Stamps & Postal History (#148MG) Closed Auction Info 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 701-800 of 1416. Previous|1...67891011...15|Next123456789101112131415 Lot 701 NSW: 1862 usage of blue/bluish envelope with embossed 'ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH DESPATCH' & 'IMMEDIATE', sent locally with Diadems 1d vermilion tied by Sydney duplex, minor blemishes. A very early telegraph usage & an exceptional town letter. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 702 NSW: 1908 semi-official 'Visit of the United States Fleet/To Sydney Australia' PPC to USA from a sailor with the fleet aboard USS "Rhode Island", ½d & 1d tied by Sydney machine of AU24/1908, a couple of minor blemishes. [The Fleet arrived in Sydney on 20.8.1908, making this one of the earliest recorded usages of a Fleet card] SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 703 NSW: POSTAL STATIONERY: 1870 reprint of the 1838 lettersheet with impressed 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/ [Arms]/ SYDNEY/NEW SOUTH WALES' seal, unusually fine for these. RPSL London Certificate (2007). GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$300Price Realized$280StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 704 NSW: POSTAL STATIONERY: ENVELOPES: Essay with embossed 1d as used for the first Wrappers, in dull red & 'Specimen.' handstamp below, a few minor blemishes but very fresh. SymbolPSGradeA- View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot 705 NSW: POSTAL STATIONERY: WRAPPERS - OFFICIAL: 1892 use of Centennial 1d violet with 'OS' Overprint, to Commercial Bank of Australia Melbourne with Centennial 1d violet 'OS' added & tied by Sydney duplex cancel, minor blemishes & 20mm repaired tear at right extending into value tablet. Unlisted by Higgins & Gage - who record this value with 'OS' overprint on postal cards & envelopes but not on wrappers - and the first such item seen by us. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$600Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 706 NSW: POSTMARKS: 1970s-2000s datestamps on covers primarily airmail to overseas destinations with many single frankings, selected for clarity of strikes which are generally well above average, noted the occassional registered item, postal stationery, as well as modern rubbers including boxed 'Australia Post/Jerilderie NSW 2716' in violet, boxed 'POST OFFICE/LAVINGTON', 'RECEIVED/EAST MAITLAND' in violet, 'POSTAL SERVICES/ OFFICER/ MILSONS POINT' and lots more, also a smattering of ACT offices. SymbolCPSGradeA View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 707 NSW: POSTMARKS: A-Y datestamps 1930s-80s on stamps many complete strikes on piece, mostly from smaller Post Offices although no great rarities seen, a few 'PAID' in red and some LDL/SDL conversions, noted 'ISLAND BEND' (Snowy Mountains Scheme), 'NANA GLEN RAILWAY' on KGV 2d on piece, 'SPRINGSIDE' on blank red registration label and sure to be more pickings, generally better than average strikes & little if any duplication. (900+) SymbolSΔGradeA View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 708 Queensland: Old-time collection rehoused on stock pages with Imperf 1d & 6d, other Small Chalons with a few unused & High Values to 20/- with dubious cancels, 1880 'Half-penny' on 1d, some later mint to 2/- including fine Charity duo, etc, condition rather mixed. (120 approx) SymbolΩ*O View details Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 709 Queensland: 1860 Large Star Imperf 1d carmine-rose SG 1 horizontal pair, margins close to large with full outer framelines, ironed-out horizontal crease & minor toning, Rays '23' cancels (Bernie Manning rated RRRR) of Budgeworgorai, Cat £1600+. An extremely rare &, despite the problems, highly desirable multiple. Budgeworgorai opened 1.9.1861; replaced by Roma 1/1/1864. SymbolFGrade(B) View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 710 Queensland: 1860-61 Small Star 2d imperforate plate proof horizontal pair in blue (close to the issued colour) on ungummed unwatermarked paper, good even margins with full outer framelines. Very scarce. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 711 Queensland: 1860-61 Small Star 3d imperforate plate proof horizontal pair from the right of the sheet in sepia-brown (close to the issued colour) on ungummed unwatermarked paper, margins good to huge with full outer framelines. Very scarce. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 712 Queensland: 1868-78 Crown/Q Perf 12 4d yellow First Transfer SG 102, unusually well centred, a couple of minor blemishes, unused, Cat £1400. A very scarce stamp in unused condition. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolΩGradeA- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot 713 Queensland: 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 & Trevor Hiscock. [NB: It is believed no postally used example is known of the variety, so the catalogue value is for fiscal usage] SymbolOGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot 714 Queensland: 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. Bernie Manning's unmounted example sold at the Prestige auction of 13.6.2009 for $977] SymbolPGradeA View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 715 Queensland: 1882 Second Sidefaces with Lined Background Perf 12 2d blue horizontal pair Imperforate Between SG 168a, indistinct Barred Numeral cancellation, undercatalogued at £3000. RPSofL Certificate (2007). Ken Scudder at page 122 states "On at least one occasion, a vertical line of perforations was omitted, as pairs imperforate between are known". Both stamps are also imperforate at the top but this may be the result of trimmed perforations, although the upper margin is 1mm from the desig SymbolGGradeA View details Estimate$2,300StatusUnsold Lot 716 Queensland: 1895 Void Background Perf 12½,13 ½d green with Double Impression SG 208a, light horizontal crease, large-part o.g. with a hinge remainder, Cat £2000. BPA Certificate (2009). [The first print was quite faint & was obviously considered unsatisfactory. The strong second print is 2mm to the right. With a normal stamp for comparison] Ken Scudder at page 179 states "Clear double prints exist...probably all...from the same sheet of stamps". Until their 2010 Edition, this error was unpri Symbol*GradeB C1 View details Estimate$3,400StatusUnsold Lot 717 Queensland: 1901 Boer War Charity 1d (6d) imperforate plate proof singles in deep blue-green, in ultramarine, & in claret on ungummed watermarked paper, margins good to large. (3) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPGradeA View details Quantity3Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 718 Queensland: LOCAL STAMPS: c.1870 (?) Torres Strait Settlements 4c pale blue block of 12 (4x3, straight edge at top), 16c yellow-green block of 15 (3x5, straight edges at top & base), 24c violet block of 10 (2x5, straight edges at top & base) and 36c carmine block of 8 (2x4, straight edge at top), some perf separation/rejoining, a few surface faults, the 16c with large-part o.g. otherwise with no gum. Ex "Brussels Find". The Brussels Find of "Cinderella" material surfaced in Belgium in 2013. It GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbol*ΩGradeA/B View details Estimate$1,250Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 719 Queensland: LOCAL STAMPS: c.1870 (?) Torres Strait Settlements 4c blue (a deeper shade than the block in the previous lot) complete sheetlet of 20 (4x5; missing the upper-right corner unit) with straight edges at the top & the base, a few split/rejoined perfs, minor blemishes, no gum. [Prior to the emergence of the Brussels Find, the sheet format was not known] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolΩGradeA/A- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot 720 Queensland: REVENUES - BEER DUTY: 1889 Crown/Q 2/- pink for 8 gallons, unusually fine; & No Watermark (not listed by Dave Elsmore) 12/9d pink for 51 gallons, soiled & minor defects; manuscript cancels of "14.11.91" or "27-6-1907" (a very late usage), both with 'CANCELLED' h/s in violet or blue. Dave Elsmore does note that the 1901 '12/6' on 12/9d is on unwatermarked paper. (2) SymbolOGradeA/B View details Quantity2Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold Lot 721 Queensland: Handy batch with four Small Chalon frankings including 1869 to Worcesershire with very fine 6d & Rays '87', 1885 to Canada with 2d x3, 1888 endorsed "Tender for carriage & Engine Sheds" with 1d pair, 1892 with 2d & 3d tied by 'REGISTERED/MARYBOROUGH' cds, 1904 Tatts covers with BN '328' or '549' & 2-line 'REGISTERED/BURKE TOWN' or '.../CHARLEVILLE' h/s, 1907 Tatts cover with imprint of 'WYBEN PEARLING FLEET, TORRES STRAITS' & Thursday Island cds, etc, condition variable. (21 items) SymbolCPS View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot 722 Queensland: Batch of Small Chalon covers comprising with 1d vermilion or 2d both with boxed 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE/FINE' h/s; 2d; 2d x4; 2d + 6d; two with 2d x2 + 6d (one with 'REGISTERED/BUNDABERG' h/s; 3d strip of 3 (front only); and 3d + First Sideface 6d to Schleswig & with fumigation slits (but sadly defective); rather mixed but good value at estimate. Scarce lot. (9) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC View details Quantity9Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot 723 Queensland: 1894-1911 selection including to Argentina, Austria, Canada, Ceylon, Ireland and Papua, also 1906 to USA with 'REGISTERED/MOUNT MORGAN' h/s and to Japan with 'YOKOHAMA' cds, four scenic Postal Cards including 1899 to Malta taxed and 1910 ½d uprated wrapper to London, domestic usages 1901 with Revenue/Postage franking, 1908 punctured 'OS' illegally used on private mail and two Qld/NSW combination covers, postmark interest with numeral ties and TPO markings, mostly fine. (42) SymbolCPSGradeA/B View details Quantity42Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot 724 Queensland: 1895 cover from Wallendebeen NSW to "Tattersall/The Telegraph Chambers/Queen St Brisbane" with NSW 1d x2 only, endorsed "OR 3d to pay" with 'R'-in-oval h/s & 'REGISTERED/OC31/95/SYDNEY NSW' b/s. Tatts covers to Brisbane are scarce, and are usually addressed to the Tatersalls Club. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 725 Queensland: 1900 use to Germany of unstamped 'Avis de Reception en Retour' envelope with printed 'R'-in-oval at upper-left, repaired opening tear & a little soiled. These envelopes are rare from all Colonies & this is the first example we have seen from Queensland. [Hugh Campbell made no mention of AR envelopes. It is also worth noting that these forms, issued at the direction of the Universal Postal Union for transmission of returned Avis de Réception forms between post offices in different SymbolPSGrade(B) View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot 726 Queensland: MORETON BAY DISTRICT: Rays Numerals '151' of Condamine very fine strike on NSW Imperf Diadems 2d strip of 3 with almost full margins. Rated RRRR. SymbolFGradeA A1 View details Estimate$150Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 727 Queensland: MORETON BAY DISTRICT: New South Wales Diadems 8d dull yellow-orange SG 98, margins good to large, very fine Rays '95' cancels of Brisbane, Cat £1300. A very desirable Queensland forerunner. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolFGradeA View details Estimate$950Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 728 Sth Aust: Selection of DLR plate proofs with ½d imperf blocks of 8 & 12, 2d imperf colour trial singles x6 + blocks of 12 (6x2) in maroon or orange, 1d perforated block of 12 (6x2) in green on unwatermarked paper, Tannenberg 2½d imperf colour trial blocks of 4 x7, and Perkins Bacon reprinted die proof with blank value tablet in vermilion. (19 items) SymbolPGradeA/A- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 729 Sth Aust: Old-time selection rehoused on stock pages with Imperf 2d blood-red, 6d & 1/- orange, handy Roulettes, some later mint to 2/- including '8 PENCE' on 9d, etc, condition rather mixed. (100) Symbol*O View details Quantity100Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 730 Sth Aust: 1856-58 Adelaide Printings 1d yellow-green SG 6, margins just shaved - at lower-right - to huge with a fragment of the adjoining unit below, neat void cancel of the GPO, Cat £650. A fine example of this scarce stamp. SymbolFGradeA- View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 731 Sth Aust: 1856-58 Adelaide Printings 2d orange-red SG 7 from the right of the sheet with marginal watermark of vertical lines, margins close to large, large-part o.g., Cat £2250. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbol*GradeA View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot 732 Sth Aust: 1876-1904 Narrow Crown/SA Perf 10 1d blue-green SG 167 block of 12 (3x4), the upper row creased, six other units with full unmounted o.g.; also 1d yellow-green SG 167a block of 6 (2x3), full unmounted o.g.; Cat £720++ (mounted). Symbol*/**GradeA/B View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot 733 Sth Aust: 1891-93 Surcharges Perf 10 '5D.' on 6d brown SG 230 block of 9, excellent centring, full unmounted o.g., Cat £170++ as mounted singles. Superb! Symbol**GradeA+ A1 View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot 734 Sth Aust: 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 3d to £1 SG 268-279 plus 8d with 19mm 'EIGHT PENCE' & 2/6d pale violet SG 276, lightly to very lightly mounted, Cat £1075. (13) Symbol*GradeA B1 View details Quantity13Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 735 Sth Aust: 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 1/- brown & brown-red BW #S30A (SG 275c) lower-right corner pair with Plate Number '1' BW #S30Azd, the left-hand unit has a very minor natural gum-crease, very lightly mounted, Cat $4000+ (£2400+) as normal singles. [We believe that only one other Plate Number piece has been recorded] Symbol*GradeA-/A View details Estimate$2,600Price Realized$2,300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 736 Sth Aust: 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 10/- green & £1 blue BW #S33-34 (SG 278-9), Cat $750 (£700). (2) Symbol*GradeA View details Quantity2Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 737 Sth Aust: 1905-12 Crown/A Monogram pairs comprising 1d 'JBC' & 'CA' and 2d 'JBC' BW #S6zb 6zc & 9zd, undercatalogued at $450 for "strips of 3" (in error for "pairs"). The 2d is especially scarce. (3 pairs) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbol*GradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 738 Sth Aust: OFFICIAL STAMPS: Selection on stockcard including Type 1 'O.S.' 6d Prussian blue & 6d bright blue both with part-o.g.; and 'G.T.' Overprint of Goolwa Tramways in Red on 4d dull purple with faults but very attractive & with large-part o.g. and RPSofV Certificate (1979); also Thick 'POSTAGE' Crown/A 5/- very fine mint. (29) SymbolΩ*O View details Quantity29Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 739 Sth Aust: REPRINTS: Presentation page (275x362mm) with an all-different array of Perkins Bacon and De La Rue issues to 2/- including 'TEN PENCE' on 9d x5 & 1/- violet, all with 'REPRINT' Overprint; plus 16 values to 2/- with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint; all with large-part o.g. & only partly-affixed. Remarkably fresh. (51) Symbol*GradeA View details Quantity51Estimate$350Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 740 Sth Aust: REVENUES: 1915 South Australian Harbors [sic] Board 1915 Rouletted 2d scarlet singles x3, marginal pair & lower-left corner block of 4 (imperf at base), a few faults & some soiling, Elsmore Online Cat $1350+. (9) SymbolΩGradeA-/B View details Quantity9Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 741 Sth Aust: REVENUES: 1915 South Australian Harbors [sic] Board 1915 Rouletted 2d scarlet lower-right corner block of 4 straight-edges at right & at base, a little soiled, Elsmore Online Cat $600+. SymbolΩGradeA- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 742 Sth Aust: Covers & postal stationery noted 1899 QV 1d green wrapper & 1900s QV 1d brown postal cards some with additonal printing on back, 1900 G&R Wills & Co cover with QV 2d violet 'GR/W' perfin, others with curved 'REGISTERED/No' h/s & 'TOO LATE' cachet, 1905 'Genuine BSA Parts' parcel tag to Kadina with QV 1d red x6, various with printed endorsements 'Invoice Only' or 'Circular Only' sent at printed matter rate, also a few illustrated advertising covers showing cameras & musical instruments, SymbolOCPSGradeA/B View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 743 Sth Aust: 1849 OHMS outer with a light but largely legible strike of the rare undated double-circle 'POST OFFICE/[crown]/ PORT ADELAIDE' handstamp, superb GPO arrival cds of JA*25/49. Exceptional quality. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA+ View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 744 Sth Aust: 1855 (Mar 3) cover to Northamptonshire with a superb example of the London Printings 6d deep blue SG 3 (margins close to large) just tied by diamond-numeral '35' (rated R) & 'WATERVALE' cds (rated RR) alongside, Adelaide transit b/s & Liverpool transit cds of 10JU/1856, London transit & 'd5' credit h/s both in red, light 'PETERBOROUGH' arrival b/s in blue. Ex Fryar. Briefmarkenprufstelle Basel Certificate (2002). GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$1,400StatusUnsold Lot 745 Sth Aust: 1886-1911 to foreign destinations including Ceylon, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, USA, 1906 OHMS to London with 2d violet punctured OS, 1907 to Sweden posted on ship with 1d tied 'NAPOLI' and postal card to Malaya with 'SINGAPORE' receiver on face, Postal Stationery including "CIRCULATING LIBRARY" scenic Postal Card sent 1911 but uncancelled, wrappers some 'OS' overprints and one STO for "The Chronicle" (faults), also group of PPCs & covers with postmark interest noted 'PINE CREEK/N. SymbolCPSGradeA/B View details Quantity67Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 746 Sth Aust: 1896 Education Department cover with printed registration lines & boxed 'REGISTERED/No' with very scarce franking of 'O.S.' Perf 10 '2½d.' on 4d green SG O51 horizontal pair (Cat £26 x30+ on cover) tied by 'REGISTERED ADELAIDE' squared-circle, 'YORKETOWN' squared-circle arrival b/s. Superb! SymbolCLGradeA+ View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 747 Sth Aust: 1907 oversize cover (248x160mm) with Francis Snow imprint at the top to Germany with exceptional franking of Thick 'POSTAGE' 3d x3 6d x2 & 2/6d violet tied by the scarce 'ENG MAIL TPO/8AU1907/S AUSTRALIA' cds, superb 'HALBERSTADT/8.9.07' arrival b/s, a few faults including repairs with archival tape along central fold. An impressive exhibit. [This is the largest number of "Long Toms" we have seen on a single cover & the only franking of the 2/6d known to us. The ACSC (2004) gives value GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCOGradeC View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 748 Sth Aust: ADVERTISING: 1897-1904 selection of illustrated advertising covers for Baker & Rouse Photographic x3 showing different cameras, for S Marshall & Sons x3 showing Pianoforte, Polyphon Musical Box & Mandolin respectively, for Independent Order Of Rehabites and Temperance & General, all used locally at Adelaide, most with minor blemishes still a very attractive group. (8) SymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity8Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot 749 Sth Aust: WRAPPERS: 1898 usage of QV 1d green on buff HG #E4 with 5-line printed heading 'CIRCULAR & CARTNOTE ONLY/From/LUXMOORE, RJ COOMBS & CO LTD/WOOL, SKIN AND GRAIN BROKERS/ADELAIDE' in black. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 750 Tasmania: Old-time selection rehoused on stock pages with Couriers 1d with outer framelines except at the base & 4d with full margins, Star Wmk set, Wmk '2' (Inverted) 2d pair with Pre-Printing Paper Fold, good range of Sidefaces with some mint, Pictorials with mint to 6d x4, a few Postal Fiscals with dubious cancels plus '1d.' on 3d Platypus mint errors x3, etc, some Barred Numeral interest, condition rather mixed; also fine 1896 OPSO envelope with very fine 'GOVERNMENT PRINTER DEPT HOBART' Fra Symbol*O View details Estimate$1,250Price Realized$2,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 751 Tasmania: 1853 Couriers Early Impressions on Medium Soft Yellowish Paper 1d blue SG 2, good even margins with complete outer framelines, small nick at right, unused, Cat £12,000. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolΩGradeA- View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$3,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 752 Tasmania: 1853 Couriers 1d blue SG 4 (?) with margins good to large & almost complete outer framelines & Star Wmk 4d with three margins both with manuscript "##" cancels on small piece with "tombstone" 'PAID/LIVERPOOL/SHIP/NO21/56' d/s in red, Cat £1400+. A rare Two Issue franking. Ex Koichi Sato. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolΔGradeA- View details Estimate$750Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot 753 Tasmania: 1853 Couriers Plate I (Second State with Blurred Background Lines) 4d red-orange SG 7, margins close to good except at top where the outer frameline is just shaved, unused, Cat £6000. Ex Koichi Sato. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolΩGradeA- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 754 Tasmania: 1853 Couriers Plate II (Coarser Engraving) 4d orange proof on Vertically Laid Paper, cut-to-shape with margins good to large & complete outer framelines, unused, Cat £10,000. Ex Koichi Sato. [See footnote in Gibbons below SG 12] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPGradeB View details Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold Lot 755 Tasmania: 1855 London Printings with Large Star Wmk 2d deep green SG 15, a huge example with margins close to large & fragments of the adjoining units at left & right, inconsequential closed scissor-cut in the margin at lower-left, manuscript "Torqu[ay]" cancellation, Cat £550. A gem! SymbolFGradeA+ View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 756 Tasmania: 1857-67 Double-Lined Numerals piece of watermarked paper with 24 impressions (6x4) of the '4' Watermark. Ex Koichi Sato. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPGradeA View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot 757 Tasmania: 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. Ex Trevor Hiscock. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolΩGradeA/B View details Estimate$1,250StatusUnsold Lot 758 Tasmania: 1857-67 Double-Lined Numerals 1d carmine as SG 29 but with Dramatic Double Print, margins just shaved - at upper-left - to large with fragments of the adjoining units above & at right, a trifle oxidised, unused. BPA Certificate (2007) states "...variety double print unused is genuine". [Until 2008, Gibbons listed this variety as SG 29a, unpriced unused. In the 2009 Edition, it was priced unused at £550. However, from the 2010 edition, this & other listed Double Print errors were delet Symbol*GradeB View details Estimate$900StatusUnsold Lot 759 Tasmania: 1857-67 Double-Lined Numerals 4d pale blue as SG 36 but Printed on Both Sides (the impression on the reverse inverted relative to the face), almost three margins & a little cut-into at left, BN '18' of Campbell Town. Unlisted by Gibbons: the same variety in the "bright blue" shade is listed as SG 38a, unpriced unused & unrecorded used. RPSofV Certificate (2016) states "...repaired tear at lower-right and remnant staining". [We suggest that the Gibbons listing is an error. Koichi Sato's SymbolGGradeC View details Estimate$1,900Price Realized$1,250StatusSold Lot 760 Tasmania: 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 & Trevor Hiscock. RPSofV Certificate (2016) mentions an "ironed-out light crease" that we can't detect. Symbol*GradeB/C View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 761 Tasmania: 1858 'TASMANIA' London Printings 6d & 1/- imperforate plate proof pairs in black on thick ungummed unwatermarked paper, margins just clear to good. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPGradeA View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 762 Tasmania: 1863-71 Experimental Separations Perf 12 by Walch & Sons 1d carmine SG 70 block of 4, virtually full o.g., Cat £440+. Ex Koichi Sato. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbol*GradeA View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 763 Tasmania: 1863-71 Experimental Separations ImperfxOblique Roulette 11½ at Oatlands 4d blue SG 91, very fine BN '64' of Oatlands, Cat £800. A rare stamp. Ex Koichi Sato. RPSofL Certificate (1971) states "is genuine with unclassified - at that time - roulette". [Three similar examples sold at Prestige auctions between 13.6.2009 & 23.9.2011 for an average of $1092] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolFGradeA View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 764 Tasmania: 1870-91 Sidefaces selection including simplified set to 5/- overprinted 'REPRINT', 3d imperf plate proof on Crown/CC paper x2, ½d used block of 6 & imperf single with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, 1d rosine with huge Wedge Flaw SG 171a, 3d with Major Plate Scratch CTO, 4d bistre Plate '3' corner pair & Current Number '43' block of 4 with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, 'Halfpenny' on 1d Misplaced Overprint mint & used, 'd/2½' Imperforate single & on 1894 Registration Envelope to Germany, etc, generall GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbol*OPGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 765 Tasmania: 1871-91 Perforated by the Post Office Perf 12 6d dull claret SG 143 block of 12, minor gum-staining at the top, virtually full o.g. with several units apparently unmounted, Cat £600++. Ex Koichi Sato. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbol**/*GradeA/A- View details Estimate$350Price Realized$280StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 766 Tasmania: 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, Sir Henry Somerset and Trevor Hiscock. (2 blocks) Symbol*/**GradeA View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 767 Tasmania: 1880-91 Wmk 'TAS' without Lines Perf 11½ ½d orange SG 159 and Perf 12 3d red-brown SG 165 marginal blocks of 24 (6x4), well centred, virtually full o.g. with most units being unmounted, Cat £260++. (2 blocks) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbol**GradeA View details Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 768 Tasmania: 1880-91 Wmk 'TAS' without Lines Perf 11½ 3d red-brown marginal Imperforate Pair SG 161a from the left of the sheet, margins good to huge, large-part o.g., Cat £450. Very scarce. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbol*GradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$440StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 769 Tasmania: 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 & Trevor Hiscock. 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 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot 770 Tasmania: 1891 Wmk 'TAS' with Lines Perf 12 ½d orange marginal Imperforate Pair SG 172a from the left of the sheet, margins good to humungous, large-part o.g., Cat £300. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbol*GradeA View details Estimate$250Price Realized$280StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 771 Tasmania: 1896-1909 Ninepence annotated selection with shades, corner block of 4 with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, Crown/A Perf 12½ pair with Double Perfs at the Base, Irregular Compound Perfs Perf 12½x11, Perf 11x12 x2 shades, Perf 11x11x11x12, horizontal pair Perf 11x12 & Perf 11x12x12x12, horizontal pair Perf 12½x11 & Perf 12½x11x11x11 (**), etc, generally very fine. A very desirable group. (37) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbol*/**GradeA View details Quantity37Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot 772 Tasmania: 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. Ex Trevor Hiscock. RPSofV Certificate (2013). Symbol*GradeA View details Estimate$850StatusUnsold Lot 773 Tasmania: BEER DUTY: 1881 No Watermark 2/3d blue (central fold) & 9/- yellow-green (remarkably fine) both with oval cachets in blue or violet; and 1892 Surcharges - all with characteristic creases & soiling - '3s.' on 2/3d, '6s.' on 4/6d & '12.' on 9/-, Elsmore Online Cat $490. (5) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolO View details Quantity5Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 774 Tasmania: Pre-stamp internal entires including 1830 to "Lake River" with typically poor strike of the small undated 'HOBART' oval h/s, 1849 with postmaster's endorsement "Oatlands/19.2.49", 1853 printed lettersheet with '10 O CLOCK' cds (stated to be the LRD), Money Letters 1850 with postmaster's endorsement "Cleved 25 4 50", 1851 with boxed 'CAMP TOWN' d/s & 1853 with postmaster's endorsement "Emu Bay 2 Aug 53", two others, plus 1869 OHMS with very fine '[crown]/FREE' diamond-d/s, generally fi GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity9Estimate$650StatusUnsold Lot 775 Tasmania: Bundle of covers & postcards all with mercantile imprints, generally presentable to fine with a few better. (43) SymbolCPS View details Quantity43Estimate$150Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 776 Tasmania: 1836 (Jan 7) entire headed "Launceston" signed "JMcRobertson" to "John Leake/Campbell Town" with a fair (but still better-than-average) strike of the undated double-oval 'LAUNCESTON' handstamp, minor blemishes. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$450StatusUnsold Lot 777 Tasmania: 1837-53 entires from England x3 or Scotland (the earliest, with 'OLDRAIN' d/s) all with various boxed 'SHIPLETTER' datestamps of Hobart, one of 1843 is a mourning letter, apart from the first - which is stained - the others are fine to very fine. [One, of 1841, is to "Frank Allison/Streanshall/Macquarie River", father of William Race Allison] (4) SymbolCGradeA/C View details Quantity4Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot 778 Tasmania: 1868 stampless yellow cover from Prussia "Pr overland Mail via Marseille" with very fine 'ALTONA/ F /25 2/68/5-6N' cds in red & rated "10" (silver groschen) with 'P.D.' h/s also in red, French pattern 'PRUSSE/* 27/FEVR/68/ FORBACH' cds in blue & 'LYON A MARSEILLES' TPO transit b/s, Hobart 'SHIP LETTER-INWARDS FREE' arrival b/s, minor defects but of striking appearance. A rare origin/destination item. Until 1864, Altona was Danish territory. In that year, the Danish provinces of Schle GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$600Price Realized$480StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 779 Tasmania: 1868 cover to London with scarce Two-Issue franking of Imperf 4d blue SG 37 (margins close to large with a chunk of the adjoining unit at right) & Perf 10 2d yellow-green SG 60 (Cat £150 x10+ on cover) with neat bars cancel & 34mm GPO cds of 23AP23/1868 in red at left, London arrival cds of JU19/68, minor faults. Ex Koichi Sato. Peter Holcombe Certificate (1985) as SG 35 & 89! GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot 780 Tasmania: 1893-1912 covers including to Hong Kong, New Zealand, Portugal and South Africa, two 'POSTAGE PAID/HOBART TAS' on Tattersalls envelopes with Sweepstakes Tickets contents, etc, also stationery including 1893 1½d brown reply postal card to USA, 1d red+½d orange postal card to Germany, 1d red STO wrapper for "The Mercury Hobart", 2d green+½d orange envelope 1898 to Hungary, 1900 Post Office penalty envelope with GPO Frank Stamp, small group of 1d Pictorials on PPCs with some postmark i SymbolCPSGradeA/B View details Quantity27Estimate$240Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot 781 Tasmania: 1910-12 Tasmanian PPCs from Ringarooma all to Russia, one with Pictorials ½d & 1d, the others with 1d only & various Russian tax & redirection handstamps. Nice lot, to a very scarce destination. (5) SymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity5Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 782 Tasmania: FRANK STAMPS: Group of envelopes with 'CORPORATION OF HOBART', 'CORPORATION OF LAUNCESTON' (registered to England), 'GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN' (a wrapper), 'GOVERNOR' Types 1 & 2, 'INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION' CTO, 'MARINE BOARD HOBART', superb 'MARINE BOARD LAUNCESTON', superb 'RE DUTIES DEPARTMENT' & 'UNIVERSITY OF/TASMANIA' (a postcard), condition a bit variable; also cutouts with superb strikes of 'MERSEY MARINE BOARD FORMBY', 'MARINE BOARD OF LEVEN' & 'THE MARINE BOARD OF MERSEY DEVON GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSΔ View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 783 Tasmania: POSTMARKS: First Allocation Barred Numerals '11' (superb), '35', '52', manuscript "54", '59', '60', '61', '64' & '68', fine to very fine strikes, also Victorian Barred Oval with indistinct numeral (rare), all on 4d Couriers cut-square with full- to almost-full margins, a few faults but generally fine & attractive, Cat £3750 (minimum). Ex Koichi Sato. (10) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolO View details Quantity10Estimate$750Price Realized$850StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 784 Victoria: 1857-1912 collection annotated with old Gibbons numbers starting with a nice range of Emblems, Beaded Ovals including Rouletted 4d, Laureates to 5/- x9 including 2d with Double Perfs & 8d orange, 'STAMP - DUTY' Overprints set, 1886-96 High Values £5 to £9 set with manuscript cancels, Naish 2/- blue-green used pair, 1897 (CTO) & 1900 (mint) Charities, KEVII £1 mint (small stains) & postally used x2 and £2 CTO, some others CTO to 10/- green, etc, condition variable. A handy basis for SymbolO View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 785 Victoria: Classics comprising Campbell & Fergusson Half-Lengths 1d x3 (one with very fine Barred Oval '94' of Ararat, one tied to small newspaper piece by 'NEWSPAPER/MELBOURNE' d/s) & 3d (Barred Oval '18' of Portland), also mint Perkins Bacon Queen-on-Throne 1d with large-part o.g. (light crease), Cat £500. (5) SymbolO*GradeA/B View details Quantity5Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot 786 Victoria: Untidy array on old album pages with lots of pickings including several pages of Emblems, £5 pink with mss cancels x7 on JRW Purves' page, etc, condition variable with a few mint. (100s) Symbol*O View details Estimate$400Price Realized$650StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 787 Victoria: A serious collector's remainders mostly on stockcards with many better items noted including Half-Lengths, Woodblocks with 6d 'TOO LATE' x15, 1/- 'REGISTERED' x2 (one on piece) & 6d black SG 102 x8 including a pair & two with part of the Marginal Inscription (one on piece), Queen-on-Throne 6d plate proof in black, several cards of Emblems, Redrawn 6d black SG 107 mint pair with large-part o.g., Laureates with 3d lilac x3, 10d grey x3 & 5/- blue/yellow x3, Bell 9d with Double Perfs, 'ST SymbolOC View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$3,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 788 Victoria: Old-time collection with enough pickings from Half-Lengths on to suggest that close inspection will be rewarded, noted lots of Emblems including Imperf 1d strip of 3, Beaded Ovals imperf 4d, Laureates Emergency Printings, 1897 Charity 2½d CTO, perf 'OS' group to 5/- x3, Postage Dues to 2/-, some postmark interest including very fine Barred Numerals 1st Type '163' (rated RR), '289' (RRR) & '914' (RRR), condition very mixed. (100s) SymbolO View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 789 Victoria: Collector's duplicates in four albums. Pickings. (100s) SymbolO View details Estimate$100Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 790 Victoria: Accumulation on Hagner pages with good selections of earlies including Half-Lengths 3d Perf 12, Woodblocks 6d 'TOO LATE' x3 (one possibly unused), 1/- 'REGISTERED' x9, Beaded Ovals 6d orange, Laureates 5/- blue/yellow (closed tear), Bell ½d rose mint strip of 4 & block of 8, 1878 1d green/yellow mint, Stamp Duty 1/6d blue mint & 2/6d yellow unused, No 'POSTAGE' 5/- mint, KEVII £1 mint x2 & commercially used x2 (one with telegraph cds) and £2 mint, Revenues £25 to £100, some postma Symbol*O View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$3,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 791 Victoria: Old-time collection rehoused on stock pages with a few very attractive Half-Lengths including Perf 12 3d x2, 6d 'TOO LATE' (attractive but with closed scissor-cut), Queen-on-Throne 2d impressive pair & mint 1d, Emblems Star Wmk unused 1d, lots of Laureates to 5/- x6 (one apparently unused) including 1d mint x2, 8d orange, 10d grey & mint 1/-, 'POSTAGE' mint to 5/- x2, etc, some Barred Numerals interest including 1st Type '17' (rated RRR) & 1st Type '36' (RR), condition rather mixed. (3 SymbolΩ*O View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$950StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 792 Victoria: Useful group of multiples with 1886-89 1d marginal blocks of 10 x3, 1896 1½d apple-green block of 15, 1901 ½d blue-green Compound Perf 12½ x 11, SG 409 marginal block of 8 (Cat £480), 6d SG 392 block of 9, some minor toning, full unmounted original gum. Symbol**GradeA/B View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot 793 Victoria: 1850-57 Half-Lengths annotated selection stated to include Ham Printings 1d x8 including a pair, 2d x14 & 3d x9, Campbell & Co 1d x2 & 3d, and Campbell & Fergusson 1d x10 & 3d x9, also Rouletted 3d x & Perf 12 3d x2, condition variable but many are attractive &/or fine to very fine. Some are obvioulsy wrongly identified so careful inspection is strongly recommended. (57) SymbolO View details Quantity57Estimate$1,000Price Realized$850StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 794 Victoria: 1850-57 Half-Lengths selection with Ham 1d strip of 3, 3d SG 11 marginal pair with Barred Oval '44' (rated R), 3d SG 14 pair [10-11] with Barred Oval '26' (RR) of Border Post, 3d White Veils reconstruction of the 12 positions including strip of 3 [10-12]; Campbell & Co 3d complete reconstruction of the 24 positions from the Intermediate Stone including three pairs, Campbell & Fergusson 3d with Huge White Flaw by Queen's Head, Perf 12 3d x2, etc, condition variable; also Jeffryes 2d & 3 SymbolOΩ View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 795 Victoria: 1850-57 Half-Lengths Thomas Ham Original State of the Dies (Fine Background & Fine Frame) 2d grey-lilac SG 3a, good even margins, fine Butterfly '2' cancel of Geelong, Cat £550. Superb! SymbolFGradeA+ View details Estimate$500Price Realized$650StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 796 Victoria: 1850-57 Half-Lengths Thomas Ham Original State of the Dies (Orb with Thick White Outline) 3d bright blue SG 4 [23], margins close to large, Butterfly '1' cancel, Cat £600. Superb! GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolFGradeA+ View details Estimate$750Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 797 Victoria: 1850-57 Half-Lengths Thomas Ham Second State of the Die 1d red-brown SG 5 pair [21-22], margins close to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, unusually cancelled with bars of Sydney & rare thus, Cat £900+. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolGGradeA View details Estimate$380Price Realized$290StatusSold Lot 798 Victoria: 1850-57 Half-Lengths Thomas Ham Second State of the Dies (Fine Border & Coarse Background) 2d grey-lilac SG 6, margins good to large, Butterfly '23' cancel of Burn Bank (rated R); and Third State of the Dies (Framelines Added) 2d lilac-drab SG 13b, margins just clear to good, light Butterfly cancel; Cat £380. (2) SymbolFGradeA View details Quantity2Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot 799 Victoria: 1850-57 Half-Lengths Thomas Ham Second State of the Dies (Band of Orb Protrudes at Left) 3d blue SG 7, margins close to large except where a bit cut-into at the base, unused, Cat £4750. [About 20 unused examples have been recorded, most of which have significant faults. This is one of the more attractive examples] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolΩGradeC View details Estimate$900StatusUnsold Lot 800 Victoria: 1850-57 Half-Lengths Thomas Ham "White Veils" 3d blue SG 14 [1] marginal single from the upper-left of the sheet, margins just touching - at lower-left - to huge with a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, unused, Cat £1200. One of the finest unused examples we have seen. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolΩGradeA View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...67891011...15|Next123456789101112131415 Previous 123456789101112131415 Next Previous 123456789101112131415 Next
