Collection remainders with Laureates 1d x4, 2d x15, 6d x5 (two with full margins, one a huge stamp but creased), 8d & an apparently unused 'REGISTERED' (three close margins, just shaved at the top), Wmk Laureates 1d x6 including two pairs, 2d x9 including two pairs & 3d x9 including 'WACES' & a pair, Imperf Diadems 1d x14, 2d x13 including two pairs & Blistered Plate strip of 3, 3d x2, 6d x4 & 1/-, etc, many attractive stamps but the condition is rather mixed; then a useful range of perforated issues including 'REGISTERED' x4, 1861-88 5/- Coin x30 including one with Pre-Printing Paper Fold and Royal purple x4, 1882-97 3d single apparently Imperf Vertically SG 226da, 10/- x2, group of 'OS' Overprints, etc, high catalogue value. (Qty 190 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

Diadems selection comprising Imperf 6d x3 with margins in places, Cat £3000 each; then Perf 13 3d Wmk '3' x4, 3d Wmk '6' SG 157a block of 4 (apparently unused but with light cancels in red), 8d red-orange SG 167a, 8d bright yellow SG 167c & 1/- carmine SG 169; plus 5/- Coin Perf 13 SG 174a; condition variable, unused, Cat £11,350. (Qty 15) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1850-51 Sydney Views Plate II (Clouds) on Hard Greyish or Bluish Paper 1d gooseberry red SG 10 horizontal pair [19-20], good even margins, obvious & attractive blued paper, bars cancels of Sydney, Cat £1200+. A very scarce multiple, especially of this quality. BPA Certificate (2001).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

1850-51 Sydney Views Plate II (Clouds) Hard Greyish or Bluish Paper 1d brownish red SG 12 horizontal pair [8-9], the L/H unit with Unshaded Hill SG 12b, good even margins, the first unit with a light ironed-out vertical crease, light BN '2' cancels of Parramatta, Cat £1200+. Ex Baron Ferrary and 'Manwood'. BPA Certificate (2012). A beautiful pair that is as fresh as a daisy. [Sold at an American auction for US$1665]

Grade (A)/A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,750

1850-51 Sydney Views Plate IV with Double-Lined Bale & Circles in the Stars Thick Vertically Laid Paper 2d ultramarine SG 34 horizontal strip of 4 [2-5], close at left otherwise with large margins & complete outer framelines at right & base, minor writing-ink remains on the reverse, untidy bars cancels of Sydney, Cat £1100++. A rare multiple of well-above average quality. Ex Guy Hutson: sold for £900.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1850-51 Sydney Views Bluish to Grey Wove Paper 3d yellow-green SG 42 [15] Intermediate Impression, margins just clear to good, ironed-out horizontal crease still of fine appearance, Cat £18,000. Ex David Bernhard and Guy Hutson: sold for £5040 (Cat £6000 at the time). RPSofL Certificate (1934, duplicate issued in 1957) & the Hutson catalogue both erroneously identified the shade as "emerald", which it clearly is not. [Unused 3d Sydney Views are much scarcer than the 1d & 2d values]

Grade (A-) (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

1854 Watermarked Laureates 3d yellow-green with Error of Watermark '2' SG 87b, deep rich shade, margins just touched - at L/L - to good, bars cancel of Sydney, Cat £1800. Ex Charles Lathrop Pack, 'Manwood' and Gary Diffen: sold for £960. RPSofV Certificate (2008). [Most of the 20 or so recorded examples are defective: this is one of the finest examples]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1854-59 Diadems 8d dull yellow-orange SG 98, margins close to good, small & minor shallow thin at U/L, large-part o.g., small 'V. KNEITSCHEL' guarantee handstamp, Cat £24,000. A very rare stamp. Sergio Sismondo Certificate (2015). [The very fine 'Besancon' (Part I) unused example sold for SFr29,040]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$7,500

1854-59 Diadems 1/- rosy vermilion SG 99 block of 4, margins good to large, worn strikes of BN '71' of Tamworth, Cat £320+.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1856 Imperf Small Diadems 2d Plate I plate proof complete sheet of 120 (12x10) in black on ungummed unwatermarked yellowish wove paper, some ironed-out wrinkling & creasing doesn't detract from the exceptional facial appearance. Unique!: an important & magnificent showpiece! Ex Guy Hutson: sold in 2013 for the reserve of £2400 which was one-quarter of what our vendor was prepared to bid. [Apart from its aesthetic appeal, technically this is a highly significant item. Perkins Bacon were master engravers & printers but their plate-making left a lot to be desired. The uneven spacing between the units highlights the inadequacy of that aspect of their work. This is the sheet illustrated in sections by Robson Lowe in 'The Empire in Australasia'. We believe the next largest surviving piece is a block of 20]

Grade A/(B) (Image1)

Estimate AU$15,000

1885-86 Revenues Overprinted 'POSTAGE' 5/- lilac & green Perf 12x10 SG 238b, unusually well centred, characteristic rough perfs at the sides, large-part o.g., Cat £800. An unusually fine example. BPA Certificate (2004). [Most examples offered as 'unused' have had fiscal cancels removed & have no gum or have been regummed] The illustration is above Lot 429.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1888-89 Centennial of New South Wales on 30+ annotated exhibit pages with many better items throughout and values to 20/- (used). The selection begins with a group of monogram singles and blocks including 1d optd 'OS' block of 12 with all 3 monograms, blocks of 4 with Substituted Monograms 'WAG' 4d (2) & 6d or '1907' 4d 6d & 8d. Then pages by stamp value with 1d including used singles Imperf at Left and Imperf at Right; 2d 'NSW' Wmk pair with Double Perfs Between, and a used single Imperf at Left, plus a used "Takuma Postal Forgery"; 4d Captain Cook including blocks of 4 & 9 plus two blocks of 4 with 'CP' Monogram, then overprinted 'OS' blocks of 4 with 'G Pr O/NSW' or '1888' Monograms, and a block of 18 with all 3 Monograms; 6d carmine '1888' Monogram single, plus overprinted 'OS' blocks of 4 & 9; 6d green two blocks of 4 & 'CP' Monogram pair; 6d orange including five blocks of 4 (one with '1888' Monogram) and a pair with Double Perfs Between; 8d Lyrebird three blocks of 4 & an '1888' Monogram single, plus overprinted 'OS' block of 4 & block of 6 with 'CP' & 'GPr O/NSW' Monograms; 1/- Roo three blocks of 4, plus overprinted 'OS' two blocks of 4; 5/- Map mint (2) & overprinted 'SPECIMEN' (3); etc. The condition is generally fine to very fine with many units and blocks being unmounted. However, there are some problems, including faults on the 4d 'OS' block with three monograms. Ex Jim Johnstone: sold at our auction of 24.5.2008 for $8446. An excellent basis for a collection of the world's first long-set commemorative issue. (Qty 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

1888-89 Centennial of New South Wales imperforate colour trial blocks of 4 on ungummed unwatermarked paper comprising 1d in dull blue-green, 2d Emu in dull rose, 6d in blue, 8d Lyrebird in orange-yellow & 20/- Governors in deep red-brown, large margins, a few minor blemishes. Ex Jim Johnstone. (Qty 5 blocks)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,250

1888-89 Wmk '5/-' (Sideways) 20/- dull blue Governors SG 262 marginal example from the top of the sheet with Floral Border in Purple in the margin, characteristic rough perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £750++. Rare. Ex Jim Johnstone: sold at the Prestige auction of 24.5.2008 for $1747. [Such borders were usually at the left of the sheet but this sheet was printed with the watermark sideways - and hence the border at the top]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper 'NINEPENCE' on 10d brown with the Overprint Double SG 309a marginal horizontal pair from the left of the sheet, large-part o.g. with the faintest evidence of having been mounted, Cat £550+. Undercatalogued: sold at a Sydney auction for $830.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper 'NINEPENCE' on 10d brown with the Overprint Omitted, unusually well centred, large-part o.g. Gibbons lists 'Albino Surcharge' as SG 309b, Cat £275. Usually the albino overprint is readily observable. However, in this instance, we can see no evidence of any overprint.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1903-08 Re-Issued Diadems 3d yellow-green Perf 12 SG 327b marginal horizontal pair from the left of the sheet Imperf at Left, large-part o.g. Ex Gary Diffen: each of his two pairs sold for £264.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1905-10 Small Crown/A 2/6d Lyrebird Perf 11 marginal example from the right of the sheet Imperforate at Right ACSC N67b, a few toned perf tips & a little soiled, large-part o.g., Cat $2500. Ex Guy Hutson (in a mixed lot?) and Gary Diffen: sold for £1020. [Only 12 examples have been recorded, including a vertical strip of 6 in the institutionalised HL White Collection. Of the other six, this is one of the finest]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1882-85 Wmk '40' 2d blue Perf 11x12 with the Overprint Double SG O21ca marginal example from the upper-left corner of the right-hand pane, insignificant gum-bend, full unmounted o.g., Cat £950+ (mounted). BPA Certificate (2009). [Apart from Gary Diffen's mint block of 10, only three mint singles have been recorded]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1882-85 Wmk '40' 8d yellow Perf 11 as SG O32d but with Triple Overprint, well centred, minor crease at L/R, light indistinct cancel. Not listed by Gibbons. Ex Guy Hutson (2013) - sold for £455 - & Gary Diffen. [Gibbons lists the 8d with Double Overprint, Perf 11 - Cat £1300 used - & Perf 10x12 - Cat £1500 unused, unpriced used]

Grade B B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

TELEGRAPH STAMPS: 1871 1d to 8/- (Perf 10) SG T1-8a complete, the 2/- to 8/- are remarkably fine, the 1/- with minor blemishes & no gum, otherwise very lightly mounted with large-part o.g., Cat £5700. Probably the finest set we have encountered: superior quality to Guy Hutson's set, that sold in 2013 for £3000. (Qty 8)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,250