Collection with the early issues used from 1860 QV Chalons Large Star Wmk Imperf 1d & 6d on small piece (both with margins good to just touching outer framelines) and Perf 6d plus Small Star Wmk 1d x2, 2d x3, 6d x2 & 1/-, also including 1862 No Wmk set plus 1d indian-red and 1866 Lithographs 4d & 5/-, 1868 Broad Star Wmk & Crown/Q sets plus 1d & 6d unused, 1882 Large Chalons Thin Paper 2/6d & 10/- used plus 5/- * and Thick Paper 5/- used & 10/- *, then predominantly mint including 1882 Sidefaces set plus 2/- brown * & used, 1907 Crown/A Wmk Sidefaces 1d to 1/- and Large Chalons 2/6d * & used and 5/- used, condition a little variable with a few fiscal/fake cancels, the later issues generally fine to very fine, Cat £4500+.   (140+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

Basic collection with Small Chalons to 10/- in very mixed condition, First Sidefaces to 1/-, 'Half-penny' on 1d, Large Chalons to £1 (the 2/6d & 5/- both with large-part original gum), Lined Background to 2/-, Four Corners to 2/-, Charity mint duo (2d thinned), etc, also Postal Fiscals Chalons group to 10/- including a couple apparently unused, QV Tall Stamps to £5 in mixed condition, Impressed Duty KEVII 15 values to £5 and KGV Duty Stamp six values to 20/-.  (100 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1860 Large Star Imperf 2d blue SG 2 horizontal pair, margins good to large with complete outer framelines, Rays '151' of Condamine, Cat £4000+, for singles. A very fine & rare multiple of this First Issue stamp. Ex Alfred Caspary (when offered as a strip of 3, the defective right-hand unit later being removed), Simon Dunkerley (sold at our auction of 24.1.2004 for $9055) and 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr3170. Freidl/Herbert Bloch (1981), Philatelic Foundation (2001) and RPSofV (2003) Certificates. Singles of this quality are rarely encountered, so to have the chance to obtain such a deluxe multiple is a singular opportunity.  

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$6,000

1860 Large Star Imperf 6d green SG 3, good even margins with complete outer framelines, fine strike of Rays '96' of Maryborough, signed in pencil "AD" (= Alberto Diena), Cat £950. Superb: the equal of Bernie Manning's example that sold at our auction of 12.5.2007 for $1865.  [Most used examples have faults; very fine examples are rare. Many examples seen are perforated stamps that have been cut-down]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1860-61 Small Star Rough Perfs 14-16 3d brown SG 16 block of 4, well centred, a few reinforced perfs at the base, large-part original gum & the lower units are superb, Cat £360+, for singles.

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1860-61 Small Star Rough Perf 14-16 1/- slate-violet SG 19, unused, Cat £2250. Sold at our auction of 5-6.8.2021 for $2480. [Only seven unused singles in private hands - plus four in the Royal Collection - have been recorded (no multiples are known). Bernie Manning's similarly centred example sold at our auction of 12.5.2007 for $3680]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1868-74 Small Chalons Truncated Star Wmk 2d blue Plate I SG 61 block of 6 (3x2), characteristic rough perfs & a few pulled perfs at the top, some perf separation/reinforcing, large-part original gum, Cat £450+, for unused singles. [The illustration is above Lot 306] 

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1868-78 Small Chalons Crown/Q Wmk 1d orange-vermilion Imperf Pair SG 83a, margins close to good, large-part original gum, Cat £800.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1868-78 Small Chalons Crown/Q Wmk Perf 12 1/- purple SG 109 vertical pair, minor blemishes, unused, Cat £500+, for singles. A scarce multiple.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1880 Lithographed High Values 2/- blue SG 119 horizontal strip of 5, large-part original gum, Cat £850++, for unused singles. RPSofV Certificate (2024).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1880 Small Chalons Lithographed High Values 5/- yellow-ochre SG 124, unusually well centred, characteristic rough perfs, large-part original gum, Cat £550.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1880 Lithographed High Values 20/- rose SG 127, strong colour and well centred, faint bend & a small thin, large-part original gum, Cat £2500. RPSofV Certificate (2024).

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1880 Surcharge 'Half-penny' on First Sidefaces 1d red-brown Die II SG 151a, characteristic poor centring, large-part original gum, Cat £850. 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1882-95 Large Chalons 2/- die proof in black on thick paper reduced to a little larger than stamp-size with large margins & affixed to a small piece of thin card (28x35mm). A rare and beautiful proof. Ex Bradbury Wilkinson Archives. Bernie Manning's similar £1 die proof sold at our auction of 13.6.2009 for $4370.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1882-91 Lined Background 2d die proofs from the approved die with outer framelines on thin unwatermarked wove paper reduced to a bit larger than stamp-size in black, dull brown, emerald-green and deep blue, margins good to large, a few small stains & tiny thins where removed from a record-book. Not previously seen by us. Ken Scudder at page 99 records such proofs on thick or thin card in various colours not including black.  

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

1897-1908 Four Corners 1d red & 2d blue extensively annotated collection of plate flaws on pages most of which are accompanied by huge enlargements that clearly show the varieties, some multiples, the 2d group includes the Major Cracked Electro SG 234a x14 including in pairs x3, in a block of 4 & on three Tatts covers, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Ex Ken Killeen.  (250 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1897-1908 Four Corners 2d blue Major Cracked Electro across Face & Neck as ACSC Q16dv (SG 234a) [Pos 45] but Retouched, a couple of short perfs at U/R, cancelled well clear of the affected area. Unlisted in the ACSC. With the 'normal' Cracked Electro for comparison. Ex Ken Killeen: sold at our auction of 2.12.2021 for $1120. Far superior to the only other recorded example, ex Bernie Manning, that had faults but sold at our auction of 13.6.2009 for $1165. [The Cracked Electro presents as a Jagged White Flaw from the Brow to the Base of the Neck. The variety offered here appears to be a crude retouch involving a simple filling of the crack so that it now presents as a Colour Flaw. Geoff Kellow was apparently unaware of the retouch as he writes of the affected unit being substituted, without mentioning this "intermediate state". Ken Scudder at page 266 states "...an example is known where the crack has printed filled with ink"] (2) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1897-1908 Four Corners 2d blue SG 234 with unlisted Major Cracked Plate ('Death Mask'), duplex cancel clear of the variety. Ex Ken Killeen. [This variety is just as impressive as the listed Crack across Face & Neck SG 234a but is not illustrated by Ken Scudder and apparently not previously recorded in the literature]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1897-1908 Four Corners 4d die proof block of 4 in yellow-orange on ungummed unwatermarked wove paper as ACSC #Q28(DP)1 (2023) but all units are Die II, huge margins, the lower units creased, Cat $4000+. Ex Bernie Manning: sold at our auction of 18.12.2010 for $1980. [The ACSC states "It is believed that all the recorded blocks are Die I", which makes this a technically important item]

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1899-1906 Widow's Weeds ½d blue-green Perf 12 ACSC Q3 (SG 262b) block of 4, some characteristic irregular perfs, large-part original gum, Cat $800+ (£800+), for singles.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1907-11 Crown/A 1d scarlet-vermilion Imperforate Block of 4 ACSC Q11Ab (SG 288a), margins good to large, large-part original gum, Cat $1500+ (£800+), for two pairs.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1907-11 Crown/A Three Perf Strips 6d green ACSC Q41b (SG 307) marginal block of 12 (4x3) from the left of the sheet, ink notations in the margin, minor hinge remainders but several units are unmounted, Cat $1200+ (£540+), for four strips of 3.  

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1907-11 Crown/A Large Chalons 10/- black-brown SG 311 block of 4 almost certainly from a parcel, four strikes of the 'TOOWOOMBA/2OCT11/QUEENSLAND' cds in blue, Cat £340+, for singles. A rare & exceptional postally used multiple. Ex Ron Butler (sold in 2004 for £575) and 'Dubois' Part I: sold for SFr305. NB: In Queensland, blue ink was used for cancelling registered articles.

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

POSTAL FISCALS: 1871-72 QV Smaller Format Crown/Q Watermark 2/6d brick-red & 10/- brown SG 20 & 22, large-part original gum, Cat £1525.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

SPECIMEN STAMPS: All-different collection on colour-illustrated pages with various forms of 'SPECIMEN' overprint or handstamp including Small Chalons to 5/- rose plus 1880 High Values to 20/-, First Sidefaces to 1/- + 1d yellow-brown with manuscript "Specimen", 'Half-penny' on 1d Die I, Large Chalons to £1, Four Figures eight values to 2/-, ½d Widow's Weeds, Postal Fiscals 1d 1/- & 2/6d, and a few others, condition variable but mostly with fine to very fine facial appearance.  (44) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400