1854 "Penny Black" Imperf 1d black SG 1 vertical pair, margins just clear to good, untidy void grid cancel, Cat £700+, for singles.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1854 "Penny Black" Imperf 1d black SG 1 vertical pair margins close to large with chunks of the adjoining unit above & below, tiny nick at lower-left of the upper unit, void grid cancels in black, Cat £700+ (for singles).

Grade A-/A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 4d blue SG 3a marginal example from the base of the sheet, margins good to huge, unused, Cat £450. Peter Holcombe mini-certificate (1986) as SG 3.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 4d deep dull blue SG 3b, margins close to good, ironed-out vertical crease at left, large-part o.g., Cat £2750. Rare. [This is one of those stamps that is very difficult to identify. More important than the shade is the quality of the printing whereby the Swan is poorly defined against the background. This was the first printing so should be listed as SG 3, not 3b. Genuine examples are scarcer than the more popular "slate blue" and should be worth significantly more]

Grade (A) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,250

1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 4d slate-blue SG 3c with Churning Water behind Swan, margins close to large, unused, Cat £4000. Ex Joseph Hackmey. RPSofL Certificate (2005).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

1857-59 Hillman Lithographs Imperf 6d grey-black SG 19, close even margins, unused, Cat £14,000. RPSofL Certificate (2021) refers to "small surface abrasion top left" which is actually a natural paper inclusion, and "small [scissor] cut bottom right" neither of which detracts from the very fine facial appearance of this rare stamp. [Lord Vestey had two examples 1) slightly larger than this with "some horizontal creasing", that sold for £5400; and 2) a similar example to the current stamp, that sold for £4200]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$6,500

1860-64 Printed in the Colony from Perkins Bacon Plates Imperf 6d sage-green SG 28, an unusually large example with good even margins, unused, Cat £3500. Superb. BPA Certificate (2000). Acquired from Stanley Gibbons (London) for £3750. [Superior to the finest of Lord Vestey's four examples, that sold for £1800]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,750

1861 Printed by Perkins Bacon 1/- imperforate plate proof/colour trial in deep bottle-green - a gorgeous shade - on ungummed watermarked wove paper, margins close to good.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1861 Printed by Perkins Bacon Intermediate Perf 14-16 1/- green SG 37, unused, Cat £2000. An underrated stamp, that was absent from Cecil Walkley's collection, and of which Lord Vestey had only one example - sold for £1440 - instead of his customary three or four. [Gibbons describe the shade as "yellow-green", which is misleading]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1861 Printed by Perkins Bacon Very Rough Perf 14-16 1d dull rose-carmine SG 44 block of 4, quite well centred, minor aging centrally & at right, large-part o.g., Cat £1400+ (for unused singles). Stated to be the only recorded block of 4, and the largest recorded multiple. [Lord Vestey's pair sold for £520]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1861 Printed by Perkins Bacon Very Rough Perf 14-16 1/- deep green SG 46, cut from the sheet at left to preserve the design, unused, Cat £5000. A beautiful example of this rare stamp. Pascal Scheller Certificate (2022). [More attractive than Lord Vestey's only example, that sold for £2520]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

1864-79 Crown/CC Perf 12½ 4d carmine spectacular Double Print affecting the Upper 80% of the Stamp SG 56a, some characteristic rough perfs, part-original gum, Cat £30,000. Ex Lord Vestey: sold for £14,400. BPA Certificate (2007). A marvellous example of this spectacular error. [One of the most important stamp errors of Western Australia: nine examples, all unused, are recorded in private hands, of which two are defective. The almost identical Alfred Caspary/Cecil Walkey example - without gum - sold at our auction of 14.4.2005 for $58,250 which makes our estimate look very conservative]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$25,000

1864-79 Crown/CC Perf 12½ 1/- imperforate plate proof/colour trial in deep green on ungummed watermarked wove paper, margins close to large.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1885-93 De La Rue 1/- sage-green SG 102 block of 18 (6x3), well centred, multiple strikes of a 13-bars cancel, remarkably fine for having been used on a parcel, Cat £99++, for singles. A rare multiple. Prior to 1902, 1/- was the highest denomination.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

BICYCLE EXPRESS STAMPS: 1894 Coolgardie Cycle Express Co (Camels) 6d green, 2/- yellow & 5/- violet, marginal examples affixed by the selvedge only (plus 1/- blue & 2/6d blue) on the reverse of Coolgardie Cycle Express Co illustrated advertising card for 'SPECIAL CYCLE MESSAGES' over the name 'JAMES A HEALY, AGENT', the card with light soiling but the Camels are very fine & have full unmounted (sandy gum) and are rare thus. [Very fine mounted sets of the Camels sold at our auctions of 5.8.2021 & 28.2.2023 for $1915 & $1095 respectively] (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,250