1854 Imperf 1d black unused without gum, four good margins, fine. S.G. 1, £1,500. Photo on Page 146. (Image1)

1854 Imperf 4d deep dull blue unused without gum, four large margins, thinned at top, good appearance and a scarce shade. S.G. 3b, £2,750. Photo on Page 146. (Image1)

1855 Imperf 1/- pale brown, unused without gum, four margins with part sheet margin at base and marginal lines of watermark, fine. S.G. 4c, £500. Photo on Page 146. (Image1)

1861 Perf 14 4d vermilion, mint with large part original gum, full perforations at top, very fine. S.G. 40, £475. Photo on Page 146. (Image1)

1861 Rough perf 14 6d purple on blued paper, unused without gum, complete blind perfs at top and left sides, fine and scarce. S.G. 45, £4,250. Photo on Page 146. (Image1)

Officials. 1870 Long O.H.M.S cover from Perth to "Asst. Storekeeper McCarthy, Commissariat, Guildford" bearing 1864-79 1d bistre and 6d violet each with an official punch hole, tied by Perth G.P.O duplex. Cover with two vertical folds at left well away from the stamps, otherwise fine and a rare use of these official stamps on cover. Photo on Page 144. (Image1)

1871 3d Die Proof in black on card, inset into thick card (36x32mm) with a mica covering, very fine, ex Vestey collection. Photo on Page 146. (Image1)

1874 "ONE PENNY" surcharge on 2d yellow mint, part original gum, a couple of trimmed perfs at lower right, otherwise fine. S.G. 67, £750. Photo on Page 146. (Image1)

1881 Perf 14 4d carmine, watermark Crown CC (with crown to right of CC and reversed), mint with a large part original gum, fine. S.G. 74y, £650. Photo on Page 146. (Image1)

1885 De La Rue stamp size handpainted essay of the Key-plate design adopted for the 1885-93 21/2d - 1/- values (and later 4d and 9d stamps), painted in red with the country name in Chinese White, the value tablet blank, on tracing paper (43x50mm) lettered "A" with pencil initials and number "106". A superb and unique essay from the De La Rue archives, ex Vestey collection. Photo on Page 158. (Image1)

1898 Archive page bearing imperforate 2d colour trial proofs in orange, orange-brown, bright yellow and lemon yellow, two sets of initials alongside the bright yellow proof which was chosen for the colour of the issued stamp, the page initialled and dated "4/4/98". Two proofs crossed by horizontal folds, otherwise fine and a unique page from the De La Rue archives, ex Vestey collection. Photo on Page 148. (Image1)

1894-1909 Covers comprising covers to G.B bearing 1885-93 1/2d + 2d or 1/2d pair + 1899 2d yellow (Pinjarrah datestamps), registered covers to New Zealand bearing 1898-1907 1d + 6d or to Tasmania bearing 1d + 2d yellow pair, and a 1903 cover from Kalgoorlie to Canada franked by two 1901 21/2d stamps. (5).

1912 Commonwealth of Australia 1d lettercard ("Log Train, Jarrah Forest, WA" depicted on reverse) to Germany uprated Western Australia 1905-12 perf 121/2 1/2d and 1d, written at Fremantle but posted at sea, each cancelled boxed "PAQUEBOT" with Port Taufiq c.d.s, unusual. Photo on Page 156. (Image1)