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VICTORIA continued...

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LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1457

1852-56 Queen-on-Throne Campbell & Fergusson Printings Bond to the Queen dated 19 May 1854 being the contract signed by James Stirling Campbell and James Fergusson and two other parties "to print and gum from plates now in the possession of the Postmaster General of the Colony of Victoria certain postage stamps ... according to the specimens of such gumming in the said Schedule hereunto annexed" along with the piece of gummed paper (240x110mm approx) headed "Specimen of gumming" signed by Campbell & Fergusson and other parties, minor folds and the bond with a few small adhesion marks. Possibly the most significant document relating to the printing of stamps in the Colony still in private hands. (2 items)

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Estimate AU$3,000

SOLD for AU$2,300.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1458

1852-56 Queen-on-Throne Campbell & Co Printings 2d black SG 22a horizontal strip of 4 Stone 9 Pos [13-16], margins good to close, the right-hand units slightly cut-into at top, Geelong Bared Numeral '2' cancel, Cat £560+ for singles. Illustrated in Kellow & Shawley at p99, where the authors state that "it is presumed that these sheets represent proofs which were sent to the Post Office with the main stock". This is the largest known multiple.

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$220.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1459

1852-56 Queen-on-Throne Campbell & Fergusson Printings 2d SG 36-38 unused group all stated to be from Stone A comprising 2d lilac SG 36 single with margins good to large but clipped lower-right corner just clear of the design, 2d brown SG 37 single with margins good to close, and 2d brown SG 38 pair with margins at places wide at right, the right-hand unit with some detail but the left-hand unit with white background around the top of the throne, all with minor faults, Cat £2850+. (2 singles & a pair)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$240.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1460

1852-56 Queen-on-Throne Campbell & Fergusson Printings 2d dull purple SG 36a horizontal pair stated to be Stone D Pos [15-16], margins good to large, very fine Barred Numeral '64' of Mount Blackwood, the right-hand unit with a shallow thin at base, Cat £70+. Kellow & Shawley state that "stamps from Stone D are the scarcest of all the Campbell & Fergusson Printings, with the census indicating that these comprise only 10.8% of the total issue".

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1461

1852-56 Queen-on-Throne Campbell & Fergusson Printings 2d purple with Creased Transfer 'TVO' for 'TWO' SG 36b Stone A Pane 1 Pos [48], margins good to close, Melbourne Barred Numeral well clear of the variety, tiny aging mark on reverse, Cat £1400. RPSV Certificate (1978) submitted by Rod Perry states "... genuine in all respects. Has tiny defects in paper".

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$360.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1462

1852-56 Queen-on-Throne Campbell & Fergusson Printings 2d grey-black as SG 39 but a rare unlisted shade, horizontal pair Stone C Pane 2 Pos [15-16], margins good to large, tied to small piece by Melbourne Barred Oval cancels, Cat £140+ for two 'normal' singles. Illustrated in Kellow & Shawley at p114, where the authors state that "there are a very few examples in a Grey-black shade which can be considered abnormal, and are possibly proofs placed into stock".

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1463

1852-56 Queen-on-Throne Campbell & Fergusson Printings 2d brown-purple on Thick Diagonally-Ribbed Card Paper SG 39b 'F-L' Stone A Pane 4 Pos [31], margins good to close just touching at left, Melbourne Bared Numeral '1' cancel, Cat £650. Illustrated in Kellow & Shawley at p104, where the authors state that "a single example is recorded". The card is much thicker than the similar variety known from Stone D; like that variety, this was possibly a proof subsequently used for postage. Ex Forster, Perry & Johnstone.

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1464

1854-55 Woodblocks 6d yellow-orange SG 32b, good even margins, unused, Cat £700. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2021) as "orange-yellow" states, rare in unused condition.

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$500.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1465

1856-58 Perkins Bacon Queen-on-Thrones 1d bright yellow-green SG 40, margins just clear to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit above, unused, Cat £325.

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Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1466

1857 Emblems Large Star Wmk Imperf 1d yellow-green SG 41 horizontal strip of 4 from the left of the sheet (vertical watermark line at left), margins just touching - at lower-left to - good, light but very fine strikes of BN '20' of Broadford, Cat £120+ for singles. Ex Don Davies. [The principal use was for the 1d newspaper rate: multiples, especially of this quality, are therefore very scarce]

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1467

G/F

1858 Emblems on Vertically Laid Paper Imperf 4d dull rose-red SG 68 horizontal strip of 3, margins a little cut-into in places to large, BN '5' of Ballarat, Cat £120+ for singles. Scarce multiple. Ex Don Davies.

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1468

1858 Emblems on Horizontally Laid Paper Rouletted 5½-6½ 2d violet SG 70 block of 4 with rouletting on all sides, BN '54' (rated R) of Kilmore, Cat £26+ for singles. A rare & superb multiple. Ex Don Davies.

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1469

1858 Emblems on Horizontally Laid Paper Rouletted 5½-6½ 2d dull violet SG 70a horizontal strip of 4 with rouletting on all sides, light but untidy cancels, Cat £72+ for singles. Another rare multiple. Ex Don Davies.

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1470

1859 Perf 12 by Robinson 2/- blue-green/yellow SG 82, unusually well centred with the perfs clear of the design on all sides, shallow thin at right, unused, Cat £700. A very attractive example of this scarce stamp. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2018),

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1471

1863-73 Laureates 1d bluish-green Wmk '1' Printed Double SG 108ca, Sandhurst duplex of FE16/65, Cat £3000. Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. RPSofV Certificate (2001). [Believed to be the finest of the three recorded examples, all of which were used at Sandhurst. Kellow rates this a "major rarity" & states at page 148 "This may be a true case of a sheet passing twice through the press..." as distinct from 'kiss print' varieties. SG 108ca & 110a are the only true Double Prints listed for Victoria]

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Estimate AU$2,200

SOLD for AU$2,500.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1472

1867-81 Laureates V/Crown (W19) Watermark 1/- blue/light blue as SG 138 but with the Watermark Inverted & Reversed, large-part original gum with light overall aging, a few uneven perfs, Cat £275 for normal. Gibbons do not list inverted or reversed watermarks for the Australian States on the basis that many are 'normal'. However, in this issue they are 'abnormal', with only a couple of examples recorded. Ex Gary Diffen.

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Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1473

1863-81 Laureates V/Crown Perf 13 5/- grey-blue & rosine Type I SG 140c with Pennant Flying from 'A', unusually well centred, weak corner perf otherwise superb, virtually full o.g., Cat £850. Geoff Kellow, at page 182 states that only the 5th & 6th Printings (1878-79) were in grey-blue, and that only 11,975 were printed]

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Estimate AU$850

SOLD for AU$650.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1474

1901-10 'POSTAGE' V/Crown Irregular Compound Perf 6d emerald Perf 12x12½x12x11 ACSC V96 (SG 414), well centred, Melbourne cds of 19.10.03, Cat $3000 (£3500). Extremely rare. Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. RPSofV Certificate (2023). The ACSC states that only two examples, one with Perf 11 at left (cancelled at Clifton Hill) have been recorded.

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Estimate AU$1,250

SOLD for AU$1,050.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1475

1905-13 'POSTAGE' Crown/A Perf 11 1/- brownish orange ACSC V122B (SG 442a), large-part o.g., Cat $2500 (£1500). Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. RPSofV Certificate (2023). The ACSC states that only two unused examples - and none in the yellow-orange shade - have been recorded.

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$950.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM

1476

POSTAL FISCALS: CTO high values comprising £1 orange/yellow SG 262a, 45/- lilac SG 277 (both without gum) and 1886-96 Fergusson & Mitchell £7 £8 & £9 SG 326-8 (above-average centring, large-part o.g.), all CTO with Melbourne cds, Cat £1240, for CTO. [NB: except for the £1, no postal usage of any of these stamps has been recorded] (5)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$675.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM