Reprints & Specimen Overprints, 1870s types incl 5/- Corboulds (4); (Total: 15).

1888-89 (SG.261) 5/- deep purple Map perf.10, MVLH, plus 1890 (SG.263a) Wmk ''5/-" over NSW' 5/- lilac Map perf.11, MLH, (2). Cat.£800.

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1894-1904 (SG.278) 10/- violet & claret, fresh Mint; nibbed perf at left. Cat.£500.

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BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1885 3d, 6d, 1/- (2), 1/3 and 2/- Used. (6).

BEER DUTY: 1895 3d - 2/- and 2/6 - 9/-, part set (9) with various cancellations.

BEER KEGS: 1897 4/3 - 17 Gallons (overprint on 4/6), 4/6, 6/3 (modified in mss from 6/6), 6/6 (2, one with mss date) and 9/-, (6). Mixed condition but rare.

BARLEY MALT & HOPS - BOTTLED BEER: 1903 8d, 1/-, 1/4 and 2/-, serial numbers in red, all Unused with gum. (4).

1885 (Mar.20) cover to Hamilton, Ontario via San Francisco with 6d & 2d Sidefaces tied by bold strike of Rays '79' canceller, adjacent strike of Type 1a HERBERTON datestamp (Type 1a unrecorded for Herberton by Manning), on reverse, transits for CAIRNS, SYDNEY & INDEPENDENT (Ottawa) plus HAMILTON arrival datestamp. Rare Colonial destination for the period. [Herberton PO opened 1880.]

July 1909 usage of "The Brisbane Information Letterette" (compiled & published by Comyns & Newman) from Brisbane to Lismore, N.S.W.; an advertising lettersheet provided to guests of "Cumbooquepa" Guest House in South Brisbane, the sheet provides views of Tweed Heads, Southport and Brisbane buildings as well as advertising for Queensland Railways, "Saltwood" at Sandgate, "Clonaver" at Southport, "Hotel Daniell" in Brisbane, "Hotel Pacific" at Tweed Heads, "The Mansion" in Brisbane, Northern Assurance Co., Morton Bay High School for girls, and others.

POSTAL CARDS: 1880 1d unissued Postal Card Essay in Black with two impressions of the First Sideface 1d Die I in the upper-left or upper-right corners of the card, with identical wording on the face and reverse to the ½d Postal Card essay (see lot 1). Only 3 recorded.

Ex R.A. Butler.

POSTAL CARDS:1891 UPU 1½d Reply Postal Card set of 6 Government Printer Essays on buff card comprising Message Halves in green, bistre or black, all roughly separated by hand, and Reply Halves in carmine, brown or salmon, all machine cut, each Card with inscription at lower left 'The annexed Card is intended for the answer./(Le Carte jointe est destinie a la response).' Rare assembly. (6)

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POSTAL CARDS (VIEWS): (H&G #10) 1898 1d Medallion Design with Two-Line Header and Curved-Corners to Views: unused (2) "Parliament Hose, Brisbane" & "Vineyard, Nudgee" and 1899-1902 postal usages (5), comprising "Parliament Hose, Brisbane" (2), "Corner Queen and Edward Streets, Brisbane", "Glengallan Station, near Warwick" and "Arrowroot Field, Pimpama", the latter with advertising on the face for Albert E Harte (Sharebroker) contrary to Postal Act, and the only known example; condition a little variable, mostly fine (7)

POSTAL CARDS (VIEWS): 1898 1½d Medallion Portrait Post Card Essay Proof on thick pale blue-green stock , captioned image of 'Cane-field and Selector's House'; plus the issued design used in 1903 from Brisbane to Torino, Italy. Ex R. A. Butler. (2)

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POSTAL CARDS (VIEWS): (H&G #12) 1904 Medallion Portrait 1d Essay in black on poor quality stock with captioned image "Brisbane River from Parliament House" (torn); also the issued card in Chocolate-Brown, also on poor quality stock, unused and used in 1905 from Waterford to Ipswich with weak strike of BN '267' cancel tying card with 'WATERFORD' datestamp alongside (rated 4R). (3)

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 1857-67 (SG.27) 1d brick-red strip of 4,  the fourth unit with impressive "Pre-printing paper fold", the first unit with vertical marginal watermark lines, BN '75' cancels of Hobart.

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1880-91 (SG.160a) 1d vermilion-red, perf.11½, large part sheet of (112), lacking only a blk.4 from each pane; preserving the Plate Numbers 1 and 41, all stamps MUH. Cat.£1,456+.

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1880 - 91 (SG.161b) perf.11.5, 3d red-brown with striking variety "Line through THREE PE..", FU.

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1905-11 (SG.250f) Typo using Electrotyped Plates Wmk Upright (Inverted) 1d rose-red IMPERFORATE PAIR from the top of the sheet, with large part inverted 'AUSTRALIA' sheet edge watermark in the upper margin, fine mint, Cat. £700.

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1905-11 (SG.254a) 6d carmine-lake Perf.11 group, comprising of a marginal block of 4 MUH, a rare block of 4 used, a strip of 4 used, three singles, including one with "Weakness in sky over Falls"; also 3d brown Perf.11 (SG.253b) pair, used. Cat £770+ (17 stamps).

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1850s - 1910s range, including revenues on album pages. Very mixed condition. (200+).