1855-58 Imperfs London Printings 1d deep green, 2d rose-carmine strip of 3 & 6d deep blue SG 1 2 & 3; and Adelaide Printings 2d the three listed shades, 6d slate-blue (margin at top-left just clear of the design) & 1/- yellow-orange SG 7-10 & 12; all with full margins, Cat £1850.  (10)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1855 London Printings 2d rose-carmine SG 2 horizontal strip of 3, good even margins, three very fine to superb strikes of the circle-in-bars cancel of the GPO, Cat £285++. Superb. 

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1858-59 First Roulettes 1/- yellow-orange SG 18 horizontal strip of 3, rouletted clear of the design on all sides & rare thus, unframed 'GPO/SP25/1860/ADELAIDE SA' cds in blue, Cat £240++. A rare & superb multiple. [Harry Lower's and Michael Blake's blocks of 4 sold for $2300 & $2560 respectively. Don Pearce's superb block of 6 sold for $3830]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1860-69 Second Roulettes all-different shades comprising 1d x2 (one with large-part original gum), 2d x2 (both with large-part original gum), 9d & 2/- (characteristic aging caused by the 'black-boy' gum, that has been removed), unused, Cat £1400. (6) 

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Estimate AU$750

1860-69 Second Roulettes 1d sage-green SG 21 block of 4, rouletted clear of the design on all sides & rare thus, large-part original gum, Cat £720+ for unused singles. A rare & superb multiple. Superior to Michael Blake's fine block of 4 of SG 19 (Cat £680+), that sold for $1675.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1860-69 Second Roulettes 2d bright vermilion SG 26 block of 4, a brilliant shade, cut from the sheet at top - just touched at left - & the base to preserve the design, large-part original gum, Cat £640+. Gorgeous. Almost as fine as the Maurice Burrus/Michael Blake block of 4, that sold for $5270. Don Pearce's magnificent block of 9 sold for $12,580.

Grade A-/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,500

1860-69 Second Roulettes 6d the six listed shades SG 28-33, two with large-part original gum, Cat £3600. (6)

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Estimate AU$1,750

1860-69 Second Roulettes 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d yellow-orange SG 36, the six sub-types of the overprint, Cat £240+. Don Pearce's similar 'set' sold for $550. (4)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1860-69 Second Roulettes 1/- brown four distinct shades from the SG 39-42 group, the two darker shades with large-part original gum, Cat £1500. [The Gibbons shade descriptors for the 1/- brown group are sometimes unhelpful: the predominant shade is red-brown. We invite personal assessment of the shades in this group] (4)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1867-70 Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 1d deep yellow-green SG 50, cut form the sheet at left to preserve the design, large-part original gum, Cat £475.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1867-70 Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 6d Prussian blue SG 57, large-part original gum, Cat £1100.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1867-70 Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d yellow Printed on Both Sides SG 59a with the original impression on the 'reverse' orientated upright in relation to the 'face', very fine 'KADINA/JU19/69/SA' cds, Cat £1300. Rare & underrated. Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. RPSofV Certificate (2020). [Don Pearce's similar example sold at our auction of 9.11.2022 for $1555]   

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1868-79 Perf 11½-12½ '3-PENCE' on 4d deep ultramarine as SG 68 but Overprinted Twice One Vertical (at Right), unusually well centred, small concealed fault & repaired lower corners, GPO cds. This oddity, of which we have seen one other example, may have been an Overprint Trial. The word 'PENCE' - although partly off the stamp - is in a significantly larger font on the vertical overprint, which is 18½mm long compared with only 12½mm on the standard (horizontal) surcharge. Necessarily offered "as is" at a nominal estimate.

Grade (B) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1868-79 Perf 11½-12½ 6d Prussian blue as SG 73 with an obvious all-over Double Print that is most evident at the framelines & inscriptions, cut from the sheet at right to preserve the design. [We suggest you enlarge the online scan to fully appreciate the error]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1868-79 Perf 11½-12½ 6d Prussian blue SG 73 with Double Perforations at Left, unused, Cat £400+.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1868-1900 6d range of shades variously from the Large Star & Broad Star issues comprising Perf 11½-12½ x2, Perf 10 x2 (one a marginal example with an Unusually Small Star Wmk), or Perf 11½-12½x10 x4, a few blemishes, four with large-part original gum.  (8)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1868-79 Perf 11½-12½ 'TEN PENCE' in Black on 9d yellow-orange as SG 79 but Imperforate, margins large to huge with fragments of the adjoining units above & below & the huge margin at left indicating it is from the left of the sheet, GPO cds. A larger stamp & with better-balanced margins than Don Pearce's example (noted as "the only recorded example") that sold for $4070. Necessarily offered "as is", but the sheer size of the stamp causes us to share Don Pearce's and our vendor's confidence that it is a genuine imperforate error, that is unlisted by Gibbons.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1868-79 Perf 11½-12½ 'TEN PENCE' in Black on 9d yellow-orange as SG 79 but Perf 11½-12½ at the Top Only, Perf 10 at the Base and Imperf Vertically with a chunk of the adjoining unit at right and additionally Rouletted at the Top, minor red-pencil mark on the face, Adelaide duplex. An extraordinary stamp that doesn't conform to any of the Gibbons listings. We suggest that it is a genuine, and previously unrecorded, separation trial that was, perhaps inadvertently, issued to the public about 1880, which is when the Adelaide duplex cancellations were introduced. Necessarily offered "as is".

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1868-79 Perf 11½-12½ 1/- deep red-brown SG 82 with Double Perfs at Left & Right and a chunck of the adjoining unit at left, large-part original gum, Cat £180+.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1870-73 Perf 11½-12½x10 1d deep bright green SG 90, perforated clear of the design on all sides & rare thus, large-part original gum, Cat £325.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1870-71 Perf 10 '3-PENCE' on 4d ultramarine SG 93 horizontal strip of 3, the central unit is unusually wide, unframed 'GPO ADELAIDE/DE18/71/S-A' cds, Cat £126+. Beautiful & rare multiple. Don Pearce's strip of 4 of the Perf 11½-12½ stamp SG 68 horizontal strip of 4 - Cat only £30+ - sold for $2755.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1868-76 De La Rue 2d plate proof blocks of 8 (4x2) from the left of the sheets in black on thin ungummed card & in orange on gummed unwatermarked paper, both with positions [25-28/37-40] pencilled on the reverse, also Bantam ½d gutter block of 8 (4x2) in blue-green on gummed unwatermarked paper.  (3 blocks)

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1869 De La Rue Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d orange SG 164, rouletting at left & base and cut from the sheet to preserve the design at top & right, minor bend, part-original gum, undercatalogued at £190. [Don Pearce's very fine example sold for $659]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ 15/- brown-orange SG 198a, CTO at Adelaide, Cat £275.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$160

1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £2 Venetian red SG 200a, exceptional centring, CTO with Melbourne cds with no inscription showing, large-part o.g., Cat £600. Superb.   

Grade A+ A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$450