Classics comprising Couriers 4d three very fine singles & a repaired pair, Star Wmk 4d (almost full margins) on outer to Victoria, Numeral Wmks 2d 4d x3 & 1/-, Cat £1450+ plus the repaired pair & the cover. (10 + cover)

Estimate AU$850

1853 Couriers 4d orange (shades) singles x6 & a horizontal pair, all cut-square with full margins, a few minor thins & imperfections & the one with BN '64' has had a corner added, sound to fine, Cat £3000. Ex Koichi Sato. (8)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$700

1855 London Printings Large Star 1d imperforate plate proof single in carmine on ungummed unwatermarked paper, margins close to large. Ex Michael Blake.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1855 London Printings Large Star 2d deep green SG 15, a huge example with margins close to large & fragments of the adjoining units at left & right, inconsequential closed scissor-cut in the margin at lower-left, manuscript "Torqu[ay]" cancellation, Cat £550.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1857-67 Double-Lined Numeral Watermarks 1d pale red-brown SG 26 horizontal strip of 6 with margins at places & a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, neat Second Allocation BN '91' of Torquay, Cat £250+. A rare & attractive multiple.

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1857-67 Double-Lined Numeral Watermarks 1d dull vermilion SG 28 block of 6 (3x2), margins just touched - at lower-left - to good, the fourth unit with a closed 10mm tear at L/L, ironed-out horizontal crease at the top of the lower units, unused, Cat £2400++ for unused singles. A rare multiple.

Grade A/(B) (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1857-67 Double-Lined Numeral Watermarks piece of watermarked paper with 24 impressions (6x4) of the '4' Watermark.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1858 'TASMANIA' London Printings 6d imperforate plate proof pair in dull violet on Large Star Wmk paper, full margins, ironed-out creases as is always the case; and Local Printings 6d dull slate-grey SG 44 with margins just touching to good tied to piece to Melbourne. (2 items)

Estimate AU$150

1863-71 Experimental Separations Perf 12 by Walch & Sons 1d carmine with '2' Error of Watermark SG 70a also with striking Double Print, a few imperfections but possibly unused, Cat £2750 postally used, £300 used fiscally, and unpriced unused.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1863-71 Experimental Separations Perf 12 by Walch & Sons 4d blue SG 73, large-part o.g., Cat £375.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$125

1863-71 Experimental Separations Pin-Perf 5½-9½ at Longford 4d bright blue SG 106 three examples, each with Second Allocation BN '54' of Longford, Cat £1950. Ex Michael Blake. (3)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1863-71 Experimental Separations Pin-Perf 5½-9½ at Longford 6d grey-violet SG 107, an unusually large stamp with a chunk of the adjoining unit at the base, rounded L/R corner, indistinct BN clear of the Queen's face, undercatalogued at £600. Ex Sebastian Earl (from Lot 2252) and Michael Blake. RPSofL Certificate (1955) as the then SG 57 states "it is genuine so far as one can say".

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1863-71 Experimental Separations Serrated Perf 19 at Hobart 1d carmine SG 118, unused, undercatalogued at £750. A very rare stamp.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1870-71 Sidefaces Single-Lined Numeral Watermarks 4d blue SG 130, shallow central thin, unused, Cat £1200. A very scarce stamp unused. RPSofV Certificate (1997).

Grade B C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1892-99 Tablets 2½d with SPECIMEN' Overprint Grossly Misplaced, a few short perfs, regummed.

Grade B B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1892-99 Tablets 2/6d to £1 SG 222-5, large-part o.g., Cat £750. (4)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1892-99 Tablets photographic reproductions of the £1 Sperati "die proof" and of two examples of the forgery cancelled at Hobart or Launceston. (3 items)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1899-1900 De La Rue Pictorials ½d to 6d SG 229-236 complete blocks of 4, large-part o.g. with the lower units - 2½d & 4d all units - being unmounted, Cat £600++ for four mounted sets. (8 blocks)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1906-09 Crown/A 9d blue Irregular Compound Perf gutter block of 4 from the base of the sheet, Perf 11 except for the right-hand units being Perf 12 at Left ACSC #T72 (SG 256d), a few small tonespots affect the upper units which are lightly mounted, the lower units are unmounted, Cat $1200++ (£1100++) for two mounted singles.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$350