Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1839
Symbol: **/*O
Cat No: Collection
Accumulation with mostly used collection on KaBe pages from 1840 1d black (four margins) & 2d blue (touching at left), then 1841 2d blue White Lines x5 (one with fine London '12' Maltese Cross), 1847 Embossed 1/- (four margins, close at top otherwise large), partly-duplicated range of Surface Printed issues including postmark interest and some fine CDS cancels, noted 1856 6d with Inverted Wmk, 1874 5/- rose Plate 2 and 1887 1½d with Inverted Wmk, Officials including 1883 'GOVT/PARCELS' on 6d & 9d, reasonably complete from late 1930s -1973 with some QEII varieties noted 1966 World Cup 1/3d Missing Phosphor **, 1966 Christmas 3d Misplaced Queen's Head (covering 'd' of 3d), 1968 Bridges 4d Printed on the Gummed Side, 1973 Explorers 3p Stanley & 9p Sturt both with Gold Embossing Omitted, etc, plus some extras including range of perforated 1d reds (partly reconstructed) & 2d blues, also large quantity of 1970s-2000s FDCs, condition generally fine. Weighs 17kg.
(Qty 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,400
Opening AU$ 1,050.00
Sold...AU$ 2,000.00
Closed..Aug-30-2020, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 2000
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1840
Symbol: **B
Cat No: Collection
Modern mint accumulation from 1970s to around 2015 including M/Ss and sheetlets, self-adhesives, First Class issues, regular & prestige booklets plus booklet panes, lots of Machins (some with annotated varieties), substantial face value in excess of £3,000. Weighs 12kg.
(Qty 100s)
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1841
Symbol: **/*/
Cat No: Collection
Accumulation from imperf 1d Reds, Stars & 4-Letters with range of Plate Numbers including '223' plus on 1840s-80s covers x50+, 2d blues 1841 imperf with lines x20+ including four-margin strip of 4, 1858-76 including Plate 12 x2, QV Surface-Printed specialised used range to 10/- including 3d Plate '10' & '20', 4d brown Large Garter Wmk, etc, plus a few mint, some Official overprints, commercial perfins, also postmark interest, then KEVII, KGV & KGVI including some Controls **, plus extensive QEII with commemoratives, Wildings, Machins, Regionals, etc, often duplicated with many in larger blocks & part sheets, a few booklet panes & coils, etc, and some quite recent modern issues, condition variable but many fine. Weighs 19kg.
(Qty 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 550.00
Sold...AU$ 1,900.00
Closed..Aug-30-2020, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1900
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1842
Symbol: #*
Cat No: Collection
Scarce unused Victoria group comprising 1854-57 Large Crown 2d SG 34, 1½d SG 51, unissued 1½d on Blued Paper (reperforated at the top), 1855-57 Small White Corner Letters 3d SG 76 & 9d SG 87 (very attractive), 1865-67 Large White Corner Letters 4d SG 95, 10d SG 112 & 2/- blue SG 119, 1867-80 Spray of Rose Wmk 6d violet without Hyphen SG 109 (very lightly mounted with virtually full o.g.) & 1/- SG 117 Plates 6 & 7 (both with wing-margin), 1873-80 Garter Wmk 4d sage-green SG 153, and 1883-84 High Values on Blued Paper 2/6d SG 175, part o.g, regummed or unused, Cat £36,000. An opportunity to fill a good number of challenging spaces at a budget price.
(Qty 13)
1840-70 Line Engraved Issues on hingeless Lighthouse pages with 1840 Penny Black SG 1 2 & 3 plus Plates 3 7 (defective) & 8 x2 and Tuppence Blue SG 4 & 5 all with full margins though a couple are close in places, Perf 14 1d red SG 22 (unused) & 2d SG 23, Penny Red Plates missing only nine numbers, ½d all listed Plates including mint/unused '1' (large-part o.g.), '4', '5', '6' (thinned), '11', '12' (large-part o.g.) & '20', 1½d (mint with aged gum), etc, also Embossed 1/- (a bit grubby), 10d (very fine with Stolow guarantee h/s) & 6d x2 (one with damaged corner) all cut-square, Cat £16,000+.
(Qty 180+)
1847-54 Embossed 1/- green SG 54 with a chunk of the adjoining unit at right, 10d brown SG 57 apparently marginal from the top of the sheet, and 6d purple with the 'VR' Watermark Upright SG 60 with fragments of three adjoining units (and demonstrating how impressions often touched or even overlapped), an unusually fine set with virtually full margins, Cat £3500.
1847-54 Embossed 6d purple, 10d brown & 1/- green SG 60 57 & 55 all cut-square with full margins, numeral cancellations, of fine appearance but probably with some repairs, Cat £3500. (3)
1847-54 Embossed 10d brown SG 57, an enormous corner example from the upper-right of the sheet with two silk threads & margins large to humungous, untidy numeral cancellation that has bled through the paper, Cat £1500. A stunning stamp!
1855-1900 Surface-Printed Issues on hingeless Lighthouse pages with many scarce stamps including Medium Garter 4d SG 64, Large White Letters 9d 10d - rounded corner - & 2/- SG 110 114 & 118, 1867-78 5/- & 10/- (a bit aged & ironed-out crease) SG 127 & 128, 1873-80 2½d blue SG 142 (mint with large-part o.g.) & 1/- SG 151, 1880-81 2d rose (mint), 1883-84 Blued Paper 2/6d SG 175 and White Paper 10/-, Jubilee set mint to 1/- including 5d Die I & some shades plus £1 green, a few heavily cancelled Officials, etc, condition variable but those mentioned are generally fine to very fine, Cat £13,000+. A good basis for expansion.
(Qty 95) (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Aug-30-2020, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1848
Symbol: O
Cat No: 62
1855-84 Surface-Printed issues including Small Garter 4d SG 62, Emblems 1/- x3 with 'M' of Malta or 'C' cancels of Constantinople x2, Large White Letters 9d SG 98 & 1/- SG 100 with superb 'LINCOLN' cds, 1884 Imperial Crowns £1 brown-lilac, etc, condition variable but generally good to fine, Cat £7500.
(Qty 17) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Aug-30-2020, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1849
Symbol: F
Cat No: 128
1867-83 High Values Wmk Maltese Cross 10/- greenish grey SG 128, well centred with good colour, minor stain on the reverse doesn't affect the very fine facial appearance, light oval registration d/s, Cat £3200.
1867-83 High Values Wmk Anchor White Paper £5 orange SG 137, very well centred for such a large stamp, orange crayon marks through '£' at left & 'FI' of 'FIVE', two strikes of the oval 'REGISTERED/ C /25NO95/THREADNEEDLE ST BO EC' d/s, Cat £3500.
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1853
Symbol: *
Cat No: 157-163
1880-83 Imperial Crown 2½d ultramarine to 1/- orange-brown including the '3d' & '6d' Surcharges SG 157-163, the 1/- with minor tonespots otherwise very fine with large-part o.g., Cat £3725. (7)
1883-84 High Values with Anchor Wmk Blued Paper 5/- rose SG 176, unusually well centred, shallow thin that in no way detracts from the very fine appearance, very fine 'CARDIFF-DOCKS/JY21/85' cds, Cat £4000.
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1855
Symbol: *
Cat No: 179 181 & 183
1883-84 High Denominations 2/6d deep lilac, 5/- crimson & 10/- ultramarine SG 179 181 & 183, unusually well centred especially the 10/-, large-part o.g., the 10/- being possibly unmounted, Cat £4000 (mounted). A very attractive trio. RPSofL Certificate (2004) for the 10/-.
1883-84 High Denominations White Paper 2/6d deep lilac on Blued Paper SG 179a with obvious & very attractive bluing of the paper, very fine 'WEST STRAND BO/ C /AP12/90/WC' cds, Cat £3600. A lovely stamp. David Brandon Certificate (2008) states "...blued paper in the white paper period".
1901-13 KEVII Issues on hingeless pages including 5/- x3, 10/- x2 & a well-centred Pound with rubber 'GUERNSEY' cancel, generally fine & a few are mint, Cat £4750.
(Qty 44) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Aug-30-2020, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1860
Symbol: *
Cat No: 260
1902-10 KEVII De La Rue Printings 2/6d lilac, 5/- bright carmine, 10/- ultramarine (some very minor rubbing) & £1 dull blue-green (a couple of characteristic wrinkles) SG 260 263 265 & 266, well centred, large-part o.g., Cat £3725.
(Qty 4)
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1861
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 383
1911-51 KGV & KGVI Issues on Lighthouse hingeless pages with a few Downey Heads, 1912-24 to 1/- x2 with extra shades stated to include 5d bistre-brown SG 383 & 9d pale olive SG 393b, Seahorses DLR 2/6d SG 405, 1924-26 set, Wembleys **, PUC Sideways Watermarks **, Photogravure Sideways Watermarks, Re-Engraved Seahorses, and KGVI complete with all but the 1938-40 Sideways Watermarks being unmounted, Cat £3250+. A very clean lot.
(Qty 160+)
1929 Postal Union Congress £1 black SG 438 marginal example from the top of the sheet, well centred, unmounted, Gibbons Specialised Cat £1100 (unmounted). Superb!
1952-70 Issues virtually complete on Lighthouse hingeless pages including all the Castles & Phosphors plus some watermark variants, missing only the other watermark variants & the small Machins but including 1966 World Cup 6d with Black Printing Omitted SG 253a & EFTA 1/6d with New Blue Printing Omitted SG 716pf, unmounted, Cat £2000+.
(Qty 100s)
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1866
Symbol: **
Cat No: 624Aa
1961 Post Office Savings Bank Centenary Timson Printing 3d Growth of Savings Tree with the Orange-Brown (Shading on Branches, Flowers & Owl) Printing Omitted SG 624Aa being the upper unit in a vertical pair, unmounted, Cat £600+. A very striking error. The illustration is above Lot 1862.
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1868
Symbol: G/F
Cat No: O31-35
OFFICE OF WORKS: 1896-1902 QV ½d vermilion, ½d blue-green, 1d lilac, 5d purple & blue and 10d purple & carmine SG O31-35, all with cds cancels, Cat £4175. A very scarce set. Ex 'Bacchus'.
(Qty 5)
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1870
Symbol: O
Cat No: O36-39
OFFICE OF WORKS: 1902-03 KEVII ½d blue-green, 1d scarlet, 2d green & carmine and 2½d ultramarine SG O36-39, all but the 2d with steel cancels, Cat £1500. Ex 'Bacchus'.
(Qty 4)
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1871
Symbol: O
Cat No: O61-63 & 65
GOVERNMENT PARCELS: 1883-86 QV 1½d lilac to 1/- orange-brown Plate '14' SG O61-63 & 65, 1887-90 Jubilee 1½d to 1/- green SG O65-68, 1891-1900 1d lilac to 1/- green & carmine (a few trimmed perfs) SG O69-72 and KEVII 1d to 1/- SG O74-78, condition variable, a few with cds cancels, Cat £4900+. Ex 'Bacchus'.
(Qty 17) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Aug-30-2020, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1872
Symbol: F
Cat No: O82
BOARD OF EDUCATION: 1902 QV 1/- green & carmine SG O82, well centred, 'GODALMING' steel cds, Cat £6000. A rare stamp Ex 'Bacchus' where noted as having a PE (GB) Certificate (2003) that is now missing.
KEVII Unappropriated Dies 24 denominations between 1d & £50 in purple, 11 denominations between 6d & 15/- in green & 6d in rose-pink, plus five to £1 overprinted for various users and Dog 'LICENSE TWO SHILLINGS', each with 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp or Horseshoe 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, all affixed to two foolscap pages with interleaving in a leather-bound folio, a few minor rust spots that don't affect the stamps and otherwise quite delightful.
(Qty 42)
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1874
Symbol: PS
Cat No: Collection
Advanced collection of Post Office & Stamped To Order issues with numerous scarce/rare items throughout especially STO types including QV Embossed ½d+4d and 1/-+1/- both unused, 1d illustrated for Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk to NZ (the example illustrated by Jan Kosniowski), 1½d for The Oil & Colourman's Journal (the example illustrated by Kosniowski), QV ½d - not listed by Kosniowski - & KGV ½d with different illustrations for Crosse & Blackwell's Prices Current, KEVII ½d uncatalogued variant for Illustrated Catholic Missions, KGV ½d+1d for The Royal Colonial Institute, QEII 2d+½d for Liverpool Daily Post & Echo (Cat £200) and 2d+5d & 5d+5d both with Strip-Easy opener (superb unused); a good range of WH Smith & Son types with unused including QV ½d+3d, ½d+4d, 2½d+2½d, KEVII ½d+QV 4d, KGV ½d+4d 254mm Wide, 3d 260mm Wide & 6d 340mm Wide and used including QV 1½d Yellow+2d to Chile, 1½d Yellow+3d to Italy, KGV 1½d with printed 'AIR LETTER SERVICE' to Australia in 1938 per EAMS, 6d (+ 6d adhesive) & 9d (+3d adhesive) both by air to Aden, etc; about half of the listed 'STAMFORD MERCURY/742/STAMFORD' pre-cancels including KGVI 1½d brown & 1½d green both unused; etc, many uprated & some good destinations apart from those noted here, condition quite variable which is to be expected with items that were often ripped-open & usually discarded, or which were unusually large/wide & some are fronts only. Ex Mark Diserio: with his listing. Weighs 2kg.
(Qty 150 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Aug-30-2020, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1875
Symbol: PS
Cat No: Collection
'FARLEIGH' STAMPED-TO-ORDER ISSUES: Thirty-two different variants of QEII Pre-Decimal stamps &/or stock of various widths, some with no additional text, others with 'MAGAZINE POST', 'PRINTED PAPER RATE', 'FORCES PRINTED PAPER', 'NEWSPAPERS REGISTERED at the GPO', 'ARTICLES FOR THE BLIND', 'SAMPLE' or 'SAMPLES' at left & all those also with return address of '84 Allerford Road LONDON SE6', a few 'doubletons' included, unused & most are very fine, high catalogue value plus a few that are unpriced. The so-called 'Farleigh' issues were prepared by collector Colin Langston. Ex Mark Diserio: with his listing.
(Qty 32)
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Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1876
Symbol: cl/cx
Airmails to Australia with high-value frankings, mostly 1940s registered oversized covers comprising KGVI 10/- light blue pair plus 6d x3 endorsed 'North Atlantic', 10/- dark blue pair plus 5/- & 1/- x2 on censored cover, four others with 5/- & lower values and one with 2/6d green, then 2/6d brown on 1941 Two-Ocean small cover and on 1940 Active Service honour envelope endorsed "Yankee Clipper" to UK tied FPO/123 cds, also large-part cover with KGVI 10/- x9, plus two Seahorses items one 1934 to Australia with 2/6d the other 1929 to Ecuador with 10/- (stamp missing), condition variable.
(Qty 12) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 400.00
Sold...AU$ 400.00
Closed..Aug-30-2020, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1877
Symbol: PS
Cat No: ME1
1840 Mulready Lettersheets 1d black SG ME1 Stereo 'A6' & 2d blue SG ME3 Stereo 'a95', both unusually fine unused, Cat £775.
(Qty 2)
1840 Mulready Envelopes 1d black SG ME2 Stereo 'A172' & 2d blue SG ME4 Stereo 'a201', both and especially the Penny unusually fine unused, Cat £775.
(Qty 2)
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1879
Symbol: C
Cat No: 8 (4 margins
1843 (April 21) entire to Liverpool with Imperf 1d red on blued paper SG 8 (4 margins), tied by very fine Number '6'-in-Maltese Cross in black & London 'LS/21AP21/1843' Maltese Cross b/s, lozenge 'L/AP22/A' arrival b/s, reinforced at folds with archival tape.
1875 (c.) hand-painted cover of a happy sailor on shore leave waving a banner into which a 1d Plate '86' has been incorporated, addressed to Hertfordshire but apparently not posted as the stamp is uncancelled & there are no backstamps, repaired opening tear across the flap suggests the cover was privately carried & delivered by hand. Ex Gerald Ellott - the frontispiece for his Grand Prix Royal Navy exhibit - sold at the Prestige auction of 16.12.2011 for $1346. [The addressee was Francis William Sullivan who joined the Royal Navy in 1848 as a cadet, & rose to the top of the tree, being knighted & on 5/8/1900 appointed Admiral of the Fleet. See also Lot 2059]
1901 (Apr 25) hand-painted cover of a row of tents & a uniformed soldier pointing to the address "HMS Magnificent/ Channel Fleet/Beerhaven" with 1d lilac tied by London cds, a further illustration of crossed rifles on the reverse & 'BANTRY' arrival cds, minor blemishes. With the original enclosure bearing watercolour illustration of a sailor on the first page and pen & ink of a criminal on the 4th page. A very handsome duo. Ex Gerald Ellott: sold at the Prestige auction of 16.12.2011 for $1734. [Beerhaven, more correctly Berehaven is on the coast of County Cork, Ireland. It was an Admiralty shore-station until 1938, well after Ireland gained its independence]
(Qty 2 items)
1904 (Dec) Dainty Series Welsh PPC ('Penmaenmawr from Sands') to Eccles, Greater Manchester with Chrsitmas greetings and KEVII ½d tied by largely-fine strike of the experimental 'POSTED IN ADVANCE/ M.R. / 1904 /FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY' oval h/s, couple of very minor blemishes. [In 1902, Manchester-area post offices began a trial to allow items for local delivery on Christmas day to be handed-in the week before, so as to give postal staff time to sort and prepare these. Special cancellations were introduced to advise recipients that the delay was intentional. Lack of public interest saw the scheme abandoned in 1910]
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1883
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
PICTURE POSTCARDS: 1912 London Life real photo of a Suffragette selling the broadsheet of the same name; then an anti-Suffrage group x13 including Cynicus 'Emancipated' & 'This is the House that Man Built' complete set of 6 (very fine & scarce); mostly unused & generally very fine.
(Qty 14)
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1884
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
PICTURE POSTCARDS: c.1908-10 Lancashire Fabric Mills real photo group with Howard & Bullough factory scenes x4 (one creased); an amazing photo of snow covering machinery at Thornbers; and RE Buckley (Mossley) of male & female 'knocker-uppers' - whose job was to awaken the sleeping mill-hands - with captions in Lancashire dialect; unused. A very scarce group.
(Qty 7)
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1885
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
PICTURE POSTCARDS: Anti-Suffragette cards by various publishers ridiculing women wearing harem pants & other masculine attire, National Series postcards 'The Ideal Wife', 'The Ideal Husband' & 'The Bachelor' complete sets of 6, Corona Publishing Co (artist W Stocker Shaw) depicting women doing traditional men's jobs and their Achilles Heel (a baby in a cradle), Valentines Series of a Suffragette in the Dock, etc, plus a few European types including particularly offensive French & German cards, generally fine to very fine but three are badly stained (and not included in the estimate).
(Qty 74) (Image1)
