REPRINTED DIE PROOFS: Unfinished design in black on thin card. Superb. Ex John Dibiase: sold for $503.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

REPRINTED DIE PROOFS: c.1902 unfinished design in indigo, deep green, bright violet, bright carmine & vermilion each on wove paper. Superb! Ex John Dibiase: sold for $808. The 'Besancon' (III) similar group of 7 sold for SFr1028. [These proofs can be distinguished from the previous lot by the existence of a constant vertical colour flaw on the Swan above 'P' of 'PENNY']   (5)

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

PLATE PROOFS: Imperforate block of 4 in black on ungummed unwatermarked paper, margins close to good except at the base where a little cut-into, burnishing between the right-hand units, ironed-out vertical crease at left. Ex John Dibiase: sold for $868. Dr Cecil Walkley's very fine block of 4 with extensive burnishing sold for $2095.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

ISSUED STAMPS: 1d black SG 1, margins close to good, unused, Cat £1700. Superb!

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

IMPERFORATE: 1d black SG 1 block of 4, margins just shaved at centre-right to large, four fine strikes of a void grid canceller, Cat £1400++. A rare and very desirable multiple. Ex John Dibiase: sold for $6590. [Far superior to Dr Cecil Walkley's only used block of 4 that sold at our auction of 14.4.2005 for $1864. 'Besancon' had a couple of pairs only. Lord Vestey had two blocks of 6 (one on the reverse of a cover!) but no blocks of 4]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

ISSUED STAMPS: 1d black SG 1, margins just clear - at lower-right - to good, central bold strike of a void grid cancel in bright red, Cat £350+. Ex Lord Vestey: sold for £204 but almost as fine as a similar example that sold for £695!

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

ROULETTED: 1d black SG 2 clearly rouletted about 12 at the base with evidence of rouletting on the other sides & all clear of the design with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left, 15-bar '3' of Perth, Cat £850. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2018).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

FOUR PENCE: 4d SG 3/3a three singles in different shades, the first two with good even margins, the last with margins close to large, unused, Cat £1275. (3) 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

FOUR PENCE: 4d slate-blue SG 3c, full rich colour, margins good to large, unused, Cat £4000. Ex Lord Vestey: sold for £1080. BPA Certificate (2007). [Lord Vestey's four other non-marginal singles sold for an average of £1700 each. The similar 'Besancon' (II) example sold for SFr3145]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

FOUR PENCE: 4d slate-blue SG 3c, an unusually large example with margins good to large, 15-bars '8' of Fremantle, Cat £1300. Sold at our auction of 11.5.2012 for $1515.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

FOUR PENCE: 4d slate-blue SG 3c with unlisted variety 'TE' of 'WESTERN' Joined at the Base, full rich colour, an unusually large example with margins close to huge, unused, Cat £4000+. Ex Lord Vestey: sold for £3360. BPA Certificate (2007). 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

FOUR PENCE - LISTED TRANSFER VARIETIES: 4d blue with Foot of 'T' of 'POSTAGE' Shaved to a Point SG 3d, margins close to good except at the base where a little cut-into, unused, Cat £2250. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2007).

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

FOUR PENCE - LISTED TRANSFER VARIETIES: 4d blue with Base of the 'T' of 'POSTAGE' Shaved to a Point SG 3d, margins good to large, 15-bars '8' cancel of Fremantle well clear of the variety, Cat £1000. David Brandon Certificate (2011). Sold at our auction of 11.5.2012 for $845.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$700

FOUR PENCE - LISTED TRANSFER VARIETIES: 4d pale blue with Tilted Border SG 3i, margins just just clear - at lower-right - to large, unused, Cat £3250. Ex Lord Vestey: sold for £1020. BPA Certificate (2007), with notation "gum removed July 2015".  [NB: most stamps offered as the Tilted Border varieties are mis-identified. The key identifier is the small white arcs below 'OS' of 'POSTAGE']

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

FOUR PENCE - LISTED TRANSFER VARIETIES: 4d blue with Tilted Border SG 3i, margins clear to good, void grid cancel largely clear of the tell-tale White Arcs below 'OS' of 'POSTAGE', Cat £1600. RPSofV Certificate (2006).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

FOUR PENCE - LISTED TRANSFER VARIETIES: 4d blue with 'EN' of 'PENCE' Shorter SG 3m [Pos R6/4], margins close to good, unused, Cat £3250. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2015), states "...rare variety". [Absent from Lord Vestey's array of transfer varieties]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

FOUR PENCE - LISTED TRANSFER VARIETIES: 4d pale blue with Squashed 'WESTERN' SG 3q [Pos R8/17], margins close to good, large-part strike of 15-bar '21' cancel of Vasse in blue & rare thus largely clear of the variety, Cat £1800+. Superb. Ex Lord Vestey: sold for £1080. BPA Certificate (2007). [Vasse used a void grid canceller until at least early-1856. PMI states numeral '21' was allocated in 1859 but is recorded only from 1863. However, Pope & Reynolds record covers from AU29/1859. This strike must be one of the earliest usages]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

FOUR PENCE - LISTED TRANSFER VARIETIES: 4d blue with Small Head on 'P' of 'PENCE' SG 3r [Pos R9/15], margins close to good, unused, Cat £3750. Ex Lord Vestey: sold for £3000. BPA Certificate (2007).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

FOUR PENCE - LISTED TRANSFER VARIETIES: 4d blue with 'PE' of 'PENCE' Closer Together SG 3t [Pos R10/15], margins close to good, unused, Cat £3750. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2015). [Lord Vestey's example sold for £2880]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

FOUR PENCE - LISTED TRANSFER VARIETIES: 4d blue with Narrow 'N' of 'PENCE' SG 3u [Pos R10/16], margins good to large, 15-bars '16' cancel of York largely clear of the variety, Cat £1500. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

FOUR PENCE - LISTED TRANSFER VARIETIES: 4d blue with No Colour over 'GE' of 'POSTAGE' & Colour Line below 'FOU' of 'FOUR' SG 3y [Pos R8/11], margins close to large, 15-bars '8' cancel of Fremantle in blue largely clear to fully clear of the varieties, Cat £1800. Superb. Ex Lord Vestey: sold for £1560. BPA Certificate (2007).

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

FOUR PENCE - LISTED TRANSFER VARIETIES: 4d pale blue SG 3 marginal block of 18 (3x6) from the top of the sheet [3-5/103/105] including Boil on Head of 'S' of 'AUSTRALIA' [25] and 'EN' of 'PENCE' Shorter [104] SG 3m, margins good to humungous, horizontal creases through the margins between the second & third rows & the fifth & sixth rows, a few other units creased, professionally cleaned to remove residue from the original gum, Cat £9625++, for unused singles. Ex Frank Chadwick. Sold at our auction of 31.8.2020 for $11,680.

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$8,500

ONE SHILLING: 1/- salmon SG 4, margins good to large except at the top where the design is a little cut-into, tiny nick at the top & minor crease at upper-left, unusually fine strike of the Grid '14' of Albany in brownish red, Cat £4750. A rare & underrated stamp: most examples offered for sale are misidentified. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2015) states "Great rarity as less than ten definite examples of this shade are known to me". Superior to Trevor Hiscock's two examples that sold in 2013 for $3030 & $2680 respectively. Dr Cecil Walkley's very fine example sold for $11,650.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

ONE SHILLING: 1/- deep red-brown SG 4a with Line through 'A' of 'POSTAGE', margins just touching - at left - to good, unused, Cat £2000. Ex Lord Vestey: sold for £960. BPA Certificate (2007).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

ONE SHILLING: 1/- deep red-brown SG 4a, margins just touching to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left, unusually fine strike of the Grid '14' of Albany in brownish red, Cat £1100.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500