1863-80 St George & the Dragon Imperf 5/- brown SG F4, margins just clear to large, large-part o.g., Cat £1500.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1863-80 St George & the Dragon Imperf 10/- salmon SG F7, margins just clear to good, large-part o.g., Cat £1500. A rare stamp.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1863-80 St George & the Dragon Perf 12 5/- sage-green SG F15 with 'HOBART' cds of NO30/00 & 10/- salmon SG F17 with 'ZEEHAN/NO15/00/ TASMANIA' cds, and 'REVENUE' Overprint on 2/6d SG F30 with 'HOBART' cds of NO30/00, Cat £490. (3)

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$240

1880 Platypus progressive die proof of the central vignette only with prominent white spot on the riverbank in black on glazed card (92x61mm), endorsed "White spot still here [initials]", 'May 17 1877' date h/s at U/L. An important proof. Ex De La Rue Archives - not in the De La Rue book - WE ("Gene") Tinsley & Ron Butler.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1880 Platypus master die proof without value in black on glazed card (92x61mm). Another important proof. Ex De La Rue Archives - not in the De La Rue book - & WE ("Gene") Tinsley. [Michael Blake's similar proof sold at the Prestige auction of 23.9.2011 for $1437]

The stamps were despatched from London 25.9.1877 but were not placed on sale until 19.4.1880.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1880 Platypus 1/- rose-pink SG F29 L/R corner block of 4 with Plate Number '1', the first unit with rounded U/L corner otherwise very fine with two of the other units unmounted, Cat £640++ (for mounted singles).

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1900 'REVENUE' Overprints on Locally Printed Paltypus 1d blue horizontal pair Imperf Between SG F36b unused (no gum), with the Overprint Inverted & with the Overprint Double SG F36c & d both mint with large-part o.g., Cat £1075. The last with RPSofL Certificate (1994).

Grade A-/A (Image1)

Estimate AU$360

1893 'I. R.' Provisionals 'ONE PENNY', 'TWO PENCE' (with cds in violet), 'THREE PENCE', 'SIX PENCE' & 'THREE SHILLINGS' all with postal cancels. David Brandon Certificate (1984) for the last. [From 5.9.1893, values to 1/- became valid for postal purposes. Higher values were not authorised but were definitely used postally] (5)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1893 'I. R.' Provisionals 'TWO PENCE' & 'THREE PENCE' tied to philatelic registered cover to Sydney by 'EAST FREMANTLE/JY17/WA' cds. [The addressee, Ionaski Takuma, was the producer of postal forgeries of the NSW Centennial 2d Emu]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1893 Long Type CA/Crown 1d to 1/- SG F1-5, plus unauthorised 2/6d & 3/- (rounded corner), various postal cancels, the 6d with very fine 15-bars '21'.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1893 Long Type CA/Crown 15/- dull purple, exceptional centring, light but clear 'HAY STREET/JA17/02/EAST PERTH' cds. RPSofV Certificate (2003). Rare.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1893 Long Type CA/Crown group of 1890s registered pieces from bankers' packets with values including 2/6d, 5/- x2, 7/6d, 10/-, £1 & £1/10/- tied by various cancels, the £1 on large piece to "Union Bank of Australia Ltd" with 'R'-in-oval h/s & 'CUE/ AU28/96/WA', a few blemishes & some of the stamps have had fiscal cancels removed. A rare & desirable group, despite - or perhaps because of ! - the defrauding of the Post Office. (6 items)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000