Impressed Duty QV 3d to £500 complete set, a few minor blemishes, CTO with colourless cancels & large-part o.g., Elsmore Online Cat $800. [A similar set sold at our auction of 31.8.2019 for $629]
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Sideface 3d affixed within an entire 1875 bankruptcy notice & pen-cancelled paying a fee on the notice, to Melbourne with another Sideface 3d tied by bold BN '52' & very fine 'POST-OFFICE/LAUNCESTON/...'-in-diamond d/s in red alongside. Ex Ron Butler, who had never seen another such usage.
Sale No: 1
Lot No: 1445
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection
Stamp Statute 2/6d, Large Stamp Duty group with £5 pink x4 to £10 mauve x2, 35/-, 45/-, Recess £25 and 1886-96 £5 x2 £6 x2 £7 & £9, generally fine to very fine with only a few pinholes noted.
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Large Stamp Duty 15/- mauve, £1, £1/5/- (cut from the sheet at left to preserve the design), £1/10/-, £2, 45/-, £5 pink, £7 purple/blue, £8 red/yellow, £9 green/yellow & £10 lilac, plus Ultra-High Values from Recess Printings £25 blue-green, £50 purple, £100 deep carmine & £100 bright rose carmine, some pinholes & other minor problems but generally fine to very fine, all with manuscript cancellations mostly from the 1880s.
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Large Stamp Duty 1d bistre from the top of the sheet Imperforate at Top, a few faults, pen-cancelled "JB/1.2.83". Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2012) states "extremely rare".
