NSW Imperfs with Barred Numerals '81' of Warwick on Diadems 1d pair (thins), '85' of Drayton on 2d Sydney View, '95' of Brisbane on 3d Sydney View & '96' of Maryborough on 2d Sydney View, and Rays '95' of Brisbane on Diadems 1/-, Cat £1150+. (5 items)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$450

Selection of Barred Numerals & Rays cancels on Laureates 1d x3, 2d x12 including a pair & strip of 5 & 3d x2 and Diadems 1d x3, 2d x4 & Perf 6d, also Brisbane duplex on Diadems 1d 6d x2 & Perf 1/-, condition variable but many are fine and/or attractive & a few are very large stamps. (24 items)

Estimate AU$750

Selection of covers including 1850 with very fine Sydney View 2d - which may not belong - & small 'DRAYTON/=NSW=' b/s, 1856-58 three characteristically scruffy Bank of Australasia items (one registered), 1855 apparently carried by coastal ship & serviced on arrival with large 'BRISBANE/NSW' b/s, 1855 Drayton to Sydney, then 1860 Interim Period comprising to Toowoomba with light 'GOODES INN/=NSW=' cds, Brisbane to GB, Dalby to Brisbane, & to London with 'REGISTERED/IPSWICH' h/s, condition rather mixed. (10 items)

Grade B/C (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1870s covers to GB x4 with 6d solo, x2 or strip of 3 x2, 1892 philatelic to Canada with ½d x3 & Postal Fiscal 1d, OHMS covers x18 mostly with various 'INSPECTOR OF POLICE/...' cachets, and a few others, rather mixed condition. (32)

Estimate AU$500

1861 (Aug 15) internal official cover with Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 2d blue SG 13 (some toned perfs) tied by Rays '96' & very fine 'MARYBOROUGH' cds alongside, Brisbane arrival b/s. [Alan Griffith's domestic cover with the commoner Rough Perf 2d sold for £252]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1862 (Aug 12) cover to Scotland "via Southampton" with rare franking of Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 6d green SG 9 horizontal pair & obvious Rays '131' of 'GLADSTONE' (very fine b/s), Brisbane transit & Glasgow arrival b/s of OC20/62, minor blemishes. [Carried per 'Madras' ex Sydney 22.8.1862; 'Candia' ex Galle 18.9.1862; & 'Valetta' ex Alexandria 7.10.1862, arrived Southampton 19.10.1862. This cover was actually paid at the 1/- via Marseilles rate that applied 1.8.1862 to 31.7.1863 only. Alan Griffiths' similar via Marseilles cover sold on 24.10.2012 for £1680]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

POSTAL CARDS: 1910 Scenic Issue 1d HG 19a 'KAMERUNGA STATE NURSERY...', unused. Superb! [One of the scarcer views]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

LETTER CARDS: Nine 2d Letter Cards from various issues, some missing corner selvedge & minor blemishes, seven are unfolded & very scarce thus, unused. (9)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

ENVELOPES STAMPED TO ORDER: Trio with 'MOUNT MORGAN/GOLD MINING COMPANY' embossed in blue on the flaps 1) Void Background 1d vermilion size 192x126mm with 'PRINTED MATTER ONLY' at upper-left, to London in 1896, central fold; 2) Four Corners 1d red (+ 1d adhesive) size 280x121mm with 'PRINTED MATTER ONLY' at upper-left, to Glasgow, central fold; & 3) Four Corners 2d blue to Toowoomba; minor soiling. (3)

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Collection on Scott pages with a range of Small Chalons to 5/- including Imperf 1d pair (just touched at the top, otherwise very fine, Cat £1600+), 'REGISTERED' SG 11, 'REGISTERED' SG 20 mint & Litho 4d lilac mint, 1880 'Half-penny' on 1d mint, later mostly mint including Lined Background to 2/-, Charity duo & 1907-11 £1, etc, condition variable but generally fine. (130 approx)

Estimate AU$2,000

Useful collection with a handy group of Small Chalons, then mostly mint including Lined Background to 2/-, Four Figures Crown/Q to 2/- & Crown/A to 2/-, Large Chalon Thick Paper 10/-, Charity duo, a few used Revenues etc, condition variable. (117)

Estimate AU$500

1860-79 Small Chalons collection with unused/mint including 2d SG 7 (small fault at top), 1d SG 14 mint pair & 'REGISTERED' 1/- mint, No Wmk 1d Indian Red x4 (used), 1d vermilion x2, 2d blue mint pair (one thinned) & 1/- strip of 3 (small faults), Perf 12½x13 1d mint, 2d mint & 3d x4, 1864-65 'REGISTERED' & Perf 12½x13 1d x3 (one mint), 1866 Fancy Wmk Perf 13 1d x2 & 2d x4 and Perf 12½x13 2d, 1866-67 Litho 4d mint & 5/-, Truncated Star Perf 13 unused/mint 1d x3, 2d x3, 3d x3, 6d & 1/- mauve, Crown/Q Perf 13 6d mint, Perf 12 unused/mint 6d x9 & 1/- x8, 1879 No Wmk 6d x2 & 1/- x4, etc, plus lots of used material with some numeral interest, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. High catalogue value. Excellent potential for the specialist. (few 100)

Estimate AU$2,500

1860 Large Star Imperf 1d carmine-rose SG 1, margins just clear to large with outer framelines except at the base, minor blemishes, unused, Cat £6500.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1860 Large Star Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 1d 2d & 6d x2, then Small Star Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 2d x2, 3d x4, 6d x5, 1/- x2 & 'REGISTERED' (a 'Colombo' shade, discoloured by seawater), Perf 14 at Somerset House 1d x6 (one unused) & 2d x2, and Rough Perf 14-16 1d x3 (two unused), 2d, 3d x4 (single & pair with large-part o.g.), 6d x4 (one unused), 1/- x2, 'REGISTERED' x6 including single & strip of 3 with large-part o.g., fine to very fine, Cat £4400+. (46)

Estimate AU$1,000

1860 Large Star Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 1d carmine-rose SG 4, exceptional centring, unused, Cat £2750. A seriously underrated stamp. [No unused multiples, and fewer than a dozen singles - of which three are in the Royal Collection - have been recorded. Absent from most of the major collections. Bernie Manning's creased example sold at the Prestige auction of 12.5.2007 for $1322]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1860 Large Star Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 6d green SG 6 horizontal pair, very well centred, minor blemishes & the first unit with a few trimmed perfs at the base, unused, Cat £2800+. [Bernie Manning recorded only two unused blocks of 4 - one of which is in the Royal Collection - and his pair. This pair is better-centred and, in our opinion, more attractive than Manning's pair - the first unit of which has a tiny surface blemish - that sold at the Prestige auction of 12.5.2007 for $9200]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

1866-67 Lithographed Second Transfer ('FOUR' in Finer Letters) 4d lilac SG 55, exceptional centring, characteristic irregular perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £450. Underrated.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1868-74 Truncated Star Perf 13 1/- mauve SG 73, unusually well centred, large-part o.g., Cat £400.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1868 Crown/Q (Wmk '5') Watermark complete sheet of 240 impressions (12x20) with 'QUEENSLAND POSTAGE' four times in the margins, very fine 'PASSED/5MAY68/[initials]'-in-circle h/s in red, a little aged along the folds otherwise remarkably fine.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1880 Lithographed High Values 2/- imperforate plate proof strip of 3 (a rare multiple), apparently unused 2/-, 2/6d x3, 5/-, 10/- bistre x2 & 20/-, a couple with part- to large-part o.g., also apparently postally used 2/-, 10/- bistre & 20/-, some fiscal usages including 2/- with the Watermark Inverted and a set with 'SPECIMEN' h/s, condition variable, Cat £5900 if all genuine, plus the proof strip. Offered strictly 'as is'. (38)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1879-81 First Sidefaces range on Hagners with imperf plate proofs 1d in brown, 4d in orange & 6d pair in green, Wmk 5 1d unused x2, 2d 'PENGE' & 'QUEENSbAND' and 4d, Burelé Band 1d, Wmk 6 range with unused/mint 1d x15 including 'QOEENSLAND', 2d x4, 4d x3, 6d x5 & 1/- x5, 'Half-penny' on 1d Die II unused & used with blue pencil lines, etc, also 'SPECIMEN' handstamps x17, condition rather mixed, Cat £5000+. (200 approx)

Estimate AU$750

1882-95 Large Chalons Thin Paper Wmk 5 unused 2/- 2/6d & 10/- and used 10/- & £1 x3 including a pair; Thick Paper mint 2/6d x2, 5/- x3, 10/- x2 & £1 and used 2/-, 2/6d x3, 5/- x4, 10/- x5 & £1 x4; Thin Paper Wmk 6 unused £1, used 5/- punctured 'OS', 10/- & £1 plus punctured 'OS' (Inverted) 2/6d 5/- & 10/-, also some fiscal usages including with cancels removed, condition variable, Cat £3000+ plus the 'OS' issues. [The ACSC lists 'OS' punctures on the Thin Paper Wmk 6 issue but does not record the Inverted 'OS' varieties] (68)

Estimate AU$1,000

1882-90 Second Sidefaces (Lined Background) collection with 'SPECIMEN' h/s to 2/- including 1d block of 4, 4d SG 169 unmounted mint block of 4, 4d 'PENGE' x3 & 'EN' Joined, 1/- SG 174 CTO block of 20 (4x5) plus used strips of 6 & 7 (very scarce multiples), Perf 9½x12 mint 1d & 2d pairs & a toned 1/- single, New Plates Perf 9½x12 2d SG 183 unused x2, Comb Perf 12½,13 4d 'PENGE' mint x3 & used and 'EN' Joined used, mint corner blocks of 2½d x2 & 2/-, 1895 Thick Paper 1/- mint, Burelé Band 1d mint corner block of 15 (5x3) with 'ONE [ ]NNY' SG 206b, etc, lots of used multiples & some postmark interest, condition variable, Cat £4000+. (100s)

Estimate AU$1,000

1882-90 Second Sidefaces (Lined Background) Comb Perf 12½,13 ½d x3 shades, 1d x3, 2d x3, 2½d, 3d x2, 4d, 6d & 2/- blocks of 4, large-part o.g. with some units being unmounted, Cat £800+. (15 blocks)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1882-90 Second Sidefaces (Lined Background) Comb Perf 12½,13 1d vermilion-red Imperforate Pair SG 187a, margins close to large, on 1895 cover with very fine Rays '131' & 'CHARTERS TOWERS' cds alongside, Brisbane arrival b/s, the cover with repaired tear at upper-left & a bit aged, Cat £325 x15+ on cover.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400