1869 (Apr 3) Dodgson cover to England with 4d lilac & 6d yellow-green, 'TOWNSVILLE' cds (no year slug), Brisbane transit & London arrival b/s of JY10/69, minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1897 registered mourning cover to Devon with 1d 2d & 2½d rose x2 tied by 'R'-in-oval cancels, double-oval 'POST OFFICE CAIRNS/9SEP97/QUEENSLAND' d/s - believed to be the only recorded example - in blue below, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1900 use to Germany of unstamped 'Avis de Reception en Retour' envelope with printed 'R'-in-oval at upper-left, repaired opening tear & a little soiled. These envelopes are rare from all Colonies & this is the first example we have seen from Queensland. [Hugh Campbell made no mention of AR envelopes]

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1901 (Jan 23) stampless Boer War cover endorsed "From #15/Trooper DW Priest/5th QIB" with octagonal Volksrust d/s & various tax handstamps, Durban transit & Brisbane arrival b/s of JA23/02, minor faults.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

POSTAL CARDS: 1910 Black & White Views 1d HG 19a 'BUNDABERG FROM THE WATER TOWER...' & 'ON A QUEENSLAND SHEEP STATION' both very fine, and 'SUGAR-CANE, NEAR BUNDABERG...' (corner crease), unused. (3)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Accumulation in stockbook from Chalons with a few imperfs then range of perforated including Small Star 1d *, Q/Crown 6d *, Large Chalon 10/- * and £1 *, also 'SPECIMEN' overprints on 4d, 6d, 5/- pink and Large Chalon 2/6d & 5/- plus used to 2/-, quantity of Sidefaces with many numeral cancels, datestamps including TPOs and other postmark interest noted 'OFFICIALLY R[EGISTERED]/SYDNEY/4d MORE T[O PAY]' on 2d, a few multiples and also some mint, Revenues with Stamp Duty to £1 and Impressed Duty to £6 including some KEVII issues, apparently unchecked for perf & wmk varieties, condition mixed but many fine. (100s)

Estimate AU$500

1860-61 Small Star Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 'REGISTERED' (6d) olive-yellow SG 11, well centred, part o.g., Cat £1000. A very attractive example of this scarce stamp.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1860-61 Small Star 'REGISTERED' (6d) olive-yellow SG 11, exceptional centring & full perfs, superb 'CANC[ELLED]' handstamp, Cat £10,000. An oustanding rarity of the Australian Colonies. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2005) states "Genuine in all respects. Extremely rare as only six made".

Six examples each of the so-called "Ormond Hill Specimens" were produced by Perkins Bacon for all of "their" Colonies at the request of Rowland Hill's nephew and gifted to him, action that resulted in the Agent for the Crown Colonies terminating Perkins Bacon's printing contracts. 75 different stamps were involved, of 20 British Colonies and four stamps of Chile. The 'CANCELLED' h/s was applied to blocks of 6 that were later separated, often with scissors or a blade, resulting in many of the individual stamps having trimmed perfs on one or two sides.

For Queensland, the recorded stamps are 1d x4 (all with some perfs trimmed), 2d x4 (2), 6d x3 (2), 1/- x4 (1) and 'REGISTERED' x4 (3). A full "set" is in the Royal Collection. The stamp offered here is by far the finest of the 'REGISTERED's and is one of only seven of the Queensland stamps that has full perfs. It is at least the equal of Colonel Harrie Evans' 1/- that sold at the Prestige auction of 4.5.2002 for $10,640. At that time, these items Cat £3500 each. [See also Lot 854 for a copy of 'CANCELLED by Perkins Bacon' by Peter Jaffé]

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$15,000

1866-67 Lithographs 5/- pale rose SG 58, characteristic rough perfs & cut from the sheet at left to preserve the design, large-part o.g., Cat £1200.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1882-95 Large Chalons master die proof with blank value tablets below the Queen's portrait & in the four corners, in black on thin card (40x46mm), insignificant blemishes. Ex Bradbury Wilkinson Archives. [This most beautiful of all Australian Colonial designs was engraved by Herbert Bourne. Bernie Manning's example affixed behind a larger recessed card sold at the Prestige auction of 13.6.2009 for $14,950]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$6,000

1882-95 Large Chalons £1 perforated plate proof in plum on thick watermarked paper. [Basset Hull at page 160 states that this was a colour trial made in March 1897, apparently for a proposed change of colour]

Grade A

Estimate AU$200