Collection on leaves used from 1854 Swans 1d black (margins close to good), 4d blue unused (repaired) & with light Numeral '6' cancel (margins close to large; small thins) and 1/- brown unused (margins close to good), also including 1857 Hillman Lithographs 2d (repaired) & 6d with void at base obliterating 'P' of 'PENCE' (just trimmed at right) plus another faulty example, 1860 Engraved Imperf 2d vermilion unused (clear margins) & 6d green used (cut-into), 1861 Clean Perf 1d rose & 6d and Rough Perf 1d carmine & 1/-, 1863 No Wmk 1d * & 6d used plus various Crown/CC & Crown/CA values, then De La Rue issues predominantly mint including 1885 set and surcharges noted '1d' x2, 1898 WA Wmk set, 1902 V/Crown Wmk Perf 12½ set the 10/- & £1 quite well-centred and 1905 Crown/A Wmk set to 5/-, etc, condition variable, the later issues with some hinge remainders otherwise generally fine to very fine, Cat £5000+.   (90) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Selection with 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp on Perkins Bacon to 1/- including the New Colours and on De La Rue to 1/- and Overprint on Perkins Bacon 6d and on De La Rue 2½d & 5d, plus Melbourne Printings CTO with concentric rings cancel to 5/- and £1, condition variable, some with no gum.  (20) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Basic collection with Imperf Litho 4d cut-to-shape & a sound 6d sage-green, later issues mostly unused/mint including 4d carmine, 6d violet & 1/- bright green plus 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp on 2d grey & 4d brown-red, Federal Period to 10/-, etc, forgeries including 1d black & 'ONE PENNY' on 2d yellow, also Revenues with a selection of Long Swans, Hospital Fund to 5/- & Financial Emergency Tax to £1 plus mint Supreme Court Fees to £1, condition variable but generally fine to very fine.  (130 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1854-60 Imperfs comprising Penny Black with 15-bar '3' cancel, Litho 4d blue unused (Antenna on Swan's Back) & used x2 with 15-bar '5' in blue or void grid in red, 1860-64 unused 2d x4 with minor oxidisation, 4d with Major Pre-Printing Paper Fold and Rouletted 6d with Major Pre-Printing Paper Fold (small fault at the top of the fold), also 1888 New Colours 4d unused, Cat £2800+. Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. Four with RPSofV Certificates and one with Peter Holcombe Opinion.  (11)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

1854-55 Lithographs 4d blue SG 3a with Tau Symbol (Inverted 'T') in the margin below the 'P' of 'PENCE' [R5/1], margins close to large, Cat £450++. A rare & little-known variety of great technical interest. Ex Dr Cecil Walkley (sold at our auction of 14.4.2005 for $640) and 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr440. [The tau marks were a guide on the stone for positioning the frame around the swan vignette. After the frames were positioned, the taus were removed, except for that below position 5/1]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1854-55 Lithographs 4d pale blue with Major Transfer Flaw Squashed 'WESTERN' SG 3q, margins just clear to large, late usage with Perth duplex-datehead of '-E16/1865', Cat £2250. Ex Dubois' (I), acquired at our auction of 11.5.2012 for $1570, sold for SFr795. 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 1/- salmon SG 4, margins close to good, a little faded, fine void-grid '14' cancel of Albany, Cat £4750. A very scarce stamp. RPSofV Certificate (2024) states "the stamp is too faded to be confident as to its original colour". However, we are confident that it is a "salmon", many examples of which were used at Albany.  

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1854-55 Lithographs Rouletted 1/- pale brown, rouletting clear of the design on all sides, unused, Cat £7500. RPSofV Certificate (2024) states "...the stamp is unused but [we] cannot confirm that the roulettes are contemporary". Therefore, offered "as is".

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1857-59 Hillman Lithographs Imperf 2d brown-black/red SG 15, margins just clear to touched, unused, Cat £14,000. Rare and very attractive. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2015). [NB: stamps of this issue had very narrow spaces between the units. Lord Vestey's three slightly larger examples sold for an average of £5080]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$6,000

1857-59 Hillman Lithographs Imperf 2d brown-black/red SG 15, good colour, margins close to just touching, unused, Cat £14,000. RPSofV Certificate (2024).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$6,000

1857-59 Hillman Lithographs Imperf 6d black-bronze SG 18, margins close to just touching, unused, Cat £17,000. Friedl Expert Committee (Herbert Bloch) Certificate (1982). 

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

1857-59 Hillman Lithographs 6d grey-black SG 19 with Transfer Variety at Upper-Right with First 'A' of 'AUSTRALIA' Omitted, an impressive stamp from the base of the sheet with margins clear to huge, light void-grid cancel clear of the variety, Cat £600+. Superb. Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. BPA Certificate (1988) as 'black-bronze' SG 18, but we can see no evidence of the telltale gilding metal. 

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1857-59 Hillman Lithographs 6d grey-black SG 19, close even margins, just tied to piece by very fine void-grid cancel & 'Maltese Cross' 'PERTH/10SP10/1858' datestamp, part London cds of 'NO13/58' cds in red, Cat £600+. Superb. Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. Alex Rendon Certificate (1989). 

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1860-64 Printed in the Colony from Perkins Bacon Plates Imperf 2d bright vermilion, 4d deep blue & 6d sage-green SG 25 26 & 28, all with margins close to good, unused, Cat £4000. An attractive 'set'. RPSofV Certificate (2024) for the 6d. (3)   

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1860-64 Printed in the Colony from Perkins Bacon Plates Imperf 6d sage-green SG 28 with excellent colour, margins good to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit at upper-left, light 15-bars '8' cancel of Fremantle largely clear of the Swan, Cat £425. Ex Frank Chadwick (1978). Superb, and one of the largest examples of this stamp we have seen, making this a gem for the connoisseur. BPA Certificate (2018) wrongly states that number '8' was used at Nannup. In fact, a 12-bar '8' was used at Lower Blackwood from about 1880; and that office was renamed Nannup in October 1907.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

1861 Printed by Perkins Bacon Intermediate Perf 14-16 4d vermilion, unusually fine & well centred example, unused, Cat £1900. A rare stamp, that was absent from 'Besancon'. Lord Vestey's five singles sold for an average of £890.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1861 Printed by Perkins Bacon Intermediate Perf 14-16 6d purple-brown SG 36, strong colour and remarkably well centred with perfs on all sides, unused, Cat £1200. A very scarce stamp, especially this fine, most examples having misplaced perfs and being cut from the sheet to preserve the design. Ex 'Fremantle', sold at our auction of 11.7.2008 for $990, and 'Dubois' (I), where wrongly noted as having "large-part o.g.", sold for SFr795. Far superior to an example sold at our auction of 2.5.2014 for $1515.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1861 Printed by Perkins Bacon Very Rough Perf 14-16 1/- deep green SG 46, well centred, cut from the sheet at the sides to preserve the design, unused, Cat £5000. A gorgeous shade. RPSofV Certificate (2024).

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

1864-81 Crown/CC Perf 12½ 1/- bright green SG 61 block of 8 (2x4), remarkably well centred, a few irregular perfs, light 'F'-in-Bars cancels of Fremantle, Cat £176++, for singles (which are common). A superb and spectacular postally used multiple. Ex 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr610. John Dibiase's horizontal block of 8 sold at our auction of 30.8.2020 for $2875, and again on 10.11.2022 for $2515.

Grade A-/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1882-85 Crown/CA 6d lilac SG 80 block of 4, exceptional centring, large-part original gum with the lower units being unmounted, Cat £600+, for mounted singles. Ex 'Dubois' (I): sold for SFr560.

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1885-93 De La Rue master die proof with blank value table for the 2½d to 1/- denominations in black on glazed card (92x61mm) handstamped '1JAN89' at upper-left and 'BEFORE/HARDENING' at upper-right. Superb. Ex Lord Vestey. The 1/- was the first value in this design. It was released only in April 1890.  

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1895 'Half-penny' Surcharges in Green on 3d cinnamon with Double Overprint SG 110b vertical strip of 3 from the lower-left corner of the right-hand pane, the last unit affected by minor diagonal crease, hinge remainder in the left-hand margin but all three stamps have full unmounted original gum, Cat £5100++, for mounted singles. Ex 'Austin' (John Du Pont) as a strip of 6; Dr Cecil Walkley, sold at our auction of 14.4.2005 for $7280; and 'Dubois' (I), sold for SFr4390. [The illustration is above Lot 1193] 

Grade A/B B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$6,000

1902-11 V/Crown Perf 11 4d orange-brown ACS W37 (SG 131), 'COOLGARDIE/28NO06/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds, Cat $750 (£500). Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. RPSofV Certificate (2010). [The ASC states "only a handful of examples recorded...cancelled at Geraldton, Kookynie and York", and now Coolgardie]

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1912 Surcharge Irregular Compound Perf 12½x12½x11x12½ ACSC W70 (SG 173), 'KALGOORLIE/ 3JA[13]/ WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds, Cat $800 (£500). Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. RPSofL Certificate (1948). 

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

POSTAL FISCALS: 1893 CA/Crown Wmk 1/- lilac SG F15, well centred, virtually full original gum with the faintest trace of having been mounted, Cat £350. Superb. Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. 

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200