Collection on Hagners with Small Chalons including Small Star 1d SG 12 & 6d SG 9 and Rough Perfs 1d 2d & 6d, 1866 Fancy Wmk 2d x2, Crown/Q 4d yellow, 6d apple-green & 1/- grey-violet, etc, First Sidefaces to 1/- x2 and 'Half-penny' on 1d Die I (large-part o.g.),1882-1906 Large Chalons mostly regummed but the Thick Paper 2/6d & 5/- are both very fine mint, 1907-11 Crown/A 2/6d x2 5/- 10/- & £1 (minor crease) all with large-part original gum, etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine.  (130 approx)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

Selection of Small Chalons including Large Star Imperf 1d (almost full margins, small thin), 6d (margins very close to touching) and an improbably large 2d in the wrong shade on Small Star Wmk paper plus Perf 14-16 2d pair & 6d, Small Star group to 1/- x2, good range of shades in the later issues, fiscally used 5/- & 20/-, then some Large Chalons mostly fiscally used/cleaned but with a postally used 2/6d & CTO £1, etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine.  (124) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Stockbook collection of mostly low denomination stamps with lots of duplication, plenty of pickings with several pages of Small Chalons including 4d lilac x15 & 4d yellow x9, also First Sidefaces 4d yellow x17 and Large Chalons to £1, etc, condition variable.  (850+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1860 Large Star Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 1d carmine-rose SG 4, unusually well centred, minor crease, regummed, Cat £3000. Ex RB Yeardley. RPSofL Certificate (1944; photocopy).

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1861 Small Star Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 2d blue, 3d brown (Sergio Sismondo Certificate, 2012), 6d green (large-part original gum) & 1/- grey-violet (perfs at top slightly trimmed; RPSofV Certificate, 2016) SG 7-10, unusually well centred, unused, Cat £5300. (4) 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,800

1861 Small Star Rough Perf 14-16 1d carmine-rose, 3d brown horizontal pair (large-part original gum), 6d green, 1/- grey-violet (small thin at top) and 'REGISTERED' (1/-; large-part original gum) SG 14-20 (ex the 2d), unused, Cat £3300+. (6) 

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$850

1862-67 No Wmk Rough Perf 13 1d Indian red, 1d vermilion (large-part original gum), 2d blue (large-part original gum) and 1/- grey SG 21 22 24 & 29, unused, Cat £1150. (4) 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$450

1862-67 No Watermark Rough Perf 13 1d Indian red SG 21, unusually well centred, unused, Cat £550. Superb. Ex 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr293.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1866-67 Lithograph Second Transfer ('FOUR' in Shorter Letters & 2mm between 'FOUR' & 'PENCE') 4d lilac SG 55, unused; and 5/- pale rose SG 58, two occluded perfs at the base cleaned-out, thinned at upper-right, large-part original gum; Cat £1800. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2017) for the 5/- charitably states "tiny thin". (2) 

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1868-78 Crown/Q 1d pale rose, 2d pale blue, 3d brown, 4d yellow SG 89 (minor blemishes; sold at our auction of 2.3.2019 for $737), 6d yellow-green, 6d apple-green Imperf single & 1/- deep mauve between SG 84 & 108, unused, Cat £3000+ minimum, plus the imperf 6d (Cat £950 for a pair). (7) 

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1868-78 Crown/Q Perf 12 4d yellow SG 102, strong colour & well centred, one pulled perf at right, unused, Cat £1900. 

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1868-78 Crown/Q Perf 12 6d yellow-green SG 106 horizontal pair, unused, Cat £500.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1880 Lithographed High Values 2/- blue block of 4 plus strips of 3 of the 2/6d dull scarlet, 5/- yellow-ochre & 10/- reddish brown, each unit with diagonal large 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp reading upwards (2/- & 5/-) or downwards (2/6d & 10/-), large-part original gum and the strips each with one unit unmounted. Very scarce multiples. Ex 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr535.  (4 items)

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1882-95 Large Chalons £1 perforated colour trial/plate proof in brown-purple on thick watermarked gummed paper, marginal example from the top of the sheet, full unmounted original gum. Very scarce.  Ex Bernie Manning - sold at our auction of 13.6.2009 for $975 and 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr415. [Arthur Basset Hull at page 160 states that this was a colour trial made in March 1897, apparently for a proposed change of colour: see Alan Griffiths 'Stamp Magazine' (May 1992)]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1906-10 'COMMONWEALTH' Crown/A 9d yellow-brown & ultramarine Type B Perf 11 ACSC Q45B (SG 285), well centred, faint cds cancel, Cat $1500 (£800). Rare and greatly underappreciated. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2015) states "superb example". [The ACSC states that "There may be as many as 12 used examples, with two in the Royal Collection". Why, then, should such a rare stamp have such modest catalogue values? A very attractive example sold at our auction of 17.2.2012 for $3030. However, another very fine example sold at our auction of 10.11.2022 for $628]

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1906-10 'COMMONWEALTH' Crown/A 9d yellow-brown & ultramarine Type B Perf 11 punctured 'OS' ACSC Q45Bb (SG 285var), excellent centring, very fresh and neatly cancelled, Cat $1500 (£800, for unpunctured). Very rare and greatly underappreciated. [The ACSC states that "There may be as many as 12 used examples, with two in the Royal Collection, and one...punctured OS". The comments for the previous lot, are even more pertinent here. We do know of three other 'OS' examples: that's a total of four, making this an extremely rare stamp. Two of the others sold at our auctions of 29.2.2020 and 10.11.2022 for $575 and $688 respectively]  

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500