Well-developed collection offered intact starting with a handsome pair of SG 1 that unfortunately has a major tear, an attractive range of other Small Chalons with better values and quite a few unused or mint, 1866 Elaborate Wmk 1d pair & 2d strip of 3 (scarce multiples), 1880 High Values set with 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp plus 10/- & 20/- with dubious postal cancels, extensive array of First Sidefaces including recreated blocks of the four types for all values and many mint/unused including 4d orange-yellow and 1/- strip of 4, 1880 'Half-penny' on 1d Die I used x2 & Die II mint plus a fiscally used pair, handy range of Large Chalons mint & used to £1, postmark interest & some very attractive fiscal usages, condition variable but much is fine to very fine, high catalogue value. A good basis for expansion. (Qty few 100) (Image1)

Estimate AU$6,500

Range on Imperial pages with a selection of Small Chalons to 20/- (cleaned), Large Chalons to £1, condition variable, STC £1750. (Qty 112) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

Collection on Scott leaves with an attractive range of Small Chalons including 4d yellow apparently unused, Large Chalons mint with Thin Paper 10/- & £1 and Thick Paper 2/6d to £1, Sidefaces including 2/- brown with 'LA' of 'QUEENSLAND' Joined mint, Four Figures mostly mint to 2/-, Charity duo (mint, minor faults), etc, some postmark interest, condition variable, Cat £3000+. (Qty 180 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1868-74 Truncated Star Perf 13 2d bright blue Plate II horizontal pair Imperforate Between, large-part o.g. From the 1895 official reprints: Gibbons in a footnote below SG 82 states "One sheet is known to have had the perforations missing between the fourth & fifth vertical rows", meaning that only ten such pairs can exist. Ex 'Besancon' (III). BPA Certificate (1991).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1868-78 Crown/Q Perf 12 4d yellow SG 102, well centred, large-part o.g., Cat £1700. Possibly the finest example we have offered. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2017) states "very rare" & "superb".

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,250

1868-78 Crown/Q Perf 12 6d yellow-green SG 106 block of 9 from the top of the sheet, the upper units with Horizontal Watermark Line Only (Crown/Q Omitted), minor stains/tonespots, large-part o.g., Cat £2250++.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1880 Lithographed High Values 20/- rose SG 127, characteristic irregular perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £2500. Very scarce. RPSofV Certificate (2010).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1880 Lithographed High Values 20/- rose SG 127, strong colour, a few characteristic shortish perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £2500. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2020) states "very rare in mint condition".

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,800

POSTAL FISCALS: 1871-72 Smaller Format with Crown/Q Wmk 10/- brown SG F22, unused, Cat £1100. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "rare".

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

PHANTOM STAMPS: 1870s (circa) Torres Strait Settlements 2c brown to 36c carmine-rose complete, large-part o.g. and unusually fine. [We have a record of a very fine set selling at a Sydney auction for $2500. The Brussels Find, offered in the Prestige sale of 7.5.2013, included not a single example of the 2c] (6)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500