Valuable collection remainders with Diagonal Overprint to 5/- Coin x4, 5/- Coin with Horizontal Overprint x3, 5/- Map x6, 20/- Governors x6, Postal Fiscals 5/- x3, 10/- x9 & £1 x2, Charity duo, 2/6d Lyrebird x2, Commonwealth 9d x3, Postage Dues set to 20/-, a few with 'O S' Overprint, also CTO set to 20/- Governors & 'REPRINT' Overprints including QV 5/- x2 & £1 x2, condition variable but generally very fine & most with part- to large-part o.g. An exceptional basis for study & development. Mostly Ex Guy Hutson. (200+)

Estimate AU$4,000

1856-60 Small Diadems imperforate colour trial proof with blank 'POSTAGE' & Value Tablets and waxed void corner at L/L in yellow-bistre on ungummed vertically laid paper, truncated at the base (which is often the case with this form of proof) with manuscript "Specimen". Ex John Bell (in a group of four different colours). [Absent from Bill McCredie's collection]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1862-65 De La Rue Watermark '1' 1d dull red & Watermark '2' 2d blue SG 192 both with small sans-serif handstamp (15½x1½mm; Marcus Samuel Type D5), a few trimmed perfs, large-part o.g. Rare. [Bill McCredie's 1d sold for $368 & John Bell's 2d - wrongly identified as Type D2 - sold for $443]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1862-65 De La Rue 2d imperforate plate proof in the issued colour on ungummed unwatermarked paper with manuscript "Specimen", close even margins. Ex Bill McCredie: sold for $536. Chris Ceremuga Certificate states "very rare".

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1870 First Specimen Issue complete set of Type 1 (Small Designs) or Type 2 (Large Designs) sans-serif diagonal overprints comprising De La Rue 1d 2d 4d & 10d, and Perkins Bacon 3d 5d 6d 8d 1/- & 5/- Coin, plus extra 6d 8d 10d 1/- & 5/- each stated to have a slightly longer overprint, most without gum, generally fine to very fine. Ex Ray Chapman - on his annotated page - Bill McCredie & John Bell. [John Bell also noted a discrepancy of about ½mm in the length of the overprint. However, we have concluded that the length varied only because of the relative force of application] (15)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1872 Second Specimen Issue De La Rue Wmk '10' 10d, Perkins Bacon Numeral Wmk 5d, and Crown/NSW 3d 4d 6d & 8d all with small seriffed Types 3 or 4, large-part o.g. Very scarce group. [John Bell's group including Wmk '8' 8d & Crown/NSW 2d sold for $845] (7)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1871-92 Wmk '36' 5d green (separation fault at L/R) & 8d yellow both with unlisted sans-serif overprint (15½x2mm), large-part o.g. Rare: absent from the 'Alvarado', Bill McCredie & John Bell collections. (2)

Grade B/A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1885-86 High Value Revenues Overprinted 'POSTAGE' in Black £1 violet & claret Perf 12 SG 240a with small seriffed 'Specimen' Type 8, large-part o.g.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1885-86 High Value Revenues Overprinted 'POSTAGE' in Blue 10/- mauve & claret Perf 12 SG 241b overprinted 'Specimen' horizontal strip of 3, short perfs at right, full unmounted o.g. Rare multiple. [Absent from Bill McCredie's collection]

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1890 Centennial High Values 20/- Governors Perf 12x11 SG 264cb with sans-serif 'SPECIMEN' Type 15 marginal vertical pair from the left of the sheet, full unmounted o.g. Superb! A rare multiple. [This lot also includes the 2/6d Lyrebird with the same overprint, noted by McCredie & Kellow as the only stamp on which Type 15 is found. John Bell's 20/- marginal block of 4 sold for $4660] (2 items)

Grade A+/A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1891 for UPU Distribution various issues with very small seriffed 'Specimen' Type 5 or 6 comprising Crown/NSW 1d 2d 3d 4d (toned perfs) 6d & 1/- (overprint in red) plus 'OS' 2d & 4d, and Centennial 1d & 2d, large-part o.g. (10)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1891 for UPU Distribution small seriffed 'Specimen' Type 11 'POSTAGE' in Black on Perf 12x10 5/- dull violet & yellow-green SG 238b, full unmounted o.g.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1891 for UPU Distribution small seriffed 'Specimen' Type 14 in Blue on 1891 Surcharges ½d on 1d grey, 7½d on 6d brown & 12½d on 1/- red blocks of 4, full unmounted o.g. Scarce multiples. (3 blocks)

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1892 Presentation Sheet headed 'SPECIMEN AND REPRINT STAMPS/OF/NEW SOUTH WALES/WITH YEARS OF ISSUE', various issues x33 with various 'SPECIMEN' or 'Specimen' Overprints including Postal Fiscals 5/- & 10/-, Centennials to 20/- & Postage Dues set to 20/-, plus 'REPRINT' Overprints x5 including 5/- Coin & Postal Fiscals £1, all partly affixed or hinged and very fine, the sheet folded to fit on an album page & with some reinforced splitting along the folds, endorsed on the reverse "3.8.92/from John Thurlow" (the NSW Postmaster-General), two days before the official release of the stamps. A rare sheet. Ex Guy Hutson: sold for £384.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1897 Diamond Jubilee 2d with wide 'Specimen' Type 14 plus ½d blue-green CTO both with rubber 'SPECIMEN.' Handstamp in violet. Rare. Ex Natal Postal Archives.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1902-03 Chalk-Surfaced Paper Wmk '65' 1902 2/6d Emu with sans-serif Type 15 'SPECIMEN' & 'ULTRAMAR' Handstamp in violet, affixed to a piece from an archival page (117x69mm). Ex Goa Postal Archives and Bill McCredie: sold for $512.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

'OS' OVERPRINTS: small seriffed 'Specimen' Type 8 or 11 on various issues including on 8d yellow with 'OS' in Red (reprint), 10d x2 (one with Broken 'S' in 'OS'), Unissued 'POSTAGE' 5/- (reprint), Centennial 8d & 20/-, Allegorical 2½d, in Blue on 1891 Surcharges, etc, large-part o.g. (19)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

'OS' OVERPRINTS: small seriffed 'Specimen' Type 11 on Centennial 1d 2d 4d 6d carmine-pink 7d & 1/- horizontal strips of 3, full unmounted o.g. Superb! (6 strips)

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

'OS' OVERPRINTS: small seriffed 'SPECIMEN' Type 12 on ½d grey SG O58a corner block of 18 (3x6) from the U/R of the left-hand pane, full unmounted o.g., Cat £576++ (for mounted singles). Superb!

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

REVENUES - STAMP DUTY: 1866 QV Long Types 4d to £1 (ex 6/- 7/- 10/- & 15/-) on white or blued paper each with 'SPECIMEN' overprint in blue (similar to McCredie & Kellow Type 4), mostly with characteristic rough perfs, a few minor blemishes, no gum, Elsmore Online Cat $2800+. Rare. [John Bell's complete set of 18 with large-part o.g. sold for $2330] The illustration is above Lot 127. (14)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750