Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1208
Symbol: *O
Cat No: Collection
Selection on leaves with some mint to 2/6d Lyrebird, Imperf Diadems 6d with BN '152' of Taroon (rated RRR), Perf 12 'REGISTERED' tied to piece by superb Rays '265', 5/- Map with superb Rays '117', CTO group with most values to 20/- x2 all with 'SYDNEY/ 17 /12NO10/NSW' cds (most of them with large-part o.g.), some Officials & Revenues, generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 160 approx)
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1209
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: O37
Selection from a 19th Century family album including 4d 6d carmine-pink & 8d blocks of 4 all unmounted, Cat £400++ for mounted singles; and 'O S' Overprints including on 5/- Map & the rare 10/- QV Perf 12 SG O37 (both damaged from careless removal of the paper hinges), Cat £6425; plus some odds 'n' sods including Tasmania Postal Fiscals mint 2/6d SG F30 (Cat £160). Provenance: by descent from the family of Sir Frederick Matthew Darley, Chief Justice of New South Wales between 1886 & 1909. [See also Lot 303188] (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Apr-26-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1210
Symbol: F
Cat No: 15
1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I with Vertically-Lined Background Early Impressions with Full Details of Clouds 2d grey-blue SG 15, good to large margins with outer framelines at the top & right, light indistinct numeral cancel that barely impinges on the central design, Cat £600. Superb! and rarely seen this fine. The illustration is above Lot 1209.
1854-59 Large Diadems 6d imperforate plate proof in purple-brown on ungummed unwatermarked paper, close even margins, very fine 'CANCE[LLED]' Handstamp at U/R, Cat £15,000. Ex Ric Slade-Slade, Peter Jaffé, and 'Alvarado': sold for £7800. [Position 5 from the original block of 6]
Six examples each of the so-called 'Ormond Hill Specimens' were produced by Perkins Bacon for all of 'their' Colonies at the request of Rowland Hill's nephew and gifted to him, action that resulted in the Agent for the Crown Colonies terminating Perkins Bacon's printing contracts. 75 different stamps were involved, of 20 British Colonies and four stamps of Chile. The 'CANCELLED' h/s was applied to blocks of 6 that were later separated, often with scissors or a blade, resulting in many of the individual stamps being cut-into or having trimmed perfs on one or more sides. [NB: for NSW no issued stamps were available so plate proofs retained by the printers were utilised]
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1212
Symbol: P
Cat No: Collection
1854-59 Large Diadems 1/- imperforate plate proof in deep blue on ungummed unwatermarked paper, close even margins, very fine 'CANC[ELLED]' Handstamp at U/R, Cat £15,000. Ex Ric Slade-Slade, Peter Jaffé, and 'Alvarado': sold for £7800. [Position 5 from the original block of 6]
For New South Wales, only plate proofs for the 6d in purple-brown - five recorded - and the 1/- in blue - four recorded - have been identified, making NSW one of the most difficult Colonies from which to acquire an example. The Royal Collection includes one of each.
OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1887-90 High Values with 'POSTAGE' Overprint in Blue on 10/- mauve & claret Perf 10 as SG O37b but the official reprint with seriffed 'O S', characteristic rough perfs, CTO with concentric-ovals cancel & large-part o.g. [The issued stamp Cat £7500 mint & £3000 used]
off 1890-91 20/- Governors Perf 10 SG O48, tiny surface blemish on 'U' of 'SOUTH', large-part o.g. & retaining its paper-hinge fashioned from a piece of the selvedge with convolvulus pattern in violet!, Cat £21,000. Extremely rare. Provenance: by descent from the family of Sir Frederick Matthew Darley, Chief Justice of New South Wales between 1886 & 1909. [The provenance is supported by a dozen family correspondence items including one from Canada addressed to "Sir Frederick M Darley/Chief Justice" and two to Lady Darley at the family home 'Quambi' in Woollahra. See also Lot 1209]
