Appealing group of mostly Woodblocks with 'TOO LATE' 6d very fine used, Perf 12 6d black unused, 2/- unused (shallow thins) & a very scarce fine used pair, defective 6d on cover to Sydney with scarce 'DETAINED ON/BOARD SHIP' h/s, 6d pair showing partial-separation of stamps at the post office on cover Geelong-Melbourne, Perf 12 6d black strip of 3 + 1/- Octagonal pair on registered cover to Switzerland, finally 2/- green/blue very fine complete reconstruction of 30 (Ex Roland Geitenbeek) including two pairs & a strip of 3; plus later oddments. (100+)

Estimate AU$1,000

1899 Special Printings comprising ½d in blue-green (close to the issued colour) x2 & in various unissued colours x7, and 2d in violet (as issued), or unissued carmine or blue-green, each with three ruled ink-lines mostly in black but also in blue or violet, three stained by official attempts to remove the cancellations. Very scarce, especially as a complete set. [These stamps - sometimes erroneously characterised as 'colour trials' - were printed in a range of colours specifically for the purpose of attempting to remove the cancellations using various solvents and other chemicals. Includes Richard Breckon's 1989 article about the discovery of this material] (12)

Estimate AU$500

1854-56 Queen-on-Throne Lithograph 2d x18 singles, all with full margins but condition variable; also pairs - one with full margins - on 1856 outers from Melbourne to Ballarat or "Mount Korong" (poor arrival b/s). Both covers Ex Rod Moreton. (20 items)

Estimate AU$200

1856-58 Perkins Bacon Queen-on-Throne Rouletted 6d bright blue as SG 73 but Imperforate, close to good margins are wide enough to support the absence of rouletting, large-part o.g. A great rarity. [Geoff Kellow at page 103 refers to the release in England in the late-19th century of remainders of the 1d and 6d. Of the latter he states "...the printer retained apparently very few copies" which, because the rouletting was done in Victoria, were imperforate. "Five copies only are known: two pairs are in the Tapling and Royal Collections". That statement suggests that this is either the only recorded single or a newly discovered example]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

1857-63 Emblems selection on stocksheets comprising 1d x32, 2d x66 & 4d x41, very mixed condition but postmark potential (Lot 291164 was plucked from here). (139)

Estimate AU$125

1857-63 Emblems selection of unusually fine examples all identified by Don Davies with 1d x14 including SG 62 single & vertical pair, SG 72, SG 84/a x4 & 'ONE/PENNY' SG 98-99 (both unused), etc; 2d x34 including eight pairs plus SG 69 unused, SG 100c/ca x3, SG 101/c group x6 and c.1922 reprint from the defaced die in blue on sufaced paper (115x147mm); and 4d x55 including six pairs plus a proof single, SG 65a, SG 68 x4, SG 85a x2 & SG 87 x5; also a photograph of Bill Purves' complete 4d proof sheet of 120 (12x10) that was destroyed in a bushfire. (104)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1857-63 Emblems annotated collection of Constant Varieties comprising 1d x20 including two pairs, 2d x187 including 36 pairs & two strips of 3, and 4d x119 including 12 pairs, includes Cracked Electros, 4d with Vertical Band x3, Void Corners etc. Much is Ex JRW Purves, on his original pages. An excellent lot for the student. (326)

Estimate AU$1,500

1857-63 Emblems specialised group with Imperf Star 1d pair & 4d single & two pairs each showing the method of partially separating the stamps with large-part scissor-cuts between & characteristic 'tags' from the final separation; 1d SG 41 two singles both with the Sheet Watermark '[POST]AGE' Reversed (an unlisted variety); Rouletted 2d two vertical pairs in different shades showing 'Stepped' Roulettes; Oily Ink 4d on Wove Paper SG 66 (a much underrated stamp) & on Laid Paper SG 67 & 67a; Perf 12 'ONE/PENNY' Wmk 1d with Major Cracked Electro through 'ONE PENNY' (2 states), 2d unused but badly stained vertical strip of 3 formerly part of the frame for a Post Office notice!; 4d with an extraordinary manuscript cancellation, & three singles each with traces of the marginal imprint at left; condition variable. Ex Don Davies, with his notations. (26)

Estimate AU$750

1857-63 Emblems comprising Imperf Large Star 1d shades x2 (one mint), No Wmk 2d SG 45 & 1d SG 64 (mint but thinned), and Perf 12 4d SG 83 and 1d SG 84 (mint) & 84a, and Wmk Words 1d SG 98 (mint), Cat £2600+. A very scarce group. (8)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

- 1857-63 Emblems Imperf Large Star 1d deep green SG 41a, margins just clear to good, unused, Cat £375. An underrated shade.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1857-63 Emblems Wmk Star Imperf 4d dull rose SG 44 horizontal strip of 4, margins close to large, Cat £34++. Ex Don Davies. The largest recorded multiple. Sold at the Prestige auction of 4.3.2006 for $536.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1857-63 Emblems 1858 Calvert Printings on Good Quality White Wove Paper Rouletted 4d rose-pink SG 63 two distinct shades both with Horizontal Mesh; and a third example apparently imperf SG 65 also with Horizontal Mesh. Ex Don Davies. Both SG 63 are Ex JRW Purves, who wrote at page 26, "I have two examples printed on a different paper...of horizontal (and not vertical) mesh. This resembles that later used by Robinson in Dec 1858-Feb 1859, but the quality is even better & the mesh much finer than in the later paper"]

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1857-63 Emblems 1858 Calvert Printings on Good Quality White Wove Paper Rouletted 4d rose-pink as SG 63 but Irregular Compound Roulette 8-9x8-9x5-6x8-9, minor thin at the top, very fine BN '8' of Portland. Ex Don Davies. Believed to be unique! Unlisted by Gibbons and not recorded by either Bill Purves or Geoff Kellow.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1857-63 Emblems 1858 Typo by Robinson 4d pale dull rose on Horizontally Laid Paper SG 71a, faults, Cat £900. With Purves Expert Opinion (1979) as the then SG 80 that states "genuine" but "the line of perforations is forged & the roulettes on the other three sides have been trimmed-off". [Prior to the discovery of this stamp Purves' example was believed to be unique: it was sold at auction in 1981 for £440. Offered with Purves' original album page & letters from Guion Kelson & Co (Melb) and Gibbons regarding the discovery example]

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1857-63 Emblems 1859 Perf 12 No Watermark 1d yellow-green SG 76 marginal example from the base of the sheet Imperf at Base with part of the marginal imprint '...is Ten Shillings.', minor stains from the blackboy gum which has been removed.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1857-63 Emblems Perf 12 Horizontally Laid Paper 1d green SG 86a & Saunders Paper with Wmk Words of Value 1d yellow-green SG 98 both with Major Cracked Plate from Neck to Frame at L/R and with Deformed 'ONE', both cancelled clear of the affected area. A dramatic variety.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1857-63 Emblems Saunders Paper with Wmk Words of Value 1d yellow-green SG 98 horizontal strip of 4, a little aged, BN '1' cancels of Melbourne. Scarce multiple.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1870-81 Issues collection on expensive leaves with better items including De La Rue 2d mint x13 including two pairs, 1873-74 Bell 9d mint & used x14, 1873 '½ ½/HALF' on 1d mint x15 including two pairs, 1873-87 Bell mint ½d x34 including a strip of 4, 1d x10, 2d x5, 2d Mixed Perf 13x13x13x12 used, 1876 '8d 8d/EIGHTPENCE' on 9d mint x2 & with Double Perfs used on piece, Emergency Printings on Coloured Papers ½d on Pink mint strip of 4, 1d on Yellow mint x2 & used x3, 1d on Drab mint & used x3 including a pair and 2d on Green mint & used, 1880-84 Naish Wmk '19' or '33' mint 1d x10, 2d sepia x8, 4d x2 & with 'SPECIMEN' h/s (small faults but rare), 1/- x3 & 2/- x2, generally very fine. (380 approx)

Estimate AU$2,400

1878 Emergency Printings 2d dull mauve/brown SG 200 block of 4, large-part o.g., Cat £1400+. A rare multiple. Ex 'Besancon' (II).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1884-96 Large Stamp Duty selection with 1d green mint x5, 1d bistre mint x3, CTO values 2/6d x2, 4/-, 5/- rosine, 6/-, 10/- green, 15/- brown, £1, £2 & 45/-, plus some postally or fiscally used. (82)

Estimate AU$600

1886-96 Wmk '33' collection on expensive leaves with better items including ½d pink mint block of 15 & used block of 4 on part-newspaper, 1d mint block of 15, 4d mint blocks of 4 & 9, 9d carmine/rosine shades mint x25 including two blocks of 4, 1/- mint shades x19, 1/6d blue mint x8 & used on piece, 1/6d orange mint x11, etc, some later issues including 1½d in yellow-green on unwatermarked paper endorsed "Proof" & 3d grey-green mint block of 4, also Special Printings in various unissued colours prepared for cancellation-removal trials ½d x2 & 2d x2 all CTO in violet or red, generally very fine. Ex 'Chartwell'. (100s)

Estimate AU$2,400

1886-96 Ferguson & Mitchell High Values £5 to £9, six sets, generally very fine fiscally used. (30)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1901-10 'POSTAGE' V/Crown Perf 12½ etc 2/- marginal block of 4 (the lower units are unmounted), 5/- marginal block of 4 (full unmounted o.g.), KEVII £1 CTO (no gum) & £2, large-part o.g., Cat £1240++. (10)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1901-10 'POSTAGE' V/Crown Compound or Mixed Perfs 1½d red-brown/yellow Perf 12½ vertical pair with the upper unit Perf 11x12½x12½ x12½ ACSC #V57 (SG 411), large-part o.g., Cat $3000+ (£1400+). Extremely rare. Ex 'Besancon' (II). [The ACSC states "Two examples are recorded of this variety...An unused stamp is Perf 12½x11x12½x12½, and a used stamp is Perf 12½x12½x12½x11". This stamp is thus an unrecorded variant]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

COIL STAMPS: QV 1d pink coil trials overprinted with heavy bars 1) vertical L/L corner strip of 4; and 2) complete coloum of 10 with selvedge at top & base; unmounted. (2 strips)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150