1860: 6 d. green, wmk. Large Star, imperforate, a superb used example in a pale shade, ample to large margins all round and part of adjoining stamp at base, lightly cancelled in black. A very fine example of a scarce stamp. Signed Houtzamer Gi = £ 800. (Image 1)(Image)
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Lot No: 62
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1860/79: Lot one stamp unused, essays and proofs incl. 1860/61 1 d. carmine-rose, wmk. Small Star, clean-cut perf. 14 at Somerset House, a fine unused example without gum; 1860 Perkins Bacon Plate Proof of the 2 d. value, engraved in black on thick paper, a block of four from top of sheet and a corner block of six from upper left of sheet; Lithographed on thick paper 1866/67 4 d. lilac, Second Transfer, no wmk., perf. 13, a fine unused block of four of excellent depth of colour, each stamp overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in black; 1879 Essay by William Bell, imperforate on white wove paper watermarked Crown over Q, with "Q" of "Queensland" no longer reversed, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in blue; and Stamp Duty 1878/79 Proof of the 1 d. value printed in violet & dull lilac, engraved by William Bell, a scarce horizontal pair Imperforate on thick card paper. (Image 1)(Image)
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Lot No: 63
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1895: Reprint of 1868/74 2 d. deep dull blue, Plate II on watermarked Crown over Q paper, a fine horizontal pair of lovely appearance, variety "Imperforate Vertically Between". Rare and most unusual, see footnote under Gi. 82 "One sheet of the 2 d. reprint is known to have the perforations missing betweeen the fourth and fifth rows..", thus only 10 pairs can exist thus. Fresh colour, gum scrape but part og. Scarce and attractive pair. Cert. BPA (1991). (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
