Sale No: 5
Lot No: 845
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection
Perfins array sorted on Hagners with numerous 'T' types to Pictorials 6d x16, perf 'OS' to Pictorials 6d x5 plus Sidefaces 8d 9d x2 and Tablets 1/- x3 & 5/-, also perf 'A' (George Adams) group to Pictorials 6d plus 1d Roo x2, condition variable. Difficult to assemble.
(Qty 200 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 846
Symbol: *R
Hagner of mostly imperf or perf reprints both with values to 10/-, generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 31) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 130.00
Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 130
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 847
Symbol: F
Cat No: 2
1853 Couriers Early Impressions 1d blue SG 2, close even margins with outer framelines except at left where just touched, Cat £1500.
1860-91 'TASMANIA' 6d Imperf x6 and Perf x33 with a wide range of colours/shades, a few very fine BNs, most appear to be genuine postal usages but we have not lamped them.
(Qty 39) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 851
Symbol: F
Cat No: 130
1870-71 Sidefaces Single-Lined Numeral Watermarks 4d blue SG 130, rounded corner at L/L, unusually dated with Hobart duplex of FE25/71, Cat £475.
1871-78 Sidefaces with 'TAS'-in-Bars Watermark 10d imperforate plate proof marginal block of 4 in purple on gummed Crown/CC paper, large-part o.g & the lower units are unmounted.
1871-78 Sidefaces 'TAS'-in-Bars Watermark 1d salmon Perf 12 SG 150 (unlisted shade) marginal block of 10 (2x5) from right-hand side of sheet, minor perf separation above lower-right unit, couple of tiny aging marks in margin only, stamps fine & unmounted, Cat £1400+ for cheapest listed shade mounted. Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
1889 Surcharge 'Halfpenny' on De La Rue 1d SG 167 complete sheet of 120 with Plate Number '3' at all four corner positions, units [L25 27 & 55] each with unlisted 'Halfoenny', full unmounted o.g., Cat £1200++ (plus a premium for the unlisted varieties). Ex David Cohen.
1891 Surcharge 'd./2½' on 9d pale blue Overprint Double One Inverted SG 168a, remarkably well centred, characteristic rough perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £700.
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.]
1904 Surcharge '1½d.' on Tablet 5d with the Surcharge Significantly Misplaced Horizontally corner block of 4 from the L/R of the sheet with Plate Number '1', very lightly mounted. Unlisted in the ACSC.
1905-11 Electrotype Crown/A 1d red 'JBC' Monogram single ACSC T14zc, dubious cancel, ridiculously undercatalogued at $25 (2004); unpriced used. [See also Lot 297889]
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.
1912 Thin Pre-Gummed Paper 1d red ACSC T20 (SG 261) marginal block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet with Perf Pips in the Margin, unmounted, Cat $280++ (£232++) for mounted singles.
POSTAL FISCALS: 1900 'REVENUE' Overprint on Tablets £1 green & yellow SG F39, untidy cds cancel, Cat £225. Very scarce commercially used: most used examples are CTO.
POSTAL FISCALS: 1900 'REVENUE' Overprint on Tablets £1 green & yellow with the Overprint Double One Sideways SG F39a, small surface abrasion at the base, lightly mounted, Cat £475.
OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1905-11 Electrotype Crown/A 1d red 'CA' Monogram single ACSC T14za punctured 'T', Hobart machine cancel. Rare commercially used. See also Lot 863.
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)
POSTAL STATIONERY - POSTAL CARDS: 1908 Visit of the Amercian Great White Fleet 1d carmine-pink HG 13 printed over 'STAMP'-within-box at upper-right, view side with Australian & US Flags & Coats of Arms surrounding 'AUSTRALIANS/[ship]/WELCOME AMERICANS', very fine with just a couple of tiny marks in the gold border, unused. [The decision to issue cards for each of the 'smaller' States was made at the eleventh hour, with a single printing of the 1d stamp for the relevant State over the 'STAMP' box on these semi-official cards; for Tasmania only 2000 were printed, all of which were sold]
POSTAL STATIONERY - REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: 1905 (3d) ultramarine size 100x64mm HG C5, the flap reinforced, unused. Very scarce. [The smallest registration envelope issued for anywhere in the British Empire: it's barely larger than a DLR die proof on card]
POSTMARKS: PPCs each with 1d Pictorial and cds of 'CARNARVON', 'FARRELL SIDING' (rated RR), 'RANELAGH JUNCTION' & 'SHIPWRIGHTS POINT', some soiling
(Qty 4)
POSTMARKS: '[NIC]HOLLS RIVULET UPR/-5SE27/TAS' superb almost complete strike on KGV 1½d red. Rated RRRRR. PO 1.12.1925; closed 18.2.1929. Only the second recorded strike: Hardinge states "Only one copy known; date approximate as unreadable". He was also unaware that 'UPPER' was abbreviated 'UPR']
POSTMARKS: 'NIETTA/OCT 20 1921/TASMANIA' largely very fine & almost complete strike of double-ring rubber CDS in blue on KGV 2d orange on piece. Rated RRR. PO 1.12.1910; renamed Nietta South 1.12.1922.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1842 entire from Oatlands to Hobart; 1855 part-entire to Kent franked cut-to-shape Courier 4d with squiggle cancel of "Pontville" (postmaster's endorsement at L/L); 1869 1872 & 1875 covers to GB each with perforated 'TASMANIA' 6d (the last torn across the face); 1894 registered to GB with Sideface 1d rosine x8; and 1895 mourning cover to Surrey; very mixed condition.
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Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 650.00
Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 879
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: 1912 (Dec 28) cover to a ship's captain c/- Pacific Steam Navigation Co at Panama endorsed in pencil "SS Guatemala" with scarce combination franking of Tasmania ½d + Kangaroos 1d red vertical pair (one with a small fault) tied by Hobart machine cancel to pay the foreign letter rate, poor arrival b/s. [NB: the Republic of Panama is a much scarcer destination than the Canal Zone]
