Classics with full margins comprising Courier 4d Plate II with bars cancel of Sydney, Star Wmk 2d, No Wmk 2d, Numerals Wmk 1d & 2d (unused) and 'TASMANIA' 6d x3 colours, also 1899-1900 Pictorials set mint & Platypus 1d 3d & 1/- with part o.g., generally very fine, Cat £2700 approximately. (Qty 19)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1853 Couriers Early Impressions with Background Lines Clear & Distinct 1d pale blue SG 1, margins good to large with complete outer framelines, light BN '64' cancel, Cat £1500. Friedl (Bloch) Certificate (1954).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1853 Couriers Early Impressions with Background Lines Clear & Distinct 1d pale blue SG 1, margins good to large with complete outer framelines, neat BN cancel, Cat £1500.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1853 Couriers Early Impressions with Background Lines Clear & Distinct 1d pale blue SG 1 vertical strip of 4 [6/12/18/24 - being a complete column], good to large margins with complete outer framelines at top, right & base and in places at left, neat BN '59' cancels of Hobart. A rare & highly desirable item for the collector of Tasmania, of Classics, or of Number Ones of the World. Ex Robert Odenweller - sold at the Prestige auction of 25.1.2003 for $10,754 - and 'Tatiana' II. RPSofL Certificate (1974). [We know of only two other vertical strips of 4: one is heavily & unattractively cancelled; the other is extensively repaired]

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$7,500

1853 Couriers Medium Soft Yellowish Paper 1d blue SG 2 a magnificent earliest impression from the right of the sheet, margins close - at L/L - to enormous, light BN cancellation, Cat £1500. Superb! Horst Proschold Certificate (1984) as SG 1 in error.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

1853 Couriers Plate II 4d orange three intermediate impressions and a late impression [Pos 4 6 7 & 8], all cut-square and [8] - light bend - with full margins, unused, Cat £28,000. Ex Michael Blake. BPA Certificate (1975) for [8].

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

1853 Couriers Plate II 4d orange plated examples [4], [6], [8], [11] with manuscript cross-hatching & "58" of Swansea, [14], [16], [17] with manuscript "Torquay" cancel, [18], [19], [20], [21], [22] & [24] x2 (one with a fragment of the 'CW Coard' Imprint), various shades & printings, variable condition but all are cut-square and a number are fine to very fine, Cat £5250 minimum. Ex Michael Blake on part-exhibit pages. (Qty 14) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1855 London Printings Large Star 1d carmine SG 14 horizontal strip of 3, margins close to large except at the base of the second & third units where the design is just touched, BN '26' cancels of Evandale, Cat £2700++. A rare multiple. Ex Gene Tinsley & David Cohen. RPSofL Certificate (1991).

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,250

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. [** WITHDRAWN **]

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

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$700

1858 'TASMANIA' London Printings 1/- reprinted die proof in bright carmine with uncleared engine-turning on thin card (42x52mm). A beautiful & technically fascinating proof. Ex Sebastian Earl (illustrated on the front cover), Marcel Stanley and Michael Blake. [It is believed that these proofs were produced by De La Rue from the Perkins Bacon die for the 1870 Paris Exposition]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1860-67 'TASMANIA' Hobart Printings 6d reddish mauve SG 49, margins just clear to good, unused, Cat £1300.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1863-71 Experimental Separations Perf 10 2d slate-green SG 61, large-part o.g., Cat £800.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1863-71 Experimental Separations Pin-Perf 5½-9½ at Longford 1d carmine SG 104, irregular separation at the base, Second Allocation BN '54' of Longford, undercatalogued at £350. Ex Michael Blake. [In our experience, the 1d is much scarcer than the 4d which is priced at £650. We expect the lower figure for the Penny reflects how few examples have come to the market]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1863-71 Experimental Separations Pin-Perf 11½ 1/- vermilion SG 126, Hobart Town duplex of DE31/72, unpriced by Gibbons. Ex Sebastian Earl (Lot 2257) and Michael Blake. RPSofL Certificate (1955) erroneously as Pin-Perf 13½-14½ & as the then SG 66 states "it is genuine so far as one can say". [At the sale of Sebastian Earl's collection in Geneva in 1980, the error on the certificate was noted and the stamp was offered without estimate. It sold for SFr950. By comparison, Earl's Rouletted 8 1/- (now SG 56, Cat £1300) sold for SFr900]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

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$300

1871-78 Sidefaces with 'TAS'-in-Bars Watermark 9d imperforate colour trial blocks of 4 in black-violet, red-violet or yellow-orange on ungummed (the first) or gummed unwatermarked or watermarked Crown/CC (the last) blocks of 4. Ex De La Rue Archives. (3 blocks)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1880-91 Wmk '16' Perf 12 1d pink Imperforate Block of 30 (6x5) from the upper-left corner of the sheet with Plate Number '3', horizontal creases in the margin & across the third row otherwise very fine with full unmounted o.g., Cat £6000++ for mounted pairs x15. A spectacular error multiple, surely the largest recorded.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

1892-99 Tablets ½d to £1 SG 216-225 complete blocks of 4, well centred, extremely fresh with full unmounted o.g., Cat £3000++ for four mounted sets. Superb! (Qty 10 blocks)

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,400

1899-1900 De La Rue Pictorials 2d 'HOBART' imperforate colour trial in dull violet, close to the issued colour.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1899-1900 De La Rue Pictorials 2½d 'TASMAN'S ARCH' imperforate colour trial in yellow-orange, close to the issued colour of the 4d, large-part o.g.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1899-1900 De La Rue Pictorials 4d 'RUSSELL FALLS' imperforate colour trial in dull blue-green, large-part o.g.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1899-1900 De La Rue Pictorials 6d 'DILSTON FALLS' imperforate colour trial in bright grey-blue affixed to small piece.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

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), full unmounted o.g., Cat $1200++ (£1100++) for two mounted singles.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

REPRINTS: 1855 Chalons inscribed 'VAN DIEMENS LAND' progressive die proof with extended framelines & 'VAN DIEMENS LAND' yet to be entered, in scarlet-vermilion on thin card. Beautiful! Ex Ron Butler.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$400