Great Britain and British Commonwealth Western Australia
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 701
Symbol: *#O
Cat No: 101
The remainders from John Dibiase's 8-frame exhibit including Penny Black unused (full margins but faults) & used x3 plus a defective pair, Hillman 2d x5 (two Printed on Both Sides, one with the reverse impression inverted) and 6d x4, 1860-64 Imperf 2d x13 (one identified as "deep vermilion" & one with a Major Pre-Printing Paper-Fold), 4d plate proof in dull carmine-rose, 4d deep blue (unused) & 6d (three margins), 1861 Intermediate Perf 6d x2 & Perf 14 at Somerset House set plus 2d with part-accounting h/s in red on the reverse, No Wmk 1d unused & with part of the Papermaker's Watermark, 'ONE PENNY' in Green on 2d yellow x2, 1871 3d with 'SPECIMEN' handstamp & mint, CC Perf 14 4d carmine, CA 1d yellow-ochre mint block of 4 & Perf 12x14 1d, DLR mint set with all listed shades, ½d 2d & 2½d each with the Watermark Sideways Inverted and ½d with 'SPECIMEN' handstamp x3, 1888 New Colours mint set, various overprints including 'Half-penny' in Green on 3d mint block of 18 (most units unmounted) & block of 4 with the Overprint Misplaced, 1d with full interpanneau margin mint, 1902-11 V/Crown used set to £1 (corner fault) plus the 10/- bright purple and mint £1 x3 (one in Orange), Perf 11 1d & 2d, Crown/A Perf 11 1d & 3d mint blocks of 4, 'ONE PENNY' on 2d yellow part-sheet of 84, numerous watermark variants & a few Plate Numbers, many used multiples including 1d block of 12, 2½d two blocks of 6, 3d block of 8 and 1/- SG 101 scarce block of 4, Double Perforations on ½d & 1d pink x7, various CTO with V/Crown to 10/- and Crown/A set to 5/-, and a few Fiscals postally used including 2d & 3d strip of 4, etc, condition variable but much is fine to very fine.
(Qty few 100) (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,500
Opening AU$ 3,600.00
Sold...AU$ 7,000.00
Closed..Mar-24-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 7000
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 702
Symbol: *#O
Cat No: Collection
Attractive collection on Scott leaves with a very fine Penny Black with untidy red cancellation, unused 4d & 1/- plus 1/- with superb '[crown]/[RE]GISTERED' cancel, Hillman 2d & 6d both repaired, 1861 Imperf 2d & 4d unused plus a superb used 6d sage-green with Perth cds, an unusually well-centred 4d vermilion & an unused 6d purple-brown, good range of the Middle Period issues, 1902-11 set to £1 postally used (5/- is CTO), Crown/A 5/-, etc, some postmark interest, generally fine to very fine, Cat £4000+ not including the Hillmans.
(Qty 132) (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,500
Opening AU$ 1,900.00
Sold...AU$ 3,000.00
Closed..Mar-24-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 3000
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 703
Symbol: *
Cat No: 3b
1854-55 Lithographs 4d deep dull blue SG 3b, margins close to good, large-part o.g., Cat £2750. Rare. [This is one of those stamps that is very difficult to identify. More important than the shade is the quality of the printing whereby the Swan is poorly defined against the background. This was the first printing so should be listed as SG 3, not 3b. Genuine examples are scarcer than the more popular "slate blue" and should be worth significantly more]
1857-59 Hillman Lithographs 2d brown-black/red SG 15, excellent colour, professionally repaired with margins just touching on three sides & good at right, Cat £9000. A very attractive example. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2020) states "...U/R corner & portion of lower margin added, with edges of design repainted [sic]...very rare in unused condition".
1860-64 Printed in the Colony from Perkins Bacon Plates Imperf 6d sage-green SG 28, good even margins, superb '3' cancel & part of a London 'PAID' cds in red, Cat £450. Superb!
CYCLE EXPRESSES: 1897 (Jan) 6d Lake Lefroy pink/greenish, good colour of both paper & printing, the perforations unusually 'square' & therefore unusually well centred, a couple of slightly trimmed perfs at U/L and a shallow thin that doesn't detract from the exceptional facial appearance. Unlisted in the Reynolds & Pope Census and in the 2019 update. One of the few examples that don't have significant faults, and one of the finest examples we have noted. [Better centred & more attractive than the unused 'Besancon' (I) and (III) examples that sold for SFr4840 and SFr4560 respectively]
There has been debate about whether or not these stamps were issued with gum. All other unused examples we have seen have no gum. However, this stamp has what appears to be original gum, but that cannot be guaranteed.
