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LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1001

STAMP DUTY: Platypus 3d chestnut overprinted 'REVENUE' & later surcharged '1d.' upper-right corner block of 4 with Current Number '8', upper units with Flat Top on '1' and lower units with Shaved Top on '1', exceptional centring, minor defects in the upper margin, the stamps are unmounted.

Grade A A1 (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

1002

STAMP DUTY: 1900 'REVENUE' Overprint with Surcharge '5d.' on 10/- St George single plus horizontal pair (the plate badly worn) & vertical pair (the lower unit **), '5d.' on £1 Tablet horizontal pair & '1s.' on £1 Tablet, large-part original gum, Elsmore Online Cat $2000+, for mint singles.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

1003

STAMP DUTY: Platypus group mostly mint including 1903 Sans Serif '1d.' with the Surcharge Inverted strip of 3, 1904 Seriffed '1d.' gutter & Control Number '8' blocks of 4, and a single with Triple 'REVENUE' Overprint & '1d.' Inverted and '4d' on 3d block of 4 (**), 1929 Perf 11 1d marginal block of 4 Imperf at Top, etc, large-part original gum, some used with Rouletted '9d.' variants including multiples, very fine.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$950.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

1004

STAMP DUTY: 1904 Platypus 1d on 3d with Seriffed '1d.', Triple 'REVENUE' Overprint & '1d.' Inverted, large-part o.g., Elsmore Online Cat $250. Rare.

Grade A B1 (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$250.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

1005

STAMP DUTY: 1904-54 Numerals annotated collection with 1904 (no 6d) to 10/- x2 & £1 (fault), 1919-30 various perfs to 10/- x2 including 5d x2, Rouletted including 10/- vermilion x2, 10/- yellow-green, £1 magenta x2 & £1 rosine x3, some with punch-holes & a 5/- with 'RL/Co' perfin; also 1955-65 Pictorials to £1, 'WAGES/TAX' group to 5/-, and coloured embossings to 4/-; plenty of shades, a few are mint, generally fine to very fine. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$500.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

1006

STAMP DUTY: Small box of 1950s-60s cancelled cheques all with Stamp Duty issues on the reverse, mostly Numerals with denominations to 5/- & rates to 5/11d, a small number with Pictorials to 5/-, and a batch with Decimals, many quite festooned with stamps & a few with Mixed Issues, many hand-cancelled but also with an array of cachets, generally fine to very fine.

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

1007

BANKING INSTRUMENTS: 1900 Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Co Bill of Exchange for "Three Hundred and seventy five Pounds" signed by the Manager and two Directors with the company seal impressed at L/L, pen-cancelled Stamp Duty Platypus 3d and 1892-99 De La Rue Tablets 1/- & 2/6d affixed to pay the Stamp Duty, minor folds & a few light aging marks not affecting the adhesives.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

1008

BANKING INSTRUMENTS: 1900 National Bank of Tasmania Promissory Note for "Sixteen Pounds 18/6" with 1899-1900 De La Rue Pictorials 6d lake pen-cancelled & tied by 'LAUNCESTON' bank h/s to pay the Stamp Duty, various Commercial Bank of Tasmania h/s, minor folds and a small closed spike hole not affecting the adhesive. A scarce fiscal use of the top-value Pictorial postage stamp. See illustration above Lot 1007.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

1009

BEER DUTY: Selection comprising 1880 'One Kilderkin/Four & Sixpence.' used, soiled & shallow thins; 1892 Bradbury Wilkinson '3s.' on 2/3d blue & '6s.' on 4/6d orange-red, both used; 1901 2/6d 'ONE KEG - 10 GALLS'; and 1902 4d 6d 10d (small-part Papermaker's Watermark) & 1/8d, all very fine unused; Elsmore Online Cat $1370. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

1010

PARCEL STAMPS: 1960s Ansett-Pioneer mostly pre-decimal bus parcel stamps to 5/- x4 different, various fonts, one badly stained otherwise most are very fine. [In Tasmania, Ansett-Pioneer was the successor to the well-known Hobart firm Webster Romtech Ltd]

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

Postal Stationery

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1011

PSE

ENVELOPES: Post Office 2d green used to Zeehan (b/s), Stamped to Order 1d bright carmine town usage (repaired opening tears), 1d vermilion unused & town usage, 1d dull rose for Roberts & Co Auctioneers (very worn die) to Mangalore in 1912 & window envelope for AG Webster & Son NSW (faults), and 2d blue-green/grey granite paper to NSW in 1896 with Sydney b/s. Scarce group. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

1012

PSE

ENVELOPES: 1898 Waterlow 2½d 'THE SOUTH ESK RIVER AT LAUNCESTON' (Bridge), CTO with Launceston duplex of NO21/98, adhesions on the flap.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

1013

PSE

LETTER CARDS: 1885 Walch & Sons formular set of 4 colours unused (stated to be "one of two complete sets known"), also Post Office issue 2d green unused & with 'SPECIMEN' h/s, 1900 2d 'CATARACT GORGE' & 'GREAT LAKE' both used and 'RIVER DERWENT' with 'SPECIMEN.' h/s, 1901 Mining Series 'MOUNT LYELL MINE' (very fine unused), 1905 Large Views 'ENTRANCE ISLAND' (no margins) & 'LAKE HARTZ' both unused and 'LAUNCESTON' used to "Servia" (= Serbia), some characteristic aging & soiling. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

1014

PSE

LETTER CARDS: Pictorial 2d violet/blue 'CATARACT GORGE, LAUNCESTON' unused, 'LAUNCESTON' (Bridge) unused and 'LAUNCESTON' (Bridge) with 'SPECIMEN' overprint in blue, minor aging marks.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$120

SOLD for AU$90.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

1015

PSE

WRAPPERS: KEVII ½d blue-green endorsed "Newspaper only", to New Zealand with 'RINGAROOMA/ JA30/13/TAS:' cds, central vertical fold. Rare commercially used. Unpriced used by Jan Kosniowski. Rated RR (their highest rating) by Malcolm Groom & Alan Shatten.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

1016

PSE

WRAPPERS: KEVII 1d rose-pink privately overprinted 'THE TASMANIA GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED' (different style from that recorded by Jan Kosniowski and Malcolm Groom & Alan Shatten). Rated RR (their highest rating).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

Datestamps and other Town Markings

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1017

Bridgewater: "Bridgewater/7 2 58" manuscript cancel on Chalons 2d green Wmk '2' horizontal pair (SG 31; Cat £160+) with margins just clear to large. PO 1.10.1840. John Hardinge records manuscript cancels from 21.2.1858 onwards, making this item the earliest known postal marking from Bridgewater.

Grade A A1 (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

1018

Emu Bay 1858 large-part outer with postmaster's manuscript "13 Augt" and very fine pair of Numeral Wmk 2d deep green SG 33 (margins close to large, Cat £170 x5+ on cover) tied by very fine BN '29', boxed 'PRE-PAID/15AU15/58' arrival b/s of Launceston in red, ironed-out filing folds well clear of the stamps.

Grade B (Image1)

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$240.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

1019

Honeywood: "Honeywood/13-3-76" postmasters manuscript endorsement in black ink at U/L of local cover with 2d green tied by largely very fine strike of Barred Numeral '129' (rated RRR), 'HOBARTTOWN' transit & Launceston arrival b/s, a few minor aging marks. PO 1.8.1869; closed 31.7.1901. Hardinge lists this as the only recorded example and the earliest known postal marking from this office by 22 years; the CDS (rated RRRRR) was issued around 1878 but is recorded 1898-1901 only.

Grade B B1 (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM

1020

Orrville: 'ORRVILLE/OC24/98/TASMANIA' cds, two very fine to superb strikes on 2d strip of 3 on piece Rated RRRRR. PO 25.3.1898; closed 21.3.1900. [Located at the Colebrook Hill Copper Mine in the Rosebury district, West Coast] See illustration above Lot 101.

Grade A A1+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$260.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM