Great Britain and British Commonwealth NEW SOUTH WALES New South Wales
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 396
Symbol: *O
Cat No: Collection
Collection on Scott leaves including Sydney Views 1d x2, 2d x3 & 3d x2, Laureates to 8d, some other Classics with full margins & a few apparently unused including 3d SG 87, many better later issues with mint to 10/- x2 (one with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint) & 20/- x2, some 'O S' Overprints including 5/- 10/- & 20/- with various 'Specimen' Overprints, etc, high catalogue value & lots to commend it.
(140 approx)
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 397
Symbol: O]
Cat No: Collection
Mostly imperf Classics on album pages with Sydney Views 1d x15 including two pairs (one stamp apparently unused but there are a couple of tiny black marks on the face), 2d x18 including No Whip & 'CREVIT' Omitted x2 (one a beautiful stamp but it has a concealed tear), & 3d x7, Laureates 1d x15 including a rare vertical strip of 4, 2d x15, 3d x6, 6d x6 & 8d x2, some Diadems with full margins, Diadems Perf 12 6d grey-brown & 1/- carmine both unused, etc, condition variable & personal inspection is recommended.
(200+)
1850-51 Sydney Views selection of four-margin examples comprising 1d No Clouds x2, 1d Clouds x3, 2d Plate I Worn Impression, Plate II & Plate V x4, and 3d x2, generally very fine, STC £4000.
(13)
1850-51 Sydney ViewsPlate II (Clouds) Bluish Paper 1d dull carmine SG 11 horizontal pair, margins close to large, light bars cancel of Sydney, Cat £750+. Superb!
1850-51 Sydney ViewsTWO PENCE: Selection on Guy Hutson's pages identified as Plate II Early to Intermediate Impressions x15 and Lower Row Retouches x15 including three pairs, Plate III x7 including a vertical pair, Plate IV Laid Paper x7 (three with Papermaker's Watermark), and Plate V Laid Paper x6, condition variable but most have full margins and many are fine to very fine &/or attractive, Cat £13,700. Ex Guy Hutson.
(49)
1850-51 Sydney ViewsPlate I Early Impressions 2d deep blue SG 16 & Intermediate Impressions 2d grey-blue SG 16b, also Plate II Intermediate Impressions 2d dull blue SG 25, all with large even margins, the last two each with BN '64' of Maitland, Cat £910. A superb trio!
1851-54 Laureates comprising 1d brick-red pair as SG 48 but a Jeffrye's Forgrery, 2d singles x4, 2d Plate I strip of 3 & 2d Plate III strip of 4, Numeral Wmk 1d x2, 2d x4 & 3d, all with full margins.
(20)
1854 Laureates with Numeral Watermark 3d yellow-green SG 87 magnificent corner single from the lower-right of the sheet, margins just touched - at lower-left - to massive with a fragment of the adjoining unit above, untidy bars cancel of Sydney.
1854-59 Large Diadems 1/- rosy vermilion with Error of Watermark '8' SG 99a marginal example from the top of the sheet, margins good to huge, light bars cancel of Sydney, Cat £180. Superb!
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 418
Symbol: *O
Cat No: Collection
1860-90 Perforated Diadems collection on Oriel leaves with many better stamps including 1860-63 Perf 12 1d mint, 2d Major Retouch x3, 5d unused x2, 8d x3 different shades & 1/- strip of 4, Perf 13 1d mint, 5d mint, 6d mint pair, 8d x16, 1/- block of 4 with full unmounted o.g., and Perf 13x12 1d SG 171; then a good range of later 3d 5d - including a marginal imperf single - & 8d issues; also 'O S' Overprints including 1879 3d SG O1 (with BPA Certificate), 1879-85 3d with 'O S' in Red SG O4, 3d SG O24 mint block of 42 (7x6) including 'O' Sideways [46], 8d mint strip of 3 & block of 4 in different shades, etc, some postmark interest, generally very fine, Cat £12,000+. Ex 'Chartwell'. An excellent collection of these underrated 'Middle Period' issues.
(250 approx)
1882-1908 Fivepence Diadem range on leaves with shades & perfs mostly mint including SG 233a block of 4 & Imperf Pair SG 233e, 1903-08 SG 329 block of 9 (Ex Ric Slade-Slade), etc, large-part o.g.
(32)
1894-1904 'POSTAGE' Overprint in Blue 10/- selection of mint shades & perfs including a pair, some minor creasing, large-part o.g., plus one VFU, Cat £3300+ (minimum).
(11)
1897 Silver Jubilee Charity array comprising mint sets x3 + 1/- block of 6, and used sets x3 + 1/- x10, generally very fine, a few mint units may be unmounted, Cat £2500+. An unusual opportunity.
(28)
1905 Crown/A Chalk-Surfaced Paper 20/- bright cobalt-blue Perf 12 BW #N76 (SG 350a) marginal single from the base of the sheet with 'GPrO/NSW' Monogram, exceptional centring, large-part o.g., grossly undercatalogued at $400++ (£400++). Rare. [Jim Johnstone's similar Perf 11 example sold at the Prestige auction of 24.5.208 for $2415]
SPECIMENS & REPRINTS: 1890s overprints on range of values including 'OS' overprints noted 5/- Map x3, 20/- Governors x2 and QV 5/- 10/- & £1 x2 each plus Postage Dues set (10), also Tasmania 'REPRINT' overprints (*) x12 including St George & the Dragon fiscals 3d 2/6d 5/- & 10/-, some minor faults & gum aging but generally fine.
(65)
REVENUES: Stamp Duty 1867-72 1d lilac/blued paper U/L corner block of 9, the upper units with marginal 'WALES' Watermark, part-imprint '...per Sheet of 63' at left, virtually full o.g. with six units unmounted. Superb!
1834 outer endorsed "via Sydney" and "p Apprentice via Mauritius", to the Cape Colony with oval 'POST PAID SHIP LTR/[crown]/1OC1/1834/SYDNEY' d/s in red (month slug reversed) & largely fine '[crown]/GENERAL POST OFFICE/JA21/1835/CAPE OF GOOD HOPE' arrival on the face. Superb! [The unknown origin is tantalising!]
1859 OHMS entire with 'The Treasury...' imprint at L/L & printed notice within, to 'PARRAMATTA' (20mm arrival b/s) with Diadems Imperf 2d - margins close to good - tied by very fine ' H /MY3/1859/SYDNEY - NSW' duplex, light central fold. Ex 'Besancon' III (mixed lot).
1900 (Feb 7) Boer War cover with straight-line 'SS EURYALUS' ship's cachet & endorsed "2nd Vict Contingent/Wray Chaplain/for Col Price CC", to Sydney with CofGH 1d tied by Cape Town squared-circle, Sydney arrival b/s of MR2/00, opened a bit roughly with small repair at upper-right. Rare.
1902 (Apr 8) Boer War cover endorsed "From Trooper G Lewis (P51)/C Company/1st Battalion/1st ACC" with Natal 1d tied by 'NEWCASTLE/NATAL' cds, Durban & Sydney transits & Wollongong arrival b/s of MY10/1902, minor blemishes. [The war ended 31.5.1902]
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 463
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1909 series of envelopes skilfully hand-illustrated in India ink - a few with highlights in red - all but two also adorned on the reverse, from 'DCB' at 'BYRON BAY' to "Miss E Bright/Sunnybank [one says "Sunnyside"]/Lavender Bay' with the address incorporated into the designs, one with a glowing testimonial for Sunnybank on the reverse, some soiling/aging which thankfully is largely confined to the backs. A very appealing group.
(9)
POSTAL STATIONERY:ENVELOPES: Essay with embossed 1d - as used for the first Wrappers - in dull red & 'Specimen.' handstamp below, a few minor blemishes but very fresh.
ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1911 window-envelope with 'CIVIL SERVICE STORES' imprint on the flap, QV 2d blue obliterated with black overprint - through which the 2d can be clearly seen - & Arms 1d red added, Sydney machine cancel of 3AU-1911, minor blemishes & a small part of the flap missing. A great rairty & the first example we have seen. [Until 30.4.1911, the intra-State rate was 1d, & 2d to Inter-State destinations. This was either printed with the 2d in error or was resubmitted by the user to be re-rated after 1.5.1911 from when the rate to all Australian & Empire destinations was reduced to 1d]
Imperfs with fine to very fine Barred Numerals '9', '20', '22' (rated RR), '24', '26', '30', '45', manuscript "46" (RRRR), superb '47', '59', superb '62', '64', '67' (RR), '71', '72', '78' (RR) & '90', six are on Sydney Views; also Rays '47' (RR), '69', '84', '111' (RR) & superb '167' of Louisa Creek (RRRR); plus Victorian Butterfly '37' on Sydney View 2d; condition of the stamps is variable but most are attractive & several have full margins. A pleasing lot.
(24 items)
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 443
Symbol: S[
Cat No: Collection
Extensive collection of datestamps in eight expensive Lighthouse binders, mostly on loose stamps with strength in the 1890s-1912 period but with lots of earlier items, numerous strikes that are common to scarce post-1912 but are scarce to rare in the 'NSW' period, only minor duplication & lots of record dates, condition rather variable. Ex 'Tamiami'.
(1000s)
Box of covers with all-different datestamps including many scarce to rare CDS plus some Numeral content including "ties", lots of Tatts covers many of which are registered, condition rather mixed but the CDS are generally fine to very fine. Ex 'Tamiami'.
(140+)
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 445
Symbol: S[
Cat No: Collection
Extensive well-developed Numerals collection in eight expensive Lighthouse binders with many early types including Barred Numerals on Sydney Views, Laureates and Diadems (notably 'BN '36' of Braidwood on apparently imperf 8d), some that pre-date name changes & which are generally much scarcer than in the later periods, many dozens of RRR to RRRRR-rated strikes (some of the higher rated items are indistinct or questionable), some minor duplication, condition variable but with countless fine to superb strikes. Far & away the best collection of NSW numerals that we have offered. Ex 'Tamiami'. [The collection includes many items that are at least the equal of Hugh Freeman's illustrations, and some of which are significantly superior impressions]
(1000s)
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 446
Symbol: S
Cat No: Collection
Barred Numerals collection '1' to '157' including most of those rated to RRR plus very fine '113' (rated RRRR) & a couple of second types, '70' is questionable & '105' is ugly otherwise most of the strikes are fine to superb, many better stamps but the condition is rather mixed. Ex 'Tamiami'.
(99)
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY: Batch of mostly commercial covers including 'CAMP ROYAL/ACT-AUST' with 'CAMP ROYAL ACT' h/s on R label, 'CANBERRA/FCT-AUST' (on a FDC, but an unrecognised rarity), 'RAAF PO/ACT-AUST' with mss R "label", 'RAAF PO CANBERRA/ACT' registered, 'DUNTROON/AUSTRALIA' & red R label on 1919 Registration Envelope, 'DUNTROON/ACT' registered, 'EASTLAKE/FCT' & red R label on Registration Envelope, rubber 'TELEGRAPHS/MANUKA ACT' arrival b/s, legible 'MOLONGLO SETTL'M'T/FCT' & a superb strike on stampless OHMS cover, 'RELIEF STAMP 1/NSW' & mss "RHINE FALLS/NSW" perversely on 'FCT' provisional label, 'WEST RIDGE/ACT' ('FCT' recut), etc; also a packet of mostly post-WWII registration labels. See also Lot 285.
(35 + labels)
