1854 Penny Black Imperf 1d black SG 1, 3½ margins with minor damage at L/L, fine strike of the void grid cancel in red, Cat £325+. Scarce & attractive.
1854-55 Lithographs 4d blue exhibit page with shades including unconvincing 'deep dull blue' & 'slate-blue', one with the Watermark Sideways Reversed, one noted as 'Tilted Frame' which it isn't, one rouletted at left & one with a Pre-Printing Paper Fold, cancels include Grid '14' of Albany & manuscript strokes attributed to Perth, condition rather mixed, Cat £2200 minimum.
(Qty 11)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Oct-10-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1173
Symbol: #
Cat No: 3
1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 4d pale blue SG 3, good even margins, unused, Cat £375.
1854-55 Lithographs 1/- pale brown SG 4c four examples with the watermark orientation noted and another with very fine strike of the scarce '[crown]/REGISTERED' h/s in blue, all cut more-or-less square but only the second with full margins & it has shallow thins, Cat £1625.
(Qty 5)
1857-59 Hillman Lithographs 2d brown-black/red Printed on Both Sides SG 15a the images are inverted relative to one another, margins just shaved at right to good with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left, light void grid cancel largely clear of the Swan, Cat £850.
1860-64 Printed in the Colony from Perkins Bacon Plates 2d pale orange SG 24 with a Major Pre-Printing Paper Fold and a couple of minor ones full margins, light BN, Cat £80++.
1860-64 Printed in the Colony from Perkins Bacon Plates Imperf 2d vermilion SG 25 with good even margins and 4d deep blue SG 27 with margins just clear to good, unused, Cat £500. (2)
1864-79 Crown/CC Perf 12½ 2d plate proof in deep yellow (close to the issued colour) on watermarked paper, removed from the Imprimatur Sheet & stated to be [Pos 94], close even margins.
1882-85 Crown/CA Perf 14 1d yellow-ochre SG 76 block of 4 [8-9/28-29] the L/L unit with Double Tail Pre-Entry (Purves No 2), exceptional centring, virtually full o.g. with the upper units very lightly mounted & the lower units unmounted, Cat £120+++. Superb!
1882-95 De La Rue Crown CA 3d brown SG 87 block of 12 (3x4), multiple poor strikes of a 'SAVINGS BANK' cds, Cat £48++. [The block has large-part o.g., which suggests it may have been used to pay a bulk postage fee]
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1198
Symbol: *O
Cat No: Collection
1884-85 Surcharges '½' on 1d yellow-ochre SG 89-90a group on exhibit pages with Perf 14 mint x2 & used x3 (one with Double Tail Flaw and '1' in Fraction Misplaced to Right), and Perf 12 mint x12 including a block of 6 (2x3) & used x2, a few overprint varieties. [From 1.2.1884, the newspaper rate was halved from 1d to ½d. Research by Brian Pope ('Philately from Australia' Dec 1992) concluded that Perf 14 stamps comprised about 10% of the 60,000 stamps overprinted. On that basis, SG 89 is grossly underpriced by Gibbons]
(Qty 22)
1885-93 De La Rue ½d 2d 2½d (overprinted) 4d & 1/- each with 'SPECIMEN' handstamp, a few minor blemishes, large-part o.g., Cat £600 for the set of 6 (missing the 5d).
(Qty 5)
1885-93 De La Rue 5d bistre U/R & 6d dull violet SG 99 & 100 L/R corner blocks of 4 each with Plate Number '1', each with two units unmounted, Cat £160++ (mounted).
(Qty 2 blocks)
1885-93 De La Rue 6d violet & 1/- olive SG 100 & 102 blocks of 8 (4x2), the first tied to piece by 'R'-in-cogwheel handstamp, the second with multiple unframed 'BUNBURY/WA' cds, Cat £56++. Very scarce multiples.
(Qty 2 blocks)
1885-93 De La Rue ½d 3d 4d 5d 6d & 1/- plus 'W[crown]A' Wmk 1d & 2½d each with indistinct corner cancel, part- to large-part o.g. Most unusual & not previously seen by us. [Our vendor says the cancel is a small 'cogwheel' device. However, it appears to us to be more like a small intaglio device with an inscription around the border]
(Qty 8)
1893-95 Surcharges 'ONE PENNY' on Crown/CC 3d cinnamon SG 108 block of 12 (4x3), exceptional centring, a few bends & a few rejoined perfs, large-part o.g. with eight units being unmounted, Cat £180++.
1902-11 V/Crown Perf 11 5d bistre SG 132 tied by very worn 'R'-in cogwheel h/s of 'MT SIR SAMUEL' (cds with no date-slugs alongside) to Tatts cover to Hobart, Cat £75 x8+ on cover.
REVENUES: 1882 Crown/CA Wmk Perf 14 1d yellow-ochre as SG 76 but with 'I R' Overprint & Single Bar in Green, postally used with 12-Bar '25' cancellation of Lockeville. RPSofV Certificate (2020).
