1853/54 1d COURIER; Used Group with Pl. 1 (rebacked & pen-cancelled) and Pl. II (3 - without margins, with very close margins on four sides and with large margins on three sides and close at base). (4) (Image)

1853/54 4d COURIER; Plate I State II 4d pale orange horiz. pair, four large margins and indistinct bar cancels. V.fine. £SG £900+ (2) (Image)

2d CHALON PLATE PROOF; Remarkable 2d plate proof in black on ungummed and unwmkd wove paper block of seventeen, from the top of sheet, mostly fine, cut close or just slightly into in three places. Believed the largest multiple and probably all from a single sheet of 240. Major exhibition item. Similar block of six sold for $AU3000 in 2011. (17) Cross Reference: ESSAYS & PROOFS (Image)

1d CHALON PROOF; 1855 2nd Die (no 'VAN DIEMAN'S LAND) 1d Proof in green on unwmkd wove paper. Rule lines evident at corners and at top and base. V.fine and rare. Ex Butler (2004) Cross Reference: ESSAYS & PROOFS (Image)

1855 4d CHALON ON STAR WMK PAPER; 4d blue on wmk large star, unused (no gum), margins except at lower right where just cut into otherwise fine and fresh. V.rare. SG £6000 (Image)

1855 4d CHALON STAR WMK; Unused (no gum) 4d Blue, four close to very close margins otherwise fine. V.rare. SG £6000 (Image)

1855 WMK STAR 4d; 1855 4d Chalon used group of deep blue & blue shades inc. a horizontal strip of three, a single tied to a piece and a single with three ms. squiggles), six have clear, mainly small, four margins and other variously touching or slightly cut-into. (16) (Image)

1856 1d PELURE PAPER; 1d Chalon used quartet on unwmkd pelure paper, one with four large margins, others with small or very margins - one very lightly corner cancelled. SG £3000 (4) (Image)

1855 WMK STAR COMBINATION PIECE; 7 Nov. 1856 fragment franked wmk star 2d & 4d Chalons, each with four margins and with "68" b/n and with Hobart and Liverpool d.s. alongside. Attractive. (Image)

1857 4d Blue Chalon no wmk mint, four close to good margins, large part o.g. and some very minor tone spots. Pencil expertising mark also on rear; possibly Alberto Diena (Rome). SG 22 £3250 (Image)

1858 1/- CHALON; 1/- vermilion, four good margins and large part o.g. minute tone spot at top left and a faint unidentified expertising mark on rear. Uncommon. SG £950 (Image)

1858 1/- CHALON; 1/- vermilion imperf group with used (18 - one cut-to-shape and mostly Hobart dumb bar cancels), fiscal cancels (3 inc. a partially severed horiz. pair) and unused (2 - one with one corner clipped). (Image)

1860/67 6d CHALON; Used range mostly with Hobart dumb bar cancels or fiscally used (3 inc. a pair) with a range of shades. Mixed condition though several have four-margins. Useful study. (73) (Image)

1860 6d CHALON IMPERF; Two unused (no gum) examples in grey-violet or slate-violet, both with four margins except where cut close on one side on one example. Uncommon. SG £1900 (Image)

1864/69 1d PERF 10 GROUP; Range of 1d Chalon shades inc. carmine mint/unused (5), brick red mint or unused (5) and dull vermilion mint/unused (9 - one with kiss print) the balance postally or fiscally used (one with kiss print). Mixed condition. (48) (Image)

1865 1d CHALON PERF 12 GROUP; Dull vermilion to carmine shade range inc. mint (7) unused, used (14 inc. a horiz. strip of three) and with fiscal cancels (17). Majority fine. (39) (Image)

1866 OATLANDS OBLIQUE ROULETTE; 4d Chalon used with part "64" b/n cancel imperf at top and base and roughly rouletted 11½ (cert states about 12). V.fine. SG £1000. Ceremuga Cert. (2007) (Image)

1870 2d DLR DIE PROOF; The 2d in black on glazed white card without inscriptions or dates. Fine. Cross Reference: ESSAYS & PROOFS (Image)

1870 9d DLR COLOUR TRIAL; Marginal block of four in bright reddish-violet on ungummed Crown CC wmk paper. Fine and scarce. Cross Reference: ESSAYS & PROOFS (Image)

1884/91 6d CHALON PERF 12 GROUP; Range of claret and reddish-mauve shades inc. mint singles (5), a marginal pair with part marginal wmk and a horiz. strip of three and used (11) and fiscally cancelled (2). Majority fine. (Image)

DLR UNADOPTED ESSAY; 1886 DLR blank QV keytype optd in black 'TASMANIA/POSTAGE & REVENUE/TWO SHILLINGS/AND SIX PENCE' Perf 14 and part o.g. . Rare. BPA Cert. (1998) Cross Reference: ESSAYS & PROOFS (Image)

1891 UPU SURCHARGE; Range of the 2½d on 9d inc. Perf 11½ mint in pale blue (5 inc. a horiz. pair with double optd; one inverted ) or deep blue (5) and Perf 12 (19 inc. a marginal single and a marginal block of four) and the balance postally used (24) and a single on thick paper optd 'REPRINT'. (54) Cross Reference: ERRORS (Image)

1891 ½d ORANGE; Imperf mint marginal block of four, unmounted and faint creasing in the margin. Scarce. SG £650+ (4) (Image)

1892/99 DLR MINT BLOCKS; 2/6d brown & blue marginal block of four, never mounted, small scrape in margin otherwise fine and 10/- mauve and brown corner control '1' block of four from lower right of sheet, small fault in right margin and diagonal crease affecting one unit but only visible from rear. Lightly mounted in the margin only; all units never mounted. SG £960+ (8) (Image)

DLR TABLET ISSUE OPTD SPECIMEN; 1892/99 group optd 'SPECIMEN' inc. ½d, 2½d, 5d (slight stains), 10d, 1/-, 2/6d, 5/-, 10/- (3) & £1 (2). (12) Cross Reference: SPECIMENS (Image)