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image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1756
Symbol:*/**O
Cat No:Collection

Collection remainders largely unsorted in albums & on stockcards etc, mostly 2000s unmounted decimals including setenants & M/Ss but plenty of earlier material including Controls on QV ½d vermilion x3 & 1d lilac x6, KGV to 1/- & PUC to 2½d, QV ½d orange & 2d both with 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp & a few used security 'underprints' including on QV ½d x2, 1963 Hunger Phosphors (**), a nice range of singles & pairs with Misplaced Perforations, 2007 'Making of a Masterpiece' part-booklet pane of the large embossed design x4 with Value Omitted, etc, a few problems in the earlier items but generally very fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 600

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1757
Symbol:**
Cat No:Collection

Four stockbooks of mostly 1990s-2010s sets, setenants & M/Ss with high thematic content, unmounted. High initial cost. Buy it now & use it quickly before the Government Grinches demonetise it all, something Australia Post tried to do many years ago but was thwarted by the stamp trade.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750



Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 900.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 900

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1758
Symbol:O*
Cat No:Collection

Mostly used collection in five albums with passable Penny Blacks x5 & a Tuppence Blue with 3¼ margins, four Penny Reds with full margins (one unused & one with a very fine Ivory Head), 1½d x3, Bantam ½d x3 (one on local Edinburgh cover), Embossed cut-square set (the 10d with clipped corner at L/L), a good range of Surface Printed issues including fine to very fine examples of 1865-67 1/- with wing-margin, 1867-80 3d 6d 10d & 2/- all with wing-margin plus 9d & 1/- x3, 1873-80 1/- brown (a few trimmed perfs) & 4d sage-green both with wing margin plus 4d vermilion, 4d brown & 8d orange, 1883-84 High Values 5/- & 10/- with commercial perfins, KEVII 2d & 5d on 'PARCEL POST' label (a few faults) + mint 2/6d & 5/- plus 10/- with very fine rubber 'ALDERMANBURY/BO, EC' cancel, Seahorses 2/6d pair & 5/- with steel cds & 10/- with rubber cds, Wembleys mint plus 1924 used x2, PUC with the Watermark Sideways ½d U, 1d *&U and 1½d U, Re-Engraved Seahorses set with cds cancels, 1948 Wedding (two mint, others with parcel cancels), rather sparse in later pre-decimals, then decimals with high thematic content & some mint material, condition variable with lots of duplication, some postmark interest. Weighs 10kg. (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000



Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 2,100.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 2100

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1759
Symbol:O**
Cat No:Collection

Large accumulation partly sorted into packets from fine used KEVII to Machins plus some unmounted decimal thematics. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 210.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 210

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1760
Symbol:*O
Cat No:Collection

Collection with 1d black with almost full margins (small surface fault), various 2d blues x24, very mixed with some pickings. (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 320.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 320

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1761
Symbol:OC

1840-1970 Issues on Hagners with Penny Black x4, 1d red Stars including Ivory Head, Numbered Maltese Crosses '3', '8' & '10', Penny Plates to '225' (ex '77'), Halfpenny Plates, Embossed cut-square 6d x4 & 1/- x2, 1855-57 Emblems to 1/- x3, 1862-64 Small Corner Letters including 4d pair on registered cover, & 6d on cover x2, 1865-67 Large Corner Letters to 1/- including Wmk Inverted, 1867-80 Spray of Rose 9d x5, 10d, & 2/- x3, 1867-83 5/-, 1883-84 Lilacs & Greens to 1/-, Downey Heads with 1913 ½d & 1d Multiple Cypher, Wembleys, Seahorses including 1934 2/6d Training Stamps x3, QEII Graphite, Phosphor sets, etc, also Officials, Perfins including KGVI £1 brown 'C/of/A', some postmark interest, high catalogue value. Personal inspection recommended. (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000



Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 1,600.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1600

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1762
Symbol:*/**#
Cat No:Collection

1841-1990 mint issues in stockbook including QV 2d White Lines Added, 1855-57 Emblems 6d, 1870-74 1½d Plate 3, 1867 5/- Plate 1 (cut-off perfs at right), 1873-80 3d pale-rose Plate 18, 1887-92 Jubilee to 1/- green, KEVII 1d green Plate Proof pair Double Impression, KGV Downey Heads 1913 ½d & 1d Multiple Cypher, KGVI-QEII definitives including watermark varieties, Phospor-Graphites including 1959 2d brown Wmk Error, booklet panes, Machins with ½p Side Band x2 (one in Wedgewood booklet) good perfs, Boots '1st' NVI, Underprints, Regionals, Postage Dues, etc, high catalogue value. (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000



Opening AU$ 1,600.00
Sold...AU$ 2,100.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 2100

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1763
Symbol:**OB
Cat No:Collection

1924-1990 Commemorative issues mostly unmounted in stockbooks with KGV Wembleys (both), KGVI 1939-48 High Values (10/- both), Royal Wedding **, QEII 1955-58 Castles **, Phosphors, etc, plus varieties, colour shifts, errors including 1965 Battle of Britain 1/6d Watermark Inverted, 1966 Christmas 3d with Gold Mostly Missing, NVI Greetings booklets, and QEII fine used on Hagners. (Image1)

Estimate AU$400



Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 320.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 320

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1764
Symbol:O
Cat No:Collection

Accumulation in albums, duplication with postmark potential, condition mixed. Weighs 10kg. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1765
Symbol:
Cat No:Collection

1840-1971 mostly used collection in quality Lighthouse album plus duplicates on Hagners, includes QV 1d black x2 (space fillers), 1841 2d x3 (full margins), 1d red 'Stars' including strip of four (full margins), & Plates (ex '77' & '225'), 1883-84 to 10/-, KEVII to 10/-, KGV Seahorses to 10/-, 1924-25 Wembleys mint and used x3, KGVI 1948 £1 Silver Wedding mint x4, and used, Regionals, Postage Dues, etc, condition very mixed. (Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 400.00
Sold...AU$ 725.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 725

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1766
Symbol:**OC
Cat No:Collection

Useful collection with study of Machin types/papers, etc, includes ½d side band **, Phosphors, QEII Pre-Decimal castles, plus 1970s-80s FDCs. Weighs 10kg.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 460

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1767
Symbol:**
Cat No:Collection

Machin & Prestige Booklet pane collection in two binders. Face value approximately $1000+. Weighs 6kg.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000



Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1768
Symbol:C/CL/

Box of mostly covers & Postal Stationery including some attractive pre-stamps including with Bishop Marks x8 & undated entire with step 'DENBIGH/224' & 'DURHAM/263', mileage handstamps & a marvellous letter, a couple of KGVI period advertising covers & instructional handstamps, also a batch of QEII FDCs etc, then a miscellany of stamps with pickings including some attractive used Seahorses to 10/-, plus some Cigarette Cards including Players 'Cricketers 1938' with English & Australian favourites, condition variable. (Image1)

Estimate AU$250



Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 210.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 210

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1769
Symbol:*
Cat No:2 [Q-F]

1840 "Penny Black" SG 2 [Q-F],  small stamp with close margins in places, apparently unused with large-part original gum, Cat £12,500. A handy 'spacefiller' that is offered "as is".

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 380

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1770
Symbol:F
Cat No:211wi

1887-92 Jubilee 1/- green with the Watermark Inverted SG 211wi, good colour, well centred, Cat £1700.

Grade A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400



Opening AU$ 340.00
Sold...AU$ 340.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 340

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1771
Symbol:**
Cat No:262

1902-10 KEVII De La Rue Printings 2/6d dull purple SG 262 marginal example from the base of the sheet, full unmounted o.g., Cat £650, for unmounted.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400



Opening AU$ 340.00
Sold...AU$ 440.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 440

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1772
Symbol:**
Cat No:409

1915 De La Rue Seahorses 5/- bright carmine SG 409, very well centred, fresh with full unmounted o.g., Cat £1100, for unmounted.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$800



Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 600

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1773
Symbol:**
Cat No:412

1915 De La Rue Seahorses 10/- blue SG 412, well centred, light bend & a trifle aged, full unmounted o.g., Cat £4000, for unmounted.

Grade B B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500



Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1150

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1774
Symbol:**
Cat No:416

1918-19 Bradbury Wilkinson Seahorses 5/- rose-red SG 416, full unmounted o.g., Cat £475, for unmounted.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250



Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 190

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1775
Symbol:*

1967 Paintings 4d Master Lambton with Gold Printing Partially ('4D') Omitted, small fault at the top. With a normal stamp for comparison. [Unlisted by Gibbons and Tom Pierron, both of whom do list similar partial omissions in the 1967 Christmas Painting issue]

Grade B B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 380

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1776
Symbol:**
Cat No:931a

1973 Paintings (Reynolds & Raeburn) 3p 5p & 7½p each with Gold Printing (Queen's Head) Omitted SG 931a 932a & 933a, unmounted, Cat £485. With the normal stamps for comparison.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$350



Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 270

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1777
Symbol:**
Cat No:Collection

1973-2020 incomplete collection in European albums, high initial cost. Weighs 14kg.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000



Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1778
Symbol:B

BOOKLETS: Box of mostly decimal booklets including Wedgwood £1 x2 and a batch of mostly £5+ 'prestige' types x98 to 2013 with minor duplication plus some partial booklets & some covers only, then bundles of small-format pre-decimal & decimal issues. Weighs 3kg.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400



Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 340.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 340

image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1779
Symbol:C/CL
Cat No:Collection

FIRST DAY COVERS: Collection in eight bulging cover albums with a few plain KGVI period including 1948 Wedding plus illustrated Olympics, then mostly illustrated including better 1960s sets with a few Phosphors including Lifeboats (plain), decimal commemoratives & 'special issues' largely complete to 2013 including numerous M/Ss, setenants, booklet panes, 'Smilers' & counter-printed stamps (a joke, because they would have been pre-printed for the FDCs), some with datestamps applied by hand (Heaven forbid!), many hand-addressed to Zimbabwe, and finally the largest & most absurd (and that's saying something) FDC we've ever seen (for the 2010 Classic Album Covers), generally very fine. A very colourful lot with high thematic content. Obscene initial cost. Weighs 20kg.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750



Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1780
Symbol:A/A-
Cat No:O36-39

OFFICIALS - OFFICE OF WORKS: 1902-03 KEVII ½d blue-green, 1d scarlet, 2d green & carmine and 2½d ultramarine SG O36-39, all but the 2d with steel cancels, Cat £1500.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150


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