Stamps, Postal History & Picture Postcards 02 27, 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 401-500 of 1322. Previous|12345678...14|Next1234567891011121314 Image Lot # Item Title Quantity Time Left Your Bids 403 South Australia - 1891-93 Surcharges '2½d.' on 4d green including Perf 10 block of 48 (6x8, most units unmounted), Perf 10x11½x10x10 mint x2, Closer Fraction SG 233b in block of 4, block of 4 with Major Double Perfs, and covers to USA, Austria (faults), Germany & GB, generally fine to very fine, Cat £1100+ plus the covers. Symbol*/**oc Estimate$340Price Realized$260StatusSold View details 404 South Australia - 1902-12 Long Toms with Thin 'POSTAGE' set to £1 SG 268-279, Thick 'POSTAGE' set to £1 SG 284-292 plus 8d pair SG 285/a, and Crown/A set to 5/- SG 298-305 + 3d shade and punctured 'SA' 3d & 9d (**), a few blemishes but both Pounds are very fine, Cat £2000+. (33) 33 Symbol*GradeA/B Estimate$850Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 405 South Australia - 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' selection stated to be from all-different printings/shades comprising 3d x3, 4d x3, 6d x3, 8d x3, 9d x2, 10d x4 (both types in both shades), 1/- x3, 2/6d x2, 5/- 10/- & £1, generally very fine, Cat $1700. (26) 26 Symbol*Gradea/a- Estimate$500Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 406 South Australia - 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' Selection stated to be from all-different printings/shades comprising 3d x3, 4d x4, 6d x3, 8d x3, 9d x2, 10d x4 (both types in both shades), 1/- x3, 2/6d x2, 5/- 10/- & £1 (CTO), generally very fine, Cat $1000+. (27) 27 Symbolg/fGradea/a- Estimate$260Price Realized$280StatusSold View details 407 South Australia - 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' Perf 11½-12½ 9d reddish pink upper-right corner block of 4 with Plate Number '1', Sheet Number '2d 734773' and Error of Watermark 'SUOTH' BW #S27a/zb, ink notation in the margin, mounted in the margins only, Cat $750++ (mounted). Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$260Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 408 South Australia - 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 1/- brown with 'POSTAGE' & 'ONE SHILLING' in Brown-Red BW #S30A (SG 275c), a little aged, 'PARCEL POST ADELAIDE/FE2/03/SA' cds, Cat $2000 (£1100). An obvious example of the bicoolour. [NB: both catalogues call the second colour "red-brown". Our opinion is that this is incorrect] SymbolFGradeB C1 Estimate$600Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 409 South Australia - 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' Perf 11½-12½ 1/- brown with 'POSTAGE' & 'ONE SHILLING' Misplaced Downwards BW #SS30c punctured 'SA' as always, characteristic rough perfs, 'REGISTERED ADELAIDE/10/OC30/S-A' squared-circle, Cat $3000. [The ACSC states "At least three used examples...are known..."] SymbolgGradea c2 Estimate$650Price Realized$700StatusSold View details 410 South Australia - 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' Perf 12 3d olive with 'POSTAGE' & 'THREE PENCE' Grossly Misplaced resulting in Blank Tablets BW #S19c, a little aged, lightly mounted, Cat $750. RPSofV Certificate (1984). [Michael Blake's very fine example sold at our auction of 30.6.2016 for $992] Symbol*GradeB B1 Estimate$300Price Realized$480StatusSold View details 411 South Australia - 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE all-different printings/shades comprising 6d, 9d x2, 10d, 1/- x2, 2/6d x3, 5/- x2, 10/- & £1 x2, Cat $1800+ (£1300+). (14) 14 Symbol*Gradea b1 Estimate$550Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 412 South Australia - 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE 9d deep rosy lake with the Watermark Inverted BW #S49a, Adelaide cds, Cat $750. [The ACSC states "Only several used examples...have been recorded..."] SymbolgGradea a1 Estimate$260StatusUnsold View details 413 South Australia - 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE 9d brown-red on Crown/SA Paper with the Watermark Inverted BW #S50a mint single & a defective used strip of 3 with North Adelaide cds of 2NO11, Cat $650+. [This printing was an anomaly, being made in 1911 to use up old remainders of De La Rue and Detmold Crown/SA paper] Symbol*oGradea/c Estimate$170StatusUnsold View details 414 South Australia - O. S.' OVERPRINTS: 1891 Perf 10 2/6d lilac SG O86 horizontal pair, some creasing, full unmounted o.g.!, Cat £14,000++ (mounted). A very rare multiple. [Only one sheet of 60 was printed] Symbol**Gradeb c1 Estimate$6,500StatusUnsold View details 415 South Australia - OFFICIAL PUNCTURES: Range of "Long Toms" with Crown/SA punctured 'SA' 6d mint & used x3 (one with Inverted 'SA'), 9d mint, 1/- mint with the Watermark Inverted, 2/6d used and 5/- mint & used x2, and punctured 'OS' 6d mint & used, 8d used x2, 9d with the Watermark Inverted mint, 1/- used x2 and 5/- mint & used; then Crown/A punctured 'SA' 3d mint x2 & used x4, 4d mint x2 & used x5 (one with Inverted 'SA'), 6d mint & used x3, 9d mint & used x3 (one with the Watermark Inverted), 1 49 Symbol*o Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 416 South Australia - OFFICIAL PUNCTURES: Punctured 'OS': 1d block of 6 (four units unmounted), 2d corner block of 9 (**), 4d block of 4 (light bend across the right-hand units) & 6d all mint, plus used 3d 9d 1/- & 5/-, Cat $480++ (no prices for unmounted stamps). (24) 24 Symbol*/**GradeA Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 417 South Australia - OFFICIAL PUNCTURES: Punctured 'SA': Thick 'POSTAGE' 3d 4d 6d 9d (unmounted) 1/- 2/6d 5/- (a bit down on condition) & £1, large-part o.g., and an unmounted 1d block of 9. Very scarce. (17) 17 Symbol*/**GradeA/B Estimate$600StatusUnsold View details 418 South Australia - OFFICIAL PUNCTURES: Thick 'POSTAGE' Perf 12½ 3d sage-green marginal strip of 6 from the base of the right-hand pane, the first unit very lightly mounted otherwise unmounted. Symbol**/*GradeA B1 Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 419 South Australia - REPRINTS: Range of mostly singles to 2/- plus 4d corner block of 4, 6d corner strip of 6 & 1/- strip of 5, all with 'REPRINT' Overprint, also various 'SPECIMEN' Overprints to 9d including 2½d & 5d Surcharges both with two different overprints, mostly with large-part o.g. Colourful lot. (58 units) Symbol*GradeA/A- Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 420 Postal History (South Australia) - Bundle of pages with annotated covers including a few pre-stamps, Official Mail including 'O.S.' Overprints, 'SA' perfins & DLO 'RETURNED PAID LETTER' Envelope, instructional h/s including 1879 to GB with 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE/FINE' & superb '1/-' h/s, 'MISSENT TO' & 'UNCLAIMED' covers, 1909 PPC with Sandleton "cogwheel" cds, etc, condition very mixed. (80) 80 Symbolc Estimate$500Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 421 Postal History (South Australia) - Useful group including 1855 to GB "pSalsette" with 2d SG 2 strip of 3 (one huge unit, the others a bit cut-into), 1867 to GB with 'VIA/MARSEILLES' embossed ribbon & 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d yellow, 1870 to GB with Rouletted 6d & De La Rue 2d pair, 1880 to GB with '8 PENCE' on 9d yellow-brown, 1884 with 'ADELAIDE CLUB' embossing on the flap to Germany with 6d only & German 'T' h/s & redirected to Surrey, etc, condition a bit mixed. (11) 11 SymbolC Estimate$750Price Realized$700StatusSold View details 422 Postal History (South Australia) - 1848 entire headed "Mt Charles 27th July 1848" and signed "James Ide" (?), to England with a very fine strike of the oval 'POST OFFICE/("13 Aug 1848")/MT BARKER' h/s with date inserted, 'GPO/AU*17/1848/SOUTH AUSTRALIA' transit cds on the face overstruck with a faint 'LEIGHTON BUZZARD' arrival cds in blue, London b/s of 2FE2/1849 in red, a bit soiled. The oval marking is rated RRR & is recorded from "7 June 1848" so this is a very early usage. [This is a superio SymbolCGradeB Estimate$750Price Realized$900StatusSold View details 423 Postal History (South Australia) - 1848 a very similar entire from the same correspondence headed "Ausdwarfe Dr 15 1848" but the posting delayed with a fine strike of the handstamp with date "5 Feby 1849" inserted, GPO transit on the face, London transit b/s of 2JY2/1849 & light but obvious 'LEIGHTON BUZZARD' arrival b/s in blue, a bit soiled. [The writer states "...we are at German Town at Last..." This is almost certainly a reference to the German Lutheran settlement at Hahndorf, only 9km from SymbolCGradeB Estimate$600Price Realized$900StatusSold View details 424 Postal History (South Australia) - 1910 to a missionary at "Tuasivi/Savaii/Samoa" with scarce franking of Thin 'POSTAGE' 8d ultramarine tied by Adelaide cds with red/white registration label alongside, 'SUVA, FIJI/REGISTERED' transit b/s & boxed registration cachet at L/L, part-flap with small-part Apia arrival b/s, minor blemishes. [The rate was 2½d x2 + 3d registration] SymbolcGradeb Estimate$600Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 425 Postal History (South Australia) - POSTAL CARDS: 1883 1d+1d Reply Card HG 2 complete pack of 6 with the Post Office band 'HALF-DOZEN REPLY POST CARDS/Price One Shilling'. Rare & desirable. GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradea Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 426 Postal History (South Australia) - POSTMARKS: 1970s-2000s datestamps on covers mostly airmail to overseas destinations with many single frankings, the occassional registered item, some postal stationery, advertising, taxed mail & postcards, selected for clarity of strikes which are generally well above average including modern rubber types often on International Post issues. Good variety with minimal duplication. (400+) SymbolCPSGradeA/A- Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 427 Tasmania - SPECIMEN' Overprints comprising Sidefaces x10 to 10d, Tablets set, De La Rue Pictorials, & Stamp Duty Platypus set SG F26-29, condition rather mixed, Cat £1400 not including the Postal Fiscals; plus an array of unoverprinted & overprinted Reprints array including a number of blocks of 4 or 8, mostly very fine. (125 units) SymbolΩ* Estimate$500Price Realized$950StatusSold View details 428 Tasmania - 1853-67 Imperfs including 1d blue SG 2 used (very attractive but repaired), apparently unused 4d Courier (full margins) & Star Wmk 1d (3½ margins, repaired), 4d Courier used pair (full margins), Pelure Paper 1d used (3 margins) & other Imperfs most of which have been cleaned. Huge catalogue value if they were all kosher. (29) 29 SymbolΩO Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,900StatusSold View details 429 Tasmania - 1855 London Printings with Large Star Wmk 1d carmine, 2d green, 4d deep blue & 4d blue SG 14 & 16-18 horizontal pairs, generally very fine but the margins a bit deficient in places, Cat £3200+. Scarce multiples. (4 pairs) Symbolg/fGradea/b Estimate$650Price Realized$480StatusSold View details 430 Tasmania - 1856-57 No Watermark Thin White Paper 1d pale brick-red SG 19 horizontal pair, margins good to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, light untidy cancels, Cat £1300+. A rare multiple. Ex Koichi Sato. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolOGradeA Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 431 Tasmania - 1892-99 Tablets ½d to £1 SG 216-225, some hinge remainders; 1899-1900 Pictorials blocks of 4 to 4d (two units *), 5d strip of 3 & 6d marginal pair all unmounted plus 1d imperf plate proof strip of 3 (no gum) & Crown/A 1d imperf single with 'GORDON' cds, and Stamp Duty Platypus mint set SG F26-29. (60) 60 Symbol*/**PGradeA/A- Estimate$850Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 432 Tasmania - 1892-99 Tablets £1 dull green & yellow-orange SG 225, light bend, unmounted, Cat £500+ (mounted). Symbol**GradeA- C1 Estimate$300Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 433 Tasmania - POSTMARKS: 'ALONNAH/20OC1911/* TASMANIA *' cds largelysuperb strike on Walch's Tasmanian Almanac advertising card with ½d Pictorial. From Mills Reef 20.12.1909. Hardinge rated RRR+: "good strikes are harder than usual to find". [On Bruny Island. Orchard & Hardinge state "Mills Reef cds used until 1912" but we have noted Alonnah from 27JL1911] SymbolcGradea a1 Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 434 Revenues (Tasmania) - STAMP DUTY: 1900 'REVENUE' Overprint 2d chestnut vertical pair Imperforate Between, large-part o.g. Rare: unlisted at Elsmore Online. Ex Charles & Francis Kiddle. [Dave Elsmore does list horizontal pairs imperforate vertically] GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 435 Revenues (Tasmania) - POSTAL NOTES: 1890 Curved 'TASMANIAN POSTAL NOTE' 5/- in Black on Stamp Paper with Double-Lined '2' Watermark, 'TASMANIAN POSTAL NOTE/POUNDAGE/TWOPENCE' lightly printed in grey at upper-left, very fine strike of the unframed 'CMOO & SB/28JUL97/HOBART' (Chief Money Order & Savings Bank) cds in violet at lower-left & another almost as fine strike of the next day at lower-right, minor faults including a small wedge-shaped cut at upper-right. A great rarity: believed to be the SymbolCGradeB Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold View details 436 Revenues (Tasmania) - POSTAL NOTES: 1890 Curved 'TASMANIAN POSTAL NOTE' 20/- in Black on Stamp Paper with Double-Lined '4' Watermark, 'TASMANIAN POSTAL NOTE/POUNDAGE/THREEPENCE' lightly printed in grey at upper-left, light but largely fine strike of the double-oval 'STAMP...GENERAL POST OFFICE/30JUL97/HOBART' d/s at lower-left & superb unframed 'CMOO & SB/31JUL97/HOBART' cds at lower-right both in violet, minor faults including a small wedge-shaped cut at upper-right, Elsmore Online Cat $2500. A SymbolCGradeB Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold View details 437 Postal History (Tasmania) - 1851 stampless entire from GB with 'HULL/DE18/1851' cds in blue & 'SHIP-LETTER/[crown]/DE19/1851/ =LONDON=' cds in red, Tasmanian boxed 'SHIPLETTER/21MA21/1852' transit b/s & very fine boxed 'CAMP TOWN/23 Mar 52' arrival datestamp on thye face. [The lengthy letter states "...the Great Exhibition...gave us the opportunity of seeing many of your productions...it was an altogether most interesting affair, it went off uncommonly well..."] SymbolcGradea Estimate$400Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 438 Postal History (Tasmania) - 1901 stampless OAS cover endorsed "From ROW/No 110 IBC/SA" (= Imperial Bushmen's Corps in South Africa) with British 'ARMY PO 55/JA17/01/S,AFRICA' cds, Launceston transit & Dunorlan arrival b/s both of FE15/01, minor opening faults & vertical fold. SymbolcGrade(b) Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 439 Postal History (Tasmania) - 1903 KEVII Coronation postcard sent locally with 1d Pictorial tied 'LAUNCESTON/JY20/03/PR' cds and fine strike of the rare 'DETAINED FOR/FUMIGATION' h/s alongside, minor blemishes. [In response to a serious smallpox outbreak in the Launceston area, the "Examiner" newspaper advised that all mail, including newspapers, would be fumigated for two hours before despatch] SymbolCGradeA- Estimate$600Price Realized$900StatusSold View details 440 Postal History (Tasmania) - ENVELOPES: 1883 2d green HG B1 complete pack of 12 with the Post Office band inscribed 'TWELVE/POSTAGE ENVELOPES/Duty Two Pence'. Rare & desirable. GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradea/a- Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 441 Postal History (Tasmania) - ENVELOPES: STAMPED TO ORDER: 1892 commercial & contemporary usage of 2d+½d to England with 'HALIFAX' redirection & 'KENDALL' (Westmoreland) arrival b/s. GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradea- Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 442 Postal History (Tasmania) - POSTMARKS: 1970s-2000s datestamps on covers mostly airmail to overseas destinations with many single frankings, the occassional registered item, some postal stationery, advertising, taxed mail & postcards, selected for clarity of strikes which are generally well above average including modern rubber types often on International Post issues. Good variety with minimal duplication. (400+) SymbolCPSGradeA/A- Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 443 Victoria - Unusual selection including Imperf 1/- Octagonal unused (3 margins) & used block of 4, Emblems posthumous die proof in violet on glazed paper (116x138mm), 1886-96 1/6d blue & 1/6d orange mint plus £6 & £8 CTO, Charities 1897 mint & with 'Specimen' Overprint and 1900 mint, KEVII £1 & £2 both CTO, Postage Dues both sets mint, and Echuca Railways set, condition variable. (47) 47 Symbol*OVP Estimate$1,250Price Realized$2,400StatusSold View details 444 Victoria - 1850-53 Half-Lengths by Thomas Ham Third State of the Dies with Frame Lines Added 1d dull orange-vermilion SG 8 [27] from the base of the sheet with margins just touching to large, Butterfly '1' cancel of Melbourne, Cat £650. An unusually "large" example from this extremely close-set setting. GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea Estimate$450Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 445 Victoria - 1850-53 Half-Lengths by Thomas Ham Third State of the Dies with Frame Lines Added 1d dull red SG 8a [6] an unusually bright shade - yes, we know "bright dull" is an oxymoron - just shaved at right but with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left, Barred Oval '2' of Geelong, Cat £200+. GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea- Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 446 Victoria - 1850-53 Half-Lengths by Thomas Ham Third State of the Dies with Frame Lines Added 1d dull red SG 8a strip of 3 [13-15], ironed-out wrinkles at the base, Barred Oval '1' cancel of Melbourne, Cat £600+. A very rare multiple: only six strips of 3 are recorded & the only larger multiples are defective.. GSTex GSTSymbolfGradea-/b Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold View details 447 Victoria - 1854-57 Half-Lengths by Campbell & Fergusson Campbell & Fergusson Printings the original legal contract for the 1d & 3d printings SG 26-31d comprising 1) the handwritten schedule "We hereby engage to prepare for the Postmaster General Four millions penny and Two millions threepenny postage stamps to be lithographed from plates now in the possession of the Postmaster General. We agree to provide paper printing and gumming (specimen of the latter attached hereto)..."; 2) piece of gummed SymbolLGradeA- Estimate$5,000StatusUnsold View details 448 Victoria - 1854-57 Half-Lengths by Campbell & Fergusson 3d blue SG 31b, margins good to huge, ironed-out horizontal crease, unused, Cat £1900. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolΩGradeb Estimate$600Price Realized$700StatusSold View details 449 Victoria - 1856 Perkins Bacon Queen-on-Throne Imperf 1d yellow-green SG 40 vertical strip of 4, margins just shaved to large, the last unit creased, Barred Numeral '5' of Ballarat, Cat £168++. Scarce multiple. SymbolFGradeA/A- Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 450 Victoria - 1882-84 Naish Wmk '33' 2d chocolate SG 210a block of 6 (3x2), virtually full o.g., Cat £330+. Stated to be the largest recorded mint multiple. Symbol*GradeA Estimate$250Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 451 Victoria - 1884-96 Large Stamp Duty £5 hand-drawn stamp-size essay in pencil & watercolour wash on thin card, very similar to the approved version in which a number of design elements - lettering, numeral, corner & side ornaments - were changed. Ex JRW Purves. A unique and delightful example of "art in miniature". [Illustrated by Geoff Kellow at page 234 where he states "A beautiful pencil-drawn design as adopted [sic] has survived"] SymbolEGradeA Estimate$7,500StatusUnsold View details 452 Victoria - 1905-12 Crown/A £1 rose & £2 blue - exceptional centring - BW #V127C & 132 (SG 431a & 432), Cat $1100 (£1100). Symbol*GradeA Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 453 Victoria - POSTAGE DUES: 1890-94 Blue & Claret ½d to 5/- SG D1-10 plus ½d to 4d listed shades, large-part o.g., Cat £575. (14) 14 Symbol*GradeA/A- Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 454 Victoria - POSTAGE DUES: ½d blue & claret BW #VD1 (SG D1) marginal block of 30 [L37-41/97-101] from the left of the sheet; ½d deep blue & bright claret with the Watermark Inverted BW #VD1Ba (SG D1a) half-sheet of 60 [7-12/115-120] with margins on three sides, a little fragile; and 1895-96 New Colours ½d rosine & bluish green with the Watermark Inverted BW #VD11Aa (SG D11) part-sheet of 76 (9x10, with an irregular block of 14 removed from the lower-right), virtually full o.g; most units unmoun GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea Estimate$750Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 455 Victoria - POSTAGE DUES: 1890-94 Blue & Claret ½d to 5/- SG D2-10, the ½d & 4d are from the printings in deep blue & bright claret, all CTO with Melbourne cds of various dates BW #VD2w-10w, Cat $830 (£260+). [Absent from Bill McCredie's collection. Larry Birke had only pairs of the ½d & 1d] (8) 8 GSTex GSTSymbolvGradea b1 Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 456 Victoria - POSTAGE DUES: 5/- blue & claret BW #VD10 (SG D10) vertical pair, large-part o.g., Cat $800+ (£380+); also 1897-99 2d to 6d SG D22-25 plus 2d & 4d shades SG D22a & 23a, CTO with Melbourne cds BW #VD22-25, under-catalogued at $180. (8) 8 GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea b1 Estimate$300Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 457 Victoria - REVENUES: Selection comprising Stamp Statute values to £5 including 3d with 'Reprint' Overprint & 4d with large-part o.g. (probably an unoverprinted reprint), Stamp Duty Large Type £5 to £9 and 1886-96 £5 £7 & £9, condition variable but most are fine to very fine; also Stamp Statute bromide prints of incomplete dies with values to £1 of unknown origin x8. (30) 30 Symbol*O Estimate$850Price Realized$1,600StatusSold View details 458 Victoria - REVENUES: 1884-96 Large Stamp Duty £5 two very different shades & £7 to £10, a few characteristic pinholes, 1880s manuscript cancels. (6) 6 SymboloGradea/a- Estimate$400Price Realized$480StatusSold View details 459 Victoria - RAILWAY STAMPS: 1876 'VICTORIA/ECHUCA' 1d green horizontal strip of 3 Imperforate Vertically between the Units, additionally originally Imperf at the Top but patched from behind & then perforated, the units separated with a knife - causing trimmed perfs at left - but rejoined, part-o.g. Rare: the first example recorded. [A similar ½d black strip of 3 Imperf between the Units that sold at the Prestige auction of 7.5.2013 for $1207] Symbol*GradeB Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 460 Postal History (Victoria) - Annotated covers with instructional handstamps including several 'TOO LATE' types, 'MISSENT TO/CASTLEMAINE' (1874) & '.../WILLIAMSTOWN' (1908), 1912 with unusual 'UNCLAIMED/AT SHEPPARTON' & 'MOO SHEPPARTON' cds, 'POST TOWN/NOT/KNOWN IN VICTORIA', superb boxed 'LOOSE SHIP LETTER', a variety of postage due types, etc, condition variable. (43) 43 Symbolc Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 461 Postal History (Victoria) - Selection with better items including c.1856 double-rate with 2d Queen-on-Throne & 6d Woodblock, 1858 with 6d rouletted Woodblock & very fine Beechworth crowned-oval b/s, 1860 with Emblems rouletted 2d & Perf 12 4d and 'BACK CREEK' b/s (LRD), 1865 to Adelaide with rare franking of Perf 12 2/- Woodblock, 1866 to GB with 1d x2 & embossed 'VIA/MARSEILLES' ribbon, 1867 to GB with 1/- Laureate, 1877 to GB with 1/- Bell, and a mostly scruffy residue. (59 ) SymbolC Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold View details 462 Postal History (Victoria) - Exhibit pages with underpaid covers mostly from Great Britain including 1884 with superb boxed 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE 6d/FINE 6d - 1/-' h/s in violet & superb '1s/MORE TO PAY'-in-oval h/s, 1896 wrapper piece paid 1d with 1d Postage Due affixed, 1897 double-weight with 5d Postage Due twice redirected, 1902 1d Envelope with Postage Due 1d strip of 3 with Official Scissor-Cut, etc, also 1890 internal cover with 1d pink used in lieu of Postage Due but it doesn't belong (nice GSTex GSTSymbolcps Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 463 Postal History (Victoria) - 1844-70 annotated collection with a few prestamps including 1844 GB-Melbourne with boxed 'BOMBAY' transit d/s, lots of Classic frankings in indifferent condition including Half-Lengths, Woodblocks, Shilling Octagonals, Emblems etc, 1859 to New York at 8d rate, 1862 with all-over advertising on the reverse (sadly with half the back missing), 1866 stampless OHMS goldfields cover, 1867 with BN '458' of Bealiba, 1869 with Recut '258' of Vaughan, etc, very mixed condition. 59 Symbolc Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 464 Postal History (Victoria) - 1844-70 the second part of the collection 1871-1912 with lots of Laureates & other useful frankings including 1897 Charity 1d x2 & a few commercial perfins, 1891 with complete '.../FOUND OPEN/OFFICIALLY SEALED' label on the reverse, 1904 to Hobart with Postage Due Blank Tablet 6d pair, 1913 PPC with 1d pink pair used in lieu of Postage Dues, some postmark interest especially in the numbered Melbourne types, also TPOs, 'MC/1' & 'MUSK CREEK' "tie", a few advertising cov Symbolcps Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 465 Postal History (Victoria) - 1860 (Aug 21) entire letter to Melbourne (b/s) with almost superb strike of the large & impressive 'VICTORIA EXPRESS/S.COLLOU & Co/STATIONERS/News & Letter Agents/&c/INGLEWOOD' h/s & mss "1" (signifying that the express fee of 1/- had been paid; partly obscured by the flap) in red both on the reverse, placed into the postal system at 'NEW INGLEWOOD' (oval b/s) where Beaded Oval 4d was tied by an indistinct numeral cancel, ironed-out filing creases are less prominent o SymbolCGradeB Estimate$6,500StatusUnsold View details 466 Postal History (Victoria) - 1860 (Dec 26) cover to England "Via Marseilles" with rare Two Issue franking of Rouletted Woodblocks 6d orange & Perf 12 Beaded Ovals 3d blue tied by Barred Numeral '1' of Melbourne (b/s), London arrival b/s of FE12/61, minor blemishes mostly on the reverse. Stated by our vendor to be "a unique franking". SymbolCGradeA- Estimate$600StatusUnsold View details 467 Postal History (Victoria) - 1861 (Jan 25) outer to GB "Via Marseilles" with very fine Perf 12 1/- Octagonal tied by "killer" '1' of Melbourne (b/s in red), 'BIRMINGHAM/MR17/61/ 3 ' arrival b/s. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 468 Postmarks (Victoria) - Large accumulation from Colonial issues up to Decimals with plenty on piece and a few covers plus some unsorted in bags, noted four-volume A-Y collection with many unframed cds, separate albums of Melbourne, Western District, Barred Numerals including nice '1' on QOT 2d pair, group of registered covers including 1930 KGV 'TWO PENCE' overprint Envelope with 'MURROON' cds and red provisional label, etc. Huge quantity with plenty of potential. (1000s) SymbolOΔCGradeA/B Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 469 Postmarks (Victoria) - 1970s-2000s datestamps on covers mostly airmail to overseas destinations with many single frankings, the occassional registered item, some postal stationery, advertising, taxed mail & postcards, selected for clarity of strikes which are generally well above average including modern rubber types often on International Post issues. Good variety with minimal duplication. (500+) SymbolCPSGradeA/A- Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 470 Postmarks (Victoria) - BARRED NUMERALS: Collection with many complete duplex cancels & numeral/cds "ties", rated up to RR only but quality of strikes generally well above average and much postal history interest including registered & taxed items, 1861 with '187' and fine oval 'LONG GULLY/JL*24/61/VICTORIA' b/s (ERD), 1887 from Springhurst with '706' and octagonal 'DOWN TRAIN/MG6' d/s, 1895 "Beer n Baccy" card with Crown Reef Gold Mine notice and Castlemaine duplex, etc; also album of stamps fro SymbolSCPS Estimate$800Price Realized$1,400StatusSold View details 471 Postmarks (Victoria) - BARRED NUMERALS: manuscript "112" of Dunkeld on Bell 2d mauve. Unrecorded by Freeman & White. [The original type 1A numeral - rated RRR - was recut in 1887 to remove the inner side bars and presumably this marking was used during it being out of service] SymbolSGradeA1+ Estimate$100Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 472 Postmarks (Victoria) - BARRED NUMERALS: '371' light but discernible strike on 1876 cover to Melbourne with QV 2d Bell (rounded corner) & largely fine 'CHINAMAN'S FLAT/FE22/76/VICTORIA' cds (LRD; only third recorded strike) alongside, Maryborough & Melbourne b/s. Rated RR. [Goldmining. 6kms NNW of Maryborough; PO opened 20.11.1861; closed 8.11.1895] SymbolCGradeA Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold View details 473 Postmarks (Victoria) - BARRED OVALS: '10' of Kilmore light but obvious strike tying Half-Length 2d SG 17d (Cat £190) to small piece. GSTex GSTSymbolΔGradea b1 Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 474 Western Australia - Selection with an apparently unused Rouletted 1d black SG 2 (small fault at upper-left, Cat £4000 if genuine), Lithos 4d unused (stained apparently with traces of o.g.), Hillman Lithographs 2d Printed on Both Sides, very fine Imperf 6d sage-green SG 28, Perf Swans including 4d vermilion SG 40 x2 (one unused), Telegraphs 1d & 6d SG T1a & 2 unused, Coolgardie Cycle Express 1/- & 2/6d with large-part o.g. & Camel set (no gum, the 5/- faded), etc, condition variable. (47) 47 SymbolΩ*O Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,400StatusSold View details 475 Western Australia - Basic collection with a few better stamps including 4d Litho with full margins & BN '20' cancel, 4d carmine SG 84 (unused), 10/- x2 & £1, punctured 'WA' to 5/- & 'OS' to 2/6d, Postal Fiscals to 1/-, etc, lots of duplication of lower denominations, condition variable. (few 100) Symbolo Estimate$500Price Realized$950StatusSold View details 476 Western Australia - Range on Hagners including a fine Imperf 6d green with full margins, good range of Middle Issues with Numerals & other cancels, V/Crown 1d mint pair with Official Scissor-Cut/Repair, 2/- vermilion/yellow & 2/- with the Watermark Sideways x2 (one punctured 'OS'), official punctures 'WA' to 2/- including 2d with Double 'WA' and 'OS' to 2/-, also 3d with 'Medical' Handstamp, commercial perfins 'GDCo' on 4d & 'PWD' on 1/-, and WWI 'RAOB/GSB/TO AID/RED CROSS FUND/WESTERN AUSTRALIA 82 Symbol*O Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 477 Western Australia - Collection with a few scrappy imperfs, later Swans with better values, a few Commissariat Punctures & 'ONE PENNY' on 2d forgery, V/Crown to 10/- plus Perf 11 1d 2d & 5d, Crown/A to 5/- plus Perf 11 9d, Postal Fiscals to 1/-, a few are mint, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. (150 approx) GSTex GSTSymbol*O Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 478 Western Australia - 1854 Black Swan Imperf 1d black SG 1, margins close to large, professional repair at lower-left, unused, Cat £1400. David Brandon Certificate (2013). SymbolΩGrade(A) Estimate$400Price Realized$360StatusSold View details 479 Western Australia - 1854-55 Lithographs 4d blue SG 3a, a deep shade but not the "deep dull blue", good even margins, a little stained, Cat £450. RPSofV Certificate (2016). SymbolΩGradeb Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 480 Western Australia - 1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 1/- deep red-brown, grey-brown & pale brown SG 4a b & c, all with margins close to good, unused, Cat £3100. SymbolΩGradeA Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 481 Western Australia - 1854-55 Lithographs Rouletted 4d blue SG 5a, superb '2' cancel in blue of Perth; 1857-59 Hillman Lithographs 2d brown-black/red & 6d grey-black SG 20 & 23, '2' or '8' cancels; Cat £3900. Offered "as is". [The bona fides of these stamps are always questioned by some collectors & we can't guarantee that the roulettes are kosher. However, all three examples are large enough - the 4d with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left - to support them being genuine] SymbolFGradeA Estimate$500Price Realized$900StatusSold View details 482 Western Australia - 1857-59 Hillman Lithographs Imperf 6d black-bronze SG 18 with virtually full margins - just shaved at the base - & a fragment of the adjoining unit above, "Snake on Breast" flaw; and 6d grey-black SG 19 with good even margins; Cat £1200 [A client has advised us that the right-hand stamp - with the void grid - has had margins added. Estimate/reserve reduced to $400/$300]. SymbolFGradeA-/A Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 483 Western Australia - 1888 New Colours 4d brown-red SG 105 block of 4, large-part o.g. with the lower units being unmounted, Cat £320++ (mounted). GSTex GSTSymbol*/**Gradea Estimate$340Price Realized$260StatusSold View details 484 Western Australia - 1896 Proposed New Designs 6d die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm) with '22DEC1896' and 'AFTER/STRIKING' Handstamps and initialled: see ACSC #W2DP(1)B, Cat $4000. [The ACSC states "only one example...can be traced"] GSTex GSTSymbolPGradea Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold View details 485 Western Australia - 1902-11 V/Crown 1d to £1 SG 117-128 plus 10/- bright purple SG 127a, the 5d aged, Cat £2000+. (13) 13 Symbol*GradeA Estimate$1,200Price Realized$900StatusSold View details 486 Western Australia - REVENUES: 1882 Internal Revenue master die proof for the pence values with blank value tablet in black on highly surfaced card (92x61mm) with '21SEP81' & 'BEFORE HARDENING' Handstamps. Superb! Ex De La Rue Archives. [Francis Kiddle's similar proof sold at the Prestige auction of 23.9.2011 for $2760] GSTex GSTSymbolPGradea+ Estimate$1,750Price Realized$1,700StatusSold View details 487 Western Australia - RAILWAY STAMPS: 1905-06 Small Design 1/- marginal strip of 3 & 2/6d; and 1907-23 Large Design 3d (**), 6d scarlet (2, shades), 9d emerald (2, shades) & 2/6d, generally very fine. (10) 10 SymbolO**GradeA/A- Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 488 Western Australia - FRANK STAMPS: 'GLASGOW EXHIBITION COMMISSION/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' handstamp light but clear strike in violet on OHMS front with 7-line 'ROYAL COMMISSION/GLASGOW EXHIBITION 1901/WESTERN AUSTRALIA/...' imprint at lower-left. One of the rarest Australian Franks: Hans Karman recorded no dates of use. SymbolcGradea- Estimate$1,000Price Realized$950StatusSold View details 489 Western Australia - POSTMARKS: 1970s-2000s datestamps on covers mostly airmail to overseas destinations with many single frankings, the occassional registered item, some postal stationery, advertising, taxed mail & postcards, selected for clarity of strikes which are generally well above average including modern rubber types often on International Post issues. Good variety with minimal duplication. (400+) SymbolCPSGradeA/A- Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 490 General & Miscellaneous - Huge estate consignment offered intact in forty-four (44) file boxes containing all countries under the sun in albums & stockbooks, on pages & exchange sheets, in bags and just plain loose, noted Austalia with modern unmounted including gutter strips, Yearbooks, Gold Medalist M/Ss from 2000-2012. A quick inspection revealed albums of China and North Korea, plenty of covers including FDCs, leave an afternoon to view and bring a truck (seriously). MUST BE REMOVED BY BUYER Symbol*OCPSGradeA/B Estimate$1,000Price Realized$3,200StatusSold View details 491 General & Miscellaneous - Huge plastic tub of albums with a World array including lots of Switzerland & Hungary, United States including a range of Pre-Cancels, etc, also an album of Trains & a quantity of newsagents' packets of stamps. VERY heavy. Symbol**/*o Estimate$150Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 492 General & Miscellaneous - Estate remainders in plastic tub with several old Cartes de Visite, WWI photographic tribute to a deceased soldier, swapcards including a good lot for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics plus a framed group of 1956 Olympics pins & an array of other collectable pins pinned to cloth backing (viewers beware of pin pricks!), cloth badges etc. (100s) Symbolc/? Estimate$250Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 493 General & Miscellaneous - Consignment remainders in huge plastic tub with a quantity of used Decimals off-paper, box of Singapore FDCs, Malta 1937-84 issues, Gibbons "British Commonwealth" (2016 Edn) in original wrapping, a couple of unused albums. Symboloca Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold View details 494 General & Miscellaneous - 1873-96 covers to England including 1873 from Burma (stamp defective), 1881 from Turkey "via Varna", 1882 & 1891 from British Levant with 2½d & 'F87' of 'SMYRNA' or 40pa on 2½d pair with 'S.' cancels, 1884 from Egypt, 1888 from Syria with French Levant 1pi on 25c, 1896 from Greece with Olympics 10L & 20L, and three others, condition rather mixed but all presentable. (10) 10 GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb/c Estimate$200Price Realized$160StatusSold View details 495 General & Miscellaneous - Postal history selections including WWII Australian propaganda leaflet in Pidgin English, 1940 certificate for having signed the visitors book at the Sydney Harbour Bridge (aged) & 1947 airmail to New Hebrides, a few British & Italian pre-stamp items, Japanese PPCs, Postal Cards & covers including a few 1950s to Hawaii, Chinese group including 1942 Chungking-USA flown "over the Hump" & 1952 commercial airmail to GB, group of Taiwan FDCs, and an array of mostly World Pos Symbolcps Estimate$350Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 496 General & Miscellaneous - Worldwide collection in 30+ stockbooks and albums with Australia mint and used in quantity including QEII Decimals in blocks and part-sheets (face value $1,000+) also FDCs noted 1949 Arms 5/-, Decimal Navigators, 1970 Expo and Cook M/S, also Christmas Island QEII set, then worldwide mostly used noted GB KGVI £1 x20 and QEII £1 Castle x100+. Leave plenty of time to view! (1000s) Symbol**/*OCPS Estimate$500Price Realized$900StatusSold View details 497 General & Miscellaneous - Sparsely popluated "Imperial" album but we noted Canada Registration 8c blue, Ceylon QV 2r25c, Hong Kong QV 24c with bold 'S1' cancel in blue, 48c brown SG 31 with 'HSB' perfin & French marine d/s in blue and 96c brown with 'F1' cancel & red security chop, the Australian Colonies re-housed in a stockbook including SA 6d 'L.T.' Overprint and Thin 'POSTAGE' 5/- fine used, Victoria Laureate 1d with BN '59' of Lockwood plus a few mint, also Commonwealth issues mint and used Symbol**/*OGradeA/B Estimate$250Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 498 General & Miscellaneous - Old album largely denuded but with some useful NSW & Victoria including blocks & Officials, a few Australia, also inwards airmail covers including 1935 from GB with Re-Engraved Seahorses 2/6d 5/- & 10/- & resealed on all sides with Australian 'THIS COVER IS TOO FRAIL TO/CARRY WEIGHT OF CONTENTS' labels, also 1936 oversize cover from USA to NSW with Special Delivery 10c pair & red/white 'EXPRES/Special Delivery' label, condition variable. Symboloc/co Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 499 General & Miscellaneous - Box of mostly Australian covers including a batch of 1960s plain first day covers to Brunei & Qatar (!), 1948 & 1953 registered airmails from Macau or Poland both to Adelaide, 1906 to Darwin from Aru Islands in the Dutch Indies with straight-line 'DOBO' cancels & 'BANDA-NEIRA' transit b/s (in the Banda Islands), 1913 from Russia to Palmerston NT (roughly opened), 1914 Japan-Darwin with Japanese sealing labels tied by 'DAIREN/IJPO' cds & endorsed "Missent to Dairen", 194 Symbolc/cl Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 500 General & Miscellaneous - Huge Australia & world accumulation in envelopes in a massive plastic tub, some mint issues noted, also a couple of albums, five 1900s "Royal Academy Pictures" pictorial books, a "London Illustrated News" and a tatty 1880 "Australian Sketcher" magazine featuring Ned Kelly. (many 1000s) SymbolOΔ**L Estimate$200Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 501 General & Miscellaneous - Two stockbooks with modest collections of Canada with many "Back of Book" issues; Newfoundland with some better Airs *; and Great Britain including four scrappy Penny Blacks, imperf Penny Reds with Maltese Cross #1 4 5 & 7, QV to £1, KEVII to 10/-, KGV Heads mint to 1/-, 1½ pages of Seahorses, PUC £1 (surface abrasion), etc; condition very mixed. (100s) Symbolo* Estimate$600Price Realized$1,600StatusSold View details 502 General & Miscellaneous - Box of oddments with 1970 pieces from office mail mostly from PNG & GB, some mint New Zealand including 1906 Christchurch Exhibition Label #2 (Maori) complete strip of 7 from the top of the sheet with Double Perfs between units 4 & 5 (minor faults, large-part o.g.), etc. (100s) Symbol*OΔ Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678...14|Next1234567891011121314 Previous 1234567891011121314 Next
