Remainders on leaves including 'STAMP - DUTY' Overprint set, Naish to 1/-, Large Stamp Duty 2/6d x3, 3/- drab & 5/- rosine, 1886-96 to 1/6d blue & 1/6d orange x2, No 'POSTAGE' set to 5/-, both Charity issues, etc, generally fine to very fine & mostly with part- to large-part o.g., Cat £3500+.
(Qty 77) (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 2,600.00
Closed..Aug-04-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 2600
Sale No: 245
Lot No: 616
Symbol: #*O
Cat No: Collection
Worthwhile collection with Half-Lengths 1d x3 2d x3 & 3d x3 (one Perf 12), useful range of other Classics with Laureates including 8d orange, 10d grey & 5/- blue/yellow plus unused/mint to 5/- blue & red, Large Stamp Duty oddments including mint 1d bistre with Double Perfs, 3/- drab, & 4/- with 'Specimen.' h/s, Charities (no gum), No 'POSTAGE' 5/- unmounted (minor bend), a few mint blocks, Postage Dues Red & Green mint & used/CTO sets, etc, condition variable.
(Qty few 100) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 800.00
Sold...AU$ 2,600.00
Closed..Aug-04-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 2600
Sale No: 245
Lot No: 617
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection
Stockbook collection with some fine & attractive stamps including 6d 'TOO LATE' & 1/- 'REGISTERED', Perf 12 1/- Octagonal with prominent Creased Transfer, Laureates Emergency Printings, 1897 Charities with 'CROWLANDS' cds plus some other postmark interest, Boer War Charity 2d mint, KEVII £1 postally used, 2d violet perforated proof on carton paper; then lots of highly catalogued but distressed classics including Half-Lengths 1d x24, 2d x20 & 3d x38, Queen-on-Throne 1d strip of 4, Laureates to 5/- including 8d orange & 10d grey, etc, also a modern facsimile of the £5 Stamp Statute. Personal inspection highly recommended.
(Qty few 100) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 2,700.00
Closed..Aug-04-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 2700
Sale No: 245
Lot No: 618
Symbol: L
PHILATELIC LITERATURE: The Half-Length Portraits and the Twopence Queen Enthroned by Charles Lathrop Pack (1923), 300pp h/b with rough-cut pages as is always the case, minor blemishes still a fine copy of this important pioneering work.
PHILATELIC LITERATURE: "The Half-Lengths of Victoria" by JRW Purves (1952), 240pp hardbound with gilt-edged pages & cut-away section with a separate spiral-bound booklet of the plates inserted (as issued), the cover a little worn but the pages are very fine. Bill Purves' magnum opus, that should be in every serious philatelist's library, which would be some achievement as only 120 copies were printed, of which this is Number "78".
1850-57 Half-Lengths Thomas Ham Third State with Outer Framelines Added 1d dull orange-vermilion SG 8 [16], characteristic just clear to close margins and with a fragment of the adjoining unit at the base, Butterfly '1' cancel of Melbourne, Cat £700. An unusually fine example of this scarce stamp.
1850-53 Half-Lengths Thomas Ham Fourth State of the Die (Vertical Drapes) 2d cinnamon SG 17, margins just touched (at top) to large, ironed-out crease at lower-right that in no way affects the very fine appearance, unused, Cat £4000. RPSofV Certificate (2007). [At least as attractive as the example Ex Henry Harvey, Rod Perry and Ken Barelli that sold at auction in 2006 for $1840. It also appears at least the equal of any of Gary Diffen's 3 examples that sold for £2232, £1057 & £705 in 2007: the Diffen catalogue stated "...no fine unused examples are known & no multiples have been recorded. These are among the finest examples known"]
Sale No: 245
Lot No: 622
Symbol: OC
Cat No: Collection
1854-59 Shilling Octagonal selection on leaves including an unusually large rouletted stamp, Perf 12 with Double Perfs (unconvincing) and a group of constant Transfer Flaws comprising 'G' for 'C' in 'VICTORIA' Imperf on cover & Perf 12, Second State with additional Cheroot Flaw Imperf cut-to-shape & Perf 12, 'F' for 'T' in 'VICTORIA' Perf 12 pair on cover (Ex Charles Lathrop Pack) & Second State with Line through 'TO' Perf 12, Creased Transfer with Blob on 'N' of 'SHILLING' Perf 12 & Second State with additional Blob on 'IL' of 'SHILLING' Perf 12, Stop after 'A' of 'VICTORIA' Imperf and Scratch across Queen's Head Perf 12, also a few other covers comprising 1854 to New York "Pr Great Britain" with Imperf solo franking & very fine US markings, 1855 outer to Scotland with Imperf solo franking, 1859 registered to GB with Perf 12 + Queen-on-Throne 6d, and 1862 registered to Switzerland with Perf 12 pair (the R/H unit torn before being affixed) + 4d & 6d x2 cancelled '268' of Chiltern, condition variable. A very difficult group to assemble. [Mounted on pages with enlarged illustrations of the varieties]
(Qty 13 + 6 covers) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 3,000.00
Closed..Aug-04-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 3000
Sale No: 245
Lot No: 623
Symbol: OC
Cat No: Collection
1854-59 Woodblocks collection on leaves with used including Imperf 'REGISTERED' x2 & 2/-, Serrated 6d, SerratedxSerpentine 6d & Perf 12 2/-, 6d black apparently Imperf Horizontally, also includes Imperf 6d x3, 'TOO LATE' & 2/-, Rouletted 6d x2 & Serrated 18-19 6d all apparently unused but showing traces of cancels under UV-examination, plus an 1856 OHMS front to Berkshire with Imperf 2/- & 1/- 'REGISTERED' (repaired U/L corner), other covers including 1856 to Sydney with 6d + 'TOO LATE', 1857 to GB with 6d + 'REGISTERED' and 1857 to Switzerland with 3-issue franking including Imperf 2/- have apparently had stamps added, very mixed condition and careful inspection recommended.
(Qty 29 + 8 covers) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 850.00
Sold...AU$ 1,600.00
Closed..Aug-04-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 1600
Sale No: 245
Lot No: 624
Symbol: *
Cat No: 81
1859 Perf 12 by Robinson 1/- Octagonal SG 81 block of 4 [Pos 38-39/5-6], the third unit with Colour Flaws below 'E' & on 'S' of 'ONE SHILLING', some perf separation & judicious reinforcing with hinges, the second unit with a small stain, large-part o.g., Cat £1600++. Ex Charles Lathrop Pack, Bernard Forster, Rod Perry, Geoff Kellow, Michael Silvasich and Joseph Hackmey. RPSofL Certificate (2006).
In addition to being a very desirable multiple, this is a highly significant specialist piece. Geoff Kellow at pages 82-84 comments on the remarkable layout of the sheet of 100, being comprised of two blocks of 40 (8x5), a block of 16 (8x2) & a vertical strip of 4 added in the R/H margin! He also notes that during production an unknown number of substitutions were made, evidenced by both horizontal and vertical pairs with 'abnormal combinations'. This and one other block, both of which were identified after publication of the book in 1990, are the only recorded blocks & thus the largest known abnormal combination multiples.
Sale No: 245
Lot No: 625
Symbol: F
Cat No: Collection
1859 Perf 12 by Robinson 2/- dull bluish green/pale yellow SG 82 marginal example from the base of the sheet Imperf at the Base, interestingly with the extent of the pale yellow wash evident in the margin, Melbourne duplex cancel of OC10/63. Extremely rare error. [Absent from Roland Geitenbeek's and Gary Diffen's collections. Gary Diffen's example Imperf at Right - also Ex Russell Jones & Roland Geitenbeek - sold for £900]
1860-66 Beaded Ovals De La Rue Paper with Single-Lined Numeral Watermark 4d dull rose SG 95a reconstructed block of 12 (a pair plus blocks of 6 & 4, rejoined with quality hinges) from the U/R of the sheet with two-thirds of the Marginal Inscription 'ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY STAMPS IN EACH SHEET [VALUE TEN SHILLINGS]', a few minor imperfections that hardly detract, large-part (brown) o.g., Cat £2400++ for normal singles. The most spectacular imprint piece for any of the Victorian Classic issues. Ex Rodney Perry and Joseph Hackmey. RPSofL Certificate (2006). [Illustrated by Geoff Kellow at Colour Plate 9]
Sale No: 245
Lot No: 627
Symbol: F
Cat No: Collection
1861 Woodblock 6d black SG 102 marginal example from the left of the sheet Imperf at Left, Melbourne duplex. [Absent from Roland Geitenbeek's and Gary Diffen's collections]
Sale No: 245
Lot No: 628
Symbol: *
Cat No: Collection
1863-81 Laureates mint group comprising De La Rue with Single-Lined Numeral Wmk 1d (2), 2d (2) & 4d (2); Emergency Printings 1d Wmk '8' SG 115, 3d lilac Wmk '8' SG 118; Saunders paper with Single-Lined Numeral Wmk 1d 4d 6d & 10d purple/pink; Emergency Printings 1d Wmk '4' SG 125, 2d Wmk '4' SG 127 & 2d Wmk '6' SG 128 (a little aged); V/Crown 1d, 2d, 3d lilac, 3d orange & 6d; Emergency Printings with Double-Lined Numerals 1d SG 153; a few minor faults but generally fine to very fine & all with large-part o.g., Cat £3800+. An unusual opportunity to obtain a mint group in generally well above-average condition, and including a number of rare stamps that are significantly under-catalogued.
(Qty 21)
1863-81 Laureates Single-Lined Numeral Watermarks 4d dull rose Perf 12 SG 110 with 'VICTORIA' Omitted at Top, neat BN '3' (part of duplex) cancel of Castlemaine well clear of the void area. Unlisted by Gibbons. Ex JRW Purves, Rodney Perry and Gary Diffen: sold for £840. RPSofL Certificate (1963). [A very fine example of this extraordinary error, caused by degrading of the 'make-ready' during printing & noted by Geoff Kellow at page 162 as being "constant until a new make-ready was prepared which, in view of its rarity, must have been quite quickly". Only three examples recorded]
1863-81 Laureates Emergency Printings Wmk '8' 10d grey SG 119, a few short perfs at the top, unused, Cat £1100. [Geoff Kellow states "Unused copies are rare"]
Sale No: 245
Lot No: 632
Symbol: *
Cat No: Collection
1863-81 Laureates Emergency Printing 1d green on Saunders Wmk '6' Paper SG 126 block of 16 (6x3 less the fifth & sixth units), some toning which is to be expected on this issue, some perf separation/reinforcing, large-part o.g., Cat £5200++. A remarkable block, which is the largest recorded multiple, the next largest being a block of only 4 which is in the Royal Collection. [Illustrated by Kellow at p150, where he states "...the extraordinary block of 16 must rank high amongst Laureate pieces..."]
Sale No: 245
Lot No: 633
Symbol: *
Cat No: 146 block of 4
1863-81 Laureates V/Crown Perf 12 8d purple-brown/pink SG 146 block of 4, the second unit with Cracked Electro through 'N' of 'PENCE', lightly mounted large-part o.g., Cat £1000++. A very scarce multiple.
1873-87 Bell Perf 12 1/- bright blue/blue SG 186a with small 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp Type 12a (no stop) applied at an angle in bright vermilion, well centred, no gum. Ex Bill McCredie (sold in 2011 for $1455) and an American auction (sold in 2019 for US$3495). Illustrated in Kellow Turner & McCredie at page 33, where it is noted as being the only recorded example. [NB: this stamp is definitely Perf 12, not Perf 13 as noted elsewhere, and the colour of the handstamp ink is a long way from the "red" noted elsewhere]
Sale No: 245
Lot No: 635
Symbol: F
Cat No: Collection
1876 Surcharge 8d on 9d with 'F.IGHTPENCE' SG 191a, light cancel intrudes on the variety, Cat £600. Stated only 13 examples exist of which one is in the Royal Collection. Ex John Gartner and Gary Diffen: sold for £288.
1884 Stamp Statute 3d mauve SG 221, large-part o.g., Cat £2000. RPSofV Certificate (2021). [Most examples offered have had fiscal cancels removed or are reprints without the overprint. Genuine mint examples are rare]
1884 Stamp Statute 6d blue Perf 13 as SG 223 but with the Watermark Upright, full original gum, very lightly mounted, minor crazing & a couple of tiny aging marks, Cat £250++ for normal with Watermark Sideways. [Geoff Kellow states that there were two printings, both with the "watermark sideways", and does not mention the existence of any Watermark Upright example]
1884 Stamp Statute 2/6d orange on ordinary paper as SG 226 but Perf 12½, a couple of uneven perfs, large-part original gum with some crazing, minor aging marks, Cat £1700 for Perf 12 or Perf 13.
1884-1900 Ultra-High Denominations Recess Printed Direct from the Die Wmk '33' £50 black-violet with the watermark sideways SG 284a with full margins on all sides, pinkish tinge from manuscript "Specimen" in red having been removed otherwise superb with exceptional centring & full unmounted o.g. RPSofV Certificate (2021).
1885-95 Naish 4d lilac Error of Colour SG 300b, small ink-mark on the front & ironed-out crease at U/R corner, unused, Cat £12,000. A rare stamp: only nine unused examples - including two pairs - are recorded. [Gary Diffen's very fine example with part o.g. sold for £9600]
Sale No: 245
Lot No: 642
Symbol: F
Cat No: 398b var.
1901-10 'POSTAGE' V/Crown Perf 12x12½ 5/- rosine & blue from the base of the sheet Imperf at Base ACSC V121b (SG 398b var) with the Watermark Inverted, minor thin in the margin at L/L, very fine 'PP/MELBOURNE/ JY16/01' Parcel Post cds, Cat $4000. Ex Gary Diffen: sold for £1440. [The ACSC identifies only two examples, both used, this stamp & one with the watermark upright]
1905-13 'POSTAGE' V/Crow Mixed Perfs 1½d red-brown/yellow with Perf 11x12½x12½x12½ ACSC V56B (SG 411), the line of Perf 11 misplaced & truncated at right so reperforated Perf 12½, the second unit with corner crease at L/R, hinged in the margins the stamps being unmounted, Cat $6000+ (£2800+) for mounted singles. A striking piece of extreme rarity. [The ACSC records one unused example & a rejoined pair with Perf 11 at top, and one used example with Perf 11 at the base]
Sale No: 245
Lot No: 644
Symbol: *
Cat No: 416 var.
1905-13 'POSTAGE' Crown/A Perf 12x12½ ½d blue-green corner strip of 4 from the L/L of the sheet with all units Imperf at Base ACSC V22b (SG 416var), large-part o.g., Cat $4000+ (2004) for singles. Ex Gary Diffen: sold for £1920. [The ACSC lists a strip of 6, "a block of 4" (this item?) and a pair]
1905-13 'POSTAGE' Crown/A Mixed Perfs 2d violet Perf 12½ - misplaced at the top - with an additional line of Perf 11 at the top SG 448, '[ENGLIS]H MAIL TPO' duplex, undercatalogued at £375. Unlisted in the ACSC. RPSofV Certificate (2013).
1912- Re-Introduction of V/Crown Watermark Perf 12½ 1d Die III with the Watermark Sideways ACSC V52aa (SG 458a) 'JBC' Monogram block of 4 #V52aaza, lightly mounted, Cat $2000+. [The ACSC states "One 'CA' Monogram strip of 3 is recorded with the watermark sideways". No mention is made of 'JBC' monograms. Geoff Kellow at page 296 does not mention the sideways watermark variety]
Sale No: 245
Lot No: 648
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection
OFFICIALS: 1905-12 Crown/A single-volume collection with all values to 5/- (10 singles plus four blocks of 4) mostly in blocks, some of which may be the largest recorded multiples including a superb 2/- corner block of 12 of which 11 units are unmounted, numerous shades & some watermark varieties noted, also variety in the perfins being Upright or Sideways. There are also six different 1d Monogram blocks. The condition is generally very fine to superb with numerous unmounted blocks or units. An unusual opportunity, reserved at about $8 per stamp. [Sold at the Prestige auction of 29.3.2008 for $8446]
(Qty 700 approx)
RAILWAY STAMPS: 1915 Wings unadopted design undenominated proofs on gummed unwatermarked paper each with huge margins, complete set in different colours, lightly mounted, Elsmore Online Cat $3000. [Dave Elsmore states that only four sets have been recorded]
(Qty 12)
RAILWAY STAMPS: 1915 Wings unadopted design 10d proof on gummed unwatermarked paper with huge margins, minor blemishes on the gum but lightly mounted, Elsmore Online Cat $600. [Dave Elsmore states that only three examples have been recorded]
RAILWAY STAMPS: 1917-34 Wings rouletted selection to 1/6d plus perforated 5/-, various colours & station names, unmounted. [Includes the '10d' in Red on 10d green, a truly unusual item that was uprated to 10d x2 = 1/8d]
(Qty 43)
REVENUES: 1879 Large Stamp Duty £5 pink to £10 mauve x5 sets, mostly with above-average centring & with no pinholes noted, all with 1880s manuscript cancels, generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 30)
REVENUES: c.1892 Beer Duty Undenominated 'VICTORIA/INLAND REVENUE' die proof in black on thin card (53x76mm) being the central design for the c.1892 'BEER - DUTY' issue, Elsmore Online Cat $400. Rare.
