Quality collection on neatly annotated pages including Penny Black, 4d x3 & 1/- 3 (one with a chunk of the adjoining unit below), Hillman 2d with clipped corner at upper-left & 6d with Void Corner at upper-right, 1860 6d sage-green, good range of Middle Period including 1861 perfs to 1/-, 'ONE PENNY' on 2d yellow, Perf 12x14 1d SG 81, V/Crown set to £1 plus extra 2/- & 10/-, Crown/A set to 5/-, etc, a few postmarks, generally very fine to superb, Cat £7000 approximately.  (130) (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

Balance of an advanced collection with a large Penny Black, Litho 4d x7 including 'WESTERN' in Squeezed-Down Letters SG 3k (cut-to-shape; RPSofV Certificate), 'N' of 'PENCE' Tilted to Right SG 3n and Rouletted x2 & 1/- x4 including Rouletted x2, 1857 Hillman Lithos 2d, 2d Printed both Sides, 6d black-bronze (very attractive but rebacked) & Rouletted 6d grey-black, 1860-64 6d x3 including Rouletted, and a good range of later issues to £1 including Crown/A set plus Perf 11 9d and postally used Postal Fiscals to 1/- & Telegraphs 6d (a couple of short perfs), etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine, Cat £20,000+. [NB: the lack of expertising of the early issues, & especially the rouletted stamps, is a real concern that has caused us to set a very conservative estimate]  (160+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,500

Balance of an advanced collection with 1860-64 2d shades x8 including a block of 4 (creased) & 4d x2 plus Rouletted 2d shades x2 (very scarce but one faded & not expertised), 1861 2d blue SG 34 (BPA Certificate) & 1d SG 44 x2, No Wmk 6d SG 51, 1864-79 CC Perf 12½ to 6d, 1876-81 CC Perf 14 to 6d x2, 1882-85 CA Perf 14 to 6d x2, 1885 '1d.' in Green on 3d SG 91-92a complete, 1885-93 De La Rue set, 1902-11 10/- & Perf 11 9d (a few tonespots), 1905-12 Crown/A set plus shades, Telegraphs 1d Perf 12½ & 6d etc, a few problems in the earlier issues but generally fine to very fine, Cat £11,000+.  (109) (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,500

Remainders including Perkins Bacon plate proofs 4d in carmine-rose & 6d in black plus reprinted proof from the unfinished die, 1854 4d, Hillman 2d Printed on Both Sides, Crown/CC 1/- bright green with 'SPECIMEN' handstamp, plenty of Halfpenny material including '½' Surcharges x22, 'Halfpenny' in Green on 3d mint block of 15 and in Green & in Red x9 including a pair & strip of 3, ½d green mint & used blocks, etc, also 100 or so cutouts mostly from 1d Envelopes & 3d Registration Envelopes, generally fine to very fine. Ex Brian Pope. (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

Imperf Penny Black with superb 15-bar '8' cancel of Fremantle, 4d grey-blue with light cancel, and 1860 2d bright vermilion SG 25 (possibly the 'deep vermilion' but offered as the normal shade), unused, all with margins close to good, Cat £750.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1854 "Penny Black" Imperf 1d black SG 1, margins close to enormous with a larg-part of the adjoining unit above, neat Numbered-Grid '12' of Swan, Cat £350+. Ex Brian Pope. 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1854 "Penny Black" Imperf 1d black SG 1, margins just touching - at the base - to good, Void Grid cancel in red, Cat £350 plus a premium for the coloured numeral.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$275

1854 "Penny Black" Imperf 1d black SG 1, large even margins with a chunk of the adjoining unit below, a couple of faint blemishes on the reverse, fine 15-bar '2' cancel of Perth in blue, Cat £350 plus a premium for the coloured numeral.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1854-55 Lithographs 4d blue group of shades including "dull blue" SG 3b with good to large margins & "slate blue" SG 3c with good even margins (with RPSofV Certificate stating "it has been rebacked") and seven others with margins in places, Cat £3550 minimum. Ex Brian Pope. [Note that the dull blue (or "deep dull blue" as per Gibbons) is identified more from the unsatisfactory impression of the Swan than the shade. It was the first printing & should be listed as SG 3]  (9) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 4d pale blue SG 3 from the base of the sheet, margins close to huge, unused, Cat £375.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 4d pale blue SG 3, margins close to good, CTO with the undated 'MELBOURNE' cancel with just a trace of the second 'E' apparent. Superb. Rare: from c.1902 sets prepared for presentation purposes.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 4d pale slate-blue SG 3c variant, margins close to good, unused, Cat £4000. Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. RPSofV Certificate (2013), states "slate-blue (shade)".

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 4d pale blue with 'T' of 'POSTAGE' Shaved to a Point SG 3d, margins close to good, 15-bar '3' cancel of Perth well clear of the variety, Cat £1000.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 1/- pale brown SG 4c, margins just clear to good, unused, Cat £550.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1854-55 Lithographs Rouletted 1/- pale brown SG 6a, a huge stamp with rouletting on all sides & through the adjoining unit above, small light stain at upper-right, 15-bar '1' cancel of Perth, Cat £1100.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1857-59 Hillman Lithographs Imperf 2d brown-black/red SG 15 with transient Bullet Hole Flaw and Watermark of Horizontal Lines Only from the base of the sheet, margins shaved to huge, superb 15-bar '5' cancel of Guildford, Cat £750+.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1857-59 Hillman Lithographs Imperf 6d black-bronze SG 18 with a Prominent Transfer Flaw (Void) at Upper-Left, margins close to good, light Void Grid cancel, Cat £650. Superb. RPSofL Certificate (1976) as the then SG 17.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1857-59 Hillman Lithographs Imperf 6d black-bronze SG 18 with Weak Entry at Upper-Right, margins just clear to good, void grid cancel, Cat £650+.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$450

1860-64 Recess in the Colony  Imperf Watermark Upright 2d bright vermilion, 3½ margins, blue cancel, and 4d deep blue x2, one with the Watermark Inverted and Pre-Printing Paper Fold, both with full margins, both unused, Cat £1450. (3)

Grade B/A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1860-64 Printed in the Colony from Perkins Bacon Plates Imperf 6d sage-green SG 28, margins good to large, unused, Cat £3500. An unusually large & attractive example of this scarce stamp. Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. RPSofV Certificate (1996). [The certificate states this is "sage-green" SG 28a. However, our opinion is that this is the "deep" sage-green, which Gibbons doesn't record unused]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1861 Printed by Perkins Bacon imperforate plate proofs in black on ungummed unwatermarked wove paper comprising 2d pair, 4d & 6d singles, all with full margins. (4) 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1861 Printed by Perkins Bacon imperforate plate proofs/colour trials on ungummed unwatermarked wove paper comprising 2d in deep blue (light crease), 4d in carmine, 6d in grey-violet & 1/- in deep green, all with full margins. (4) 

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1861 Printed by Perkins Bacon 2d imperforate plate proof/colour trial in dull claret on ungummed unwatermarked wove paper block of 4, margins just clear to good, light creasing across the lower units.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1861 Printed by Perkins Bacon 1/- imperforate plate proof single in deep green on ungummed unwatermarked paper, good even margins. From the imprimatur sheet.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Shilling Greens comprising 1861 Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 SG 43 unused, and Crown/CC Perf 12½ SG 61 unused (rounded corner) & mint with large-part o.g.; also Crown/CA Perf 14 1d with 15-bar '18' cancels (very scarce multiple); and Crown/A 5d pale greenish yellow SG 143b & 8d SG 144; Cat £1900.  (9) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600