Bits 'n' pieces including Platypus 3d chestnut strip of 3 & block of 4 (all units **), 'REVENUE' Opt on 3d postally used x3 and '5d.' on Tablet £1 mint x4 (one **), AJ Nettlefold Tailor & Outfitter (Hobart & Queenstown) pink perforated label (faults; not seen by us before), several per favor impressions of various seals in red wax including 'MOB HOBART/[crown]/TAS', 'POST OFFICE/ [crown]/BROADMARSH UPP', 'POST OFFICE/ [crown]/MOUNT ZEEHAN' & 'NORTH HOBART/[crown]/TAS', etc, some Australian stamps & unused Postal Cards & 1924 envelope fashioned from an old form with 'Government Railways NSW' imprint & KGV 1½d green punctured 'OS/NSW', condition variable. Ex Owen Ingles.
(Qty 100+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 400.00
Closed..Aug-02-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 626
Symbol: L
'The Lithographed Pictorial Stamps of Tasmania and Other Papers' by COH Miller (Hobart,1937), 24pp stapled, signed by the author "COH Miller/29-4-1943", cover blemishes otherwise fine. Not previously seen by us. Ex Owen Ingles.
Chalons selection including Star Wmk 2d (almost 3 margins) & 4d x2, No Wmk 2d (3 margins, just touched at the top), Numeral Wmk Imperfs including 2d x7 (shades), 6d x3 & a very fine 1/-, & Perf to 1/- x3, condition mixed but most/all (?) appear to be postally used with some Barred Numerals noted.
(Qty 54) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Aug-02-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 628
Symbol: *O
Cat No: Collection
Neat collection with Courier 1d & 4d with full margins, Large Star 1d (almost full margins) & 2d (full margins), No Wmk 1d & 2d (both with full margins, the 2d with a central fault), Perf 10 2d slate-green, 'TASMANIA' 6d & 1/- group, Sidefaces including 1d Wedge Flaw x4 (one in pair with normal, on piece), 3d with Scratch through Value, 4d blue (unusually fine), Tablets used 10/- x2, mint £1 & 1/- Perf 12½ horizontal marginal pair Imperf at Right corrected with Perf 12 SG 257c, good range of Pictorials including some scarce Compound Perfs including 6d Perf 12½x11x12½x12½ mint, etc, some problems in the early issues otherwise generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 300 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$3,500
Opening AU$ 2,700.00
Sold...AU$ 4,400.00
Closed..Aug-02-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 4400
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 629
Symbol: F
Cat No: 1
1853 Couriers Soft Yellowish Paper Early Impressions 1d pale blue SG 1 horizontal strip of 3 from the top of the sheetlet, margins good to huge with complete outer framelines except at the base of the first unit, neat First Allocation BN '11' cancels of Avoca, Cat £4500++. A rare & highly desirable multiple.
1853 Couriers Plate I First State Brilliant Colours 4d bright red-orange SG 5, good even margins, faint stain at U/L, light BN cancel, Cat £1000. RPSofL Certificate (1998) does not mention the discolouration.
1858 'TASMANIA' 1/- deep vermilion SG 41 horizontal pair, margins close to good except where just shaved at the base of the right-hand unit, small fault at top between the units & minor hinge-thinning, large-part o.g., Cat £1800+.
1863-71 Experimental Separations Perf 12 by Walch & Sons under Contract to the Post Office 1d carmine with Error of Watermark '2' SG 70a, bars cancel of Hobart, Cat £2750. An underrated rarity. Ex Collins, Julian Beresfard, 'Isleham', David Cohen and Joseph Hackmey. Clear RPSofV Certificate (1998) and RPSofL Certificate (2008) that states "perfs at top improved". [Gary Diffen had only two pen-cancelled stamps. About 30 examples are recorded, most with manuscript fiscal cancellations and/or faked cancellations. Only four stamps have been authenticated as genuine postally used examples]
1870 Sidefaces 2d imperforate plate proof block of 4 in deep green on gummed Crown/CC paper from the U/L corner of the sheet with Current Number '42' at U/R, hinge remainders in the upper margin only, the stamps are unmounted.
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 634
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 256b
1906-09 Crown/A 9d blue L/R corner block of 4, the L/H units Regular Compound Perf 12½x11 and the R/H units Irregular Compound Perf 12½x12½x12½x11 ACSC T71 (SG 256b) & variant, large-part o.g. with three units being unmounted, Cat $1600++ (£480++) for mounted singles.
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 635
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection
1892-99 Tablets £1 grey-green & yellow-orange SG 225 L/L corner block of 4 from the perforated imprimatur sheet with Plate Number '1' at L/L, manuscript endorsement "Nov 24/96" in the corner margin, minor crease at L/R but the stamps are superb unmounted, Cat £2200++ for normal mounted singles. Ex De La Rue Archives: illustrated at p6266 of 'The De La Rue Collection'.
1899-1900 Engraved Pictorials 2½d Tasman's Arch SG 232 marginal block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet, full unmounted o.g., Cat £208++ for mounted singles.
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 638
Symbol: *
Cat No: 250ga var.
1905-11 Crown/A Typographed Pictorials 1d carmine-red Perf 11 marginal single from the left of the sheet Imperf at Left ACSC T15ba (SG 250ga var), minor gum disturbance, Cat $500. Ex Gary Diffen: sold for £216, with no mention of the gum disturbance.
POSTAL FISCALS: 1863 St George & the Dragon 3d imperf plate proof vertical pair in black on thin wove unwatermarked paper, characteristically close margins with fragments of the adjoining unit at upper-right. Rare: other similar proofs seen have been on Wmk 'TAS'-between-Bars paper.
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 640
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection
REVENUES: Interesting duplicated array of various issues including St George and Dragon 2/6d & 5/-, Platypus, Numerals & Decimals, 'T.G. RYS/ 2D /NEWSPAPER STAMP', fiscal cancels on Chalons & Sidefaces, etc, also some Tassie BNs & cds, plus small group of NSW & Australia Postage Due issues, condition variable.
(Qty 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 260.00
Sold...AU$ 400.00
Closed..Aug-02-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 641
Symbol: O/D
Cat No: Collection
REVENUES: Annotated collection of Sideface postage stamps used for fiscal purposes including 1d Imperf x2 (one on document-piece), 3d with Major Chisel Flaw, 5/- strip of 3 & block of 4, usage - mainly of 1d & 3d values on a range of receipts, cheques & documents including 1887 Indenture with 5/- pair, also three 1828 issues of The Hobart Town Gazette each with 'NEWS-PAPER DUTY/VAN DIEMENS LAND/[crown]/TWO PENCE' in different shades of red, & 1962 Indenture with Embossed £2/10/- in red, some duplication, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Ex Neil Russell.
(Qty 100+ items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Aug-02-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 642
Symbol: V
Cat No: F39:
REVENUES: 1900 'REVENUE' Overprint on Platypus 1/- carmine-pink with the Overprint Inverted, a few short perfs, superb part-strike of the 'STAMP ACT/TASMANIA' revenue cds. Ex Gary Diffen, who stated only two other examples have been recorded, one of which is defective, both similarly cancelled. RPSofV Certificate (2014). [See footnote below SG F39: "F38 is known with 'REVENUE' inverted, fiscally used"]
