Classics selection with Half Lengths Imperf 2d cinnamon (a little cut-into & small fault; Cat £4000) and Perf 12 3d (small faults; Cat £2500); Queen-on-Throne 2d x2 (each with a minor thin) plus Perkins Bacon 1d & 6d; Emblems with Large Star Imperf 1d & 4d x2, No Wmk Imperf 1d (minor pen-mark on the face), Laid Paper Rouletted 2d & 4d x2, Wmk Words of Value 1d 2d & 2d on 'THREE/PENCE' Paper, and Wmk Single-Lined '2' 2d; 1859 Perf 12 1d with No Wmk, 1d on Laid Paper and 1/- x2; Beaded Ovals 3d blue on Laid Paper, Wmk Words of Value 3d maroon & 6d black x2, Single-Line '4' Wmk 4d with unconvincing rouletting; etc, most with minor to significant faults but generally of fine to very fine appearance and apparently all unused. High catalogue value.  (35) (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

Selection of Middle Isues with a few Laureates including '9 9/NINEPENCE' on 10d (unused), De La Rue 2d, Bell to 2/- including 1d green/yellow & '8d 8d/EIGHT PENCE' on 9d (some trimmed perfs, unused), 1880-84 Bell & Naish set, 'STAMP DUTY' Overprints 3d x2 4d x2 & 1/-, 1885-95 Naish to 2/- x5, 1886-96 1/- x3 & both 1/6d, etc, generally fine to very fine, many with part- to large-part original gum.  (78) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Collection on stock-leaves with Half-Lengths 1d x3 (one apparently rouletted but thinned), 2d x4 & 3d x4 (one apparently rouletted), Woodblocks Imperf 2/- (shallow thinning) & another apparently rouletted, and Serrated 6d (thinned), selection of Emblems and Beaded Ovals including a sound 6d orange, Laureates including 8d orange & 10d grey plus 5/- blue/yellow (fine facial appearance but with a significant tear), etc, careful inspection recommended. (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Collection remainders in album with many facially attractive items & high catalogue value (provided everything is correctly identified) but lots of hidden problems such as a major repair on the Beaded Oval 6d orange, so careful inspection is required.  (100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1850-57 Half-Lengths 1d brick-red SG 26a, margins good to huge with a portion of the adjoining unit at right, untidy 'NEWSPAPER/MELBOURNE' datestamp, Cat £120. Superb. Sold at our auction of 5.9.2009 for $207. Ex 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr98. Rodney Perry Certificate (2009).

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1850-57 Half-Lengths 1d orange-brown Campbell & Fergusson SG 27 vertical Inter-Panneau Pair [20/2] with uncharacteristic very narrow space between the units, margins just clear (at upper-right) to large, Barred Oval '37' of Forrest Creek, Cat £300+. Sold at our auction of 5.9.2009 for $920. Ex 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr382.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1857-63 Emblems Watermark Large Star Imperf 4d dull rose SG 44, good even margins, unused, Cat £800.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1857-63 Emblems Rouletted 7-9 at the GPO 4d vermilion SG 50 rejoined horizontal pair remarkably with rouletting clear of the design on all sides, fine BN '9' of Beechworth, Cat £500+ for singles. Superb. Ex Bernhard & Dale Forster, Rodney Perry and Ken Barelli: sold at our auction of 2.5.2014 for $1205. Rodney Perry Certificate (2006). [Geoff Kellow at p114 states "The roulettes usually appear on only one or two sides, and most genuine examples are cancelled at Melbourne...All three shades occur but the vermilion is rare".

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1857 Rouletted 7-9 by Robinson 1/- deep blue SG 54, an unusually large example with rouletting on all sides & a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, lightly cancelled, Cat £250. Scarce this fine.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1858 Emblems No Watermark 4d Rouletted SG 63 vertical & 63a horizontal pairs, and Imperf 4d SG 65a vertical pair (margins at left & top, small faults on the lower unit), all with central gutter or at left (horizontal), Barred Numeral cancels, Cat £76++, for singles. Scarce proving pieces. Ex Don Davies. [The sheets comprised four blocks of 30 divided by 3mm-wide horizontal & vertical gutters]  (3 pairs)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1860-66 Beaded Ovals Saunders Paper Wmk Words of Value 4d dull rose with Error of Watermark 'FIVE/SHILLINGS' SG 92d, well centred, tiny professional repair at lower-left, unused, Cat £3500. A very rare stamp unused. RPSofV Certificate (2015).

Grade (A) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1863-81 Laureates range comprising Single-Line Numeral Wmk 1d '1' '4' and '6', 2d '2' '4' two shades and '8', 3d lilac '8' x2, 8d orange '8', 10d grey '8' and 1/- '1' (Major Damage to the Electro); Double-Line Numeral Wmk 1d '1' and '4', 2d '1', 3d '1' and 4d '4'; and Wmk Words of Value 1d 'SIX/PENCE' (BPA Certificate), & 6d 'THREE/PENCE' and 'FOUR/PENCE'; some mostly minor faults otherwise fine to very fine, apparently all unused and a few with part- to large-part original gum. A very difficult group to assemble. Some of the Emergency Printings are very scarce and underrated.    (20)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,500

1863-81 Laureates 1/- blue/pale blue SG 113, exceptional centring for any stamp from this period, large-part original gum, Cat £300. 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1864-80 Woodblocks from New Composite Plates 2/- blue/green De La Rue Paper Perf 13 SG 129b with 'SPECIMEN.' Handstamp (KTM Type 1), no gum. Superb. Rare: only four examples recorded across the three shades. Ex Les Molnar - sold at our auction of 29.6.2012 for $605 - and 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr366.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1874-81 Laureates V/Crown simplified group comprising 1d, 2d, 3d yellow-orange, 4d rose, 4d rosine, 6d, 8d brown/pink, 1/-, 5/- blue & red Type I (Blue Line below Crown) two different shade combinations (one unused) and 5/- Type II (Blue Line Removed), most with part- to large-part original gum, Cat £3600 minimum. A colourful group.  (11)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,400

1874-81 Laureates V/Crown 5/- indigo & carmine Type I (Blue Line below the Crown) SG 140, unusually well centred for this issue, large-part original gum, Cat £950. Superb. Pascal Scheller Certificate (2022) as SG 140a.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1874-81 Laureates V/Crown 5/- bright blue & rosine Perf 12 SG 148 block of 4, '1' "killer" cancels of Melbourne, Cat £64++. Superb. Ex Les Molnar - sold at our auction of 29.6.2012 for $605 - and 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr366. [Multiples used on parcels, and of this quality, are rarely encountered]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1868 Laureates Emergency Printing on Double-Lined '1' Wmk Paper  2d mauve SG 156, large-part original gum, Cat £325. Superb. Ex Alfred Caspary, Les Molnar - sold at our auction of 29.6.2012 for $310 - and 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr317.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1880-84 Naish 2d sepia-brown Perf 12 SG 204b, unusually well centred, Cat £200. Underrated. Ex 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr146.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$180

1884 Stamp Statute 4d rose with the Watermark Sideways SG 222, a couple of toned perfs, some paper adhesions on the reverse still with part original gum, Cat £1500. Underrated. Ex 'Dubois' (I) where incorrectly stated to be Watermark Upright: sold for SFr488.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1884-96 Large Stamp Duty 35/- dull purple Litho Perf 13 SG 245, pen cancelled as always, printing from the document from which it was removed evident on the reverse, Cat £375 for fiscally used. [No postally used examples have been recorded]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1885-95 Stamp Duty 8d rose-pink (not scarlet, as stated by Gibbons) on pink SG 302 block of 6, part- to large-part original gum, Cat £210+. A very scarce multiple. Sold at our auction of 23.9.2011 for $483; Ex 'Dubois' (I) sold for SFr390.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1885 'STAMP - DUTY' Overprints 1/-  blue/pale blue as SG 306 but the unauthorised reprint on Wmk '33' V/Crown Paper, block of 4 with large-part original gum. See footnote after SG 309. Ex 'Dubois' (I) sold for SFr268.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1896-99 Wmk '82' 1/- brownish red with the Watermark Upright SG 341a, well centred, Melbourne cds of MY3/99, Cat £500.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1901-12 Commonwealth-Period selection with No 'POSTAGE' 2d to 5/-, 'POSTAGE' V/Crown Perf 12½ set to £2 (corner example, fine "suntanning" line across the reverse, and Crown/A Perf 12½ 9d x3, 1/- x3, £1 salmon & £2, and several others, generally fine to very fine, Cat £3000+.  (49)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,250