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30034

1855/59: Diadem 6 d. fawn, imperforate, wmk. '8' in error (inverted), a used example with good to very large margins showing adjoining stamp at left, neatly cancelled by oval "NSW" handstamp in black Gi = £ 150. (Image 1)

SOLD for CHF120.00
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30035

1854/59: Perkins Bacon Proof for the Diadem 8 d. value engraved in red-brown on thick card paper (68 x 51 mm.), prepared specifically for the Company's display at the 1872 South Kensington Exhibition, exquisite and very rare.rnrnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 2 May 2014. (Image 1)

SOLD for CHF3,000.00
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30036

1854: Perkins Bacon Colour Trial / Plate Proof for the Diadem 8 d. value in black, an imperforate horizontal pair on medium wove ungummed paper, without watermark. Fresh and very fine. Cert. BPA (2013).rnrnProvenance: Collection G.J. Hutson, Spink, 19 Feb 2013, lot 247. (Image 1)

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CLOSED
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30037

1855 (Dec 1): Diadem 8 d. dull yellow-orange, imperforate, wmk. '8', a used example with large margins all round especially so at base, lightly cancelled by complete oval "NSW" handstamp in black. Tiny corner bend but a fine example of a very rare stamp. Cert. Ceremuga (2007) Gi = £ 1'500.rnrnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 19 Oct 2007, lot 413. (Image 1)

SOLD for CHF400.00
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30038

1861, 'CANCELLED' Stamps for Rowland Hill's Nephew Ormond HillrnOn 18 April 1861 Ormond Hill, the nephew of Rowland Hill, wrote to Joshua Butters Bacon the head of Perkins Bacon and Co.:rn"My dear Sir, Two or three of my friends who are collectors of Postage Stamps have asked me to procure for them specimens of new or uncommon stamps whenever I have it in my power. It occurs to me that perhaps you may be able to give me a few ...â€rnHe added on 24 April:rn"... I should be glad to have six stamps of each kind ...â€rnOn 15 August J. Upham (for J.B. Bacon) sent the stamps to Pearson Hill with the following letter:rn"Dear Sir, I beg now to send you as promised ... an envelope addressed to Ormond Hill Esq. containing 6 obliterated impressions of each of the stamps named in the list and request you will take two of each for Rowland Hill Esq. and yourself and then seal the package and forward it together with a letter which you will also find addressed to him, to Mr. Ormond Hill.â€rnIt turned out that the supply of the Crown Agentsâ€˜ property was given without authority.rnOrmond Hill was not asked to return the "specimens", and in fact, all were treated as private property. Nevertheless, the case destroyed Perkins Bacon as future printers for the Crown Agents.rnFrom Peter Jaffe in "Cancelled by Perkins Bacon", published for Spink & Son Ltd by James Bendon Ltd. (1998).rnrn1854: 6 d. purple-brown on cream wove paper, an imperforate Plate Proof with huge margins all round, 'used' with large part strikes of Perkins Bacon "CANCELLED" barred obliterator in black. Supplied by the printers Perkins Bacon to Ormond Hill (Rowland's nephew) in August 1861, six examples were supplied for members of the family, this being position 3 on the block. So far, just five of the six have surfaced, one being housed in the Collection of His Majesty King Charles III. The example offered here is particularly superb - the finest known Gi = £ 16'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection R.B. Yardley, Harmers, London, 11-12 Dec 1944, lot 22; Collection E.C. Francis, RL, London, 14 July 1976, lot 1006; Collection Conrad Latto, Harmers, London, 1-3 May 1984, lot 1076; Collection "Manwood" Siegel, New York, 8 Nov 1995, lot 4494; Collection "Besançon", Corinphila sale 221, 23 Nov 2017, lot 6077.rn (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for CHF9,500.00
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30039

1861, 'CANCELLED' Stamps for Rowland Hill's Nephew Ormond HillrnOn 18 April 1861 Ormond Hill, the nephew of Rowland Hill, wrote to Joshua Butters Bacon the head of Perkins Bacon and Co.:rn"My dear Sir, Two or three of my friends who are collectors of Postage Stamps have asked me to procure for them specimens of new or uncommon stamps whenever I have it in my power. It occurs to me that perhaps you may be able to give me a few ...â€rnHe added on 24 April:rn"... I should be glad to have six stamps of each kind ...â€rnOn 15 August J. Upham (for J.B. Bacon) sent the stamps to Pearson Hill with the following letter:rn"Dear Sir, I beg now to send you as promised ... an envelope addressed to Ormond Hill Esq. containing 6 obliterated impressions of each of the stamps named in the list and request you will take two of each for Rowland Hill Esq. and yourself and then seal the package and forward it together with a letter which you will also find addressed to him, to Mr. Ormond Hill.â€rnIt turned out that the supply of the Crown Agentsâ€˜ property was given without authority.rnOrmond Hill was not asked to return the "specimens", and in fact, all were treated as private property. Nevertheless, the case destroyed Perkins Bacon as future printers for the Crown Agents.rnFrom Peter Jaffe in "Cancelled by Perkins Bacon", published for Spink & Son Ltd by James Bendon Ltd. (1998).rnrn1854: 1 s. blue on slightly blued wove paper, an imperforate Plate Proof with huge margins all round, 'used' with large part strikes of Perkins Bacon "CANCELLED" barred obliterator in black. Supplied by the printers Perkins Bacon to Ormond Hill (Rowland's nephew) in August 1861, six examples were supplied for members of the family, this being position 6. So far, just four of the six have surfaced, one being housed in the Collection of His Majesty King Charles III. The example offered here is particularly superb and the finest of all the known examples Gi = £ 16'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Maurice Burrus, RL, London, 11 Feb 1964, ex lot 378; Collection E.C. Francis, RL, London, 14 July 1976, lot 1006; Collection Conrad Latto, Harmers, London, 1-3 May 1984, lot 1077; Collection "Manwood", Siegel, New York, 8 Nov 1995, lot 4495; Collection "Besançon", Corinphila sale 221, 23 Nov 2017, lot 6078.rnrn (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for CHF9,500.00
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30040

1856: Registered 6 d. vermilion & Prussian blue, imperforate on soft medium yellowish paper, no wmk., a used example with close margins but large at base, showing the central vignette misplaced downwards and to right, lightly cancelled in black.rnrnProvenance: Spink, London, 13 March 2008, lot 712.rn (Image 1)

SOLD for CHF140.00
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30041

1856/59: Registration 6d. vermilion & Prussian blue, a huge margined example and 1854/59 Garter 6 d. slate imperforate, large margins, used on 1858 registered cover from Brisbane (Queensland) to Newcastle, UK, endorsed 'per first mail steamer'. Each stamp neatly tied by dotted "95" numeral obliterator of Brisbane with "REGISTERED / BRISBANE" handstamp in black at left and despatch cds (March 22) and Sydney transit cds (March 29) on reverse. Handstruck 'd6' (pence) marking applied on arrival with oval 'London / Registered' datestamp (June 21) on obverse in red, Newcastle on Tyne arrival of the same day. A charming and extremely rare usage.rnrnProvenance: Collection "Besançon", Corinphila sale 229, 28-29 Nov 2018, lot 3118. (Image 1)

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SOLD for CHF1,800.00
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30042

Diadem Issue 1856: Perkins Bacon Trial Proof, an imperforate block of four (from a vertical format block of six) for the small Diadem issue with POSTAGE and Duty Plate blank and waxed void lower left corners, printed in brownish vermilion on unwatermarked greyish wove paper; fresh and very fine. Most attractive and scarce.rnrnProvenance: Collection John S. White, Spink, London, 22 May 1997, lot 342; Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 13-15 July 2005, lot 845.rn (Image 1) (Image 2)

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CLOSED
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30043

1856/60: Perkins Bacon Proof for the Diadem 2 d. value engraved in deep blue on thick card paper (57 x 77 mm.), prepared specifically for the Company's display at the 1872 South Kensington Exhibition, exquisite and very rare.rnrnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 2 May 2014. (Image 1)

SOLD for CHF3,000.00
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30044

1860 (Jan): Diadem 2 d. blue, Plate I, engraved, imperforate, a used example with error: "Watermark 5", with good to huge margins all round and showing portions of adjoining stamps on two sides, lightly cancelled in black. a fine stamp Gi = £ 100. (Image 1)

SOLD for CHF100.00
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30045

1859 (Aug 3): Diadem 2 d. pale blue, Lithographic Transfer from Plate I, imperforate, wmk. '2', a used example with large margins all round, cancelled by "43" numeral obliterator of Gunning in black. Cert. RPS of Victoria (2015) Gi = £ 800.rnrnProvenance: Mossgreen, Melbourne, 20 April 2015, lot 139. (Image 1)

SOLD for CHF440.00
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30046

1860/72: Small Diadem 2 d. pale blue, perf. 12, a slightly aged example used on 1862 small envelope to Mrs. B. Windeyer, Tomago, Raymond Terrace tied by "Sydney / NSW" duplex (Jan 4) in black. Struck on arrival with octagonal framed "RAYMOND TERRACE / MISSENT" in black - as the Tomago Post Office had only just opened on 1 January 1862 - the reverse with "Raymond Terrace / NSW" cds (Jan 5) and hand-drawn "Tomago / 6th Jany / 1862" alongside. Most unusual and appealing cover.rnrnNote: The addressee Lady Maria Windeyer was a leader of charitable organisations and a pioneer of Women's Rights and President of the Women's Suffrage League of New South Wales. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF440.00
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30047

1860/72: Small Diadem 3 d. blue-green, perf. 12, wmk. '3', an unused vertical pair in a rich shade, marginal from left of sheet and showing the convolvulous pattern in yellow-green at left, the '3' watermark also showing in margin, fresh and very fine, superb large part og. A magnificent and extremely rare multiple Gi = £ 2'000+.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 24-25 Nov 1958, lot 352; Collection William Frazer, Spink, London, 18 Sept 2003, lot 133. (Image 1)

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SOLD for CHF1,750.00
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30048

Samoa 1860/72: Diadem 6 d. violet, perf. 12, a used example on 7 March 1868 entire letter written from Malua, Samoa to the Reverend Henry Nisbet of Samoa in London, initially carried by hand and mailed, tied by "Sydney / NSW" duplex (July 6) with 'London / Paid' arrival in red (Sept 11) at left. Central file fold well away from the adhesive. Interesting chatty contents "I wrote to you at 'Pahville' and it left Apia three days ago in the French War Steamer "Coetwyn"...for New Caledonia and Sydney....coconuts bound for Vancouver Island"..and visits made to local villages and islands. A superb and rare entire.rnrnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 5 Dec 2003, lot 106. (Image 1)

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30049

1860/72: Diadem 1 s. rose-carmine, perf. 12, an irregular strip of three used on 1872 double rate cover to St. John's, Antigua endorsed "via Brindisi", tied by "Sydney / NSW" duplexes (Oct 7). Carried by the "Bangalore" to Galle with 'London / Paid' transit cds in red on obverse (Nov 25) and red British '11d.' credit (deleted), reverse with 'Antigua' arrival cds (Dec 18) with Colonial '1d.' in red manuscript. Slight opening tear at top but a rare and most attractive cover to an unusual destination. Cert. BPA (2010).rnrnProvenance: Collection Ron Butler, Spink, London, 22 Sept 2004, lot 1135; Collection 'Alvarado', Spink, London, 19 May 2010, lot 413; Mossgreen, Melbourne, 5 March 2015, lot 15. (Image 1)

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SOLD for CHF1,300.00
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30050

1860/72: Small Diadem 1 d. dull red, perf. 13, a horizontal strip of six used on 1863 cover to Melbourne endorsed "at once", all cancelled by "245" numeral obliterators of Hay in black. Reverse with double arc cds's of Hay (Aug 6), Deniliquin (Aug 7), Moama (Aug 7) and Melbourne single ring cds in red (Aug 10). Some minor aging but an attractive and scarce cover.rnrnNote: Hay was named 'Lang's Crossing Place' until 22 February 1861.rnrnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 2 Aug 2013, lot 400. (Image 1)

SOLD for CHF350.00
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30051

1860/72: Small Diadem 3 d.bright yellow-green, perf. 13, wmk. '3', an unused horizontal pair overprinted "SPECIMEN" diagonally in black (18.5 x 2.0 mm.) fresh and very fine, large part og. (Image 1)

SOLD for CHF200.00
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30052

1860/72: Diadem 5 d. bright bluish green, perf. 13, a horizontal pair used on 1864 cover to Glasgow endorsed "via Marseilles" tied by two neat strikes of "Sydney / NSW" duplex (Feb 20) in black. Carried on the "Madras" to Galle, Ceylon; "Candia" to Suez and the "Massilia" from Alexandria to Marseilles. Reverse, with small part of top flap missing and Glasgow arrival cds (April 13) in black. A fine and attractive cover.rnrnProvenance: Collection Trevor Davis, DF, Geneva, 28-31 May 2002, lot 10720; Collection "Alvarado", Spink, London, 19 May 2010, lot 358. (Image 1)

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SOLD for CHF320.00
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM

30053

1860/72: Diadem 6 d. purple, perf. 13, two examples used on 1868 cover to Calcutta, India lightly cancelled by "92" numeral obliterator of Casino in black with despatch cds below (Sept 1) in black. reverse with Sydney transit cds (Sept 6), Calcutta "Steamer Lewtter" cds in red (Oct 16). Readdressed on arrival in Calcutta with India 1866 4 a. green tied by Forwarding Agent's cachet in blue and Calcutta duplex in blue. Saugor arrival (Oct 23) on reverse. An attractive and most unusual cover. Cert. RPS of Victoria (2015).rnrnProvenance: Mossgreen, Melbourne, 25 Feb 2016, lot 912. (Image 1)

SOLD for CHF1,300.00
Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM