Great Britain and British Commonwealth NEW SOUTH WALES Specimen Stamps - Cancelled - to - Order(CTO)
Sale No: 237
Lot No: 131
Symbol: V
De La Rue 1d 2d 4d 6d 10d & 1/-, Revenues Overprinted 'POSTAGE' in Black 5/-, plus three Queensland stamps, all CTO with 'GPO/MELBOURNE' cds, all but the last with large-part o.g. Very unusual. [We expect these were cancelled at Melbourne because they bore no Specimen overprint]
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½d green, Jubilee 2½d indigo & Centennial 6d orange pairs, CTO with 'NSW'-in- Concentric-Ovals & each unit with 'ULTRAMAR' Handstamp in blue, large-part o.g. Superb! Ex Portuguese Colonies Archives and Bill McCredie: sold for $670. [These were the only NSW stamps cancelled before being forwarded to the UPU]
1901 Federation Presentation Set of current stamps including 5/- Coin, Long Type 10/- & 20/- Governors, all CTO with 'NSW'-in-Concentric Ovals, no gum. Ex Ray Chapman: on his annotated exhibit page. [This particular selection, plus the Postage Dues, was presented to all State politicians on the occasion of the transfer of the six State Post Offices to the Commonwealth]
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1901 Federation Presentation Set set of current stamps including 5/- Coin, Long Type 10/- & 20/- Governors, no gum, and Postage Dues set lightly tacked to piece from a Presentation Sheet, all CTO with 'NSW'-in-Concentric Ovals.
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1901 Federation Presentation Set headed 'SET OF POSTAGE STAMPS/OF/NEW SOUTH WALES/...on the Transfer of the Post Office to the Commonwealth', various issues x17 including 5/- Coin, Postal Fiscal 10/- & Centennial 20/- plus Postage Dues set to 20/-, all CTO with 'NSW'-in-Concentric-Ovals. [The page is unfolded but a little truncated, with some spotting mostly on the reverse]
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1901 Federation Presentation Set headed 'SET OF POSTAGE STAMPS/OF/NEW SOUTH WALES/...on the Transfer of the Post Office to the Commonwealth', various issues x17 including 5/- Coin, Postal Fiscal 10/- & Centennial 20/- plus Postage Dues set to 20/-, all CTO with 'NSW'-in-Concentric-Ovals.
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1911 set of current postage stamps ½d to 20/- (a couple of tiny tonespots), all "socked-on-the-nose" with 'SYDNEY/22MR11/ 13 ' cds. Ex Keith Harrison: sold for $641. [The ACSC doesn't list theses stamps CTO. This was the last CTO issue for NSW]
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1911 Perf 12x11 10/- violet and rosine ACSC #N69B (SG 277b) block of 6, each CTO with superb central 'SYDNEY/ 22MR11/ 13 ' cds, full unmounted o.g., Cat $600++ (£330++). Rare & stunning! Ex Australia Post Archival Sale & "Carrington" (Mark Dankin): sold at the Prestige auction of 22.2.2013 for $834.
