Collection on Scott leaves with Sydney Views 1d, 2d x4 & 3d with a few problems, Laureates including very fine 6d 8d & 'REGISTERED', Imperf Diadems 6d x3 & 1/- x3 all with full margins and Perf 13 1/- carmine (mint), 5/- Coin Royal purple, 'POSTAGE' Overprint in Blue on 10/- x2, Charity 2/6d (superb mint), 1899 'NINEPENCE' on 10d brown with Albino Surcharge (mint), a selection of 'OS' Overprints & 'OS/NSW' punctures including 6d orange block of 4 (a very scarce multiple), Postage Dues 5/- mint + 10/- & 20/- CTO, those mentioned are generally fine to very fine, Cat £5500+. A rather handy lot. (Qty 220 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,750

Extensive collection on album pages with Sydney Views 1d x10, 2d x19 & 3d x9, Laureates No Wmk 1d x20 including listed varieties x4 & Laid Paper x2, 3d x5, 6d x4, 8d x2 & 'REGISTERED' x6, Laureates with Numeral Wmk 2d Wmk '5' x2, 3d x18 including 'WACES' and 'REGISTERED' x16, Diadems Imperf 2d strip of 3, 6d x50+ & 1/- x12, Perf 12 5d unused, 6d x35 & 1/- x4 and Perf 13 5d x10 (one unused), 6d x80+ including one unused & two strips of 3 plus Wmk '5' x2 & '12' & 8d x16, 5/- Coin x17 including Royal purple x3, good range of Middle Period among which we noted 5d with Major Pre-Printing Paper Fold, 'POSTAGE' Overprints 10/- x8 including one mint & one on commercial piece with 1/- & 2/6d, also 10/- & £1 'Specimen' Overprints, 20/- Governors mint x3, used x5 & 'SPECIMEN', 1905 2/6d mint x8, 1907 V/Crown mint to 10d (no 2½d) + used 2/6d, 'O S' Overprints mint & used array including 20/- with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, also some very fine mint blocks, condition of the earlier material is rather mixed but there are many fine to very fine stamps included, lots of Barred Numerals & Rays including rated types. Huge catalogue value. Weighs 3kg. (Qty many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$12,000

Collection on Scott leaves with Sydney Views 1d Plate I (No Clouds) x3 & Plate II (Clouds) x3 with a few very attractive stamps, 2d various plates x8 and 3d x6 including an emerald shade & one on Laid Paper, a page of Laureates to 6d x2, Perforated Diadems including 8d x3, 5/- Map, 10/- 'POSTAGE', Charity duo & 20/- Governors, 'OS' group & a few Postage Dues, condition rather mixed, STC £10,000+. Inspection highly recommended. (Qty 170 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

1849 Lion & Crown Essays 6d & 1/- setenant die proofs in dull vermilion-red or blue on thick wove paper, large margins. Ex George Ginger, G Carleton Jones and Sir Gawaine Baillie. [The designer & engraver was John Carmichael who was contracted to produce the Sydney Views 2d]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (No Clouds) on Hard Bluish Paper 1d pale-red SG 5, margins close to good, neat BN '61' cancel of Gresford, signed "AD" (= Alberto Diena), Cat £475.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (No Clouds) on Hard Bluish Paper 1d dull-red SG 5 horizontal pair [23-24], close even margins, bold BN '86' cancels of Gayndah (Moreton Bay District), Cat £950+.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1850-51 Sydney Views Plate II (Clouds) on Hard Greyish or Bluish Paper 1d crimson-lake SG 9 [12], good even margins, light BN cancel, Cat £400. Superb!

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (Vertically Lined Background) Early Impressions 2d deep blue SG 16 [8], margins good to large with outer frameline & fragment of the adjoining unit at right, tied to small piece by neat bars cancel of Sydney, Cat £600. Superb! Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2001).

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (Vertically-Lined Background) Intermediate Impressions 2d deep blue SG 16c, good to large margins with outer framelines on three sides, light bars cancel of Sydney, Cat £450. Superb!

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (Vertically Lined Background) Later Impressions 2d greyish blue SG 17 horizontal pair, margins good to large with outer framelines except at the top, neat bars cancels of Sydney, Cat £400+. Superb! Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019).

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (Vertically Lined Background) Worn Impressions Partly Retouched 2d dull blue SG 20 [15], large even margins with virtually complete outer framelines, most unusually cancelled with part-oval datestamp of DE*18/1850 largely clear of the design, Cat £350. Superb! Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019).

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1850-51 Sydney Views Plate II (Horizontally Lined Background) Worn Impressions/Lower Row Retouched 2d dull blue with 'CREVIT' Omitted SG 28g [R2/1], margins good to large with outer framelines at left & base, light numeral cancel clear of the omitted word, Cat £600. Superb!: possibly the finest recorded used example. Ex Charles Lathrop Pack. BPA Certificate (2012). [An extraordinary & underrated error: how do you omit an entire 6-letter word?!]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1851-54 Laureates collection including No Watermark 1d apparently unused (Cat £2500) & a very fine used pair, 3d x5 including a huge example with fragments of adjoining units on both sides, 6d x34 including one apparently unused with gum (Cat £5500) & a rare vertical pair & 8d x2, Wmk 1d large-part reconstruction with several pairs & a strip of 3 plus a few apparently unused, 2d large-part reconstruction with several pairs, strips of 3 x4 & a strip of four plus apparently unused x6 including a strip of 3 (that has definitely had cancellations removed) & Lines across 'WALES' SG 86a (Cat £1400), and 3d x6 including 'WACES', condition very mixed with many being of plating quality only but with many fine to very fine and attractive examples, some Barred Numeral interest, high catalogue value. (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

1851-55 Laureates Bluish Medium Wove Paper 1d brick-red SG 48, margins just clear - at U/L - to good, unused, Cat £2500. An attractive example of this scarce stamp.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$850

1851-55 Laureates Plate I (Worn Plate) 2d ultramarine SG 58 [46-47] horizontal pair from the base of the sheet with part '[Engraved on Steel by J Carmi]chael, Kent Strt North Sydney' imprint, margins clear - at U/R - to huge, just tied to small piece by very fine bars cancel of Sydney, Cat £76++. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "...very rare multiple".

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,600

1851-55 Laureates Bluish Medium Wove Paper 8d orange-yellow SG 80, margins just clear at U/L to good with a fragment of the adjoining unit at the base, cancelled largely clear of the Queen's Head, Cat £600.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1856-59 Imperf 'REGISTERED' Bluish Medium Wove Paper (6d) vermilion & Prussian blue SG 102 enormous corner example from the L/R of the sheet with margins good to humungous, Rays '72' cancel of Wee Waa, Cat £180. A magnificent example.

Grade F (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1856-60 Imperf Small Diadems 1d plate proof in vermilion on Bluish Medium Wove Paper, margins just clear - at U/R - to good. RPSofV Certificate (2008).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1856-60 Imperf Small Diadems 3d dull green with Error of Watermark '2' SG 117a, margins close to large, light 'NSW'-in-Concentric-Ovals cancel, Cat £4000. Superb! and probably the finest of the 10 recorded examples, most of which have significant faults. Ex George Boucher and 'Besancon' III. RPSofL Certificate (1939). [There was no example in the Hind, Burrus, Caspary, Dale-Liechtenstein, Slade-Slade or Wiggins collections. Superior to & significantly larger than the 'Besancon' (I) example that sold for €4840]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

1860-72 Perforated Diadems Perf 13 range on Charles Lathrop Pack's neatly annotated pages with 1d x31 including five pairs & a strip of 4; 3d x27 including two pairs; 6d x55 including the very scarce & underrated aniline mauve SG 167, one with two Pre-Printing Paper Folds, four pairs & a very scarce block of 4; and 8d x23 one with 'REGISTERED/BRAIDWOOD' cancel; and from another source 1d x9 & 1/- x8 including two pairs; many with watermark variations and some postmark interest, generally fine to very fine. (Qty 153) (Image1)

Estimate AU$850

1860-72 Perforated Diadems Perf 13 3d blue-green SG 156 marginal block of 6 (2x3) from the left of the sheet with Convolvulus Pattern in the margin, large-part (brown) o.g. with the lower 4 units being unmounted, Cat £660++. A rare & striking piece.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1860-72 Perforated Diadems Perf 13 1/- crimson-lake SG 170 marginal block of 4 from the left of the sheet with Convolvulus Pattern in the margin, unusually well centred for this issue, large-part (brown) o.g., Cat £1600++. Another rare showpiece. Ex Ric Slade-Slade and John White. [Better centred & more attractive than the 'Besancon' (II) block of 4 that sold for €2420]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

1861-88 Five Shillings Coin 5/- plate proof in black on ungummed unwatermarked thick wove paper half-sheet of 25 from the left of the sheet with margins large to gigantic, a few light tonespots & some light soiling still a spectacular piece that will fit on a standard display page. Ex Guy Hutson.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$10,000

1861-97 Five Shillings Coin selection from the early printings x8 including Royal purple SG 175 and the 1897 Re-Issue x6 including one with the floral pattern in the margin & one CTO with Sydney 13 cds of 22MR11, mostly well centred, all but the Royal purple & one other with large-part o.g., Cat £3250 minimum. (Qty 14)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

1861-97 Five Shillings Coin 5/- dull violet SG 175a vertical pair from the L/L of the sheet with Floral Pattern in the margin, virtually full o.g. with the lower unit being unmounted, Cat £700++. Another rarity.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500