1855 London Printings 2d rose-carmine SG 2 horizontal strip of 6, units 3-5 with full margins, the other units shaved to a little cut-into, neat void cancels of the GPO, Cat £510++. A very scarce First Issue multiple.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1855 London Printings 6d deep blue SG 3 horizontal pair, margins good to large - and significantly larger-than-average - with fragments of the units above & to the right of the R/H unit, neat void cancels of the GPO, Cat £340+.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$225

1855 London Printings 1/- imperforate plate proof block of 4 in black on ungummed unwatermarked paper, the third unit just shaved at left otherwise full margins, minor wrinkles,

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1856-58 Adelaide Printings Imperf 2d orange-red & 2d blood-red SG 7 & 8, both with margins close to good, SG 7 with numeral '57' of Nairne, Cat £140. Peter Holcombe Certificate (1989) for SG 8. (2)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1856-58 Adelaide Printings Imperf 2d red SG 9 horizontal strip of 4, margins close to very large with a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, indictinct numeral cancels, Cat £160+. A very fine multiple.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1856-58 Adelaide Printings Imperf 6d slate-blue SG 10, margins close to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit above, light void cancel of the GPO, Cat £200.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1868-79 Perf 11½-12½ 1d deep yellow-green Partially Imperf Vertically at Left - with a chunk of the adjoining unit at left - & Between and apparently completely Imperf at Right, 3mm closed scissor-cut at L/R which gives credence to the notion that scissors were needed to separate the stamps, light 'GPO ADELAIDE/JA19/76/SA' cds. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2007) states "extremely unusual error multiple". [This pair presents as a variant of SG 65a, Cat £3250]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1876-1900 Broad Star 1/- red-brown block of 6 (3x2), characteristic rough perfs, light GPO cancels. A rare & desirable used multiple.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$120

1876-1900 Broad Star 1/- brown horizontal pair Imperf Vertically at Right & Between SG 130a, large-part o.g., Cat £450.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1868-73 De La Rue plate proofs on unwatermarked gummed paper comprising ½d in green imperf block of 20 & partly-imperf block of 20, 1d imperf block of 12, and 2d two imperf blocks of 16 in different shades from the intersection of the four panes, full unmounted o.g. Superb! (Qty 5 items)

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1883-89 De La Rue Perf 11½-12½ ½d brown marginal block of 12 (6x2) from the top of the sheet, full unmounted o.g., Cat £540++ (for mounted singles).

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ 15/- & £1 SG 198a & 199a, CTO with large-part o.g., Cat £420. (Qty 2)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1894 Tannenberg stamp-size preliminary artwork for proposed 2½d & 5d designs on art paper recessed in card mount (185x138mm) endorsed "Chimborazo" (Maximilian Tannenberg's nom de plume) with faint pencil note "Subject to the word Revenue being inserted". [The final designs were quite different but owe much to this design concept. In the end, both 'POSTAGE' & 'REVENUE' were omitted from the designs]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$450

1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 6d blue-green CTO with Adelaide cds plus 'ULTRAMAR' h/s in blue. Ex Portuguese Colonies Archives.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$80