Great Britain and British Commonwealth New South Wales
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 603
Symbol: O
1851-55 Laureates 2d x2, 3d x18 including a pair and 6d x4, also Wmk 2d & 3d x7, 'REGISTERED' reprint pair & Diadems 2d with the Watermark Inverted x2, a few attractive stamps but generally plating quality only, Cat £3700 etc.
(Qty 36) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Oct-10-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 604
Symbol: H
Cat No: 51
1851-55 Laureates Plate I Thick Yellowish Paper 2d ultramarine SG 51 horizontal pair, good even margins, poorly cancelled, Cat £260+. A scarce multiple. RPSofL Certificate (1993).
1854 Laureates with Numeral Watermark 2d Prussian blue SG 85, margins close to good with outer framelines at right & base, large part original gum, Cat £500.
1854 Laureates with Numeral Watermark 2d Prussian blue SG 85 horizontal strip of 4 [16-19], margins close to good with outer framelines at right & base, Cat £60+. A very fine & scarce multiple.
1854 Laureates with Numeral Watermark 3d yellow-green SG 87 horizontal pair, margins close to good, lightly cancelled, Cat £110. Multiples this fine are rarely encountered.
1854-59 Large Diadems 6d imperforate plate proof in purple-brown on ungummed unwatermarked paper, close even margins, very fine 'CANCE[LLED]' Handstamp at U/R, Cat £15,000. Ex Ric Slade-Slade, Peter Jaffé, and 'Alvarado': sold for £7800. [Position 5 from the original block of 6]
Six examples each of the so-called 'Ormond Hill Specimens' were produced by Perkins Bacon for all of 'their' Colonies at the request of Rowland Hill's nephew and gifted to him, action that resulted in the Agent for the Crown Colonies terminating Perkins Bacon's printing contracts. 75 different stamps were involved, of 20 British Colonies and four stamps of Chile. The 'CANCELLED' h/s was applied to blocks of 6 that were later separated, often with scissors or a blade, resulting in many of the individual stamps being cut-into or having trimmed perfs on one or more sides. [NB: for NSW no issued stamps were available so plate proofs retained by the printers were utilised]
1854-59 Large Diadems 8d imperforate plate proofs on unwatermarked paper in grey-blue (large margins, ungummed) & in yellow (margins close to large, a little soiled, large-part o.g.)
1854-59 Large Diadems 8d golden-yellow SG 97, margins good to large, small concealed tear at L/R, lightly cancelled clear of the Queen's face, Cat £1600. Despite the fault, this is a very attractive example that would satisfy most collectors, especially at the bargain price. RPSofL Certificate (1993).
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 615
Symbol: P
Cat No: Collection
1854-59 Large Diadems 1/- imperforate plate proof in deep blue on ungummed unwatermarked paper, close even margins, very fine 'CANC[ELLED]' Handstamp at U/R, Cat £15,000. Ex Ric Slade-Slade, Peter Jaffé, and 'Alvarado': sold for £7800. [Position 5 from the original block of 6]
For New South Wales, only plate proofs for the 6d in purple-brown - five recorded - and the 1/- in blue - four recorded - have been identified, making NSW one of the most difficult Colonies from which to acquire an example. The Royal Collection includes one of each.
1856-60 Imperf Small Diadems 2d blue Error of Watermark '5' SG 112c horizontal strip of 3, almost full margins but just shaved at the base of the middle unit and at L/R of the R/H unit, Cat £210+. A very scarce multiple.
1856-60 Imperf Small Diadems 3d dull green SG 117, margins good to large with a fragment of the adjoining stamp at right, large-part (aged) o.g., Cat £1900.
1860-72 Perf Diadems Perf 12 Plate I 2d pale blue with Extensive Major Retouch [24], two lightly cancelled examples, the first a little aged, the other separated a bit roughly at right but otherwise very fine, Cat £2800.
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 621
Symbol: O
Cat No: numbers noted
1861-97 Five Shillings Coin duplicates on Hagner pages, some with SG numbers noted, includes the brilliant Royal purple shade SG 177 x4, condition rather mixed, one with bold Rays '513', Cat £1500 minimum. [See also Lot 295332]
(Qty 40)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Oct-10-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 622
Symbol: F
Cat No: 176
1861-88 Five Shillings Coin 5/- Perf 13 SG 176 plus De La Rue 1/- black Perf 13 single & strip of 4 - a very scarce multiple - tied to linen-backed piece by Sydney duplex of AU31/79, Cat £110++. A rare franking.
1897 Diamond Jubilee die proofs on thin white card reduced to a bit larger than stamp size & affixed to separate pieces of incused yellowish card (each 58x64mm) comprising 1d in deep violet & in carmine-pink, 2d in deep violet, in brown & in myrtle-green, and 2½d in deep violet, in deep blue, in brown & in myrtle-green. Apparently from the printer's records. Superb! Ex Sir Gawaine Baillie: sold for $3450. [These may appear to have been excised from the famous triptych proofs. However, the sharpness of the impressions indicates that these are true die proofs]
(Qty 9 proofs)
1897 Diamond Jubilee with wide 'Specimen' Type 14 on 1d in black, on 2d in black & in red, on 2½d violet in red + a pair, & on 2½d indigo in black (rounded corner), also on 6d orange, 6d emerald, 'NINEPENCE' on 10d & 10d, large-part o.g.
(Qty 11)
1897 Diamond Jubilee with wide 'Specimen' Type 14 on 1d in black, on 2d in red, & on 2½d violet in red strips of 3, also on 'NINEPENCE' on 10d & 10d vertical strips of 4, large-part o.g. Very scarce multiples.
(Qty 5 strips)
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 631
Symbol: *O
Cat No: Collection
1897-99 Re-Issue 5/- Coin SG 297c-e group comprising mint x5 & used x24 including two pairs, generally very fine, Cat £560 minimum.
(Qty 29)
Grade A/B
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 145.00
Sold...AU$ 145.00
Closed..Oct-10-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 145
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 632
Symbol: #
Cat No: 300a
1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper 1d rose-carmine vertical pair Imperforate on Three Sides SG 300a, folded between the units, a bit soiled & no gum still presentable, Cat £1200 for a block of 4 (why?).
1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper 'NINEPENCE' on 10d dull brown with Double Surcharge SG 309a, small gum-thin, Cat £275. An inexpensive example of this striking error.
1902-03 Chalk-Surfaced Paper Wmk '65' 2/6d Lyrebird lithographed so-called Postal Forgery, well centred, a little grubby, faked Sydney duplex. Only a few examples have been recorded. [The 'Besancon' (II) example sold for SFr532]
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 636
Symbol: *
Cat No: N41; Cat $750)
1905-10 Wmk Small Crown/A ½d (both types) to 2/6d SG 333-349 complete including listed shades plus all values recorded with Perf 11½x11 (the ½d Type 2 in a pair with 'WAG' Monogram) and with Perf 11 including the rare 6d orange SG 342a (BW #N41; Cat $750), a few blemishes but generally fine to very fine with large-part o.g., Cat £1040 ($1900+). Ex John Williams (UK).
(Qty 32)
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 639
Symbol: #o
Cat No: Collection
FORGERIES: Sydney Views 1d No Clouds x2 and With Clouds x2 pairs in different shades with forged BN '28' or '41', and 2d with Vertically Lined Background 'unused'. Neat little group by the London Gang.
(Qty 7)
