1850-51 Sydney Views 2d grey-blue Plate II (dated bale) SG 23[5], even margins, light Barred Numeral '68' cancel of Scone (rated SS),  Cat £325.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1851-55 Laureates Blue Wove Paper Worn Plate 2d ultramarine SG 58, margins close - at top right - to large, unused, Cat £1500. Sergio Sismondo Certificate (2007) "... genuine ... free from faults or repairs ..."

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1854 Double-Lined Numeral Watermark Laureates 3d yellow-green pair with the left unit 'WACES' SG 87/87a, margins close to good just touching at lower-right (on the non-variety unit), reasonably light but indistinct numeral cancels clear of the variety, Cat £280+.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1897 Jubilee original artwork in pencil with an unltramarine watercolour field on thin surfaced card (114x76mm), apparently being an essay for the 2½d design & likely prepared by or for the Government Printer William Gullick, very fine & attractive.

Grade P (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1897 Jubilee original artwork in black ink on thin artboard (each 93x131mm) for unadopted 1d & 2½d designs, each endorsed "Nunc aut numquam" (= Now or never) at L/L & with small filing hole at U/L indicating removal from an official (?) file, some damp-spotting mostly on the 1d card.   (2)

Grade C/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1850 (c.) lady's cover (100x60mm) to "Mrs Gibson/Goulburn" with Sydney View 2d Plate II Worn State SG 25 (margins close to good with outer framelines in places, minor defect at U/R clear of the design, Cat £180 x2+ on cover) & bars cancel of Sydney. Ben Palmer's Census #1. Ex Leslie Leon (1978), sold for £150 which is equivalent to $2000+ today.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1855 (June 18) unstamped mercantile entire to Virginia with most unusual superscription "per Phoenix/via Singapore" with very fine unframed 'SYDNEY/ D /JU*20/1855/N S W' b/s & rated "6", London (1855/5OC5 in red) & New York (OCT/18) transits, rated "56" for carriage to London from where it was treated as a double-letter & rated "98", vertical filing fold. Ex John Woolfe - sold for £977 - and Robin Gwynn. A rare shipwreck cover, of which only three items have been recorded by Brian Peace: illustrated by him at page 60. [The assessed postage was 6d shipletter from NSW to London + 1/- China packet Singapore-London + 10d for ½oz via Marseilles = 28d converted in the USA to 56c but treated as a double-letter from Singapore so reassessed 6d + 1/- x2 + 10d x2 = 50d = 98c (why not 100c??)] 'Phoenix' departed Sydney 23.6.1855. On 8.7.1855, having almost cleared the Torres Strait, it was wrecked. Fortuitously, a passing Danish (!) ship, the 'Cecrops' rescued the passengers & crew & conveyed them to Batavia from where the mails were forwarded to Singapore, then per P&O to Southampton, arriving 5.10.1855, & forwarded per trans-Atlantic Collins liner 'Atlantic', departing Liverpool 6.10.1855

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

1856 (Jan 5) cover to "Paddington Road/Waterloo Warehouse" with Laureates 1d pair (virtually full margins but oxidised) cancelled with fine to very fine strikes of BN '6' of St Mary's & docketed "St Marks School".

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1858 (Jan 12) cover to Berkshire "p Mail Columbian" with very fine Diadems 6d grey & 'REGISTERED' (6d) folded around the cover at left both tied by bars cancels with oval 'REGISTERED/SYDNEY NSW' d/s in red, London b/s of MR-15/58 in blue, 'd6' h/s & '[crown]/REGISTERED' h/s in red, 'FARRINGDON' arrival b/s. 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1866 (Oct 23) part-entire to GB "Via Marseilles" with Diadem 8d + DLR 2d tied by Sydney duplex, London arrival cds of 13DE66 in red on the face, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1873 (Oct 7) cover to Massachusetts "Per China/via Brindisi" with DLR 2d & 'NINEPENCE' on 10d (very scarce on cover) tied by Sydney duplex, London (24NO73) & New York (DEC/8) transits in red on the face & 'NEW BEDFORD/MASS' arrival b/s of the next day. Ex Dale Forster: sold for US$605. [During 1873, there were no trans-Pacific contract sailings. The rate to GB was 9d, & from GB to USA was 3d but both incorporated the GB 1d internal rate, so the fee to USA was 11d]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1878 (Nov 7) cover to Germany "Via/San Francisco" with Diadem 8d tied by Sydney duplex, very fine '1½D' h/s in violet, Berlin arrival b/s of 26 12/78, minor blemishes. Carried per 'City of Sydney', ex Sydney 8.11.1878. Ex Ron Butler and 'Alvarado'. [Stated to be the ERD for the '1½D' marking]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1901 (Jan 15) cover to "Tongatabu/Friendly Islands" (ie Tonga) "Via Auckland" with ½d & 2d tied by Goulburn duplex, faint 'NUKUALOFA/26JA01/TONGA' arrival b/s, some soiling/aging.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

'The Maritime Mails of Sydney' balance of exhibit with many worthwhile items remaining including 1840 to Great Britain with very fine 'PAID SHIP LETTER' crowned d/s, 1841 GB to "Melbourne/Port Philip" via Sydney rated "1/4" & "3/6", 1846 GB to New Zealand carried by Toulmin Brothers packet 'Waverley' via Cape of Good Hope & Sydney, 1846 from Tasmania "p Steamer Shamrock" & 1850 to Tasmania with almost very-fine 'LAUNCESTON' arrival, 1846 from GB with 'PORTSMOUTH/SHIP LETTER', four 1854 'Postal War' pre-paid entires from Melbourne with Sydney '3' tax h/s, 1855 to UK with Diadems 6d imperf, Sydney '5' accountancy h/s & 'AUSTRALIA/PAID/LIVERPOOL/PACKET' arrival, 1870 to California with 6d Diadem per HH Hall 'City of Melbourne' short-lived service, 1872 loose ship letter from Newcastle to Queensland with 1d & 2d tied by Sydney 'NSW'-in-oval-rings obliterators, 1876 to Scotland "via Sydney, Brisbane and E&A steamer via Brindisi/Torres Straits Route" with De La Rue 'NINEPENCE' on 10d scarce solo franking (stated to be one of only two surviving covers from NSW definitively via this Torres Strait service), 1876-90 to USA with 'PAID ALL' markings x4, 1879 registered to Paris with Diadems 8d x2 (one faulty), 1883 inwards with USA Large Banknotes 6c x2, 1889 Postal Card 2d blue 'Long Sea Route' to UK from Wardell (NSW) as a loose ship letter with Sydney 'SHIP-LETTER' duplex, 1899 Hawaii Postal Card 2c with 1c added to NSW, 1903 from New Zealand with Sydney oval 'LOOSE SHIP/ + LETTER + ' h/s & Postage Due 1d, other destinations noted Antigua (1878, plus 3 part-covers), Canada, Denmark, Germany, Montenegro, Natal, New Caledonia & the Philippines (1857), quite a few postal stationery usages, German & French Paquebot markings, etc, also 20+ Commonwealth-era items, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. Ex Dr Tony Orchard.  (200 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

POSTMARKS: Imaginatively & attractively presented collection based on maps of Sydney & Suburbs plus of rural mail routes, most of the postmarks cut-square on piece with strength in the 1960s & 1970s but some earlier noted, many closed offices & very fine to superb strikes, plus a box with 1000s more pieces from the same period; also a range of South Australian cds on KGV 1d greens including multiples.  (1000s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

TAX MARKINGS: Accumulation of taxed mail many with Postage Dues affixed, wide variety of Sydney domestic markings from '1D' & '3D' h/s on 1900s Great Britain PPCs, black circular 'MORE TO PAY/1D' & '.../2D', red oval 'TAX 1D' & '... 2D', lots of 1950s items noted boxed 'EXCEEDS ... OZS' h/s x20+ different including pre-set '6d' & '1/-' amounts & various identification inscriptions and to USA with 'POSTAGE INSUFFICIENT/FOR AIR MAIL/SEND BY SURFACE/SYDNEY NO. 2', also non-Sydney markings including faint but legible 1937 'Posted at/ALBURY RAILWAY STATION/To Pay..', 1938 'LATE FEE/1D' alongside KGVI 2d tied 'TPO SOUTH/1' cds, unusual triangular 'T' h/s alongside 5d Royal Visit tied 'BYRON BAY' cds, also 'TAXED', 'TAXED ARTICLE/TO PAY £...', manuscript endorsements, etc, condition a little mixed but most are fine to very fine.  (120+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

POSTAL CARDS: 1897 printer's proof without stamp 'HORNSBY LIGHT HOUSE/SYDNEY NSW' in dull red (yachts in the background), minor blemishes on the address side otherwise superb. A very rare unadopted design by the Government Printer, William Gullick. Only six examples, all in different colours, are known. They were dispersed in 1984 and this is the first example we have seen for many years.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000