Useful mostly used collection in Seven Seas album including Half-Lengths 3d with four margins, Queen-on-Throne 2d x2, Woodblocks 'REGISTERED' & 'TOO LATE', Emblems & Beaded Ovals, both Charity sets (*), 1901 KEVII £1 & £2 (*), Reprints, Stamp Duty including 1886 £5 to £9 x2 and Ultra-High Values £10 £25 & £100, Postage Dues to 5/-, etc, condition variable.  (100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1854-56 Queen-on-Throne Lithographs 2d purple-black Campbell & Co Early Impressions SG 19b, large even margins, unused & unpriced thus, other shades Cat £850 to £1100.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$850

1854 Half-Lengths Campbell & Co 3d blue SG 24 block of 4 [15-16/21-22], an unusually large multiple with margins just clear - at upper-left - to good, the lower-right unit with Tuft of Grass above Second 'E' of 'PENCE', ironed-out vertical crease at left, some thins - including a concealed central hole on the lower-left unit - that don't detract from the very fine facial appearance, Cat £220+. A rare multiple.

Grade B/C (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1854-57 Half-Lengths  Campbell & Ferguson 1d rose SG 28a with secondary flaws at lower-left and especially behind the Queen's arm at right, margins close but clear all around, a couple of tiny black marks on face, unused, Cat £1700. Carl H Lange photo-certificate (1947) translated "... unused ... original ..."

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1854-57 Half-Lengths Campbell & Fergusson 3d blue SG 31b, margins close to large, ironed-out horizontal bend, unused, Cat £2250. RPSofV Certificate (2016). An attractive example. Rather similar to Gary Diffen's example that sold in 2007 for £1090.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,250

1859 Perf 12 by Robinson 2/- dull blue-green/pale yellow SG 82, thinned at upper-left, unused, Cat £700. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2018).

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1863-81 Laureates Single-Line Numeral Watermarks 8d orange SG 112, large-part o.g., Cat £850. One of the finest examples we have handled of this scarce stamp.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1863-73 Laureates De La Rue Paper Single-Lined Numeral Watermark 1/- blue/pale blue Wmk '1' Perf 13 SG 113 Z-shaped block of 6 (3/3), minor toning, Melbourne duplex cancels of JN20/68. One of the largest recorded multiples.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1884 Stamp Statute V/Crown Wmk (Type 19) Upright Perf 12½ 1d green SG 220a, well above-average centring, large-part original gum, Cat £200. Ex Ed Williams.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1884-96 Large Stamp Duty Typo Wmk '33' Perf 12½  45/- lilac SG 277, very fresh with strong colour & only the merest traces of toning/aging at upper-right, large-part original gum, Cat £13,000. A very rare stamp. Philatelic Foundation (1991) and BPA (2008) Certificates.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$8,000

1885-95 Stamp Duty 4d lilac Error of Colour SG 300b, unusually with clean-cut perforations, unused, Cat £14,000. A fresh example of this important and famous error. RPSofV Certificate (2001). [Geoff Kellow states at page 258 "There are nine unused copies known, including [two] pairs". In other words, only five unused singles have been recorded, of which at least two are defective. Gary Diffen's example with "part original gum" sold for £9600] 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$6,500

1901-10 'POSTAGE' V/Crown Mixed Perforations 1½d red-brown/yellow U/L corner block of 8 (4x2) Perf 12½ with an Extra Line of Perf 11 at the Top ACSC V58 (SG 411var), the U/R unit with a crease coincident with an interruption to the line of Perf 11, hinge reinforcing at the top, large-part o.g. , Cat $8000 (£5600+) for four singles. Rare: only two other singles have been recorded. Ex Gary Diffen: sold for £1920. RPSofV Certificate (2009) as SG 411. Illustrated in the ACSC.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

1901-10 'POSTAGE' V/Crown Perf 11 £2 blue ACSC V133 (SG 445) corner pair from the U/L of the sheet, full unmounted o.g., Cat $2500++ (£2600++) for mounted singles. Superb!  A rare multiple, especially of this quality. [Underrated: if this was an unmounted corner pair of First Watermark £2 Kangaroos, the estimate would be ten times as much]

Grade A+ C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

STAMP DUTY: Colonial Sugar Refining Transfers of Shares with embossings in red comprising 2d+17/-+£1; 2d+9/-+£2; 6d+24/-; 3d+6d+24/-; 45/-; 3d+6d+19/-+£4; or 5d+6d+4/-+£6; a couple of impressions affected by filing holes; also 1891 promissory note with Embossed 10/- plus 1/- & 5/- adhesives.  (8 items)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

RAILWAY STAMPS: 'Wings' selection mostly from stations west of Melbourne including 5d orange 'ANTWERP', 5d scarlet 'WAIL', 6d myrtle-green 'GHERINGHAP', 7d purple-brown 'ANTWERP' & 'DIAPUR', 9d carmine-pink 'TARRANYURK', & 'LAL LAL', '10d' (red)+10d green 'HIGH CAMP', 10d olive 'MORIAC', 11d 'GRASSDALE' & 'DIAPUR', 1/6d lime-green 'BALLARAT EAST', and 5/- blue 'BALLARAT EAST', all appear to be unmounted & many are superb.  (46)

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

POSTAL STATIONERY: QV Postal Cards mostly unused x94 including 1d Fleet Card; Letter Cards x10 unused; Envelopes x52 mostly unused including KEVII ½d CTO; and Registration Envelopes x11 including #1 & #2 both unused and Shield 3d with Line Through Stamp used; condition variable.  (168) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

POSTAL STATIONERY: 1909 (Aug 11) usage of KEVII ½d green long-format Stamped to Order Envelope (as Steig KB26 but in unlisted size 'd' 223x98mm) for The Metropolitan Gas Co (Melbourne) with their logo in violet on the side flap at right, to St Kilda with Melbourne continuous roller machine cancel, light vertical fold & a couple of minor blemishes. Very scarce Printed Matter item.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200