Chalon issues with 'SPECIMEN' handstamp in black (unless noted) comprising 1860-61 Small Star Wmk 6d green & 'REGISTERED' (6d) yellow x2 (one with h/s in blue), 1862-67 No Wmk 4d lilac SG 56s 1/- grey SG 29s & 5/- rose SG 58s plus each with blue h/s also, 1868-74 Truncated Star Wmk 1d orange pair (h/s in blue), 2d blue pair, 3d brown (h/s in blue), 6d green & 1/- grey h/s (in blue) SG 59s-73s and 1868-78 Q/Crown Wmk 4d yellow SG 89s & 6d green (h/s inverted), most with large-part original gum, some with minor aging, Cat £800+ for those listed (the others unlisted by Gibbons).

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Neat collection on Utile pages with Small Chalons 1860 Clean-Cut Perf 1d & 6d, 1861 Small Star SG 7-20 complete, No Wmk group to 1/-, 1864-65 Small Star Perf 13 set, 1866 Fancy Wmk duo, 4d lilac x2, Truncated Star group to 1/- x5 including SG 79 unused with RPSofL Certificate (1933), Burelé Band 6d, 1880 High Values with dubious cancels, etc, Large Chalons 1882-95 to £1 x3, 1905-06 Litho 5/- & £1 and 1907-11 Crown/A 2/6d x2 5/- x2 & 10/-, generally fine to very fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Collection remainders with First Sidefaces array including 4d mint & used x12, 6d with a few unused, 1/- with a few appaerntly unused, and 'Half-penny' on 1d Die I, later issues with some perforation irregularities & postmark interest, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Ex Alan Griffiths. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1860 Chalons Large Star Watermark 2d blue Imperf SG 2, three margins & just touched at left with outer framelines on 2½ sides, light Rays '85' cancel of Drayton largely clear of the Queen's portrait, Cat £2000. An attractive example of this scarce stamp. [This & the next lot have been removed by us from a contemporary envelope piece on which they were overlapping]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1860 Chalons Large Star Watermark 2d blue Imperf SG 2, margins close - at right - to good with almost complete outer framelines, Rays '85' cancel of Drayton, Cat £2000. An attractive example of this scarce stamp. [This & the previoust lot have been removed by us from a contemporary envelope piece on which they were overlapping]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1860 Chalons Large Star Watermark 2d blue Imperf SG 2 horizontal pair, good even margins with complete outer framelines & a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, a trifle aged, light Rays '201' cancels of Rockhampton, Cat £4000+, for two singles. A rare multiple.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

1862-67 Chalons No Watermark 1d orange-vermilion Perf 13 SG 22 block of 16 (4x4), characteristic rough perforations, the second & third row all unmounted, Cat £1920+, for mounted singles x16. Ex The Mayfair Find. A spectacular multiple.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1862-67 Chalons No Watermark 1d orange-vermilion Perf 13 SG 22 horizontal strip of 3, minor blemish at the base of the second unit, large-part original gum, Cat £360+, for singles. RPSofV Certificate (2021).

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1868-78 Crown/Q Perf 13 4d yellow SG 89, a very attractive example of this notoriously difficult stamp, unused, Cat £2500. RPSofV Certificate (2022). [Bernie Manning's exceptional example sold at our auction of 12.5.2007 for $3910]  

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1880 Chalons Lithographed High Values 20/- deep rose-pink SG 127 marginal example from the left of the sheet, an unusually rich shade, large-part original gum, Cat £2500. Stated to be "the finest example available". BPA Certificate (1948).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

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$150

1882-95 Large Chalons High Values 2/- vermilion Imperforate Colour Trial on Unwatermarked Paper with manuscript "X" on face and endorsed on reverse "Approved for/colour 2/6d/Queensland", margins close to large at left. Superb. Ex Ed Williams. The 2/- value was issued in bright blue on 14.4.1882; the 2/6d vermillion was issued on 12.7.1882. See the illustration above Lot 834. 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1882 Large Chalons High Values "set" of 2/- x4 - one with the rarely seen '...WILKINSON & CO BANK NOTE ENGRAVER...' imprint below) & 2/6d Imperf Plate Proof singles in the approved colours for the five values, a few small separation faults. Rare. [The inclusion of the 2/6d in green is consistent with Basset Hull's statement at page 158 that this was the only colour in which the 2/6d was printed, and that there was no 2/- in this colour. Bernie Manning's similar very fine set - none with the imprint - sold for $4194. NB: the proofs were printed in Brisbane; the imprint was burnished-off the plates before the stamps were printed] (5) 

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1882-95 Second Sidefaces Perf 12 1d deep vermilion-red as SG 167 but Imperforate at Base marginal strip of 3 from the left of the sheet, the left-hand unit also Imperforate Vertically at Left, light ironed-out vertical creases in the margin (small stain) and between the units, the left unit very fine, the central & right units with small surface abrasions, unused. Ex Gary Diffen. Rare: the only examples recorded. RPSV Certificate (2013).

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1890 Comb Perf 1d vermilion Imperf Pairs SG 187a comprising 1) mint with large-part original gum. (tiny thin spot); 2) tied to piece with ½d by BN '369' of Patliament House; and 3) lower-right corner pair with Sheet Number '347' & 'REGISTERED/JY3194/BRISBANE' cds, the first unit with ironed-out vertical crease & shallow thin in the lower margin; Cat £950. With four associated letters signed "George Ginger" (1932), "Ritchie Bodily" (1973), "Robson Lowe" (1978) & "DJ Crocker" (1979). (3 pairs) 

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1882-95 Second Sidefaces Comb Perf 12½,13 1d vermilion-red Completely Imperforate SG 187a block of 4, light ironed-out central vertical bend, lightly mounted on the upper units, the lower units unmounted, Cat £600+, for two mounted pairs. Ex Gary Diffen. RPSV Certificate (2008). The third-largest multiple known.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1882-95 Second Sidefaces Comb Perf 12½,13 1d vermilion New Plates as SG 179 or 187 but Rouletted about 6 with the rouletting clear of the design on all sides, neat 'GUNALDA/AU20/94/=QUE[ENSLAND]=' cds. Unlisted in Gibbons and not mentioned by Ken Scudder. Offered 'as is'. [The stamp is certainly large enough that, if it had been perforated, there would almost certainly be evidence of perforations. It may have come from imperforate stock SG 187a but, again, there is no record of the imperf stamps having been used at Gunalda]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1882-95 Second Sidefaces Comb Perf 12½,13 2½d imperforate stamp-size essay in an unadopted design with small '2½' in upper corners in dull violet on ungummed watermarked paper, good even margins. Rare. Colonel Harrie Evan's similar essays in deep blue and in deep green sold at our auction of 4.5.2002 for $3810 and $4030 respectively.  

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1895-96 Second Sidefaces White Background Small Crown/Q (W6) Watermark Perf 12½,13 ½d deep green as SG 209 but Printed Double, a few faults, indistinct (parcel?) cancel. The doubling is most evident along the back of the Queen's head with a clear second impression 1mm to the right. Ex Gary Diffen. This variety was known to collectors in the 1920s, and there is an example in the Sir William Dixon Collection donated to the New South Wales State Library. Gibbons list the ½d green Printed Double as SG 208a, Cat £2000, but do not list the deep green shade with this variety. RPSV Certificate (2005) as SG 208a.

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1897-1908 Sidefaces Figures in Four Corners ½d Die Proof in blue-green on Thin Wove Paper with Papermaker's Watermark '...D STA...', similar to the approved design but with the figures in the four corners at a 45 degree angle, endorsed in pencil "Not appd 1898", small piece of adhesive tape at the top from where the proof was attached to the printer's record book. Ex Colonel Harrie Evans: sold for $4300. [Bernie Manning's similar die proof of the approved design - minor blemishes; also Ex Colonel Evans - sold for $5126]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1897-1908 Figures in Four Corners 3d imperforate die proof of the 4-unit mould in yellow-brown (close to the issued colour) on thick ungummed surfaced paper ACSC Q24(DP)1B, wide margins all around, superb, Cat $4000. The ACSC states that "at least six blocks exist, including one in the Royal Collection".

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1897-1908 Second Sidefaces Figures in Four Corners 4d imperforate die proof of the 4-unit mould in  yellow-orange (close to issued colour) on thick ungummed surfaced paper ACSC Q28(DP)1B, wide margins all around, superb, Cat $4000. The ACSC states that "Probably several blocks exist in each shade; one example of [this shade] is in the Royal Collection".

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1897-1908 Second Sidefaces Figures in Four Corners 2½d perforated colour trials on gummed paper with the watermark inverted, prepared in respect of the 2/- turquoise ACSC Q50 (SG 254) comprising blocks of 4 in dull carmine, deep slate-blue and turquoise (the approved colour) ACSC Q50(PP)1L N & T all exhibiting stepped perfs, virtually full original gum with three units in each block being unmounted, Cat $3600++, for mounted singles. (3 blocks) 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1897 Diamond Jubilee Widow's Weeds (Unissued) ½d Essays on Ungummed Unwatermarked Paper in black & in rose-pink with '1837 - 1897' in the lower corner tablets. Scarce. [The issue was not proceeded with, but the design - with the dates removed - was issued as the 'Widow's Weeds' definitive] (2) 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

POSTAL FISCALS: 1871-72 QV Medium Format Crown/Q Watermark 2/6d brick-red & 10/- brown SG 20 & 22, both characteristically off-centre with large-part original gum & small hinge remainders, Cat £1525. Ex Ed Williams. [See also the Queensland Revenues section below for further stamps from this issue] (2)

Grade A D1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500