Great Britain and British Commonwealth New South Wales
Sale No: 4
Lot No:363
Symbol:F
Cat No:6
1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (No Clouds) Hard Greyish or Bluish Paper 1d pale red SG 6, an unusually large example with margins good to large, bars cancel of Sydney, tiny mark in U/R margin, Cat £450.
1850-51 Sydney Views Plate II (Horizontally Lined Background; Dated Bale) Worn Impressions 2d Prussian blue SG 26, margins close to large with outer framelines at left & top, untidy Sydney bars cancel, Cat £180.
1850-51 Sydney Views Plate V 2d dull blue SG 37, margins good to large with virtually complete outer framelines, neat BN '48' of Tarcutta, Cat £200. Superb!
1851-55 Laureates Plate I Worn Impressions 2d Prussian blue SG 59, good even margins, one tiny pinhole & the suggestion of a tiny closed tear in the right-hand margin, unused, Cat £1300.
1854-59 Large Diadems 1/- brownish red as SG 101 with the Watermark Inverted & Reversed, good even margins, Sydney duplex cancel of 59/MY13, Cat £85++.
Sale No: 4
Lot No:372
Symbol:F
Cat No:107 112 & 117
1856-60 Imperf Small Diadems 1d orange-vermilion, 2d blue & 3d dull green SG 107 112 & 117, each with good to large margins and the 1d with a fragment of the adjoining unit above, Cat £160. Superb trio!
1860-72 Perforated Diadems Perf 13 8d red-orange SG 167a, cut from the sheet at right to preserve the design, minor imperfections, large-part o.g., Cat £550.
1885-86 High Value Revenues Overprinted 'POSTAGE' Perf 12 10/- lilac & claret on blued paper SG 241b horizontal strip of 3 with 'Specimen' overprints, full unmounted o.g. A rare multiple from the original 1891 UPU distribution.
1897 Silver Jubilee Charity 1d (1/-) & 2½d (2/6d) SG 280-1 overprinted 'Specimen' in Red, well centred, the 2/6d with a few characteristic rough perfs, full unmounted o.g., Cat £425. (2)
1897-99 Diamond Jubilee die proofs on thin glazed card comprising 1d & 2d in bright blue and 2d in blue-violet, large margins. Superb! [Cut-down from sheetlets of 3 die proofs] (3)
1898-99 New Colours 6d yellow-orange Perf 12 SG 297g marginal block of 4 from the top of the sheet, the gum a little crazed but very lightly mounted or unmounted, Cat £152++.