Annotated mostly used range including 3d Die II x2 (one Large 'OS'), CTO values to 5/-, 10/- 'Specimen', lots of varieties including 1d Plate K ACSC #4(K)h & 2½d Extra Islands (mint), generally very fine, Cat $2500+. (180 approx)

Estimate AU$600

½d to £2 complete, small hinge remainders and some minor imperfections but the three top values are very fresh, Cat $22,400. A most unusual opportunity to acquire an attractive full set of Australia's first postage stamps. (15)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$8,000

½d green block of 4, the second unit with unlisted Frame Break by 'Y' of 'PENNY' [1L14], CTO DE3/13 with large-part o.g., Cat $200++.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1d red Plate G with the "Big Crack" (Early State, from Frame at Base to Value Circle) ACSC #4(G)L, bold Hobart machine cancel largely clear of the variety; and (Late State, Full Height of the Design) #4(G)La, Haymarket (NSW) machine cancel largely clear of the variety; Cat $1350. [Specialists recognise six states of this exceptional variety. These stamps are States 2 & 5]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

6d ultramarine with Defective Second 'E' of 'PENCE' ACSC #17(1)e being the last unit in a commercially used block of 4 (one upper unit with defective corner), Perth (WA) cds well clear of the variety, Cat $2000+ as a used single.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

6d ultramarine Die IIA Substituted Cliché ACSC #17(1)ja with vertical marginal watermark line at left, Tasmanian cds cancel well clear of frame break, Cat $4500. [See also Lots 79 & 86 for an opportunity to acquire the complete "set"]

Grade A- B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

9d violet with Break in Left Frame by First 'A' & UFO below 'AU' of 'AUSTRALIA' ACSC #24(1)e, exceptional centring, Cat $450.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

10/- grey & pink with 'Specimen' Handstamp ACSC #47x, unmounted, Cat $3500.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$450

10/- £1 & £2 marginal examples from the right of the sheet each with 'Specimen' handstamp, rich colours, light gum bend on the 10/-, a few short perfs & gum wrinkle on the £1, unmounted, Cat $13,500.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,400

PUNCTURED LARGE 'OS': 2d grey ACSC #5bb marginal block of 4 from the top of the sheet, top right unit with light bend, unmounted but lower-left unit with small-part gum missing, Cat $1000+.

Grade A/B C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$240

2/- brown with White Flaw below Second 'L' of 'SHILLINGS' ACSC #35(1)baf, Victorian English Mail TPO cds clear of the variety, Cat $900.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250