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)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

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).

Grade B (Image1)

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).

Grade A- (Image1)

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]

Grade A (Image1)

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"]

Grade A+ (Image1)

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".

Grade A (Image1)

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)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

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

Grade A (Image1)

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.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

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)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

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]

Grade B (Image1)

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+).

Grade A B1 (Image1)

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

1865 Police Department envelope with poor Chief Secretary Die 1 Frank h/s in blue, endorsed "Officially Registered/ supposed to contain coin" with "killer" '1' of Melbourne & 'REGISTERED/FE3/65/MELBOURNE' cds in red, superb '["6d"]/MORE TO PAY' handstamp (S&# #E1770). Ex Hans Karman & Max Watson. A remarkable & important item: registration fees were payable on franked mail only between 3.8.1864 & 31.7.1865. This item helped bring about the change. [Illustrated by Stieg & Watson at page 22]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1873-86 OHMS envelopes with Dead Letter Office imprint 1) headed 'RETURNED LETTER' with Code 'W' & very fine 'DLB___PB___/REGISTERED' h/s in green; 2) similar with the same marking with 'PB' Removed in purple; & 3) 'RETURNED LETTER/REGISTERED' Envelope Code 'T' with the recut marking in purple. Very scarce trio; two with the original contents. (Qty 3)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1874 folded entire on Pentridge Prison stationery with printed instructions at top including '1. Prisoners may write a letter on arrival to their friends, and one other every three months ...', sent to the prisoner's wife care of the Melbourne GPO with Bell 2d tied by BN '67' (large figures & single side bars; rated R) and 'COBURG' b/s, a couple of minor blemishes. The writer states that he was framed as revenge for spurning a woman and states "... I can prove that I am innocent ...". [HM Pentridge Prison was opened in 1851 and closed in 1997. The original bluestone walls now enclose a housing estate] The illustration is above Lot 1618.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1875 OHMS envelope with very fine 'MINISTER OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION' Frank h/s Die 1 in blue with Laureates 6d tied by BN '255', oval 'FRAMLINGHAM/FE2/--/VICTORIA' (the only recorded example; no year slug) & 'REGISTERED'- in-oval h/s, Melbourne arrival cds of FE4/75, minor punch-hole at L/L. Most unusual. At the introduction of Franks in 1864, registration fees were required to be paid but they were exempted from 1865. It is thus most unusual & irregular to find such a fee being imposed 10 years later. [Framlingham was established in 1861 as an aboriginal reserve run by Anglican missionaries]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300