1853 Couriers Lines of Engraving Blurred & Worn 1d pale blue SG 3 from top of the sheet with the outer framelines almost complete, minor damage at L/R corner & a couple of thin spots, Cat £1300. [Larger than the very fine example that sold at our auction of 2.12.2021 for $1435]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1853 Couriers Plate I Second State with Blurred Background 4d pale orange as SG 9 but on Pelure Paper, margins close to huge with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left, light BN cancel, Cat £450. Superb! [We have several times in the past noted the use of Pelure Paper in this issue but are still waiting for a comment from anybody! It's interesting that the Local Chalon 1d is listed on Pelure Paper, so there's no doubt this flimsy stock was used for Tasmanian stamps]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1857-67 Watermark Double-Lined Numerals 4d pale blue SG 36 horizontal strip of 5, virtually full margins at top & left & elsewhere in places and fragments of four adjoining units, otherwise remarkably fine, unusually fine strikes of Second Allocation BN '87' of Table Cape, Cat £130++. A rare multiple.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1863-71 Experimental Separations Serrated Perf 19 at Hobart 2d yellow-green SG 119, rouletting on all sides, light 'COLONIAL TREASURER' cds, undercatalogued at £1000 for postally used. Superb! A beautiful & very rare stamp - even as a fiscal - & greatly enhanced by the cds cancel instead of the usual pen marks.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

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.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1906-09 Crown/A 9d blue L/R corner block of 4, the L/H units Regular Compound Perf 12½x11 and the R/H units Irregular Compound Perf 12½x12½x12½x11 ACSC T71 (SG 256b) & variant, large-part o.g. with three units being unmounted, Cat $1600++ (£480++) for mounted singles.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1899-1900 Engraved Pictorials black & white photo (195x160mm) with imprint 'DILSTON FALL S.SPURLING' at L/R being the design accepted for the 6d stamp SG 236. Superb! We can't guarantee that it's contemporary but it's certainly not a modern print.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

1905-11 Crown/A Typo Pictorials Perf 11 ½d dull green with the Watermark Upright Inverted ACSC T6aa (SG 249d var) L/R corner block of 9, mostly well centred, the upper units creased & light bends elsewhere, full unmounted o.g., Cat £990+ ($1800+).

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1905-11 Crown/A Typographed 1d carmine-red Perf 12½ with the Watermark Inverted from the left of the sheet Imperforate at Left ACSC T14aabb (SG 250g var), lightly mounted, Cat $750. Superb! Ex Gary Diffen: sold for £336. [The ACSC states five examples can exist but only two have been recorded]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

SPECIMEN STAMPS: 1870-96 Sidefaces multiples comprising Wmk '10' 10d two blocks of 4, Wmk 'TAS' 3d Current Number '47' block of 4, Pelure Paper with No Wmk ½d imperf block of 4 (ungummed) & perf strip of 4 with Major Pre-Overprinting Paper Folds, and DLR 8d Current Number '11' pair & block of 6 (a couple of faults), virtually full o.g. with most units being unmounted. (Qty 7 items)

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

SPECIMEN STAMPS: 1870-71 Sidefaces Single-Lined Numeral Watermarks Perf 11½ 10d black marginal example from the left of the sheet with Double Overprint, large-part o.g.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100