Sale No: 243
Lot No: 568
Symbol: *#O
Cat No: Collection
Collection on Scott leaves including Courier 1d with almost complete outer framelines (small faults) & 4d just shaved at the top, Star Wmk 2d - small fault & 4d x2 all with full margins, a superb example of Experimental Separations ImperfxOblique Roulette 11½ at Oatlands SG 91 with superb BN '64' of Oatlands, Tablets mint to 5/- & Crown/A 10/- SG 258 mint, etc, Cat £4200+.
(Qty 112) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 2,100.00
Closed..Mar-24-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 2100
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 569
Symbol: O
Range on Imperial pages with Couriers 1d & 4d x3, various Chalons including postally used Imperf 6d x4 & 1/-, a few Postal Fiscals, etc, condition rather mixed, STC £6500+.
(Qty 93) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,750
Opening AU$ 1,350.00
Sold...AU$ 1,350.00
Closed..Mar-24-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1350
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 570
Symbol: #
Cat No: 2
1853 Couriers Early Printings with All Lines Clear & Distinct 1d blue SG 2, margins good to large with complete outer framelines, shallow thin at the top that doesn't affect the exceptional facial appearance, unused, Cat £13,000. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2018) states "very rare in unused condition...superb appearance".
1853 Couriers Plate I Intermediate State 4d red-orange SG 7 [18], good even margins, light BN '59' cancel of Launceston, Cat £475. Superb! Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019).
1853 Couriers Plate II Early to Intermediate Printing 4d red-orange, margins good to huge with a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, light BN '59' cancel, Cat £375. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "superb example". [We agree with Chris Ceremuga's observation that the Gibbons listing for Plate II is inadequate]
1853 Couriers Plate II with Coarse Engraving 4d orange SG 10 pair [13-14], margins just clear - at left - to large with the R/H unit being unusually large, light BN '60' cancels of Hobart, Cat £850+. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019).
1870-71 Sidefaces Numeral Watermark 10d black Imperforate Pair SG 131a, nice even margins, hinge remainders and minor adhesion on right-hand unit, Cat £700. Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
1871-78 Sidefaces 'TAS'-in-Bars Watermark 9d imperforate colour trial blocks of 4 in black-violet, red-violet or yellow-orange on ungummed (the first) or gummed unwatermarked or watermarked Crown/CC (the last) blocks of 4. Ex De La Rue Archives. (3 blocks)
1871-78 Sidefaces 'TAS'-in-Bars Watermark 1d salmon Perf 12 SG 150 (unlisted shade) block of 16 from lower-left corner of sheet with large-part Plate Number '1' in lower margin, vertical 'compartment lines' along left-hand units, minor bends in margin and tiny aging mark on top-left unit otherwise very fine & unmounted, Cat £2240+ for cheapest listed shade mounted. Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
1871-78 Sidefaces 'TAS'-in-Bars Watermark 1d salmon Perf 12 SG 150 (unlisted shade) block of 16 from bottom of sheet with central gutter and perforation guideline cross in lower margin, couple of tiny aging marks otherwise fine & unmounted, Cat £2240+ for cheapest listed shade mounted. Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 579
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 164ca/cad
1880 Sidefaces 'TAS' Watermark 1d dull rosine Imperforate marginal block of 4 with lower right unit Wedge Flaw variety SG 164ca/cad, wide margins on all sides with current number '41' in chamfered box below bottom left unit, two hinge remains but 'Wedge Flaw' unit is unmounted, minor aging marks in margin only, Cat £750 for two imperforate pairs (+ premium for block of 4 and variety, which is unlisted imperforate). This is a late state of the Wedge Flaw with the void area measuring 3½mm at its widest. Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
1880-91 Sidefaces 'TAS' Watermark 1d rosine Perf 12 marginal pair the right unit with variety Wedge Flaw SG 164b/d, almost-complete current number '41' in chamfered box below left unit, hinge remainders, Cat £340+. This is a late state of the 'Wedge Flaw' with the void area measuring 3½mm at its widest. A similar pair sold for $288 in our auction of 11.10.2020. Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
1880-1891 Sidefaces 'TAS' Watermark 'd./2½' surcharge on 9d blue marginal pair both Surcharge Double One Inverted variety SG 168a, plate number '7' in relief above left-hand unit, light horizontal crease affects both units, hinge remainder on stamps and some adhesion in margin. Cat £1400+. Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
1899-1900 Pictorials De La Rue Printing 2½d indigo SG 232 Partly Imperforate at Right due to diagonal paper fold which unusually has not affected the perforations at top, a couple of minor blemishes, unused without gum. Ex Dr Owen Ingles. [Very few production errors are known from the De La Rue printings. Gary Diffen's 'Australian Colonies Errors' did not feature anything similar.]
1899-1900 Pictorials De La Rue Printing 2½d indigo SG 232 complete sheet (10x6; ex top right unit removed), otherwise full margins including Plate Number '1' at left-centre, perforation guideline crosses & retaining screw heads, minor perf separation mostly in margins, some folds mostly along perf lines or in margins and units in third column affected by a vertical crease, unmounted, Cat £1,298+ for basic stamps mounted.
(Qty 59 stamps)
1901 'POSTAGE STAMPS OF TASMANIA' presentation sheet with 45 stamps mounted in place either overprinted 'REPRINT' (apparently all with after) or 'SPECIMEN', or Cancelled-To-Order except the Couriers 1d & 4d printed from defaced plates without overprint, the Tablets to 5/- CTO and the £1 'SPECIMEN' overprint, the Pictorials all CTO, a couple with perforation or other faults including some light aging marks, the sheet folded clear of the stamps (heavily so in parts; minor closed tears repaired at top). Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
1905-12 Pictorials Lithographed Crown/A 4d orange-yellow Perf 12½x11 ACSC T55C (SG 247db) horizontal pair, hinge remainders, tiny spot on back of left-hand unit, Cat $1500+ (£1000+). Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
1905-12 Pictorials Litho Crown/A 4d orange-buff Russell Falls Perf 12½x11 ACSC T55A (SG 247bb) block of 4, large-part o.g. with minor gum blemishes, Cat $3000+ (£2000+). A very rare block. Ex JRW Purves (1981).
1905-11 Pictorials Typographed Crown/A 1d Mount Wellington Perf 12½ Imperforate at Base marginal example from the base of the sheet with 'CA' Monogram ACSC T14ba, very lightly mounted large-part o.g., Cat $500 plus a large premium for the monogram. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "Probably only one sheet existed and if so this would be unique with the CA Monogram".
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 588
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 251a var.
1905-11 Pictorials Typographed Crown/A 2d dull grey-purple Wmk Upright Mixed Perf 12½ and 11 ACSC #T38 (SG 251a variety) vertical strip of 3 perforated 12½ all around and subsequently re-perforated Perf 11 at left creating Double Perforations At Left with full margin, top and bottom units with minor hinge remains, central unit unmounted, Cat $1200+ for mounted, unlisted in Gibbons. The ACSC lists this with Wmk Sideways only; Gary Diffen's similar strip of 4 - stated to be the only example recorded with Wmk Upright - sold for £360 at auction on 1.10.2020. Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 589
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 253c
1905-11 Pictorials Typographed Crown/A 3d brown vertical pair from L/R corner of sheet Mixed Perf 12½ and 11 ACSC T51 (SG 253c) perforated 12½ all around and subsequently re-perforated Perf 11 at right creating Irregular Compound Perf 12½x11x12½x12½ with Double Perforations At Right, full margins at right & base, upper unit & lower margin with hinge remainders, lower unit unmounted, couple of minor aging marks in margins, Cat $1200++ (£950++) for mounted. Gary Diffen's block of four with two units Mixed Perf - stated to be two of "ten examples known" - sold for £540 at auction on 1.10.2020. Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
POSTAL FISCALS: 1886 Provisionals being Colonial Keyplates with Blank Tablets in doubly-fugitive ink on Wmk 'TAS' paper, in violet with 'TASMANIA/POSTAGE & REVENUE/TWO SHILLINGS/AND SIXPENCE' overprint (a couple of uneven perfs - one pulled - at left) & in green with '.../10 SHILLINGS' overprint, both CTO with partial 'G.P.O./...' cds of Melbourne (?), large-part original gum. Ex Dr Owen Ingles. [The Colonial Agents requisitioned stamps of these values from De La Rue. However, in 1882 Tasmania had authorised postal use of revenue stamps printed in the Colony. Hobart advised the Crown Agents that the proposed stamps would be "useless"; they were printed & despatched nevertheless, but were never issued: see Eaton at p431-436]
REPRINTS: 1871 Sidefaces Special Printings on Unwatermarked Paper Perf 11½ set comprising 1d rose, 2d green, 3d red-brown, 4d blue, 9d blue, 10d black & 5/- mauve all overprinted 'REPRINT ' (without stop), rough perfs and the 9d with official repair at top, large-part original gum with hinge remainders (the 3d with minor thins). Rare. Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
(Qty 7)
REPRINTS: 1871 Sidefaces 5/- purple on thin gummed card Perf 11½ overprinted 'REPRINT' complete pane of 60 with almost-complete Plate Number '6' in lower margin and complete Current Number '48' in chamfered-box in upper margin, the first unit in Row 6 with variety Dropped First 'R' in 'REPRINT', couple of tiny blemishes and two staple holes in margin only, hinged in margin only, a few minor inclusions in gum, unmounted. Prepared for inclusion in the 1901 presentation sets for Federal Parliamentarians. Ex William (Bill) McCredie & Dr Owen Ingles. Impressive piece.
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 595
Symbol: =/D/P
Cat No: Collection
REVENUES: Impressed Stamp Duty collection of cut-outs on leaves arranged by denomination lightly duplicated in parts showing a wide variety of 'red' shades from 1882-91 Platypus Coloured Impressions With Date Plugs range including 1d, 3/-, 3/6d, 4/-, 4/6d, 7/6d, 10/-, £1 & £5 (corner fault) listed by Elsmore plus unlisted higher denominations £10 (repaired tear), £12/10/- and £20 and proof impressions x9 on individual pieces with values from 2/6d to £5 (those with year slugs dated '84'), then 1890s Platypus Coloured Impressions Without Date Plugs range including 1/6d x2 plus another alongside 2/6d with "Cancelled/6 5 02" in manuscript, 4/-, 7/- and £2/10/- and proof impressions x11 on three pieces with values from 1/- to 6/-, also 1900s Platypus Coloured Impressions Without Date Plugs including 1d on 1907 Murdoch Brothers, Hobart receipt, on 1908 Bank of Australasia cheque (cashed) & on 1910 (circa) pair of Commercial Bank of Tasmania cheques (unused), 2d on 1915 Dempsters Ltd, Hobart receipt and 3d + 1d on 1920 Cascade Brewery receipt alongside Stamp Duty 1d blue adhesive, also 1918 Crowned Belt & Buckle 1d red plus a few Colourless Impressions including 4d on 1921 Cascade Brewery receipt, condition variable with some cut-close or other minor fauls but many fine to very fine. Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
(Qty 80+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 850.00
Sold...AU$ 1,100.00
Closed..Mar-24-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1100
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 596
Symbol: */O/=
Cat No: Collection
REVENUES: 1890s-1960s accumulation in box many still on piece, mostly Stamp Duty 'Numerals' issues but also noted some earlier including Postal Fiscals St George 2/6d 'REPRINT' overprint *, Platypus 'SPECIMEN' overprint on 3d * and 'REPRINT' overprints on 1d x2 & 6d x2 *, 1d 'REVENUE' overprint block of 6 **/* plus range of used including multiples, also Wages Tax booklets x8 from 1920s-50s with a variety of Stamp Duty and 'WAGES/TAX' overprint adhesives affixed, condition variable especially in the booklets but many appear to be fine to very fine. Weighs 2kg. Unchecked by us; a wonderful opportunity for 'finds' & further research. Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
(Qty 1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,450.00
Closed..Mar-24-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1450
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 597
Symbol: *O=
Cat No: Collection
REVENUES: 1904-53 Stamp Duty Numerals collection on leaves with annotated shades, printings & perforations arranged by value from 1d to £1 green x3 & £1 violet x5 (three punctured 'RI/Co' including pair on piece) with a number still on documents, also noted 2d bi-sected on piece accepted officially with partial Audit Dept h/s, '1s' on 3d single & pair both with 1917 'STAMPS ACT' cds, c.1955 Re-Engraved 9d brown used, c.1957 Re-Engraved 2d corner block of 9 ** with Gashed Frame variety, etc, also 1935 'WAGES/TAX' overprints complete used with Wide Setting Black Overprint 1d to £1 set plus extra shades, blocks of 4 of the 2d, 3d & 4d used plus 2/6d corner block of 4 **, 1935 Red Overprint set plus 1d pair *, 1/- pair * and 1/- block of 4 used, Narrow Setting Black Overprint set plus 6d pair unused and Red Overprint set plus 4d block of 4 used, 6d * & 1/- *, pages of annotated flaws on unoverprinted & overprinted values including printing varieties, underprints & perforation errors noted 2/6d violet Double Perforations at left, etc, plus Wages Tax booklet 1930-32 with a variety of un-overprinted values from 1d to 1/- affixed including some multiples, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine. Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
(Qty 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 1,250.00
Sold...AU$ 2,100.00
Closed..Mar-24-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 2100
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 598
Symbol: **
REVENUES: 1917 Stamp Duty Numerals '1s' overprint on 3d yellow Watermark Crown/A Perf 12x11 block of 4 from top-right corner with Sheet Number '20327' in upper margin, couple of perfs at left with tiny aging marks and small part selvedge adhering to gum on upper margin but the stamps themselves unmounted, Elsmore Online Cat $2,640+ for mounted.
Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 599
Symbol: D
Cat No: Collection
REVENUES: 1920s-50s Stamp Duty Numerals adhesives on complete documents accumulation of mostly receipts from a wide variety of different firms with values from ½d to 1/- affixed including 1928 Union Assurance Society policy renewal with Numerals 1/- x2, 1947 Mercantile Mutual policy renewal with Numerals 1/- x4, 1965 Arthur Moore Carpets receipt with Platypus 3d & Lake 1/-, etc, etc, also a few Decimal-period items with Tasmanian Tiger values 1c to 10c affixed, excellent source of dated usages with a number pre-dating Elsmore listings, condition variable with most documents spiked & some aging marks.Rarely seen group. Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
(Qty 100+)
