Used to overseas destinations comprising GB x2, Chile (illustrated at page 70), Egypt, France, German East Africa and Holland; also unstamped type with 'OHMS' h/s & 1d adhesive to USA; condition variable. (8)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Exhibit pages with specialised study of the indicia & text with many varieties noted including Text Substituted by Hand, also Guillotine Guidelines, some postmark interest including superb 'PAID AT' h/s & a few better usages, generally fine to very fine. (78)

Estimate AU$500

Partly-sorted array in packets etc, condition variable. (100+)

Estimate AU$100

1891 Lined Background ½d green as HG E1 but with the Stamp Impression below & Aligned with the Right-Hand Side of the Text, to Melbourne with very fine Rays '33' of Mackay, folded through the text & with minor blemishes. Illustrated at page 56 where it is stated "Very few examples have been discovered, all used".

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1891 Lined Background ½d green as HG E1 but with the Stamp Impression below & Aligned with the Right-Hand Side of the Text piece (125x67mm) with 'The NORTH QUEENSLAND/MINING ANNUAL' Overprint in Red, to "Hon Baden Powell/House of Commons/London" with worn strike of GB '[crown]/R' postal inspector's h/s. [The first issue was available from 25.11.1891 but was authorised only from 1.1.1892, when the ½d Newspaper Rate was introduced]

The stock is most unusual, being of superior quality and highly surfaced on the face, unlike any other Queensland wrapper we have encountered. This raises the possibility that this is a previously unrecognised Stamped-to-Order issue and not just an overprint on a Post Office-issue wrapper.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1895 Void Background ½d green as HG E2 but with the Stamp Impression Inverted!!, to Melbourne with fair 'IPSWICH/FE4/96/...' cds, folded below the stamp, Kosniowski Cat £500 which must be very conservative. Unique! One of the most extraordinary Postal Stationery errors we have ever seen: illustrated at page 59. [With 2009 article by Mark Diserio recording the discovery of this startling item, in which he quotes ebay Wrapper guru Dr John Courtis: "It is the first case of an inverted stamp on a wrapper I have ever heard about from anywhere in the world..."]

Interestingly, Alan Griffiths at page 59 states that - based on distinguishing marks - neither the stamp cliché nor the text block have been recorded on any other wrapper. This indicates that the stamp & text were one 'unit' on the stone and that the whole was quickly substituted when the error was discovered.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1897 Four Figures 1d stamp-size surface-printed proof in black on ungummed unwatermarked wove paper, a couple of minor thins in the margins.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1897 Four Figures proof of 1d essay with the Stamp Positioned to Right of the Text (10mm right of the end of the text) in brown on horizontally laid stock reduced to 121x73mm, minor blemishes. Alan Griffiths at page 61 states that such proofs are known only in "deep red, blue and black". [NB: on the issued wrappers, the right side of the stamp was aligned with the right-side of the text]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1897 Four Figures proof of 1d essay with the Stamp Positioned to Right of the Text (10mm right of the end of the text) in blue on horizontally laid stock reduced to 125x66mm, minor creasing. [Illustrated at page 61]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

OFFICIAL: 1906 usage of Four Figures 1d red with 'OHMS' h/s above the text & oval 'Statistical Office/OCT 20 1906/BRISBANE' cachet at L/L, also with '[B]OOK POST' h/s at U/L, to Belgium, opened a bit roughly at the base & neatly repaired. The only example we have seen. [Illustrated by Jan Kosniowski]

Grade (B) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

OFFICIAL: 1897 Four Figures 1d red punctured 'OS' & with 'OHMS' h/s in rosine below the text, the stamp with a prominent natural paper flaw at U/L, ironed-out folds, unused. Illustrated at page 72 where it is stated "...this item falls into the same category as other material removed from sale stock because of a visual or other impairment, and was later...pressed into service by a Government Department". [Illustrated by Jan Kosniowski]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200