Revenues continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 861 |
O |
 BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1885 Crown/Q 2/- ('8 GALLONS') lake-brown, 'HENRY JOSEPH' part-cancel in violet & manuscript "30 8 88", minor soiling, Elsmore Online Cat $150.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 862 |
O |
 BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1885 Crown Security Backprint 1/- ('4 GALLONS') vermilion, minor thin; 1/3d ('5 GALLONS') buff-yellow, very fine; 4/6d ('18 GALLONS') black, very fine; & 6/9d ('27 GALLONS') blue, minor
soiling, manuscript "2.8.87"; unframed (the 1/-) or framed 'CANCELLED' handstamps, Elsmore Online Cat $575 plus the 1/3d, which is unrecorded by Dave Elsmore in this issue. [The backprint is a large but usually faint crown that is difficult to see
without a magnifier] (4)
Grade A/B (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 863 |
O |
 BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1885 Crown Security Backprint 3d ('1 GALLON') light brown & 2/- ('8 GALLONS') dull claret both with part of the Papermaker's Watermark '[VA]LLE[Y]' (Sideways), framed 'CANCELLED' handstamps.
Dave Elsmore doesn't record the 2/- with Security Backprint, and doesn't record any stamps from this issue with the papermaker's watermark. He does note this variety on the No Watermark 3d & 4/6d, Cat $350 each. (2)
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 864 |
O |
 BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1885 No Watermark & Without Security Backprint 3d ('1 GALLON') brown with boxed 'CANCELLED' handstamp in violet & 1/- ('4 GALLONS') vermilion with manuscript "13 8 88/George Ga[...]", Elsmore
Online Cat $275. (2)
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 865 |
O |
 BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1898 Crown in Design 3d (small repaired tear), 6d (pulled perf at lower-left), 1/- (pulled perf at lower-right), 2/- (small thin), 2/6d (soiled) & 9/- (thinned), 3d & 2/- dated 1898, all
except the 2/- with seriffed 'CANCELLED' h/s in violet, Elsmore Online Cat $340.
Grade A-/B (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 866 |
 / TO |
 BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1898 Crown in Design selection comprsing 3d x2, 6d, 1/3d, 2/- x2, 2/6d, 4/6d x2, 6/6d, 9/- & 12/9d x2, variously handstamped 'SPECIMEN' or 'CANCELLED' &/or CTO with quarter-circle cancels,
large-part original gum & generally very fine, Elsmore Online Cat $1040.
Grade A/A- (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 867 |
O |
 BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1901-18 Provisionals 1898 Crown in Design Bisected with Central Horizontal Line of Perf 12, being the Upper-Half of 6d ('2 GALLONS') orange-buff, manuscript endorsement "Silver/[signature]/Jan
07/1908", seriffed 'CANCELLED' handstamp in violet, Elsmore Online Cat $800. Rare & curious. The first example we have seen.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 868 |
|
 BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1903 Commonwealth Watermark V/Crown 'BARLEY MALT & HOPS EXCLUSIVELY' 4d black/pink ('ONE DOZ BOTTLED') with part of the marginal watermark 'VICTOR[IA]', small repaired tear at the base,
large-part original gum, Elsmore Online Cat $250.
Grade (A) (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 869 |
O |
 BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1903 Commonwealth Watermark Q/Crown 'N E I' (= Not Elsewhere Included) 2/- khaki, small repaired tear at lower-left & overall soiling, large boxed 'CANCELLED/27OCT1908/WEST END BREWERY LTD'
cachet, Elsmore Online Cat $1000++. A rarity. [The catalogue price is $500 for a mint label, x2 for a used half but complete used labels are not recorded]
Grade (B) (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 870 |
O |
 BEER DUTY - BULK: 1885 Chalon Portrait Crown/Q Watermark (Gibbons Wmk '10', Sideways) 12/9d 'ONE HOGSHEAD', ironed-out vertical fold & overall soiling, faint 'CANCELLED' h/s & manuscript "6.2.88", Elsmore Online
Cat $250.
Grade (B) (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 871 |
O |
 BEER DUTY - BULK: 1886 Chalon Portrait No Watermark 6/9d 'HALF-HOGSHEAD', central fold & a couple of repaired tears, 'CANCELLED' h/s & manuscript "August 18th 1886", Elsmore Online Cat $500. Dave Elsmore records
this issue as being of 1887.
Grade C (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 872 |
O |
 BEER DUTY - BULK: 1886 Chalon Portrait No Watermark 12/9d 'ONE HOGSHEAD' with Complete 'VALLEY' from the Papermaker's Watermark (Inverted), fault at left & some creasing, 'CANCELLED' h/s & manuscript "June 9th
1886", Elsmore Online Cat $500 but noted as "Unseen". The papermaker's watermark is also unrecorded
Grade C (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 873 |
# |
 BEER DUTY - BULK: 1897 Crown in Design selection comprsing 1/3d, 2/6d, 4/6d, 6/6d (Skewed Offset on the Reverse), 9/- & 12/9d variously handstamped 'SPECIMEN' or 'CANCELLED' &/or CTO with quarter-circle cancels,
the 4/6d & 12/9d also most unusually with strikes of the full dumb-circle cancel, the 4/6d imperf (?) at left, a few minor defects, no gum, Elsmore Online Cat $900.
Grade A/B (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
|
Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 874 |
O |
 BEER DUTY - BULK: 1897 Crown in Design 1/3d ('5 gallons') lilac, ironed-out creases & soiling, large boxed 'CANCELLED/8DEC1905/WEST END BREWERY LTD' cachet in violet, Elsmore Online Cat $300. [NB: in a departure
from usual practice, catalogue prices are for unused examples, with used attracting a 100% premium]
Grade (B) (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$140.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 875 |
O |
 BEER DUTY - BULK: 1897 Crown in Design 2/- ('8 GALLONS') shades comprising pale dull pink (1899, oval 'SUB-COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS/BOWEN'), rose-pink (March 1901) & brilliant aniline rosine (November 1901, "CITY"),
the first two a bit soiled, 'CANCELLED' cachet in blue or violet, Elsmore Online Cat $300.
Grade A-/B (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 876 |
O |
 BEER DUTY - BULK: 1897 Crown in Design 2/6d ('10 GALLONS') dull mauve, a bit soiled & stained at upper-left, Elsmore Online Cat $300.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 877 |
O |
 BEER DUTY - BULK: 1897 Crown in Design 4/6d ('18 GALLONS') blue, minor thin at upper-left & a bit soiled, Elsmore Online Cat $500.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 878 |
O |
 BEER DUTY - BULK: 1897 Crown in Design 6/6d ('26 GALLONS') purple-brown, small pinhole at the base & a bit soiled, superb 'CANCELLED' in blue & manuscript "13.11.97", Elsmore Online Cat $500.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 879 |
O |
 BEER DUTY - BULK: 1897 Crown in Design 6/6d ('26 GALLONS') grey-brown, ironed-out crease otherwise unusually fine, 'TA MAGUIRE' ribbon cachet in rosine, manuscript "Cancelled" & "27.5.99", Elsmore Online Cat $500.
Grade (A-) (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
| 880 |
O |
 BEER DUTY - BULK: 1897 Crown in Design 12/9d ('51 GALLONS') pale vermilion, light soiling otherwise unusually fine, superb 'CANCELLED' cachet in blue, indistinct manuscript date, Elsmore Online Cat $200.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Feb-28, 06:00 PM |
