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LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

741

Melbourne: Oval 'RECORDS/9APR1953/MELBOURNE' 34x22mm with no ornaments & dateline 4mm high, very fine strike on stampless OHMS cover to Washington State with 'OFFICIAL-PAID' h/s in magenta.

Grade A- A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

Postal History

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

742

1871 trans-Pacific cover from the United States "Via Honolullu" [sic] with 2c brown Jefferson (damaged before being affixed) & 10c brown Monroe horizontal pair (straight-edge at right & creased at upper-right) cancelled with quadrisected cork cancels & 33mm 'SAN FRANCISCO CAL/JAN/15/PAID' cds in red at left, to "Whi Whi/North Shore/Australia" with Melbourne arrival backstamp of FE24/71 & very fine strike on the face of the scarce rounded-boxed 'MIS-SENT TO/MELBOURNE-VICTORIA' handstamp, poor Sydney arrival b/s of FE28/1871, roughly opened at the top & repaired.

Grade (B) (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

743

1895 (July 2) Jules Renard & Co linen-backed large-part parcel front pre-addressed to the firm's office in Antwerp, Belgium with printed endorsement 'Per first Orient or P. & O. Co's S.S.' to which has been added "Britannia/via Adelaide & Italy" in manuscript, rare solo franking of Stamp Duty 5/- claret tied by Melbourne duplex, slightly trimmed into printing at base. Proper postal usages of the higher-value Stamp Duty issues are scarce. At this time, the parcel rates to the UK via Italy were 2/- for the first 1lb plus 6d per each additional 1lb; we are unsure whether these or other rates applied for mail to Belgium.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$180.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

744

1895 (Dec 10) Jules Renard & Co linen-backed large-part parcel front pre-addressed to the firm's office in Antwerp, Belgium with printed endorsement 'Per first Orient or P. & O. Co's S.S.' to which has been added "Ophir/via Adelaide & Italy" in manuscript, rare solo franking of Stamp Duty 3/- olive tied by very fine Melbourne cds, a couple of minor blemishes. Proper postal usages of the higher-value Stamp Duty issues are scarce. At this time, the parcel rates to the UK via Italy were 2/- for the first 1lb plus 6d per each additional 1lb; we are unsure whether these or other rates applied for mail to Belgium.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

745

1896 (July 2) Messieurs Jules Renard & Co, Belgium pre-addressed linen-backed large-part parcel front from the firm's Melbourne office with printed endorsement 'Via Suez, Per ["Parramatta"]' with rare solo franking of Stamp Duty 4/- yellow-orange tied by slightly untidey Melbourne cds, a couple of minor blemishes. Proper postal usages of the higher-value Stamp Duty issues are scarce. At this time, the parcel rates to the UK via the Long Sea Route were 1/- for the first 1lb plus 6d per each additional 1lb; we are unsure whether these or other rates applied for mail to Belgium.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

Western Australia

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

746

Quality collection on neatly annotated pages including Penny Black, 4d x3 & 1/- 3 (one with a chunk of the adjoining unit below), Hillman 2d with clipped corner at upper-left & 6d with Void Corner at upper-right, 1860 6d sage-green, good range of Middle Period including 1861 perfs to 1/-, 'ONE PENNY' on 2d yellow, Perf 12x14 1d SG 81, V/Crown set to £1 plus extra 2/- & 10/-, Crown/A set to 5/-, etc, a few postmarks, generally very fine to superb, Cat £7000 approximately. (130) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

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Estimate AU$2,500

SOLD for AU$3,400.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

747

Balance of an advanced collection with a large Penny Black, Litho 4d x7 including 'WESTERN' in Squeezed-Down Letters SG 3k (cut-to-shape; RPSofV Certificate), 'N' of 'PENCE' Tilted to Right SG 3n and Rouletted x2 & 1/- x4 including Rouletted x2, 1857 Hillman Lithos 2d, 2d Printed both Sides, 6d black-bronze (very attractive but rebacked) & Rouletted 6d grey-black, 1860-64 6d x3 including Rouletted, and a good range of later issues to £1 including Crown/A set plus Perf 11 9d and postally used Postal Fiscals to 1/- & Telegraphs 6d (a couple of short perfs), etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine, Cat £20,000+. [NB: the lack of expertising of the early issues, & especially the rouletted stamps, is a real concern that has caused us to set a very conservative estimate] (160+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14)

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Estimate AU$3,500

SOLD for AU$5,000.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

748

Balance of an advanced collection with 1860-64 2d shades x8 including a block of 4 (creased) & 4d x2 plus Rouletted 2d shades x2 (very scarce but one faded & not expertised), 1861 2d blue SG 34 (BPA Certificate) & 1d SG 44 x2, No Wmk 6d SG 51, 1864-79 CC Perf 12½ to 6d, 1876-81 CC Perf 14 to 6d x2, 1882-85 CA Perf 14 to 6d x2, 1885 '1d.' in Green on 3d SG 91-92a complete, 1885-93 De La Rue set, 1902-11 10/- & Perf 11 9d (a few tonespots), 1905-12 Crown/A set plus shades, Telegraphs 1d Perf 12½ & 6d etc, a few problems in the earlier issues but generally fine to very fine, Cat £11,000+. (109) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12)

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Estimate AU$3,500

SOLD for AU$3,200.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

749

Remainders including Perkins Bacon plate proofs 4d in carmine-rose & 6d in black plus reprinted proof from the unfinished die, 1854 4d, Hillman 2d Printed on Both Sides, Crown/CC 1/- bright green with 'SPECIMEN' handstamp, plenty of Halfpenny material including '½' Surcharges x22, 'Halfpenny' in Green on 3d mint block of 15 and in Green & in Red x9 including a pair & strip of 3, ½d green mint & used blocks, etc, also 100 or so cutouts mostly from 1d Envelopes & 3d Registration Envelopes, generally fine to very fine. Ex Brian Pope. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

Estimate AU$800

SOLD for AU$1,300.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

750

Imperf Penny Black with superb 15-bar '8' cancel of Fremantle, 4d grey-blue with light cancel, and 1860 2d bright vermilion SG 25 (possibly the 'deep vermilion' but offered as the normal shade), unused, all with margins close to good, Cat £750.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

751

1854 "Penny Black" Imperf 1d black SG 1, margins close to enormous with a larg-part of the adjoining unit above, neat Numbered-Grid '12' of Swan, Cat £350+. Ex Brian Pope.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$480.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

752

1854 "Penny Black" Imperf 1d black SG 1, margins just touching - at the base - to good, Void Grid cancel in red, Cat £350 plus a premium for the coloured numeral.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$275

SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

753

1854 "Penny Black" Imperf 1d black SG 1, large even margins with a chunk of the adjoining unit below, a couple of faint blemishes on the reverse, fine 15-bar '2' cancel of Perth in blue, Cat £350 plus a premium for the coloured numeral.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

754

G/F

1854-55 Lithographs 4d blue group of shades including "dull blue" SG 3b with good to large margins & "slate blue" SG 3c with good even margins (with RPSofV Certificate stating "it has been rebacked") and seven others with margins in places, Cat £3550 minimum. Ex Brian Pope. [Note that the dull blue (or "deep dull blue" as per Gibbons) is identified more from the unsatisfactory impression of the Swan than the shade. It was the first printing & should be listed as SG 3] (9) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$950.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

755

1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 4d pale blue SG 3 from the base of the sheet, margins close to huge, unused, Cat £375.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$260.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

756

1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 4d pale blue SG 3, margins close to good, CTO with the undated 'MELBOURNE' cancel with just a trace of the second 'E' apparent. Superb. Rare: from c.1902 sets prepared for presentation purposes.

Grade A+ (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$480.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

757

1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 4d pale slate-blue SG 3c variant, margins close to good, unused, Cat £4000. Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. RPSofV Certificate (2013), states "slate-blue (shade)".

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$800

SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

758

1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 4d pale blue with 'T' of 'POSTAGE' Shaved to a Point SG 3d, margins close to good, 15-bar '3' cancel of Perth well clear of the variety, Cat £1000.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

759

1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 1/- pale brown SG 4c, margins just clear to good, unused, Cat £550.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

760

1854-55 Lithographs Rouletted 1/- pale brown SG 6a, a huge stamp with rouletting on all sides & through the adjoining unit above, small light stain at upper-right, 15-bar '1' cancel of Perth, Cat £1100.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..May-15, 08:00 PM

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