WESTERN AUSTRALIA continued...
Western Australia continued...
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1201 |
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 BICYCLE EXPRESS STAMPS: 1895 Coolgardie Bicycle Express 1/- blue & 2/6d blue complete sheets of 35 (5x7), a few very minor
blemishes, large-part but characteristically disturbed original gum. A sheet of the 1/- only sold at our auction of 6.12.2023 for $1080. (2 sheets)
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Estimate AU$2,000
Currently Opening at...AU$1,500.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
| 1202 |
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 COMMERCIAL PERFINS: Duplicated array arranged by company on display pages with many mostly 1d & 2d Swans others to 1/- x4 plus QV
2/- & 2/6d and several 'ONE PENNY' on 2d, Kangaroos to 2/- brown including 4d & 9d pair, Engraved 6d x2, KGV Heads to 4d orange x2, 4d olive x3 and a few covers including huge 'K' on 1d green on Kodak folder sent as Printed Matter, others including
Victoria Centenary 1/-, Cobb & Co 2/- & a few Revenues, various multiples including 'WS/&Co' block of 6 (one with blind perfins), the odd error noted, condition rather mixed; plus a few pages of modern philatelic usages. A very good basis for
expansion. Ex Bruce Haynes.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
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 REVENUES: 1909 'DUTY - STAMP' 1d black & carmine Dzelme R85 vertical pair Imperforate Between, very fresh with large-part o.g. Ex
'Dubois' (I) sold for SFr390.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
| 1204 |
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 TELEGRAPH STAMPS: Telegraph punctures 5mm on £1 orange-brown with Perth cds & largely obliterated with black ink; 6½mm 2/-
red/yellow (unidentified cds) & £1 orange ('DAY DAWN' cds). Scarce trio. (3)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
Official Stamps
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1205 |
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 IMPERIAL PUNCTURES - 3mm Hole: Selection on exhibit pages comprising Litho 4d x8 (one cut-to-shape, two with 15-bar '18' of Bunbury
or superb '21' of Vasse both in blue, and two with 15-bar '16' of York) & 1/- x2 (one defective), 1860 2d vermilion x4, 1861 1d, 2d x7, 6d & 1/- x2 (one Very Rough Perf 14-16), others to 1/- bright green x3 & sage-green x2, mostly used at Perth or
Fremantle but including 1d bistre with superb 15-bar '13' of Pinjarrah, condition variable but many are fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
| 1206 |
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 IMPERIAL PUNCTURES - 3mm Hole: 1854-55 Lithographs 4d pale blue SG 3 block of 4, margins just shaved to large with a fragment of
the adjoining unit at lower-left, shallow thinning affects both upper units but doesn't detract from the very fine facial appearance, light 15-bar '6' cancels of Albany. Believed to be the largest recorded multiple of any imperf stamp with Imperial
Punctures.
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Estimate AU$2,000
Currently Opening at...AU$1,500.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
| 1207 |
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 IMPERIAL PUNCTURES - 3mm Hole: 1874 'ONE PENNY' in Green on Perf 12½ 2d yellow with Triple Overprint SG 67b, well centred, light
15-bar '8' cancel of Fremantle, Cat £7500 without puncture. Ex Maurice Burrus, with the Robson Lowe lot-page. Lord Vestey's very fine example sold for £2640. [Submitted to the RPSofV for expertising]
Mogens Juhl stated that the Triple Surcharges occurred on the first sheet printed. The sheet was probably in the nature of an essay or trial printing that was still pressed into service. Juhl states that the sheet was divided in half, one part being
sent to Geraldton, from which only four examples are recorded. Gary Diffen states that 14 examples are recorded in private hands, of which three have the imperial puncture.
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Estimate AU$5,000
Currently Opening at...AU$3,800.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
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 IMPERIAL PUNCTURES - 4mm Hole: Selection on exhibit pages comprising 1861 2d blue x2 & 4d vermilion x3 (one defective), 1863 1d x6
including two pairs, 1864-65 1d olive-bistre, 2d yellow x3 (one with Double Puncture) plus a rare vertical strip of 5, 4d carmine x3, 6d violet x3, 1/- bright green x3 plus a block of 6 (2x3, the upper pair rejoined; believed to be the largest
recorded multiple of any imperial punctured stamp) & 1/- sage-green x3 (one with almost contiguous Double Puncture), 1871 3d (very scarce), 1872-75 1d x4 with a pair, 2d & 6d x2, 1882 2d and a couple of oddities, condition variable but many are fine
to very fine.
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
| 1209 |
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 PUNCTURED 'WA': Selection on display pages with mint Crown/CA 4d & 6d x2, W[crown]A 1d 2d x3 & 2½d and V/Crown 1d pair 2d 8d (no
gum) 10d & £1 (no gum), used with Crown/A to 1/- x6 including 6d pair & very scarce block of 4, W[crown]A 2½d block of 4, V/Crown 8d x4, 9d x8, 10d x7, 2/- x6, 2/6d x3, 5/- x3, 10/- x3 & £1 plus 'WA' Sideways Reading Down 2/- x2, 2/6d, 5/- x2 & 10/-
or Reading Up 5/- x2 & 10/-, and 1911 Emergency Issue Crown/A ½d x2 plus very scarce block of 4, variation in the orientation of both perfins & watermarks plus a few perfin errors, also usage on a large wrapper-piece, a Mining Act postcard and three
Titles Office covers; finally Public Works Department 'PWD' punctures selection to 4d x2; condition variable but most are fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$1,350.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
| 1210 |
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 PUNCTURED 'WA': 1901-11 V/Crown £1 orange as ACSC W68B (SG 128a), CTO with concentric-circles cancel. This is the only punctured
'WA' stamp we can recall having seen with this CTO marking. The fact it is the highest denomination makes it a significant item. [The ACSC prices the 'OS' stamp at $2000 mint & $2500 used]
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
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 PUNCTURED 'WA': £1 orange as ACS W68B (SG 128a) but the Sperati Forgery #68c, excellent centring, very lightly cancelled, Cat
$3000. RPSofV Certificate (2016) states "light toning on the reverse". The ACSC states "less than a dozen examples recorded". No comment is made about punctured examples but this may well be the only example of the forgery punctured 'WA'.
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
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 PUNCTURED 'WA': 1905 (May 17) OHMS cover to Nangeenan with rare franking of ½d block of 4 (Misplaced Perfins) & 2½d block of 4 tied
by Perth cds, forwarded to "Cottesloe Beah" with Perth transit of 19MY05 & 'COTTESLOE/MY20/05/WA' arrival backstamps, minor imperfections. The rate was 2d per oz x6.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
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 PUNCTURED 'WA': 1911 (May 12) OHMS cover with sarce franking of ½d pair tied by 'NORTHAM' cds with 'MECKERING' address handstamp
(not previously seen by us), superb Meckering backstamp & redirected to the GPO, boxed 'UNCLAIMED' handstamp & DLO backstamp in magenta, discoloured flap. 'OS' punctures were introduced in 1905 & supplied from Melbourne. In 1911, the ½d stock was
depleted & an emergency supply locally punctured 'WA' was prepared.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
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 PUNCTURED 'WA': 1911 (June 20) OHMS cover with manuscript "Office of Titles" at lower-left, local usage with very scarce Two Issue
franking of ½d pair and punctured 'OS' Perf 11 3d (Cat $300 on cover) tied by GPO cds, red/white R label, various endorsements by postmen, finally 'UNCLAIMED' & sent to the Dead Letter Office. In 1905, 'OS' punctures, spplied from Melbourne, replaced
the 'WA' issues. In 1911, the ½d stock was depleted & an emergency supply locally punctured 'WA' was prepared.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
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 PUNCTURED 'OS': Mint selection with Crown/CA to 1/- including ½d & 3d blocks of 4, W[crown]A 6d & 1/-, V/Crown to 10d plus 2/- x2,
2/6d (no gum), 5/- x2, 10/- violet x2 (one with no gum) & 10/- bright purple, and Crown/A to 9d including 1d unmounted block of 15 (3x5), 5d pair & Perf 11 3d, generally of very fine facial appearance but many have hinge remainders, Cat $10,000+,
plus the unlisted Crown/A issues.
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Estimate AU$1,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
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 PUNCTURED 'OS': Used selection with Crown/CA to 1/- x 5 including 5d x2 with large-part 'MONEY ORDERS/MENZIES WA' cancel, W[crown]A
6d x20 including a very scarce block of 6 & 1/- x5 including a strip of 3, V/Crown 5d x3 & Perf 11 x3, 8d x6 including a strip of 3, 9d x4, 10d x6, 2/- x7, 2/6d x3. 5/- x3, 10/- x4 and £1 x2, Crown/A ½d blocks of 6 & 8, 1d block of 9 & Perf 11
single, 3d x45 including a strip of 4 & Thin Paper single, 4d x30 including a block of 4 and Perf 11 x3, 5d x13, 6d x4, 9d x7 including Perf 11, 1/- x4 & 5/-; etc, also 'OS' forgeries x10 and three faked imperial punctures; condition variable but
generally fine to very fine, Cat $15,000 plus the unlisted Crown/A issues.
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Estimate AU$2,000
Currently Opening at...AU$1,500.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
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 PUNCTURED 'OS': Handy group of OHMS covers etc principally from the Titles Office & mostly registered with various adhesives to 5d
& instructional handstamps plus some cds interest, also ½d & 1d on 'THE PERTH OBSERVATORY' postcard with oval Observatory cachet, 1d on 'MINING AT' postcards x2 one with oval 'MINING REGISTRAR'S OFFICE/CUE MURCHISON G.F.W.A.' datestamp, 1d & 2d strip
of 3 on cover endorsed "E.G.Railway' at lower-left, 1d pair x2 & 2d strip of 3 on quintuple-rate cover to Wales, 10d on a bookpost (?) piece to Germany, etc, condition variable but most are fine.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
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 PUNCTURED 'W/A': 1933-54 duplicated array on display pages with mint including KGV ½d block of 6 plus 3d & 5d Imprint Pairs, KGVI
issues to 1/- including 2½d block of 10 & Imprint Block of 4, Gloucester blocks of 4 etc, used including KGV to 5d x6, 1/- Large Lyrebird x7, Robes 5/- x2, Aboriginal Art 2/- x4, etc, condition variable but much is fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
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 PUNCTURED 'W/A': Batch of OHMS covers with better items including 1940 airmail cover with KGV 3d x7 cancelled on arrival at Perth,
1939 airmail to GB with Large Kookaburra 6d x2 (both damaged before being affixed) & KGV 2d shortpaying the 1/6d rate but not taxed, 1938 air 'PORT HEDLAND' to Perth with Large Lyrebird 1/- & KGV 1d, 1954 to "Siberia" with 'ORA BANDA' atrrival
(Siberia TO closed 14.2.1942), 1940-50 four Avis de Reception cards with cds of 'ERADU', 'LAKE GRACE', 'POPANYINNING' and 'ZANTHUS' etc, condition variable. A scarce group.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
Datestamps & Other Town Markings
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1220 |
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 South Fremantle: Triple-oval 'P______ TELEGRAPH OFFICE/15SEP1905/SOUTH FREMANTLE, W.A.' (with 'OST AND' excised; the frame-break at
right is constant) superb backstamp in purple on Titles Office registered cover. The only example recorded by us. The original state is recorded for less than two years, with an LRD of 25AUG1905. [This item was included in a group of 21 registered
covers - Est $750 - that sold at our auction of 22.6.2019 for $2035]
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$550.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM |
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