Thomas Ham Printings plated selection on display pages comprising Original State of Dies 1d orange-brown SG1a (full margins; creased with internal tear but still a presentable #1), 2d lilac-mauve (attractive shade; just shaved at base & horizontal crease) with very fine Butterfly '23' of Burn Bank (rated R) & 3d blue x2 (one with full margins), Second State of Dies 1d red-brown (just touched at upper-right), 2d grey x4 (one very fine) & 3d x3 (all full margins; two with small thins), Third State (Frame Lines Added) 1d x9, 2d x3 and 3d x7 including a horizontal pair, and White Veils 3d x4 (one marginal just touching to huge) plus Retouched Lower-Left Corner (small surface fault), good range of shades, condition variable but most are of fine appearance, Cat £10,000+ (minimum).  (38)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

Thomas Ham Printings Original State of Dies (Thin Line at Top) 1d orange-brown SG 1b with 'Tear Drop' Elongation on 'T' of 'VICTORIA' at Left [Pos 4], margins close to large, very fine Butterfly Numeral '15' cancel of Geelong in blue, ironed-out horizontal crease just visible from the face, Cat £2500. Despite the crease, an attractive First Issue stamp with a major Primary Flaw.

Grade (A-) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Thomas Ham Printings Original State of Dies 2d lilac-mauve Stone A SG 2 Pos [1], margins close to large at top & right, slightly untidy Butterfly '7' cancel of Maiden's Punt (rated RR), Cat £1200.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Thomas Ham Printings Original State of Dies 2d lilac-rose Stone A as SG 2 but an unlisted shade Pos [26], margins close to good, just-legible Butterfly '37' receiving cancel of Melbourne in blue, Cat £1200+ for the lilac-mauve shade. RPSofV Certificate (2011), now lost. Ex John Barwis; sold for £2880. Stated to be the finest of the six recorded examples of this distinctive shade first recognised by JRW Purves and believed by him to be from the first few sheets printed. Absent from Gary Diffen's collection. John Barwis at page 77 states that "six are now known ... only two of these are in private hands". 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

Thomas Ham Printings Original State of Dies 2d brown-lilac Stone B SG 3, margins close to large at sides, on piece with untidy Butterfly '1' cancel of Melbourne in blue, Cat £650. A very attractive First Issue stamp. Rodney A Perry Certificate (2009).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Thomas Ham Printings Original State of Dies 2d grey-lilac Stone B SG 3a, margins close to just touching at a few points, slightly doubled Butterfly '1' cancel of Melbourne in blue, Cat £750. Rodney Perry Certificate (2009).

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Thomas Ham Printings Original State of Dies 3d bright blue SG 4 Pos [8], margins close to large, light indistinct Butterfly cancel, Cat £650.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Thomas Ham Printings Original State of Dies 3d deep bright blue SG 4 Pos [1], margins large to enormous including printer's guide dot with fragments of adjoining units at base & right, light indistinct Butterfly cancel plus small-part 'P[AID]' cds irregularly in blue, Cat £650+. A spectacular example.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

Thomas Ham Printings Original State of Dies 3d dull blue as SG 4 but an unlisted shade Pos [19], margins close to good, neat Butterfly '15' cancel of Geelong, Cat £650+.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Thomas Ham Printings Original State of Dies 3d blue SG 4a Pos [14], margins close to large, tiny thin spot in the left-hand margin only, indistinct Butterfly cancel, Cat £500.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Thomas Ham Printings Second State of Dies 1d red-brown SG 5 Pos [4], margins close to good just barely touched at upper-right, doubled strike of Butterfly '37' cancel used at the Melbourne GPO on mail received uncancelled, Cat £550.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Thomas Ham Printings Second State of Dies 1d pale red-brown SG 5a Pos [28], margins close to large at top & base just touching at left, slightly indistinct Butterfly '29' cancel of Port Fairy/Belfast, Cat £550.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Thomas Ham Printings Second State of Dies 2d grey-lilac SG 6, margins good to enormous, light Butterfly '37' cancel used at the Melbourne GPO on mail received uncancelled, Cat £250.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Thomas Ham Printings Second State of Dies 2d dull grey SG 6a Pos [6], margins good to large, untidy Butterfly cancel in blue, Cat £300.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Thomas Ham Printings Second State of Dies 3d blue SG 7 Pos [2], margins close to large, largely very fine Butterfly '7' cancel of Maiden's Punt (rated RR), Cat £225.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Thomas Ham Printings Second State of Dies 3d blue Retouched SG 7a 1) Inverted 'V' Above Lower-Left Corner Pos [2i], margins just touching at upper-right to large, ironed-out horizontal crease; 2) Void & Heavy Lines Added Above Queen's Left Arm Pos [9i], clear margins but defective; and 3) Redrawn Background Below 'A' of 'VICTORIA', margins good to large but with heavy horizontal crease, each with light cancels clear of the retouches, Cat £1125+. A scarce & important group despite the faults. (3) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Thomas Ham Printings Second State of Dies 3d blue with Retouch Below Upper-Right Corner SG 7a Pos [6i], margins close to large at left & base (proving its position from the left-hand side of the stone), light Barred Oval '1' cancel of Melbourne, two tiny pin-holes at lower-right almost invisible from the face, Cat £375+. Rodney Perry Certificate (2009). Ex Henry Harvey, Rodney Perry, Ken Barelli & John Barwis.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Dies (Outer Frame Lines Added) 1d dull orange-vermilion SG 8 Pos [16], characteristic just clear to close margins and with a fragment of the adjoining unit at the base, largely very fine Butterfly '1' cancel of Melbourne, Cat £700. An unusually fine example of this scarce stamp. Ex Gary Diffen; sold at our auction of 5.8.2021 for $495.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Dies (Outer Frame Lines Added) 1d dull red SG 8a Pos [8], characteristic just clear to close margins, very fine Barred Oval '2' of Geelong, Cat £225.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Dies (Outer Frame Lines Added) 1d dull red SG 8a horizontal strip of 3 Pos [7-9], the right-hand unit with Large Void Obliterating First 'N' of 'PENNY' and margins close to touching at right & base, the central unit just touched at lower-left & the left-hand unit cut-into at left & base, three strikes of Barred Oval '1' cancel of Melbourne clear of the major transfer flaw, Cat £675+. Gary Diffen's two strips of 3 (margins all around) sold for £2280 and £1800 respectively.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Dies (Outer Frame Lines Added) 1d deep red-brown as SG 9 but on Vertically Laid Paper horizontal pair Pos [1-2], margins close to touching in places, cut-into slightly at base & small scissor-cut at upper-left, two largely very fine strikes of Barred Oval '1' cancel of Melbourne, Cat £2400+. Barwis & Moreton state at page 66 that "Deep red-brown ... is by far the rarest shade. Purves estimated that fewer than a dozen exist" including a pair on cover. John Barwis' defective pair was described as "the only recorded multiple of this exceptionally rare shade". This item is presumably only the third recorded pair.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Dies (Outer Frame Lines Added) 1d brownish-red SG 9a Pos [8], margins close to just touching at left to large at base & right with fragments of the adjoining unit at right, light Barred Oval '1' cancel of Melbourne, Cat £200. John Barwis states at page 65 that "four-margin copies [sic] are rare".

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Dies (Outer Frame Lines Added) 1d brownish-rose SG 9b Pos [10], margins close to good, indistinct Barred Oval cancel, Cat £200. John Barwis states at page 65 that "four-margin copies [sic] are rare".

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Dies (Outer Frame Lines Added) 2d olive-grey SG 10a with Lower Frame of Lower-Left Corner Missing Pos [3] with a fragment of the adjoining unit at top Pos [9] Cut Transfer with the Frame Line Between Entirely Missing, margins close to large, very fine light Butterfly '15' cancel of Geelong in blue, Cat £225+. Illustrated in Barwis & Moreton at page 88 for the Cut Transfer and at page 366 for the positional characteristics. RPSofV Certificate (1995). Ex Rodney Perry & John Barwis.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Dies (Outer Frame Lines Added) 3d blue SG 11/11b group, reconstruction of the intermediate transfer stone Pos [1-12] comprising eight singles & two horizontal pairs in a range of shades noted 'greenish-blue' x2, most with light numeral cancels & generally sound including three full-margin examples, a couple with minor thins, Cat £1360+. (12)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500