Interesting collection with 1862-65 DLR Wmk '1' 1d unused, 1882-97 Wmk '40' 8d SG 236 mint pair, Centennial 8d Lyrebird imperf colour trials in blue-grey & in orange-yellow plus 1d 2d & 4d mint blocks of 12, 5/- Map mint x5 & used x6 and 20/- Governors mint x7 & used x7, 1890 2½d Allegorical imprint strip of 6 & '1890' Monogram block of 12, etc, generally very fine & some units are unmounted, STC £5000+. (100+)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

Selection of imperforate plate proofs comprising De La Rue Numeral Wmk 4d blocks of 4 & 12 (with Current Number '4', creasing) and 10d block of 4 plus unwatermarked 1/- in red block of 6, 1d grey (unissued without ½d surcharge) block of 6 & 7½d on 6d brown block of 6, all marginal & mostly superb. (6 blocks)

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (No Clouds) on Soft Yellowsih Paper 1d reddish rose SG 3 horizontal pair, good even margins, BN '82' of Armidale, Cat £1000+.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1854 Laureates with Numeral Watermark 3d yellow-green with '2' Error of Watermark SG 87b, a little cut-into at base & right, part-BN cancel, Cat £1600. RPSofV Certificate (2019). [Most examples of this error are significantly cut-into or have other serious faults]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1854-59 Large Diadems 5d dull green as SG 88 but with the Watermark Inverted & Reversed, good even margins, large-part o.g., Cat £1400. Superb! Ex 'Besancon' (III). RPSofV Certificate (1978).

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1854-59 Large Diadems 8d golden-yellow SG 97, margins good to huge, untidy but light cancellation, Cat £1600. RPSofV Certificate (2019).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1856-60 Small Diadems 1d carmine-vermilion, 2d blue & 3d yellow-green SG 107 112 & 115, the first two with almost full margins, the 3d with margins just clear to good, unused, Cat £2650.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1882-97 Wmk '40' 3d yellow-green Perf 12x11 SG 226e complete left-hand pane of 60, generally well-centred, full unmounted (brown) o.g., Cat £360++.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1882-97 Wmk '40' 'NINEPENCE' on 10d brown Perf 11x12 with Double Overprint SG 236dca, and 1899 Perf 12x11½ 'NINEPENCE' on 10d brown with Albino Overprint Only SG 309b, large-part o.g., Cat £600.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1882-97 Wmk '40' 10d violet Perf 11x12 SG 236e corner block of 36 (6x6) from the L/R of the sheet with Current Number '5' at L/R, virtually full o.g. with most of the units being unmounted, Cat £1260++. Excellent full-page exhibit.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$450

1885-86 High Value Revenues Overprinted 'POSTAGE' in Black 5/- lilac & green Perf 12x10 SG 238b, minor soiling, large-part redistributed o.g., Cat £800.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1892-99 Halfpenny ½d grey marginal block of 4 from the top of the sheet with the left-hand units Imperf Three Sides SG 272c & the right-hand units Imperf at Left, some light soiling & minor gum-bends, large-part o.g., Cat £3800. A rare block. Ex 'Besancon' (III).

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,400

1897-1911 Issues on album pages largely complete with colours & perfs (missing the Perf 11 6d and the Crown/Double-Lined A 2/6d & a few others) including Charity duo (superb!), 1899 ½d (no gum) & 2d Imperf Pairs, 'NINEPENCE' on 10d Double Overprint and Albino Overprint, Perf 11 20/- Governors, a few blemishes but generally fine to very fine with large-part o.g., STC £2300+. (110 approx)

Estimate AU$1,000

1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper Imperforate Pairs of ½d x2 (shades), 1d, 2d, 2½d (minor toning), 4d Captain Cook, 6d orange, 6d emerald & 1/- Kangaroo, large-part o.g., Cat £3900. An unusual opportunity to obtain the 'full set'. Ex John Bell (NSW). (9 pairs)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper Arms 1d carmine SG 299 block of 36 two with Double Perfs on Three Sides affecting the entire second row, some gum-toning but full unmounted o.g. (2 blocks)

Grade B/C (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper Arms 1d block of 12 (2x6) the right-hand units all Imperforate Three Sides SG 300a, minor gum-bends & a little soiled in the margin at top, Cat £3600++ for three blocks of 4. A major error. Ex Guy Hutson. [Gibbons record this error only in the 'scarlet' printing as SG 300a. However, this block & Hutson's three other perf error blocks are all in a deep rose-pink shade]

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper Arms 1d rose-carmine left-hand pane of 60 (6x10) completely Imperforate SG 301a with full marginal inscriptions at top & left and the three 'monograms' at the base, a few very minor blemishes & a patch of toning about the size of a 1c piece in the margin by Row 4 otherwise very fine with full unmounted o.g., Cat £8250++ (for mounted pairs). A spectacular block that is almost certainly the largest surviving multiple of this error.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

1902-03 Chalk-Surfaced Paper Wmk '65' ½d to 2/6d SG 313-326 plus ½d Perf 12x11 & a second 6d shade, large-part o.g. with most being very lightly mounted or unmounted, Cat £300. Ex John Williams (UK). (12)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1903-05 'COMMONWEALTH' Design Crown/NSW 9d brown & blue Perf 11 ACSC #N48 (SG 332), a couple of short perfs, Cat $1500 (£1600). [The ACSC states "This stamp is very rare...It is estimated that about six used copies have been recorded"]

Grade B C2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1907 Emergency Printings on Victorian Crown/Double-Lined A Paper ½d to 2/6d SG 353-363 plus 6d shade, the 1d & 2d (tonespots) are upper-right corner examples with No Watermark BW #N14ab & N19ac, large-part o.g. with the ½d to 4d & 10d being unmounted (and rare thus), Cat £500++ ($845), mounted). Ex John Williams (UK). [This issue is significantly underrated. While several denominations are quite common, the ACSC states that of the 2½d 36,480 were printed, while only 6240 of each of the 8d 10d & 2/6d were printed. The Victorian paper was of a different size from the NSW paper & the ACSC notes that "...stamps without watermark occasionally occur in the last column"] The illustration is above Lot 392. (11)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$450