Mainly advertising or Official covers with all-different mainly solo frankings comprising 1d Die I and Die II (Cat $750) both on unsealed printed matter covers, 1½d brown Permit Mail, 2d brown (Cat $250), 'TWO/PENCE' on 1½d, 2d red Dies II & III, 3d Die Ia Types A & B (with 'VP/C' perfin on Victorian Producers Co-Op cover), 3d Die II, 4d paying 3d + 1d late fee on cover to Missouri with 'AK' rubber cancel of Auckland, 4½d & 'FIVE/PENCE' on 4½d both on WA internal airmails, 5d punctured 'OS' registered, 1/4d + other stamps on Dutch Consulate airmail to Batavia (Cat $750, with other stamps), 'OS' Overprints on 2d & on 4d (Cat $1200), and ½d solo on contrived postcard, condition variable. An unusual opportunity. (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

3d blue Type A Watermark Inverted ACSC 107Aa (SG 100aw) in a marginal block of 4 from the left of the right-hand pane, unmounted, a couple of tiny tone-spots at the base of the lower-right unit, Cat $2100+ (£800 for four mounted singles).

Grade A/A- C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

4½d violet ACSC 119 (SG ) large-part sheet of 96 being the upper 8 rows of 12 [1L1-6/43-48 + 1R1-6/43-48], many units are well centred, small piece of selvedge missing from the base of the gutter, some perf separation, remarkably fresh with all units being unmounted, Cat $12,000+ (£2400++, mounted) for singles. Possibly the largest multiple remaining intact.

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

OVERPRINTED 'OS': 2d deep golden scarlet with the Watermark Inverted ACSC 102(OS)Ca (SG O125w), unusually well centred, Cat $500 (£3500). Scott Starling Certificate (2018) states "...a very rare variety". [Previously catalogued at $4000, the 2022 edition states "...a recent discovery of [an unspecified number of] used stamps has considerably reduced the rarity in used condition"; it is unlikely any of them is as fine as this example]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500