Chalon to Scenic issues with a wide variety of advertisements or notices including for sporting clubs, volunteer militias, sales, entertainments, travelling salesmen, etc, condition very mixed. (74)

Estimate AU$300

1880 Essays for a 1d+1d Reply Card First Sideface 1d impressed twice on the face of a standard-size card with vertical dividing line & inscribed 'NAME & ADDRESS OF PERSON TO WHOM SENT' at U/L and 'NAME & ADDRESS OF SENDER' at U/R and the reverse similarly divided with 'MESSAGE TO BE SENT' at U/L & 'REPLY' at U/R, all printing in black, endorsed at the top "Essay 1880 not issued", some staining & a reinforced crease at L/R. Rare: an outstanding item for a collection of the First Sideface issues. [Ron Butler's very fine example - Illustrated at page 3 - sold for £1725]

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1880 Essays for a 1d+1d Reply Card Chalon 1d+1d rose-carmine two impressions on the same side of a double-size buff card, centrally folded horizontally but otherwise with no means of separation, endorsed on the face "Proof for Colour 1880" & on the reverse "For approval of color [sic] Please return with color marked", faults. The only recorded example: the format was not approved. [Illustrated at page 4. The design varies from the issued 1d cards in that there are no horizontal lines above & below 'THE ADDRESS ONLY...'. Ron Butler's similar very fine essay for the single card - illustrated at page 3 - sold for £1092]

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1880 Chalon 1d selection in various colours on various stocks on exhibit pages comprising unused x3, 'SPECIMEN' h/s x3 (all Illustrated at page 7), 1884 local usage with printed advice for 'Convalescent and Benevolent Home', and 1887 local usage with superb Brisbane duplex, mostly fine to very fine (8)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1880 Chalon 1d bundle of 1884-94 internal usages plus one uprated to Germany, good range of postmarks including numerals & cds with 1888 'EMU CREEK SIDING' (ERD), 1890 'TPO S&WR/A/DOWN/ 2 - 2 /Q.L.', 1890 'PINE CREEK' (rated RRRR) & superb 'GOODNA', etc, condition rather mixed. (19)

Estimate AU$300

1891 Bradbury Wilkinson Head 2d blue 'VIA DIRECT ROUTE' & 3d mauve 'VIA BRINDISI OR NAPLES' HG 5 & 6 to the same addressee in Scotland & both with Brisbane duplex of JA8/89, both with sender's h/s of John Bain. [Chatty messages, that on the 2d states "...I am sending you one of our New Post Cards by the long sea route, and one by Brindisi so please note the dates of receipt and advise me. These cards came into use on 1st Jany..."] (2)

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1891 Bradbury Wilkinson Head Reply Cards 1d+1d carmine/cream-buff stock HG 7 with 'REPLY' = 10mm Long, folded along the perfs & reinforced otherwise very fine unused; also 1892 printing on drab stock unused & the 'REPLY'-half properly used domestically; and c.1895 printings with Heavier Address Lines with 'REPLY' = 10mm unused & message-half used to Holland, 11mm unused, 9mm CTO & reply-half used domestically (creased), or 6mm on drab stock unused & used to Victoria but neither uprated nor taxed and the reply-half local philatelic usage; mostly fine to very fine. [Of the first, illustrated at page 16, a mere 200 examples were prepared & no used example is recorded] The illustration is above Lot 558. (11)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1891 UPU Issue 1½d brown HG 8 group commercially used locally & to Victoria (both overpaid & highly irregular), to New Zealand, GB x4 (one to the Japanese Consulate with letter in Japanese; one endorsed "Per Canadian Line" with double-oval 'POST OFFICE MACKAY/9JUL94/QUEENSLAND' b/s), to an Austrian officer in Bosnia with 'KuK MILIT POST XXXII/SARAJEVO' arrival cds on the face, France, Germany or Italy; also 1½d+1½d message-half to GB x4 - one redirected to "Sark/Channel Isles" - & reply-half irregular usage to GB with 'TPO/S&W RY QUEENSLAND No 4' cds; condition mixed. [One of the cards to GB complains that the postage is 1½d whereas from GB it is only 1d] (16)

Estimate AU$300

1898 Pictorial Issue Medallion Portrait 1d brown HG 10 selection comprising 25 of the 35 recorded views, about half on yellowish card HG 10a, one miscut with 'Date stamp on reverse side' appearing at U/L, mostly fine but some characteristic discolouration as should be expected, unused. Excellent thematic content including mining, agriculture & tennis ('Botanic Gardens' features a lawn tennis court & players with racquets). (25)

Estimate AU$400

1898 Pictorial Issue Medallion Portrait 1d brown HG 10 selection comprising 28 of the 35 recorded views, about half on yellowish card HG 10a, mostly fine but some characteristic discolouration as should be expected, domestic & GB usages plus some uprated to foreign destinations, some postmark interest, condition variable but many are good to fine. Excellent thematic content including mining, agriculture & tennis ('Botanic Gardens' features a lawn tennis court & players with racquets). (28)

Estimate AU$500

1898 Pictorial Issue Medallion Portrait 1½d black HG 11 complete set of the 18 recorded views, generally fine to very fine unused. Rarely available complete, especially of this quality. (18)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1898 Pictorial Issue Medallion Portrait 1½d black HG 11 selection of 13 of the 18 recorded views, generally good to very fine used. (13)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1904 Pictorial Issue 'Available only for the Commonwealth, British New Guinea, New Zealand and Fiji/...' Medallion Portrait 1d chocolate-brown HG 12 'Brisbane River...', 'Glengallan Station...' (on white stock HG 12a), 'Gold Mine and Works, Charters Towers' (illustrated at page 34) and 'Wheat Stripping' (overall discolouration), the first three are very fine unused. [Alan Griffiths at page 34 states '...among the scarcer items of the period'. In our opinion, HG 12-15a are all significantly underrated] (4)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1905 Pictorial Issue 'Available only for the Commonwealth, United Kingdom, British New Guinea, New Zealand and Fiji/...' Medallion Portrait 1d chocolate-brown HG 14 'Arrowroot Field, Pimpama' (fine; illustrated at page 34), 'Brisbane River...' (very fine), 'Harvesting...' (even discolouration) & 'Wheat Stripping...' (even discolouration), unused. Very scarce group. (4)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1906 Pictorial Issue with 'POST CARD' at Top Medallion Portrait 1d HG 15/a group comprising 'Pineapple Plantation...' (light discolouration) & 'Wheat Stripping...' both in brown-purple; 'Brisbane River...' & 'Corner Queen and Edward Streets...' (with notice for Weavers Ltd) both in claret; and 'Parliament House...' in orange-brown (very scarce), fine to very fine unused. (5)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1906 Pictorial Issue with 'POST CARD' at Top Medallion Portrait 1d HG 15/a group comprising 12 of the 17 views from Group B in shades of brown-purple or claret, condition very mixed but nine are fine to very fine used. (12)

Estimate AU$450

1906 Pictorial Issue with 'POST CARD' at Top Medallion Portrait 1d orange-brown HG 15a 'Glengallan Station...', 'Haystacks...', 'Jondaryan Woolshed...' (with printed church advice re Lent), 'Parliament House...' (to Holland, ½d stamp neatly removed) & 'Vineyard...', some minor blemishes but generally fine used. Very scarce group. (5)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1906 Pictorial Issue with 'POST CARD' at Top Medallion Portrait 1d crimson-lake HG 15var 'Arrowroot Field, Pimpama', 'Botanic Gardens...' (tennis court; underpaid to USA & taxed) 'Jondaryan Woolshed...', fine used. Rare. [These are printed in a distinctive colour not recognised by Higgins & Gage, Phil Collas or Alan Griffiths, despite these three cards being in his collection. We have recorded only a few other examples. In our opinion, they are scarcer than the highly regarded 1905 issue] (3)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1908 Visit of the American Great White Fleet Four Figures 1d red HG 16 commercially used to Germany with Widow's Weeds ½d tied by 'TOOWONG' cds of SP28/08. [Illustrated at page 37, where it is stated "One or two are known to have been uprated for overseas destinations and these are particularly elusive"]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1910 Black & White Views Four Figures 1d red HG 19a 'BUSH-HOUSE, BOTANIC GARDENS...' unused (discoloured on the address side), 'KAMERUNGA STATE NURSERY...' domestic usage (creased), 'ON A QUEENSLAND SHEEP STATION' very fine unused & uprated to Germany (creased), 'VIEWS OF MARYBOROUGH...' used to South Australia (creased), and 'VIEWS OF TOWNSVILLE...' very fine unused. [Higgins & Gage have the 1910 & 1911 issues in the wrong order. HG 19/a should be #17/a; #17 should be #18 and #18 should be #17. Note that HG 19 (#17) is a proof] (6)

Estimate AU$300

1910 Non-Scenic Issue Four Figures 1d scarlet/buff with Three-Line Heading (the now-superfluous Fourth Line 'The Address only to be written on this side' Omitted) HG 18 unused, used domestically x2, to NSW & to Victoria; and 1d scarlet/white with 'ADDRESS.' Added HG 17 unused x2, CTO x2, used domestically & to Victoria, and a dull red shade used to London 27NOV12; very fine group. (12)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

- 1910 Non-Scenic Issue Four Figures 1d scarlet/buff with Three-Line Heading (the now-superfluous Fourth Line 'The Address only to be written on this side' Omitted) as HG 18 but with a black & white print of an unidentified terrace building on the reverse and a black vertical dividing line - that may be printed - on the address side, a few faults, unused. The only such Queensland card recorded by us. [This is almost certainly a private addition to a standard post office card. Illustrated at page 46]

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1911 Non-Scenic Issue Four Figures 1d scarlet with 'ADDRESS.' Added as HG 17 but on buff stock, minor bend at left otherwise very fine unused. Rare: believed to be an essay or proof. [The bend was caused by a paperclip, suggesting it has been removed from an official file]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1911 Reply Cards 1d+1d scarlet & 1½d+1½d blue HG 20 & 21 both unused & CTO. [This was the only usage of the Four Figures 1½d stamp] (4)

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1911 Reply Cards 1d+1d scarlet HG 20 message-half commercially used to Austria with Widow's Weeds ½d tied by very fine Rockhampton machine cancel, superb 'SALZBURG' arrival cds on the face. The only example known to us. [Alan Griffiths at page 47 states "Genuinely used examples of either part are extremely rare". We have not recorded the reply-half commercially used]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500