Attractive annotated collection in an expensive album arranged by 'G' number from G1 Single-Line Perf to G77 Rough Paper, missing the eosin (see Lot 3059) & the orange-brown (see Lot 3066) but otherwise largely complete with sub-shades and some duplication, mostly fine to very fine used and some are on piece. 124 individual stamps have Scott Starling Certificates. A marvellous lot for the specialist or re-seller.  (800+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

Attractive annotated selection in an expensive album used unless stated otherwise with many better shades including mint Penny Reds Rose-Pink G67 x2 & Bright Rosine G68, 1½d intense golden scarlet punctured 'OS', 2d pink, 4d orange mint group x9 including lemon-yellow, 4d lime-yellow (?) x3, etc; listed varieties including 1d red Thin 'G', 1d Substituted Clichés Die I & Die II, 1d red Die III Thin 'US', 2d scarlet Watermark Inverted punctured 'OS' pair, 4d orange Line through 'FOUR PENCE' (*), Single-Line Perf 5d with the Watermark Inverted x2 & 5d Rough Paper punctured 'OS', Cracked Electros 1½d brown x5, 1½d green, 2d orange x3 and 2d scarlet x2, etc, and a few LMult Wmk Wmk 1d carmine-pink x2 & 1½d intense deep chocolate punctured 'OS', mostly fine to very fine. More than half have Scott Starling Certificates. A very difficult lot to assemble.  (122) (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

½d dull green Comb Perf Electro 2 with Cracked Electro through 'P' of 'POSTAGE' to Oval in front of King's Beard [Pos 2R35] ACSC 63(2)o (SG 20 unlisted variety; not the 20e crack), Sydney machine cancel just clear of the variety, Cat $1900. Andrew Johnston's similar item sold at our auction of 19.9.2023 for $456.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

½d emerald Comb Perf Electro 2 with Cracked Electro from 'A' of 'AUSTRALIA' through Oval in front of King's Face to '2' in Left Value Tablet [Pos 2R47] ACSC 63(2)q (SG 20 unlisted variety; not the 20e crack), Launcerston '-4MY16' cds cancel largely clear of the variety, Cat $1900. This is an advanced state with the crack now extending downwards through the '2' in the left value tablet, as also occurred on another unit in this Electro [Pos 2R35]. The ACSC states that "these two cracked electro varieties ... were probably responsible for the replacement of Electro 2". Andrew Johnston's similar item sold at our auction of 19.9.2023 for $456.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

½d emerald Electro 5 with Cracked Electro in Left Wattles (Early State) [Pos 5L46] ACSC 63(5)k (SG 20e), quite well-centred, light indistinct machine cancel just clear of the variety, Cat $5000 (£4000). The crack does not yet extend to the 'U' of 'AUSTRALIA'. This is the state illustrated in the ACSC. Andrew Johnston's similar item sold at our auction of 19.9.2023 for $456.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

½d dull green Electro 5 with Cracked Electro from Left Wattles to 'U' of 'AUSTRALIA' [Pos 5L46] ACSC 63A(5)k (SG 20e later state), well-centred, characteristic uneven perfs at base, Melbourne '--MR18' machine cancel just clear of the variety, Cat $5000 (£4000). The crack now extends up to the top edge of the design and down to the oval. Andrew Johnston's similar item sold at our auction of 19.9.2023 for $1800.

Grade A B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

½d green Electro 7 TS Harrison One-Line 'COMMQNWEALTH' Imprint block of 4 ACSC 65(7)z, the upper units with small hinge remainders, the lower units unmounted, Cat $1000 for mounted. Andrew Johnston's similar item sold at our auction of 19.9.2023 for $630. 

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Single-Line Perf 1d carmine Die II ACSC 70(1)i (SG 21a), unusually well centred, minor blemishes, indistinct machine cancel clear of the Die II Spur, Cat $5250 (£3250). A very scarce stamp. 

Grade A- A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1d red Smooth Paper ACSC 71 (SG 21c) Extreme 'Tin-Shed' Flaws with loss of large elements of the design, well-centred, evenly trimmed perfs at top, indistinct machine cancel. Tin-Shed Flaws - so-called to describe the primitive printing conditions at the King's Warehouse, Melbourne - result from gum adhering to the print-side of the paper, which is then washed away along with parts of the design when soaked. They are described in the ACSC at p51, but not separately listed.

Grade B B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1d deep pink eosin ACSC 71SA (G27A) with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left, unusually well centred, just tied to a small piece by unidentified machine cancel, Cat $2000. Superb. Scott Starling Certificate (2017). [This is possibly the most distinctive shade in one of the most important British Empire issues, but it is currently not listed by Gibbons. Should this change in future, we expect their true scarcity will start to be appreciated]

Grade A+ A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1d red ACSC 71 (SG 21c) with Day Dawn Provisional '½' large figures surcharge in violet horizontal pair and light but discernible 'MOUNT MAGNET/13FE15/WESTN AUSTRALIA' cds on cover to "Mr Willy Hoppe, Jeweller, Day Dawn", two light vertical folds clear of the stamps, slightly roughly opened at left & a few minor blemishes, unlisted by the ACSC. These unauthorised provisionals were supposedly created due to a shortage of ½d stamps in the remote mining region around the township of Cue some 650kms NNE of Perth. Andrew Johnston's similar item sold at our auction of 19.9.2023 for $1140. 

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1d red Die II with the Watermark Inverted ACSC 71(1)i, well-centred, light cds cancel clear of the Die II spur, Cat $375 (p66 footnote 21). Andrew Johnston's similar item sold at our auction of 19.9.2023 for $144.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1d scarlet (aniline) Smooth Paper Rusted (Pre-Substituted) Cliché Plate 2 Pos [IV/34] ACSC 71I(2)j (SG 21ca), Victorian machine cancel largely clear of the variety, Cat $750 (£500). Andrew Johnston's similar item sold at our auction of 19.9.2023 for $480.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Smooth Paper 1d scarlet-red with 'CNE PENNY' ACSC 71G(4)q, rounded corner at upper-right, part original gum, Cat $8000. Rare. Michael Drury Certificate (2003) as the then 71Gcb (the plating not having been resolved at the time).

Grade B C2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1d red Plate IV 'CNE PENNY' ACSC 71(4)q, untidy NSW cds that just intrudes on the variety, Cat $1250. Ex Martin Frischauff, from the 'Italian Hoard'.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Smooth Paper 1d deep red complete strip of 12 from the base of Panes VII & VIII with 'CA' & 'JBC' Monogram strips of 3 ACSC 71(4)z & zb with 'RA' Joined, Kangaroo's Tongue Out & Run 'N' of 'ONE' (Second State) 71(4)j u & va, some perf separation at right hand magin, Cat $3500+ for two mounted monogram strips of 3 plus a significant premium for the complete strip. 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1d orange-brown Rough Paper punctured 'OS' (as always) ACSC 72S, neat Melbourne cds, light crease at lower-right, Cat $7500. The rarest of all the recognised Penny Red shades. Scott Starling Certificate (2021). A very attractive stamp that is visually superior to the very fine example with light machine cancel that sold at our auction of 23.12.2021 for $4550.

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1d red Die III with Thinned 'US' of 'AUSTRALIA' & Retouch with White Dot between Crown & Wattles (Third State) [Pos 40] ACSC 75kb (SG 53 variety), small-part corner cds cancel well clear of the variety, Cat $2000. Andrew Johnston's slightly better centred example sold at our auction of 19.9.2023 for $780. 

Grade A D1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1½d brown with Cracked Electro from 'P' of 'POSTAGE' through Base of Emu's Feet to Right Frame [Pos unlocated] ACSC 85(U)o, light machine cancel largely clear of the variety, Cat $750. Andrew Johnston's slightly better centred example sold at our auction of 19.9.2023 for $504.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1½d green with Cracked Electro from Base of King's Neck through 'E' of 'POSTAGE' & Emu's Feet to Right Frame [Pos 17R26] ACSC 88(17)r, neat cds corner cancel well clear of the variety, Cat $475.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1½d red with Cracked Electro from Kangaroo's Hind Legs through Oval to 'E' of 'POSTAGE' [Pos 15R10] ACSC 89(15)g, Melbourne '1DE24' machine cancel slightly impinging on the variety, Cat $550.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1½d red with Moustache Flaw & Cracked Electro from Oval through 'E' of 'POSTAGE' [Pos 15R40] ACSC 89(15)ja, slightly untidy machine cancel largely clear of the variety, Cat $1000. This unit was replaced with a Substituted Cliché later in the red printings.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1½d red with Deformed Right Frame (Substituted Cliché) [Pos 15R40] ACSC 89(15)jb, slightly indistinct Queensland '-6AP25' cds largely clear of the variety, Cat $1000. The substitution was made to replace a Cracked Electro that had developed on this well-known Moustache Flaw unit.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1½d red with Cracked Electro from Kangaroo's Back through King's Neck to Emu's Feet [Pos 23R44] ACSC 89(23)r, quite well-centred, light '[?]9AP26' cds cancel largely clear of the variety, Cat $400. 

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1½d red with Cracked Electro Diagonally through Crown to Upper Right Frame [Pos 24R46] ACSC 89(24)p, light machine cancel clear of the variety, Cat $550.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150