Chalons Numeral Wmk group comprising Imperforate 1d carmine & 4d blue both with full margins with large-part original gum, plus 4d blue strip of 3 with bars cancels, Perf 12 4d blue & 6d purple with large part o.g. plus 1/- block of 4 fiscally used, condition fine to very fine but some of the 'unused' may have had fiscal cancels removed. Careful inspection recommended. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Accumulation including a quantity of Sidefaces 1d & 2d mostly on piece with Barred Numeral & CDS cancels noted 'BROTHER'S HOME' (RR; must be scarcer than that!) on piece with 2d x5 tied BN '221', large-part very fine 'ORRVILLE' (RRRRR), etc, a range of 'LOOSE SHIP LETTER' h/s a few on Pictorials, then Postal Fiscals Platypus 1d x2, 3d x13, 6d x19 and 1/- x16 postally used , St George & Dragon 3d x5, 2/6d x8, 2/6d 'REVENUE' overprint x13, 5/- and 10/- x2 (one with large-part o.g.) plus £1 Tablet 'REVENUE' overprint all fiscally used, etc, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1853-54 Couriers 1d blue Clear Impression SG 2, margins close to large with fine First Allocation Numeral '26' of Evandale; plus 4d red-orange Clear Impression (First State) SG 5, large to huge margins a small aging mark at upper-left,  fine First Allocation Numeral '59' of Hobart; Cat £2500. (2)

Grade B/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1853 Couriers 1d blue Early Impressions with All Lines Clear & Distinct SG 2 [6] from the right of the sheet with margins large to huge & full outer framelines, manuscript numeral "33" of Glenorchy (rated RRRR), small thin  at upper-right, Cat £1500 plus a premium for the rare cancellation. Ex Sir Henry Somerset. 

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1853 Couriers 1d blue Early Impressions with All Lines Clear & Distinct SG 2, margins good to large with complete outer framelines, two part-strikes of a numeral cancel remarkably both clear of the Queen's portrait & small-part London transit/arrival cds in red, Cat £1500. Superb! 

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1853 Couriers Plate I Early Impressions with All Lines Clear & Distinct 4d bright red-orange SG 5 x2 (one just shaved at right), Intermediate Impressions 4d red-orange SG 7 x2, and Worn Impressions 4d paleorange SG 9, all cut-square & all but the first with full margins, small imperfections, the last two with BN '64' or '57', Cat £3475. (5) 

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1853 Couriers Plate I Worn Impressions 4d dull orange SG 9, cut-square with margins good to large and complete 'Printed by H&C Best' Imprint at the base, large-part BN cancel well clear of the imprint, Cat £450 plus a significant premium for the imprint. [NB: most such stamps have the imprint trimmed or obscured by the cancellation] See the illustration above Lot 964. 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1855 London Printings undenominated reprinted die proofs in black on wove paper x2 or thin card, with blank value tablet, with horizontal lines or with ornaments. Scarce. (3) 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1857-67 Watermark Double-Lined Numerals 1d dull vermilion SG 28 & 4d bright blue SG 38, both with 3 margins, apparently unused, Cat £900; also 'TASMANIA' Perf 11½ 76d dull reddish lilac SG 139, apparently unused, Cat £200 and Perf 12 6d dull claret SG 143, Cat £50, large-part o.g.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1860-67 'TASMANIA' Imperf 6d SG 44-48 group of 4 shades, all with full margins & all with fragments of one or two adjoining units, one with '1' cancel of Melbourne in blue, Cat £340.

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1863-71 Chalons Double-Lined Numeral Watermark 1d dull vermilion Perf 12 as SG 69 but with Double Impression pair and strip of 3 on piece, five largely very fine strikes of Barred Numeral '92' cancels of Tunbridge, both left-hand units cut from the sheet (indicating that the pair originated from either above or below the left-hand side of the strip). Ex Gary Diffen. RPSV Certificate (2008) as the then SG 69a (last listed in 2009 where unpriced; Gibbons no longer list Double Prints in these issues).

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1863-71 Chalons Experimental Separations Perf 12 by Walch & Sons under Contract to the Post Office 1d carmine with Error of Watermark '2' SG 70a, bars cancel of Hobart, Cat £2750. An underrated rarity. Ex Collins, Julian Beresford, 'Isleham', David Cohen and Joseph Hackmey. Clear RPSofV Certificate (1998) and RPSofL Certificate (2008) that states "perfs at top improved". [Gary Diffen had only two pen-cancelled stamps. About 30 examples are recorded, most with manuscript fiscal cancellations and/or faked cancellations. Only four stamps have been authenticated as genuine postally used examples]

Grade (A) (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1863-71 Chalons Experimental Separations  Perf 10x12 by Walch & Sons 4d blue SG 79, an unusually tall stamp, part Hobart duplex, Cat £2500. A rare stamp.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1870-71 Sidefaces Numeral Watermark 1d De La Rue 'dummy' stamp in dull claret block of 4 on photocopied piece from the printers' ink recipe ledger inscribed "Tasmania Red", the last unit with a stain. (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1870-71 Sidefaces Single-Lined Numeral Watermark 2d blue-green Perf 12 Printed Double SG 129ba, large-part original gum, unpriced unused by Gibbons. The doubling is most evident along the right-hand side where the frame of one print can clearly be seen 1mm above the other. Ex David Cohen & Gary Diffen. RPSV Certificate (2008). This is the only unused example recorded and the basis of the listing in Gibbons.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1871-91 Chalons by the Government Printer Perf 12 2d reddish purple SG 142 block of 5 (3x2), very well centred, characteristic irregular perfs, the gum lightly 'suntanned', Cat £1000+, for singles.

Grade A- A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1871-78 Sidefaces 'TAS'-in-Bars Watermark 9d & 5/- Die Proofs on Glazed Card in black reduced to a little larger than stamp-size and fixed side-by-side into a sunken card mount (61x35mm), light burnishing at edges, "1870" pen endorsement on back. Superb. Ex De La Rue Archives.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1871-78 Sidefaces 'TAS'-in-Bars Watermark Perf 11½ 9d blue Printed Double SG 148b, characteristic uneven perfs, neat 'TASMANIA' in bars cancel, Cat £3250. The doubling is most evident along the right-hand side where the frame of one print can clearly be seen 1mm above & to the right of the other. Ex Gary Diffen. Rare: of the five examples recorded, only this and one other are not defective. RPSV Certificate (2007).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

1871-78 Sidefaces 'TAS'-in-Bars Watermark 5/- Die Proof on Glazed Card in black reduced to a little larger than stamp-size and fixed into a sunken card mount (37x44mm), light burnishing at edges. Superb. Ex De La Rue Archives.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1880-91 Sidefaces 'TAS' Watermark Perf 12 4d chrome-yellow Printed Both Sides (Sideways on Reverse) SG 166ab, large-part original gum, Cat £1500. There are actually portions of four impressions and the central gutter on the reverse. Ex Gary Diffen.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1891 Sidefaces 'TAS'-in-Bars Watermark ½d orange marginal Imperforate Pair SG 172a from the left of the sheet, large-part original gum, Cat £325.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1892-99 Tablets £1 grey-green & yellow-orange SG 225, excellent centring, very lightly mounted, Cat £550.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1902-04 Pictorials V/Crown Wmk 2d violet Perf 12½ Imperforate at Base ACSC T28ba (SG 239 variety), roughly separated at the base, light crease, 'BURNIE/FE7/06/TASMANIA' cds, Cat $2000 mint; unpriced used. 

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1902-04 Pictorials V/Crown Wmk 2d violet Perf 12½ Imperforate at Right ACSC T28 unlisted variety (SG 239 variety), roughly separated at right, partly indistinct 'CHUDLEIGH/JY 13/03/TASMANIA' cds. The ACSC does list an Imperforate at Base variety ACSC T28ba Cat $2000 (mint); unpriced used. Ex Gary Diffen. Rare: only two examples recorded by our vendor.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1902-04 Pictorials V/Crown Watermark 1d rose-red Perf 12½ SG 240 with the Watermark Sideways marginal example from the left of the sheet Imperforate at Left, commercially used with indistinct cds of DE22/02. Unlisted in the ACSC and believed to be the only recorded example (mint or used). [A similar error, imperf at right, ACSC T10b, also stated to be the only recorded example, is priced at Cat $1500]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750