1854-57 Half-Lengths Campbell & Fergusson Printings 1d brown SG 26, margins good to large, light Barred Oval cancel clear of the Queen's face, Cat £140. Superb! Ex Rod Perry. RPSofV Certificate (1997).

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1854-55 Woodblocks 6d dull orange SG 32a, margins close to large, unused, Cat £700.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1856-58 Perkins Bacon Queen-on-Throne Imperf 1d yellow-green SG 40 vertical strip of 4, margins just shaved to large, the last unit creased, Barred Numeral '5' of Ballarat, Cat £192++. Scarce multiple.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1858 Queen-on-Throne Rouletted 6d bright blue SG 73, part-o.g., Cat £550.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1860-66 Beaded Ovals Wmk Words of Value 3d blue, 3d maroon, 4d rose-red & 6d black between SG 90 & 94, the 4d cut from the sheet at right to preserve the design, all but the last with large-part o.g., Cat £1375. (4)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1863-81 Laureates simplified set 1d to 10d including colour-changes of the 3d 8d & 10d, the 1d to 4d & 8d brown/pink all with large-part o.g., Cat £3500 minimum. A difficult group to assemble. (10)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1863-81 Laureates Wmk Numeral of Value 1/- blue/blue SG 113 horizontal pair, light diagonal crease, large-part o.g., Cat £600+. [Our vendor states that the Wmk '1' is missing from one unit but we cannot confirm that]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1864-80 Woodblocks 2/- dark blue/green Perf 13 SG 129ab or 130, large-part o.g., Cat £475.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1867-81 Laureates V/Crown 5/- blue/yellow SG 139, very fresh & of fine appearance but with a professional repair at lower-left, Cat £4250.

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Estimate AU$600

1867-81 Laureates V/Crown 5/- blue/yellow SG 139, an unusually well-centred example, Melbourne duplex cancel, Cat £450.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1873-87 Bell 1/- indigo/blue with the Watermark Sideways SG 180a, thinned but of very fine facial appearance, Cat £750.

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1882-84 Wmk '33' Bell 1d green SG 209a block of 4, large-part o.g. with the lower units being unmounted, Cat £320++.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1884-96 Large Stamp Duty simplified group comprising 1/- ultramarine/white (Perf 12 but not listed by Gibbons), 1/6d rosine, 3/- drab, 4/- red-orange & 5/- rosine, a few gumside blemishes, large-part o.g., Cat £1150 minimum. (5)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1884-96 Large Stamp Duty 15/- brown, £1 orange/yellow, £1/5/-, £1/10/-, £2, 45/-, £10 & £50 (SG 352, with large-part o.g.), all CTO with Melbourne cds, Cat £1700. (8)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$850

1884-96 Large Stamp Duty Typo 4/- orange x7 (two pairs and a strip of three), 5/- red pair & 10/- green x2 all with 'ENGLISH MAIL TPO/+' duplex cancels, also 5/- claret/yellow (rounded corner) with two part-strikes of 'RMSS HOBSONS BAY' duplex. (12)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1884-96 Ultra High Denominations Typo £25 & £50 SG 289 & 290, well centred, minor gum residue, CTO with Melbourne cds of JE11/01, Cat £1150. (2)

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Estimate AU$500

1884-1900 Ultra-High Denominations 1897-1900 Typo £100 pink-red SG 291, very well centred, small stain not evident from the face, CTO with Melbourne cds of NO20/00, Cat £1100.

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1885-95 Naish 4d lilac Error of Colour SG 300b, Melbourne duplex of JA28/87, Cat £1700. RPSofV Certificate (2012).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1886-96 Fergusson & Mitchell High Values £5 blue & maroon (small thin) to £8 mauve & brown-orange (minor surface abrasion) SG 324-7, CTO with Melbourne cds of NO13/99 or NO20/00, all but the £8 with large-part o.g., Cat £1000 for CTO. [NB: no postally used examples of any of these stamps have been recorded] (4)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1897 & 1900 Charity sets SG 353-4 (unmounted) & 374-5, large-part o.g., Cat £600+. (4)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1900 Boer War Charity 2d on local philatelic cover with Melbourne cds of 3.7.00, light vertical fold & minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1905-13 'POSTAGE' Crown/A Perf 12½ £2 blue SG 432, large-part o.g., Cat £750.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1854-57 Half-Lengths 3d blue forgery sheet of 50 (10x5) on ungummed white paper.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100