Classics selection with Half Lengths Imperf 2d cinnamon (a little cut-into & small fault; Cat £4000) and Perf 12 3d (small faults; Cat £2500); Queen-on-Throne 2d x2 (each with a minor thin) plus Perkins Bacon 1d & 6d; Emblems with Large Star Imperf 1d & 4d x2, No Wmk Imperf 1d (minor pen-mark on the face), Laid Paper Rouletted 2d & 4d x2, Wmk Words of Value 1d 2d & 2d on 'THREE/PENCE' Paper, and Wmk Single-Lined '2' 2d; 1859 Perf 12 1d with No Wmk, 1d on Laid Paper and 1/- x2; Beaded Ovals 3d blue on Laid Paper, Wmk Words of Value 3d maroon & 6d black x2, Single-Line '4' Wmk 4d with unconvincing rouletting; etc, most with minor to significant faults but generally of fine to very fine appearance and apparently all unused. High catalogue value.
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Estimate AU$3,000
Opening AU$ 2,300.00
Sold...AU$ 2,300.00
Closed..Feb-20-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 2300
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 694
Symbol: *#
Selection of Middle Isues with a few Laureates including '9 9/NINEPENCE' on 10d (unused), De La Rue 2d, Bell to 2/- including 1d green/yellow & '8d 8d/EIGHT PENCE' on 9d (some trimmed perfs, unused), 1880-84 Bell & Naish set, 'STAMP DUTY' Overprints 3d x2 4d x2 & 1/-, 1885-95 Naish to 2/- x5, 1886-96 1/- x3 & both 1/6d, etc, generally fine to very fine, many with part- to large-part original gum.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 1,600.00
Closed..Feb-20-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1600
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 695
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection
Collection on stock-leaves with Half-Lengths 1d x3 (one apparently rouletted but thinned), 2d x4 & 3d x4 (one apparently rouletted), Woodblocks Imperf 2/- (shallow thinning) & another apparently rouletted, and Serrated 6d (thinned), selection of Emblems and Beaded Ovals including a sound 6d orange, Laureates including 8d orange & 10d grey plus 5/- blue/yellow (fine facial appearance but with a significant tear), etc, careful inspection recommended. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 1,200.00
Closed..Feb-20-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1200
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 696
Symbol: *#O
Cat No: Collection
Collection remainders in album with many facially attractive items & high catalogue value (provided everything is correctly identified) but lots of hidden problems such as a major repair on the Beaded Oval 6d orange, so careful inspection is required.
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Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 2,800.00
Closed..Feb-20-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 2800
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 697
Symbol: G
Cat No: 26a
1850-57 Half-Lengths 1d brick-red SG 26a, margins good to huge with a portion of the adjoining unit at right, untidy 'NEWSPAPER/MELBOURNE' datestamp, Cat £120. Superb. Sold at our auction of 5.9.2009 for $207. Ex 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr98. Rodney Perry Certificate (2009).
1850-57 Half-Lengths 1d orange-brown Campbell & Fergusson SG 27 vertical Inter-Panneau Pair [20/2] with uncharacteristic very narrow space between the units, margins just clear (at upper-right) to large, Barred Oval '37' of Forrest Creek, Cat £300+. Sold at our auction of 5.9.2009 for $920. Ex 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr382.
1857-63 Emblems Rouletted 7-9 at the GPO 4d vermilion SG 50 rejoined horizontal pair remarkably with rouletting clear of the design on all sides, fine BN '9' of Beechworth, Cat £500+ for singles. Superb. Ex Bernhard & Dale Forster, Rodney Perry and Ken Barelli: sold at our auction of 2.5.2014 for $1205. Rodney Perry Certificate (2006). [Geoff Kellow at p114 states "The roulettes usually appear on only one or two sides, and most genuine examples are cancelled at Melbourne...All three shades occur but the vermilion is rare".
1857 Rouletted 7-9 by Robinson 1/- deep blue SG 54, an unusually large example with rouletting on all sides & a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, lightly cancelled, Cat £250. Scarce this fine.
1858 Emblems No Watermark 4d Rouletted SG 63 vertical & 63a horizontal pairs, and Imperf 4d SG 65a vertical pair (margins at left & top, small faults on the lower unit), all with central gutter or at left (horizontal), Barred Numeral cancels, Cat £76++, for singles. Scarce proving pieces. Ex Don Davies. [The sheets comprised four blocks of 30 divided by 3mm-wide horizontal & vertical gutters]
(3 pairs)
1860-66 Beaded Ovals Saunders Paper Wmk Words of Value 4d dull rose with Error of Watermark 'FIVE/SHILLINGS' SG 92d, well centred, tiny professional repair at lower-left, unused, Cat £3500. A very rare stamp unused. RPSofV Certificate (2015).
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 704
Symbol: #*
Cat No: Collection
1863-81 Laureates range comprising Single-Line Numeral Wmk 1d '1' '4' and '6', 2d '2' '4' two shades and '8', 3d lilac '8' x2, 8d orange '8', 10d grey '8' and 1/- '1' (Major Damage to the Electro); Double-Line Numeral Wmk 1d '1' and '4', 2d '1', 3d '1' and 4d '4'; and Wmk Words of Value 1d 'SIX/PENCE' (BPA Certificate), & 6d 'THREE/PENCE' and 'FOUR/PENCE'; some mostly minor faults otherwise fine to very fine, apparently all unused and a few with part- to large-part original gum. A very difficult group to assemble. Some of the Emergency Printings are very scarce and underrated.
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1864-80 Woodblocks from New Composite Plates 2/- blue/green De La Rue Paper Perf 13 SG 129b with 'SPECIMEN.' Handstamp (KTM Type 1), no gum. Superb. Rare: only four examples recorded across the three shades. Ex Les Molnar - sold at our auction of 29.6.2012 for $605 - and 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr366.
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 707
Symbol: *#
Cat No: Collection
1874-81 Laureates V/Crown simplified group comprising 1d, 2d, 3d yellow-orange, 4d rose, 4d rosine, 6d, 8d brown/pink, 1/-, 5/- blue & red Type I (Blue Line below Crown) two different shade combinations (one unused) and 5/- Type II (Blue Line Removed), most with part- to large-part original gum, Cat £3600 minimum. A colourful group.
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1874-81 Laureates V/Crown 5/- indigo & carmine Type I (Blue Line below the Crown) SG 140, unusually well centred for this issue, large-part original gum, Cat £950. Superb. Pascal Scheller Certificate (2022) as SG 140a.
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 709
Symbol: O
Cat No: 148 block of 4
1874-81 Laureates V/Crown 5/- bright blue & rosine Perf 12 SG 148 block of 4, '1' "killer" cancels of Melbourne, Cat £64++. Superb. Ex Les Molnar - sold at our auction of 29.6.2012 for $605 - and 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr366. [Multiples used on parcels, and of this quality, are rarely encountered]
1868 Laureates Emergency Printing on Double-Lined '1' Wmk Paper 2d mauve SG 156, large-part original gum, Cat £325. Superb. Ex Alfred Caspary, Les Molnar - sold at our auction of 29.6.2012 for $310 - and 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr317.
1884 Stamp Statute 4d rose with the Watermark Sideways SG 222, a couple of toned perfs, some paper adhesions on the reverse still with part original gum, Cat £1500. Underrated. Ex 'Dubois' (I) where incorrectly stated to be Watermark Upright: sold for SFr488.
1884-96 Large Stamp Duty 35/- dull purple Litho Perf 13 SG 245, pen cancelled as always, printing from the document from which it was removed evident on the reverse, Cat £375 for fiscally used. [No postally used examples have been recorded]
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 714
Symbol: *
Cat No: 302 block of 6
1885-95 Stamp Duty 8d rose-pink (not scarlet, as stated by Gibbons) on pink SG 302 block of 6, part- to large-part original gum, Cat £210+. A very scarce multiple. Sold at our auction of 23.9.2011 for $483; Ex 'Dubois' (I) sold for SFr390.
1885 'STAMP - DUTY' Overprints 1/- blue/pale blue as SG 306 but the unauthorised reprint on Wmk '33' V/Crown Paper, block of 4 with large-part original gum. See footnote after SG 309. Ex 'Dubois' (I) sold for SFr268.
1901-12 Commonwealth-Period selection with No 'POSTAGE' 2d to 5/-, 'POSTAGE' V/Crown Perf 12½ set to £2 (corner example, fine "suntanning" line across the reverse, and Crown/A Perf 12½ 9d x3, 1/- x3, £1 salmon & £2, and several others, generally fine to very fine, Cat £3000+.
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1901-10 'POSTAGE' V/Crown 9d pale rose-pink with the Watermark Sideways ACSC V109aa (SG 393a) and Crown/A 9d dull red ACSC V110 (SG 424) blocks of 4 both with 'PP' (Parcel Post) cds of Melbourne, Cat $280++, for singles. Very scarce multiples, especially for the watermark variety.
(2 blocks)
1905-13 'POSTAGE' Crown/A Perf 12½ 1d block of 22 (11x2) & 'JBC' Monogram irregular block of 15 (5x3) both on Thin Pre-Gummed Paper, 2d corner block of 12 (3x4), 2½d right-hand pane of 60 (6x10; about half are "suntanned"), 3d corner block of 12 (4x3), 4d corner block of 12 (3x4), 5d corner block of 8 (2x4), 6d on Thin Pre-Gummed Paper block of 12 (4x3), 9d lower-right block of 12 (4x3) with 'CA' Monogram, 1/- on Thin Pre-Gummed Paper corner block of 12 (4x3) and 5/- block of 4, very fresh and - apart from the 2½d "suntanning" - very fine to superb unmounted, Cat $3800+ (£1700+), for mounted, plus a significant premium for the monograms. Note, the 2/- was not issued in this watermark.
(11 blocks)
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 720
Symbol: *
Cat No: Collection
CINDERELLAS: 1890 (?; circa) 'H.B.Y. & B.C./[sailing ship]/POSTAGE/TWO PENCE' label in blue on roughly perforated gummed unwatermarked paper, minor wrinkles, large-part original gum. Recently discovered in an old-time collection & not previously seen by us. We believe the initials are for Hobsons Bay Yacht & Boat Club which was founded in 1888 at Williamstown. Perhaps for correspondence with other yacht clubs, or a carrier stamp for letters delivered to the GPO? Or it may be completely bogus.
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 721
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection
COMMERCIAL PERFINS: Collection on Hagners mostly from the 1890s to the 1930s with a good number on Kangaroos and a high proportion on KGV Heads, mostly low values but some better denominations noted, heavily duplicated in parts, condition variable, some postmark interest.
(800 approx)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Feb-20-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 722
Symbol: O=
REVENUES: 1891-1917 Undenominated Issues comprising Comptroller of Stamps (VR) 'DULY STAMPED' red/yellow; Registrar of Titles (VR) 'DULY STAMPED' red/yellow pen-cancelled "1/5/91" on piece (pin-hole) and 'NOT CHARGEABLE' green/yellow pen-cancelled "10-5-97"; Registrar General 'DULY STAMPED' red/yellow pen-cancelled "24/8/04"; and Collector of Imposts (ER) 'NOT CHARGEABLE' blue/pink pen-cancelled "1/12/1913" & 'DULY STAMPED' red/pink pen-cancelled "29/5/17" (pin-hole); fine to very fine, Elsmore Online Cat $780.
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REVENUES: 1902-60 Stamp Duty Numerals plate proofs in black on ungummed unwatermarked paper comprising Larger Format 3d imperf corner block of 4 (minor thinning in the side margin) and Smaller Format 2d block of 4 with Grossly Mis-Aligned Perforations. Very scarce.
(2 blocks)
