Selection of NSW Imperfs used at the various Moreton Bay District offices with Barred Numerals including '108' (rated RR) of Goode's Inn and light '152' (RRR) of Taroom and Rays '133' (RRR) of Myall Creek and '214' (RRR) of Toowoomba (on very fine 1d pair; sold at our auction of 7.2.2014 for $287), the strikes generally fair to fine, the stamps include Laureates 6d (cut very close but of fine appearance), Diadems 6d with full margins x5 & 'REGISTERED' (6d) x3 (margins in places).
(25 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 900.00
Sold...AU$ 900.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1835
Symbol: C/D
Hetherington Brothers correspondence with 1843 part-entire from NSW to Richard Hetherington at the family seat in Scotland with light 'PAID AT/MAITLAND' handstamp (sold at a Melbourne auction in 2013 for $420), 1854 & 1855 envelopes with enclosed letters from Richard at "Port Curtis" to William at "Bonshaw/ Frasers Creek" the first with very fine previously unrecorded 28mm 'GLADSTONE/N S W' backstamp & the other with Richard's postmaster's manuscript "Gladstone Febry 23rd 1855" & previously unrecorded 28mm 'BYRON/N S W' backstamp, 1855 entire also to William, 1854 1856 & 1857 covers from Scotland to William with Embossed 1/- or 6d both cut-square or Stars 1d strip of 6, condition rather mixed but an important MBD-related group that were discovered only in 2011: sold at our auction of 19.11.2011 for $2345 (Sale 169 Lots 426 to 428).
The brothers, who claimed descent from Scottish King Duncan I ('Macbeth's' King Duncan), arrived in NSW in 1856, William becoming a grazier & Richard trying his luck in a newly-opened part of the MBD. Port Curtis was renamed Gladstone in 1857, with Richard as the first postmaster. Bonshaw is on the south bank of the Dumaresq River that forms part of the NSW/Queensland border: a PO opened only in 1866. Byron was about 90km S of Bonshaw: the PO opened 1.1.1855 & was replaced by Inverell 15.9.1859. Frazers Creek PO 1.1.1853; renamed Ashford 1.12.1863.
(9 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1836
Symbol: C
1849 small envelope to "Gara/Sydney" endorsed on the flap "favored By Mr Frederick Manger" & rated "7" in black, very fine 'SHIP LETTER/[crown]/NO*23/1849/SYDNEY' and largely fine to very fine strike of the scarce oval 'BRISBANE/[crown]/DE*2/1849/NEW.S.WALES' datestamp, very minor blemishes. The Brisbane datestamp is 10 days later than the Sydney cds, indicating that the letter arrived at Sydney by ship, probably from one of the Pacific Islands. "Gara" was a pastoral station in New England & it appears that the letter was missent via Brisbane, rather than overland from Sydney, Newcastle or Port Macquarie to Armidale. This is the only cover we can recall that transited the Moreton Bay District. Sold at our auction of 15.8.2014 for $1205 (Sale 193 Lot 450). (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1837
Symbol: C
1856 outer (dated docketing) endorsed "Registered" to Ipswich with New South Wales QV Diadems 2d blue pair & 6d greenish grey very lightly cancelled, poor oval backstamp probably of Brisbane, ironed-out horizontal filing fold & minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1838
Symbol: C
Cat No: 107
1857 outer to Ipswich with New South Wales QV Small Diadems Imperf 1d orange-vermilion SG 107 horizontal pair (margins good to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left), Rays '85' (rated RR) cancel & very fine 22mm 'DRAYTON/DE18/1857/=NSW=' backstamp, fine 22mm 'IPSWICH/=NSW=' arrival backstamp, minor blemishes & the lower section professionally cleaned. Ex 'Carrington' (Mark Dankin): sold at our auction of 22.2.2013 for $690 (Sale 179 Lot 1276). An unusually fine & attractive cover from this important & famous correspondence. [George Faircloth moved to Ipswich in 1853, where he opened the first northern branch of the Bank of Australasia. His home, Booval House, is the oldest two-storey house in Ipswich] (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1839
Symbol: S
Cat No: 80
Brisbane: Barred Numeral '95' very fine strike on New South Wales QV Laureates 8d yellow-orange SG 80 (margins just touched - at top - to good), Cat £750. A marvellous item for any numerals or Moreton Bay District collection. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1840
Symbol: S
Condamine: Numeral-in-Rays '151' (rated RRRRR) largely very fine strike (and two part-strikes) on New South Wales QV Diadems 2d strip of 3 (almost full margins). Tieryboo PO 21.5.1856; renamed Condamine 1.8.1856. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 260.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1841
Symbol: S
Ipswich: Barred Numeral '87' on New South Wales Sydney Views 2d (faults) and 3d (tight margins to shaved), QV Laureates 2d, 6d brown/yellowish & brown/bluish (both with almost full margins) and QV Diadems 2d, Cat £950 (excluding the first). A very scarce group.
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Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 270
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1842
Symbol: S=
Ipswich: Numeral-in-Rays '87' on New South Wales QV Diadems 2d (on piece), 6d grey (full margins) & 1/- dull red (small corner fault) and 'REGISTERED' 6d (thinned but of very fine appearance), Cat £340.
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Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1843
Symbol: S=
Cat No: 104
Warwick: Numeral-in-Rays '81' (rated RRRR) fine to very fine strikes on New South Wales QV Diadems 1d carmine-vermilion (margins just touching to good) and on 'REGISTERED' (6d) dull orange & Prussian blue SG 104 (margins close to good; superb); also a legible strike of the small 'WARWICK/AP18/1859/=NSW=' cds on piece; Cat £275+.
(3 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Postal Stationery
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1858
Symbol: PS
Attractive selection with Postal Cards Scenic Types 1d brown x2 (one with printed advert), 1½d black and 1d red with Black & White views 'Bush House' x2 used, 'Maryborough' x2 CTO & Townsville x2 CTO, Reply Cards 1d+1d & 2d+2d both CTO, 1d red x2 with printed boxes & Esperanto message x2 (some spotting but one face is presentable & the other has a fine reverse), Registration Envelopes 1879 formular issue (light stain at lower-right), McCorquodale 3d used (front only) & CTO and De La Rue 3d unused x2, Letter Card 1d+1d CTO, etc, minor duplication, many are fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1859
Symbol: CPS
Eclectic batch including 1889 1d Postal Card to GB with superb 'GAYNDAH' cds & Rays '98', 1898 STO 1d Envelope with BN '472' & 'WOOLLOONGABBA' cds, 1908 Visit of the US Fleet 1d Postal Card to Germany (½d stamp lost otherwise very fine), 1910 PPC with Esperanto message to Bulgaria, KEVII 3d Registration Envelopes with imprint of McCorquodale or De La Rue both unused, Postal Cards on exhibit cards including 1893 1d Reply-Half used from Switzerland (rare but defective), etc, condition variable.
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Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1860
Symbol: PS
REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: 1912 Melbourne Printing KEVII 3d red on off-white stock with the Flap Folded to the Back plus Reset Text & Smaller-Boxed 'REGISTERED', some localised toning, unused. Unrecorded by Higgins & Gage. Only a couple of unused and two used examples plus four CTO are known, making this one of the most elusive of all Commonwealth-period States issues.
On 19.12.1912, only 13 days before the first of the Kangaroo & Map stamps were issued, JB Cooke, the Victorian Government Stamp Printer, released a mere 3900 of these envelopes, of which some 3100 were destroyed before February 1914. It is likely that examples were CTO'd in anticipation of the looming destruction order. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1861
Symbol: P
POSTAL CARDS: 1898 QV 1d Scenic Issue HG 10 complete printer's galley-proof sheet for the eighteen cards from Series B (all with rounded rectangular vignettes) arranged in 3x6 format printed in black-brown on surfaced paper (not card) measuring 440x565mm, several horizontal or vertical folds through ten units leaving eight units in fine to very fine condition, some minor soiling and a couple of small repaired peripheral tears. An extraordinary and unique artefact that, despites the folds, presents remarkably well. Ex Ron Butler and Bernie Beston.
Technically, for the following reasons, this is a tremendously significant item: 1) it is the only multi-image scenic postal card proof from Australia that is known to us; 2) it proves the bizarre layout of 17 different views, with 'Parliament House...' appearing twice, in positions R2/3 & R3/3; and 3) the stamp indicia appear to be from all-different electros. Alan Griffiths, in 'The Postal Stationery of Queensland' illustrates the sheet - minus the fourth row! - at page 30, and lists the views at page 28. Across many years, we have sold several Queensland scenic postal card proofs, in the range of $2500 to $4000 each. All of them have been printed on card-stock. This is a completely different genus of proof. (Image1)
Estimate AU$20,000
Opening AU$ 15,000.00
Sold...AU$ 15,000.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 15000
QUEENSLAND
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1844
Symbol: P
1860 QV Chalons Large Star Watermark Imperforate 2d plate proof in black on ungummed unwatermarked paper block of 4, good even margins with complete outer framelines, the upper-right unit with a tiny pinhole otherwise very fine. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1845
Symbol: F
Cat No: 3
1860 QV Chalons Printed in London Large Star Watermark Imperf 6d green SG 3, close even margins with complete outer framelines, tied to small piece by Brisbane duplex, Cat £950. Very attractive. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1846
Symbol: *
Cat No: 14
1860-61 QV Chalons Small Star Watermark Rough Perfs 1d carmine-rose SG 14 horizontal pair, large-part gum, Cat £200+ for singles. Superb. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 125.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1847
Symbol: *
Cat No: 55
1866-67 QV Chalons Lithographed No Watermark No Wmk Second Transfer ('FOUR' in Shorter Letters) 4d lilac SG 55, well-centred, large-part gum, Cat £500. (Image1)
Estimate AU$240
Opening AU$ 180.00
Sold...AU$ 180.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1848
Symbol: #
Cat No: 127
1880 QV Chalons High Denominations 20/- rose SG 127, apparently unused, Cat £2750. Not expertised so offered 'as is'. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1849
Symbol: **
Cat No: 193
1890 QV Sidefaces Lined Background Crown/Q Watermark '6' Perf 12½-13 4d yellow SG 193 block of 30 (5x6) from the lower-right corner of the sheet with Sheet Number '387' in black in the corner margin including unlisted variety Broken Right Downstroke of 'R' in 'FOUR' [Pos R10/7], a few light gum bends otherwise very fine unmounted, Cat £540+ for mounted singles. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1850
Symbol: **
Cat No: 206
1895 QV Sidefaces Lined Background Crown/Q Watermark '10' Perf 12½-13 No Watermark Burelé Band in Blue on Reverse 1d vermilion SG 206 marginal block of 6 (3x2) from the upper-left corner of the sheet with Double Perforations Vertically at Left Between Stamps & Margin as is often the case, the central unit in the upper row with Large Coloured Flaw Obliterating 'PE' of 'PENNY' ('PE' Omitted) plus a marginal strip of 3 from the same position the central unit with Coloured Flaw at Top of 'PE' of 'PENNY' (Early State) unusually without the Double Perforations, both multiples with hinge remainders in the margins only, one stamp in each with a small gum disturbance otherwise very fine unmounted, Cat £765+ for two variety units & seven normal units mounted. Scarce combination showing the progression of the flaw; the block of 6 ex Bernie Manning. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1851
Symbol: **
Cat No: 235a
1897-98 QV Figures in All Corners 2d deep blue with Major Cracked Electro Vertically from the Queen's Brow to the Base of Her Neck ACSC Q16d (SG 235a) Latest State showing the Full Extent of the Crack being the central unit in a horizontal strip of 3, characteristic light gum bends, unmounted, Cat $330+ (£215+) for mounted singles. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 210.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 210
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1852
Symbol: C/CL
Cat No: 235a
1897-98 QV Figures in All Corners 2d deep blue with Major Cracked Electro Vertically from the Queen's Brow to the Base of Her Neck ACSC Q16d (SG 235a) Advanced States on Tattersalls covers to Hobart comprising in pair from 'TEXAS', with 1d (manuscript "X" cancel) & another 2d from 'CHARLEVILLE' also with 2-line 'REGISTERED/...' handstamp, and in a block of 4 + 3d on long (folded) cover from 'NORMANTON' also with 2-line 'REGISTERED/...' handstamp, filled spikeholes as usual. The second item was sold at our auction of 1.12.2019 for $227 (Sale 239 Lot 1671).
(3 covers) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1853
Symbol: P
1900 QV Boer War Patriotic Fund imperforate plate proofs on ungummed watermarked paper 1d in dark blue (tiny mark in top margin), dull violet & dull rose-pink, margins close to large. (3) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1854
Symbol: P
1900 QV Boer War Patriotic Fund imperforate plate proof on ungummed watermarked paper 2d in violet (close to the issued colour), margins close to large. We estimate that 1d & 2d proofs exist in a ratio of approximately 100:1. Bernie Manning's example sold for $3105 at our auction of 13/6/2009 (Sale 146 Lot 1210). (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1855
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 301var
1907-11 QV Small Crown/A Watermark Three Perfs ½d deep blue-green vertical strip of 3 ACSC Q5b (SG 301var) complete block of 30 (10x3) from the base of the sheet with Sheet Number '408' at lower-right, some minor perf reinforcing & light gum disturbance but most units are unmounted, Cat $1000+ for mounted strips of 3 (£300+ for singles). (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1856
Symbol: */O
RAILWAY STAMPS: Ex-dealer's stock with many better items from the 1890s to Decimals including Central Locomotive ½d blue (mint), 6d block of 4, 2/6d & 5/- both very fine, Locomotive at the Top including 6d with '979' in Red & superb '979' cancel, Rouletted 6d for 'TC BEIRNE', 1/- pair for 'MARYBORO', 2/6d for 'TC BEIRNE' and 2/6d pair with '412' in Red & '412' cancels, later issues including ½d grey unused & used, 10/- remarkably fine used block of 6, and a good range for commercial users including 2/6d for 'DUNLOP RUBBER/AUSTRALIA LIMITED' and 10/- for 'DRUG HOUSES/AUST LTD', etc, condition of the used material is variable but considering they had a hard life on railway parcels it's generally very good. A very interesting and desirable lot.
(160+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 1,700.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1700
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 1857
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: 1901 (Dec 9) stampless On Active Service cover endorsed "From Lieut FBT Koch 5th QIB" (= Queensland Infantry Batallion) & self-censored by him, to Brisbane with light but clear octagonal 'ARMY POST OFFICE/WAKKERSTROOM/NATAL FIELD FORCE' datestamp, superb 'T'-in-circle & very fine '1D' handstamps, light wrinkles & minor fault on the reverse. Lt Felix Bernard Theodore Koch was awarded the Queen's Medal with 4 clasps & the King's Medal with 2 clasps. (Image1)
