Auction 17 Session 2 by Phoenix Auctions Pty Ltd

Se s s i o n2-1 : 0 0 pm

Page 59

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Session 2 will commence no earlier than 1:00pm AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - General | Collections and Accumulations 596 U variety all states on stock pages and cards majority used (some fiscal) mostly more common lower values with South Australia and other ‘OS’ opts and some private perfins. Queensland includes smattering mint to 1/- x2, used includes 2/6d and £1 large Chalons; So Australia with couple Long Toms. Postmark interest likely everywhere, inspection recommended. (100s) 597 */**/U All Colonies accumulation of mostly used low values in glassine envelopes priced to sell (at hundreds of dollars!). Some postmark interest, few perfins private & Official, few Dues, Stamp Duty, varieties, etc. (1,000s) 598 *U Assortment on Hagners with Victoria including a few imperfs, Laureates 8d orange & 5/- blue/red x2, Stamp Duty 3/-, 4/- & 5/postally used & 45/- fiscally used; also NSW with 5/- Coin x2 one optd ‘OS’ (trimmed perfs); SA with Long Toms 2/6d & 10/- (crease) Thin ‘POSTAGE’ mint; Tasmania with imperf & perforated Chalons; Queensland with Chalons to 2/6d; WA with 1898 1/- wmk inverted used (Cat £140); also Commonwealth era postage due to 6d mint & 2/- used; mixed condition.(300 approx). 599 */W/U Selection with NSW 5/- Coin Perf 13 optd ‘SPECIMEN’ somewhat aged; Queensland imperforate 1d with three complete margins & weak ‘Q.L’-in-rings cancel & and defective 2d (thinned & creasing) which may be a cut-down perforated issue, also mint 5/yellow-ochre Small Chalon SG #124 (peripheral aging) & 2/6d Large Chalon SG #158 plus unused 2/- Small Chalon & 2/- (2), 5/& 10/- all without gum or aged (some may be cleaned fiscals) & First Sidefaces 1/- SG #145 mint (toning & gum crease); Tasmania imperf & perforated 1d Chalons both cleaned fiscals; high catalogue value. (13) 600 U Stockbook Accumulation of late era issues low values with duplication, more extensive selections from NSW (the greatest quantity), Queensland & Victoria with lesser amounts from the other Colonies, possible postmark interest. (many 100s). AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - General 601 * [1] Queensland 1882-95 Large Chalons 5/- rose shades some slight staining, 10/- brown, one of each wmk with slight stains, plus 10/- with cut in TRC and £1 fiscally used (both not in value); [2] Victoria Stamp Duty 2/- deep blue/green cleaned SG #258ca, 1950s 4/- ultramarine wmk upright and 5/- claret/yellow 2nd V/Crown wmk with pinholes. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - General | Advertising Covers 602 * 1890s-1912 Post Cards or Postal Cards from most States with Banking, Gold Mining, Golf Club, Grocery, Hotels, Insurance, Shire, etc. represented, mixed condition (33) AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY | Postmarks Majura: ‘MAJURA/F.C.T.’ cds for every day (all 28) of Feb 1931, applied to a Register of Parcels Posted PO Form, strikes generally 603 * very fine/superb. Rare. PO 1/7/1899; closed 28/2/1958. NEW SOUTH WALES | Collections and Accumulations

ex 604 604

ex 605

ex 606

$140 $100

$250

$350 $140

$140 $240 $125

607

U/*

1850-1900s Collection in very mixed mainly used condition with better from Sydney Views 1d and 2d x2, imperf Laureates 1d x2 and 2d plus poss unused 3d green, imperf Diadems with 6d x3 shades and 1/-. Later perf Diadems incl 8d orange and 8d yellow x2 (one optd ‘OS’) and good representation other types incl 5/- Map, 20/- Carrington (rounded corner), 5/- coin x2, 2/6d Lyrebird x2, 1891 surcharges set of 3, various ‘OS’ opts incl in red on 1/- black MLH. Also some ‘OS/NSW’ perfins and odd postage due. Due variable condition, inspection a must. (90+) 605 U 1854-59 Laureated & Diadem Selection including 1d (4), 2d horizontal strip of 3, 3d (3), 6d (2 grey, 2 green & 2 brown), 1/- (2, one with ‘A. Ferroud/Paris’ handstamp on reverse), all fine used and most with 4 margins. Very nice lot. (18) NEW SOUTH WALES 606 U 1850 Sydney Views 2d blue and 3d green with Sydney bar cancellations (the latter on piece). Close to very large margins. 607 F 1850 1d Sydney Views No Clouds Soft Yellowish Paper 1d reddish rose, close to large margins, tiny inclusion near base, cancelled by ‘44’ of Yass.

608 608

610 611

G V

612

613

610

611

612

$250 $200 $120 $100

613

1850 1d Sydney Views With Clouds Laid Paper Plate II 1d carmine, SG #13 Slurred Printing, incomplete margins, indistinct numeral cancel, Cat £600 (as a normal stamp). RPSV Certificate (2012). 1850 2d Sydney Views Plate II Early Impressions indigo shade, SG #21, Cat £325. Close to large margins. 1850 2d Sydney Views Plate II Bottom Row Retouched 2d dull blue, 4 good margins, SG #28, fine used. Bühler handstamp on reverse. 1851 2d Sydney Views Plate V Stout Yellowish Vertically Laid Paper dull blue shade, 4-margins, SG #38, Cat £350, cancelled with BN ‘100’ of Baraba. 1850 3d Sydney Views Bluish to Grey Wove Paper yellow green shade SG #42. Clear margins very close in places, dumb barred cancel, retail c$275.

$280 $160 $150 $220 $125

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 60

614

617

616 615

614

615

616

617

1851-52 Imperf 1d Laureates No Wmk Bluish Wove Paper 1d brick-red SG #48, complete margins (tight at base), minor aging on reverse, smudged BN cancels, Cat £280+. 1852 Imperf 3d Laureates No Wmk Thick Blue Wove Paper 3d emerald-green vertical pair [Pos 8,18] 3-margins, SG #69, Cat £450. 1854-59 Imperf Large Diadems Wmk Double-Lined Numeral 1/- pale red pair, four good to big margins, SG #100, Cat £140+, pair partly separated. 1860-72 Diadems Wmk Double-Lined Numeral Perf 12 2d blue, Retouch, SG #136b, Cat £400. Ex Frankenstein.

$140 $240 $80 $200

618 621

ex 623

620

619 618 619

F **/*

620

621

622

623

624

622

624

—- 2d blue retouched, SG #136b, Cat £400, minor blemish, ex Frankenstein. 1871-1902 Wmk 1st Crown/NSW 1d Salmon P10, block of 15, SG #208a for hinged, odd perf imperfection as to be expected. Extremely rare multiple. 1885-86 Fiscals Optd ‘POSTAGE’ in Black 5/- lilac and green Perf 13 SG #238, mild age spot at top, centred to the upper-left, lightly mounted with large part gum, not valued by Gibbons (5/- Perf 12x10 SG 238b is listed at £500). 1888-89 Centenary 1d lilac bisect on Broken Hill newspaper fragment addressed to Moonta (SA), tied by BN ‘1436’ of South Broken Hill, trader’s oval cachet in violet alongside, somewhat fragile. Apparently unauthorised usage to pay ½d newspaper rate. 1888-89 2d Emu Part-Imperf Between pair with horizontal perfs ending ⅔rds of the way across, SG #254b as fully imperf between, small paper inclusion in top unit. Rare and unusual. 1888-89 Centenary Wmk Double-Lined 5/- [1] 5/- deep purple SG #261: [2] 1890 5/- lilac SG #263; [3] 20/- SG #264a, fine 1900 Broken Hill cds. All used, small faults. Cat £160. 1890 High Values Wmk Stamp Value 20/- ultramarine P11, SG #264c, Cat £90 (retail $175), fine 1903 Broken Hill cancel.

$160 $900 $180 $100 $80 $100 $80

Page 61

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

625

626

627

ex 628

629 625 626 627 628 629

F V V ** *

630

—- 20/- ultramarine P12x11, SG #264cb, Cat £90 (retail $175), fine 1902 Broken Hill cancel. —- 20/- cobalt-blue, P12x11, SG #264cb, Cat £90, fine 1901 Broken Hill cancel. —- 20/- cobalt-blue P11x12, SG #265, Cat £90 (retail $175), few rough perfs, 1904 Broken Hill cds. 1891 Surcharges ½d on 1d, 7½d on 6d & 12½d on 1/- optd ‘Specimen’ in blocks of 4 SG #266s-268s and scarce thus, fresh MUH. —- 7½d on 6d P10x12 SG #267d plus two 12½d on1/- both P11 SG #268b (the most difficult one) on linen-backed front to Antwerp 1897 (Jan 18) paying 13x 2½d letter rate (SG on cover cat c£300). Some soiling and other blemishes, awkward shape, very scarce franking.

1897 Jubilee Proof 1d, 2d & 2½d combined die proof in blue on white surfaced thin card, few edge creases. Very rare.

631 631

$90 $90 $60 $300 $120

$1,100

632

1905-10 Wmk Crown/A ½d blue-green Comb Perf 12x11½ Type II & Type I Substitutions Type I ACSC #N7a being unit #24 in Pane B Plate 4 marginal block of 4 [units #23-24 + non substituted units #29-30], pencil annotations in sheet margin, unmounted. NEW SOUTH WALES | Official Stamps 632 **/* 1892 ½d Grey Overprinted ‘OS’ P11x12 marginal block of 12 (11 **), SG #O58a.

$130 $230

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 62 NEW SOUTH WALES | Revenues

634

635

ex 633 633

1930s Relief Tax: page from wages book for June 1932-Nov 1932 with Relief Tax 1/- (2), 2/- (5), 5/- (3), 10/-, and on reverse 1/-, 2/-, 4/- (2), 5/-, and Family Endownment 5d, 10d, 1/8d (4), 2/6d (2). Ellsmore $430. 634 ** 1950-66 Third Series Adhesive Stamp Duty: 3d mauve horizontal imperf pair, Cat #2.315p, rated R1. Very minor gum bend. 635 W Stamp Duty: 1865 Colourless £5 ‘STAMP DUTY’ embossed Proof on white Cowan & Sons watermarked paper (130x210mm), framed and overprinted ‘Specimen’ in blue in a seriffed font. Unusual. NEW SOUTH WALES | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards

$250

639

638

636

$200 $80

636 PS 1908 USA Fleet Cards 1d red on white NEW SOUTH WALES | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (Official) 637 PS 1892 Department of Public Instruction Registered Letters Three long On Her Majesty’s Service Registration Envelopes with Seals on flap to The Cashier in Sydney from different Public Schools - [1] from Newbridge 1893 (Aug 12) 5d env HG #DC1a; [2] from Watson’s Bay 1894 (Feb 28) 5d env HG #DC1b; [3] from Teralba 1892 (Jun 21) 6d env HG #DC3b. Each has been folded, has peripheral faults (some reinforced), light foxed, two have removable pencil notations. (3) NEW SOUTH WALES | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (PTPO) 638 PS 1897 Jubilee 1d Arms Die I size 152x85mm, HG #KB7, for Robert B. Wallace/Newcastle, cancelled with framed duplex ‘NEWCASTLE/MY3/2·30·PM/02/N.S.W - 55’ (B1) to Germany, repaired TRC. [1d was the correct newspaper rate] NEW SOUTH WALES | Postal History 639 * 1843 (Mar 29) pre-stamp entire from Sydney to Melbourne, endorsed “per Seahorse” & rated “1/3” for a single shipletter, crown oval ‘GENERAL POST OFFICE/MAY29/1843/SYDNEY’ departure d/s & oval ‘MELBOURNE/(crown)/AP7/1843/NEW S WALES’ arrival d/s both in black, fine condition.

$150

$70 $60

$150

640 641 640

641

642

1851 (Jul 31) entire fragment with 3d emerald-green SG #41 (Cat £300), margins close to good (mounted on a hinge & may not belong) with Sydney bars cancel, manuscript “P Gambia” & ‘PAID SHIP LETTER/(crown)/JY 31/1851/SYDNEY’ d/s in red alongside. 1852 (Jan 9) stampless cover from Sydney to Edinburgh endorsed “by the Kate”, rated “3” in red, cancelled with poor Sydney Ship Letter of JA*9/1852, Edinburgh arrival of ‘MAY/F 1 M/1852’ (A2). 1896 PTPO 1d Centennial ‘PRINTED CIRCULAR’ envelope for ‘Robert B Wallace’ of Newcastle, to Bremen, Germany. Small peripheral faults.

$150 $150 $50

Page 63

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012 643

1940s-50s letter rate covers mostly with 2½d, 3d or 3½d frankings addressed to Sydney based doctor, mostly from larger towns within NSW, possible postmark interest. (100s) NEW SOUTH WALES | Numerals | Collections and Accumulations 644 U ‘1’ to ‘2075’ Stockbook Accumulation of rays & barred cancels with a smattering of rated items including RRRR - ‘1718’; RRR ‘1365’ plus several R or RR rated items, quality of strikes is variable but the majority are fine. (approx 400). 645 S ‘4’ to ‘2084’ Array on Hagners with RRR rated cancels including ‘304’ (2R35?), ‘324’ (2R34), ‘365’ (3R16), ‘431’ (3R16, 6x12½mm), ‘691’ (3R12), ‘715’ (3R12), ‘811’ (3R), plus 4B types ‘617’, ‘816’, ‘905’, ‘1130’, ‘1180’, ‘1481’, ‘1492’, ‘1513’, ‘1521’, ‘1534’, ‘1549’, ‘1679’, ‘1721’, ‘1751’, ‘1771’ & ‘2006’; plus lots of lesser rated cancels, quality of strikes generally fair to fine. Good lot. (150+) 646 * Numeral Cancels on Cover including weak Type 4B ‘1700’ rated RRR tying QV 2d (defective) with fine ‘THE GULF’ cds alongside, and a PPC with almost fine ‘583’ (Wandsworth) rated RR, also rated R cancels with Type 3R16 ‘518’ (Glen Alice), plus Type 4B cancels for ‘1005’ (Moira), ‘1047’ (The Rock), ‘1074’ Mullaley, ‘1404’ (Wallangra), ‘1611’ (Medlow), ‘1645’ (Torrowangee), ‘1711’ (Riley’s Hill), ‘1835’ (Mount David) & ‘2042’ (Tarcoon) plus several ‘SS’ or ‘S’ rated cancels, quality of strikes is somewhat variable. Excellent value at around $2 per cover. (350 approx). *

ex 647 647

648

649

650

651

ex 648

654 655

S S

656 657

S S

655

654

653

656

658

659 660

S S

661

662

allocated to Pyrmont PO 27/11/1882.

59: (C2) 1st BN on 1854 1d Laureate. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Dungog-PO 1/1/1835. 87: (B2) BN cancel on Laureates 8d orange-yellow Laureates, margins just touching to close (Cat £600). Rare and possibly unique survivor of Moreton Bay District usage. Allocated to Ipswich-PO c.1846; closed 1/12/1859. 89: (A2) BN on 1d Sydney View no clouds (thinned). Allocated to Kempsey-PO 1/9/1843. 95: (B2) rays type 2R30 on 1882 1d DLR (faults). [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Brownlow Hill-PO 1/4/1861; closed 30/6/1921.

659

660

661

$900

$700

$75 $100 $140 $140 $140

657

Type 4B Selection of Fine Strikes comprising ‘1586’ (Picton Lakes), ‘1968’ (Abercrombie) & ‘1972’ (North Bourke), all rated RRR. (3) NEW SOUTH WALES | Numerals 653 S 54: (A1) fine Type 2R37 strike on 2d DLR, rated RRRR. Allocated to Pyrmont-PO 1/4/1853; renamed Harris Street PO 27/11/1882; Re-

658

$340

ex 651

Rays Strikes on (6d) Registered Perf 13 comprising fine Type 2R43 ‘265’ (Moulamein) rated R & an almost fine Type 2R32 ‘335’ (Lime Kilns) rated RR. (2) Rays Strikes on Imperf 2d Small Diadems comprising Type 2R20 ‘133’ & Type 2R22 ‘135’ both largely fine strikes rated RRR. (2) Type 4B Cancels Tying Stamps to Piece comprising fine strikes of ‘1707’ (Brocklesby), ‘1831’ (McPhail) & ‘1920’ (Brookong), all are rated RRR. (3) Type 4B Selection comprising fine & complete ‘1314’ (Jiggi) on 1d Arms pair, plus bold ‘1442’ (Shaw) & fine ‘1568’ (Hoxton Park) on single stamps, all rated RRR. (3) —- comprising twin strikes of almost-fine ‘855’ (Iluka) tying QV 2d x2 & 1d Arms to small piece, plus fine ‘1060’ (Mulgrave) & ‘1100’ (Canoblas) on single stamps, all rated RRR. (3)

ex 652 652

ex 650

ex 649

$80

$140 $100 $90 $360 $80 $90

662

106: (B1) watery but obvious Type 1A strike on 3d Views bluish to grey wove paper (ironed-out crease, incomplete margins), rated RRR. [Not previously recorded on Sydney Views] Allocated to Euston-PO 1/5/1852; closed 31/10/1853. 212: (A1) bold Type 2R20 strike on 2d DLR (shallow thinning), rated RRRR. Allocated to Cannonbar-PO 1/1/1860; closed 8/6/1866. 259: (A2) largely fine Type 2R26 strike on 2d DLR, rated RRRR. Allocated to Merrendee-PO 1/7/1859; renamed Merindee PO c.1879;

$240 $100

closed 20/12/1919.

$100

PO 1/1/1885; closed 18/8/1923.

$100 $100

346: (B2) largely complete Type 2R35 strike on 2d DLR rated RRRR. Allocated to Mitchell’s Creek-PO 1/1/1862; renamed West Mitchell 519: (A1) twin Type 3R16 strikes tying 1d Arms x4 to piece, rated RRRR. Allocated to Moorwatha-PO 16/10/1885; closed 19/8/1902.

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 64

666

664

667

665

663 663

813: (B1) almost fine Type 3R12 tying 2d blue to piece, rated RRRR. Allocated to Noucome-PO 1/11/1875; renamed Swan Bay PO 15/6/

664 665

991: (A1) fine Type 4B strike on 1d salmon, rated RRRR. Allocated to Garden Palace-PO 17/9/1879; closed 20/4/1880. 1050: (A1) three Type 4B strikes tying 1d Arms x5 to registered Tatts cover (spike-holes), Stannifer cds beneath stamps, rated RR.

666

667

1876; closed 28/2/1979.

Allocated to Stannifer-PO 1/10/1880; closed 29/12/1973.

1135: (A2) fine Type 4B strike on 1d Centennial, rated RRRRR. Allocated to Yarrahapinni-PO 1/7/1882; renamed Beachport PO 16/8/1889;

$100

9/3/1891; closed 6/1/1894.

$100

670

669

668

1447: (B1) Type 4B strike tying 2d blue to Tatts cover, Yarrowyck cds on face, central staining & spike-hole, rated RR. Allocated to

669

1465: (B1) Type 4B strike tying 2d blue to Tatts cover, Black Range ‘MY11/1905’ cds alongside, central spike-hole, rated RRRR.

670

1684: (A1) fine Type 4B strike on 1d Arms rated RRRR. Allocated to Ramornie-PO 1/11/1892; renamed Ramornie Works PO 1/8/1906; TO

Yarrowyck-PO 1/12/1888; TO 1/1/1954; closed 26/10/1954.

$180

25/2/1927; closed 30/6/1955.

$100

675

672

673

674 675

S S

$80

Allocated to Black Range-PO 16/5/1889; renamed Lavington PO 15/6/1909.

671

S D D

$80

closed 24/6/1902.

1253: (A2) Superb large-part Type 4B ‘1253’ on QV 1d red, rated RRRR. Allocated to Boambola-PO 1/6/1884; renamed Glenbower PO

668

671 672 673

$100 $100

674

1728: (A2) large-part Type 4B strike on 1d Arms, rated RRRR. Allocated to South Murwillumbah-PO 1/7/1894; closed 31/3/1902. 1816: (B2) discernible Type 4B strike on 2d Qblue, rated RRRR. Allocated to Lower Bucca-PO 16/11/1896; closed 30/11/1971. 1858: (A1) twin Type 4B (4½x16mm) strikes tying 2d blue x2 & 1d Arms to small piece, rated RRRR. Allocated to New Park-PO 1/12/

$100 $100

1897; replaced by Kyogle PO 27/1/1903.

$100 $100

1969.

$150

1876: (A1) two Type 4B strikes (one is very fine) on 2d blue x2 & 1d Arms, rated RRRR. Allocated to Garah-PO 1/6/1898 1937: (A2) Type 4B strike on 1d Arms (surface rub), rated RRRRR. Allocated to Halfway Creek-RO 1/1/1893; PO 1/7/1899; closed 31/5/

Page 65

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

NEW SOUTH WALES | Datestamps | Collections and Accumulations 676 * 1960s Albury to Yerong Creek Postmark Selection of single date line or timed single date line cds cancels on 1960s 4c or 5c rate Tatts covers x87 (some are fronts) with 53 different locations identified including Bagnoo, Barham x3, Bourke, Captain’s Flat, Corrimal East, Darlington Point, Delegate, Engadine, Harbord, Khancoban, Lawson, Morundah, Mulwala, Oberon, Rous Mill (front), Urana, Wallerawang & Willow Tree. (87) 677 A-C Collection mounted on pages by PO by type, minor duplication, mainly 1920s onwards with odd earlier item and strength in QEII period. While a previous collector has taken some items, there is still much remaining and the overall quality is quite high. (100s) 678 A-Y Collection mounted on filing cards by PO by type with PO information recorded on back of cards, no duplication, strength in QEII period with a few earlier items. While a previous collector has taken some items, there is still much remaining and the overall quality is quite high. A good start collection. (100s) 679 —- mounted on filing cards by PO by type with his earliest and latest dates, otherwise no duplication, strength in QEII period with a few earlier items. While a previous collector has taken some items, there is still much remaining and the overall quality is quite high. (100s) 680 S Aberdare to Young Datestamps Array on AIF 2ds including offices now closed, mostly fine large-part to complete strikes tying stamps to piece with Attunga, Bannister, Bellingen, Bethungra, Belltrees, Captain’s Flat, Ellalong, Eurobodalla, Gubbata, Heron’s Creek, Jeogla, Kurrajong North, Lake Cargelligo, Major’s Creek, North Rothbury, Speers Point, Upper Manilla & Woronora Dam amongst many others, some cancels have been improved. (650 approx). 681 S Aberdeen to Young 20th century Commonwealth period, clear strikes majority on small piece with some into the early decimal period. Some KGV from c1920 2d oranges and good KGV period special issues noting several Macarthur 2d ‘Dark Hills’, much more KGVI and QEII periods. Not much duplication, excellent entree. (c1,550) NEW SOUTH WALES | Datestamps

$140 $160 $160 $160

$360 $120

683 684

682 682

Lower Lewis Ponds: (Jan 14) full strike on envelope alongside KGV 1d violet tied cds ‘ORANGE/12JA25/N.S.W.’ on envelope addressed to Miss Carroll, Summer Hill Creek PO, Orange. Very rarely seen. [Presumed used as arrival or collection datestamp.]

RO 1/1/1898; PO 1/7/1927; closed 30/6/1931.

NORTHERN TERRITORY 683 S Daly Waters: ‘DALY WAT[ERS]/JY2(?)/O7/S[_A]’ squared circle on 2d violet. [Rated RRRR] PO c.1883; closed 30/6/1978. QUEENSLAND | Moreton Bay District 1858 (Feb 24) Macartney cover from Victoria to “Gladstone/Port Curtis/New South Wales” with reasonable 6d Woodblock tied by 684 * BN ‘86’ of Wangaratta (rated RR), Wangaratta Crown Oval, Melbourne (poor), Albury & Sydney backstamps, minor staining. QUEENSLAND | Moreton Bay District | Postmarks

685

686

688

ex 689

$120 $160

690

685 S Good’s Inn: (A1) Rays ‘108’ Freeman Type 2R35 (Good’s Inn) being a fine strike on imperf Small Diadems 2d, rated RRRR. 686 S Toowoomba: (B1) distinct Type 2R19 ‘214’ strike on imperf Small Diadems 1d rated RRR. QUEENSLAND | Collections and Accumulations 687 */W/U 1879-1912 Mostly Mint Collection including 1879-81 First Sidefaces 1d orange-brown Die I SG #129 mint & 2d ‘PENGE’ flaw SG #130a used, burelé band 1d & 2d SG #132-33 used, Change of Wmk 1d x3 SG #134-36 & 4d to 1/- SG #141-45 mint or unused, Second Sidefaces 1882-91 to 1/- unused plus 1d pair optd ‘SPECIMEN’ diagonally large part gum, 1890-94 ½d to 2/- SG #18488, 191-94,196 & 198 mint or unused, 1895-96 to 5d SG #208 (used)-210,212 & 214-15 mint or unused, plus 1907-08 range to 2/between SG #231-54 mostly mint (a few unused), odd blemish/tonespot, generally fine, unused or mint part to large-part gum plus a few used, Cat £1,000+. (70) QUEENSLAND | Proofs & Essays 688 * 1882-91 Lined-Oval Die I Wmk 2nd Crown/Q 4d pale orange perforated plate proof pair on gummed watermarked paper, defaced with blue crayon, large-part og. Ex Colonel Evans. 689 * —- imperforate plate proofs on watermarked gummed paper comprising 1d pale vermilion-red from the upper-left corner of the sheet (crease at top), 3d brown & 2/- red-brown, part to large-part gum. Scarce trio. (3) 690 W —- 1d brown-red imperforate proof pair on thin ungummed card, creased at base. Scarce.

Your material could have been here! Contact us to find out how.

$160

$150 $100

$360 $150 $200 $180

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 66

691

ex 692

ex 694

693

691 * 1882-91 Sideface 1d vermilion-red proof pair on gummed wmk 2nd Crown/Q, fine. 692 W 1895 Void-Oval Proofs 1d orange-red perforated pair with blue pencil circling errors to correct & 2d blue imperf strip of 3. (5) 693 W 1895-96 Void Oval ½d blue-green roughly perfed proof on ungummed thick unwatermarked paper. QUEENSLAND 694 U 1860 Imperf Small Chalon 1d carmine-rose, 2½ margins, some tonespotting on reverse, rays ‘87’ cancel of Ipswich, also an oxidised 2d blue with margins indents & probably a cut-down perforated issue, Cat £800 (excl 2d). (2)

695 695

696

697

698

699

ex 696

697

$130 $120 $90 $140

699

ex 698

1868-78 Small Chalon Wmk 1st Crown/Q Perf 12 4d buff-yellow Second Transfer (Additional Ornament at Right) SG #103 being an unusually large example centred to the right, ragged perfs at right & at base, unused, Cat £1,100. RPSV Certificate (2012). 1879-81 Sideface Plate Proofs imperforate [1] 4d orange-yellow from base of the sheet, blue-pencil notation in sheet margin; & [2] 1/- violet (margins shaved at top & left) with faint pencil line; both are on gummed watermarked paper. (2) 1880 ‘Halfpenny’ Surcharge on 1d reddish brown Die I & 1d reddish brown Die II (pulled perf at left and regummed), still a rare stamp, SG #151,151a, Cat £950. 1882-1911 Large Chalons used selection comprising 2/- (cleaned fiscal), 2/6d x13, 5/- x8, 10/- x5 (one cleaned fiscal with Victorian BN ‘935’ of Blackburn!) & £1 x8 (two cleaned fiscals) from various printings with a range of shades, generally very fine. STC £2,000+. (35) 1882-95 Large Chalons Recess Wmk 3rd Crown/Q Thick Paper 10/- black, odd small fault. A most unusual shade not seen by us before.

$550 $150 $320 $420 $100

ex 701 ex 700 700

*/**

701 702

W/F *

702

1882-91 Lined-Oval Die I Wmk 2nd Crown/Q Perf 12 ‘SPECIMEN’ handstamp applied diagonally in black on 1d pale vermilion block of 4, or in blue on 1d deep vermilion-red block of 6, large-part o.g. with lower units in each block unmounted. (2 items) —- inverted wmks - 1d pale vermilion-red (unused, light crease), 2d blue pair x2. (5) 1899-1906 Widow’s Weeds ½d deep blue-green P12 block of 4, ACSC #Q3A (SG #262b), Cat $2,000+. Ex Manning.

$250 $120 $320

Phoenix Auctions is very pleased to announce that we have been appointed the auctioneers for the legendary

‘Stuart Hardy Commonwealth of Australia Collection’, If you would like to receive the ‘Kangaroo’ catalogue, please let us know.

Page 67

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

704

703

QUEENSLAND | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 703 PS 1898 QV Sideface Views With 2 Line Heading 1½d black pictorial postcard (‘Charleville Bore’) tied by Brisbane ‘DE 11/03’ octagonal d/s, addressed to Singapore with ‘JA 9/1904’ arrival cds, fine condition. Unusual destination. 704 PS 1911 QV 1d Sideface 3 Line Heading With Dividing Line with view ‘KAMERUNGA STATE NURSERY, NEAR CAIRNS, NORTH QUEENSLAND’, used Tanunda ‘2 DEC/11’, slight crease. Scarce commercially used. QUEENSLAND | Postal History

705

1861 (Feb 11) double-rate cover to England endorsed ‘Via Marseilles’ with very rare franking of Imperf 6d green SG #3 x2 (both 4margins) cancelled with Rays ‘87’ tied by ‘IPSWICH/FE11/1861/=NSW=’ backstamp, ‘ILMINSTER’ arrival cds on the face. While the stamps were originally excised from the cover they have been so skillfully rejoined that it detracts little from the appearance. [We believe there is only one other cover bearing 6d x2 known.]

706

ex 708

$150

$4,800

ex 709

1877 (Aug 15) inwards registered cover Great Britain to Charters Towers franked with 6d grey and 4d sage-green (cat from £475 on cover) tied by Carlisle duplex, Nenthead and London datestamps, on arrival endorsed ‘Registered/No Value’ (initialed) in red, at left ‘Unclaimed’, backstamps of Alston (Cumbria), Townsville (arrival port) and Charters Towers, together with ‘DEAD LETTER OFFICE/a/MR15/78/QUEENSLAND’ cds, on front ‘ADVERTISED/MR3178/UNCLAIMED’ in red. Rare and attractive. 1960s-1990s Shire mail collection from Albert Shire to Winton, few earlier noted incl 1934 ‘PAID AT/TOOWOOMBA’ slogan, few 707 * illustrated covers, meters, etc, also from Bundaberg 1934 ‘HINKLER Memorial Appeal’ notice. (100+ items). QUEENSLAND | Postmarks 708 Thursday Island: Selection with [1] BN ‘148’ on 2d; [2] Ray ‘148’ types on 1d, 2d pair & 2½d (4, incl strip of 3) or 1903 1d Postal Card to Germany with 5/CTMS/T Due marking & superb strike on BNG 2½d; [3] datestamps on 2/- turquoise and Australia KGV 4d and 1½d Swan. Replaced Somerset PO c.1877. (10) QUEENSLAND | Numerals | Collections and Accumulations 709 S ‘21’ to ‘725’ Array on Hagners rays or barred types with rated comprising S x34, R x47, RR x15 including ‘61’, ‘90’, ‘113’ & ‘118’, RRR x2 being ‘96’ & ‘535’, also fair ‘725’ (Booval RRRR) on a Queensland Farmers’ Cooperative advertising cover, some duplication of numbers but no duplication of types, (list included), strikes of generally good to fine quality. (250 approx).

706

$90

$600 $100

$150

$360

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 68

ex 710 710

ex 712

ex 711

713

714

Mostly Rated Cancels on Chalons or Sidefaces including on [1] Chalons - rays ‘63’ (Bowen) RR, ‘131’ (Gladstone) x2, ‘214’ (Toowoomba) x3 both R plus unrated ‘87’ (Ipswich); on [2] Sidefaces - bars ‘201’ (Rockhampton), ‘298’ (unknown office) both RR, rays ‘40’ (Dalrymple) & bars ‘427’ (Mundingburrah) both R; also a few unrated cancels including ‘548’ (Mackay) on 9d; quality of strikes in generally fine. (16) 711 S Rated Cancels on Chalons comprising rays [1] ‘95’ (Brisbane) on 1d RRRR; [2] ‘110’ (Surat) on 2d RRR; [3] ‘63’ (Bowen) & ‘74’ (Gundawindi) RR; also [4] bars ‘59’ (Townsville) on 1/-, ‘87’ (Ipswich) on 2d & ‘201’ (Rockhampton) all RR; quality of strikes is good to fine. (7) 712 S Rated Rays Cancels on Chalons comprising [1] ‘95’ (Brisbane) on 1d Chalon rated RRRR; [2] 6mm ‘59’ (Townsville) on 2d, ‘82’ (Forest Vale) on 4d, ‘110’ (Surat) on 2d, ‘165’ (Charters Towers) on 6d all rated RRR; all are fine to very fine strikes. (5) QUEENSLAND | Numerals 713 S 36: (A2) Type 1c clear strike on Crown/Q Chalon, RRR. Allocated to St. George-PO 1/1/1864. 714 S 37: (A2) clear strike on Crown/Q 4d Perf 12. [Rated RRR] Allocated to Curriwillinghi-PO 1/1/1864; replaced by Hebel PO 16/8/1889; closed 19/8/1989.

715

716

717

718

719

$100 $130 $140 $75 $80

720

715 716 717 718

S S S S

—- (A1) bars on KGV ½d orange. [Rated RRRR for use in Commonwealth period.] 51: (A2) rays in red on 4d First Sideface. [Rated RRRRR] Allocated to Somerset-PO 1/1/1865; replaced by Thursday Island PO c.1877. 55: ‘55’ (first ‘5’ weak but discernible) (B2) on 6d Chalon No Wmk. [Rated NNS] Allocated to Gatton-PO 1/1/1866. 68: (B2) rays light but discernible strike on Truncated Star 6d Chalon. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Rocky Waterholes-PO 1/1/1866;

719

80: (A2) rays largely complete strike on Crown/Q 1d Chalon. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Mitchell Downs-PO 1/1/1865; renamed Mitchell

720

$80 $140 $150

renamed Rocklea PO 25/5/1885; replaced by Archerfield PO 1/7/1981.

$75

PO c.1878.

$75

1950.

$90

92: (A2) rays on Crown/Q 4d Chalon P12. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Fassifern-PO 1/4/1867; RO 10/7/1897; PO 1/7/1927; closed 12/5/

721

724

722 723

721 722 723

S S S

724

725 726 727 728

103: (B1) rays on Truncated Star issue 6d Chalon (Wmk ‘N’ in single-line Roman capitals). [RRRR] 114: (A1) fine strike on Crown/Q 4d Chalon P12. [Rated RRR] Allocated to Norman River-PO 13/6/1868; renamed Normanton PO c.1872. 133: (A2) Type 1e rays on £1 Chalon thin paper SG #156 pair (Cat £280+). [Rated RRR] Allocated to Village Of Logan-PO 1/1/1870;

renamed Logan Village PO c.1886; closed 7/2/1969.

142: (A2) rays on Crown/Q 1d Chalon. rated RRRR Allocated to Wivenhoe-PO 6/7/1870; renamed Fernvale PO 10/5/1877.

725

726

727

$180 $90

728

145: ‘145’ (B2) rays on Truncated Star 1d (oxidised). rated RRRR Allocated to Rolleston-PO 1/2/1871. 182: (B2) bars on Second Sidefaces 1d. rated RRRR Allocated to Neardie-PO 22/9/1881; RO c.1902; closed c.-/7/1909. 195: (B2-) weak but discernible strike on Crown/Q 2d Chalon. rated RRRRR Unallocated 213: (B2) bars on 2d Second Sideface. rated RRRR Allocated to Mount Pleasant-RO c.1884; PO 1/2/1886; RO c.-/12/1905; closed c.-/6/

1911.

$75 $75

$80 $75 $120 $75

Page 69

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

730

729 729

730

731 732 733 734

S S S S

732

734

733

222: ‘222’ (A2) largely complete strike (final ‘2’ a tad weak) on Crown/Q 6d Chalon. [Rated NNS] Allocated to Specimen Gully-RO

10/10/1875; PO 1/7/1876; closed c.1881; Re-allocated to Norwood PO c.1881; closed 30/11/1884; Re-allocated to Bett’s Creek PO 7/10/1884; renamed Pentland PO 1/1/1885. 323: (B2) bars on 2d Second Sideface. [Rated RRR] Allocated to North Branch-PO 1/1/1880; RO 1/1/1882; closed c.1910; Re-allocated to Kincora PO 1/4/1882; RO c.-/11/1909; PO 1/7/1927; closed 17/12/1930. 441: ‘441’ (B2) rays on Second Sidefaces 1d. Rated RRRR Allocated to Prairie-PO 6/12/1886; RO 6/3/1893; PO 16/10/1896. 492: (A2) on 2d Second Sideface. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Guthalungra-PO 10/6/1890; closed 17/8/1892. 517: (B2) on Second Sideface 1d. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Graceville-RO c.-/3/1889; PO 7/5/1894. 541: (B2) bars Commonwealth Period usage on 1d Roo. rated RRRR Allocated to Sellheim-Renamed from Triangle RO c.1888; PO c.1896; closed 31/8/1979.

735 735

731

622: (A2) Bars fine Commomwealth Period strike on KGV 1d Rated RRRR Allocated to Macknade-RO c.1901; PO c.-/10/1902; closed

QUEENSLAND | Datestamps | Collections and Accumulations 736 S 1920s and 1930s Collection mostly datestamps on KGV period common values plus c20 early KGVI period on small piece. Includes some closed offices (eg Almaden, Balfes Creek, Corfield, Inkerman, Mingela, Nonda, Selwyn). Nice entree. (c85) 737 D 1930s-60s Range on hagners with odd better stamp e.g. 1/- Vic Centenary, generally readable strikes, noted Bongeen RR, Emu Vale RRR, Irongate RR, Cunningham RR & Cooranga North RR. (c.150) 738 S Predominantly 1930s-70s Array on album pages & hagners (list included) with lots of closed offices sighted including Appletree Creek, Balfes Creek, Bongeen, Chardon’s Corner, Depot Hill, Flaggy Rock, Gooray, Kokotungo, Lamb Island, Many Peaks, Nelly Bay, Point Vernon, Raby Bay, Trebonne, Wulmagi & Yalleroi, variable quality of strikes but mostly fine (500 approx). 739 S Stockbook Array of predominantly QEII early decimal era issues comprising approximately 250 different towns including Bororen, Broowena, Cecil Plains, Goombungee, Killarney, Lowood, Monto, Moffat Beach, Nobby Beach, Thallon & The Summit; also some from KGVI- £sd QEII era and a few Colonial cancels, the decimal cancels are mostly fine quality strikes on piece. (100s) QUEENSLAND | Datestamps 740 * Brisbane: Type 1 cancel being an unframed 29½mm circular type with twin arcs at top & code letter ‘B’ above ‘BRISBANE’ at base, apparently used as a departure mark on the reverse of Brisbane Gas Company 1d town letter rate cover addressed to Spring Hill. [Only three have been recorded with the Type I cancel, all used on town letter rate covers]

741 742 743

D * *

$75 $75 $75 $75 $100

740

ex 736

29/10/1993.

741

$140

742

$100 $125 $260 $160

$400

743

Cameron Downs (3): ‘CAMERON DOWNS/9NO59/QLD-AUST’ (B2) on 1d violet & 4d lake QEII. [Rated RRRR - the only date recorded by Smithies] PO c.1942; closed 1/4/1964. Central Queensland Industries Fair: of 27SE50 on 2½d Stamp Centenary pair (First Day) on 2½d red Letter Card. Isis Junction (2): ‘ISIS JUNCTION/9SE67/QLD-AUST’ (First Day) on 4c red on Waghorn cover. [Rated RRRR - the only date recorded for this type by Smithies - used for 8 months only!] Renamed from Isis PO 6/1/1955; closed 1/5/1968.

‘My Auction Bidsheet’ on our website always shows you the current status of your bids.

$100

$60 $80 $60

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 70 SOUTH AUSTRALIA

ex 744

746

745

748 ex 747

744

Selection on Stockcards with imperf 2d x2 & 6d SG #3 pair (one complete margin), Second Roulettes 1d yellow-green SG #19 (internal fault) & 10d on 9d SG #35-36 & 2/- rose-carmine, Perf 11½-12½ x roulette 1d bright green SG #51, plus other more modest items, condition variable. (21) 745 W 1855 Imperf London Printing 1d imperforate plate proof in green on ungummed unwatermarked paper, close to good margins, a couple of tiny thins. Scarce. 746 W —- 2d rose-carmine SG #2 pair, margins close to large, Cat £1,200+. Scarce multiple. 747 * 1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ 2/6d to £20 optd ‘SPECIMEN’, most with streaky gum as usual. Very presentable. (14) SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Official Stamps 748 F 1874-77 1d deep yellow-green optd ‘OS’ SG #O6, moderate thinning at top & base, Adelaide ‘AP14/75’ cds, undercatalogued at £350. 749 F 1891-99 6d blue P10 optd ‘OS’ SG #O62a, some short perfs in lower-right margin, 1902 cds, unpriced by Gibbons. SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards

$100 $400 $600 $1,000 $160 $100

750 756 751

752

753

754

757 750 751 752 753 754

PS PS PS PS PS

755

756 757

PS PS

755

1908 QV 1d Red ‘Anglican Cathedral’ illustration H&G #8.2, Melbourne printing, fine unused. 1908 QV 1d Red-Brown ‘Clarendon’ illustration H&G #8.9, Melbourne printing, fine unused. 1908 QV 1d Dark Brown ‘Clarendon’ illustration H&G #8.9, Melbourne printing, fine unused. 1908 QV 1d Red ‘Prince Alfred College’ illustration H&G #8.21, Adelaide printing, fine unused. 1908 QV 1d Pale Brown ‘Savings Bank’ illustration H&G #8.23 with bicycles and motorcar in foreground, Adelaide printing, minor edge blemishes otherwise fine unused. 1908 QV 1d Green-Black ‘Savings Bank’ illustration H&G #8.23 with bicycles and motorcar in foreground, Adelaide printing, fine unused. 1908 QV 1d Purple-Black ‘Stack of Wheat’ illustration H&G #8.25 being on of the rarer views, Adelaide printing, fine unused. 1908 QV 1d Green-Black ‘Wool Carting’ illustration H&G #8.27 being on of the rarer views, Adelaide printing, fine unused.

$150 $150 $150 $150 $100 $125 $350 $350

Page 71

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012 SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (Formular)

ex 758 758

759

ex 761

760

1877-1900s Annotated Range including 1877 1d (10, one optd ‘SPECIMEN’, another PTPO), 1893-1905 1d (11, incl one to NZ stamp dealer, 2 to NSW, 4 local, USA and 3 unused), various plate flaws, squared-circle postmarks, mss ‘Not Known, (initials)’, ‘UNCLAIMED’ & ‘DEAD LETTER OFFICE’ handstamps. Useful reference guide also included. Generally fine. (21) SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Departmental Overprints 759 G Convict Department ‘C.D.’ overprint in black on Star Wmk 4d purple Perf 11½, indistinct DN cancel, some age spotting on reverse, rated RRR by Butler. 760 F Marine Board ‘M.B.’ overprint in black on De La Rue Star Wmk 2d rouletted, Port Adelaide ‘FE23/71’ cds, rated RR by Butler. SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Diamond Numerals | Collections and Accumulations 761 S Accumulation With Rated Cancels with ‘6’ (Enfield) on 3d on 4d P11½-12½, ‘7’ (Walkerville) x2 on imperf 2d pair or 6d rouletted, ‘10’ (Kensington/Norwood) on rouletted 9d, ‘13’ (Payneham) on 2/-, ‘48’ (Inverbrackie/Woodside), ‘56’ (Langhorne’s Creek), ‘57’ (Saddleworth) all rated ‘R’; unrated ‘1’ x2, ‘5’ x2, ‘19’, ‘25’, ‘27’, ‘28’ x3, ‘29’, ‘31’, ‘33’, ‘50’, ‘51’, ‘58’, ‘71’ on rouletted pair, ‘88’, ‘95’, ‘126’ x3 plus cover to Adelaide with rouletted 2d tied by DN ‘36’ with Clare datestamp alongside; also some speculative or unidentifiable strikes; quality of strikes variable but mostly fine. (40 items) SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Diamond Numerals

762 762 763 764 765 766 767

S S S S S *

764

53: (A1) strike on imperf 2d. [Rated RR] Allocated to Staughton-PO c.1850; renamed Kanmantoo PO 13/10/1855; closed 28/10/1993. 72: (A2-) lightly struck but complete ‘72’ on imperf 2d. [Rated RRR] Allocated to Currency Creek-PO 10/5/1844; closed 30/9/1988. 76: (B2) fine and largely complete strike on rouletted 1/- yellow (ironed-out crease). [Rated RR] Allocated to Roseworthy-PO 7/7/1862. 92: (A1) on rouletted 6d. [Rated RRR] Allocated to Mintaro-PO 5/5/1856; closed c.-/4/1902. 111: (B2) bold strike on 1d green P11½-12½. [Rated RRR] Allocated to Bugle Ranges-PO 1/1/1858; closed c.1874. 245: (A2) strike tying rouletted 2d to 1867 cover addressed to “Robert Frew Esq/Post Office/Adelaide” with fine strike of ‘ORRIE COWIE/DE27/1867’ at lower-left, ‘MOONTA/DE30/67’ backstamp with indistinct Railway cds (Moonta?) alongside. Allocated to Orrie

Cowie-PO 2/1/1867; closed c.-/4/1873.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Datestamps | Collections and Accumulations

ex 769 768

770

771

$150 $100

$150

767

766

765

$120

ex 772

$80 $80 $80 $130 $180 $300

773

1960s Adelaide to Yunta Postmark Selection of single date line or timed single date line cds cancels on 1960s 4c or 5c rate Tatts covers x187 (some are fronts) with 95 different locations identified including Balaklava, Blair Athol x2, Cowandilla, Cowell, Daw Park, Farrell Flat, Gouger Street, Gumeracha x2, Karoonda, Kimba, Langhorne Creek, Leigh Creek Coalfield, Lobethal, Minnipa, Nonning, Parilla, Port Broughton, Rosewater East, St Peters, Tintinara, Virginia; also Northern Territory x4 comprising Alice Springs, Ayers Rock (commemorative) x2 & Elliot (with Tennant Creek backstamp + Alice Springs Registration Section oval backstamp in violet); some faults but mostly fine. (187) 769 S Datestamp Array with cds cancels including partial double-ring 1869 or 1870 ‘MOONTA/MINES’ strikes on Perf 11½-12½ 6d or 4d, 1884 unframed ‘STOCKADE’ on optd ‘OS’ 1/-, plus later period strikes including Burramurra on 5d on 6d, Hoyleton, Le Fevre’s Peninsula, Wasleys & Watervale; also mostly pedestrian squared-circle cancels with a few rated including Kalangadoo & Yatina. (140) SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Datestamps 770 S Biggs Flat (1): ‘BIGGS FLAT/??/SA’ (A2-) on 1870-73 4d slate-lilac P11½-12½x10 SG #104, dateline not legible. Very scarce. PO *

771 772

S S

773

1/7/1877; closed 16/1/1878.

Carawa: ‘CARAWA/AU25/[?]/[S_A]’ (A2) squared-circle on 2d orange. [Rated RRR] PO 1/5/1896; RO c.-/9/1910; PO c.-/7/1911. Marine P.O.: ‘MARINE PO/S AUSTRALIA’ part to large-part cds strikes on perforated 2/- x5, plus a further part-strike on a 5d, most of the year dates hard-to-read or illegible, stamps in mixed condition. PO c.1869; closed c.1913. (6) Narridy: ‘NARRIDY/SP7/85/[S_]A’ (A2) on Broad Star 6d P10x11½-12½. PO c.-/12/1873; closed 31/8/1974.

$240

$120 $100 $75 $80 $100

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 72

SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Travelling Post Offices

775

774 774

ex 776

782

Railway: worn 23mm ‘RAILWAY P.O./1/JY3/78/S_A’ (B2, differs from Presgrave #P5 with the arms of the Y being almost flat) on cover from Wentworth to Clare via Truro, Overland Corner & Saddleworth. TASMANIA | Collections and Accumulations 775 U 1853 4d Couriers comprising [1] Plate 1 Second State of Plate pale orange SG #9, margins just shaved (at top) to good, with Ist Allocation BN ‘59’ (Launceston) and [2] Plate II yellowish-orange SG #12, faded/oxidised, complete margins with Pfenninger guarantee handstamp; cat £825. (2) 776 U 1853-1900s in mainly used mixed condition (c120 stamps) from 1853-4 Couriers 1d blue with 4 margins x2 one with good colour damaged, one greyish green (oxidised?) otherwise sound, 4d x4 all space-filler quality, range Chalons 1d to 1/- imperf (17) and perf (19) with many pen cancels, sidefaces (25) incl 4d blue (faults) and 5/- (fiscal), eight tablets to 5/- mint, various pictorials (25) and back-of-the-book (16). Includes oddments other states (no NSW, c75 stamps in total) much sparser mainly lower common values, odd ‘OS’ opt. (190+) 777 U 1899-1912 Pictorials 1d (1000), 2d (1000), in bundles of 100. Unchecked by us for varieties, postmarks, etc, although few perf ‘T’ issues noted. (2,000) 778 U —- 1d (2,000) in bundles of 100. Unchecked for postmarks, varieties, few perf ‘T’ items seen. (2,000) 779 U —- 1d (1,000), 2d (1,000), in bundles of 100. Unchecked by us for postmarks, varies, etc. Few perf ‘T’ issues noted. (2,000) 780 U —- 1d (1000), 2d (900) in bundles of 100. Unchecked by us for postmarks, varieties, etc. Few perf ‘T’ issues noted. (1,900) 781 * Registered Covers collection mainly early decimals period 1960s & 1970s but plenty earlier with KGV and KGVI seen as well as odd New Zealand, Nauru and elsewhere. PS items include registered envelopes noting KGV 5d brown x2 ASC #R27, 6x KGVI (4 different) including uprated x3 (one to USA), several QEII values.Earliest noted is plain registered inbound 1907 from Port Pirie SA. Some better usages and attractive combination frankings, range of interstate and overseas addressees, little if any duplication of registration labels. Excellent variety and value. TASMANIA | Proofs & Essays 782 W 1855 Imperf Chalon Wmk Large Star unissued 6d dull lilac from creased proof sheet (all known examples are creased), no gum, Cat £750. Extremely rare. [see note after SG 18] TASMANIA | Specimens & Reprints *

$125

$350

$200 $200 $120 $200 $190

$200 $525

784 ex 783 783

TASMANIA 784 F

1901 St. George & Dragon Presentation Set 3d, 2/6d, 5/- & 10/-, marginal blocks of 4, overprinted ‘REPRINT’ on P12 gummed, thick paper. Scarce.

$450

1855 Imperf Chalon Wmk Large Star 2d deep green, almost 4 margins, SG #15, Cat £500, very presentable example of this deep shade.

$320

785 785

786

1856-57 Imperf Chalon No Wmk Thin White Paper 2d dull emerald-green, horizontal pair, 3-4 margins at places, SG #20, with BN 61 of Hobart. Extremely scarce in multiples. 1863-71 Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral Roulette 14-15 (probably at Cleveland) 4d pale blue, SG #101, ironed-out horizontal crease at top, bold BN ‘22’ of Cleveland, undercatalogued at £900.

$1,400 $750

Page 73

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

787

788

ex 793 787 788 789 790

789

794

791

790

795

U U F */**

1863-71 Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral Serrated Perf 19 1d carmine SG #118, faded/cleaned pen cancel. —- 4d deep blue SG #120, undercatagued at £225. 1870-71 Sideface Wmk Single-Lined Numeral Perf 12 4d blue SG #130, BN ‘53’ (smudged at base) of Leven, Cat £425. 1886 4d Blue Sideface P11½ Current No 43 lower-right corner block of 4 optd ‘REPRINT’ on card, prepared for presentation sets, fine & fresh, lower units MUH, originals Cat £3,400+. 791 F 1892-99 Tablets Wmk TAS Perf 14 £1 green & yellow SG #225, 1900 Burnie cds, Cat £425. 792 */** 1899-1900 Pictorials Engraved 2d deep violet upper half sheet of 30 with sheet margins intact, some perf separations, mounted in sheet margins only (one corner unit touched), Cat £540++. 793 F 1902-12 Pictorials apparently imperforate [1] Litho Printing V/Crown 2d violet Wmk Sideways with good to large margins, Kempton ‘JA16/04’ cds; & [2] Electro Printing Crown/A 1d rose-red Wmk Upright, Kempton ‘AU3/12’ cds; imperforates are only valued as pairs so offered “as is”. (2) 794 * 1906-13 Wmk Crown/A 10/- mauve & brown Tablet P12½ SG #258, mildly tanned large-part gum, Cat £275. TASMANIA | Revenues 795 F 2/6d George and the Dragon Forgery: perforated with bogus 1889 Launceston cds, Elsmore Online Cat $200.

796 796

ex 797

$100 $240 $260 $125 $300 $180 $100 $175 $120

798

1863-80 George and the Dragon: 3d Unofficially Perforated 10 by Walch block of 4, 1867 pen cancels. Multiples of this issue are very scarce. 797 U George and the Dragon Selection: perforated with Wmk ‘1’ 3d fake postal cancel, 5/- brown (corner fault) faded pen cancel, 5/green vertical pair with faded pen cancels and two singles with fake postal cancels, 10/- with fake Queenstown cds; also 2/6d with 1½mm or 2mm ‘REVENUE’ overprints and imperf 5/- brown reprint on thin white paper. (9 items) TASMANIA | Postal History 1857 (May 9) cover addressed to London and sent at 6d all-in rate with 2d & 4d Chalons tied by fine BN ‘60’ strikes of Launceston 798 * (and by London ‘PAID’ arrival cds), diamond ‘POST-OFFICE/LAUNCESTON/(crown)/9MY/V-D-L/1857’ d/s in red, with rare lozenge ‘PAID22AU57/LIVERPOOL/SHIP’ in red Robertson #S17 which was used for one day only for mail arriving with the SS Great Britain on her final voyage from Australia (departed May 21), flap missing & some edge wear. 1989 Pothion certificate confirming the cover to be Ex Dubus. [Believed to be the only cover originating from Tasmania with this rare Liverpool ship cancel, a cover sent from Victoria with #S17 marking realized £2,990 at a 2002 Cavendish auction] TASMANIA | Numerals - First Allocation | Collections and Accumulations 799 S Selection on Chalons with First Allocation ‘74’ (Hobart) & ‘75’ (Hobart, RRR) on imperf Numeral Wmk 4d or 1d; also Second Allocation ‘60’ (Mount Direction, RRRR) struck over a pen cancel on P12½ 1d, plus a couple of lesser items. (5) TASMANIA | Datestamps | Collections and Accumulations 800 * 1960s Avoca to Zeehan Postmark Selection of single date line or timed single date line cds cancels on 1960s 4c or 5c rate Tatts covers x48 (some are fronts) with 25 different locations identified including Currie, Cygnet, Eaglehawk Nest, Georgetown, Nubeena, Ringarooma, Wayatinah (x5) & Whitemark; some faults but generally fine. (48)

Bids can be made online at anytime. Otherwise you can email, fax, post or call us.

$180 $240

$5,000 $100

$75

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 74 VICTORIA | Proofs & Essays

ex 803

801 801 W 802 W VICTORIA 803 U 804

805

806 807

F U

810

811

F F

802 807 $140 $140

Half Length Group comprising [1] Ham Third State White Veils 3d blue, staining on reverse; also Campbell & Fergusson [2] 1d lilac-rose, good to huge margins, shallow thin, BN ‘11’ of Williamstown; & [3] 3d greenish blue SG #29a with tiny thins; Cat £165. (3) 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 2nd State 1d red-brown SG #5, margins close (just shaved at base) to large, weak butterfly cancel, Cat £425. RPSV Certificate (2000). Ex Diffen. 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 3rd State 1d brownish-red [Pos 12] SG #9a, margins just touching to very good, barred oval ‘1/V’ of Melbourne, Cat £170. —- 2d olive-grey, margins just shaving to close/good, SG #10a, part butterfly cancel, Cat £200. —- 3d blue SG #11 marginal strip of 4 [Pos 7-10], faults with creasing & 11mm tear to fourth unit, smudged barred oval cancels. Scarce multiple.

810

809

813

$120 $350 $140 $100 $140

811

—- 3d pale greenish-blue SG #11b [Pos 1], ironed-out vertical crease, late use with faint BN cancel, Cat £160. 1850-53 Half-Length Ham Altered 3rd State 3d blue [Pos 7] 4 close to touching margins, SG #14, Cat £70, used on 1854 cover to Mallow, Ireland, rated “8” in black. 1850-53 Half-Length Ham Altered 4th State 2d olive-drab SG 17d, couple of trivial thins at base, margins close to very good (improved at base and at left), weak butterfly cancel at blue, Cat £180. 1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 1d deep-brown SG #26, good to large margins, guarantee handstamp, ‘NEWSPAPER/MELBOURNE’ oval cancel, Cat £120. (F)

812 812 813 814

806

1922 Emblems Posthumous Proof 2d in dull violet from defaced proof (reduced). —- 2d in blue from defaced proof (reduced).

808 808 809

805

804

$100 $150 $90 $85

ex 814

—- 3d bright blue 4 good margins, SG #29, on 1858 cover to England, rated “8” in black. —- 3d Prussian blue pair [23-24], 4 close or touching margins, SG #30, Cat £90. 1854-57 Campbell & Fergusson 3d Blue Shades comprising greenish-blue, blue & deep blue SG #31a-31c, all with complete margins, the first two with shallow thinning typical of this poor quality paper issue, weak/indistinct BN cancels, Cat £135. (3)

$150 $120 $100

Page 75

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

817

816 815

U/W

816

817 818 819 820

F U V W

821

823 824

ex 820

821

1854-61 Woodblocks on Album Pages with imperf 6d x11 used plus one apparently unused (cut-into at base) & 2/- x2 one with complete margins but thinned; Rouletted 6d SG #53a & Serpentine Rouletted 6d SG #58 re-backed; 1859 P12 2/- x4 (two are thinned) & 1861 6d black x5; mixed condition, high catalogue value. (25) 1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 6d TOO LATE, SG 33, margins close (at top) to large, minor stains on reverse, BN ‘1’ cancel, Cat £250. —- 6d TOO LATE, SG #33, good to large even margins, BN ‘2’ of Geelong. Fine example, Cat £250. —- 6d TOO LATE, SG 33, margins good to large, Barred Oval ‘2’ cancel, Cat £250. —- 2/- dull bluish green, very fine, 4 good margins, ‘Pfenninger’ handstamp on reverse. 1857 Imperf Emblems Wmk Large Star 1d yellow-green 4-margins (light crease) plus 1d pale-green (thinned) also 4-margins, SG #41, Cat £280. 1857-63 Emblems Calvert 4d imperforate plate proof in dull rose on unwatermarked paper, margins close to large. RPSV Certificate (2012).

823

822 822

819

818

$140 $200 $170 $120 $100 $100

ex 824

1857 Rouletted 7-9 By GPO Staff 1/- ‘REGISTERED’ rose-pink & blue SG #55 with roulettes clear of the design on all sides, generous margins at top & base, ironed-out wrinkles in upper-left corner & re-backed lower-left corner, pen & BN cancels, Cat £350. 1859 Perf 12 By Robinson 3d blue SG #78, narrow example with killer ‘1’ cancel of Melbourne, Cat £130. —- 1/- blue octagonal on two covers from Melbourne to Ireland [1] 1865 mourning cover with 1/- with creased transfer through T and left of VI; [2] 1861 cover with vertical pair, the top unit with large blue blob beside G; plus [3] 6d QOT in small cover from same correspondence.

825

$380

826

827

$140 $110 $300

828 829

825 826

827

828 829

* *

1870-73 DLR Wmk 1st V/Crown 2d mauve (worn plate) Perf 12 SG #170a with striking scarred face flaw, tidy cancel only partly impinges upon the flaw. An off-centre example sold for $125 in our sale of 27/7/2012. [Purves states that “its scarcity is explained by it only having a life of some 4-5 months”] 1880-84 Naish Wmk 1st V/Crown 2d mauve proof on ungummed & unwatermarked brown-coloured paper, centred to the upperright, rounded lower-right corner. Rare. 1882-84 Wmk 2nd V/Crown Perf 12½ 2d chocolate 12 SG #210ab, fine BN ‘MC/37’ cancel of Arundel RR, Cat £375 plus premium for the postmark. —- 3d bright orange-yellow opt Reprint, lightly hinged with positioning pin fault in lower left corner, used normal for comparison. 1884 Stamp Statute Wmk 1st V/Crown Perf 13 1d pale green, SG #220, gum adhesions, retail $375

We DO NOT have ‘T’ lots, all lots are sold inclusive of GST. GST is only applicable to buyer’s commission and despatch costs.

$100 $350 $200 $90 $200

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 76

830 830

831

1884 Stamp Statute Wmk 1st V/Crown Perf 13 4d rose wmk sideways SG #222, fresh mint with large part og, remains grossly undercatalogued at £900, retail $2,500++. —- 4d rose wmk inverted, SG #222a, pinhole, a very rare stamp.

832 832 833 834 835

* * * F

836 837

* F

838

831

833

834

835

836

$1,000 $1,000

ex 837

—- 6d ultramarine, SG #223a, regummed, retail $350. —- 1/- blue/blue, SG #224, some rough perfs, retail $375. —- 2/- blue/green, SG #225, gum adhesions —- 5/- blue/yellow double perf, all P12 except outside left which is P12½, fake Melbourne duplex, small crease and odd short perf, quite unusual. 1884-96 Stamp Duty Typo 1st V/Crown Perf 13 5/- claret/yellow P13, SG #260, retail $225. 1884-96 Stamp Duty Typo 2nd V/Crown Perf 12½ fiscally used copies of £5 rose-pink x6 (crown at right x4), £5 pink x4 (all crown at left), £10 mauve x5 (crown at right x2), £10 lilac x5 (crown at right x1), SG #278-79, Cat £10,000 for postally used, small faults. (20)

$440

1885-95 Naish Stamp Duty Wmk 2nd V/Crown Perf 12½ 4d lilac Error of Colour SG 300b, strong colour, being a clearly dated example with Melbourne duplex of ‘JA28/87’, Cat £1,000. RPSV Certificate (2012). [A similarly fine & dated example sold for $2,645 at a Melbourne auction in May 2012]

$2,000

$125 $250 $200 $200 $150

Page 77

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

* * F

842

**F

843

ex 842

1896-99 New Stamp Duty Designs Wmk 3rd V/Crown 3/- olive-drab, SG #345, retail $325. —- 5/- rosine, SG #347, retail $375. 1899-1901 Stamp Duty Wmk 4th V/Crown 2d violet wmk sideways SG #359a, dated example with ‘JY(?)00’ cds. Unpriced by Gibbons and not commented upon by Kellow. Ex Molnar (mixed lot). RPSV Certificate (2012). 1900 Empire Patriotic Fund 1d (1s) & 2d (2s) marginal examples from the left of the sheet, ‘REGISTERED/MY25/01/BENDIGO’ per favour cancels, full unmounted gum, Cat £270. (2) 1901-10 ‘POSTAGE’ Wmk 4th V/Crown Perf 12x12½ or 12½ 1d dull red Die II wmk sideways SG #385bb, some nibbed perfs, undercatagued at £75. (2)

845

844

848 844

841

840

839 839 840 841

$200 $250 $380 $260 $80

846

849

ex 850

847

1905-13 ‘POSTAGE’ Wmk Crown/A Perf 12x12½ or 12½ ½d green line P12.4 marginal block of 6 with double perfs at top, wmk inverted. 845 ** —- 1d rose red vertical pair from the upper-left corner of the sheet with double perfs at left ACSC #V44b, fresh MUH, Cat $100++. 846 */** —- 1d rose red vertical pair from the lower-left corner of the sheet with double perfs at left ACSC #V44b, lower unit MUH, Cat $100++. 847 B** —- 1d rose-carmine on thin ready gummed paper ‘JBC’ Monogram corner block of 6 (2x3) ACSC #V49zd, staple hole in lowerright sheet margin suggests this block is from a £1 booklet, unmounted, (Cat $100 as a mounted strip of 3). Superb! 848 ** —- 2½d indigo perf ‘OS’ ACSC #V75ba marginal pair from right of the sheet, unmounted, Cat $150+ (as mounted). 849 F 1905-13 ‘POSTAGE’ Wmk Crown/A Perf 11 3d orange-brown wmk sideways SG #437 (ACSC #V82aa), Maryborough ‘MY13/08’ cds, Cat £275 (ACSC Cat $500). Rare [ACSC states “only several used examples have been recorded, the earliest date being 25 April 1908”] VICTORIA | Postage Dues 850 U 1890-94 ½d to 5/- blue and brown-lake, plus listed shades of ½d to 4d. Small faults on several values. Retail $550+. (14)

Bids can be made online at anytime. Otherwise you can email, fax, post or call us.

$200 $120 $90 $250 $140 $400 $200

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 78

VICTORIA | Revenues Impressed Duty: Remarkable collection of Impressed Stamp Duty on entire Share Transfer documents (1950s/1960s The Colonial 851 * Sugar Refining Co Ltd x71) being a comprehensive range of denominations between 1d and £50 with combination and solo impressions (amongst which there is no duplication), comprising 1d (2, one record late date 15.2.63), 2d (3), 3d (21, with record late date 10.5.63), 4d (6), 5d (7, late date 22.11.62), 6d (17), 1/- (2), 1/6d (6), 2/- (3), 2/6d (2), 3/-, 4/- (3), 5/- (5), 6/- (5), 7/-, 8/-, 9/(9), 10/- (4), 11/- (2), 12/- (2), 13/- (3), 14/-, 15/- (3), 16/- (2), 17/- (2), rare 17/6d, 18/- (3), 19/- (2), £1 (2), 24/-, 25/-, 30/- (2), 32/(4), 35/-, £2 (2), 45/-, £3 (4), £4 (3), £5, £6 (2, on one document), £7 (2), £9, £10, £20, and £50, last on £53.18.10d denominated document in combination with N.S.W. Impressed Duty £1 10s, and “ER” inscribed 2/6d (3, one rare combination with Stamp Duty adhesives), rare 12/6d, £1 (7), rare 37/6d (2), and £2, all in good condition. Extremely rare material on entire & possibly best collection of its kind. (71) $15,000 VICTORIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards

852

854

853

852 PS 1908 Fleet Cards 1d, Stieg #P33, very fresh mint. VICTORIA | Postal Stationery - Franks 853 PS Chief Secretary: light red strike on Official Postal Card inscribed ‘Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne, 1888’, addressed to Consul for Austria Hungary and unusually advising of Exhibition Gardens Committee meeting. Rare. 854 PS —- 1902 (Feb 20) use of a 225x95mm bluish grey envelope with 9-line warning upper left, Her overwritten His in the heading and with the pre-addressed The Secretary, Board for Protection of Aborigines, MELBOURNE overwritten with that of a stationer and bookseller in Hamilton. From Lake Condah (an Aboriginal Mission Station). Neither this size, nor any with the printed warning, are recorded in Watson & Steig (page 45). So Rare by definition. VICTORIA | Postal Stationery - Wrappers

ex 855 855

856

$250

$200

857

1904 Use of ½d Wrapper With Borders plus 1910 use of ½d Wrapper without borders on stock with horizontal striations Stieg #E27c, both used within Melbourne. (2) VICTORIA | Postal History 856 D 1840s OHMS piece with red boxed ‘FREE/KILMORE’ & poor oval ‘KILMORE/[crown]/OC*11/[184?]/PORT PHILLIP’, some toning but quite rare. 857 *F 1846 (Jun 26) entire from Melbourne to Sydney endorsed “Overland” and “1/3” in red, boxed ‘PAID AT/MELBOURNE’ (B1) on face. Arrived Sydney July 3.

858

$120

$100 $400 $120

860 859

858

859

860

1856 (Jan) use of 6d dull orange Woodblock on cover from Melbourne to Ireland, nice ‘AUSTRALIAN/LIVERPOOL/AP8/A56O/ PACKET’ backstamp. —- cover to Van Diemens Land, 3d Half-Length with Donnybrook backstamp with diamond ‘SHIP LETTER INWARDS FREE’ handstamp. A 6d Woodblock, cancelled with BN ‘2’ has been added. Few faults. 1858 (Jan 19) use of 6d dull orange Woodblock on cover from Melborune to Ireland.

$100 $200 $100

Page 79

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

861 861

862

863

865

866

865

868

869

868

$200 $500 $200

866

1860 (Nov 24) use of 6d Queen-on-Throne and 1/- Octagonal P12 on cover (with ‘MACK’S HOTEL’ belt & buckle seal on flap) from Geelong to Ireland, endorsed “Via Marseilles”, red ‘M’ on face. Unusual rate. 1861 (Mar 12) incoming entire letter written at Marseilles (February 8), addressed “Mr J.B. Were/Royal Swedish Norwegian/ Consulate/Melbourne/Australie”, bearing Napoleon imperf 80c with enormous margins three sides (portion of three adjoining units), slightly trimmed at left, tied by Diamond ‘1896’, Marseilles ‘12/MARS’ datestamp alongside, backstamped Melbourne. [Jonathan Binns Were, founder of the venerable sharebroking firm, was revered by his contemporaries for the extraordinary number of his consular posts he held. He was knighted by the Kings of Sweden and Denmark] 1862 (Apr 19) cover to Devizes, England with 4d Beaded Oval plus 1d Netted Corners pair (defective) tied by weak BN ‘118’ cancels (rated SS) of Batesford, fine oval ‘BATESFORD/[crown]/AP19/1862/VICTORIA’ departure backstamp (LRD ?), Melbourne transit and Devizes arrival backstamp, minor edge blemishes.

867 867

863

1858 Entire Front and part back with scarce franking of Half Length 3d Prussian blue [13] and 6d Woodblock to GB with indistinct ‘SHIP (LETTER) cancel and ‘LONDON/PAID’ arrival cds in red and mss “p European” & “via Marseilles”. Central crease does not detract. 1859 (Apr 29) cover to Sydney with Emblems 4d dull rose-red Robinson P12 SG #80 (rare on cover) & 2d rouletted on horizontally laid paper SG #70 tied by Melbourne ‘1’ killer cancel, part ‘SHIP (LETTER)/SYDNEY’ backstamp, minor blemishes & repaired flap. 1859-61 group of 3 covers with 1/- Octagonals from Melbourne to Ireland, one “via Southampton”, the others “via Marseilles”.

864 864

862

$150

$500 $200

ex 869

1865 (Mar 11) inwards cover from USA to Melbourne addressed to “Capt John Smith/Barque Island City” with colourful franking of 3c rose & 30c orange cancelled by bars in-circle obliterator with adjacent Dover (New Hampshire) cds, 3c additionally cancelled by London Paid transit cds in red, ‘28’ handstamp in red indicative of combined 16c seapost plus 12c Britain-Australia rates, fine ‘MELBOURNE/1Y/JU 26/65’ arrival cds in blue. 1878 (Mar 13) Kyneton small cover to Echuca with Emergency Printing ½d rose-red/pink coloured paper pair SG #195 (issued 1/3/78, making this a very early country town usage), octagonal ‘DOWN TRAIN/GM4/M13/78/VICTORIA’ on reverse, unframed Echuca ‘AP17/78’ arrival d/s & boxed ‘UNCLAIMED AT/ECHUCA’ handstamp on face with addressee’s mss notation “opened by and/not for me” & ‘DLB/AP18/78/VICTORIA cds in green on reverse, torn flap otherwise fine. Esquisite. 1886 two to Henry K. Rusden Esq in the Dept of Police, Melbourne [1] (May 17) inbound from Newcastle NSW with 6d violet p13 tied indistinct sunburst; [2] 1868 (Feb 5) from Brighton with 2d Laureate with poor BN cancel. [Comes with biographical entry from Encyclopedia of Australian Science which - inter alia - notes that he was an accountant in the Police till 1891; quite a famous Victorian.] (2)

$400

$300

$80

Phoenix Auctions is very pleased to announce that we have been appointed the auctioneers for the legendary

‘Stuart Hardy Commonwealth of Australia Collection’, If you would like to receive the ‘Kangaroo’ catalogue, please let us know.

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 80

870 870

ex 873

872

1894 (Jun 2) insurance company unstamped commercial cover from Melbourne to Castlemaine with ‘T4d’ oval handstamp & 1d claret & blue pairs x2 added, some staining; also (Jul 20) philatelic use of 1d lettercard uprated with 1d claret & blue p/due tied ‘BAIRNSDALE/JY20/94’ cds. (2) 871 PS —- (May 31) philatelic use of 1d Envelope with Kyneton ‘57’ duplex addressed to Woodend, taxed “2d” with 2d claret & blue p/due added tied by BN ‘57’, ‘TOO LATE’ & ‘MISSENT TO KYNETON’ boxed handstamp, no backstamps, fine condition. 872 * —- (May 31) philatelic use of 1d Envelope with Kyneton ‘57’ duplex addressed to Woodend, taxed “6d” with 6d claret & blue p/due added tied by BN ‘57’, ‘TOO LATE’ & ‘MISSENT TO KYNETON’ boxed handstamp, no backstamps, fine condition. 1896 (Nov 8) env to UK with blue ‘GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA/FRANK STAMP’ cancelled s/ring ‘MELBOURNE/19O/NO8/96’ 873 * to Robertsbridge (Sussex) with sq circle arrival, redirected to London. Plus 1950s envelope of the Governor-General franked pair 2/- Croc to the General Secretary of The Officers’ Association in London. Interesting duo. (2) VICTORIA | Postmarks 874 S QV-QEII Accumulation: includes ‘Barred Numerals’, ‘Double Circle’ (Melbourne cds), ‘Parcel Post’, ‘Postal District’ numbers, ‘Relief’, ‘Telegraph Office’, ‘TPOs both ‘Up’ and ‘Down’ & ‘English Mail, Out’, etc, numerous other datestamps, adhesives include QV 5/- (2), various Roos with 6d brown (17), 9d (5), Vic Centenary 1/-, Macarthur 9d, etc. Postmarks range from light to heavy (as in ‘Parcel’ types). Plus 100s of postmarks on piece. Few perf ‘OS’ issues. Very mixed condition. (1,000s) VICTORIA | Barred Numerals | Collections and Accumulations 875 S Barred Numerals & Duplex Cancels on Album Leaves with plenty of bettter strikes including ‘93’ on perforated 1/- Octagonal, ‘197’, ‘261’, ‘269’, ‘352’ & ‘366, coloured cancels including ‘166’ & ‘260’ in violet, ‘412’ in magenta, ‘66’ & ‘114’ (Yackandah duplex) & ‘275’ (Romsey duplex) in blue, a few Commonwealth Period including ‘67’ on KGV 1d red, ‘355’ & ‘440’ on 1d Roos; also a small selection of commoner datestamps. (few 100s) VICTORIA | Barred Numerals *

876

877

880

879

878

S S S

348: (B2) 1st type on 6d black Beaded Oval. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Alma-PO 1/7/1861; TO 31/10/1959; closed 30/4/1969. 369: ‘[3]69’ (A3 - edge of 3 just visible) on 2d Laureatte. [Rated RRR] Allocated to Preston Hill-PO 4/11/1861; closed 25/1/1887. 646: (B2) on 1d brown. [Rated RRR] Allocated to Green’s Creek-PO 1/5/1868; TO 1/10/1962, provisionally closed 31/3/1964; closed 31/3/

879 880

S S

795: 795’ (C2) on 2d mauve Naish. [Rated RRRR - confirmed by Freeman] Allocated to Magpie-PO 1/1/1873; closed 29/2/1972. 988: (A2) on 2d sepia. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Samaria-PO 18/5/1877; closed 1/7/1895.

1965.

881 882 883

S S S

884

885 886 887

S S S

883

884

885

$75 $100 $80

$150

$250

881

876 877 878

882

$75

886

$200 $100 $100 $250 $300

887

1116: ‘MC/16’ (A2) on 2d sepia on piece with very small part [Woosa]ng alongside. Allocated to Woosang-PO 1/3/1879; closed 9/3/1940. 1227: ‘MC[C]/27’ (A2) on 2d sepia. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Shean’s Creek-PO 1/7/1881; closed 16/2/1884. 1230: ‘MCC/30’ (A2) on 1d brown, overstruck with part Woranga of SE29/91. [Rated RRR] Allocated to Woranga-PO 1/7/1881; closed

$200 $300

1/4/1893.

$125

RO c.1902; PO 1/7/1927; closed 31/12/1930.

$300 $150 $80 $70

1332: ‘MCCC/32’ (A2) on 2d violet SDuty. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Tarranginnie East-PO 1/8/1883; renamed Bleak House PO 1/12/1888; 1501: ‘MD/1’ (B2) on 1d brown. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Picola West-PO 15/3/1886; closed 30/6/1971. 1527: ‘MD/27’ (B2) (non-duplex) on 2d mauve Naish. [Rated RRR] Allocated to Windsor-PO c.-/8/1886; LPO 4/10/1993. 1558: ‘MD/58’ (A2) 1st type on 2d violet. [Rated RRR] Allocated to Timboon-PO 7/3/1887; LPO 3/9/1996.

Page 81

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

888 888 889 890 891 892 893

S S S S S S

889

890

893

1596: ‘MD/96’ (A2) on 2d violet. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Wychitella South-PO 4/10/1887; closed 31/10/1907. 1622: ‘1622’ (B2) 1st type on 1d brown. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Abbotsford-PO 9/1/1888; LPO 4/1/2000. 1738: (A2) 1st type (round top to 3) on 1d brown. [Rated RRR] Allocated to Scoresby-PO 20/1/1890; closed 5/7/1979. 1760: ‘[1]760’ (A2-) light strike of 1st type on 2d violet SDuty. [Rated RRR] Allocated to Rowsley-PO 12/5/1890; closed 30/4/1962. 1803: (B2-) light strike on 1d pink. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Skene’s Creek-PO 9/10/1890; closed 4/12/1971. 1928: ‘1928’ (B2) on 1d brown. [Rated RRR] Allocated to Murrungowar-PO 21/11/1892; RO 25/1/1918; PO 1/7/1927; closed 1/7/1952.

895

894 894

892

891

896

2063: (B1) watery but clearly discernible strike on 1d pink with ‘MT ECCLES//VICTORIA’ cds of similar quality alongside, rated RRR. Allocated to Mount Eccles-PO 7/4/1902; closed 30/6/1951. 895 S —- (B2) on 1d pink (faults). [Rated RRR] 896 S 2074: ‘2074’ (A2) on 1d pink. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Waranga Outlet-PO 1/8/1903; closed 1/9/1905. VICTORIA | Datestamps | Collections and Accumulations 897 1935-53 opening day registered cover selection, some with provisional registration labels, all low numbers including Albert Park South (003), Collingwood East (013), Church St Geelong (002), Coburg West (004), Domain Road (005), Northcote North (001), Thornbury East (01), Yallourn North (002), Mildura West (8426) cancelled ‘Relief/No.6’, odd blemish. Scarce group. (9) 898 * 1960s Anglesea to Yea Postmark Selection of single date line or timed single date line cds cancels mostly on 1960s 4c or 5c rate Tatts covers x253 (some are fronts) with 137 different locations identified including Ballan, Mil PO Bandiana, Beveridge, Boneo Road, Cowangee, Glenthompson, Gormandale, Goroke x2, Heyfield, Jeparit, Landsborough, Marnoo, Merberra, Moyhu, Nullawarre, Picola, RAAF Sale East, Strathmerton, Tangambalanga, Tongala, Wandin North, Warenheip, Wesburn, Yallourn North; some faults but generally fine. Good lot. (253) 899 D 1960s-2000s huge quantity of clear strikes on mostly small piece. Smattering £sd but great majority decimals, includes some telegram forms, pictorial types, higher value adhesives. Heavy thematic content. (1,000s) 900 D 1967-2000s Cds cancels on decimal issues, many better early adhesives all on piece with range of pictorial and rubber cancels. Weight 2kg+. (1,000s) 901 U Allendale to Yinnar 20th century mostly Commonwealth period, clear strikes majority on small piece with just a few reaching into the early decimal period. Starts two pages annotated 1900s Victoria low values, then appears 1920 onwards. (c540) VICTORIA | Datestamps

902

903

$100 $100 $125 $90 $60 $60

904

$180 $70 $200

$400

$340 $150 $150 $120

905

902

903

904

McIntyre’s (2): ‘MCINTYRE’S/23AU34/VIC’ (B1) on 3d blue Vic Centenary (faults). [Rated PPP - a B2 copy sold for $110 in PPA #76.] (cut-to-shape) Renamed from McIntyre PO c.1880; closed 30/6/1942. McKay Creek: 3 strikes of ‘MCKAY CREEK/7DE56/VIC-AUST’ (B2 - A1 backstamp) on 2d green, 3½d red, 1/0½d QEII & ½d roo x2 on Tatt’s cover (some flap missing) with blue provisional registration label. [Rated PPP] PO 20/6/1955; closed 5/6/1961. Monegatta South: ‘STH MONEGATTA/10JE16/[VIC]’ (A2) on 1d red KGV. [Rated PPPP] RO 23/1/1911; renamed Monegeeta PO 10/9/

905

Rocky Valley (1): ‘ROCKY VALLEY/18JA56/VIC-AUST’ (A1) on 3½d red QEII. [Rated PPPP] PO 1/3/1955; closed 4/5/1956.

1917.

To avoid errors, please check your Lot Numbers and Bids carefully.

$70 $90 $100 $80

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 82

907

906

909

908

906

907

908

Rostrevor: ‘ROSTREVOR/26FE42/[VIC.]’ (A2) on 2d red KGVI. [A slightly better copy realised $230 in PPA auction 20! Open for about one month each year for the hop-picking season!] PO 12/2/1929; TO c.1950; closed c.-/8/1963. Rythedale: ‘RYTHDALE/9MY27/VIC’ (B2 - arcs 5,5) on 1½d red KGV. [Rated PPPP - one of 2 examples recorded and the only example from this period.] RO 22/6/1925; PO 1/7/1927; renamed Rythdale PO c.1929. Sandhill Lake: unframed ‘SANDHILL LAKE/MY26/25/VIC’ (A1 - LRD) on 1½d red KGV. [Rated PPPP] PO 1/7/1881; closed 30/12/

909

Shannon Valley: ‘SHANNON VALLEY/28AP61/VIC-AUST’ (A2) on 5d NT. TO 27/3/1956; renamed Shannon Vale TO 30/9/1968.

1953.

910 910

911

Strzelecki: ‘[STR]EZELECKI/11AP31/VIC’ (A2) on 2d red KGV. [Rated PPPP] Renamed from Strezelecki PO 16/9/1929; TO 30/9/1940; closed 16/8/1953.

913 G

914 915 916 917

W V W F

918

915

914

916

920

$80 $60

921

$80 $80 $70

918

917

1854-55 Imperf Lithographs 4d blue, 4 margins, SG #3a, showing striking pre-printing paper fold at lower left and small Commissariat puncture in centre, cancelled 15-Bar ‘8’ of Fremantle. —- 4d blue, 4 close to large margins, very fine unused. —- 4d blue, 4 margins, very fine used. —- 1/- pale brown, close to large margins, unused, also showing ‘OS’ of ‘POSTAGE’ in watermark. 1857-59 Imperf Hillman Litho Wmk Swan 2d brown-black/red SG #15 shaved to close margins, striking pre-printing paper fold at base, void grid cancel, Cat £550. 1860-64 Imperf Recess Wmk Swan 6d sage-green 4 margins, SG #28, Cat £400.

919

$120

912

911 D Tabor: ‘TABOR/8MR43/VIC’ (A1) on 2½d red KGVI. [Rated PPPP] Renamed from Tabor R.S. RO c.1910; PO 1/7/1927; closed 30/9/1952. 912 D Tudor: ‘TUDOR/?43/[VIC]’ (B1) on 2½d red KGVI. [Rated PPPP] RO 1/7/1926; PO 1/7/1927; closed 17/7/1962. WESTERN AUSTRALIA

913

$100

$240 $300 $200 $300 $240 $180

922

919 F —- 6d sage-green 2 clear margins others close, SG #28, Cat £400, cancelled with 15 bar ‘3’ cancel. 920 G —- 6d sage-green, 4 good to close margins, SG #28, Cat £400, 15 bar ‘2’ cancel. 921 V 1898-1907 Wmk W Crown A 1/- olive-green wmk inverted SG #116w, tidy Fremantle cds, Cat £140. WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 922 PS 1902 1d Blue Melbourne Zinco Printing , PSSA #PC8, with all-over advertisement for Dunlop tyres on reverse, unused, faint discolouration on obverse, attractive nonetheless.

$140 $160 $100 $100

Page 83

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

923

1908 Fleet Cards 1d, PSSA #PC16, used locally in 1908, fresh and rare.

$640

WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Postal History

ex 924 924

ex 925

1917-19 WA Censored Envelopes from USA to Perth comprising [1] 1917 1c unsealed from San Francisco with boxed ‘PASSED BY/CENSOR,3’ handstamp; [2] 1918 3c from Pittsburgh uprated with 7c Washington with unframed ‘PASSED BY/CENSOR’ handstamp; [3] 1919 10c from Pittsburgh with boxed ‘PASSED BY/CENSOR,1’ handstamp; condition variable. 925 * Collection of Shire mails from Albany to York, many illustrated with Council ‘Coat of Arms’ or ‘Logo’, few earlier plus few ‘Paids’, etc. Ideal starter collection. (few 100) WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Datestamps | Collections and Accumulations 926 The Postal Markings Illustrated by the Western Australia Study Group (1984-2002), 975pp looseleaf in two binders. Long out-ofprint with ten years having passed since the last supplements were completed. An essential reference with recent copies selling for $1,100+ at auction. Albany to Yuna range of postmarks on piece or on covers, various opening or closing cancels of P.O.s, few Paids, Reliefs, etc, 927 * many steel or rubber types noted. (100s) AUSTRALIA | Collections & Accumulations 928 U ‘OS’ Opt Selection including CofA Roo 6d, KGV Small Mult 2d, 4d (2, one with corner fault), CofA ½d to 5d, 1931 Airmail, most are CTO from presentation packs and few have o.g. (10) 929 **/*/U 1913-80 7-Seas pages collection mixed majority fine, no duplication seen, predecimals almost all used, some OS opts and perfins among 18 Roos to 5/- (CofA), 45 KGV to 1/4d (s/wmk), pre-decimals incl postage due oddments to 5/-, but without the really high ticket items otherwise good cover. Decimals include a few MUH & MH, sparse from mid-1970s. Just Roos & KGV retail well over $700, nice expansion base. (100s) 930 */**U 1913-1980s Collection on 50+ Hagners with simplied Roos simplified to Third Wmk 2/- brown & CofA 5/- & 10/- (defective) and KGV Heads to CofA 1/4d, commemoratives with 6d Engraved Kooka used, 6d Kingsford Smith ‘OS’ mint, Macarthur set used, pedestrian middle period with postage dues, decimals to $5 & $10 MUH, also some Australian Colonies and AAT, condition variable. (100s) 931 **/*/U 1914-65 Collection mostly used from sparse Roos noting 1st wmk 10/- Specimen handstamp (cleaned), 3rd wmk bi-colour £1 (damaged corner) and £2 (latter telegraph puncture and big repair), SM wmk incl 10/- (faults) and perf OS 6d to 2/-. General issues mostly mint majority hinged and nearly complete (ex Navigators) per 7-Seas pages from nice 6d engraved Kooka MLH and including attractive 5/- Bridge hinged with uneven tanned gum, thick and thin paper Robes hinged sets of 3 plus Arms set MLH, mixed range Postage Dues from 1902 first series. High retail close to $2,000 with hinged items post KGVI not counted at all. (c400) 932 U 1927-65 Duplicated Commem Range in glassines and ready to sell including 1928 Kooka 3d (11), 1929 Air 3d (15), 1932 Kooka 6d (70), 1934 Vic Centenary set, Macarthur set (plus 2d Dark Hills (64), 9d), 1937 NSW Sesqui (9 sets), 1957 Flying Doctor (100+), 1961 Cattle 5/- (30), 1963-64 Navigators 5/- (30), 1964-65 Birds 2/5d (39 in mixed papers), etc. Generally very fine. (100s) 933 **/ Accumulation includes small stockbook with KGV used mostly 1½d red Die I (c70) an Die II (c40) with odd variety seen. Also large old-style stock pages with accumulation heavily duplicated decimals to around 1990 with MUH oddments incl Navigators 75c x10 and $1 x24. Worth a look. (100s) 934 **/*/U Collection all periods to 1980s where some mint decimals seen, from KGV period special issues noting 1935 SJ set (2/- MLH), 2d Macarthur Dark Hills cds; KGVI and QEII £sd with some mint imprint blocks and pairs, Arms to £1 used incl 10/- block of 4, other mint and used shilling values; decimals include 1984 high value SPECIMEN pack. Other oddments noting KGV engraved 6d War Savings ng, common Roos (3) and KGV (4) optd ‘NWPI’. Needs tidying up. (100s) 935 */**/U Duplicated Array with used pre-decimals to 2/3d & used decimals to $5, also 1960s-70s decimals in multiples */** with a few varieties, toning issues throughout, potential for packet-makers. (100s)

$120 $200

$800 $200 $100

$150

$200

$350 $200 $125

$140 $80

Page 84 936

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Ex-Dealers Approval mail out selection of £sd issues in packets of $100 x1, $200 x4, $300 x6 & $400 x1, with various Roos including 3rd wmk 5/- (5), SM wmk 5/- perf ‘OS’, better KGV commems incl ANZACS, few ‘Robes’ sets, opt ‘OS’ issues, etc. Priced to sell at $3,000+ (200+) 937 U Ex-Dealers Stock of forty packets of ‘200 All different-All genuine’ fine used from early to recent. (8,000) 938 */** Handy Array on Hagners being mostly MH pre-decimals with 1934 1/6d Hermes No Watermark MUH (Cat $100), 1/- Large Lyrebird, NSW Anniversary 9d MUH, KGVI imprint blocks of 4 mostly MUH, mint coil pairs including 1944-51 2d purple large & small holes ACSC #228bd, QEII 1957 Christmas 3½d Re-enty ACSC #338d in a block of 4 (variety stamp MUH), a few decimals including 10c gemstone pair Printed on gummed side pair MUH (Cat $200+). (115 item) 939 */**/U KGV & KGVI group with 1913 6d Kooka mint, range KGV Heads incl 4d orange-yellow with line through FOUR PENCE, (thinned), CofA wmk 1/4d void space to left of Roo, later issues include 1937 NSW Sesqui Man with tail (space-filler), all used, few ½d orange Roos including ear to O flaw (2, in mint blocks of 4 & 15), few coil pairs, range of mostly KGVI QLD postmarks on piece (26), some stated to be scarce, BCOF includes 6d to 2/- mint, plus range of Tasmanian Chalons (4) and 1899-1900 Pictorials mounted in small picture frame (25x15.5cm). Mixed condition. (150) 940 */**/U KGV to QEII Duplicated range of decimal and pre-decimal issues including numerous Peace, Gloucester & Mitchell sets, large selection of early QEII issues in blocks of 4, mostly MUH, used include 1/- Lyre Bird optd ‘OS’, few KGV commems, 1932 6d Kooka (50+), KGVI 1/4d magenta (50+), 1961 5/- Cattle (20), MUH/MLH decimals include 1971 Christmas in blocks of six (7 blocks), used/ CTO issues include 1966 Navigators (6 sets), 1974-79 Paintings to $10 (7 sets), 1989-90 Gardens to $20 (10 sets), 1997 Wetlands M/S (8), range of International stamps incl $1 Scenes (100+), $1.50 (100+), Bridge (53), etc, few gutter pairs & booklet panes. Generally fine. (100s) 941 */U KGV-QEII Accumulation with 1/- Roo (100+, some in multiples), several 2/-, also poor 5/-, KGV Heads 4½d (50), many commems, range of decimals off paper in envelopes, some States issues including Qld QV 1d, 2d & 2/- all with ‘LA’ joined, few Dues, perfins, revenues, etc, Very mixed condition. (1’000s) 942 */**/U Mostly Mint Assortment with CofA Roos £1 & £2 x2 optd Type D ‘SPECIMEN’ mint, 6d Kingsford Smith airmail imprint block of 6 (used), 3d Bridge Plate #4 pair MUH & Ash Imprint pair mint plus 2d & 3d optd ‘OS’ MUH, SA Centenary 3d (lower units MUH) & 1/- (MUH) imprint blocks of 4, Robes Thick Paper imprint block of 4 MUH (some tonespotting on gum) & Thin Paper £1 single MUH, Arms 5/-, 10/- & £1 Authority Imprint blocks of 4 (lower units MUH), also decimal Navigators set of 4 optd ‘SPECIMEN’ MUH; a few items with gumside tonespots but generally fine, retail $1,000+. (20 item) 943 V Official Issues with perf ‘OS’ commems (6, all CTO), Roos (2) & KGV (7) all optd ‘OS’, KGV commems (6) optd ‘OS’. Many are CTO. (21) 944 U Pre-Decimal Accumulation almost all cds in shoebox with mostly more common duplicated lower values in envelopes and glassines, plus a small old-time stockbook with some more useful (eg 1936 SA Centenary and Cable 3d values, Arms 5/-, 10/- and £1 not less than 12 each, 1950 Stamp Cent pairs and blocks), QEII period with shilling values. Packetmakers, trading stock. (100s) 945 Replica Cards by APF - numbers 1-46 (ex 23, 34, 36, 38-9, 41-3 & 45). Very fine. (37) 946 V Small Mult Wmk Group of Kangaroos 9d, 1/-, 2/- maroon & 5/-, KGV Heads P13½ x 12½ ½d, 1½d, 3d Die II & 1/4d, all perf ‘OS’ and CTO with full gum from presentation packs. (8) 947 */** Stockbook Array mostly MUH with toning concerns throughout, some items are tone-free including KGV CofA ½d Electro 9 Ash Imprint block of 4 with break in top frame (*/**, variety unit MUH), Macarthur 9d vertical pair (retail $140+), 1936 3d Cable block of 4 with Coloured spot between ‘N’ & ‘E’ of Submarine [1B/R25] & Coloured spot between ‘L’ & ‘A’ of Landing [1B/R29] & £1 Navigators; toned items include 9d NSW Anniversary imprint block of 4, Navigators 5/- block of 4 & 7/6d & 10/- pairs and KGVI/ QEII multiples including KGVI imprint blocks of 4; also NSW 1938 1d Stamp Duty No Watermark complete sheets of 100 x3 MUH; condition variable. (100s) 948 **/*/U Variety majority Australia including Territories with around 450 FDCs in five ring folders and quasi-organised by theme (eg events, people, scenes, etc). Then a mint and used Australia collection from 1920s in Chinese stockbook (no Roos, no KGV) - may reward careful inspection. Decimals with mint FV c$150 (some tone in places) scattered among couple Chinese stockbooks. More stockbooks with mostly used NZ, GB, Canada and general world, APO PPC packs x3. Needs lots of TLC. (100s) 949 */** —- in fine condition comprising [1] Autographed Covers 7x 1984 Art Galleries FDC Ballarat cds signed artist and model Peter Tyndall, Connie Rosso (two have Ballarat Gallery pictorial handstamp), 1986 (Aug 13) 36c Koala on Melbourne zoo env and strip of 5 on APO env David Higgins, 1993 (Aug 12) Wildlife set Steve Morvell; [2] 1986 Click Go The Shears PO pack x2 in two distinctly different colours and one with printing on back doubled; [3] Sel Pfeffer’s booklet catalogue 3rd edition, odd notation otherwise fine condition; [4] 1947 1d Princess Elizabeth wmk right marginal flush perf 2x6 block 12 (= 3x ACSC #245ba) plus normal imprint block. Couple oddments. (30) 950 U Watermark Inverted Selection with 3rd wmk 2d grey (13), KGV Single wmk 4d orange (3). Generally fine and mostly cds. (16) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroo & Map Issues | Collections and Accumulations 951 U Accumulation of 1st wmk to CofA wmk, many issues incl 4d (2), 6d brown (46), 9d (47), 1/- (16), 2/- (47), also SM wmk optd 6d ‘OS’ (4). Generally fine. (few 100) 952 U —- from ex-dealer in glassines with ½d (100), 1d (100), 2d (200), 3d (200), 6d blue (22), brown (200), 9d (200), 1/- (200), 2/maroon (300). These figures are approximate. Unchecked for Dies, wmk or other varieties. Some postmark interest. (1,500+) 953 Accumulation on Hagners with 1d (56) including 21 pairs, 3d (17), 4d (16), 6d blue (16) including First Wmk pair with fine ‘RUSHWORTH/23AP13’ cds, 6d brown (32) including two Third Wmk pairs, 9d (47), 1/- (26), 2/- (49) mostly CofA but Third Wmk 2/- brown, postmark interest with lots of cds cancels including Delatite or Fish Creek on 3d, part Woodleigh Vale on 6d blue, Koondrook on 9d, Adaminaby (NSW) on Third Wmk Die IIB pair, plus BN ‘(1)882’ (Whitelaw, Vic) on 4d, mixed condition with perf/ peripheral faults sighted. (250+) 954 U Assortment including First Wmk 3d to 1/- (ex 6d) plus poor 2/- & 5/- CTO (rounded corner); Second Wmk 2d (perf ‘OS) to 2/- (Cat $250), SMult 5/- & 10/- (torn), CofA 5/-, 10/- & £1 (repaired tear), very mixed condition. 955 U Duplicated Range of issues including 1d (few 100), 2d (50), 2½d (100), 3d (100), 4d (4), 6d blue (40+), 6d brown (64), 9d (50), 1/- (22) & 2/- brown (38), many with cds. Various watermarks, Dies, etc. Unchecked by us for varieties. Vendor states ‘ex old-time dealer’. Postmark interest. Condition variable. (100s) 956 U High Values Selection including Third Wmk 5/- (3) & £1 grey (perf faults & creasing), SMult Wmk 5/- CTO & 5/- perf ‘OS’, CofA 5/-, 10/- & 10/- optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type ‘D’, centring variable, some with heavy/parcels cancels, Cat $600+ (ex £1 grey). (9) 957 */** Mint Selection comprising First Wmk ½d to 3d Die I (ex 2½d) & 6d, Second Wmk 2½d, Third Wmk 2d x2, 2½d x2 (one MUH), 3d Die I, 6d brown & 1/- Die II, SMult 6d perf ‘OS’ & 1/-, CofA 6d (MUH) & optd ‘OS’ and 2/- Die II & 2/- Redrawn Die, condition & centring variable, Cat $700+. (19) 958 U Range includes SM wmk 5/- (2), 10/-, £2 (2) plus CofA wmk 10/- (3). All with faults. (8) 959 **/* Selection reasonably well-centred comprising [1] 1st Wmk 1d red Die II hinged with some ink smearing at left; [2] 3rd Wmk 3d olive-green Die I ACSC #13G MUH, a strongly inked top marginal with brownish gum (selvedge hinge). Nice duo, min retail $150. (2) 960 * —- including First Wmk 3d Die I, Second Wmk 2d well centred (hinge remnants), Third Wmk 6d blue Die II, 9d Die IIB & 1/- Die IIB, SMult 2/- very well centred; odd perf blemish, generally fine, described items alone retail $900. (15)

$1,000 $150

$280

$100

$150 $150

$456 $220 $125 $100 $120

$260

$160

$100 $250 $100 $400

$100 $260 $150 $240 $280 $100 $75 $280

Page 85

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012 961

Third Watermark Selection 3d Die I wmk invtd ACSC #13a, 6d ultra Die IIB ACSC #20, 2/- brown ACSC #37. PLUS CofA wmk 5/- ACSC #46. 6d and 2/- with creases, 3d and 5/- small tone spots, centring varies. As fine, local retail c$1,000, excellent value. (4) 962 U Variety cds ex noted with some variable centring and comprising [1] 1st Wmk 9d violet ACSC #24 horiz pair Perth registered oval; [2] 3rd Wmk 3d pale olive Die IIB ACSC #14C with some evidence of cleaning, 2x 2/- brown shades (one reddish ACSC #27E and one perf ‘OS’ ACSC #37ba with clear kiss doubling at top and closed tear); [3] SM Wmk 1/- emerald ACSC #34 horiz block of 8 (one has cds-induced hole!). (13) 963 U ½d to 2/- (Both) simplified set, all cds, generally fine. (13) 964 U ½d to 2/-(Both) four simplified sets, mostly fine, many cds. (52) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroo & Map Issues | Stamps on Cover 965 * Selection including First Wmk 1d perf large ‘OS’ & 1d perf small ‘OS’ on separate 1913 or 1914 University of Melbourne envelopes & 5d solo franking paying double-rate on 1913 small cover to Germany; Third Wmk 1/- Die IIB Perf ‘OS’ on 1926 OHMS cover fragment addressed to British Columbia; SMult 2/- (plus 1/6d Hermes) on Williamson (Comedy Theatre) cover to Germany; CofA 2/- (plus 5/- Robes, 9d Platypus & KGVI 2d) on 1941 censored cover to USA, also 1913 use of ½d Wrapper, plus 3 other items. (10) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - First Watermark | Collections and Accumulations 966 */U 6d Blue BW #17 marginal mint single, hinge remainders; also 3d olive-green Die I wmk inverted BW #12a used; retail $250. (2) 967 * Selection comprising [1] 5d a few nibbed perfs; [2] 9d deep violet well centred; [3] 1/- emerald; all with hinge remnants. (3) 968 U ½d to 2/- Perf Small ‘OS’ (ex 2½d and 1/-) range reasonably well centred and mostly cds (1d Die II, 2d and 4d machine cancels), some a bit on the heavy side. Small perf and other imperfections but mainly fine with retail c$640. (9) 969 */F ½d to 5/- with 9d cds and others hinged. 1d and 3d are Die I (latter toned perfs), some variable centring (2/- slightly SE, 5/- to right), small perf and gum imperfections, strong colours, current retail c$1,700 (ex faulty 3d). (12) 970 U/* ½d to 5/- Perf Large ‘OS’ range reasonably well centred and mostly cds (some a bit on the heavy side) ex MH 4d (repaired tear) and 6d. Some perf and other imperfections (5/- perf damage) but mainly fine with retail $1,150+ (excluding 4d and 5/-). (12) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - First Watermark

972 971

972

973 974

** *

975

ex 973

ex 974

$150

$90 $100 $300

$460 $100 $120 $150 $400 $250

975

1d Red Die I Plate B coil strips of 4 x2 from the same columns of different sheets, the upper unit of each strip with white flaw off Cape York ACSC #2(B)g [BL48] & the second units each with cracked cliché - second state - heavy inking to the east of Australia and in the Bight [BL54], both strips with some toning. Interesting specialist items. (2) —- Watermark sideways - crown pointing to the right ACSC #2aa, some nibbed perfs at base, excellent centring, machine cancel, Cat $350. 1d Red perf small ‘OS’, mixed centring. Generally fine. (9) 1d Red Perf Large ‘OS’ Solo Frankings on 1913 covers comprising [1] (July 25) Melbourne local cover; [2] (Aug 1) University of Melbourne envelope to same addressee; [3] (Nov 1) on Taxation Office (Melbourne) OHMS cover to Sydney; odd minor blemish generally fine, on-cover Cat $375. (3) 2½d Indigo tied by Cooktown cds to 1916 (27 Sep) to German POW via Sweden. Rare.

977

$200 $160 $120 $150 $160

978

ex 976 976

977

978

—- selection comprising solo frankings (2, one to Canada - overpaid), including Heavy coastline to WA, unusual uprate of 1d Kangaroo pictorial Letter Card (‘The Two Brothers, Queensland’) to Austria, registered combination franking with KGV ½d and 1d showing Islands south of WA, and single and pair triple rate cover to US early usage (8 MR 13), odd small fault, nice group. (5) —- perf large ‘OS’ ACSC #9Aba. Off-centre NW and rounded corners at base. hinge remains. Strong fresh colour, retail c$425. Good value. —- perf small ‘OS’, rounded bottom left corner ACSC #9bb.

Your material could have been here! Contact us to find out how.

$250 $175 $125

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 86

979

3d Pale Olive-Green Die I recent discovery, a lightly hinged (light gum disturbance) example of doubling of right frame, Queensland and NT coast, Roo back, PENCE. Similar to, but more pronounced, than the used copy sold in Sale 4 (lot 548) for $4,800. Very well centred and fresh.

$3,000

981

982

983

984

985

986

987

988

980 980 981

*/** *

982 983

* F

984 985 986 987

** * G *

988

3d Olive Die I ACSC #12A, block of four, upper units lightly hinged, lower pair MUH. Just o/c low, very fresh. 4d Orange perf large ‘OS’ ACSC #15Aba. Just off-centre left and couple shortish perfs, hinge remains. Strong fresh colour, retail c$475. 5d Chestnut ACSC #16A, Cat $125. 1/- Emerald wmk inverted, ACSC #30a, Cat $400 for commercially used, cancelled with unframed ‘M.O&S.B/DE29/13/MILDURA’ (B1). 10/- Grey & Pink ACSC #47, MUH, centred to top. —- handstamp Specimen Type A ACSC #47A, (retail c$575). Just o/c right, very fresh. —- ACSC #47A, Perth telegraph cds and closed spike hole, good colours with retail $1,100 as fine. Bargain. £1 Brown & Blue ACSC #51A from the top of the sheet (marginal watermark line), centred to the upper-left corner, blunt perf in upper margin, hinge remainder, strong colours, Cat $3,000. —- part Melbourne 1913 light CTO cds ng ACSC #51Aw. Off-centre SE with very light stain on back (removable with care) and couple of shortish perfs, Cat $2,500. Strong fresh colours.

989 989 990

* V

$480 $200 $120 $150 $1,600 $300 $125 $1,000 $1,400

990

£2 Black & Rose ACSC #55, a little off-centre but fine condition and attractive with good colour. —- Melbourne 1913 light CTO cds ng ACSC #55A, o/c NE with very minor surface rub and couple shortish perfs, Cat $4,000.

$3,200 $2,250

Page 87

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Second Watermark | Collections and Accumulations 991 U 2½d to 5/- all cds ex 9d heavy commercial. Small imperfections, centring varies (2/- very well-centred, 5/- a little low), good colours, retail $900+. (6) 992 U/* Perf ‘OS’ 2d to 5/- includes 2½d ‘OS/NSW’ with Sydney cds. 6d MLH otherwise used cds (ex 2d machine cancel), 1/- stains, 5/o/c quite low with fairly heavy Melbourne cds. High retail c$900 (excluding 1/-), inspection recommended. (7) 993 * Selection 2½d indigo (well-centred) and 6d ultramarine (just o/c SW) ACSC #10 & 18A. Each with barely perceptible spot and couple shortish perfs, lightly hinged with strong colours, local retail $475. (2) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Second Watermark

995

ex 994 994 995 996

ex 996

997

2d to 5/- all perf small ‘OS’, (SG #O31-37). 2½d Indigo ACSC #10, MLH, (retail $150). —- solo franking censored items from Adelaide, Hobart (rare tape), Melbourne (2 types), and Perth, generally good strikes of handstamps. (5) 997 * 9d Violet ACSC #25A, lightly hinged, and just o/c NW. Very fresh (retail $275). 998 F 5/- Grey & Yellow ACSC #43, (retail $525), centred low, neat cancel & good colour. AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Third Watermark | Collections and Accumulations 999 */** 2d to 1/- Selection all hinged ex noted, comprises 2d grey Die IIA, 2½d deep blue, 3d Die I, 1/- Die IIB, 6d chestnut single MUH and horiz pair with variety broken leg on roo [3L6] ACSC #21d. Centring varies, good strong colours with retail c$350. (7) 1001 U/* Perf ‘OS’ 1915-28 2d to 10/- includes 2x 2½d, 2x 1/- (Die IIB mint), 10/- CTO og, 6d chestnut and 2/- maroon. Some perf and other small faults, mostly cds or lightish machine cancels except 9d Die IIB and 5/- heavier commercial types. Total retail c$500. (13) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Third Watermark 1002 Proof of Watermark impression on ungummed paper in marginal block of 8.

1003 U 1004 F 1005 * 1006 ** 1007 F

1004

1005

1006

$175 $130

998

G * *F

ex 1003

$240

$270 $60 $280 $140 $200 $150 $125 $90

ex 1007

2d to 5/- perf ‘OS’, SG #O43-50,76-7, generally fine, (6d blue, tiny thin). (10) 2d Grey Die IIA Substituted Cliché perf ‘OS’ with 3rd state with worn words of value and worn top of ‘2d’, Cat $1,250. A difficult variety. 2d Grey Die I Plate 2 ‘CA’ Monogram single, ACSC #7zd, just the tiniest of tonespots on gum otherwise a lovely stamp. 2½d Indigo well-centred lower left corner marginal (wmk line) with three very noticeable varieties - offset, retouch under ‘WO’ of ‘TWO’, heavy coastline WA. Likely Harrison printing ACSC #11Cc, Cat $600`. 3d Olive Die I perf ‘OS’ wmk inverted ACSC #13a & b, each with retouch below THREE and the second also above THREE (neither would appear to be the BW-listed variety). PLUS 1/- Die IIB with major variety L of SHILLING deformed ACSC #33f. Good specialist material min cat $310. (3)

Auction House of The Year 2012 Phoenix Auctions has been voted ‘Auction House of The Year’ by the Members of the Australasian Philatelic Traders Association. Phoenix Auctions - Quality and Service Reborn

$150 $800 $600 $250 $120

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 88

1008 1008

1010 F 1011 G

6d Blue Die II plus 2½d on 1919 (Mar 11) Newcastle (NSW) Customs House registered cover to Alabama paying 2½d letter rate x2, 3d registration + ½d war tax, manuscript permit endorsement at top, minor edge blemishes. —- broken leg on Kangaroo, ACSC #20d, Cat $750, faults. —- broken leg on Kangaroo, ACSC #20d, rounded BRC, variety well clear of pmk, Cat $750.

ex 1012 1012

1013 ** 1014 ** 1015 ** 1016 *

ex 1017 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022

U * F U V F

1023 1023 U 1024 U 1025 * 1026 * 1027 U 1028 F 1029 V

1011

ex 1013

1014

1015

1016

6d Chestnut (shades) selection of solo frankings on registered covers to US (4) and NZ, Victoria red registration labels of Carlton, Elizabeth St, Geelong, Melbourne G.P.O. and Richmond East, generally fine condition. (5) 6d Chestnut & 1/- Die IIB perf ‘OS’ ACSC #21ba & 33ba retail c$325. 1/- has small gum stain, both just o/c and very fresh appearance. (2) 9d Violet Die IIB excellent centring, MUH, retail $275 +50% premium for the centring. 1/- Emerald Die IIB perf small ‘OS’, ACSC #33ba, Cat $125, off-centre to base. 2/- Maroon ACSC #38, woolly perfs, excellent centring, MVLH, retail $225.

1018

1019

1020

1021

1025

1026

1027

$180 $100 $180 $150 $160

1022

5/- Grey & Yellow selection of 10 with various shades, centring, etc. Poor to fine. (10) 5/- Grey-Black & Chrome ACSC #44. Off centre NW, good perfs, very fresh, retail c$325. 5/- Grey & Pale Yellow ACSC #44D, odd short perf. —- centred to upper left, cds. 5/- Grey & Yellow perf small ‘OS’, from bottom row of sheet, CTO (?) cds. 10/- Grey & Deep Aniline Pink ACSC #48. Off centre SE, good perfs, strong colours, part Melbourne Ship Mail cds, retail c$475.

1024

$240 $160 $360

$150 $130 $60 $100 $100 $140

1028

—- ACSC #48B, a few nibbed perfs, excellent centring, multiple Cairns cds & small red crayon line, retail $475. 10/- Grey & Aniline Pink reasonably well centred, small crease top left corner and nice ‘centrally struck’ cds. Retail $475. 10/- Grey & Pale Aniline Pink ACSC #48B, rough perfs (lower-left corner a tad rounded), well centred, very lightly mounted, retail $850. —- ACSC #48, lightly hinged, shortish perf lower right and just o/c low, Cat $650 (retail rather less). 10/- Grey & Deep Aniline Pink ACSC #48B, couple of nibbed perfs lower left margin, faint surface soiling, well-centred with excellent colour. 10/- Grey & Deep Aniline Pink Wmk Inverted ACSC #48a. 10/- Grey & Deep Aniline Pink perf ‘OS’, CTO, with lightly toned gum. Nice example.

$180 $250 $480 $220 $200 $950 $75

Page 89

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

1030 *

—- optd ‘SPECIMEN’ type C with shaved P, ACSC #48xf, a few shortish perfs at top, Cat $3,500. A rare stamp with only 60 being printed. [A slightly better example realized $4,140 in 2011.]

1031 1031 F 1032 F 1033 F 1034 U 1035 F 1036 **

1032

1033

1034

1035

1036

£1 Chocolate & Dull Blue ACSC #52A, reasonable centring, nibbed upper-right corner perf, tidy part oval Perth registration cancel, Cat $1,750. —- with part of two 1916 Sidney Telegraph Office cds ACSC #52 (local retail c$2,250). Off-centre high. £1 Brown & Pale Blue ACSC #52. £1 Light Brown & Pale Blue ACSC #52D, repaired upper-right corner, very well centred, Melbourne cds. Above-average spacefiller. £1 Chestnut & Blue Wmk Inverted ACSC #52a, couple of perf faults. Rare. £1 Grey marginal single, ACSC #53, centred low.

1037

1039

1038

1040

—- ACSC #53. Off centre SW, good perfs, strong colours, retail c$425. —- perf ‘OS’ cto, ACSC #53wa, significantly under-catalogued at $1,000. [Only 20 cto sets were sold before they were withdrawn as the £1 should have been ovptd ‘SPECIMEN’.] 1039 * —- optd Type B ‘SPECIMEN’, ACSC #53x, gum a little aged, Cat $3,750. 1040 * —- optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type D, ACSC #53xf. It is thought that only 600 were issued. 1041 * £2 Purple-Black & Rose overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C ACSC #56Cxb. Few toned perf tips at top, reasonably well-centred with strong fresh colours, retail c$275. AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Small Multiple Watermark

1042 * 1043 U 1044 *G

ex 1043

$750 $900 $650 $480 $1,300 $750

1041

1037 F 1038 V

ex 1042

$2,800

$140 $900 $2,800 $250 $100

ex 1044

6d to 2/- (SG #107-10), few nibbled perfs, fresh. 6d to 10/- (SG #107-12), all cds, generally fine. Retail $955. 6d Chestnut perf ‘OS’ solo plus 2nd with 1d green KGV (also ‘OS’) on large Official covers (approx 210x90mm), former Canberra to Melbourne [6d 2-3ozs. Letter rate], latter registered Melbourne to Mortlake [4d 6-8ozs. Commercial papers rate + 3d registration fee], covers a little creased, scarce rates. (2)

$220 $220 $130

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 90

1045 1045 1046 1047 1048 1049 1050

** ** * * V **

1051

1046

1048

1047

1049

1050

1/- Emerald ACSC #34, (retail $175), short top right perf. 2/- Maroon ACSC #39, (retail $575), centred high. 5/- Grey & Yellow-Orange ACSC #45, slightly off-centre. Good strong colour, retail c$375. —- ACSC #45A, lightly hinged, few shortish perfs noted for accuracy and just o/c high. Very fresh, local retail c$375. —- Perf ‘OS’ with neat light corner CTO cds ACSC #45ba & w. Premium quality centring without gum, retail $200+. 10/- Grey & Pink ACSC #49, centred to lower left. A difficult stamp.

1052

1053

1054

1055

$80 $120 $140 $180 $100 $1,200

1056

1051 V —- nice cds cancel. 1052 * 10/- Grey & Pale Pink overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C ACSC #49x. Couple nibbed perfs, very well centred, retail $475. 1053 V £2 Grey & Rose-Crimson Very minor rounded corner, lightly cancelled. 1054 F —- ACSC #57A, couple nibbed perfs. Good strong colour, indistinct large cds, retail c$875. Excellent value. 1055 * —- overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type D ACSC #57x. Very good perfs and strong colour, cat $500. 1056 * —- optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type D ACSC #57Ax, well centred & fresh, retail this fine $700+. AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - CofA Watermark

ex 1057

ex 1060

ex 1059

ex 1061

$400 $150 $400 $300 $220 $400

1062

1057 **/*

6d to 5/- unhinged ex noted and including both 2/- (second MLH) and 6d optd ‘OS’ MLH with retail $800+. First 2/- is top marginal (tone spots), 5/- o/c SE and very fresh MUH (POR in most retail lists). (6) 1058 ** 6d Chestnut ACSC #23 in fresh top marginal block of 4 o/c a bit high, retail as four singles $180. 1059 *F/G 2/- Maroon (shades) selection of airmail covers in combination with other issues, rates comprising scarce 3/6d to Germany [3/5d 2nd weight step + 1d Late fee], UK 3/- [double 1/6d rate], 2/1d, 5/10d (3, various franking configurations), and 4/- to US, six censored, one with Lady Gowrie Red Cross Appeal label, odd fault, generally good. (7) 1060 U 5/- Grey & Yellow selection of presentable issues including a pair, all cds. (6) 1061 U —- selection of 10 examples, varying centring and condition. 1062 * —- ACSC #46, excellent centring, lightly mounted, Retail $325 +50% premium for the centring.

1063 1063 ** 1064 * 1065 * 1066 * 1067 F

1064

1065

1066

$250 $90 $130 $80 $120 $300

1067

10/- Grey & Pink ACSC #50. Off-centre SE, very fresh, retail around $1,600. —- ACSC #50, Cat $525. Very well centred, couple minor perf defects. —- ACSC #50A marginal example from the right of the sheet, roo slightly displaced upwards (ears over coastline), tiny surface mark, well centred, lightly mounted, retail $675. —- ACSC #50. Just barely off-centre and very fresh, local retail c$675. A near-premium quality stamp. —- ACSC #50, pale shade. Small spot NE of Tasmania and fractionally o/c low, retail c$675.

$750 $160 $540 $350 $180

Page 91

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

1068 1068 G 1069 F 1070 **/* 1071 F 1072 F 1073 F

1074 **

1069

ex 1070

1071

1072

1073

—- centred to base, Melbourne cds. 10/- Grey & Aniline Pink ACSC #50C, Cat $550 strong orange-pink flouresence. The 1935 postmark disproves the theory that these aniline printings occurred late in 1937. 10/-, £1 & £2 Overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type D ACSC #50xe, 54x, 58x. Centring varies, strong fresh colours, min retail $160. (3) £1 Grey ACSC #54. Off-centre SE, Sydney Late Fee cds Oct 1935. Nice postal usage, retail c$400. —- ACSC #54, nibbed perf at top, variety coloured flaw on ‘I’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ (not in BW). Premium quality centring, corner cds, retail c$400. £2 Black & Rose ACSC #58, well centred, strong colours, part 1939 (Tennant ?) Creek cds, retail $725. Attractive example.

$140 $460

£2 Grey-Black & Rose-Crimson ACSC #58B, near perfect centring and very fresh, retail c$8,000. With 2002 clear certificates from Chiavarello (Naples) and RPSL. Premium quality, gorgeous stamp.

$5,000

$140 $120 $90 $160

1075 part 1077 1075 F

—- ACSC #58, off-centre SE with nibbed perf lower right corner. Variety white flaw on kangaroo’s leg [L33], part Sydney corner cds, retail c$850. 1076 */** £2 Black & Rose with white scratch through Kangaroo’s back with Type D ‘SPECIMEN’ ACSC #58x(V)j, off-centre with rounded corner; PLUS 10/- Robes ACSC #214x MUH. (2) AUSTRALIA | Engraved Issues 1077 ** 1d Engraved Plate #4 carmine-red complete sheet of 120 with Plate No 4 imprint at top and Commonwealth Treasury imprint at base plus all the listed varieties ACSC #59(4)d to q including re-entry down right side, units 71 & 81 with kiss printing ACSC #59ca (Cat $2,000+), pristine MUH, Cat $3,750++. A rare survivor.

$280 $60

$1,250

Current online starting prices are updated instantly whenever a bid is placed. When you have your email address registered with us we will email you updates when the status of your bids change.

Page 92 1078 ** 1079 */**

1080 */**

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012 —- red/pale red in singles, pairs and blocks (incl block of 28 [faults] with partial imprint inscription), block of four with partial imprint with ‘1/MONWEALTH TREASURY, MELBOURNE’ imprint unchecked for shades or varieties. (100+) 1d Plate Number Multiples with [1] 1d Plate Number multiples from the top of the sheet comprising Plate #1 block of 4 (hinge reinforcing) & Plate # 2 block of 4 (4th unit with weak shading lines beneath ‘ONE PENNY’) both with lower units unmounted, also Plate #3 block of 8 unmounted (Cat $200); [2] other Plate 2 oddments with block of 8 (2x4) from columns 9 & 10, the four column 9 stamps with dash under ‘E’ of ‘ONE’ ACSC #59(2)u (some reinforcing, */**), block of 6 used in 1965 with two listed varieties, mint single with Re-entry below ‘ONE PENNY’; also [3] Plate 3 mint single with Vertical line from Emu to base and Plate 4 Reentry down right side BW 59(4)g used (Cat $100), plus a few other flaws. (15 items) 1d Engraved ex-dealers stock, approx 100 units including few small multiples, shades, etc. Some MUH. Generally very fine.

1081 1081

$120

$260 $100

1082

1d Carmine-Red Marginal Strip of Four on 1914 (Mar 31) North Sydney registered cover to India paying 1d empire rate plus 3d registration, Tuticorin & Karachi (poor) backstamp. Very scarce as a multiple on cover. 1d Pale Red Plus KGV ½d Green late use on 1919 (Oct 6) on Hotel Carlton (Sydney) cover to Bellerive (Tas) paying letter rate 1082 * plus ½d War Tax, the engraved pale red shade being particularly scarce on cover (Cat $750), minor edge blemishes & toning. AUSTRALIA | Georgian Head Issues | Collections and Accumulations 1083 */** Mostly Mint S/Mult Selection with [1] P14 ½d orange blocks of 4 x2 (lower units MUH), 1d green x8 including a block of 4 (lower units MUH), 1½d red x2 & 2d brown; also [2] P13½x12½ 1d green Die II, 1½d golden scarlet block of 4 (lower units MUH), 1½d brown Plate 3 imprint block of 4 (stamps MUH), 3d Die I x2, 4½d Die I pair (one unit unmounted), 4½d Die II CTO & 1/4d MLH; condition generally fine. (79) 1084 U 1d Green (11,600) in neat bundles of 100. Unchecked for varieties, postmarks, etc. Few perfins noted. 1085 U 1d Green (1,000) 1d red (1,000), 1½d red (2,000), 1½d brown (2,000), 1½d black-brown (1,000), 2d orange (1,000), 2d red (1,000), also 4d orange-yellow perf ‘OS/NSW’ (100). (8,100) 1086 U —- 1d red (1,000), 1d red (2,000), 1½d red (2,000), 1½d brown (1,200), 1½d black-brown (1,000), 2d orange (1,000), 2d red (900), 4d orange (100-perf OS/NSW). (9,200) 1087 U 1d Green (1,800) 1d red (1,000), 1½d red (2,050), 1½d brown (800), 1½d black-brown (1,000), 2d orange (1,000), 2d red (1,000), plus 4d yellow-orange perf ‘OS/NSW’ (100). Unchecked for varieties and postmarks. (6,950) 1088 **/* 1d Green SM Watermark mint hinged (ex noted) varieties selection with [1] Perf 14 vert pair wattle line and neck flaw [VII/ 31&37], horiz pair neck flaw and Y of PENNY [VII/37-8], also wmk inverted single MUH (minute spot); [2] Perf 13½x12½ ex coil wmk inverted. Popular varieties, min retail $250. (6) *

$400 $280

$340 $580 $858 $675 $775 $120

ex 1089 1089

1090 **/*

1091 F

1d Green Covers Collection mostly single frankings on range of commercial and social covers including PPCs (one 1926 to England coloured of The Three Sisters, Katoomba), some OHMS types incl ‘OS’ & ‘T’ perfins, odd PS postcard incl one uprated to Austria and 3x 1d Die III. Other uprated include 1925 env to Detroit (USA), one to NZ with 3d Air. Also a stained but very colourful Sun newspaper long env 1926. (35) 1½d Red Die II SM Watermark mint mostly hinged range both perfs with several vendor-allocated to the very scarce shades, eg [1] P14 pink, deep red & carmine (x3) ACSC #91E, G & H; [2] P13½x12½ salmon, pink, pale pink and deep golden scarlet (x2 one perf ‘OS’), also pair incl broken crown top prob ACSC #92(3)e [3R30] and 2x wmk inverted ex booklets. If all correctly identified, huge catalogue over $800. Inspection needed. (16) 4d Selected Issues with [1] single wmk violet, 2x blue shades - one appears pale milky blue ACSC #112F, olive-green (fluffy perfs); [2] SM wmk p13½x12½ two with varieties blurred bloom left wattles [3R37] and roo’s tongue out [4L25] ACSC #116(3)i and 116(4)e. (6)

$140

$160 $100

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 93

1092 P

1911 Stamp Design Competition by Grant of Wonthaggi being an unusual group of composite ‘miniature sheets’ of the five designs comprising the 1972 Cohen offset print in six colours on matt paper plus shades for four colours, and the higher quality letterpress 1998 reprints by Brusden-White in six colours on glazed card (red card with some soiling), sequentially numbered on reverse (Nº 100 of 100 sets produced), also proofs in black (2, uncut 150 x 50mm on varying stocks), and copy of letter from Australia Post acknowledging donation of original Grant letterpress block after the latter reprints were made. [see ACSC Kangaroos 1/393] 1093 **/*/U 1913-36 Collection on 7-Seas hingeless pages majority mint hinged with some variable condition, from both shades 1d engraved (one MUH), then all wmks and most values majority used with [1] single wmk both ½d to 1/4d incl used 1d red Die II and III plus 4d lemon (27 stamps); [2] LM wmk all mint ex 1d red with blue Qld cds (6); [3] 1d and 1½d no wmk mint; [4] SM wmk p14 ½d to faulty 1/4d (8); [5] SM wmk p13½x12½ ½d to 1/4d incl 1d Die II, both 3d dies, 4½d Die II CTO (15); CofA wmk complete with extra 2d and 3d 4d and 1/4d used (9); [6] both surcharges mint plus all ‘OS’ opts mint or used (9). Total retail $950+ (excludes seriously faulty items). (78) 1094 U 1914-23 Perf ‘OS’ single and LM wmk mainly fine, almost complete nearly all cds, lacks only single wmk 5d browns, 3d blue and LM wmk 1d; includes 1d red smooth paper Die II (blunted corner) and wmk inverted, rough paper two shades plus Die II. Postmark interest with 1½d green with ‘FEDERAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE/4.15P-8JA24/VIC’, couple Melbourne numeral cds. Current retail c$500. (29) 1095 */U 1914-36 Perf ‘OS’ Collection on 7-Seas hingeless pages all wmks and most values majority used with single wmk both ½d to 1/4d incl 4d lemon ‘OS/NSW’ (22 stamps), LM wmk all ex 1d red (4), 1d no wmk, SM wmk p14 1d to 4½d (6), SM wmk p13½x12½ ½d to 5d (9). No major varieties seen, just the odd mint, majority cds and mainly fine, current retail $725+. (42) 1096 */**/U Accumulation in small envelopes with various wmks from ½d to 4½d (2), duplication at places with several varieties incl ½d orange (4 incl a pair) & 1d red (2) all used with wmk inverted, 1d green few neck flaws, secret mark, CofA 4d olive pair MLH, one unit Roo’s Tongue out, etc. (150+) 1097 U Bundleware bundles of 100, 1d green x40, 1½d brown x10, 1½d green x10, 1½d red x20, 2d red x36, 3d blue x1, 4d orange (‘OS/ NSW’) x1, 4d olive x1 & 5d brown x1. (c.12,000) 1098 U Collection of mixed wmks (some inverted), perfs, shades, Dies, printings, etc, many smaller ACSC varieties noted plus several others, with 1d red (32, including marginal block of six), 3d blue (7), 4d olive (4), orange (7), blue (4), 4½d violet (6), 5d brown (6), 1/4d greenish/blue (4), also small array of perf ‘OS’ issues incl 3d (2), 4d orange-yellow, orange, olive (2), blue, 1/4d (4,3 are SM wmk P14), and selection of private perfins plus several later varieties. Some postmark interest including 2 different ‘Military Camp’ pmks, etc. (200+) Covers Collection in very mixed extremely poor to good condition with values to 5d noted as well as some with commem or 1099 * special issues in addition. Much looks to be late 1910s and early 1920s correspondence to a CJ Dennis in Nambrok, stamps include odd OS and private perfin, also odd overseas destination. Good range cds, machine and duplex postmarks. (c225) 1100 */** Ex-Dealer’s Stock with Single wmk ½d orange (9, all wmk inverted), 1d red (5), 1½d red (7), 4d orange (4, shades), 4½d violet (7), 5d brown (7), SM wmk P13½ x12½ 1½d brown imprint strip of 4 (N over N), 5d brown (10), CofA wmk 2d red (9, all inverted wmk), plus 1930 Surcharges (40 sets). Mostly mounted and very mixed condition. (Approx 200). 1101 */** Imprint Pairs with usual variable centring [1] single wmk 4d olive TS Harrison selvedge damage and separation, left unit wellcentred fresh MUH; [2] SM wmk 1d green Plate 4 AJ Mullett brownish gum and both hinged, incl RA join - retouch [VII/60] ACSC #80(4)ja. 1102 U KGV Accumulation in glassines with many values, Dies, watermarks, varieties, etc, represented, incl 1d reds, greens (No wmk 100+), violets, 1½d browns (100+), reds, greens, 2d reds, oranges, browns, 3d blue (100+), 4d orange/lemons (50+), 4d blues, olives, 4½d violets (100+), 5d (50+), 1/4d (100+). Generally fine with much postmark interest. (100s) 1103 U KGV Bundleware unchecked for watermarks, Dies, varieties, etc, including 1d green (200), 1½d black-brown (250+), 1½d green (200), 2d brown, 3d blue, 4d blue, 4d olive, 4d orange shades (200), 4½d violet (200), 5d brown (200++), 1/4d blue (21), also few Roos including 6d blue (12), 1/- green (12), much postmark interest with many cds cancels noted. Above average condition. (100s) 1104 KGV Heads Accumulation of ex-dealers stock identified on stock cards with most watermarks, perfs represented, with much duplication of lower values plus numerous 4d olive (78), 4½d (30), 5d (70), 1/4d (29), etc, range ‘OS’ opts, unchecked by us for varieties. Postmarks noted. (100s) 1105 */** Mint Selection including Single Wmk ½d White flaw on back of King’s head, 1d red Smooth Paper x2, 1d red Die III, 4d blue x2, 5d brown Comb Perf (Break in shading to the right of the base of the right wattle), LMult Harrison 1d carmine, SMult P13½x12½ 4½d Die I & 1/4d (Cat $225), CofA 2d perf ‘G/NSW’, plus other useful oddments, condition mostly fine, centing variable, a few stamps MUH, described items alone retail $600+. (24) 1106 U Official Opts including [1] SM wmk P13½ x12½ 4d olive (13), CofA ½d orange (13, incl block 4 & pair, CTO), also [2] perf ‘OS’ selection including Single wmk 4d blue (13), SM wmk P14 4d olive (7), SM wmk P13½ x12½ 2d brown (21), 4d olive (27), many shades, few State perfins, etc. Mixed condition. (125) 1107 U Perf ‘OS’ Accumulation with Single wmk 1/4d (3, including a pair), SM P14 4d olive (3), P13½x12½ (21), few ‘G/NSW’(4), ‘VG’ (5), ‘W/A’, few private perfins plus ‘OS’ opt on 4d olive (9), generally fine. (54) 1108 */U Perforated ‘OS’ Selection on Hagners predominantly used with Single Wmk to 1/4d including Rough Paper 1d red Die II x2, No Wmk 1d & 1½d, SMult P14 3d wmk inverted, 4d & 4½d, P13½x12½ 3d blue Die I & 4½d (poorly centred) & 1/4d (CTO), also a few commemoratives; Perf ‘OS/NSW’ with Smooth Paper 1d red, 1½d red pair & 2d orange both mint, 4d blue, 4½d & 5d & LMult 1d red; condition variable. (100 approx). 1109 U Specialist’s Surplus mainly fine, all values except 1d and 1/4d, with 1½d brown (400+), over 2d brown (350), over 2d orange (110), 5d brown (c.75), 1d violet (c.70), ½d orange (c.55), 2d ‘OS’ opts (c.60), 4d olive (40+), lesser quantities other values incl 1½d red no wmk x4. Masses with ‘OS’ perfins, strong South Australia flavours as far as pmks concerned, not checked (by us) for wmks nor for anything else. (1,200+) 1110 */** Varieties light hinge ex noted comprising single wmk 1d violet MUH (brownish gum) with pre-print paper crease and flaw under neck ACSC #76(4)h plus Harrison 4d blue wmk inverted ACSC #113a; SM wmk P14 1½d red VLH slurred print ACSC #91c, P13½x12½ 1d green single with spectacular pre-print paper crease and bottom marginal block of 4 (all units MUH). (4) AUSTRALIA | Georgian Head Issues | Stamps on Cover 1111 * Australia Wool Companies three different private perfins on commercially cacheted envelopes with KGV 2d Die III locally used 1933 in NSW, slogan cancels. (3) KGV Heads Cover Range [1] 1916 cover Burnie to Stowport with 1d red thin ONE PENNY, re-directed to Forth; [2] 1917 PPC to 1112 * GB with 1d red; [3] 1d red on cover Qld to NSW; [4] 1922 cover NSW to Vic with 1d red pair; [5] 1932 Goondiwindi local cover with 1d green variety Scratch through oval from oval to King’s ear; [6] 1920 PPC SA to GB with LM wmk 1½d; [7]1929 3d blue on cover to Germany; [8] 1931 (27 Aug) airmail cover to GB with KGV 2d x5 & 5d [total 1/3d] with mss notation “Karachi-London/ Air-Mail”. Mixed condition. (9 items) 1113 * Perf ‘G/NSW’ 1d green, 3d blue, 4d olive and 5d brown (prob all CofA wmk) single frankings on large OHMS ‘Commercial Papers Only’ envelopes of The Correspondence School, Blackfriars to the same student at Pleasant Hills. Roughly opened, spiked and other imperfections. Very infrequently offered. (4)

$250

$240

$120 $200 $150 $600

$150 $160 $250 $120 $400 $675 $500

$240 $100 $100

$300

$240 $125 $150

$70 $150

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 94

AUSTRALIA | KGV - Single Watermark | Collections and Accumulations 1114 * ½d to 1/4d simplified (20) with additional 1½d brown, 5d brown & 1/4d blue, mixed centring, very fresh. (23) 1115 */** Mint Selection with 1d green secret mark in a block of 4 MUH, 2d red-brown pair (one unit MUH), 5d brown comb perf & 1/4d (some spotting on gum, MUH); also No Watermark 1d green pair & 1½d; generally fine. (29) 1116 U Selected Perf ‘OS’ with variable centring comprising 1d stated orange red shade (G24½) wmk inverted cat $300, slogan cancel. Plus cds 4d lemon ACSC #110Cb and 1d green appears dry ink ACSC #77ba&c cat $200, 2d red wmk inverted ACSC #96a&b. If correctly identified cat c$700, specialist material. (4) 1117 **/* Selection hinged ex noted comprising [1] four 1d red shades with wmk inverted ex coil poss G19 (dull red), a very nice just o/c appears G26 (salmon - pinkish), two more common poss G17 (fault) and G30; [2] three ½d orange with a very pale single and horiz pair incl left wattles, Roo sporran ACSC #66(9)m [9R47]; [3] 2d orange very deep dull shade (brownish gum) appears semisurfaced paper ACSC #95G; [4] LM wmk 1d carmine Harrison MUH (woolly perfs). Good variety, cat c400. (9) 1118 U ½d to 1/4d Selection with a good range of shades and some varieties, a few with official perfins, condition generally fine. (122) AUSTRALIA | KGV - Single Watermark

1119 U 1120 * 1121

1½d Red Die I & 1/4d greenish blue, both with striking ‘Tin shed’ flaws. (2) ½d Green strip of 3 tied to 1915 (Nov 15) by machine cancel to Brisbane censored PPC to Siam, Bangkok ‘14/12/1915’ arrival cds. Unusual WWI destination item with British Fred Spurgin patriotic image on the view side. ½d Green Comb Perf perf ‘OS’ shades selection comprising 1920 and 1927 Official lettersheets with 1½d chocolate (L.M. wmk) and 1d green combination frankings, respectively, later item a front only although unusually late usage for a ½d green, and perf ‘OS/NSW’ ½d + 1d violet (faults) on 1923 Official postcard, small blemishes, scarce. (3)

1122 1122 F 1123 W 1124 W

* *

1127 U

1128

$160

$160 $130

$75 $80 $110

1124

—- crack through SW corner. Small perf defects, machine cancel, popular variety, ACSC #63(3)h. Perkins Bacon Imperforate 1d Plate Proofs on glazed white card in black (sharp crease at base breaking the surface), in pale carmine & in bright violet ACSC #70PP(2)A, B & D, Cat $700. (3) —- in carmine-rose ACSC #70PP(2)C horizontal pair, creased, Cat $400.

ex 1126 1125 1126

ex 1123

$250

ex 1121

1120

1119

$200

ex 1127

$320 $480 $100

1128

1d Red Die II on 1915 cover Hobart to GB, roughly opened. Scarce on cover. 1d Red ACSC #71 range of shades on cover with [1] 14 single frankings on 11 envelopes, two PPC’s, a Souvenir of Brisbane concertina PPC folder and a privately produced Christmas Letter Card with pussy cats; [2] 1918 (Nov 20) env uprated ½d green LM wmk (War Tax), Melbourne use; [3] 1921 (Jul 23) long env uprated 2x 2d orange with Hume Pipe Co handstamp, Hobart use. Most used to, from or within Tasmania. No ACSC-listed varieties, min cat $240 (least valuable shade). (16) 1d Red Varieties mostly fine with [1] seven on smooth paper with pale shades x2 (stated old G14) and plated varieties [V/1 & 30, VII/1 x2 (one with tin shed) & 32]; [2] on rough paper Die II x2, one rosine G68, the other stated to be lilac-rose (we’re not convinced); [3] plus LM wmk Cooke printing carmine-pink shade ACSC #73A with proving slogan cancel (creased). Nice specialist group with local retail c$700. (10) 1914 1d Bright Red ACSC #71B (orange reaction under u/v, Cat $180 on cover) x2 and ½d Roo paying letter rate on 1914 (Dec 19) cover to USA, adhesives overlapping with some minor staining.

$70

$160

$220 $130

Page 95

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

ex 1129 1129

1130

1131 U

1d Red Smooth Paper scarcer shades perf ‘OS’ comprising pale terra cotta (brick) on 1918 Official wrapper (faults) Melbourne to Ballarat, and pink (bright) on 1918 Official wrapper (State payment of Funeral account) Melbourne to Richmond; ACSC #71ba, Cat $1,000 on cover. (2) 1d Red Perf ‘OS’ ACSC #71bb. Four in two vertical pairs on small OHMS envelope of Perth Office of Titles tied four strikes registered cds, roughly separated red reg label. Locally addressed, undelivered and returned with range handstamps (‘NOT KNOWN. . .’, ‘UNKNOWN. . .’, ‘CALLED’, ‘UNCLAIMED’) ending up with red DLO. Small imperfections, very colourful. 1d Scarlet-Red Smooth Paper Plate 4 ‘CNE PENNY’ flaw ACSC #71G(4)p, ‘NZIC’ private perfin, with bold Brisbane cds which thankfully does not obstruct the flaw, Cat $1,500.

1133

1134 1134 G 1135 F 1136

1137 **

1d Red Perf ‘OS’ two DieI/II pairs (Die II’s are recumbent and merged believed plate positions 50 and 56) on 1915 (Aug 31) long registered OHMS envelope Perth to Totadjin. Undelivered and returned (‘MERREDIN’ arr cds) with ‘UNCLAIMED’, DLO and other markings, small peripheral faults and one Die I unit with surface abrasion. 1d Scarlet-Red Perf ‘OS’ Die II vertical pair with Die I in irregular block of three, plus Die I single, all rather oddly affixed to 1915 (Aug 13) long registered OHMS envelope Perth to Subiaco, undelivered with range of ‘UNCLAIMED’, ‘DLO’ and other markings, small peripheral faults. Remarkable double major variety franking.

ex 1135

$280 $100 $600

1133

1132 1132

1131

1130

1136

$200 $250

1137

1d Brown-Red Smooth Paper Rusted top right corner, centred lower left, ACSC #71(2)e, Cat $250. 1d Red Die I & II Substituted clichés [IV/34 & 35] ACSC #71(2)ia & ja. Both slightly o/c, Die II rounded NW corner, medium machine cancels, min retail $265 (least expensive shade). 1d Red Unofficial Bisect variety secret mark [VII/1] and the adjacent unit bisected diagonally and tied to damaged front by Melbourne machine cancel Dec 2, 1918. Scarce usage. [These bisects were an unofficial solution to the recently imposed War Tax ½d - on Oct 28, 1918.] 1d Carmine (Aniline) Smooth Paper RA joined [VII/60], ACSC #71Z(4)j, MUH Cat $100+. Just o/c low with couple minor shortish perfs, barely perceptible gum bend.

$70 $100 $140 $80

Phoenix Auctions is very pleased to announce that we have been appointed the auctioneers for the legendary

‘Stuart Hardy Commonwealth of Australia Collection’, If you would like to receive the ‘Kangaroo’ catalogue, please let us know.

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 96

1138 1139 1138 H 1139 */** 1140

1141 F

$80

1d Orange-Brown Rough Paper Die I ACSC #72S, excellent colour, surface rub at base, rounded lower-right corner and a few nibbed perfs, minor edge toning on reverse, tidy slogan cancel. Keenly sought-after shade, Cat $6,000. Drury Certificate (2011). ACSC states at page 4/77 “It is a rare shade of which all examples are punctured ‘OS’”.

$2,000

ex 1142 1142 U 1143 U 1144 F 1145 */U 1146 F

1149 F 1150 F

ex 1143

ex 1144

ex 1145

1148

1149

$60 $80

1146

1d Red Rough Paper Perf ‘OS’ rosine shade (G68) with thin G ACSC #72Ibb & k, o/c SW with oily cds; PLUS a deeper shade o/c high with BSAP-listed compartment marks identifying it as II/4 and stated to be plum shade (G71) but little purple noted under UV, incomplete 1918 cds. Good specialist duo. (2) 1d Red Rough Paper Substituted Cliché Die II ACSC #72(2)ia and Die I ACSC #72(2)ja (some edge toning), Cat $250. (2) —- major varieties substituted cliché Die II & Die I ACSC #72(2)ia&ja. Appear common carmine-red shade (G73), the first cds, the second machine cancel. Both nicely centred, popular varieties, Cat $250. (2) 1d Red Die III group comprising a MLH example and a used pair with tidy Kadina cds; also a used single with wmk inverted ACSC #75a; Cat $290. (3) —- wmk inverted ACSC #75a. Just o/c with part 1918 Elizabeth St (Melbourne) cds. Quite a deep shade, min retail $175.

1147 1147 ** 1148 F

1140

1d Red Smooth Paper ‘NY’ joined, ACSC #71(4)m, Cat $125. Centred to right. —- wmk inverted lower right marginal corner pair [units 59-60] showing Run N of ONE, second state, ACSC #71(4)sa, Cat $350. One unit unmounted, small separation. 1d Red Rough Paper (2) and 4d Blue all perf ‘OS’ on 1923 Registered OHMS cover from Office of Titles, Melbourne to Mortlake, roughly opened and a few other faults, nevertheless a fine cover.

$100 $140 $110 $140 $100

1150

—- deep bright red shade (G111), ACSC #75C, Cat $300, centred upper left, slight gum inclusions, nice colour. —- variety white flaw on ‘S’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ [posn 56] ACSC #75o. Just off centre to left, very small NE corner crease, part Ballarat cds part of machine cancel, fresh colour. A more difficult variety. —- variety white flaw on ‘S’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ ACSC #75o. Light machine cancel and just o/c left, cat $200. —- variety break in upper frame at right [posn 38] ACSC #75t. Off centre to right, light barely perceptible crease, indistinct machine cancel, fresh colour prob carmine-red shade (G109), retail c$175.

$100 $100 $85 $80

Page 97

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

ex 1151 1151

1152

1153 */**

1153

ex 1152

1d Violet ACSC #76 eleven single frankings and one pair, plus six with various others, variable fair to fine condition (couple fronts only), includes two 1923 PPCs to Ronnie Slipper in Canterbury each uprated ½d green (one LM wmk), several NSW to the sisters Carroll or other family members (one uncancelled from the Buick car dealership in Orange NSW), one foxed but still very attractive illustrated 1923 env of McDEonnell Hardware Co in Brisbane, an aged 1922 registered env Fortitude Valley to Bundaberg uprated 2d scarlet, a complete photographic ‘Souvenir of Warnambool’ folder 1922 with 1d Postage Due. Seversal more to interest the curious, pmk interest, well worth a look. (18) —- ACSC #76 with other stamps to overseas destinations, mixed condition, comprises two on 1923 PPC of Upper Sturt in Adelaide Hills to Belgium, two with 4x ½d Roo on 1922 env to Holland, two with KGV 2d red single wmk on 1922 env to New York, one late use with p13½x12½ SM wmk 1d green and ½d pair on 1931 env to Chicago, one with 1½d red HALEPENCE and p14 SM ½d orange on very aged and damaged 1930 env to Philippines. Also a damaged 1924 PS postcard to South Africa. (6) 1d Green Secret mark, 24 examples including 10 MUH. Retail $950.

1154

ex 1155

ex 1156

$175

$150 $300

1158 ex 1157

1154 * 1155 U 1156 1157 **/*

1158 *

—- flaw under neck, 35 examples, generally fine. High retail. 1½d Black-Brown Die I wmk inverted block of 4 (cds) and single, plus 1½d brown, ACSC #83a & 85a (SG #58-9), Cat $120, Minor blemishes, retail $300. (6) 1½d Green ACSC #88. Varieties assembly mostly identified as per ACSC and ACCC specialised catalogues eg 11R16, 11R60, 12R33, 16L1, 18R18. Some duplication and some whose identification still a matter of conjecture, includes 3x perf ‘OS’ and one pair [11R59&60], majority cds. Specialist group, mostly fine. (30) 1½d Red Die I ACSC #89 varieties (centring varies) with [1] Electro 19 MUH top marginal vertical strip of three, upper unit [19R5] ACSC #89(19)g; [2] Electro 23 MUH bottom marginal horiz pair, left unit [23R58] no top to crown ACSC #89(23)r, right unit [23R59] with flaw back of king’s head; [3] MLH single stated very scarce scarlet-orange shade ACSC #89C cat $100 - could be. Very fresh. (6) 1½d Pale Pink the scarcest shade ACSC #89J, a fresh top marginal (wmk frame line) just o/c high and infrequently offered.

ex 1160

1161

$300 $100 $125

$100 $100

1162

1159 1159 **/* 1160 U 1161 F 1162 F

1½d Red Die I TS Harrison imprint block of 4 ACSC #89z, usual interpanneau fold and variable centring low. Gutter hinge remains just barely touching upper units, lower units MUH, Cat $200 (local retail rather higher). 2d Orange Die I ACSC #95. Range of 26 shades majority cds with many described as varieties (eg as cracked electros). The only plate varieties we can actually confirm are BSAP-listed, ie the scratch at 4AR47 and unlocated right wattles flaw UCV #A8. Includes three perf ‘OS’, one of which appears dry ink variety ACSC #95c cat $100. Others just awaiting an eagle-eyed specialist! (26) 2d Red Die I retouched face [14L12], ACSC #96(14)e, Cat $400, minor soiling. 2d Red-Brown Die I ACSC #97. Hagner with ACSC and other specialist catalogue listed varieties with seven from Electro 12 comprising plate positions L48 (perf OS), R27, R28, R42 & R43; from Electro 16 with L4 x2, L28, L47 x2, L55 (perf OS), L56, L58, L59, R1, R18 (perf OS), R37 & R57. Majority fine cds, cat $800+↕. (18)

$100 $100 $130 $350

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 98

1164

1163 1163 **/* 1164 */** 1165 */**

ex 1166 1166 * 1167 * 1168 U

1169 * 1170 **

1173 */**

ex 1167

ex 1168

1169

1172

$100 $130 $240

1170

4d Orange Group with lemon-yellows ACSC #110C x2 (one with two small tonespots on gum) plus orange shades x5, centring variable, mostly lightly mounted, Cat $600+. (7) 4d Orange Shade Group three hinged shades believed basic orange (storage crease), lemon-yellow ACSC #110C (a small stamp) and yellow-orange ACSC #110I. Acceptable centring, good colours. (3) —- seven mainly fine and fresh cds shades including orange (aniline) ACSC #110A (rounded corner, tin shed), three shades clearly pmkd between Sept 1916 and Jan 1917 at least one (and possibly two) lemon-yellow ACSC #110C, another lightly (and indistinctly) cancelled with watermark clearly seen from front in the scarce lime-yellow shade ACSC #110D, two in the orange-yellow group (one perf ‘OS’ with part 1918 cds). Good reference lot, min retail $650. (7) 4d Lemon-Yellow ACSC #110C (SG #22b), Cat $200, very lightly hinged. 4d Yellow-Orange ACSC #110I, centred to the top, couple nibbed perfs, MUH, Cat $125.

1171 1171 ** 1172 **/*

1165

—- TS Harrison imprint block of 4 ACSC #97z, usual interpanneau fold and variable centring low, upper units and selvedge hinge remains, lower units MUH, local retail c$250. 3d Blue Die I block of 4, upper-left unit with broken leg of emu ACSC #104i, some perf separation between upper units, left-hand units including the variety unit are MUH, Cat $300+. —- Dry ink block of 4 [2L53-54, 59-60], unit 53 has Large triangular flaw in right wattles, ACSC #104j, Cat $430+. Two units unmounted.

$240 $120

$280 $100 $70

1173

4d Blue Cooke Plates vertical pair ACSC #112 (SG #65), Cat $250. Yellowish gum with small disturbance upper unit, good colour. —- ACSC #112, left marginal block of 4 (wmk line), some rough perfs at base and o/c to right. Lower pair MUH, good colour, retail $400. —- ACSC #112, block of 4 o/c to SW, couple rough perfs upper and lower left. Lower pair MUH, strong fresh colour, retail $400.

$96 $180 $180

Page 99

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

ex 1174

1176 1174 1175

*F *

1176 * 1177 ** 1178 **/*

1177

1178

—- contrasting shades as solo frankings on 1922-23 covers (3) to US, one of Dry ink appearance. Perf ‘OS’ 4d Pale Milky Blue and ½d Blue-Green tied by Registered Sydney datestamp to 1922 (Dec 8) ‘Official War Medal Only’ envelope to Merrylands, reverse with handstamped “Closed by Authority of/PostmasterGeneral.”. Scarce shade as an official on cover. 4d Blue Harrison Plates horizontal pair wmk inverted ACSC #113a. Single hinge remains, just o/c left, very fresh local retail $450 (as two singles). 4d Olive upper marginal block of 4 ACSC #114, centred SW, very fresh MUH, retail (as least expensive shade) $80 each. 4½d Violet Die I ACSC #118, fresh block of 4 o/c to NW, three units MUH, retail c$310.

1179 1179 *F 1180 *

$130 $300 $240 $150 $150

1180

—- perf ‘OS’ rare solo franking tied by Elizabeth St, Melbourne cds to 1929 (21 May) registered cover (flap missing) to Mortlake. —- Harrison imprint pair, perf ‘OS’, ACSC #118zb, unit 55 showing 2nd state, with break in left frame. Hinge re-inforcing. Mixed centring.

1182

$180 $200

1183

1181 1181 ** 1182 ** 1183 *

—- ACSC #118zd, fresh slightly o/c AJ Mullett imprint block of 4 with second state variety [1R55]. Quite a pale shade, retail c$800. 5d Chestnut Die I Smooth Paper Comb Perf centred to upper left, unmounted, ACSC #123, Cat $150. —- wmk inverted, ACSC #123a (SG #23bw), Cat $750. Rare.

$350 $100 $280

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 100

1184 F

5d Intensely Dark (“Black”) Brown Comb Perf 14 Perf ‘OS’ BW#123Fb, some paper wrinkling/creasing, exceptional centring, ‘REGISTERED ELIZABETH ST/3OC18/MELBOURNE’ cds. Drury Certificate (2012). [Only the second example to appear at auction in the last 30 years. The Stuart Hardy example sold for $22,135 in our sale of 2/11/2012]

1185

ex 1190

1186

1187

1192

1189

1185 * 1/4d Greenish Blue Colour flaw in King’s hair, (1R11), centred to left, very lightly mounted. 1186 ** —- perf ‘OS’, dry ink, ACSC #128ba & c, Cat $200. Centred lower left. 1187 F —- thick 1 at right, ACSC #128m, Cat $125, superb ‘TELEGRAPH OFFICE/TOOWOOMBA’ cds. AUSTRALIA | KGV - Large Multiple Watermark 1188 U ½d to 1½d (both) x8 sets, generally fine. (40) 1189 ** ½d Dark Bluish Green being a heavy print on thin paper ACSC #65Bac marginal block of 4, superb unmounted, Cat $800+ (unmounted and mounted mint prices transposed in ACSC). 1190 */V ½d Green thin fraction at right, ACSC #65(5)m (SG 48a), mint & VFU singles. (2) 1191 ** ½d Green ‘CA’ Subsituted For ‘JBC’ ACSC #65(5)zd, Cat $750++, in irregular part sheet of 30, all units MUH but gum is a bit sun-tanned. Includes ACSC #65(5)j and #65(5)k. 65(5)l not apparent (presumably a correction not recorded in the handbook) and the thin fraction has been excised. 1192 * ½d Green Perf ‘OS’ x4 on 1921 Registered OHMS cover from Perth to New Zealand with range of NZ instructional markings including ‘NOT KNOWN’ (2 different), ‘UNCLAIMED’, ‘RETURN/TO/SENDER/Finger’, etc, no backstamps, slightly trimmed at left. [This type of mail to overseas destinations is scarce.]

1193 */U 1194 * 1195 *

ex 1193

$3,000

1194

$150 $70 $70 $100 $400 $100 $360 $70

ex 1195

1d Carmine-Pink Cooke Printing (G101), ACSC #73A, diagonal crease & rounded corner, used, Cat $275; also Harrison Printing 1d carmine-rose ACSC #74A (G104) gum bend, mint; both have 2011 Drury Certificates, Cat $295. (2) —- ACSC #73A (G101), centred to the left, lightly mounted, Cat $400. 1d Green ACSC #78 on two covers. The first perf ‘OS/NSW’ on long OHMS envelope (stains, crease, corner restored) of Crown Land Agent’s Office in 1924 (Sep 24) Carcaor to Peelwood; the second (small imperfections) with additional single wmk ½d orange 1925 (June 16) Davis cover Melbourne to Birmingham (GB). LM wmk difficult on cover. Plus 2x 1926 1d green Die III post cards notifying address changes to Hindmarsh PO. (4)

$150 $180

$90

Page 101

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

1196

1198 1199

ex 1197 1196

—- ACSC #78 (very light foxing), tied neat cds ‘BATHURST/2JY24/N.S.W.’ to envelope with violet handstamp of the local Pastures Protection Board and addressed to a member of the Carroll family at Summer Hill, Orange. Difficult stamp on cover. —- ACSC #78 on three covers (some imperfections), from the correspondence of Major RE Smith of Ulverstone, Tasmania. All in 1197 * 1934 (July x2, Spetember), two plain and one window type, the latter opened out to reveal the major’s calculations on acreage purchases and sales (he appears to have been quite good at this!). LM wmk 1d green on cover are difficult to find. (3) 1198 * —- perf ‘OS’ ACSC #78(4)b, lightly hinged Plate 4 block of 4 (some woolly perfs). Lower left unit thin ONE PENNY (retouch) [VIII/ 14] ACSC #78(4)l, also BSAP-listed varieties right unit top frame left of crown raised [VIII/15], upper right right frame notches above BRC [VIII/9]. Scarce triple variety positional block, well-centred, fresh. 1199 ** 1½d Black-Brown Die I very thin paper top marginal block of 4, ACSC #84aa (SG #51a), Cat $160. AUSTRALIA | KGV - No Watermark *

ex 1200

1201

$80 $180 $120 $120

ex 1203 1202

1200 */U 1201 *

1d Green mint with Secret mark, used perf ‘OS’ cds. —- ACSC #79 neatly tied d/arc cds ‘ORANGE/16SE24/N.S.W’ to locally used envelope (small peripheral blemishes) with commercial cachet of a local Stock & Station Agents and addressed to the Misses Carroll, (owners of a great property at Summer Hill, Orange and both apparently renowned for driving a Buick!). Very difficult stamp on cover. 1202 */** —- perf ‘OS’ marginal pair with grossly misplaced perfs giving appearance of ‘imperf between’, upper unit has Flaw under neck variety, ACSC #79ba, Cat $250, lower unit is unmounted. 1203 F —- Perf ‘OS/NSW’, two off-centre cds examples cat $100 each (as perf ‘OS’), both with corner compartment marks. Plus 1½d green same perfin (blotchy appearance but not coarse mesh paper). All difficult stamps. (3) AUSTRALIA | KGV - Small Multiple Watermark Perf 14

1204 1204 ** 1205 F 1206 */** 1207 ** 1208 **

1205

ex 1207

$50 $120 $90 $80

ex 1208

½d Orange wmk inverted, centred to left. ACSC #67Aa, Cat $200. —- perf ‘OS’ ACSC #67ba, horizontal pair with Nov 1928 Sydney numeral ‘30’ cds. Scarce well-centred pair, retail c$450 as two singles. 1d Green marginal block of 4, ACSC #80(4), Cat $240+, showing varieties Ferns & RA joined. —- Secret mark, 10 examples, all corner copies. —- NY joined.10 examples, mixed centring, generally fine.

$80 $200 $80 $250 $100

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 102

1210

1209 1209 * 1210 **

1½d Red Die II AJ Mullett imprint strip of 4 from Plate 2 [2L59-60, 2R55-6] including major variety void top right corner - first correction being part ACSC #91(2)zc (also poss translucent paper ACSC #91aa). Brownish gum, all units hinged, cat $450 (as imprint block of 8). 2d Red-Brown Die I marginal block of 4 [12R29-30,35-36], centred to right.

$200 $550

ex 1211

1212 1211 F 1212 F 1213 **/* 1214 *

1215

1214

1213

—- ACSC #98. Hagner with ACSC and (mostly) other specialist catalogue listed varieties with two from Electro 12 comprising plate positions L12 & R12; from Electro 16 with L4 (3rd state), L14, L47, L58, R21, R33 (2nd state), R36 (poss 3rd state). Majority fine cds, cat $900+↕. Difficult varieties. (9) —- pair perf ‘OS’, ACSC #98ba, Cat $200, a little soiled, should clean up nicely. —- AJ Mullett imprint block of 4 ACSC #98z, usual interpanneau fold and variable centring low, units at left with very light storagerelated gum disturbance. Selvedge hinge remains, all stamps MUH (retail $175 each). 4d Olive left marginal block of 4 ACSC #115, centred left, light hinge traces and very fresh, retail $125 each.

1216

1217

ex 1218

ex 1219

$400 $60 $240 $220

ex 1220

1215 ** 1/4d Greenish Blue ACSC #129, o/c SW, deepish shade (heavily inked) and very fresh, POR in most lists (prob around $1,250). 1216 V —- perf ‘OS’, CTO, no gum. 1217 G 1/4d Pale Greenish Blue cds. AUSTRALIA | KGV - Small Multiple Watermark Perf 13½x12½ | Collections and Accumulations 1218 */** Mint Selection to 1/4d (3) including 3d x2, 4d x3, 5d x3 plus an imprint block of 4 (minor toning on gum, lower units unmounted), a few of the low values with ‘OS’ overprints, centring is variable, the 1/4ds plus 5d imprint block alone Cat $600. (31) 1219 **/U Range including 1d green (3, with 2 Die II ** & fine used), 1/4d greenish blue CTO, etc. (6) 1220 */V ½d to 1/4d complete SG #94-104, odd minor imperfection, with 1d Die I/II pair, both shades 1½d red, both dies 2d red, 3d and 4½d (latter CTO as issued). Generally very well centred, lightly hinged and fresh, retail c$730. (16)

$500 $250 $100 $300 $70 $360

Page 103

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012 AUSTRALIA | KGV - Small Multiple Watermark Perf 13½x12½

1222

1221 1221 ** 1222 **

1223 **

1d Green marginal block of 6 (3x2) from left of the sheet comprising two Die I-II-II strips of 3, bands of toning on gum, unmounted, Cat $280+. 1d Green Die II perf ‘OS’ horizontal pair, ACSC #81(1)fc, Cat $500, centred to top.

$100 $200

1½d Red Die II just o/c right bottom marginal horizontal strip of 4 from Plate 1 [1R57-60] partly double perfs ACSC #92ba (often called jazzed perfs). Post Office patch between right margin and posn 60 (itself a BSAP-listed variety shaved upper right frame, etc), selvedge hinge rems. Fresh.

$125

1225

ex 1227 ex 1228

1224 **/* 1225 ** 1226 * 1227 ** 1228 *F

—- John Ash N over A imprint block of 8 from Plate 2 [2L53-4 & 59-60, 2R49-50 & 55-6], his second correction ACSC #92(2)zh. Two units hinged (not the BW-listed variety), typical variable centring, very fresh. 2d Red-Brown Die II perf ‘OS’, ACSC #99b, Cat $150, unmounted. 2d on 1½d ACSC #101 on-cover accumulation addressed to various government departments in Sydney, all opened on three sides otherwise generally sound, noted few adverts, cds postmarks, etc, ACSC $25 each on cover. (100+) 2d and 5d Surcharges perf ‘OS’ (12 & 11 holes respectively) by NSW state government. [Offered “as is”.] 2d Red Die III Overprinted ‘OS’ selection (4) comprising solo frankings for Small Mult and CofA (2) wmks, one of each wmk on Government House Brisbane cover, that for CofA distinct Bluish overprint (BW 103(OS)ca - stains), other used from Canberra City, also Small Mult pair + perf ‘OS’ 4d very scarce combination used by Country Roads Board, Carlton to Drysdale (discolouration lower left corner).

We DO NOT have ‘T’ lots, all lots are sold inclusive of GST. GST is only applicable to buyer’s commission and despatch costs.

$80 $70 $200 $100

$130

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 104

1229 1229 ** 1230 *F 1231 *F

ex 1231

ex 1230

3d Blue Die Ia horizontal pair, ACSC #107, Cat $300. —- types A and B as solo frankings on 1929 ‘AR’ cards (2) processed Rialto Melbourne. Scarce. 3d Blue Die II shades selection (9) with solo frankings for domestic Late Fee letter, domestic parcel, ‘AR’ card, Foreign letter (3, two with instructional markings), and combinations with 2d for registered mail (3), one ‘A.R.’, another perf ‘OS’, generally fine.

ex 1233

1232 1232 ** 1233 U 1234 F 1235

ex 1235

$175 $100 $60 $100

1237

1/4d Greenish Blue with 4d olive and 6d KS tied by Malvern (Victoria) cds to registered 1931 (April 23) First Experimental Australia-England flight AAMC #188 by Malvern, Victoria cds. 1/4d is scarce even on philatelically inspired covers. [AAMC notes that all registered mail from this flight was backstamped in London on arrival - not this one however, most unusual.] AUSTRALIA | KGV - CofA Watermark 1237 ** ½d Orange Overprinted ‘OS’ John Ash imprint block of 8 believed from Electro 8 ACSC #69(OS)(8)z but the listed variety [8L60] not clearly seen (poss make ready correction). Selvedge hinge trace, all units fresh MUH.

1236

$140

1234

4d Olive perf ‘OS’ SE corner marginal block of 4 from Plate 4 incl variety distorted SE corner [4R60] ACSC #116(4)ba & l. Upper left unit rounded corner, light storage bend in selvedge, slightly o/c left, very fresh with retail, as singles, c$525. Excellent positional. —- 40 examples all perf ‘OS’, range of shades, unchecked by us for varieties, generally fine. 4½d Violet Die II ACSC #121, Cat $100, with vertical line between bottom of right hand value tablet and base of stamp, centred to upper right, light cds. ‘FIVE PENCE’ on 4½d Violet Die II solo franking on registered letter from Tenterfield (nice magenta cds) to Sydney, ACSC #125, odd tonespot, Cat $200.

1236

$80 $80

$80 $100

Page 105

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

ex 1240

1239 1238 1241 1238 ** 1239 * 1240 */F 1241

3d Blue Die II block of 4 ACSC #109. 3d Blue Die II Overprinted ‘OS’ plus unoverprinted 1d green imprint pair (with RA joined retouch) of flight cover from Brisbane to Melbourne (AAMC #395a). A rare stamp on cover Cat $1,200. 5d Orange-Brown Die II ACSC #127, two lightly hinged well centred shades, the second clearly plated as 3L35; plus light cds horiz pair deeper shade perf ‘G/NSW’. (4) 1932 5d yellow-brown ACSC #127B early use being tied by Emerald cds to 1932 (Mar 12) registered cover to Melbourne, blue and black registration label, nice use some fortnight after first reported date of issue.

$240 $400 $80 $100

1242

1243

1244 1245 1242 ** 1243 */** 1244 ** 1245 * 1246 **

1246

5d Orange-Brown Die II ASH imprint (N over N) pair, unit 55 Flaw in crown variety. ACSC #127(3)z, Cat $200. —- ASH imprint block of four (N over N) with variety Flaw in crown, ACSC #127(3)z, Cat $150+, 3 units unmounted. 5d Orange-Brown Die II Overprinted ‘OS’ Plate 2 gutter block of 8 [L12-R7 to L30-R25] with varieties ‘d’ & ‘h’, one unit with Post Office repair tab, ACSC #127(OS), Cat $560. 1/4d and 5d tied by Manly NSW slogan to 1937 (Nov) airmail envelope to France, flapless & Lille arrival handstamp on reverse. 1/4d Greenish Blue ACSC #131, Cat $300, centred to right, very fresh.

To avoid errors, please check your Lot Numbers and Bids carefully.

$80 $70 $320 $70 $180

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 106

1247 1247

1248

ex 1249

—- ACSC #131, with 1932-7 6d Kooka ACSC #150 tied to 1938 (July) commercial envelope to Switzerland by Geelong cds. Normal use of 1/4d on cover quite scarce cat $250. —- ACSC #131, with 1932-7 6d Kooka ACSC #150, each tied by ‘LATE FEE/ADELAIDE’ cds to enveope to GB, filing crease not 1248 * affecting adhesives. Normal use of 1/4d on cover quite scarce cat $250. 1249 ** —- ACSC #131. Slightly yellowish gum and just o/c low, fresh colour, retail c$375. AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals | Collections and Accumulations 1250 ** 1960 Guiding offset BW #377c marginal single, unmounted, Cat $75; also No Wmk ½d Kangaroo BW #180 mis-guillotined block of 4 showing part (90%) imprint at top left, two units MUH. (2 items) 1251 */U 1914-65 Collection on Seven Seas Hingeless pages including 1914 6d Kooka, 3rd wmk Roo 2d, 6d blue, range KGV Heads, 1931 6d Air ‘OS’, 1934 Vic Centenary (2 sets), Macarthur, 1935 ANZAC, Jubilee, 1938 Robes (3) also 10/- optd ‘SPECIMEN’, 1948 Arms (4) plus £2 optd ‘SPECIMEN’, 1959-64 Cattle 5/- (both papers), 1963-64 Navigators (8), etc. Few used incl Roo SM 5/-, 1932 Bridge 5/- CTO with part o.g. Mixed condition on early issues. (320+) 1252 V 1928 3d Kooka (5), 1930 Sturt 1½d (5) all perf ‘OS’, CTO and some with gum, 1932 Bridge 3d (37), all optd ‘OS’ and CTO. Also irregular mint block of 8 x3d Bridge optd ‘OS’.Generally very fine. (47) 1253 **/* 1931-40 duplicated mainly fine stock on hagners almost all hinged from 6+ each 1931 KS values incl 8x 6d brown Air Mail Service to 1940 AIF x8 sets. In between noted 1/- Large Lyre x3, 1935 ANZAC x4 sets (one 1/- appears **), both perf 1934 Vic Centenary x13 with some toning, 1935 SJ x10 sets, 1938 NSW sesqui set. Also PNG 1959 Legislative Council x6 sets **/* plus faulty Vic Centenary not counted in min current retail $1,500. (c175) 1254 U 1937-1960s pre-decimal used range in issue order in good quality 32p stockbook, generally good condition with much duplication, values to 3/-. Suit packet maker or variety enthusiast. 1255 ** 1945-47 Gloucesters (177 sets), 1946 Mitchell (54 sets), 1947 Newcastle (180 sets plus additional 2½d x42 & 5½d x102). These issues are mostly in sheets. (1,300+) 1256 1950s-60s 2/- & 2/3d Issues in Complete Sheets comprising 1954-55 2/- green Olympic Publicity, 1955 2/- Cobb, 1956 Olympics 2/- with Retouch under ‘th’ of ‘XVIth’, 1958 2/- QANTAS, 1959-65 2/- Flower, 1962 Commomealth Games 2/3d, some mostly mild tonespots, folded centrally, generally fine. (6 sheets) 1257 ** 1950s-60s Issues in Complete Sheets predominantly commemorative 3½d, 4d & 5d issues plus a few 2/- & 2/3d values and QEII definitives, also some part-sheets & panes, heaps of potential for the variety hunter, toning concerns throughout, all MUH. (50+ complete sheets plus quantity of part sheets). 1258 ** 1950s-60s Sets in Complete Sheets comprising 1954 Royal Visit, 1964 First Airmail & 1965 ANZAC, some mostly mild gumside tonespotting (bit heavier on Royal Visit sheets), generally fine, folded centrally. (8 sheets) 1259 ** 1954-56 Olympic Games Issues in Complete Sheets comprising 1954-55 Publicity 2/- deep blue & 2/- bluish green ACSC #316317, 1956 Olympics set ACSC #332-335, the 7½d sheet incorporating vertical strip of 5 with Flaw on lip of torch & Flaw adjoining right side of left star ACSC #333ea, 2/- sheet with White flaw on ‘T’ & White spot on top of building, all with a few or several units affected by gumside tone spots or patches (showing through to surface in places) however the 2/- Olympics ACSC #335 has largely escaped toning, all folded centrally, MUH, Cat $750 as single stamps. (6 sheets) 1260 ** 1959-60s Part Sheet accumulation including 1953 Coronation 2/- (14), Tas Sesqui (60 sets plus 70 additional pairs of 3½d), 1954 QEII 6½d (72), Royal Visit 2/- (30), 1955 Cobb (78 sets plus extra 2/- x42) 1957 QEII 1/0½d (120), 1960-64 Flowers 3/- (48),1964 Airmail 2/3d (8), etc. High retail. (100s) *

$70 $70 $140 $90

$400 $150

$280 $100 $120 $180 $500 $160

$180 $80

ex 1261 1261 **/*

Collection of Varieties comprising [1] 1935 2d Jubilee imprint block of 4 Retouch to cross hatching below AUSTRALIA (Cat $200); [2] 1936 2d SA Centenary imprint block of 4 Retouch sky below AU (Cat $150 - variety unit MH); [3] 1948 2/- Crocodile cnr strip of 5 partial double vertical perfs (Cat $375) [4] 1956 7½d Olympic cnr block of 12 Weak entry right of ‘2’ of fraction on R7-8/1 (Cat $50); [5] 1960 8d Tiger Cat cnr block of 6 Retouch shading right of head – State III & 8d weak (Cat $160+); [6] 1962 5d Games cnr imprint block of 16 Retouch above 5d & Red spot over ‘S’ of AUSTRALIA (Cat $60+); [7] 1963 5d Red Cross two cnr blocks of 6 Blemish below second A & White spot on bowl retouched (Cat $50+); [8] 1965 5d Churchill cnr sht no. block of 12 Retouch left of 5d (Cat $31+); [9] 5d Hargrave positional block of 12 Kink in outer vertical line of tail-fine (Cat $25). Generally very fine.

$360

Page 107

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012 1262 ** 1263 1264

1265 1266

1267

1268 1269 1270 1271 1272 1273

Ex-Dealers Approval Packs of 50 in unopened glassines (136). Each pack includes issues from the 1940s-60s and includes significant events in Australia’s history. (6,800) */** Ex-Dealers Stock in Envelopes 1927-65 range with numerous 2d commems, few imprints, etc, 3d blues (45), 1940s-50s issues in profusion with some issues 100 or more. Also noted 1953 Coronation (10 sets), 1955 Olympic 2/- green (30), 1958 QANTAS, 2/- (53), 1958 Memorial pair (10), etc. Generally fine. (1,000s) ** KGV Period commemorative and special issue lower values (mostly 1½d and 2d many 50+ each) in considerable quantity incl multiples with positional blocks (ie imprints, plate nos). Higher values include 3d Vic Centenary x11, 3d Bridge x5, 3d SJ x3, 2d Macarthur Light Hills x5, SA Centenary 3d x30, 3d NSW Sesqui x5, 3d Cable x24. Odd bit of tone in places but majority very fine and fresh MUH. (100s) U KGV-KGVI Collection including 1914 6d Kooka, 1931 6d Airmail (5), 1932 6d Kooka (7, all CTO, no gum), 1934 Vic Centenary, 1935 Jubilee 2/- (6, including 2 pairs), 1937 NSW Sesqui 9d (5), 1949-56 £1 Arms (6, including 2 pairs), also includes range of 3d blue commems. Generally very fine and all with cds. (70) 8/** KGV-KGVI Commem Accumulation 1927-41 incl 1927 Canberra (100), 1929 3d Air (55), Swan (60), 1930 Sturt (80 sets), 3d (60), 1931 Kingsford Smith 6d (30), 1932 Bridge 2d (75), 3d (60+), Kooka 6d (29), 1934 Vic Centenary 2d (70+), 3d (135+), 1934 Hermes (20), 1935 Jubilee 2d (20), 3d (100), 1936 Cable (30 sets & 50 extra 3d), 1937 NSW Sesqui 3d (20), Surcharges (24 sets plus 3½d (40)) & 5½d (75) Generally fine. (100s) U —- accumulation including 1929 Swan (175+), 1931 6d Airmail (50+), 1932 3d Bridge (220+), 6d Kooka (115, incl 17 CTO), 1934 Vic Centenary (4 sets, plus 3d (200+)), many other 3d blues, KGVI includes 3d blue (400+ with various Dies, etc), 1/4d magenta (350+), Robes 5/- (200+, mixed papers), £1(2), NSW Sesqui 9d (25), Arms 10/- (70+). Generally very fine, few multiples noted, and many issues have cds cancels. (1,000s) V KGV-KGVI Commem Accumulation including 1929 3d Kooka (150+), 3d Airmail (70+), 1930 Sturt 1½d (approx 100), 1932 1/Lyre (50), 1936 Cable 3d (80), S.Aust 3d & 1/- (approx 100 of each), 1937 NSW Sesqui 3d & 9d (50+ of each). Most of these stamps have cds postmarks. Very high retail. (100s) ** KGVI 1947-52 Definitives in Complete Sheets comprising 4½d red, 6½d brown, 6½d green, 7½d blue, & 1/0½d indigo, all folded centrally, some gumside toning mostly in the gutters or the marginal selvedge, generally fine, MUH. (5 sheets) */** Overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ 10/- Robes MLH (tiny tone spot), Arms set of 3 MUH (£2 tiny tone spot). Very well centred and fresh. (4) */U Pre-Decimal Collection mostly mint with widespread toning, some salvageable items including Large Kooka 6d, Thick paper £1 Robes, Thin Paper 10/-, Arms set, BCOF 2/-, plus a few lesser pickings. ( 250+) */**/U —- with pickings including mint 1/- Large Lyrebird, Victoria Centenary 1/- Perf 10½, Macarthur set including 2d Dark Hills, ANZAC & NSW Anniversary sets, Arms set, plus later issues with imprint blocks & multiples (*/**), some toning concerns. (100s) */** Stockbook Collection with some handy pickings including Kingsford Smith 2d plate 4 & 3d plate 3 blocks of 4 MUH, 1936 3d Cable Plate 1 corner blocks of 4 x4 including lower-right block with retouched shading lines under ‘PO’, AIF 6d imprint pair, 5/Arms block of 10 MUH, plus other imprint blocks or multiples */** or MUH; also toned Robes imprint multiples including thick paper £1 imprint pair & £1 imprint block of 4 & Arms trio optd ‘SPECIMEN’; mixed condition. (100s)

1077

$150 $200

$140 $120

$400

$400 $480 $100 $100 $150 $160

$200

Phoenix Auctions - Saturday 15th December 2012

Page 108

" 1 ,- *, * 0 '! *(( (%% ,#('2 (

3 % $ (+ 1 ) * ,# (*! *02

- ,#('

, -+,* %#

3 * &$ "( (% , %&$ # / 0+ * 1 2 #',

3 ' 3 ('(!* & #'!% + /#," 1 ) #& '2 ' +, &) 3

1 *! % / ( +& '# 2

&$ 1

% $ (+ *! 1 2

2 +

('(!* & %( $ (

3 * &$ " +,'-, %&$ '. *,