Attractive selection of mostly blocks of 4 including Small Chalons Rough Perf 1d rose-carmine & 3d brown, Truncated Star 2d blue Plate I block of 6 (3x2), Official Repints of Truncated Star 1d orange block of 6 (2x3) & 1/- dull violet and Crown/Q 2d Plate II & 1/- lilac-grey, later group including Lined Background 2½d carmine-pink, Two Figures 2½d rose-pink, Four Figures Crown/Q to 1/- & Crown/A to 2/- with shades to 6d & 4d grey Die II, etc, condition variable but most are fine to very fine & most have part- to large-part o.g. (Qty 56 blocks) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

Collection remainders with Large Star Imperf 1d SG 1 and Perf 2d & 6d, Small Star 6d x3, 1/- x2 & 'REGISTERED' x2, No Wmk to 1/- x3, good range of other watermarks & perfs including 4d yellow x3, First Sidefaces including 4d x3 & 'Half-penny' on 1d, Large Chalons to £1 x2, etc, & a few Revenues, condition variable but many are attractive &/or fine to very fine, high catalogue value. (Qty 200+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Mostly unused selection of Small Chalons including used 1d SG 4 (attractive but with a concealed repair at the top), 1/- violet SG 19 pair (discoloured & probably cleaned), 'REGISTERED' SG 20 pair with large-part o.g., 1d Indian red SG 21 (shallow thin), 1/- grey SG 29, Litho 4d lilac x2, 2/- pair (regummed & probably cleaned), etc; also First Sidefaces 2d 4d & 1/- very scarce unused pairs; condition variable, STC £4500+. (Qty 20) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Neat mounted collection with Imperf 1d 2d fake & 6d all with faults but presentable, 6d SG 6, Small Star Clean-Cut Perfs set (1/- with trimmed perfs) & mint 3d and Rough Perfs mint 1d 3d 1/- (stained, unused?) & 'REGISTERED' x2 (one unused) & used set with extra 1/- x2, No Wmk Perf 13 mint 1d & 1/- (corner fault), unused 2d & used to 1/- including 1d Indian red, and Perf 12½x13 mint 1d x2, 2d 3d & 1/-, Truncated Star Perf 13 mint 6d, Crown/Q Perf 13 unused 1d & 2d and mint 6d, No Wmk 1/- SG 117, 'Half-penny' on 1d x2 (one with a pen cancel removed), First Sidefaces unused to 1/- x2 (no 4d), Large Chalons unused (?) to £1 & postally used to £1, Second Sidefaces Perf 9½x12 1d unused (RPSofV Certificate), solid range of later issues including Zig-Zag Roulettes 1d SG 257 mint block of 4, Charity 1d mint & £1 SG 312 used, also a range of Chalon Revenues a few of which may be unused or postally used, condition variable but many are fine to very fine, Cat £13,000. (Qty few 100) (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1860 Large Star 6d green SG 3, margins close to large with complete outer framelines, superb Rays '85' cancel, Cat £850. A superb First Issue stamp. Stated to be Ex Charles Lathrop Pack: the postmark has NOT been enhanced.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1860-61 Small Star Rough Perf 14-16 1/- slate-violet SG 19, unused, Cat £1300. Underrated. [Only 13 unused singles - four in the Royal Collection - & no multiples have been recorded. A very similar example sold at our auction of 5.8.2021 for $2512. Bernie Manning's similar stamp sold at our auction of 12.5.2007 for $3680]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1862-67 No Watermark neatly annotated selection with Rough Perf 13 2d blue (shades) unused/mint x4 & used x28 including two pairs; Perf Clean-Cut 12½xRough 13 1d vermilion mint & used x6, 2d blue unused & used x6, 3d brown x21 including one with Double Perfs, the Re-Entry, a pair & a very scarce block of 4 (very fine but for a repaired corner at L/L), 6d green (shades) x16 including a pair, and 1/- grey unused & used x13 including a pair & one Clean-Cut Perf 12½x13; and Perf 13 1d vermilion unused x2 & used x12 including two pairs, 2d blue x31 including eight pairs & 6d green (shades) x45 (one with Rays '58' in red) including four pairs & a strip of 3; some postmark interest, generally fine to very fine, Cat £5000+. Ex Alan Griffiths. A good lot for the specialist. (Qty 187) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1866-67 Lithographed No Watermark First Transfer 4d mint (minor tonespots), unused (faults) & used x11, Second Transfer 4d x3, and 5/- unused, three others apparently unused but they have had pen cancels removed, & apparent genuine postally used x6, a few varieties noted, mostly fine to very fine, Cat £3500+. Ex Alan Griffiths. (Qty 26) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1866-67 Lithographed No Watermark First Transfer 4d grey-lilac SG 53, excellent centring, large-part o.g., Cat £500. A very attractive example of this scarce stamp.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1868-78 Crown/Q Perf 13 4d yellow SG 89, a very attractive example of this notoriously difficult stamp, unused, Cat £2500. [Bernie Manning's exceptional example sold for $3910 at our auction of 12.5.2007]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

1880 Lithographed High Values 20/- rose SG 127 marginal example from the left of the sheet, of unusually deep colour & remarkable freshness, large-part o.g., Cat £2500. Superb! BPA Certificate (1948).

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1879-81 First Sidefaces Perf 12 4d orange-yellow, excellent colour, characteristic rough perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £450.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1897-1908 Four Corners 1d red as SG 233b but Perf 12x9½ marginal block of 4 from the left of the sheet as ACSC Q9 (SG 233var) but Imperf at Left, characteristic rough perfs, the L/L unit with a significant tonespot, unused, Cat $1200+ for four fully perforated singles. Ex Gary Diffen: sold for £440. [The ACSC states "probably 50-60 examples [of the normal stamp] are known". It doesn't record the error, which is surprising since the block is referred to in a footnote for the two tiny holes in the margin "suggesting inclusion in a stamp booklet". We doubt that is the case: the holes are too close together, too close to the edge of the margin & too small]

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1897-1908 Four Corners 1d red & 2d blue extensively annotated collection of plate flaws on pages most of which are accompanied by huge enlargements that clearly show the varieties, some multiples, the 2d group includes the Major Cracked Electro SG 234a x14 including in pairs x3, in a block of 4 & on three Tatts covers, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Ex Ken Killeen. (Qty 250 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1897-1908 Four Corners 2d blue Major Cracked Electro across Face & Neck as ACSC Q16dv (SG 234a) [Pos 45] but Retouched, a couple of short perfs at U/R, cancelled well clear of the affected area. Unlisted in the ACSC. With the 'normal' Cracked Electro for comparison. Far superior to the only other recorded example, that had several short perfs, a rounded corner, and the cancel intruding on the retouch: ex Bernie Manning, sold at our auction of 13.6.2009 for $1165. [The Cracked Electro presents as a Jagged White Flaw from the Brow to the Base of the Neck. The variety offered here appears to be a crude retouch involving a simple filling of the crack so that it now presents as a Colour Flaw. Geoff Kellow was apparently unaware of the retouch as he writes of the affected unit being substituted, without mentioning this "intermediate state". Ken Scudder at page 266 states "...an example is known where the crack has printed filled with ink"] (Qty 2)

Grade B C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1897-1908 Four Corners 2d blue SG 234 with unlisted Major Cracked Plate ('Death Mask'), duplex cancel clear of the variety. Ex Ken Killeen. [This variety is just as impressive as the listed Crack across Face & Neck SG 234a but has apparently not previously been recorded in the literature. Certainly it is not illustrated by Ken Scudder]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1897-1908 Four Corners 4d die proof block of 4 in yellow-orange on ungummed unwatermarked wove paper as BW #Q25(DP)1 but all units are Die II, huge margins, the lower units creased, Cat $4000+. Ex Bernie Manning: sold at our auction of 18.12.2010 for $1980. [The ACSC states "It is believed that all the recorded blocks are Die I", which makes this a technically important item]

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1907-11 Small Crown/A Perf 13x11-12½ SG 301-8 'Three Perfs' group comprising ½d block of 6, 1d corner block of 9, 2d two blocks of 6 (shades), 3d corner block of 16 (4x4), 4d Die I corner (rejoined) block of 6, 5d corner block of 6, 6d block of 18 (6x3) & 1/- lower-right corner block of 9, some characteristic perf separation & responsible reinforcing still large-part o.g. with many units being unmounted, Cat $8000+ (in 2004) as vertical strips of 3. Ex Bernie Manning: sold at our auction of 5.12.2009 for $1630. [The ACSC at page 1/57 states "This was originally a machine for perforating lettercards, which was converted to a vertical comb in mid-1911. The gauge of the vertical line was variable, the stamps of the first row measuring 11½, the second row 11, the third row 12 & the fourth to twelfth rows 12½-12¾. It is customary to collect these variations in vertical strips (of 3). The variations can occur in the lower rows of the sheet if perforating was inverted"] (Qty 9 blocks)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1907-11 Litho Large Chalons Small Crown/A 2/6d four distinctive shades, 5/- carmine, 10/- black-brown & £1 pale blue-green, a few minor faults, Cat $1775 (£970). [Although the shades basically conform to those in the ACSC, the 2/6d "orange-red" is on the earlier thicker paper & the 2/6d "dull orange" is definitely on the thinner paper but of a different shade from BW #Q55D] (Qty 7)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500