Selection with Half-Lengths 3d x2 both with full margins, Laureates 5/- red & blue mint, Stamp Statute 1d & ½d on 1d both postally used, Stamp Duty 6/- apple-green mint, 'POSTAGE' 5/- mint, KEVII £1 in unlisted shade mint & £2 with the gum redistributed, and a few others, Cat £2800+. (Qty 13)

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Estimate AU$1,000

1850-53 Half-Lengths Thomas Ham Printings Third State of the Dies (Framelines Added) 3d blue SG 11, margins just shaved - at base - to large with a chunk of the adjoining unit above, small faults that don't affect the fine facial appearance, Cat £3250.

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Estimate AU$750

1854-57 Half-Lengths Campbell & Fergusson 3d greenish blue SG 29a, margins just clear to good, shallow thinning at the top doesn't affect the fine facial appearance, unused, Cat £2250. RPSofV Certificate (2001).

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Estimate AU$750

1854 Queen-on-Throne Campbell & Co Printings 2d brownish purple (shades) complete reconstruction of 50 positions (10x5), condition rather variable but most are eye-pleasing, Cat £1750+ (minimum). (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1854-55 Woodblocks 'REGISTERED' 1/- rose-pink & blue SG 34, margins close to large, tiny imperfection above the first 'L' of 'SHILLING', unused, Cat £4250. RPSofV Certificate (2020).

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Estimate AU$2,000

1855-56 Queen-on-Throne Campbell & Fergusson Printings 2d Stone A (shades) complete reconstruction of 50 positions (10x5) including three pairs (one of them is creased), condition rather variable but most are attractive, Cat £1350+ (minimum). (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1855-56 Queen-on-Throne Campbell & Fergusson Printings 2d Syone C (shades) complete reconstruction of 50 positions, condition rather variable but most are attractive, Cat £1350+ (minimum). (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1856-58 Perkins Bacon Queen-on-Throne 6d imperforate plate proof marginal block of 9 from the right of the sheet in black on ungummed unwatermarked characteristically yellowish toned paper, full margins. A handsome multiple.

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Estimate AU$500

1860-66 Beaded Ovals Wmk Words of Value 6d orange SG 93, an unusually large & attractive example, BN '2' of Geelong, Cat £450. [This is the sort of stamp we would want for a postmark collection: a common numeral in uncommon circumstances]

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Estimate AU$300

1863-81 Laureates Emergency Printings on Wmk '8' Paper 10d grey SG 119, an unusually large example, unused, Cat £1100. A very scarce stamp unused.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1867-81 Laureates V/Crown Perf 12 5/- bright blue & rosine SG 148 horizontal pair, large-part o.g., Cat £1400+. Rare & superb! [Geoff Kellow at page 183 states "No [unused] multiples recorded"]

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Estimate AU$1,000

1870-73 De La Rue 2d dull lilac-mauve Perf 12 SG 170 corner block of 9 from the U/R of the sheet, corner piece of selvedge missing & a few split/reinforced perfs, virtually full o.g. with six or seven units unmounted, Cat £1080++ for mounted singles. [Geoff Kellow records blocks of 4 & 6 plus this block of 9, the largest known, which he illustrates at page 187]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1884 Stamp Statute V/Crown 4d rose SG 222, large-part o.g., Cat £1500. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2018) states "Very rare in mint condition...superb example".

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Estimate AU$1,000

1884-96 Large Stamp Duty postally used array comprising 1d green x4, 1d bistre x10, 6d x9, 1/- on yellow x6, 1/- on blue x10, 1/6d x5, 2/- x2, 3/- drab x19 including a few on piece, 4/- x15 (and one with 'Specimen.' h/s), 5/- maroon/yellow x8, £1 and £2 (rare), not checked under UV but all appear to be genuine postal usages with a few better postmarks noted, generally fine to very fine; also CTO 3/- x3 & 4/- x3. (Qty 97)

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Estimate AU$800

1884-96 Large Stamp Duty Litho £1 red-orange Perf 12½ SG 242a, large-part o.g., Cat £1200.

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Estimate AU$750

1884-96 Large Stamp Duty Typographed Wmk '19' £1 red-orange/yellow Perf 12½ SG 260b, well centred, large-part o.g., Cat £1000. Superb! BPA Certificate (1995) as the then SG 259a.

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Estimate AU$600

1885-95 Naish 4d lilac Error of Colour SG 300b, exceptional centring, superb Melbourne duplex cancel of DE30/86, Cat £1700. One of the finest examples we have seen.

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Estimate AU$1,000

1886-96 Fergusson & Mitchell High Values £5 to £9 SG 324-8, CTO with Melbourne cds of JA9/01, the £6 £7 & £9 with large-part o.g., Cat £1325. [For presentation sets for members of the new Federal Parliament] (Qty 5)

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Estimate AU$800

1901-10 'POSTAGE' V/Crown £1 die proof State 3 in carmine-rose on thin surfaced paper (50x74mm) BW #V125DP(3)A, light toning mostly clear of the stamp impression, Cat $15,000. Ex Samuel Reading, JRW Purves & Rodney Perry. [The ACSC states that a total of nine £1 die proofs exist, across four states in carmine-rose or blue]

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Estimate AU$2,000

1905-13 'POSTAGE' Crown/A Perf 12½ etc KEVII £2 blue punctured 'OS' ACSC #V132b (SG 432var), well centred, lightly mounted, Cat $1200 (£750+).

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Estimate AU$500

REPRINTS: Complete set of the 1891 reprints for UPU distribution with Half Lengths x3, Queen on Throne x5 including 1d & 6d shades, Laureates to 5/-, Stamp Statute to £5, etc, no gum otherwise generally very fine, on annotated pages detailing the three types of reprints. [The original stamps stated to catalogue £42,000+ unused] (Qty 50)

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Estimate AU$500