1851-55 Laureates 2d x2, 3d x18 including a pair and 6d x4, also Wmk 2d & 3d x7, 'REGISTERED' reprint pair & Diadems 2d with the Watermark Inverted x2, a few attractive stamps but generally plating quality only, Cat £3700 etc. (Qty 36) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1851-55 Laureates Plate I Thick Yellowish Paper 2d ultramarine SG 51 horizontal pair, good even margins, poorly cancelled, Cat £260+. A scarce multiple. RPSofL Certificate (1993).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1851-55 Laureates Blue Paper 6d yellow-brown SG 74, margins just clear to good, neat bars cancel of the GPO, Cat £300.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1851-55 Laureates Blue Paper 6d grey-brown SG 76, close even margins, Cat £275.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1851-55 Laureates Blue Paper 8d orange-yellow SG 80, shaved at left & a little cut-into at base still an attractive stamp, Cat £800.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1854 Laureates with Numeral Watermark 2d Prussian blue SG 85, margins close to good with outer framelines at right & base, large part original gum, Cat £500.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1854 Laureates with Numeral Watermark 2d Prussian blue SG 85 horizontal strip of 4 [16-19], margins close to good with outer framelines at right & base, Cat £60+. A very fine & scarce multiple.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1854 Laureates with Numeral Watermark 3d yellow-green SG 87, margins in places, unused, Cat £850.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1854 Laureates with Numeral Watermark 3d yellow-green SG 87 horizontal pair, margins close to good, lightly cancelled, Cat £110. Multiples this fine are rarely encountered.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1854-59 Large Diadems 6d imperforate plate proof in purple-brown on ungummed unwatermarked paper, close even margins, very fine 'CANCE[LLED]' Handstamp at U/R, Cat £15,000. Ex Ric Slade-Slade, Peter Jaffé, and 'Alvarado': sold for £7800. [Position 5 from the original block of 6] Six examples each of the so-called 'Ormond Hill Specimens' were produced by Perkins Bacon for all of 'their' Colonies at the request of Rowland Hill's nephew and gifted to him, action that resulted in the Agent for the Crown Colonies terminating Perkins Bacon's printing contracts. 75 different stamps were involved, of 20 British Colonies and four stamps of Chile. The 'CANCELLED' h/s was applied to blocks of 6 that were later separated, often with scissors or a blade, resulting in many of the individual stamps being cut-into or having trimmed perfs on one or more sides. [NB: for NSW no issued stamps were available so plate proofs retained by the printers were utilised]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$7,500

1854-59 Large Diadems 8d imperforate plate proofs on unwatermarked paper in grey-blue (large margins, ungummed) & in yellow (margins close to large, a little soiled, large-part o.g.)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1854-59 Large Diadems 8d golden-yellow SG 97, margins good to large, small concealed tear at L/R, lightly cancelled clear of the Queen's face, Cat £1600. Despite the fault, this is a very attractive example that would satisfy most collectors, especially at the bargain price. RPSofL Certificate (1993).

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1854-59 Large Diadems 1/- imperforate plate proof in deep blue on ungummed unwatermarked paper, close even margins, very fine 'CANC[ELLED]' Handstamp at U/R, Cat £15,000. Ex Ric Slade-Slade, Peter Jaffé, and 'Alvarado': sold for £7800. [Position 5 from the original block of 6] For New South Wales, only plate proofs for the 6d in purple-brown - five recorded - and the 1/- in blue - four recorded - have been identified, making NSW one of the most difficult Colonies from which to acquire an example. The Royal Collection includes one of each.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$7,500

1856-60 Imperf Small Diadems 1d carmine-vermilion SG 108, margins just touched - at L/L - to good, unused, Cat £400.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$125

1856-60 Imperf Small Diadems 2d blue Error of Watermark '5' SG 112c horizontal strip of 3, almost full margins but just shaved at the base of the middle unit and at L/R of the R/H unit, Cat £210+. A very scarce multiple.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$80

1856-60 Imperf Small Diadems 3d dull green SG 117, margins good to large with a fragment of the adjoining stamp at right, large-part (aged) o.g., Cat £1900.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1860-63 'REGISTERED' Perf 12 rose-red & Prussian blue SG 121 vertical pair, unused, Cat £1400+.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1860-72 Perf Diadems Perf 12 Plate I 2d pale blue with Extensive Major Retouch [24], two lightly cancelled examples, the first a little aged, the other separated a bit roughly at right but otherwise very fine, Cat £2800.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1861-97 Five Shillings Coin duplicates on Hagner pages, some with SG numbers noted, includes the brilliant Royal purple shade SG 177 x4, condition rather mixed, one with bold Rays '513', Cat £1500 minimum. [See also Lot 295332] (Qty 40)

Estimate AU$200

1861-88 Five Shillings Coin 5/- Perf 13 SG 176 plus De La Rue 1/- black Perf 13 single & strip of 4 - a very scarce multiple - tied to linen-backed piece by Sydney duplex of AU31/79, Cat £110++. A rare franking.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1888-1910 Centennial 4d Captain Cook to 20/- Governors complete on a simplified basis including 6d emerald & 6d orange, large-part o.g., Cat £800 minimum. (Qty 8)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1890 Allegorical 2½d 'die' proof from a block of 4 electrotypes in dull grey-blue on thin wove paper. Rare. Ex Sir Gawaine Baillie: sold for $1610.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$900

1894-1904 'POSTAGE' Overprint in Blue £1 violet & claret as SG 279 but overprinted 'REPRINT', no gum.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

1897 Diamond Jubilee Charity 1/- (very fine) & 2/6d (crazed gum & creased) SG 280-1, full unmounted o.g., Cat £300+ (mounted). (Qty 2)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1897 Diamond Jubilee Charity 2/6d SG 281, well centred & excellent colours, Cat £225. About as fine a used example as you will find.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$160