Great Britain and British Commonwealth NEW SOUTH WALES New South Wales
Sale No: 236
Lot No:396
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Cat No:Collection
Collection on Scott leaves including Sydney Views 1d x2, 2d x3 & 3d x2, Laureates to 8d, some other Classics with full margins & a few apparently unused including 3d SG 87, many better later issues with mint to 10/- x2 (one with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint) & 20/- x2, some 'O S' Overprints including 5/- 10/- & 20/- with various 'Specimen' Overprints, etc, high catalogue value & lots to commend it.
(140 approx)
Sale No: 236
Lot No:397
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Cat No:Collection
Mostly imperf Classics on album pages with Sydney Views 1d x15 including two pairs (one stamp apparently unused but there are a couple of tiny black marks on the face), 2d x18 including No Whip & 'CREVIT' Omitted x2 (one a beautiful stamp but it has a concealed tear), & 3d x7, Laureates 1d x15 including a rare vertical strip of 4, 2d x15, 3d x6, 6d x6 & 8d x2, some Diadems with full margins, Diadems Perf 12 6d grey-brown & 1/- carmine both unused, etc, condition variable & personal inspection is recommended.
(200+)
1850-51 Sydney Views selection of four-margin examples comprising 1d No Clouds x2, 1d Clouds x3, 2d Plate I Worn Impression, Plate II & Plate V x4, and 3d x2, generally very fine, STC £4000.
(13)
1850-51 Sydney ViewsPlate II (Clouds) Bluish Paper 1d dull carmine SG 11 horizontal pair, margins close to large, light bars cancel of Sydney, Cat £750+. Superb!
1850-51 Sydney ViewsTWO PENCE: Selection on Guy Hutson's pages identified as Plate II Early to Intermediate Impressions x15 and Lower Row Retouches x15 including three pairs, Plate III x7 including a vertical pair, Plate IV Laid Paper x7 (three with Papermaker's Watermark), and Plate V Laid Paper x6, condition variable but most have full margins and many are fine to very fine &/or attractive, Cat £13,700. Ex Guy Hutson.
(49)
1850-51 Sydney ViewsPlate I Early Impressions 2d deep blue SG 16 & Intermediate Impressions 2d grey-blue SG 16b, also Plate II Intermediate Impressions 2d dull blue SG 25, all with large even margins, the last two each with BN '64' of Maitland, Cat £910. A superb trio!
1851-54 Laureates comprising 1d brick-red pair as SG 48 but a Jeffrye's Forgrery, 2d singles x4, 2d Plate I strip of 3 & 2d Plate III strip of 4, Numeral Wmk 1d x2, 2d x4 & 3d, all with full margins.
(20)
1854 Laureates with Numeral Watermark 3d yellow-green SG 87 magnificent corner single from the lower-right of the sheet, margins just touched - at lower-left - to massive with a fragment of the adjoining unit above, untidy bars cancel of Sydney.
1854-59 Large Diadems 1/- rosy vermilion with Error of Watermark '8' SG 99a marginal example from the top of the sheet, margins good to huge, light bars cancel of Sydney, Cat £180. Superb!
Sale No: 236
Lot No:418
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Cat No:Collection
1860-90 Perforated Diadems collection on Oriel leaves with many better stamps including 1860-63 Perf 12 1d mint, 2d Major Retouch x3, 5d unused x2, 8d x3 different shades & 1/- strip of 4, Perf 13 1d mint, 5d mint, 6d mint pair, 8d x16, 1/- block of 4 with full unmounted o.g., and Perf 13x12 1d SG 171; then a good range of later 3d 5d - including a marginal imperf single - & 8d issues; also 'O S' Overprints including 1879 3d SG O1 (with BPA Certificate), 1879-85 3d with 'O S' in Red SG O4, 3d SG O24 mint block of 42 (7x6) including 'O' Sideways [46], 8d mint strip of 3 & block of 4 in different shades, etc, some postmark interest, generally very fine, Cat £12,000+. Ex 'Chartwell'. An excellent collection of these underrated 'Middle Period' issues.
(250 approx)
1882-1908 Fivepence Diadem range on leaves with shades & perfs mostly mint including SG 233a block of 4 & Imperf Pair SG 233e, 1903-08 SG 329 block of 9 (Ex Ric Slade-Slade), etc, large-part o.g.
(32)
1894-1904 'POSTAGE' Overprint in Blue 10/- selection of mint shades & perfs including a pair, some minor creasing, large-part o.g., plus one VFU, Cat £3300+ (minimum).
(11)
1897 Silver Jubilee Charity array comprising mint sets x3 + 1/- block of 6, and used sets x3 + 1/- x10, generally very fine, a few mint units may be unmounted, Cat £2500+. An unusual opportunity.
(28)
1905 Crown/A Chalk-Surfaced Paper 20/- bright cobalt-blue Perf 12 BW #N76 (SG 350a) marginal single from the base of the sheet with 'GPrO/NSW' Monogram, exceptional centring, large-part o.g., grossly undercatalogued at $400++ (£400++). Rare. [Jim Johnstone's similar Perf 11 example sold at the Prestige auction of 24.5.208 for $2415]
SPECIMENS & REPRINTS: 1890s overprints on range of values including 'OS' overprints noted 5/- Map x3, 20/- Governors x2 and QV 5/- 10/- & £1 x2 each plus Postage Dues set (10), also Tasmania 'REPRINT' overprints (*) x12 including St George & the Dragon fiscals 3d 2/6d 5/- & 10/-, some minor faults & gum aging but generally fine.
(65)
REVENUES: Stamp Duty 1867-72 1d lilac/blued paper U/L corner block of 9, the upper units with marginal 'WALES' Watermark, part-imprint '...per Sheet of 63' at left, virtually full o.g. with six units unmounted. Superb!