6, 1855 4d Blue, spectacular block of nine with rich color neatly cancelled by black Hobart «64» obliterators, margins ample to just touching in places, some faults and creasing but Fine and delightful appearance; a magnificent block and the largest known multiple(Scott $1,125 as singles; SG 18, £1,080 as singles)
Provenance: Alfred J. Caspary
Koichi Sato (June 2014), lot 50138.
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CV. Starting Price 4,000

1859 Cover Launceston to Ireland Franked By 1d-4d 1857/69 Chalon Imperforates, 1d brick-red, 2d green (2, shaved to large margins), 4d blue, tied by black «60» numeral obliterators with nice strike of red «Post Office/ Lauceston/ Crown» date stamp at left, ms. «via Marseilles», backstamped Dublin and Bally Gawley (Jan 8 1860), typical mixed margins on adhesives do not detract from a Fine and most attractive three color franking nicely paying the 9d rate; (SG 27, 31, 37)
Launceston was the largest trading center in Tasmania at the time. Postmaster Carrington instructed that the imperforate sheets of stamps be cut into individual stamps to speed up transactions at the busy postal counters. The assistant clerk assigned to the task was rather careless in his cutting as the precision in creating well margined stamps was sorely lacking. Even by 1900, the term «Carrington margins» was being applied to these issues. The stamps on this cover are a perfect illustration of this procedure.
Provenance: Koichi Sato (2014).
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CV. Starting Price 1,500

1865 Registered Cover Front to London Franked with “Complete Set” of 1857/69 Chalon Imperforates, 1d red-brown pair, 2d yellow-green, 4d blue horizontal strip of three, 6d grey violet (2) and 1sh vermilion (2) all tied by «20» numeral obliterators and black Nov 12 «Circular Head» dispatch cds, straightline «REGISTERED» adjacent, red London Jan 12 1866 arrival cancel, faults as expected, still an eye-catching and extraordinary franking for the high 4/4 rate;(SG 26, 32, 37, 41, 46)
Provenance: Michael Blake (2001).
Koichi Sato (2014).
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CV. Starting Price 3,000