1902-11 V/Crown 1d to £1 SG 117-128 plus 1d & 2d with the Watermark Upright & listed shades of the 2/- x2, 10/- & £1, the 2/- SG 124 without gum, otherwise large-part o.g., Cat £3100+.  (18)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,400

1902-11 V/Crown 1d carmine-rose SG 117 horizontal pair from the lower-left corner of the pane with Double Perforations at Sides & Base, large-part o.g. with minor black marks on the gum. Unlisted in the ACSC. Ex Gary Diffen: sold for £600.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1902-11 V/Crown 10/- deep mauve, 10/- bright purple (rare postally used) & £1 orange-brown ACSC W65A W65B & W66A (SG 127 127a & 128), cds cancels, Cat $950 (£760). (3) 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1902-11 V/Crown Perf 11 2/- brownish red/yellow & 2/- orange-brown/yellow ACSC W60A & B (SG 134 & 134a), large-part o.g., Cat $1150 (£600). [NB: the Gibbons shades 'bright red' & 'orange' are wrong] (2) 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1905-12 Crown/A Perf 12½x12 9d orange-yellow with the Watermark Sideways Reversed BW #W50Aaa (SG 145var), 'KATANNING/JY10/06/WA' cds, Cat $500. Found by us in John Forrest's postmark collection!: sold for $728. RPSofV Certificate (2010). [The ACSC states "Stamps with watermark reversed are CTO in Perth in 1906, from the first printing. Only a few examples have been recorded." This stamp is apparently the first commercially used example recorded]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1905-12 Crown/A Perf 11 9d yellow-orange with the Watermark Upright (Inverted) BW #W52Daa (SG 157b), ironed-out vertical crease, unusually with Colombo Paquebot cds, Cat $1000 (Cat £1000). RPSofV Certificate (2010). Acquired at our auction of 30.4.2011 for $875. [The ACSC states "This stamp is rare, with approximately 20 used examples recorded", of which at least five are in institutional collections]

Grade B B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1905-12 Crown/A Compound Perf 11x12½ 1d rose-pink with the Watermark Upright ACSC #W15 (SG 161), well centred, large-part o.g., Cat $1250 (£1200). Ex John Dibiase: sold for $550.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1905-12 Crown/A Mixed Perfs 1d rose-pink with the Watermark Upright Perf 12½ misplaced at left & corrected with Single Line Perf 11, Perth duplex cancel. Unlisted in both catalogues.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1905-12 Crown/A Compound Perfs 2d yellow with Irregular Compound Perf 12½x11x11x11 SG 162var, Perth duplex cancel, Cat £500+. This perf variant is not recorded in the ACSC, where #W25 Perf 12½ on three sides & Perf 11 at top or base - stated only four examples in private hands - is priced at $750. Sold at our auction of 11.7.2008 for $610.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750