IMPERIAL PUNCTURES: 1861 Printed by Perkins Bacon Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 1/- yellow-green SG 43 with 3mm imperial puncture, unused, Cat £1000 for a normal stamp, plus a significant premium for the puncture.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2468
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection
OTHER PUNCTURES: Mounted collection with 'WA' Punctures De La Rue horizontal to 1/- x2 and V/Crown to 2/6d plus Sideways Reading Downwards 5/- & Perf 11 2/- and Sideways Reading Upwards 10/-; 'OS' Punctures De La Rue to 1/- x2, W[crown]A 6d x2 (one with 'OS' Double) & 1/-, V/Crown to 10/- plus 2/- shade, Crown/A to 4d x3 & 5d plus Perf 11 2d 3d 4d x2 & 9d and 1912 3d 6d & 1/-; and 'PWD' 1d carmine single & strip of 4, 1d pink x3 & 2d yellow x4 with haphazard application of the perfins; condition variable but most are fine to very fine.
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Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2469
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection
'Medical' HANDSTAMPS: Selection comprising Crown/CA 3d, 1885-93 4d 5d 6d (one pulled perf) & 1/-, W[crown]A 1d & 2d (apparently fiscally used), V/Crown 1d & 4d and Crown/A 2d, a few minor blemishes. The values above 2d are very scarce to rare. John Dibiase's similar group of nine stamps sold for $1915.
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'Medical' HANDSTAMPS: V/Crown 1d carmine-pink block of 4, minor blemishes, Albany duplex of FE8/1904. A rare multiple, all the moreso for being used from a regional town. Sold at another Melbourne auction in 2015 for $470. [The illustration is above Lot 2467]