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1863-81 Laureates continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1001

V/Crown (W19) Watermark Perf 13 5/- blue/yellow SG 139, excellent colour, a large example from the base of the sheet with horizontal watermark line at the base, above-average centring, redistributed original gum, Cat £4250. A high-grade example of this rare and in-demand stamp. [Submitted to the RPSofV for expertising]

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Estimate AU$3,000

Currently Opening at...AU$1,500.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1002

V/Crown (W19) Watermark Perf 13 5/- blue/yellow SG 139, a very deep shade on lightly-coloured paper from the right-hand side of the sheet with vertical marginal watermark line at right, Melbourne duplex, Cat £450.

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Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1003

V/Crown (W19) Watermark Perf 13 5/- blue/yellow SG 139 with Major Cracked Electro (Scalped Queen) also with Flaw at Upper-Right of Crown, a pale shade, the perfs clear of the design on all sides, light bend at upper-left, two slightly untidy duplex cancels, Cat £450+.

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Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1004

V/Crown (W19) Watermark Perf 13 5/- blue/yellow with the Watermark Reversed SG 139a, a light shade and a large stamp, Geelong duplex cancel, undercatalogued at £550. Stamps with the watermark reversed are very scarce: Geoff Kellow at page 180 states that no more than 25% of the printing was affected, which is not reflected in the catalogue value relative to the price of the normal stamp (£450).

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1005

V/Crown (W19) Watermark Perf 13 5/- grey-blue & carmine Type I (Blue Line below Crown) as SG 140c but with part-Marginal Watermark Double-Lined 'VIC' only, unused, Cat £900+. A very scarce watermark variety in the Laureates series.

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1006

V/Crown (W19) Watermark Perf 12 3d dull orange-yellow on Glazed Paper SG 143c, perforations just cuting the design at base, light but indistinct Barred Numeral Cancel, a few slightly uneven perfs, unpriced mint or used. Geoff Kellow states at page 160 that these were perforated both 12½ (comb) and 12 (single-line), adding "The latter is a very rare stamp". [Submitted to the RPSofV for expertising]

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Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1007

V/Crown (W19) Watermark Perf 12 4d rose as SG 144a but with Irregular Compound Perf, indistinct Barred Numeral cancel, undercatalogued at £400. The Gibbons listing is apparently based on Geoff Kellow's report at page 165 of a single used copy of "a stamp in rose ... [with] mixed perfs 13 and 12 ... perf 12 top and bottom, and 13 both sides, with an extra line of gauge 12 perfs at right to correct the off-centre line gauge 13", thereby creating an Irregular Compound Perf . We believe that this stamp (and the next lot) are related examples of such 'corrections'. In all cases, the Perf 12 machine has been used to correct misplaced Perf 13 separations, so these would be more appropriately be listed in the 'Perf 13' section. [Submitted to the RPSofV for expertising]

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1008

V/Crown (W19) Watermark Perf 12 4d rose as SG 144a (Compound Perf 12x13) but with Mixed Double Perforations at Base creating an unlisted Irregular Compound Perf 13x13x12x13, a few trimmed perfs, Melbourne duplex cancel, Cat £400 for the listed variant. RPSofV Certificate (1997) states "Perforation mixed 13 and 12 ... SG 144a". The original Perf 13 row at base (through the words of value) has been perforated again with a Perf 12 row immediately below. See also the previous lot. Ex Rodney Perry, Nick Holness - sold at our auction of 12.2.2010 for $718 - and 'Dubois' (I) sold for SFr390.

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1009

V/Crown (W19) Watermark Perf 12 5/- bright blue & red SG 148 with Short Second 'I' in 'SHILLINGS', quite well-centred with the perfs just touching the design at left, duplex cancel clear of the variety. A scarce constant variety to which we hope Gibbons will one day accord catalogue status.

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Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1010

V/Crown (W19) Watermark Perf 12½ 4d dull rose red as SG 150 but an unlisted shade, two overlapping strikes of Castlemaine duplex of SE15/78, unpriced by Gibbons in the listed shade unused or used. Geoff Kellow records Perf 12½ only on the last two printings of the 4d (Sept 1880 & April-May 1881, both in "rosine"), stating at page 165 that the earlier 'dull rose-red' printings are found only Perf 13 or Perf 12. This stamp is from an earlier printing and clearly dated prior to the recorded introduction of two single-line Perf 12½ machines in 1879 and the conversion of two Perf 13 comb machines to Perf 12x12½ in 1880. (Gibbons list all these together as "Perf 12½"). [Submitted to the RPSofV for expertising]

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Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1011

Perkins Bacon Paper Double-Lined Numerals Watermark Emergency Printings on Tasmanian '4' Paper 1d yellow-green SG 154, a large example from the junction of the formes of 15, small professional repair at the base, large-part original gum, Cat £2750. Rare: Geoff Kellow states at page 151 that "only 60,000 were printed". [Submitted to the RPSofV for expertising]

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1012

Perkins Bacon Paper Double-Lined Numerals Watermark Emergency Printings on Tasmanian '4' Paper 1d pale yellow-green SG 154, well-centred, neat partial '[CHI]TERN/[J]U 15/69' cds, undercatalogued at £140. Geoff Kellow states at page 151 that "only 60,000 were printed ... even used, it is rare".

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Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1013

TH Saunders Paper Words of Value Watermark Emergency Printings on 'SIX/PENCE' Paper 6d blue as SG 164 but with the Watermark Inverted, light duplex cancel. Unlisted: Cat £65+ for the normal upright watermark.

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Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1014

TH Saunders Paper Single-Lined Numerals Watermark '9/NINEPENCE/9' Surcharge on 10d purple-brown/ pink with the Watermark '10' Sideways Facing Right (as seen from the front) SG 171c, light Melbourne duplex cancel, unpriced mint or used. Geoff Kellow states at page 175 that amongst the final two printings of the 10d Laureate (the ones used for surcharging) "a high proportion of inverted, reversed, and inverted and reversed watermarks [are] found ... the likely explanation is that the stack of paper was dropped or fell, and in being re-packed many sheets were turned". However, Kellow does not record any Watermark Sideways examples. [Submitted to the RPSofV for expertising]

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Estimate AU$0

Currently Opening at...AU$0.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1015

TH Saunders Paper Single-Lined Numerals Watermark 8d chocolate/pink Watermark '10' Perf 13 SG 192b, large-part Melbourne 1878 duplex cancel, Cat £600. Geoff Kellow states at page 173 that for this shade "practically all [were] V over Crown ... two copies are known wmk 10 (perf 13), both used at Melbourne". [Submitted to the RPSofV for expertising]

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Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1016

TH Saunders Paper Single-Lined Numerals Watermark 8d red-brown/pink Watermark '10' as SG 192c (Perf 13) but Compound Perf 13x12½, very well-centred, neat duplex cancel. An excellent example of the aberrant perforations produced by the late-1879 repair to one of the Perf 12¾ machines, which Geoff Kellow states at page 25 resulted in "short lengths gauging 13¼-13½ and 12¼-12½ ... resembling a compound use of two machines, which it is not". The exact gauges here are 12.75 top & base (as usual) & 12.3-12.4 at the sides (repaired state). This machine was converted to a 12½ comb-perforator in 1880, so these aberrant perfs were quite short-lived.

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Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1870-87 De La Rue, Bell & Naish Design

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1017

De La Rue Design 2d lilac mostly used selection on annotated pages with a range of shades & a couple of multiples, also Perf 13 Double Perfs x2 (at base or at left respectively), Perf 12 Decapitated Queen variety (partly obscured by cancel) plus Perf 13 mint & unused, generally fine to very fine, Cat £300+. (30) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1018

1870-73 De La Rue Design 2d lilac Perf 13 SG 169 with Decapitated Queen (Diagonal Line from Left Frame to Queen's Chignon), light partial Barred Numeral largely clear of the variety. Geoff Kellow states at page 188 that this "... is quite rare, and must have occurred late in the life of the plate". Only about a dozen examples have been recorded.

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Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1019

William Bell Designs collection predominantly used on annotated pages by watermarks & perfs with all values represented, noted Saunders Paper 9d mint & used x9, V/Crown Wmk (V1) Perf 13 ½d blocks of 4 mint x2 & used, 2d mint x8 and 1/- mint x6, Perf 12 ½d blocks of 4 mint & used, 2d Double Perforations at Left, Perf 12½ ½d mint x5, 1d mint x5 & 2d mint & unused plus a used selection (all unpriced by Gibbons) including 2d Double Perforations at Top, Emergency Printings on Coloured Papers ½d on pink mint x4 including a marginal single & a pair, 1d on yellow mint x3 & on drab unused, and 2d on green & on brown x2 each used, V/Crown Wmk (V2) ½d block of 4 plus a single with Double Perforations at Top & Base, etc, also varieties, other multiples, potential postmark interest, condition variable but most are fine to very fine, Cat £7500+ minimum. (240+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14)

Estimate AU$1,500

Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1020

William Bell Designs TH Saunders Paper Single-Line Numeral Watermark 9d red-brown/pink Perf 13 as SG 172a but with the Watermark '10' Inverted, neat duplex cancel, Cat £48+ for normal upright watermark, the variety unlisted by Gibbons. Not recorded by Geoff Kellow, who - in discussing the regularly-found watermark varieties on the 9d on 10d Laureates surcharge - states at page 175 that "the 9d Bell design of 1873, shows no such watermark varieties" and more generally (p20) that "With a few exceptions ... inverted watermarks from the period 1860-1882 are very scarce to rare".

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Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM