £1/5/-, £1/10/-, 35/-, nor any value ab SymbolFGradeA/A- Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold View details 77 1884-1900 THE POSTAGE AND REVENUE PERIOD - 1885-95 Wmk '33' 3d bistre-yellow as SG 299b but with the Watermark Sideways, 'R'-in-circle cancel. An unrecognised rarity. Ex Colonel Harrie Evans. [Unlisted by Gibbons and unrecorded by Geoff Kellow for 3d in any watermark] SymbolFGradeA C1 Estimate$400Price Realized$700StatusSold View details 78 1884-1900 THE POSTAGE AND REVENUE PERIOD - 1885 'STAMP DUTY' Overprints selection comprising 3d brown-orange x2, 3d dull brownish orange x3, 4d rose-red x2 & 1895 reprint x3, 1/- & 1895 reprint with the Watermark Inverted x5 including a marginal pair, and 2/-, all mint with large-part o.g.; and postally used 3d x5, 4d x4, 1/- x2 & 2/- x2; Cat £1500 (not including the reprints). (30) 30 Symbol*OGradeA/A- Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 79 1901-12 COMMONWEALTH PERIOD ISSUES - Old-time album pages with many mint blocks of 4 including 2½d x5, 3d x5, 4d x2, 5d x2, 6d x2, 9d & 2/-, other mint singles etc to 5/- x3, also lots of used material to 5/- x2, generally fine to very fine. Ex AE Layton. (250+) Symbol*/O Estimate$300Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 80 1901-12 COMMONWEALTH PERIOD ISSUES - 1901-10 V/Crown KEVII One Pound Perf 12½ + 4d & 2/- on linen-backed parcel piece, Perf 11 with 'REGISTERED/ MELBOURNE' cds and Crown/A Perf 12½ punctured 'OS' with superb 'MARKET STREET/ 2 /MELBOURNE' cds, BW Cat $900. Postally used examples are much scarcer than CTO stamps and, in our opinion, are grossly undercatalogued. SymbolFGradeA B1 Estimate$600Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 81 POSTAGE DUES - Extensive but largely untidy collection with Blue & Claret set mint & used (the 5/- with boxed LC datestamp & rare thus) plus many others including 6d mint block of 4, Red & Green array mostly used to 5/- & a few CTO to 5/-, plus some unusual cancellations & a few covers. (300+) Symbol*OC Estimate$750Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 82 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1882 ½d purple/yellow block of 4 ** plus used 3d 6d & 1/-, 1887 1d black/pale green block of 4 **, 1960s 5/- on piece from parcel tag, Decimals range including $5 two blocks of 4, Tramways Board 2d x3 3d x2 & 4d x2 plus 10c 15c & 20c, a page of unused adhesive parcel labels, and a few other oddments. GST†SymbolΩ*/**O Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 83 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1876 'VICTORIA/[train]/ECHUCA' (c.) ½d black, 1d green, 2d lilac, 3d yellow-orange & 6d blue, a few minor defects, unused. Very scarce. [A bit of a mystery issue as little is known of them] GST†SymbolΩGradeA-/B Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 84 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1876 'VICTORIA/[train]/ECHUCA' 1d green irregular block of 5 (no margins), 2d mauve complete sheetlet of 6 (3x2), 3d orange & 6d blue large-part sheetlets of 5 (each with the upper-right unit removed), a few blemishes & light overall soiling, full unmounted o.g. Ex "The Brussells Find": acquired on 7.5.2013 for $3335 (including a 2d block of 5, disposed of previously). Prior to the discovery of the Brussells Find in 2013, the only recorded multiples were a ½d strip of 3 GST†Symbol**GradeB Estimate$2,500StatusUnsold View details 85 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1877 Stamp + Coupon 9d (some perf reinforcing) to 6/- IPC 1307-1312 complete, the 9d with Control Number in Blue & the 2/3d with Control Number in Larger Font, some gum-side toning that hardly detracts from the very fine facial appearance, large-part o.g. A beautiful and rare set. Ex Purves. [Absent from Ray Kelly's collection. Acquired on 17.10.2008 for $3450] (6) 6 GST†Symbol*GradeA-/B Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,300StatusSold View details 86 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1877 Stamp + Coupon 9d (without control number) to 6/- complete with tiny 'SPECIMEN' h/s on both sections, a couple of quite insignificant faults otherwise very fine & attractive, ungummed. A set of great rarity and appeal. Ex JRW Purves. Acquired on 29.3.2008 for $3680. [The whole set is illustrated by Kellow Turner & McCredie at page 26, where they state this is the only set in private hands (in expectation that Henry Harvey's set was bought by Purves), which is almost certain 6 GST†SymbolΩGradeA/A- Estimate$3,500Price Realized$2,700StatusSold View details 87 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1877 Stamp + Coupon 9d (without control handstamp, the coupon - which clearly belongs - has been rejoined), 1/6d (very fine) & 3/- (the coupon damaged at lower-right) all with the coupon still attached, double-boxed datestamps of Riddell's Creek (9d) or Stawell and the latter two additionally cancelled on arrival at Melbourne. Ex Ray Kelly: acquired on 1.12.2007 for $604. [The sender was supposed to retain the coupon as proof of sending. Intact examples are therefore rarely seen GST†SymbolOGradeA/B Estimate$600StatusUnsold View details 88 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1878 (Jan) Small Format 1d green, 2d mauve, 3d blue & 6d rose-pink plus 3d 'NEWSPAPER', small faults. [In late-1877, the coupon system was scrapped, and the rates were significantly reduced] (5) 5 GST†SymbolOGradeB Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 89 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1879 Large Format with Security Underprint Wmk V/Crown 1d to 5/- complete plus the Wmk '2' 4/- purple/yellow-green #1330 all handstamped 'Specimen' in script type (KTM Type 14), several with the Watermark Inverted, a few minor gum-creases & some very minor gum loss from being removed from the official record book to which they were formerly affixed at the top, still large-part o.g. Extremely fresh and colourful. Ex Ray Kelly: acquired on 1.12.2007 for $2530. The 4/- & 5/- are 10 GST†Symbol*GradeA/B Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,300StatusSold View details 90 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1879 Large Format with Security Underprint Wmk V/Crown 1d to 2/-, the 1d 2d 9d & 1/- have large-part o.g., the others have no gum. The values to 1/- are Ex Ray Kelly: acquired on 1.12.2007 for $483. [Just to prove that you can handle items many times over and miss the bleeding obvious: It was only when we checked Elsmore Online that we noticed that all these stamps state '...to be conveyed by the Board of Land and Works...'] (7) 7 GST†SymbolΩ*Gradea/a- Estimate$750Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 91 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1879 Large Format with Security Underprint Wmk V/Crown 3d blue/blue (minor thin at lower-left), 9d purple/yellow (minor faults) & 3/- orange/blue (minor faults), and Wmk '10' 2/- blue/pink (major closed tear at the base). Presentable examples of these rare stamps. (4) 4 GST†SymbolO Estimate$400Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 92 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1879 Large Format with Security Underprint Wmk V/Crown 9d mauve/lilac (stained) & 3/- yellow/blue (superb) affixed to the reverse of 1882 card parcel tag for Moubray Rowan & Hicks (152x112mm), indistinct cancels probably of Spencer Street RS, minor blemishes. A marvellous item. Ex Les Molnar: acquired on 29.6.2012 for $748. GST†SymbolCGradeB Estimate$800StatusUnsold View details 93 1882-87 New Values & Designs ½d brown-red/cream (faults), 1½d dull violet-blue, 8d 4 GST†Symbol* Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,200StatusSold View details 94 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1882-87 New Values & Designs 8d mauve/pale yellow mint with large part o.g. & used, both with minor defects, and 10d yellow-bistre/white very fine used. Rare & remarkably fine for such large stamps. (3) 3 GST†Symbol*OGradeA/B Estimate$600StatusUnsold View details 95 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1887 Queen Victoria Black on Coloured Papers ½d to 2/- (missing the 2d), plus Colour on Coloured Paper 5d all with italicised 'Specimen' handstamp (KTM Type 24b), 11 GST†Symbol*GradeA/A+ Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold View details 96 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1887 Queen Victoria Black on Coloured Papers ½d on purple to 3/- on salmon (defect at upper-left) plus an extra 1/- on yellow (normally a pale tint), a few mostly 13 GST†SymbolOGradeA/B Estimate$750Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 97 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1887 Queen Victoria Black on Coloured Papers ½d black/mauve over-stamped with 1902-05 1d black/pale green - torn before being affixed - plus South Australia 1885 'V R' Perf 12 ½d green & 1d green all tied by multiple strikes of a very large but largely indistinct 'SPENCER ST' cancel in blue. A truly extraordinary combination franking with all stamps cancelled in Melbourne indicating that the Victorian Railways had a stock of South Australian (and NSW?) stamps at their Head Offic SymbolΔGradeA Estimate$750Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 98 RAILWAY STAMPS - c.1889 Queen Victoria Colour on Coloured Papers 1d green/yellow, 2d blue/white, 2d dull blue/cream, 5d dull red/cream, 5d rose-pink/pale pink, 6d ultramaine/pink, 8d blue/blue-green, and 1/- ultramarine/pale yellow, a few mostly minor problems but generally fine to very fine for such large stamps, various cancellations including a huge oval 'GORDON & GOTCH LIMITED/MELBOURNE' cachet in purple on 1d & 'TERANG' in violet on 8d. (8) 8 GST†SymbolOGradeA/-/B Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 99 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1902 'PARCELS STAMP' Black on Coloured Papers selection comprising ½d (very scarce), 1d x5, 3d x6½, 6d x7, 8d x3, 9d x3, 10d x2, 1/- x4 & 2/- with various shades, perfs & cancels, condition variable. (32) 32 GST†SymbolO Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 100 RAILWAY STAMPS - 1903 'PARCELS STAMP' Colour on Coloured Papers selection comprising ½d (rare), 1d x3, 2d x6, 3d x4, 5d x6, 6d x2, 8d, 9d, 10d x2, 1/- x2 & 2/- with various shades, perfs & cancels, condition variable. (29) 29 GST†SymbolO Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345|Next Previous 12345 Next
