1860-1900 Mostly Used Collection with odd mint, starting with 1860 Chalon imperfs 1d carmine-rose SG 1 (cat £800) in pair, left unit defective and 6d Green SG 3 left frame of adjacent right stamp shows (cat £850), expertly repaired tear through middle. Duplicated perf Chalons to 1880 noted 1876 4d yellow P12 SG 102 (Cat £1,700) MNG and poor perfs, 1879 1/- Mauve No Wmk SG 117 pair (Cat £450) MNG, 1880 lithographs duplicated to 20/- with fiscal or cleaned fiscal cancels, 1871-2 Postal Fiscals 6d red-brown Wmk SG F17 (Cat £120 as MLH) MUH and 5/- yellow-brown No Wmk SG F30 (Cat £700) MLH. Array of 1882-95 high value Chalons with a few decent used and mint among the fiscally used incl 2/- bright blue handstamp ‘SPECIMEN’ SG 152s, 2/6d vermilion SG 158 (Cat £55 as MLH), MUH, 10/- brown SG 164 (cat £110), fine used, £1 green SG 156 (Cat £140) fine used and £1 green SG 161 (Cat £325 as MLH) MUH (couple toned perfs). 1900 2d (1/-) Patriotic Fund (Cat £35) MNG. Then heavily duplicated 1882-1911 side face issues unchecked used and mint including blocks and a few covers. (c.200) (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1860 Imperf Small Chalon 1d carmine-rose, 4 margins. SG #1, Cat £800. (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1871-72 Wmk Large Crown & Q 20/- rose, SG #F23, '214' Rays of Toowoomba, pulled perf, Cat £750. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1879 (Dec 20) Macartney correspondence cover from Brisbane to Waverley (Station), on revese Rockhampton (Dec 22) & Marlborough (Dec 24) datestamps, "Sir Redmond Barry/ackd/Sat 17 July 1880" docketing on face, some aging. [John Arthur Macartney worked as an associate to Judge Redmond Barry in the early 1850s] (Image1)

Estimate AU$95

1879 (Jun 11) flapless cover to Warrnambool with 1d Chalon pair indistinctly cancelled by sunburst '83' (4R) but with superb 'COPPERFIELD' cds at left. (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Galala: 'GALALA R.O./10SE25/QUEENSLAND' (A2+) on 1½d red KGV. [Rated 4R - Dell records one other date.]
Renamed from Galalah RO c.1925; PO 1/7/1927; closed 3/1/1929. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1930s-60s Datestamp Collection on small commercial covers/stationery, without duplication, many scarcer items present, a very useful introduction or addition to this field, generally good to superb strikes, condition mostly fine. (Approx 750.) (Image1)

Estimate AU$800