Great Britain and British Commonwealth 1850-59 Half-Lengths
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 826
Symbol: O
Cat No: 1)
Thomas Ham Printings plated selection on display pages comprising Original State of Dies 1d orange-brown SG1a (full margins; creased with internal tear but still a presentable #1), 2d lilac-mauve (attractive shade; just shaved at base & horizontal crease) with very fine Butterfly '23' of Burn Bank (rated R) & 3d blue x2 (one with full margins), Second State of Dies 1d red-brown (just touched at upper-right), 2d grey x4 (one very fine) & 3d x3 (all full margins; two with small thins), Third State (Frame Lines Added) 1d x9, 2d x3 and 3d x7 including a horizontal pair, and White Veils 3d x4 (one marginal just touching to huge) plus Retouched Lower-Left Corner (small surface fault), good range of shades, condition variable but most are of fine appearance, Cat £10,000+ (minimum).
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Thomas Ham Printings Original State of Dies (Thin Line at Top) 1d orange-brown SG 1b with 'Tear Drop' Elongation on 'T' of 'VICTORIA' at Left [Pos 4], margins close to large, very fine Butterfly Numeral '15' cancel of Geelong in blue, ironed-out horizontal crease just visible from the face, Cat £2500. Despite the crease, an attractive First Issue stamp with a major Primary Flaw.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 828
Symbol: F
Cat No: 2 Pos [1]
Thomas Ham Printings Original State of Dies 2d lilac-mauve Stone A SG 2 Pos [1], margins close to large at top & right, slightly untidy Butterfly '7' cancel of Maiden's Punt (rated RR), Cat £1200.
Thomas Ham Printings Original State of Dies 2d lilac-rose Stone A as SG 2 but an unlisted shade Pos [26], margins close to good, just-legible Butterfly '37' receiving cancel of Melbourne in blue, Cat £1200+ for the lilac-mauve shade. RPSofV Certificate (2011), now lost. Ex John Barwis; sold for £2880. Stated to be the finest of the six recorded examples of this distinctive shade first recognised by JRW Purves and believed by him to be from the first few sheets printed. Absent from Gary Diffen's collection. John Barwis at page 77 states that "six are now known ... only two of these are in private hands".
Thomas Ham Printings Original State of Dies 2d brown-lilac Stone B SG 3, margins close to large at sides, on piece with untidy Butterfly '1' cancel of Melbourne in blue, Cat £650. A very attractive First Issue stamp. Rodney A Perry Certificate (2009).
Thomas Ham Printings Original State of Dies 2d grey-lilac Stone B SG 3a, margins close to just touching at a few points, slightly doubled Butterfly '1' cancel of Melbourne in blue, Cat £750. Rodney Perry Certificate (2009).
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 833
Symbol: G
Cat No: 4 Pos [1]
Thomas Ham Printings Original State of Dies 3d deep bright blue SG 4 Pos [1], margins large to enormous including printer's guide dot with fragments of adjoining units at base & right, light indistinct Butterfly cancel plus small-part 'P[AID]' cds irregularly in blue, Cat £650+. A spectacular example.
Thomas Ham Printings Original State of Dies 3d dull blue as SG 4 but an unlisted shade Pos [19], margins close to good, neat Butterfly '15' cancel of Geelong, Cat £650+.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 835
Symbol: G
Cat No: 4a Pos [14]
Thomas Ham Printings Original State of Dies 3d blue SG 4a Pos [14], margins close to large, tiny thin spot in the left-hand margin only, indistinct Butterfly cancel, Cat £500.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 836
Symbol: G
Cat No: 5 Pos [4]
Thomas Ham Printings Second State of Dies 1d red-brown SG 5 Pos [4], margins close to good just barely touched at upper-right, doubled strike of Butterfly '37' cancel used at the Melbourne GPO on mail received uncancelled, Cat £550.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 837
Symbol: F
Cat No: 5a Pos [28]
Thomas Ham Printings Second State of Dies 1d pale red-brown SG 5a Pos [28], margins close to large at top & base just touching at left, slightly indistinct Butterfly '29' cancel of Port Fairy/Belfast, Cat £550.
Thomas Ham Printings Second State of Dies 2d grey-lilac SG 6, margins good to enormous, light Butterfly '37' cancel used at the Melbourne GPO on mail received uncancelled, Cat £250.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 840
Symbol: F
Cat No: 7 Pos [2]
Thomas Ham Printings Second State of Dies 3d blue SG 7 Pos [2], margins close to large, largely very fine Butterfly '7' cancel of Maiden's Punt (rated RR), Cat £225.
Thomas Ham Printings Second State of Dies 3d blue Retouched SG 7a 1) Inverted 'V' Above Lower-Left Corner Pos [2i], margins just touching at upper-right to large, ironed-out horizontal crease; 2) Void & Heavy Lines Added Above Queen's Left Arm Pos [9i], clear margins but defective; and 3) Redrawn Background Below 'A' of 'VICTORIA', margins good to large but with heavy horizontal crease, each with light cancels clear of the retouches, Cat £1125+. A scarce & important group despite the faults. (3) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 675.00
Closed..May-21-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 675
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 842
Symbol: F
Cat No: 7a Pos [6i]
Thomas Ham Printings Second State of Dies 3d blue with Retouch Below Upper-Right Corner SG 7a Pos [6i], margins close to large at left & base (proving its position from the left-hand side of the stone), light Barred Oval '1' cancel of Melbourne, two tiny pin-holes at lower-right almost invisible from the face, Cat £375+. Rodney Perry Certificate (2009). Ex Henry Harvey, Rodney Perry, Ken Barelli & John Barwis.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 843
Symbol: F
Cat No: 8 Pos [16]
Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Dies (Outer Frame Lines Added) 1d dull orange-vermilion SG 8 Pos [16], characteristic just clear to close margins and with a fragment of the adjoining unit at the base, largely very fine Butterfly '1' cancel of Melbourne, Cat £700. An unusually fine example of this scarce stamp. Ex Gary Diffen; sold at our auction of 5.8.2021 for $495.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 844
Symbol: F
Cat No: 8a Pos [8]
Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Dies (Outer Frame Lines Added) 1d dull red SG 8a Pos [8], characteristic just clear to close margins, very fine Barred Oval '2' of Geelong, Cat £225.
Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Dies (Outer Frame Lines Added) 1d dull red SG 8a horizontal strip of 3 Pos [7-9], the right-hand unit with Large Void Obliterating First 'N' of 'PENNY' and margins close to touching at right & base, the central unit just touched at lower-left & the left-hand unit cut-into at left & base, three strikes of Barred Oval '1' cancel of Melbourne clear of the major transfer flaw, Cat £675+. Gary Diffen's two strips of 3 (margins all around) sold for £2280 and £1800 respectively.
Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Dies (Outer Frame Lines Added) 1d deep red-brown as SG 9 but on Vertically Laid Paper horizontal pair Pos [1-2], margins close to touching in places, cut-into slightly at base & small scissor-cut at upper-left, two largely very fine strikes of Barred Oval '1' cancel of Melbourne, Cat £2400+. Barwis & Moreton state at page 66 that "Deep red-brown ... is by far the rarest shade. Purves estimated that fewer than a dozen exist" including a pair on cover. John Barwis' defective pair was described as "the only recorded multiple of this exceptionally rare shade". This item is presumably only the third recorded pair.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 847
Symbol: F
Cat No: 9a Pos [8]
Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Dies (Outer Frame Lines Added) 1d brownish-red SG 9a Pos [8], margins close to just touching at left to large at base & right with fragments of the adjoining unit at right, light Barred Oval '1' cancel of Melbourne, Cat £200. John Barwis states at page 65 that "four-margin copies [sic] are rare".
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 848
Symbol: H
Cat No: 9b Pos [10]
Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Dies (Outer Frame Lines Added) 1d brownish-rose SG 9b Pos [10], margins close to good, indistinct Barred Oval cancel, Cat £200. John Barwis states at page 65 that "four-margin copies [sic] are rare".
Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Dies (Outer Frame Lines Added) 2d olive-grey SG 10a with Lower Frame of Lower-Left Corner Missing Pos [3] with a fragment of the adjoining unit at top Pos [9] Cut Transfer with the Frame Line Between Entirely Missing, margins close to large, very fine light Butterfly '15' cancel of Geelong in blue, Cat £225+. Illustrated in Barwis & Moreton at page 88 for the Cut Transfer and at page 366 for the positional characteristics. RPSofV Certificate (1995). Ex Rodney Perry & John Barwis.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 850
Symbol: O
Cat No: 11/11b group
Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Dies (Outer Frame Lines Added) 3d blue SG 11/11b group, reconstruction of the intermediate transfer stone Pos [1-12] comprising eight singles & two horizontal pairs in a range of shades noted 'greenish-blue' x2, most with light numeral cancels & generally sound including three full-margin examples, a couple with minor thins, Cat £1360+. (12)
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 851
Symbol: O
Cat No: 12/12a group
Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Die (White Veils) 1d red SG 12/12a group, plated selection in various shades including two horizontal pairs, condition variable but generally of fine appearance, Cat £1400+ minimum.
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Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 700.00
Closed..May-21-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 852
Symbol: F
Cat No: 12 but
Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Die (White Veils) 1d bright orange-vermilion as SG 12 but an unlisted shade Pos [11], margins just touching at lower-right to close, very fine Butterfly '1' cancel of Melbourne, Cat £180+. An unusual & distinctive shade not mentioned by Barwis & Moreton.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 853
Symbol: F
Cat No: 12a Pos [4]
Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Die (White Veils) 1d pale pinky red SG 12a Pos [4], margins good to large with a substantial portion of the adjoining unit at left, light but very fine Barred Oval '2' cancel of Geelong, Cat £180. Superb.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 854
Symbol: O
Cat No: 13/13b group
Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Die (so-called 'Vertical Drapes') 2d drab SG 13/13b group, plated selection on display pages in various shades including two examples of White Flaw on 'T' of 'TWO' Pos [6], an Inter-Panneau single with portion of adjoining unit at left (thinned) and two apparently privately rouletted examples, condition variable but generally of fine appearance, Cat £2000+ minimum.
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Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Die (White Veils with Vertical Drapes) 2d lilac-drab SG 13b Pos [9] with Cut Transfer At Base resulting in the Frame Below 'NC' of 'PENCE' Missing, margins close just cut-into at left to large, small 2mm scissor-cut at lower-left, very fine large-part Butterfly '15' cancel of Geelong in blue, Cat £250+. A fine example of the Cut Transfer.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 856
Symbol: G
Cat No: 13c Pos [2]
Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Die (White Veils 'Vertical Drapes') 2d red-lilac SG 13c Pos [2], margins a little cut-into - at top - to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit at the base, light but legible Barred Oval '27' cancel of Mount Alexander (rated RRRR), Cat £1300. Rare: only about 15 examples of this shade are recorded. Geoff Kellow states at page 42 that "the shade was possibly a colour trial". Ex John Barwis; sold at our auction of 14.8.2010 for $949.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 857
Symbol: O
Cat No: 14/14b group
Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Die (White Veils) 3d blue SG 14/14b group, reconstruction of the intermediate transfer stone Pos [1-12] comprising six singles, a vertical pair & two horizontal pairs in a range of shades, Pos [1] & [6] are huge marginal examples, Pos [3] is apparently unused (margins close to touching at right; diagonal crease across lower right corner), most with light numeral cancels, includes six full-margin examples, Cat £2450+. (12)
Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Die (White Veils) 3d bright blue SG 14, margins just touching to good with fragments of the adjoining units at top & left, 'Incoming Egg' Secondary Flaw upper-left of the Queen's head, unused, Cat £1400. RPSofV Certificate (2022) states that the "egg" is a surface-abrasion (we do not agree) & mentions an invisible "thin spot". A notoriously difficult unused stamp to find in fine condition. The absurdly close spacing of the transfers is demonstrated by this example.
Thomas Ham Printings Third State of Die (White Veils) 3d blue Retouched SG 14c selection comprising 1) Retouched Upper-Left Border Pos [1E] margins close to just touching; 2) Lower-Left Corner Shaved & 'E' Obliterated by White Flaw Pos [1F] slightly trimmed at top margins otherwise good to large (ex John Barwis); 3) Large White Void Flaw in Right Border Pos [6B] margins close to enormous at right with fragments of the adjoining units at top & base; and 4) Right Border Extensively Retouched Pos [12C] cut-into at top margins otherwise close to large; cancels mostly clear of the varieties, Cat £760. (4) NEEDS TO BE AT 150%
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 860
Symbol: O#
Cat No: 15/15c group
Thomas Ham Printings Fourth State of Die (Coarse Border) 2d brown SG 15/15c group, plated selection on display pages in various shades including a horizontal pair, a grey single (slightly cut-into at upper-right) and an apparently unused brown-lilac shade (no margins but facially attractive), condition variable but generally of fine appearance, Cat £15,000+ (minimum).
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Thomas Ham Printings Fourth State of Die (Coarse Border) 2d red-lilac SG 15 Pos [18] with White FlaW at Lower-Right (presumably later retouched), margins close to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit at THE base, very fine Butterfly '15' cancel of Geelong, Cat £400. Ex Les Molnar (from a mixed group).
Thomas Ham Printings Fourth State of Die (Coarse Border) 2d lilac SG 15a on Very Thin Hard Horizontally-Laid Paper Pos [18], margins close to good, very fine Butterfly '29' cancel of Port Fairy/Belfast, Cat £450. Ex Les Molnar (from a mixed group).
Thomas Ham Printings Fourth State of Die (Coarse Border) 2d grey SG 15b horizontal pair Pos [4-5], margins just touching to large at top, very fine Butterfly '15' cancel of Geelong in blue, Cat £1000+. RPSV Certificate (2012) states "with a horizontal bend" that is not immediately apparent. Ex Dr Wawn & John Barwis where described as "by far the finest of the four recorded pairs of this shade".
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 864
Symbol: G
Cat No: 15c Pos [8]
Thomas Ham Printings Fourth State of Die (Coarse Border) 2d dull brownish-lilac SG 15c Pos [8], margins close to good, slightly untidy Butterfly '1' cancel of Melbourne, Cat £350.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 865
Symbol: F
Cat No: 15c Pos [12]
Thomas Ham Printings Fourth State of Die (Coarse Border) 2d deep brownish-lilac SG 15c Pos [12], margins just touching at base to large at right, neat Butterfly '1' cancel of Melbourne in blue, Cat £350.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 866
Symbol: O
Cat No: 16/16b group
Thomas Ham Printings Fourth State of Die (Coarse Border with Vertical Drapes) 2d brown SG 16/16b group, plated selection on display pages including four identified as (lilac-)grey (one with very fine Barred Oval '37' of CaStlemaine), condition variable but generally of fine appearance (one repaired), Cat £2000+ minimum.
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Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 700.00
Closed..May-21-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 867
Symbol: F
Cat No: 16a Pos [3]
Thomas Ham Printings Fourth State of Die (Coarse Border with Vertical Drapes) 2d deep grey SG 16a Pos [3], margins good to large, very fine light Butterfly '29' cancel of Port Fairy/Belfast, Cat £250. Superb. RPSofV Certificate (1995) as "deep grey" but illustrated as "lilac-grey" by Barwis & Moreton at page 103. Ex Rodney Perry & John Barwis.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 868
Symbol: F
Cat No: 16a Pos [13]
Thomas Ham Printings Fourth State of Die (Coarse Border with Vertical Drapes) 2d brownish grey SG 16a Pos [13], margins just touching at base to large at left, very fine Barred Oval '2' cancel of Geelong, Cat £250.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 869
Symbol: F
Cat No: 16b Pos [1]
Thomas Ham Printings Fourth State of Die (Coarse Border with Vertical Drapes) 2d brown-lilac SG 16b Pos [1], margins just touching at base to enormous, light Barred Oval '1' cancel of Melbourne, Cat £180.
Thomas Ham Printings Fourth State of Die (Coarse Border with Vertical Drapes) 2d brown-lilac SG 16b horizontal pair Pos [11-12], margins close just touching in one spot at top to good, slightly indistinct central Barred Oval cancel, Cat £360+.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 871
Symbol: F
Cat No: 16b Pos [25]
Thomas Ham Printings Fourth State of Die (Coarse Border with Vertical Drapes) 2d deep brown-lilac SG 16b Pos [25], margins close to large with fragments of the adjoining unit at right, neat Butterfly '15' cancel of Geelong, Cat £180. Superb. RSPofV Certificate (2012). Ex John Barwis.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 872
Symbol: F
Cat No: 16b Pos [10]
Thomas Ham Printings Fourth State of Die (Coarse Border with Vertical Drapes) 2d pale brown-lilac SG 16b Pos [10], margins close to good, neat Butterfly '15' cancel of Geelong, Cat £180.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 873
Symbol: O
Cat No: 17/17e group
Thomas Ham Printings Fourth State of Die (Coarse Border with Vertical Drapes) 2d pale brown SG 17/17e group, plated selection on display pages identified as cinnamon x3, drab x2, pale dull brown x3, greenish-grey x2, olive-drab x2 & buff x3, condition variable but generally of fine appearance, Cat £2250 minimum.
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Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 800.00
Closed..May-21-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 874
Symbol: O
Cat No: 17 Pos [18]
Thomas Ham Printings Fourth State of Die (Coarse Border with Vertical Drapes) 2d cinnamon SG 17 Pos [18], margins good to large with portions of adjoining units at left & top, untidy Barred Oval cancel, Cat £250.
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 875
Symbol: F
Cat No: 17c Pos [18]
Thomas Ham Printings Fourth State of Die (Coarse Border with Vertical Drapes) 2d greenish grey SG 17c Pos [18], margins close to good with fragments of adjoining units at base & left, light Barred Oval '50' cancel of Port Fairy, Cat £160. Ex Gary Diffen; sold at our auction of 5.12.2009 for $161.
