Selection with a very fine Penny Black, Litho 4d blue, Recess 2d vermilion used single & unused pair plus Rouletted used single (not expertised), 4d carmine mint, 1/- green unused, 4d red-brown mint, V/Crown 10/- mint and £1 mint & used, Crown/A 5/- mint (toning) & used, and a few others, Cat £2800+. (Qty 29) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Selection with two half-decent Penny Blacks, 4d carmine mint, 1881 New Colours used, £1 orange-brown used, etc, a few numeral cancels, generally fine to very fine. (Qty 59) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1854 Penny Black page (140x218mm) of reprinted die proofs of various engine-turnings by Perkins Bacon all printed in bright carmine, on exhibit page with portions utilised for the background of the Penny Black indicated. A beautiful exhibit.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1854 Penny Black reprinted die proof of the unfinished design in black on thin card. Superb!

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1854 Penny Black c.1902 reprinted die proofs of the unfinished design in indigo, deep green, bright violet, bright carmine & vermilion each on wove paper. Superb! [These can be distinguished from the previous lot by the existence of a constant vertical colour flaw on the Swan above 'P' of 'PENNY'] (Qty 5)

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1854 Penny Black imperforate plate proof block of 4 in black on ungummed unwatermarked paper, margins close to good except at the base where a little cut-into, ironed-out vertical crease at left.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1854 Penny Black Imperf 1d SG 1 block of 4, margins just shaved at centre-right to large, four fine strikes of a void grid canceller, Cat £1300++. A rare and very desirable multiple. [Far superior to Dr Cecil Walkley's only used block of 4 that sold at the Prestige auction of 14.4.2005 for $1864. 'Besancon' had a couple of pairs only. Lord Vestey had two blocks of 6 (one on the reverse of a cover!) but no blocks of 4]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1854-88 Penny Issues with various Double Tail varieties including an enormous Imperf 1d black with margins clear to huge with portions of four adjoining units, in a CA Perf 14 1d yellow-ochre block of 4 (a scarce multiple) through to 1888 New Colours 1d carmine pink x2 (one in a pair), difficult to assemble. [JRW Purves (1944) identified & plated three Extended Tail Pre-Entries. This group comprises Purves' Type 1 x5, Type 2 x4 & Type 3 x5] (Qty 14 items)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1854 Penny Black Rouletted 1d black SG 2, rouletting at left & right, the design just shaved at upper-right, minor thins, Cat £750; and Litho Rouletted 4d blue SG 5a, traces of rouletting on three sides - into the design at the base - & imperf at right with a fragment of the adjoining unit, unused, Cat £4000 for the pale blue shade ("blue" unpriced unused by Gibbons). BPA Cetificate (1949) for the 4d as the then SG 12 states "is genuine". (2)

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1854-55 Lithographs 4d pale blue SG 3 marginal block of 18 (3x6) from the top of the sheet [3-5/103/105] including Boil on Head of 'S' of 'AUSTRALIA' [25] and 'EN' of 'PENCE' Shorter [104] SG 3m, margins good to humungous, horizontal creases through the margins between the second & third rows & the fifth & sixth rows, a few other units creased, professionally cleaned to remove residue from the original gum, Cat £9625++ for unused singles. Ex Frank Chadwick.

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$8,500

1854-55 Lithographs 4d slate-blue SG 3c, a deep no-doubt-about-it shade, margins good to large, Cat £1300. RPSofL Certificate (1960).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$850

1854-55 Lithographs 4d pale blue with 'WESTERN' in Squeezed-Down Letters SG 3q, margins good to large, void grid cancel largely clear of the affected area, Cat £1600. An excellent example of one of the most prominent of the listed Transfer Varieties.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1854-55 Lithographs 1/- deep red-brown SG 4a, margins just touched - at top - to close, minor stain at the top, unused, Cat £2000. BPA Certificate (2018).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1854-55 Lithographs 1/- deep red-brown SG 4a, margins close to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit below, void grid cancellation, Cat £1100. BPA Certificate (2018). An unusually large used example.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1854-55 Lithographs 1/- grey-brown SG 4b, a deep shade from the top of the sheet with margins close to huge, ironed-out vertical crease at left & closed scissor-cut in the margin at upper-right, unused, Cat £700. BPA Certificate (2018).

Grade (A-) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1854-55 Lithographs 1/- grey-brown SG 4b with a Pre-Printing Paper Fold, margins good to large, unused, Cat £700.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$450

1854-55 Lithographs 1/- pale brown SG 4c vertical corner pair from the lower-left of the sheet with margins close to humungous with marginal watermark lines at left & base, unused, Cat £1000+ for singles. A handsome multiple.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1854-55 Lithographs Rouletted 4d pale blue with 'T' of 'POSTAGE' Shaved to a Point SG 5q with rouletting at the top & with margins good to large, diagonal Pre-Printing Paper Fold well clear of the variety, Cat £4000 for the basic rouletted stamp + £4000 for an imperf example of the variety.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1854-55 Lithographs Rouletted 1/- grey-brown SG 6 a large stamp with rouletting on three sides & cut from the sheet at the base just clear of the design, crisp 15-bar '1' cancel of Perth, Cat £1200.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1857-59 Hillman Lithographs 2d brown-black/red SG 15, excellent colour, margins just touching on three sides & good at right, Cat £9000. A very attractive example of this rare stamp.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

1857-59 Hillman Lithographs 2d brown-black/red Printed on Both Sides SG 15a additionally with 'T' of 'TWO' Displaced to the Left, margins close to good, light void grid cancellation, Cat £850. RPSofV Certificate (2008). Superb! [NB: the images are inverted relative to one another]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1857-59 Hillman Lithographs 6d golden-bronze SG 17 with obvious metallic lustre, margins just clear to good, light void grid cancel, Cat £2500. A very attractive example of this scarce stamp.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,250

1857-59 Hillman Lithographs 6d black-bronze SG 18, margins close to huge, void grid cancellation, Cat £750. An unusually large & superb example.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1857-59 Hillman Lithographs 6d black-bronze SG 18 with Large Transfer Flaw Obliterating 'RN' of 'WESTERN', margins just clear to good, Cat £750+. Superb! RPSofL Certificate (1976) as SG 17 (the 'golden' bronze shade) in error.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1857-59 Hillman Lithographs 6d grey-black SG 19, margins just touching to good, unused, Cat £10,000. Rare.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000