Handy selection with 1860 Imperf 1d x3 & 6d all presentable with margins in places, a few Small Chalons, good range of Large Chalons Recess mint to £1 and used to £1 x3 including a pair, and Crown/A mint 2/6d 5/- & £1 and used 5/- 10/- & £1, condition variable but the Large Chalons mentioned are fine to very fine. (Qty 59) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Basic used collection with 1860 Imperf 1d & 6d spacefillers plus a large & very fine 2d with 3¾ margins, good range of other Small Chalons including Litho 5/-, 1880 'Half-penny' on 1d Die II SG 151a (untidy cancel, Cat £475), 1882-95 Large Chalons postally used 10/- x2 & £1 x2, a few Experimental Separations, Charity duo, 1905-06 Litho £1 (aged), 1907-11 Crown/A 4d grey Die II Three-Perfs strip of 3, 2/6d x4 including SG 309b, 5/- x3 including SG 310b CTO with large-part o.g., 10/- and £1 mint & used, a few 'OS' punctures including 1903 2/6d with Ceremuga Certificate, etc, many attractive & generally fine to very fine. (Qty 180+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,750

1860 Large Star Imperf 2d blue SG 2 horizontal pair with good to large margins & outer framelines on all sides plus the upper frameline from the adjoining unit at lower-right, a couple of light ironed-out creases, Cat £4000+. A scarce & desirable multiple. [Bernie Manning's Census recorded eight strips of 3 & seven pairs, many of which have significant defects. Perhaps the finest pair recorded - Ex Alfred Caspary - sold at our auction of 24.1.2004 for $9320]

Grade (A) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1862-67 Small Chalons unused selection on Alan Griffiths' annotated album pages with No Wmk Perf 13 Rough Perfs 1d x2 (one is an Indian red, with tonespots), 2d x2, 3d 6d & 1/- grey, plus a page of used 1d vermilions including two pairs, Perf 12½x13 1d to 1/- grey, and Clean-Cut Perf 13 1d 2d & 6d, also 1864-65 Small Star 1d 6d & (6d) 'REGISTERED', generally fine to very fine, many with part- to large-part o.g., Cat £3000+; also some later oddments from another source (Qty 79) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,250

1868-74 Truncated Star Perf 13 2d as SG 62 but the 1895 Plate II reprint in deep bright blue, horizontal pair Imperf Between, characteristic rough perfs, large-part o.g. See footnote below SG 82. Ex Gary Diffen, who stated that only four such pairs have been recorded.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1868-78 Crown/Q 1d orange-vermilion Imperf Pair SG 83a, margins good to very large with complete outer framelines, ironed-out horizontal crease that is barely evident from the face, large-part o.g., Cat £800.

Grade (A-) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1879-81 First Sidefaces Perf 12 4d orange-yellow, excellent colour, characteristic rough perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £450.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1900 Boer War Charity 1d imperforate plate proofs on ungummed watermarked paper, in blue, violet, carmine, dull green & emerald-green, full margins. Very attractive. (Qty 5)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600