Boorara: 'BOORARA/AP6/6/W.A' largely fine strike on 2d yellow. RO 1.7.1903; PO 1.2.1905; closed 15.10.1910. The first example we have offered. [Goldmining; 19km SE Kalgoorlie]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Bulla Bulling: 25mm 'BULLA BULLING/JU29/96/[W.A]' very fine strike on 1d pink. A new discovery: not recorded in PMI. PO 1.1.1896; RO 13.12.1904; closed 31.12.1924. [Presumably, this cds was lost after only a short time. The 21mm 'BULLA-BULLING' cds - with hyphen - is recorded from 30AU/97]

Grade A A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Perth: Double-oval 'SPECIAL INQUIRY & DETECTIVE OFFICE/30MAR12/GPO PERTH WA' two largely superb strikes in violet tying ½d x5 to PO 'Declaration...relating to a Missing Letter...containing a Valuable Enclosure Unregistered', the form is significantly aged but is the only recorded example. Datestamp unrecorded in PMI. [The missing letter contained a 5/- Postal Note payable to the Queensland Insurance Co at Perth, the sender stating that registration of such as item was not required, although he probably regretted not paying the extra 3d]

Grade C A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

634 Mile Trans-Australian Railway: '634 MILE TAR/3AP37/WA' three very fine strikes on philatelic but correctly rated cover to California, with plain provisional registration label tied by one of the strikes. PO 1.4.1935; TO 2.6.1937; closed ? [This is the only registered cover recorded by us]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

Great Southern Railway: 'PERTH-ALBANY/WA/ 13 /AP25/91/TRAVELLING POST OFFICE' (LRD: with Gang '13' unlisted in PMI) fine transit b/s - worn state - on cover from Adelaide to Perth. [Far superior to the part-strike - with the slugs upright - on John Booker's 1892 cover that sold at our auction of 1.12.2019 for $407]

Grade B B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

Great Southern Railway: 21mm unframed 'TRAVELLING POST OFFICE/ 1 /AP22/98/GSR WA' largely very fine transit b/s on GB 1d+1d Reply Card commercially used to Perth & intact. [This marking is not recorded in PMI]

Grade A A1- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Great Southern Railway: 'PERTH-ALBANY/WA/ 1 /OC18/90/TRAVELLING POST OFFICE' (all slugs inverted) largely fine transit b/s on cover from Adealide to Perth. [Far superior to the part-strike - with the slugs upright - on John Booker's 1892 cover that sold at our auction of 1.12.2019 for $407]

Grade A A1- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Trans Railway: 'TPO TRANS RAILWAY/7SEP15/WEST[N AUSTRAL]IA' very fine strike on KGV 1d red (thinned). PO 26.1.1915; renamed Trans Australia Railway 1.3.1916. [A more complete but light strike sold at our auction of 19.5.2018 for $373]

Grade C A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

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