Collection with Courier 4d (just shaved), Chalons Large Star Wmk 2d (just touching at right) & 4d (margins close to good) and No Wmk Pelure Paper 1d (cut-into at sides), 1857 Numerals Wmk Imperf 1d x2 (margins close to good), 2d green pair (just shaved at left) with superb numeral '75', 2d emerald-green (cut-into) & 4d x4 and 'TASMANIA' 6d x2 & 1/- x2 plus a selection of variously perforated issues including Perf 12 6d mauve mint, then predominantly mint with 1870-96 Sidefaces range plus 5/- used, 1892 Tablets 2/6d & 5/-, 1900 Pictorials De La Rue set & Crown/A wmk simplified set, etc, condition variable, the later issues generally fine to very fine, Cat £4000+.   (110+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

Range on illustrated pages with various forms of 'SPECIMEN' Overprint with De La Rue to 5/- (no 4d blue),  Tablets to £1, Recess Pictorials to 6d, Postal Fiscals St George 2/6d, 5/- olive & 10/- orange and Platypus 1d 3d 6d & 1/-, and a few others, plus a colourful group of reprints with or without the overprint, condition vartiable & some with no gum.  (63) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

Basic collection with a few Chalons including an apparently unused 6d, Sidefaces with an attractive & apparently unused 4d blue, Tablets mint to 10/-, Recess Pictorials set mint, Platypus 1/- rosine mint, a few Revenues, condition variable but many are fine to very fine.    (71) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1853 Couriers 1d blue on Thin Hard Paper SG 4, margins good to large with full outer framelines, heavily cancelled but well clear of the Queen's face, Cat £1300. Superb. RPSofL Certificate (1998) as SG 4 but we query the identification. It is on thin but not particularly "hard" paper, and it's a very early impression with "the lines clear and distinct", as SG 2 (Cat £1500).

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1853 Couriers 4d red-orange Plate I Second State with Blurred Lines SG 7 [Pos 7], margins close to good, BN '59' of Launceston, very fine; also 4d dull orange Plate II SG 11 horizontal pair [21-22] with clipped corners, BN '18' of Campbell Town; and 4d yellowish orange SG 12 [17], margins good to large, indistinct bars cancel & part-GPO Hobart Town cds in red; Cat £1600. BPA Certificate (2014) for the first but as SG 8.  (4)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1853 Couriers 4d Plate II complete sheet (6x4) from the defaced plate with imprints 'Printed by H&G Best' at lower-left & 'CW Coard Sc' at lower-right, in pale dull orange on thick wove paper. Superb: not even hinged on the reverse.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1855 London Printings Large Star Wmk 1d carmine SG 14, full margins just clear to close, tiny natural paper inclusion towards the top that is of no importance, unused, Cat £14,000. Surely one of the finest unused examples of this rare classic stamp: almost the equal of the slightly larger 'Besancon' (III) example, that sold for SFr11,590. Ex Alfred Caspary. APEX (1997) and Chris Ceremuga (2016) Certificates.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$10,000

1855 London Printings Large Star Wmk 2d green SG 16, margins close to good with a small burnishing mark in green at lower-right, scarce '4' handstamp of Macquarie Plains, Cat £450. Superb. Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. RPSofV Certificate (2017). 

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1856-57 No Watermark Pelure Paper 1d deep red-brown SG 21, margins close to good, minor Pre-Printing Paper Fold at lower-left, BN '64' of Hobart, Cat £800. Superb. Ex 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr900. BPA Certificate (1997). 

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1857-67 Watermark Double-Lined Numerals 1d deep red-brown SG 25 with the Watermark Inverted horizontal strip of 4, margins just shaved - at right - to good, Second Allocation Barred Numeral '68' cancels of Hobart, Cat £220+. A spectacular multiple of this rich shade. Ex Alfred Caspary.

Grade A-/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1857-67 Watermark Double-Lined Numerals 2d slate-green SG 34 horizontal strip of 3, margins good to large, large-part original gum, Cat £1350+, for unused singles. A very scarce multiple

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1858 'TASMANIA' Large Star Watermark 6d dull lilac imperforate block of 4, unusually strong colour for this item, margins close to good, characteristic ironed-out creasing but of above-average colour and quality, Cat £3000+, for singles (in the footnote below SG 18, the issue inscribed 'Van Diemens Land'). Unissued. Ex 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr730. BPA Certificate (1947) as the then SG 43.

Grade (B) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1863-71 Experimental Separations Walch & Sons Perf 12 1d dull vermilion as SG 69 but with a Pronounced Double Print (not a kiss-print), unused. Rare. Ex Gary Diffen ("only a couple known") and 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr390. RPSofV Certificate (2009) as the then SG 69a states "...double impression...is genuine". Unlisted by Gibbons: de-listed on the grounds that all were "kiss-prints", which is certainly not the case here.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1871-78 'TAS'-with-Lines Watermark Perf 11½ 1d dull rose Imperforate Vertical Pair SG 144a, margins just touched at lower-left where roughly separated by hand to huge, BN '52' cancels of Launceston, Cat £1800. Ex William Frazer (sold in 2003 for £1725) and 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr915. Gary Diffen's pair, noted as "the finest of the five pairs recorded, two of which are faulty", sold for £1140.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1892-99 Tablets 'Colour Scheme' Appendix Sheet (168x282mm) dated "June 18th 1891" affixed to which are twelve Imperium essays inscribed 'POSTAGE - & REVENUE' in purple x8 or green x4 with the Value Tablet in various colours on Blank Field x4 or on Lined Field x8 each with 'TASMANIA' added by hand in Chinese white, the proposed denominations in manuscript alongside the essays, light stain at left from where the original artwork for the 2½d on tracing paper had been affixed. An outstanding exhibit. Ex De La Rue Archives: illustrated in the De La Rue work by Frank Walton RDP at page 6249. NB: the suggested denominations are from ½d to 10/-. The notation at the base states the 1d & 2d "...are included...although we believe it is proposed to produce [them] from the existing plates". The 1d & 2d were continued in the Sideface design. It was only in 1897, that the £1 was added to the series. Sold at our auction of 24.1.2004 for $49,280; the current estimate (a little over $800 per essay) represents a fantastic opportunity.  

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$10,000

1899-1900 Pictorials 6d Dilston Falls imperforate plate proof in black on glazed card vertical strip of 3 from the left of the sheet with perforation guide-cross in the margin, the lower unit with Diagonal Line through Left Value Tablet and the upper unit with Diagonal Line through Upper-Right Ornament, mounted on a large-part page (175x142mm) from the printers' record book endorsed "C.14625", a few minor aging marks do not overly detract. Ex De La Rue Archives. An exceptional item from this popular series, or for a  'Waterfalls' collection.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

1899-1900 Engraved Pictorials ½d green to 6d carmine-lake SG 229-236 complete with 'Specimen' Overprint, large-part original gum with most being lightly to very lightly mounted, Cat £550.   (8)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1899-1900 Engraved Pictorials Plate Number blocks of 4 comprising 1d red '2' (at lower-right), '3' & '5' and 2d violet '2' & '4', all but the first at lower-left, large-part original gum with the lower units being unmounted. A very scarce group. Keith Lancaster at page 14 listed all the plate numbers recorded by him. The 1d Plate 5 and 2d Plate 4 are not listed. The 1d Plate 2 is the only numeral recorded at the lower-right.   (5 blocks)

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1899-1900 Engraved Pictorials 2½d 'TASMAN ARCH' SG 232 complete sheet of 60 (10x6) with complete Plate Number '2' at centre-left & screw-heads at the four corners, characteristic variable centring, a trifle aged but most units have full unmounted original gum, Cat £1560++, for mounted singles.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1899-1900 Engraved Pictorials 3d 'SPRING RIVER PORT DAVEY' block of 4 from the upper-left of the sheet with Plate-Retaining Screw at upper-left, Aberrant Perfs in the Left-Hand Margin caused by a Pre-Perforating Paper Fold and resulting in a minor Partial Imperf variety at upper-left, full unmounted original gum, Cat £100++, for mounted singles plus a premium for the varieties.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1903 Sideface Crown/V  9d blue Irregular Compound Perf 12½x12½x12½x11 ACSC T71 (SG 242b), neat 'LAUNCESTON/MR1/06/TASMANIA' cds, Cat $1500 (£1000). Superb. Ex 'Dubois' (I), where wrongly noted that the watermark is inverted: sold for SFr670. Illustrated in the ACSC where Perf 11 is wrongly noted to be on the right-hand side. Only one other used example is recorded.   

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

POSTAL FISCALS: 1900 'REVENUE' Overprint on 2/6d carmine-lake with the Overprint Inverted SG F32b, a couple of tiny imperfections, large-part original gum, Cat £2000. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2011) states "extremely rare". Gary Diffen's example - stated two mint examples recorded in private hands - sold for £1320.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

POSTAL FISCALS: 1900 'REVENUE' Overprint on 1d blue Platypus with the Overprint Double SG F36d lower-left corner block of 4 with Plate Number '1', a few separated/reinforced perfs, minor blemishes on large-part original gum, Cat £1300+, for singles, plus a premium for the plate number. David Brandon Certificate (1998) as the then SG F36c.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

POSTAL FISCALS: 1900 'REVENUE' Overprint on £1 Tablet SG F39 block of 4, very well centred, virtually full original gum with one unit very lightly mounted and the others unmounted, Cat £1300++, for mounted singles. A beautiful block. BPA Certificate (1997).

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

REVENUES: 1873 fiscal usages of postage stamps on Union Bank of Australia cheques both signed at lower-right, the first with Chalons 1/- vermilion x2 plus Sidefaces 2d green pair, the other with Chalons 6d violet & 1/- vermilion pair plus Sidefaces 2d green, minor folds affecting one adhesive. Very attractive. (2)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200