Great Britain and British Commonwealth New South Wales
Sale No: 1
Lot No: 1109
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Cat No: 59
1851-55 LaureatesPlate I Worn Impressions 2d Prussian blue SG 59, good even margins, one tiny pinhole & the suggestion of a tiny closed tear in the right-hand margin, unused, Cat £1300.
1854 Laureates with Numeral Watermark 1d orange-vermilion SG 83 horizontal strip of 4 [R2/5-8; the first unit with Two Leaves to Right of 'SOUTH' SG 83b], margins touched/shaved in places to large, BN '68' of Scone, Cat £290+. A rare multiple.
1854-59 Large Diadems 6d grey SG 94 marginal example from the right of the sheet with margins good to huge, faint wrinkle & a tiny thin in the upper margin, large-part (brown) o.g., Cat £2000. Ex Lars Amundsen and John White.
1854-59 Large Diadems 8d dull orange-yellow SG 98, margins just clear - at upper-right - to large, ironed-out vertical crease & repaired fault at the base still of fine appearance, unused, Cat £24,000.
1860-72 Perf DiademsPerf 13 1d both shades, 3d all three shades, 5d three shades, 6d six shades plus a pair with Error of Watermark '5', 8d all three shades & 1/- all three shades, most are lightly cancelled, Cat £420+. Difficult to assemble this fine.
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Sale No: 1
Lot No: 1129
Symbol: *
Cat No: Collection
1861-88 Five Shillings Coin group of perfs & shades x7 including a Royal purple SG 175, one with Floral Border at Left plus diagonal & horizontal (no gum) 'SPECIMEN' overprints, generally well centred, large-part o.g., Cat £2350 minimum plus the Specimens.
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1882-97 Wmk '40' 5d deep blue-green Imperforate Pair SG 233e, large even margins, closed scissor-cut at the base of the margin between the units, large-part o.g., Cat £475.
1885-86 High Value Revenues Overprinted 'POSTAGE' in Blue £1 rose-lilac & claret Perf 12x10 SG 242, a few short perfs at upper-left & characteristic poor centring, CTO with 'GPO...' cds, Cat £5000. BPA Certificate (2013) states "...with part Sydney datestamp", but we believe it is a Melbourne implement.
1888-89 Centennial of New South Wales 2d Emu postal forgery by Ionoski Takuma, unusually well centred, BN '1385' of George Street North. With a normal stamp for comparison. RPSofV Certificate (2014).
1888-89 Centennial of New South Wales 4d Queen Victoria & Sydney Heads essay in orange-red on thick ungummed unwatermarked paper, imperforate at top. An unadopted design.
1888-90 Centennial High Values 5/- Map selection from the various watermarks, perfs and printings including two with 'OS' Overprint, a few blemishes but generally fine to very fine, large-part o.g., Cat £3800 minimum.
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1888-90 Centennial High Values 20/- Governors imperf colour trial in blue-grey on ungummed unwatermarked paper, close even margins, one tonespot on the reverse.
1897 Silver Jubilee Charity SG 280-281, the 1/- tied to small piece by 'REGISTERED/SYDNEY NSW' cds, the 2/6d with central 'HILLGROVE' cds, Cat £275.
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1897 Silver Jubilee Charity 2/6d with 'Specimen' Overprint in red, plus North Borneo '4/CENTS' on 12c black & blue and BCA 10/- black & olive both with 'SPECIMEN' overprint, all affixed to a small card with 'Adrien Henrion' on the reverse.
1897-99 Diamond Jubilee die proofs on thin glazed card comprising 1d & 2d in bright blue and 2d in blue-violet, large margins. Superb! [Cut-down from sheetlets of 3 die proofs] (3)
1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper 1d Arms horizontal pair, the left-hand unit Imperf at Right and the right-hand unit Imperf Three Sides SG 300a, large-part o.g., Cat £1200 for a block of 4.
1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper 2d gutter strip of 4, the left-hand pair being Imperforate SG 302av, sensibly reinforced along the gutter, large-part o.g., Cat £300++. Rarely seen in this format.
'O S' OVERPRINTS: 1882-85 Perf 10 4d red-brown SG O27 corner block of 4 with Current Number '4' (creasing) & block of 6 (2x3) with Wing-Margins at right, large-part o.g. with a few units being unmounted, Cat £420+.
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'O S' OVERPRINTS: 1890-91 5/- Map reprint with the Overprint in Red and 20/- Governors both CTO with concentric-ovals cancels (the 20/- with the scarcer 'GPO'). (2)
