1/- blue selection on annotated pages comprising Imperforate SG 25/25a x10 including a vertical pair, a single with right sheet margin & a huge single with fragments of three adjoining units (all cut-square, most are full-margin examples albeit with framelines trimmed), Rouletted blue SG 54 & greenish blue SG 54a, and Perforated SG 81 x12 including mint x2 and a mis-perforated used single believeded to be from the top of the abnormal block of four added to the right of the stone, plus Jeffryes forgeries x2, a few with minor faults but the condition is generally fine to very fine, Cat £2000+.  (26) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Imperforate 1/- blue SG 25 extraordinary block of 24 Types [17-24/25-32/33-40] from the base of the sheet, huge to humungous margins except at the top where six units are just touched to shaved, Position [36] with 'VIGTORIA' Flaw, some bends & creasing including horizontally across the upper row, 10mm vertical tear into the fourth unit & a minor closed tear in the margin at right, a few small central stains, remarkably all units with full unmounted original gum, Cat £31,200++, for 24 unused singles. Only a few unused singles are known. This is the only recorded unused block and also the largest recorded multiple of this unusual Classic issue. A famous block and one of the most important items of Victorian and Australian Colonies philately: illustrated by Geoff Kellow at page 85 where he states: "Mint blocks were unknown until 1981 when the remarkable discovery occurred in Adelaide of a block of 24". RPSofL Certificate (2019). This is the seond-largest block of the Victorian imperforate issues, exceeded only by the famous block of 29 of the Penny Half-Lengths. However, this block has a far higher face value: 24/- (£1/4/-) as against a mere 29d = 2/5d for the penny block. It also provides stark visual evidence why even singles with full margins are as scarce as the proverbial hen's teeth. [From another vendor] 

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$60,000

Imperforate 1/- indigo SG 25b, cut-square with margins just into the outer framelines in places and clear of the design clear on all sides, just a hint of a tiny central thin, light Barred Oval '1' cancel of Melbourne, grossly undercatalogued at £200. Geoff Kellow states at page 85 that this shade "is rare imperforate".

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Rouletted 7-9 at the GPO Melbourne 1/- blue SG 54, huge stamp with fragments of the adjoining units on all sides, neat Barred Numeral '1' cancel of Melbourne, under-catalogued at £250. Magnificant. Geoff Kellow states at pages 84-86 that prior to perforating being introduced in February 1859, "956,000 1/- stamps had been issued. This total would have included the small number of rouletted stamps ... the total is of the order of 15,000 to 20,000". Comprising at most 2% of the issue, rouletted stamps are 50-times scarcer than the imperforates (priced at £50 used).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300