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Session 2 will commence no earlier than 11:30am AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - General | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 459 **/&/U Array On Hagners with NSW 1888-89 5/- Map optd ‘Specimen’ large-part gum, 1891 ½d on 1d block of 6 mint; Queensland 1907-11 Crown/A Sidefaces to 1/- mint; SA Broad Star 2/- P10x11½-12½ block of 6 pen cancelled, 1895-99 4d violet P13 pair with Plate 1 tab mint, also Reprints x3 & ‘SPECIMEN’ overprints x4; Tasmania Wmk ‘TAS’ 9d Sideface optd ‘SPECIMEN’; Victoria 1897 Charity 1d CTO & 2½d mint, 1912 V/Crown (Narrow) 1d P12x12½ ‘CA’ & ‘JBC’ Monogram strips of 6 MUH; other handy pickings, toning in places, mostly fine. (77) 460 */U Diverse Array incl [1] 1888 reprint of 8d Laurete on thicker paper, top left corner block of 10, [2] Qld 1871-72 No Wmk 5/yellow-brown with burelé band on reverse, (mint, with crease), [3] Tas Postal Fiscals 1863-80 P10 3d (no gum), P11½ 5/-, 10/(both may be ‘used’), plus 1918 ‘5d/REVENUE’ opt on 10/- pair mint. (6 items). 461 U Mixture Is Small Box with excellent assortment from all States with a smattering of official & private perfins. Variety and postmark potential so well worth a delve. (1000s) 462 U Registration Labels Including “Blues” Mainly From Victoria (450+) Lesser Quantities From Other States Including NSW (150+), Queensland (200+) mostly from Victoria plus a lesser quantity from NSW, predominantly “blues” plus some “blue & blacks” & “reds”. (many 100s). (100s)

AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - General | Postal History 1848-1913 group in album from all states, stationery, odd TPO, condition of early ones tend to be poor otherwise generally good. 463 * Includes [1] repaired 1848 cover Geelong to Huntly, Scotland, good backstamps; [2] 1897 NSW Governor’s frank on cover to England; [3] three covers from Victoria to Huntly, Scotland with poor cancels 1862 Pitfield 1d Netted Corners x3 & 6d Adapted Design, 1862 registered from Staffordshire Reef with 6d Adapted Design x3, 1862 Happy Valley with 4d & 6d black Beaded Ovals; 1895 Beer & Baccy x2 one privately used from Burwood to Canterbury part of the message reads “Dont smile at Postcard I expect the Prime Minister will be advertising himself soon”; [4] 1895 & 1899 unclaimed covers from Hobart to Pretoria; [5] Queensland 1898 PTPO Envelope. (95) NEW SOUTH WALES 464 G 1850 1d Sydney Views No Clouds Soft Yellowish Paper 1d dull lake pair [19-20], SG #6, generally good margins (just cutinto in top right corner), Cat £1,000. Cancelled with ‘46’ of Gundagai. 465 F 1850 1d Sydney Views With Clouds Hard Greyish or Bluish Paper 1d crimson-lake SG #9, good to very good margins, Sydney bars cancel, Cat £375. 466 U 1850 1d Sydney Views With Clouds Hard Greyish or Bluish Paper 1d brownish-red SG #12, close (just shaved at based) to very good margins, Cat £350.

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1850 1d Sydney Views With Clouds Hard Greyish or Bluish Paper 1d brownish red pair, left unit with No trees on hill and right with Hill unshaded [7-8], SG #12a,b, generally good margins (just cut-into in bottom right corner), Cat £1,500. A rare multivariety pair. 1854 Imperf Laureates Wmk Double-Lined Numerals 3d yellow-green on yellowish wove paper three close margins (4th cut into), SG #87, Cat £200, mint part gum. 1854-59 Imperf Large Diadems Wmk Double-Lined Numeral 6d fawn wmk 8, four clear margins, tiny nick at base not touching design, light Sydney datestamp and NSW concentric ovals SG #93a, Cat £110. 1854-59 Imperf Large Diadems Wmk Double-Lined Numeral 8d golden-yellow, 3 clear margins 4th just touching, contemporary dumb barred cancel, SG #97, Cat £1,400. Very difficult stamp.

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1862-65 DLR No Wmk Perf 14 1d dull red marginal interpaneau block of 24, SG #187, MUH, Cat £4,320++. A stunning piece of great rarity.

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1871-1902 Wmk 1st Crown/NSW 1d Salmon P10, block of 15, SG #208a, Cat £3,750 for hinged, odd perf imperfection as to be expected. Extremely rare multiple. 1885-86 Fiscals Optd ‘POSTAGE’ in Black £1 lilac & claret P12 optd ‘Specimen’ Type 8, variety Double impression of ‘POSTAGE’ overprint, straight edge at top, unused. 1890 20/- Governors P12, SG #264a, Cat £400. Sismondo certificate (2006). 1892-99 Halfpenny Wmk 2nd Crown/NSW ovpt ‘SPECIMEN’ block of 24 from both sides of sheet with central gutter, marginal inscription at base ‘POSTAGE ONE HALF-PENNY’ SG #271cs, slight bend on four units, overall fresh MUH, Cat £524 as hinged singles. Ex McCredie, Ex Aust Post Archives. A rare multiple. 1897 Diamond Jubilee & Hospital Charity set SG #280-81, mildly aged gum, Cat £273.

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1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper Wmk 2nd Crown/NSW Perf 12x11 ½d green left marginal imperf pair, SG #298a, Cat £250, left unit with Long near vertical scratch at right. 1903-08 Diadems Wmk 3rd Crown/NSW 5d dark blue-green Diadem, Imperforate marginal pair SG #329d, right unit tiny thin, Cat £375. 1907 Wmk Crown/Double-Lined A ½d blue-green block of 30 (10x3) top 2 units in right-most column with No Watermark, (BW #N6aa, Cat $200++), left pane units have much re-inforcing. Rare error.

NEW SOUTH WALES | Official Stamps 480 * 1880-88 5/- Deep Purple Perf 10 SG #O14, some short/rough perfs, large-part og, Cat £700. 481 * 1887-90 5/- lilac & green P12x10 optd ‘OS’ Type O2 & ‘Specimen’ Type 10 in black, large-part og. Unissued, 100 only were prepared in 1894. 482 W 1895 5/- Lilac & Green P11, ‘POSTAGE’ overprint in black, optd ‘OS’, CTO cancel for presentation sets, unused, very fine. NEW SOUTH WALES | Postal History 1845 entire to Launceston with mss “6” in red and “8” in black alongside ‘PAID SHIP LETTER/SYDNEY’ cancel in red. Minor 483 * blemishes.

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1905 (Sep 11) AA Brice & Co (General Merchants) Tatts cover (tear on front) with attractive advertising panel on reverse showing their store. 1907 (Aug 12) use of Zeiher-style VSM PPC, posted on board the SS Aramac with Qld 1d. Double-oval ‘[SHI]P LETTER/1D/ LATE FEE’ on face overstriking? ‘T’-in-oval. 1908 (Jan 20) PPC from Austinmer to Belmore Sydney. Very fine double-oval ‘TRAIN LETTER/1D/LATE FEE’ on face, 1d Arms cancelled at Sydney. A very rare marking. This is the only example recorded by Peck.

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NEW SOUTH WALES | Postmarks 489 DS 1900s-Modern: jammed into 40 page Euro s/book, majority QEII era on small piece. Also includes 6 pages cds late preCommonwealth and early KGV (values to 5d) mostly common values off paper. Prodigious variety, inspection needed to appreciate full extent of this attractively estimated collection. (100s) NEW SOUTH WALES | Numerals | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 490 S ‘80’ BN (A2+) on 2d Laureate RR; ‘1060’ BN (A2) on 2d Centennial RRR & ‘2087’ BN (B2) on 1d Arms RRRR. NEW SOUTH WALES | Numerals 491 s 73: (A2) Type 2R20 strike on imperf 2d Small Diadems. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Warialda-PO 1/1/1848. 492 s 235: (B2) Type 5R26 weak but discernible strike on defective QV 4d brown. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Adelong-PO 1/1/1859. 493 s 690: BN (B2) on 1d Arms. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Brown’s Creek-PO 1/6/1873; closed 28/2/1969. 494 s 1539: (A2) very fine strike on 1d Shield [Rated RRRRR]. Allocated to Rose Valley-PO 1/5/1890; closed 30/11/1907.

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1720: (B2) multiples strikes tying QV 2d & 1d Arms x3 to piece, part ‘[HOL]MWOOD’ cds alongside. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Holmwood-RO 16/3/1891; PO 16/4/1894; closed 31/8/1971.

496 s 2087: BN (A2) on 1d Arms. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Tallwood-PO 16/11/1903; closed 7/6/1968. NEW SOUTH WALES | Datestamps | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1907-11 Trio on PPCs comprising [1] 1907 Belmore (PO 21/8/1899; renamed South Belmore PO 19/8/1907); [2] 1908 Fairy 497 * Hill receiving office (RO 1/12/1897; PO 15/1/1914); & [3] Delungra 1906 Jun 11 (renamed from Reedy Creek PO 11/6/1906), all are clearly discernible strikes.

Datestamps On Early 1900s PPCs comprising Nymboida, Pelican Island, Roseville, South West Rocks, Telegraph Point (on Tatts cover), The Lagoon, Uki, Valley Heights & Yambulla, quality of strikes is variable. (9) NEW SOUTH WALES | Datestamps Dubbo Military Camp: ‘DUBBO MILITARY CAMP/27MY16/NSW’ (A2 - second day of use) on 1d red KGV pair & single on 499 * YMCA printed cover to California with KGV 1d red, cover with small edge tears. Emery records “No examples seen.”. PO 26/5/

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Holdsworthy Camp: ‘HOLDSWORTHY CAMP/15OC16/NSW’ (A1) on 1d red KGV on YMCA Field Service Department printed cover to Hamilton (NSW), vendor’s typed write-up included. PO 22/3/1916; closed 15/11/1919.

Liverpool Military Camp: ‘LIVERPOOL MILITARY CAMP/15AU16/NSW’ (A1) on 1d red KGV on YMCA printed cover to Ponto (NSW), edge blemishes. PO 25/2/1915; closed 14/12/1918. NORTHERN TERRITORY | Military - World War II Period 502 * 1942 (Aug 25) printed OHMS stampless cover to Lithgow (NSW) with oval UPS ‘D2’ rubber handstamp in violet, used at Roper River from 29/6/42 to 25/8/42.

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1942-45 WWII Selection with Army Post Office ‘O65’ & ‘O72’, Army PO ‘O126’ x2, ‘O127’ x3, ‘O129’, ‘O134’, Unit Postal Station ‘W15’, ‘345’, ‘346’ x2, ‘350’, ‘354’, ‘357’ x2, ‘408’, ‘423’ x2 (one registered). Posting towns include Adelaide River, Darwin, Elliott, Katherine, Larrimah, Mataranka, condition varible but generally fine. (30) 1945 RAAF Darwin uprated Registration Envelopes x2m (one with RAAF ‘683’ censor cachet) plus a registered letter addressed to Mooroopna State Hospital, all with ‘AIR FORCE PO/21’ (Darwin) datestamps tying stamps, red (2) or red/black registration labels, small blemishes. (3) Selection Army, Navy & RAAF cover selection with wide range of cancellations & censor cachets including 1941 Darwin MIL PO No 3 telegram, 1941 MIL PO No3 cover with ‘RELIEF 14/SOUTH AUST’ datestamp, 1942 Clarrie King cover with ‘UNIT POSTAL STATION’ rubber datestamp, 1943 Airmail Letter Cards with Type 3 Tennant Creek cds (‘S’ excised) 1944 APO No 49 (Alice Springs) OHMS registered, Army PO 0127 official with ‘COMMAND PAYMASTER/NT FORCE’ handstamp, generally fair to fine quality of strikes. Good lot. (34)

WWII covers with oval ‘UNIT POSTAL STATION’ rubbber handstamps comprising ‘106’ (12/AUG/1943), ‘N25’ (17/MAR/1942) possibly used in Qld, ‘N26’ (11/MAR/1943), ‘S195’ (JAN/15/1943) plus a rectangular ‘D13’ (12/JUN/1943, used at Banka Banka) also in violet, condition variable. (5) QUEENSLAND 507 U 1860 Imperf Small Chalon 1d carmine-rose SG #1 pair with outer framelines largely complete except at base of 2nd unit, some rust staining resulting in design fades, indistinct cancel, Cat £1,600+. RPSL Certificate (1976). Pairs with complete margins are very scarce. 508 F 1860 Imperf Small Chalon 1d carmine-rose SG #1, three good to large margins, 4th just shaved at lower-right; & 6d green three very close to very good margins, shaved at top; both stamps lightly cancelled, Cat £1,600. 509 V 1860 Imperf Small Chalon 2d blue SG #2 close to large with outer framelines complete (fragment of outer frameline of adjoining stamp evident at right), minor toning, strong colour, very lightly used, Cat £1,700. Seldom offered. 510 * 1860-61 Small Chalon Wmk Small Star Rough Perf 14-16 6d orange-yellow ‘REGISTERED’, SG #20, Cat £110. 506

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1868-74 Small Chalon Wmk Truncated Star Perf 13 1d, 2d, 3d & 6d blocks of 4 with diagonal ‘SPECIMEN’ (blue on 1d & 3d). 1868-74 Small Chalon Wmk Truncated Star Perf 13 2d block of 4 x2 (one blue, the other greenish blue) with diagonal ‘SPECIMEN’ 1868-74 Small Chalon Wmk Truncated Star Perf 12 1/- mauve with wmk letter ‘D’, SG #73, redistributed gum, Cat £350. 1880 Small Chalon Litho Wmk 2nd Crown/Q Perf 12 2/6d dull scarlet, SG #121, ovpted ‘SPECIMEN’ diagonally. 1880 Small Chalon Litho Wmk 2nd Crown/Q Perf 12 20/- rose, SG #127, Cat £250. 1880 ‘Halfpenny’ Surcharge Die I, SG #151, Cat £175. 1882-95 Large Chalons Recess Wmk 1st Crown/Q Sideways 2/- blue & 5/- rose, both re-gummed, SG #152,154, Cat £335. 1882-95 Large Chalons 2/- blue thick paper with violet ‘SPECIMEN’, thin paper 2/6d, 5/- & 10/- with blue ‘SPECIMEN’.

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1882-95 Large Chalons Recess Wmk 3rd Crown/Q Thick Paper 10/- brown, SG #160, with Re-entry at base, Cat £120. 1905-06 Large Chalons Litho Wmk 2nd Crown/Q Sideways P12 £1 deep green, SG #274, Cat £475. 1907-11 Wmk Crown/A Perf 12½,13 simplified set ½d to 1/- with 2 shades of 2d, 4d yellow is Die II and 4d grey is Die I, SG #286-300, fresh mint, Cat £180. (11) QUEENSLAND | Postal Fiscals 522 1878 1d Stamp Duty Die Proofs one in beige and another in violet, both on thin card and creased, nice margins. (2) QUEENSLAND | Revenues 523 U Impressed Duty: 1930-60 64 values from 1d to £1,000 including the elusive shilling values 1/4d and 11/- to 19/-, pound values upwards complete with the exception of £19 and £400, red impressed cancels, usual mixed condition, Elsmore Online Cat $2,400+. (64) 524 */U 1895 Impressed Duty: with £15, £16, £17, £18, £19, £90, £300 & £500, all with pencancels except £90 which is uncancelled with full gum. (8)

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QUEENSLAND | Railway Stamps 525 ** 1926-66 Sixth Series 1d to 10/- blocks of 4, 1/-, 2/- & 10/- upper case values, 10/- rated R3, all Dalby except 3d which is Howard. Scarce multiples. QUEENSLAND | Postal Stationery 526 PS Postal Card & Wrapper Accumulation: with unused Postal Cards x30 including 1880 1d vermilion x2, 1881-86 1d PTPO for Lennons Hotel Brisbane unaddressed with Brisbane 1892 datestamp, 1889-91 1d & 2d H&G #4-5 both optd ‘SPECIMEN’ in blue, also 1d+1d & 3d x3 without overprints, 1911 1d+1d & 1½d+1½d; also Wrappers unused x8 and used x7. (45) QUEENSLAND | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 527 PS 1911 QV Sideface 3 Line Heading With Dividing Line HG #19a “Views of Townsville”, superb unused. QUEENSLAND | Postal Stationery - Letter Cards 528 PS 1912 QV Numerals in 4 Corners 1d red on greyish stock as HG #A5 but with the horizontal perforations extending to the edges of the card, fine unused with less than ten examples known, also included is a comparison example of #A5 with the more usual perf configuration. Rare.

QUEENSLAND | Postal History 529 * 1864 (Apr 27) cover to Kembla (NSW) with 6d Chalon SG #26 tied by smudged Rays ‘24’ cancel, Banana [Rated RRRR], Gayndah, Brisbane, Ship-Letter Sydney, Charcoal & Kembla backstamps, repaired edge faults. 530 * 1867 (Oct 10) cover to Ipswich with 2d Chalon P12½x13 SG #50a (Cat £75, rare on cover) tied by Rays ‘40’ cancel, fine Burdekin [Rated RRRR], Bowen Type 1b [Rated RRRR], Brisbane & Ipswich (Nov 8) backstamps confirming four weeks in transit, a tad stained at base, fine overall.

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1873-75 Trio of Covers comprising [1] 1873 (Feb 21) Ipswich to Brisbane headed “Tender for Workmen’s Cottages S&W Railway” with 2d Chalon P13 pair tied by Rays ‘87’, Ipswich datestamp at lower left, Brisbane backstamp; [2] 1873 (Dec 2) to Branxton (NSW) with 3d Chalon P13 SG #88 tied by indistinct rays cancel, Sydney transit and weak Branxton arrival backstamps, faults; [3] 1875 (Sep 21) Registrar General OHMS cover to Warwick with 2d Chalon P13 tied by Rays ‘QL’ cancel, backflap missing. (3) 1878 (Dec 30) cover to Commissioner of Railways Office in Brisbane headed “Tender for/Machine Shop at/Maryborough” with 2d Chalon Plate II P12 SG #75 pair (Cat £150+, rare on cover) tied by Maryborough Type 3b(ii) Code 4 datestamp [Rated RRRR], weak Brisbane backstamp, cover slightly reduced at left, repaired flap.

1880 (Aug 3) registered cover to Sydney with First Sidefaces 2d pair & single tied by fine Bars ‘111’ cancel with Isisford Type 3a ‘AU3/80’ (ERD) datestamp beneath [Rated RRR], very fine two-line ‘REGISTERED/ISISFORD.’ handstamp at lower left, cover with a couple of vertical bends, fine overall. 1905 (Sept 6) envelope of the German ship S.M.S. Panther (imprint below Crowned Anchor on flap), franked 9d by five low value adhesives tied Brisbane registered cds with large ‘R’ in circle alongside. From a sea cadet addressed to the Post und Tel. Inspektor (same last name) at Fiume/Austria-Hungary, backstamp weak transit Naples sq circle (Oct 15) and fine arr ‘FIUME/ OKT17-E3/x1x’. Very scarce to rare destination. 1905-1907 Taxed Tatts Covers presumed to contain money and compulsorily registered comprising [1] 1905 (Aug 28) overweight cover, taxed at double deficiency (4d) plus registration fee (3d), fair Girofla datestamp on face [Rated RRR]; [2] 1907 (Jul 1) from Mitchell, taxed 3d for registration fee with Blank Tablet 3d due added, Toowoomba & Hobart backstamps; both covers with faults. (2)

QUEENSLAND | Numerals | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 536 SD 21-701 Collection with over 320 different numbers including 4R 286, 302 & 466, 3R 238, 246, 280, 427, 702, 2R x25 & R x87. A very good selection with above average quality strikes. 537 S Rated Group On Chalons ‘23’ R, ‘53’ R, ‘74’ 2R, 81 3R, ‘96’ R, ‘145’ 3R, ‘152’ 2R, ‘165’ 3R, ‘173’ R & ‘214’ R. Odd faulty stamp. Useful goup of numerals. (10) QUEENSLAND | Numerals 538 s 23: ‘23’ (B2) on 1861 2d Chalon (SG #15, Cat £28). Budgeworgorai period. Allocated to Bungeworgorai-PO 1/9/1861; replaced by 539

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266: ‘266’ (A2) on 2d on 1½d red KGV. [Rated 5R] Allocated to Emu Creek Siding-RO c.1874; PO 1/11/1877; renamed Greenmount PO 1/1/1879; renamed Greenmount R.S. PO 21/8/1901; renamed Greenmount PO c.-/2/1910.

543 s 277: (A2) on 4d buff-yellow 2nd transfer Chalon (SG #103). [Rated 5R] Allocated to Pikedale Reefs-PO 1/2/1878; closed 14/4/1879. 544 s 496: in violet on 1d Void Oval. [Rated 5R for use in violet] Allocated to Boonah-Renamed from Blumbergville RO c.1888; PO 1/8/1890. QUEENSLAND | Railway Numerals 545 s ‘49’ of Forest Hill RR, ‘62’ of Cambooya 2R, ‘99’ of Muckadilla 4R & ‘489’ of Landsborough 2R. QUEENSLAND | Datestamps | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 546 SD Adavale To Yuleba Colonial Period Collection with over 260 different cds including 4R x6, 3R x17, 2R x24 & R x31. While most are part-strikes, as you would expect for the small stamps of this period, the cancels are generally clear and readable. Quite a useful selection. QUEENSLAND | Datestamps 547 D Comet: ‘[C]OMET/17FE13/QUEENSLAND’ (A2) on 1d 4-Corners on piece. [Rated 5R] PO 5/9/1877.

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Corfield: unframed ‘CORFI[ELD]/8P/AU25/99/QUEENSLAND’ (A2+) LRD on 1d pair. [Rated 4R - only recorded used for a few months in 1899.] PO 5/10/1898; closed 16/8/1991. SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 549 U ‘OS’ Collection on ‘Imperial Album’ leaves with both ‘OS’ types present, also including surcharges. Good value at estimate. (46) 550 * ‘SPECIMEN’ 12½mm ovpt on 9d claret, 2/- crimson and 5d on 6d pale brown. 551 Broad Based Collection on ‘Imperial Album’ leaves with imperf 2d x6, 6d x2, nice 1/- orange, mint 6d Prussian blue SG #73, 6d bright blue kiss print, SG #136, large selection from middle period including surcharges and Long Toms thin ‘POSTAGE’ to 1/- and thick to 5/-, Some pmk potential with 1870s Streaky Bay and Second Valley noted. Inspection is sure to delight! (100s) SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Proofs & Essays 552 ** 1883-89 De La Rue 4d pale violet imperforate plate proof block of 4 on gummed unwatermarked paper, full unmounted gum. SOUTH AUSTRALIA

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1855 Imperf London Printing 6d deep blue, 3 good margins, cut into slightly at left, SG #3, small fault at top and regummed, very attractive with good colour. 1855 Imperf London Printing 6d deep blue, 4 good margins, SG #3, Cat £160. 1855 Imperf London Printing 6d deep blue pair, 4 good margins, SG #3, Cat £320, very attractive with good colour. 1856-58 Imperf Adelaide Printing horizontal 4-margin pairs of 2d orange-red with ‘28’ of Kooringa, 2d blood red (surface abrasion on left unit) with ‘60; of Penola, 2d red x2 with ‘25’ of Gawler and ‘3’ of Tanunda. An appealing group. 1856-58 Imperf Adelaide Printing 2d red 4 margins (close to huge) with wmk margin lines at right, SG #9, Cat £650.

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1858-59 First Roulettes 1/- orange large LHS margin with frame of neighbouring stamp at left fine unused, difficult stamp, SG #18, small tear in face, regummed, Cat £1,600. 1860-69 Second Roulettes 1d bright yellow-green, SG #19, part o.g, Cat £120. 1860-69 Second Roulettes 6d dull blue, SG #32, MNG, Cat £275. 1860-69 Second Roulettes 9d grey-lilac, SG #34, typical centring, MNG, Cat £130. 1904 DLR Wmk Crown/SA (Close) Perf 12x11½ 2d violet Plate 3 top left corner block of 4, perf ‘SA’, hinged in margin only. 1883-99 Wmk Crown/SA (Close) Perf 15 ½d brown marginal pair P12½ between, SG #188c, Cat £275.

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1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ complete 18½mm ‘SPECIMEN’ set of 13, all wmk sideways except the £3 which is wmk upright, mainly part og. The £3 & £5 are P11½-12½, the balance are P10, £5 thinned at top, 2/6d has part sheet number on right edge of stamp. A very rare complete set. The top 5 values are rated R3 by Walker. A similar set sold for $4,400 in a recent Sydney auction. Absent from Australia Post Archives. 1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ complete 12½mm ‘SPECIMEN’ set of 13, all P10 wmk sideways. 1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ 2/6d to £20 (ex 50/- & £10) with 12½mm ‘SPECIMEN’ all with gum and wmk upright, SG #195s-208s (ex 201s & 206s). A rare group. 1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ Perf 11½-12½ 50/- dull pink reprint optd Type 4 ‘SPECIMEN’ (12½x2mm), SG #201as with Doubling of ‘FIFTY SHILLINGS’, part og. Most Unusual. 1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ Perf 11½-12½ 50/- dull pink reprint optd Type 4 ‘SPECIMEN’ (12½x2mm), SG #201as with ‘FIFTY SHILLINGS’ misplaced upwards into frame, part og. Most Unusual. 1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ Perf 11½-12½ £4 lemon reprint optd Type 4 ‘SPECIMEN’ (12½x2mm), SG #203as with ‘FOUR POUND’ misplaced downwards ovelapping bottom frame, part og. Not seen by us before.

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1902-04 Thin ‘POSTAGE’ Perf 11½-12½ complete simplified set, SG #268-79, fine mint. (11) 1902-04 Thin ‘POSTAGE’ Perf 11½-12½ 3d to £1 with extra 8d, (10d, 5/-, 10/- & £1 are CTO), generally fine. (12) 1902-04 Thin ‘POSTAGE’ Perf 11½-12½ 1/- brown with POSTAGE & value in red-brown, SG #275c, Cat £900. Crease, neat 1902 Adelaide cancel. Rare. 1904-11 Thick ‘POSTAGE’ Wmk Crown/SA (Close) Perf 12 complete simplified set, 2/6d & 5/- are P12½ and £1 is the scarcer P12, SG #284-92, fine mint. (9)

SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Official Stamps 575 F 1891-99 ‘O.S.’ Type O2 ½d brown P10 strip of 4, units 1 & 3 both with No stop after S, SG #O60a, Cat £96. SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Railway Stamps 576 **/U 1885-1966 Selection with 1885 ‘VR’ In Corners ½d, 1d x2, 4d, 6d & 1/-, Red Numerals 1934 2d x2 & 1936 6d x2 (one has tear), 1966 Decimals 1c to 90c MUH, also NSW Silverton Tramway 1935 1d, 1½d & 6d MUH. (27) SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery 577 PS Unused Group: with Postal Cards x5 including 1877 1d BW #1 optd ‘SPECIMEN’ & 1909 1d Scenic issue ‘Dairy Farm’ in crimson H&G #8; also ½d Wrappers x8 on various stock types; generally fine/very fine condition. (13)

SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 578 PS 1908 Scenic Views 1d red, HG #8, with ‘DAIRY FARM/NEAR ADELAIDE’ view. Fresh unused. 579 PS 1908 Scenic Views 1d deep blue, HG #8, with ‘HINDLEY STREET’ view. Fresh unused.

580 PS 1908 Scenic Views 1d grey-green, HG #8, with ‘PALM HOUSE BOTANIC GARDENS ADELAIDE’ view. Fresh unused. 581 PS 1908 Scenic Views 1d deep blue, HG #8, with ‘CARTING FAR NORTH’ view. Fresh unused. SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Postal History 1861 (Jun 25) cover to Salisbury, England with Rouletted 6d violet-blue SG #28 tied by ‘PAID/ADELAIDE SA’ cds in blue with 582 * second fine strike alongside, Salisbury backstamp. David Brandon Certificate (2014) somewhat confusingly descibes stamp as “Imperforate.”

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1886-1937 Assortment with 1886 1d Postal Card from Norwood to Glen Osmond (backstamp), 1891 1d Postal Card PTPO for ‘Der Deutsche Club, Incorp’ Christmas Party, 1901 mourning cover to UK with optd ‘OS’ 1d & 2d, Supreme Court House (Adelaide) crest on flap, 1902 taxed 1d Postal Card from Eudunda to Glasgow, 1903 1d Postal Card uprated ½d for transit to Germany, 1907 PPC from Adelaide with Woodlupine (WA) arrival cds, etc, a few items with defects, mostly fine. (11) 1912 ‘O.K’ Private Perfin on Thick ‘POSTAGE’ 3d ‘Long Tom’ (SG #298) on Colton, Palmer & Preston Ltd cover (Jun 28) to USA tied by Adelaide machine cancel. Rare on cover.

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Government Printer ‘G.P.’ in black on rouletted 2/- rose-carmine, pre-printing paper wrinkles, [Rated R+]. Again superb! Manager Of Railways ‘M.R.’ in black on De La Rue Wmk Crown/SA Perf 10 2d, [Rated R]. Very fine. Marine Board ‘M.B.’ in black on Star Wmk P11½x12½, [Rated RRR]. Police array ‘P.’ in black on rouletted 2d x2, ‘P.’ in blue on rouletted 2d x6 (three on piece), also ‘P.’ in black on Crown SA 2d P10 x12, many are dated examples. (20) Post Office ‘P.O.’ in red on rouletted 2d vermilion, cut from the sheet to preserve the design, some original gum intact on reverse, [Rated RRR]. Superb!

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Post Office ‘P.S.’ in black on rouletted 6d dull blue. [Rated RRRR] Superb! Roads Board ‘R.B.’ in black on De La Rue Wmk Crown/SA roulette, watermark reversed. [Rated R] Sheriff ‘S’ on Perf 10 6d Prussian blue, oversized example, [Rated S]. Superb! Stipendary Magistrate ‘S.M.’ in black on 4d deep violet P10, large example, rated RRR. Treasury ‘T.’ in black on Perf 12½ 2/- carmine, [Rated R]. Superb!

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Datestamps | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 600 SD A-Y Collection of all different cancels on stamps or piece with about 550 predecimal and about 100 decimal period. Cancels are generally good, the vendor has noted R x29 & 2R x4. Good starter collection. (650+) TASMANIA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 601 **/*/U 1850s-1900s Collection on Imperial Album pages mainly fine used and quite comprehensive from 4d Courier x 5 (incl. forgery and damaged), imperf Chalons 1d x 10, 2d x 9, 4d x 11, 6d x 11, 1/- 3, well represented mid-range issues to 5/- x2, pictorials in abundance, ‘REPRINT’ ovpt x 108, ‘SPECIMEN’ x5. Some postmark interest, great value at estimate. (350+) 602 */W 1870s-1912 on leaves mainly fine from 1870 10d black x2 SG #131 with good range side-face shades incl 8d x5, 9d x4, tablets to 1/- x5, all pictorial values well represented, surcharges incl 2½d on 9d x5, 1½d on 5d x3, 1912 ‘ONE PENNY’ on 2d x4, small Stamp duty 1d, 3d and 1/- very fresh small selection ‘REVENUE’ optd surcharges. Excellent entree, retail c$2,250. (140+) TASMANIA

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1857-69 Imperf Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral 4d Specialised Study on pages with examples of colour, worn impressions, spacing between stamps, frame irregularities and inverted watermarks. Interesting group, SG #35-9, Cat £1,352++. (52) 1860-67 Imperf Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral 6d grey pair, 4 margins, SG #45, Cat £170+. 1863-71 Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral Walsh & Sons Perf 12 1d carmine, SG #70, straight top edge from sheet margin, original gum, Cat £100. 1863-71 Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral Walsh & Sons Perf 12 1/- vermilion, SG #77, straight bottom edge from sheet margin, part o.g\, Cat £400.

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TASMANIA | Railway Stamps 628 U 1919 Garratt 4d Yellow-Green rouletted 6¾, cancelled at Devonport. Fine condition. 629 U 1918 Garratt 1/- Dark Blue rouletted 6¾, cancelled at Devonport. Fine condition. TASMANIA | Postal Stationery 630 PS Unused Accumulation: with Postal Cards comprising 1895 1d Sideface BW #7 x9 & Walch’s Postal Card x6; Envelopes 1893 2d BW #1 x3, plus PTPO x10 comprising singletons x3 including ½d, doubletons x6 including 2d+½d and a tripleton (½d+½d+1d); also 1883 4d Registration Envelope BW #1a; some blemishes mostly fine. (28)

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1889 (Oct 2) use of 6d Platypus to Isle of Wight, cancelled with lovely ‘74’ tied by framed ‘SANDY BAY/OC2/89/TAS[M]ANIA’. Small tear on face. Commercial use of Postal Fiscals is unusual. 1892 Queen Victoria Embossed Without Words of Value 1894 (Apr 4) use uprated with 2½d on 9d for transit to Wurrtemberg with part-strike of the chamfered-boxed ‘REGISTERED/HOBART’ handstamp in violet (this is the earliest recorded usage of the handstamp), superb Italian ‘AMBTE BOLOGNA-ALA/(Nº2)’ TPO transit and Ulm backstamps. 1895 (Jun 7) cover to Victoria with Postal Fiscal 2/6d St George tied by light BN ‘245’ of ‘MOONAH’ (cds at left), superb strike of the handstamp in blue, ‘REGISTERED/JE11/95/MELBOURNE’ arrival backstamps.

1897 (Jan 13) use of 1/- Platypus on Registration Envelope from Hobart to Germany. Very rare use of Postal Fiscal. 637 * TASMANIA | Datestamps 638 * Claremont Military Camp: ‘MILITARY CAMP 1/3AU16/TASMANIA’ (B1) on 1d red KGV cover to Hobart with blue boxed ‘Y.M.C.A.’ printed on face, with original enclosure. PO 23/10/1914; closed 22/11/1918. 639 * Claremont Military Camp: ‘MILITARY CA[MP]/11SE17/TASM[ANIA]’ (B2) on 1d red KGV perf ‘OS’ on OHMS cover from the Camp Commandant to a deceased soldier’s widow, missing the backflap.

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VICTORIA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 640 */U 1850s-1870s Simplified Collection containing 2d QoT x6 (incl pair), small selection Woodblocks to 2/- including Too Late and Registered x2, 1/- Octagonal x 7, 1d & 6d QoT with 3d Half-Length and 1d QoT pair and single on piece, 1d QoT unused, large selection of 4d Emblems lesser amount of other values, some Beaded Ovals incl 6d Orange, large grouping of Laureates to 5/noted 10d Grey (faults), 8d Orange x 7. Overall good to fine with faults, worth a closer inspection. (230+) 641 U 1854-1860s Collection on album pages with imperf 1854 1/- Octagonal x3 one with Flaw in front of Queen’s face & huge upper margin, 1856 Queen-on-Throne 1d x5 including two pairs, 1857-63 Emblems extensive array of with imperf, rouletted and perforated issues including a few pairs, 1858 Rouletted 6d Queen-on-Throne x11 including a pair, 1859 1/- Octagonal P12 x4 one with ‘VICFORIA’ flaw & a huge upper margin, 1860-66 Beaded Ovals including Laid Paper 3d deep blue, 3d maroon, and imperf 4d tied to piece, also Netted Corners & Adapted Design issues and a perforated 6d black Woodblock, condition mostly fine. (150+) 642 U 1863-74 Mostly Laureates on album pages including DLR single-line watermark 8d orange, Wmk ‘8’ 1d, 3d lilac,10d grey & 10d grey-black, 1d bright yellow-green Wmk ‘4’ & Wmk ‘6’; V/Crown 3d lilac & 3d grey-lilac, 5/- blue/yellow and 5/- blue & red x5; Wmk double-line numerals Wmk ‘1’ 1d strip of 3, Wmk ‘4’ 6d, Wmk ‘SIX PENCE’ 1d & 6d x2, Wmk ‘THREE PENCE’ 6d x2, Wmk ‘FOUR PENCE’ 6d; good range of perf types, possible postmark interest including 1866 Skipton oval datestamp on 1d; condition mostly fine. Good lot. (170) 643 */W 1863-74 Selection with Single Wmk 1d P12 x6, Perf P13 x6, 2d P12 x2 & P13 x2, 4d P12 & P13, V/Crown to 3d lilac SG #133, plus ½d on 1d, condition fair to very fine, with or without gum, Cat £2,500+. (26) 644 */U 1870-1884 Array on Album Pages mostly used with 1870 DLR 2d P13 x4 & P12 x3, 1873-87 Bell ½d 1d x2, 2d Die I & 1/- mint plus 2/- Watermark Sideways used, 1876 8d on 9d x2, 1877 Saunders Wmk ‘10’ 9d P12 & P13, 1878 Emergency Printings on coloured papers complete ex SG #198, 1882-84 Naish 2d Brown & 2d mauve x2 mint, condition mostly fine, Cat £800+. (62) 645 */U 1880-1901 Collection reasonably complete for period mint or used including Naish 1880-84 1d CTO,1884-85 inscribed ‘STAMP DUTY’ to 2/- x3 (the listed shades) mint including ½d & 1d pairs, 1885 Overprinted ‘STAMP DUTY’ 3d, 4d, 1/- & 2/- plus 2/- Wmk Sideways fiscally used, 1886-96 to 1/6d pale blue & 1/6d orange mint including ½d pink block of 4, and 9d carmine-rose, 1891 1d orange-brown/pink marginal strip of 3 mint, 1899-1901 4d & 5d blocks of 4 CTO, 1901 Without ‘POSTAGE’ ½d to 5/- set mint including ½d ‘VICTCRIA’ flaw in a pair, condition mostly fine. (200+)

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1850-53 Half-Length Ham 1st State group comprising 1d chocolate-brown with small corner defect & some central thinning; 2d lilac-mauve Stone A & 2d brown-lilac Stone B, both shaved at top, otherwise attractive examples; 3d bright blue (surface fault at base) & 3d blue x3, two with complete margins (one has a pinhole), the third with huge margins at base and at right, all with butterfly cancels, Cat £2,850 (ex 1d & 3d bright blue). (6) 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 1st State 2d brown-lilac (stone B) 3 close margins, 4th cut-into at bottom right [pos ii], SG #3, Cat £500, cancelled with blue ‘Butterfly ‘15’ of Geelong, shallow thin. An attractive stamp. 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 1st State 3d bright blue [pos 23] 4-margins, SG #4, Cat £600, light Butterfly ‘15’ cancel. 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 2nd State 1d red-brown [22] SG #5, margins just touching (at top right) to large, superb butterfly ‘15’ of Warnambool, Cat £450. Pleasing example. 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 2nd State 1d pale dull red-brown SG #5a just shaved at base plus 3d blue SG #7 x2 [Pos 3 & 10] both with good to large margins, Cat £830. (3) 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 2nd State 1d pale dull red-brown [7] SG #5a, margins close to very good, flattened crease (& possible small repair), butterfly ‘31’ cancel of Campaspie [Rated RRRR], Cat £450. Elusive shade. 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 2nd State 1d pale dull-brown [pos 20] 3 good margin (right side is large), SG #5a, small surface abrasion on left side, Good colour, Cat £450. Fine Butterfly ‘7’ of Maiden’s Punt.

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ex 666 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 3rd State Selection on album page with 1d dull red single and pair (left hand unit with fault), 1d brownish-red & 1d dull rose; also 3d blue/greenish blue x5; most stamps have plate position indicated on reverse, variable margins but generally attractive examples, Cat £1,100+ (ex the faulty unit in pair). (10) 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 3rd State 1d dull rose [1], SG #9b, margins just-shaved to very good, small stain and notch in right margin, Cat £180. 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 3rd State 2d grey SG #10, just shaved (at base) to huge (at top) margins butterfly ‘24’ cancel of Horsham [Rated R] and 2d olive-grey SG #10a complete even margins, butterfly ‘15’ cancel of Geelong; fine duo, Cat £400. 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 3rd State 2d grey, SG #10, 2½-margins on outer, cancelled with Butterfly ‘29’, framed oval ‘PORT FAIRY/CROWN/28*SE/1850/N.S.W’ backstamp. [Barwis records 19 covers with this stamp, this item is not in his census and is the 3rd earliest known use.] 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 3rd State 2d olive-grey [3], SG #10a, margins just shaving to close/good, Cat £200. 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 3rd State 3d blue pair [9-10] SG #11, complete margins with fragment of adjoining stamp at left, barred oval cancels, Cat £170+.

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1850-53 Half-Length Ham Altered 3rd State 1d reddish-brown [3-4] SG #12 pair, margins shaved (at base) to good, rare 1854 (Nov 15) use of Glenorchy crown oval datestamp as a canceller, Cat £340+. 1850-53 Half-Length Ham Altered 3rd State selection comprising 1d bright pink red x2, 2d grey-drab, 2d lilac-drab & 2d pale lilac-drab, 3d blue/greenish blue x4, some stamps shaved/cut-into in places, generally attractive neatly cancelled examples, usually with plate positions indicated on reverse, Cat £1,180. (9) 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 4th State 2d red-lilac, 2d lilac & 2d dull brownish-lilac SG #15,15a,15c, shaved/just shaved to very good margins, all with butterfly cancels, Cat £855. (3) 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 4th State 2d red-lilac [29], SG #15, slightly rounded corner and crease, 1 large margin, 3 close or touching, otherwise a fine example of this scarce shade, Cat £325. 1850-53 Half-Length Ham Altered 4th State 2d selection on album page comprising lilac-grey, deep grey, brown-lilac x2 (one cut-into at base), cinnamon x3 (shades), plus drab, pale dull brown, olive-drab & greenish-grey shades, margins just cut-into to very large, generally fine presentable examples, barred oval or butterfly cancels, Cat £1,495. (11) 1850-53 Half-Length Ham Altered 4th State 2d brown-lilac SG #16b x2 [9(?) & 28] the former with hint of a shallow thin, barred oval ‘1’ cancel, the latter with tiny scissor nick in lower-left margin, very fine barred oval ‘37’ cancel, Cat £220. (2)

1850-53 Half-Length Ham Altered 4th State 2d cinnamon (shades) reconstruction of intermediate stone of 30 (6x5) including 2 pairs, good examples of most positions with detailed notes. One for the serious collector!, SG #17, Cat £3,500+. (30) 1852 Imperf Queen-On-Throne Ham Recess 2d reddish brown [QU], SG #18, 4 close or touching margins, Cat £500. 1852-56 2d Queen-On-Throne Array on album pages with Ham x3, Campbell x12 including vertical & horizontal pairs, Campbell & Fergusson x16 with four pairs including ‘XA-YB’ Creased transfer [47-48], some stamps cut-into but mostly fine with complete margins. (31) 1852-54 Queen-On-Throne Collection organised by SG number, includes Engraved x9 (with one pair), Litho x36 (with strip of 4 and eight pairs), plus Litho pair on 1855 outer from Hamilton to Melbourne. Odd fault but generally good quality. (45 + cvr)

1854 Half-Length Campbell & Co 1d orange-red SG #23 x2, one with good to large margins; 3d blue SG #24 x8 comprising horizontal pair [21-22] with complete margins, vertical pair with largely complete margins [14&20], horizontal pair with Retouch under ‘C’ of ‘VICTORIA’ cancelled with BN ‘60’ of Launceston, plus two singles; fine appearance, Cat £780+. (10) 1854 Half-Length Campbell & Co 1d orange-red [17], SG #23, margins good to large, Cat £140. 1854 Half-Length Campbell & Co 1d rose, SG #23a, 4 generous margins, Cat £750. A rare stamp. 1854 Imperf 1/- Octagonal SG #25, cut square, but all sides touching or cut-into, Cat £900. 1854 Imperf 1/- Octagonal indigo-blue shade, SG #25b, cut square, 2-margins, others just touching or cut-into slightly, Cat £170. 1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 1d brown [21] SG #26, complete even margins, rich colour, BN ‘2’ cancel, Cat £130.

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1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 1d rose (group) 4 close or touching margins, SG #28, stained, tear at bottom left, mint no gum. 1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 3d selection comprising Stone B bright blue & greenish blue x6 including two pairs comprising [13-14] unit 13 with Primary flaw on Queen’s left hand & [17-18] unit 17 Retouch under ‘C’ of ‘VICTORIA’; Stone C Prussian blue x2; & Stone D in steel-blue, greenish blue, blue, deep blue & indigo; mostly fine with tidy cancels, Cat £900. (14) 1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 3d greenish blue [Pos 16] 3-margins, SG #29a, thinned, mint no gum. 1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 3d Prussian blue, SG #30, thin at top right, 4 good to large margins Cat £90. 1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 3d greenish blue 3½-margins (2 large) [pos 8], SG #31a

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1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 3d indigo SG #31d, complete margins, tidy cancel, Cat £55, also 3d Half-length Jeffreys’ forgery marginal block of 9 & a single. 1854-59 Woodblocks on Album Page with imperf 6d x5, 6d ‘TOO LATE’, 1/- ‘REGISTERED’ Die I & Die II (very scarce) & 2/(complete margins, minor edge thins), Rouletted 6d SG 53a and perforated 2/- x2, condition generally fine, Cat £1,000+. (12) 1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 6d dull orange, SG #32a, small thin, margins very close or just touching, rare MNG, Cat £500. This example shows the ‘GPO’ engraved on either side of the neck unusually clearly. 1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 6d dull orange SG 32a, complete margins, possible evidence of rouletting on right side only; also 6d orange-yellow Rouletted 7-9 on three sides and apparently Rouletted 15-16 on left side being a small stamp so offered “as is”, barred oval ‘15’ cancel of Warnambool in blue. (2) 1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 6d dull orange SG #32a pair with good to huge margins, BN ‘2’ cancels of Geelong, very fine pair Cat £36+.

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1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 6d lilac & green ‘TOO LATE’ 4 good to large margins, SG #33. 1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 6d lilac & green ‘TOO LATE’ [pos 15 type B], SG #33, 4 large margins, Cat £250. 1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 6d lilac & green ‘TOO LATE’, SG #33, 4 large margins, Cat £250. 1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 6d ‘Too Late’ with four margins and 1/- ‘Registered’ three margins, both good examples of these printings, SG #33-4, Cat £440. (2) 1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 1/- ‘REGISTERED’, three good margins, SG #34.

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1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 1/- ‘REGISTERED’ Die I, SG #34, 2 good marigins, 2 just touching, Cat £190. 1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 1/- ‘REGISTERED’ Die I, SG #34, 4 good marigins, Cat £190, light BN ‘76’ of Smythe’s Creek. 1857 Imperf Emblems Wmk Large Star 1d yellow-green, SG #41, 4-margins, MNG, Cat £200. 1857 Rouletted 7-9 By GPO Staff 3d greenish-blue Half-Length SG #49a shallow thin at top; also Robinson P12 3d blue Half Lengths SG #78 x2, Cat £510. (3) 1857 Experimental Rouletting By Calvert 6d orange-yellow Rouletted 7-9 on all four sides, SG #57, Cat £95. 1857 Experimental Rouletting By Calvert 6d orange-yellow Rouletted 7-9 on all four sides SG #57, fine example, Senf guarantee handstamp, Cat £95.

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1859 Perf 12 By Robinson 1/- Octagonal, SG #81, no gum, Cat £275, unusually fine. 1859 Perf 12 By Robinson 1/- Octagonal, SG #81, a little aged, no gum, Cat £300. 1859 Perf 12 By Robinson 2/- dull bluish green on pale yellow Woodblock, SG #82, no vertical perfs, MNG, Cat £550. 1859 Emblems Poorer Quality Wove Paper Perf 12 1d dull green, SG #84, light crease, large part typical brown gum, Cat £250. 1859 Emblems Horizontally Laid Paper Perf 12 1d dull green laid lines closer together, SG #86a, fresh colour, MNG, mint unpriced by SG.

1859 Emblems Horizontally Laid Paper Perf 12 4d rose marginal single with part inscription, SG #89a, large part typical brown gum, selvedge re-attached, Cat £500. 1860-66 Beaded Oval Wmk Value in Words Perf 12 3d pale blue SG #90, some minor aging, unused, Cat £200. 1860-66 Beaded Oval Wmk Value in Words Perf 12 3d maroon, SG #91, mint no gum, Cat £300, a difficult stamp. 1860-66 Beaded Oval Wmk Value in Words Perf 12 4d rose-pink, SG #92, one toned perf, MNG, Cat £150. 1860-66 Beaded Oval Wmk Value in Words Perf 12 6d orange, SG #93, fine example with strong colour, Cat £425, Tasmanian BN ‘60’ of Launceston. [Victoria’s rarest stamp on a simplified basis]

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1860-66 Beaded Oval Wmk Value in Words Perf 12 6d orange, SG #93, fine example with good colour, Cat £425. 1860-66 Beaded Oval Wmk Value in Words Perf 12 6d orange SG #93, exceptional centring for this issue, BN ‘1’ cancel, Cat £425. 1860-66 Beaded Oval Wmk Value in Words Perf 12 6d black wing margin [D25], SG #94, fault at base due to paper crease, Re-entry to value tablet at right, Cat £350 as normal stamp. 1860-66 Beaded Oval Wmk Single Lined Numerals 4d dull rose-pink, SG #95, MNG, Cat £180. 1860-66 Beaded Oval Wmk Single Lined Numerals 4d rose-pink Rouletted 8, SG #95c, Cat £250. 1860-66 Beaded Oval Wmk Single Lined Numerals 4d rose Imperf, SG #95d, Cat £75.

1860-63 Emblems Wmk Value in Words Perf 12 2d bluish slate, SG #100, MNG, Cat £190. 1861-64 Netted Corners Wmk Double-Lined 1 1d yellow-green, SG #105, Wmk reversed and inverted, couple of small thins, Cat £200 as normal stamp. 1861-64 Netted Corners Wmk Double-Lined 1 1d yellow-green, SG #105, No wmk. [Kellow notes that no Wmk stamps are occasionally found due to the wmks from this Tasmanian paper, for the larger Chalons, not matching up well with this stamp.] 1862-64 Adapted Design Wmk 6 1d grey P12¼-12½x11½-12. [Kellow notes that the stamps of this perf occurred in September 1864 when partly perforated sheets where completed with the loan perforater from the Government Printer.] 1863-74 Laureates DLR Paper Wmk Single-Lined Numeral 1d green P12½x12½, part typical brown gum, uncatalogued. A perf 12¼-12½ line perforator was used for 3 weeks in Sept 1864.

1863-74 Laureates DLR Paper Wmk Single-Lined Numeral 1d green P13 With extensives breaks & distortions of framelines at top, even toned gum. Unusual. 1863-74 Laureates DLR Paper Wmk Single-Lined Numeral 1d deep green P12x13 SG #108eb, unused and unpriced as such. Rare. 1863-74 Laureates DLR Paper Wmk Single-Lined Numeral 1d green P12½x12½, MNG, uncatalogued. A perf 12¼-12½ line perforator was used for 3 weeks in Sept 1864. 1863-74 Laureates DLR Paper Wmk Single-Lined Numeral 2d violet P12½x12½, large part typical brown gum, unpriced by SG, blue pencil mark on face. A perf 12¼-12½ line perforator was used for 3 weeks in Sept 1864. 1863-74 Laureates DLR Paper Wmk Single-Lined Numeral 2d violet P12½x12½, MNG, unpriced by SG. A perf 12¼-12½ line perforator was used for 3 weeks in Sept 1864.

1863-74 Laureates DLR Paper Wmk Single-Lined Numeral 2d grey P12, SG #109e, MNG, Cat £160. 1863-74 Laureates DLR Paper Wmk Single-Lined Numeral 4d dull rose-red P12, SG #110e, off-centre jumbo stamp, reperfed on 3 sides, hinge rems, Cat £200. 1863-74 Laureates DLR Paper Wmk Single-Lined Numeral 8d orange P13, SG #112, Cat £650, MNG, straight edge at top, with Scratch through G of EIGHT etc. 1863-74 Laureates DLR Paper Wmk Single-Lined Numeral 8d orange, SG #112, fine MNG, Cat £650. 1864-65 Laureates Wmk Double-Lined 4 4d deep rose SG #114 pair, left-hand unit with Transient printing flaw running from below Queen’s nose to the name tablet in upper-right corner, BN cancel. Unusual.

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1864-65 Laureates Wmk Double-Lined 4 4d deep rose SG #114 Imperforate from left of the sheet with vertical watermark lines, four good margins, minor aging. Uncatalogued and most unusual. 1863-74 Laureates Emergency Printing on DLR Paper Wmk Incorrect Single Lined Numeral 3d lilac, wmk ‘8’, SG #118, fine mint, Cat £200. 1863-74 Laureates Emergency Printing on DLR Paper Wmk Incorrect Single Lined Numeral 10d grey with wmk ‘8’, SG #119, MNG, Cat £900. 1863-74 Laureates Saunders Paper Wmk Single-Lined Numeral of Value 4d rose-red P12x13, SG #121a, usual brown gum, Cat £180. 1863-74 Laureates Saunders Paper Wmk Single-Lined Numeral of Value 10d purple-brown/pink with type 4 ‘SPECIMEN. Four examples recorded in private hands. 1867-81 Laureates Wmk V/Crown 4d in two distinct shades, one plated as [E9], hinge rems on one. Mint. (2)

1867-81 Laureates Wmk V/Crown Perf 12 5/- bright & blue Type II (glazed paper) SG #148, mildly toned o.g, Cat £500. 1873-87 Bell Wmk 1st V/Crown Perf 13 2d pale mauve Die I Mixed P13x12 SG #178d, fine example with tidy BN cancel, Cat £375. 1873-87 Bell Wmk 1st V/Crown Perf 13 1/- pale blue/blue with the Watermark Sideways SG 180ca, 1880 Melbourne cds, Cat £750. Rare with approximately a dozen example recorded.. 1884 Stamp Statute Wmk 1st V/Crown Perf 13 1/- deep blue/blue P12½. SG #224c, Retail $325. 1884-96 Stamp Duty Litho 1st V/Crown Litho 4/- orange-red P12½, SG #238b, corner thin, part gum; also Electrotype 5/- pale claret/yellow P12½ SG #260c, fine large-part gum; Cat £215. (2) 1884-96 Stamp Duty Typo 1st V/Crown Perf 13 5/- pale claret/yellow P12½, plus 1896 5/- rosine P12½ (crease not apparent from face), SG #260c,270, retail $600.

1884-96 Stamp Duty Typo 2nd V/Crown Perf 12½ 1d ochre, SG #265a, MVLH, Cat £75. 1884-96 Stamp Duty Typo 2nd V/Crown Perf 12½ 3/- olive-drab, SG #268a. Retail $200. 1884-96 Stamp Duty Typo 2nd V/Crown Perf 12½ 3/- olive-drab, SG #268a, MNG, Cat £110 1884-96 Stamp Duty Typo 2nd V/Crown Perf 12½ 3/- olive-drab & 4/- red-orange. SG #268a,269, min retail $500. 1884-96 Stamp Duty Typo 2nd V/Crown Perf 12½ 4/- yellow-orange wmk upright, SG #269ab, plus fiscally used & regummed 2/-.

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

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1897-1900 Charity Sets comprsing 1897 Hospital Charity fund SG #353-54 with Melbourne CTO cancels & 1900 Empire Patriotic Fund with Illowa (Vic) datestamps in violet, Cat £410+. 1901 (May 14) 2d Stationery Envelope registered from Melbourne to London uprated with 1901 Without ‘POSTAGE’ 5/-, 2/-, 4d & 2d, plus 1899-1901 2½d & 9d. One of two known examples of 5/- SG #383 on cover. 1901-10 ‘POSTAGE’ Wmk 4th V/Crown Perf 12x12½ or 12½ Watermark Sideways Pointing Left (as viewed from back of the stamp) SG #385ab, fine mint, Cat £200. 1901-10 ‘POSTAGE’ Wmk 4th V/Crown Compound Perf (12x12½ or 12) & 11 2d violet with CTO cancel and rare blue ‘ULTRAMAR’ handstamp. 1901-10 ‘POSTAGE’ Wmk 4th V/Crown Compound Perf (12x12½ or 12) & 11 6d emerald with CTO cancel and rare blue ‘ULTRAMAR’ handstamp.

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ex 789 VICTORIA | Official Stamps 788 U/* 1900-13 Perf ‘OS’ Selection organised by value, appears unsorted for wmk or perforations, mixed condition. With ½d x20, 3d x46 (mint x1), 4d x46 (mint x3), 5d x47, 6d x23, 9d x46 & 2/- x21. (249) VICTORIA | Postage Dues 789 U 1890-1909 Range with 1890-94 Claret & Blues to 5/- (CTO) including 10d & 2/- (Sorrento cds), 1895-96 to 2/- & 5/- CTO, 189699 set, 1901-04 to 1/- with some shades, 1905-09 to 4d with shades, mix of postal & CTO cancels, generally fine, Cat £425+. (54) 790 * 1890-94 Blue & Claret ½d to 5/- set, odd tone, part to large-part gum, Cat £475. (10) 791 * 1890-94 ½d to 5/- dull blue & brown-lake set of 10, SG #D1-10, odd small gum-side issues, otherwise fine mint, Retail $850. 792 * 1890-94 5/- dull blue & brown-lake, SG #D10, Retail $375. 793 * 1895-96 New Colours ½d to 5/- set of 10, SG #D11-20, good looking mint, retail c$675.

VICTORIA | Revenues 794 U Collector Of Imposts: c.1902 ER This Instrument, no value expressed, in blue/pink, pen cancelled. 795 U 1871 Stamp Statute: Numeral Wmk 1/- & 2/-, V/Crown 6d x2 (one postally used) 1/- x3, 2/-, 2/6d, 5/-, 10/-, £1 x2 plus a fine £5; also reprints 1d, 4d (defects), 6d, 2/6d, 5/-, 10/- (crease) & £1. (21) 796 U Stamp Duty Selection: postally used 6d, 1/-, 1/6d, 3/- maroon/blue & 3/- drab, also fiscally used £5 & £10 with 1886-87 pen cancels. (60+)

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Phoenix Auctions will be at STAMPEX in LONDON from 18th - 21st February 2015 We are able to accept Consignments at Stampex to enable you to take full advantage of the current strong philatelic market in Australia.

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VICTORIA | Postal Stationery 806 PS Mostly Unused Assortment: with Envelopes x2, Letter Cards x10 including 1895 2d on 1d Stieg #7a & 1901 2d #14 with Melbourne ‘FE26/02’ CTO cancel, Wrappers x5 including 1880 ½d rose; condition variable. (17) VICTORIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 807 PS 1908 Fleet Cards 1d, Stieg #P33, very fresh unused. VICTORIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (Official) 808 PS 1867 Returned Letter blue envelope (horiz fold) numbered ‘X/25,000-1/67’ to Ballarat from Dead Letter Branch of GPO, Melbourne with duplex postmark ‘MELBOURNE/2 T/JY15/67’ and backstamp Ballarat following day. Not common.

VICTORIA | Postal Stationery - Franks 809 PS Chief Secretary: OHMS Report of Death from Contagious or Infectious Disease form reporting death of infant in Nortcote from measles, pneumonia & heart failure, Chief Secretary Frank Karman #V340.4 tied by Melbourne ‘16/11/00’ double-ring cds. 810 PS Commissioner Of Crown Lands And Survey: Die 1 handstamped in blue on OHMS Cover Sheet addressed from Ballarat with backstamp Warrenheip unframed oval following day and, on the front, oval ‘UNCLAIMED’ applied. Very scarce to rare, Steig & Watson (p4) records 4 only seen - now there are five!

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Postmaster General: Frank Stamp sample (Die 3) on piece with mss “cancelled” (to avoid possible misuse) attached to notepaper bearing the mss inscription “With J. H. Abbotts Comps/(Acting Postmaster-/General)/16/3/94”. 812 PS Postmaster-General: Steig & Watson Die P3 printed on Envelope (133x105mm) for the Federal Convention, crest on flap, unused. VICTORIA | Postal Stationery - International Reply Coupons 813 PS 1907-20 1st Type with 2nd setting on back, cancelled at right with violet oval ‘STAMP BRANCH/28FEB11/GENERAL POST OFFICE’. Couple of light tonespots. The first we have offered. VICTORIA | Pictorial Envelopes 1909 (Dec 15) use of ‘EXHIBITION BUILDINGS, MELB.’ from Box Hill to Texas with 2½d blue, a few tonespots, otherwise fine. 814 * Use of the envelopes to overseas destination is very rare. VICTORIA | Postal History 815 * 1850 (Jun 18) lettersheet to Melbourne from GB with mss “3” on front and good strike of ‘SHIP LETTER/(Crown)/NO*1/1850/ MELBOURNE’ receiving datestamp in red on reverse alongside black strike of ‘J.B.WILCOCKS, AGENT FOR GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION/(PLY)MOUTH’ handstamp. Slight water staining. Ex Freeman Gold Medal Exhibit.

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1856 (Oct 2) outer to Maryborough with Campbell & Fergusson 1d rose strip of 3 (Squeezed transfer), 2d Queen-on-Throne, plus 6d Woodblock x2 & 6d Too Late Woodblock tied by BN ‘1’ cancels the 1/11d franking apparently overpaying by 1d the quadruple inland rate (4d per ½oz) plus 6d Late Fee, Melbourne oval & Maryborough crown oval backstamps. A remarkable & colourful franking!. 1857 (5 Aug) registered cover to England rated “6” with Woodblocks 1/- Registered Die II (from third printing) & 6d both with complete margins tied by BN ‘101’ of Windsor (rated RRR), Melbourne & Windsor crown oval backstamps, Reading arrival datestamp on face, blemishes including repaired tear & missing backflap. Ex Geitenbeek. [Only four 1/- ‘Die 2’ covers are recorded to UK]

1859 (Jul 19) outer from Geelong to Sydney endorsed “per first Steamer” & “under 1½oz” with perforated 1/- Octagonal x2 tied by BN ‘2’ cancel prepaying inter-colonial triple rate, Sydney backstamp, minor blemishes. 1862 (Feb 24) Sandhurst cover to Switzerland with 1/- Octagonal P12 & 6d black Beaded Oval tied Sandhurst ‘FE24/62’ cds & BN ‘4’ cancel, ‘PD’-in-oval handstamp & Calais transit datestamp on face, Melbourne, London, Basel, Lucerne, transits and Locarno arrival backstamps. [Switz#144 in Ben Palmer’s census] 1863 (Nov 20) cover from Melbourne to New York “Via Southampton” with 1/- Octagonal P12 & 2d Emblems P12 SG #101 tied by Melbourne datestamp paying sent at 1/2d per ½oz rate, rated “8” in black, London transit datestamp in red & weak New York ‘FEB/4’ arrival datestamp of face. [USA#184 in Ben Palmer’s census]

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1864 (Jul 23) cover to Switzerland with perforated 1/- Octagonal pair & 6d black Woodblock strip of 3 (equal record multiple) tied by weak strikes of BN ‘135’ of Epsom prepaying ½oz registered ship letter rate via Southampton, handstamped ‘CHARGÉ’ in black & ‘PD’-in oval in red, Calais ambulant transit datestamp on face, Epsom crown oval (extremely rare), French boxed ‘POIDS - CACHETS’, Basel and Locarno backstamps, some blemishes. Ex Purves, Kellow & Geitenbeek. [Switz#138 in Ben Palmer’s census] 1870s-1950s Group including [1] 1876 Cobden to England with Bell 2d Strip of 3 tied by BN ‘587’, Camperdown & Melbourne backstamps; [2] 1892 use of 2d Stationery Envelope from Melbourne, fine ‘UNCLAIMED AT/WARRNAMBOOL’ handstamp, Dead Letter Office Melbourne backstamp in magenta; [3] 1893 used of 2d Stationery Envelope to Melbourne cancelled with largely fine Dimboola belt & buckle oval datestamp; [4] 1906 Hochkirch to USA, taxed, Hamilton (Vic) & San Francisco backstamps; [4] 1909 unstamped to Adelaide taxed with Filled Tablet 4d P11½-12x11 Due BW #D26 added & tied by GPO datestamp; also postal stationery mint or used, PPCs, etc; condition generally fine. (13) 1876-1907 Covers written-up on display pages detailing ship transit details comprising [1] 1876 & 1877 (cover repaired) from Emerald Hill to same addressee in Louth, England both with 6d blue Laureates tied by BN ‘148’ duplex cancels; [2] 1904 GPO Melbourne OHMS double-rate registered cover to England with 5d & 3d tied by Melbourne datestamp, Birmingham backstamp; [3] 1906 Melbourne to Switzerland with QV 1d & 1½d, Basel backstamp; [4] 1907 to Switzerland with ½d Bantam strip of 3 & 1d ted by St Kilda Ry Stn ‘MC/24’ duplex cancels. (5)

1882 (Mar 2) cover to England with 6d blue Laureates x2 tied BN ‘17’ with largely fine Drysdale datestamp alongside, Geelong, Cross-In-Hand & Hawkhurst backstamps, torn flap, fine otherwise. 1889 (Mar 28) cover from Emu Creek to Saxony with 2d Stamp Duty x3, endorsed “Per German Packet Nurnberg”. Backstamps include fair Frankfurt-Basel TPO. 1890s-1940s Eclectic Array with 1896 Postmaster-General and The Treasurer frank stamp covers both to St Kilda, 1911 1d Stationery Envelope to London, 1917 Shire of Alexandra to Melbourne with ‘PAID AT/ALEXANDRA’ handstamp, 1918 advertising window envelope with KGV 1d carmine-rose (G30), 1939-50 Dooen registered covers to Geelong x4, etc; some defects but mostly fine. (15)

1891 advertising envelope endorsed “per Britannia” (scored out) and “per Oruba” added, from ‘Edward Waters/International Patent & Trademarks Office/Melbourne’ to London where it was re-directed and crowned circle containing ‘R’ was applied. This indicated that no extra charge was incurred as the re-direction was to an address within the same delivery area as the original address. Few tone spots. Ex Linfield. 1892 (Oct 3) use of 1d brown PTPO Envelope for Shire of Heidelberg, from Heidelberg to Melbourne, uprated with 1d brown. 1900 (Oct 23) use of 1d & 2d on fine Wm Cameron Bros & Co advertising cover with Havelock Tobacco collar, from Melbourne to USA. 1901 (Mar 18) registered Tatts cover with QV 2d & 1d tied by ‘R’-in circle cancels, Apollo Bay, Melbourne & Hobart backstamps with additional rare use of the ‘CAPE OTWAY/(crown)/VICTORIA’ wax seal.

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1905 (Oct 25) Henderson & Goodisson (Drapers, Bendigo) advertising PPC sent from Brighton to Goornong showing Bendigo Tramways souvenir tram ticket (with puncture hole!). Fine and unusual. Received Torn 1877 (Jul 23) battered mourning cover from Wales with GB 6d grey Plate 15 tied very fine Llanrwst ‘597’ duplex, 836 * superb strike of boxed (rounded corners) ‘RECEIVED TORN/AT GPO’ (34x10mm) on fragments of pink stamp-selvedge used as a resealing label. Received Torn 1880 (Dec 21) cover with very fine strike of boxed (rounded corners) ‘RECEIVED TORN/AT GPO’ (38x12mm) 837 * handstamp, Naish 2d brown tied by fine Echuca duplex, lower-right corner of the cover torn away. Ex Purves. Staight-Line Handstamps comprising [1] boxed ‘MACEDON’ tying 1d Postal Card, fine unframed ‘MACEDON/JE4/88’ cds 838 * beneath, Kyneton arrival cds; also [2] 1907 PPC to Dunolly with unframed ‘AVOCA’ handstamp (13x3mm) at the top of the message side (dated in manuscript beneath); fine condition. (2) VICTORIA | Postmarks 839 DS 1910s-Modern: jammed into old s/book, majority QEII era on small piece but also reasonable cover KGV/KGVI era. Wide range cancellation types incl PAID, DLO, instructional types, pictorial types, meter cutouts, etc. Big variety, inspection needed to appreciate full extent of this attractively estimated collection. (100s) *

VICTORIA | Butterflies 840 s 14: fine largely complete ‘14’ in black (Swan Hill) on imperf 6d Woodblock, [Rated RRR]. VICTORIA | Barred Ovals 841 s 51: (B2) on 1/- ‘REGISTERED’ Woodblock (shaved at top), [Rated RR]. Sandridge VICTORIA | Barred Numerals | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 842 S Selection On 1/- ‘REGISTERED’ Woodblock comprising ‘54’, ‘55’, ‘58’, ‘72’, ‘98’ & a very fine ‘113’, quality of strikes fair to fine, four of the stamps with complete margins, stamps Cat £1,140. (6) VICTORIA | Barred Numerals 843 s 288: ‘288’ (B2) on Rouletted 6d Queen-on-Throne. [Rated RRRR - the rating of RRR in Freeman & White is an error.] Allocated

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1346: ‘MCCC/46’ (A2) on 2d mauve Naish. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Timmering East-PO 1/7/1883; closed 1/12/1930. 1484: ‘MCCCC/84’ (A2) on 1d pink, [Rated RRRRR]. Allocated to Brunton-PO 17/10/1885; closed 15/8/1895. 1564: ‘MD/64’ (B2) on 1d pink, [Rated RRRR]. Allocated to South Elmore-PO 2/5/1887; renamed Elmore South PO c.1899; renamed 2003: (B2) two large-part strikes on 1d pair, [Rated RRR]. Allocated to Tallandoon-PO 21/1/1899; closed 29/6/1968.

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852 s 2087: ‘2087’(B2) largely complete strike on 1d pink, [Rated RRR]. Allocated to Dalyston-PO 10/8/1904; LPO 8/12/1993. 853 s MD58: (A2) largely fine and almost complete strike on 2d violet, [Rated RRR]. VICTORIA | Datestamps 854 * Broadmeadows Military Camp (1): ‘MILITARY CAMP BROADMEADOWS/16AP17/VIC’ (WWW #20 - B1) on Broadmeadows Military Camp (1) on South Australian Railways pay card, with printed address, accompanied by photocopy the soldier’s service record. [Cards were supplied by South Australian Railways for use by paymasters at Army Training Camps] PO 17/8/1914; closed 29/3/1919.

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Maribyrnong Military Camp: ‘[MILITARY CAMP] MARIBYRNONG/21AP17/VIC’ (A2) on 1d red KGV on South Australian Railways pay card, with printed address, accompanied by photocopy of soldier’s embarkation roll. PO 17/1/1916; closed c.-/10/

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VICTORIA | Travelling Post Offices T.P.O. 4: ‘T.P.O./4’ (A1) on spiked 1d Postal Card, 22mm ‘UP TRAIN/G.M.4/AP28/80/VICTORIA’ (A2) backstamp. 857 * 858 * T.P.O. 4: ‘T.P.O./4’ (A1) on spiked 1d Postal Card, 24mm ‘UP TRAIN/M.G.4/AU10/83/VICTORIA’ (A2 - ERD) backstamp. WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 859 **/*/U 1850s-1900s Collection on Imperial Album pages with examples from the entire period including; imperf 1d black, 4d blue x2, 1/- brown x2, 2d vermillion pair and 6d grey-black, usual range of perforated stamps, noted ½d on 1d ‘Thin Bar’ * & u, ½d - 1/#94-102 mint, 2/- & 2/6d #124-5 mint, small selection of fiscals to 1/- and some telegraph and official stamps. Condition good to fine and inspection is sure to delight! (c150)

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1860s-1912 Stamps and Postmarks range of mainly post 1900 issues with value to 5/- (SG #148, Cat £120), noticed 1/- green wmk CC with commissariat puncture, 4d brown ‘OS’ blocks. Plus a few hagners of both numeral postmarks & cds. (100s) 861 U 1861-88 Perkins Bacon Swans simplified set of all colours, good used examples. (12) WESTERN AUSTRALIA 862 F 1854-55 Imperf Lithographs 1d black, 3 good margins, 4th just shaved, SG #1, Cat £275. 863 F 1854 Recess Roulette 7½-14 1d black roul 12 on 4 sides, SG #2, cancelled with light 15-bar ‘2’ of Perth, light tonespot and small notch in top margin, Cat £650. 864 W 1854-55 Imperf Lithographs 4d blue SG #3a, MNG. Fresh four margins (3 good), pre-printing paper crease, Cat £450 for MNG.

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1854-55 Imperf Lithographs 4d blue, SG #3a, with White line through ALIA [pos 88], 4 margins (1 close), small tear, Cat £250, red ‘14’ grid of Albany. 1854-55 Imperf Lithographs 4d blue, 4 margins, SG #3a, Cat £250. 1854-55 Imperf Lithographs 4d deep dull-blue SG #3b, complete margins, void grid cancel, Cat £850. 1854-55 Imperf Lithographs 1/- grey-brown, 4 margins, SG #4b, a little stained at base and left, MNG, Cat £650 for no gum. 1854-55 Imperf Lithographs 1/- pale brown 4-margins, SG #4c, Retail $425.

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1857-59 Imperf Hillman Litho Wmk Swan 2d brown-black/red 3 margins (one large), SG #15, Cat £550, 15-bar ‘5’ cancel of Guildford. 1857-59 Imperf Hillman Litho Wmk Swan 2d brown-black/Indian red, SG #16, cut square with close or touching margins, strong Indian red colour, Cat £800. The wmk is 5 parallel lines with ‘IP’ makers? initials. 1857-59 Imperf Hillman Litho Wmk Swan 6d golden bronze cut-to-shape with clear margins just touching at one coner, SG #17, Cat £2,000. Large void removes RN of WESTERN, fine 15-bar ‘6’ of Albany. 1857-59 Imperf Hillman Litho Wmk Swan 6d golden bronze 2 good margins, 2 just touching, SG #17, Cat £2,000. Attractive. 1857-59 Imperf Hillman Litho Wmk Swan 6d black-bronze 2 margins, SG #18, crease and yellowed paper, Cat £650, cancelled with light ‘6’ of Albany.

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1857-59 Imperf Hillman Litho Wmk Swan 6d grey-black SG #19, margins just shaved left, rounded corner, superb void grid cancel. Most attractive. 1860-64 Imperf Recess Wmk Swan 2d vermilion, 4 close or just touching margins, with quarter single ring CTO cancel. This CTO cancel is very rare, it was not represented in the McCredie sale. 1860-64 Imperf Recess Wmk Swan 4d blue Watermark sidways reversed with Pre-printing paper crease. An impressive double variety of SG #26a, 3 close even margins, 4th just touching, Cat £700 for MNG. Fresh and attractive. 1860-64 Imperf Recess Wmk Swan 6d sage-green, 4-margins, SG #28, Retail $575. nice 15-bar ‘6’ of Albany. 1861 Recess Wmk Swan Perf 14 At Somerset House 4d vermilion, SG #40, separated by scissor due to mis-perfing, bright colour, MNG, Cat £400 for MNG. 1861 Recess Wmk Swan Very Rough Perf 14-16 1d rose-carmine SG #38, unused, Cat £350.

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1885 3d Brown Plate Proof imperforate block of 4 on Crown/CA paper, from imprimatur sheets. 1884-1895 Surcharge Group with 1884 ½d on 1d P14 & ½d on 1d P12 SG #89-90, 1893 1d on 3d Crown CA #109, 1895 Overprint in red & in green 1d on 3d red-brown SG #111b (aging), Cat £200+. (4) 1885 Surcharges 1d on 3d, both shades with both types, SG #91,91a,92,92a, Cat £545. 1885 ½d Grey-Green Plate Proof imperforate pair on Crown/CA paper, from imprimatur sheets.

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1885-93 Typo Wmk Crown/CA (Sideways) Perf 14 ½d green, 1d carmine & 2d grey in MUH blocks of 4, SG #94-6, Cat £290+. 1885-93 Typo Wmk Crown/CA (Sideways) Perf 14 ½d green MUH marginal strip of 5 with Significantly misaligned ‘WA’ perfin.

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1885-93 Typo Wmk Crown/CA (Sideways) Perf 14 4d chestnut & 5d bistre in MUH blocks of 4, SG #98-9, Cat £156+. 1895 Surcharged in Red & Green ½d on 3d wmk Crown/CC, SG #111a, fine MLH, Retail $275. 1898-1907 Wmk W Crown A 2d bright yellow & 1/- olive-green (creased), both with Watermark inverted, Cat £270. (2) 1898-1907 Wmk W Crown A 2½d blue MUH corner block of 9, SG #114, Retail $180++. 1902-12 Wmk V/Crown Perf 12½ or 12½x12 9d yellow-range Wmk Upright, SG #122a, Cat £110. 1902-12 Wmk V/Crown Perf 12½ or 12½x12 £1 orange-brown, SG #128, very fine CTO-quality corner cancel.

1905-12 Wmk Crown/Double-Lined A Perf 12½ or 12½x12 9d red-orange Wmk reversed, Perth CTO, (BW #W50aa, $500). [BW states that “Stamps with reversed watermark are cancelled to order in Perth in 1906, from the first printing. Only a few examples have been recorded.”] 897 * 1905-12 Wmk Crown/Double-Lined A Perf 12½ or 12½x12 5/- emerald-green Wmk inverted, SG #148, fine mint, Cat £170. 898 V 1905-12 Wmk Crown/Double-Lined A Perf 11 4d pale chestnut perf ‘OS’, SG #154a, rounded bottom left corner, Cat £400. All recorded examples in private hands are perf ‘OS’. 899 F 1905-12 Wmk Crown/Double-Lined A Compound Perf (12½ or 12½x12) & 11 1d wmk sideways P12.4 horizontally and P11 vertically, SG #161a, a few spots, Cat £800. A very rare stamp. WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Revenues 900 1932 Financial Emergency Tax: 4d dull rose (tear), 6d grey, 1/- emerald & £1 orange x4. Generally fine. (7) 901 * 1920 Supreme Court: set to £1/10/-, Cat #S64-74, fine mint. (11) WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Local Stamps 902 * 1895 Coolgardie Cycle Express 1/- blue & 2/6d blue, both part og. Includes notes on these stamps.

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ex 908 WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Railway Stamps 905 U 1907-51 Second Series 3d blue x2 shades, 6d deep blue, 9d emerald, 1/- yellow-olive, 2/- red-brown & 2/6d dull purple x2. Plus Vic 1902-17 5d vermilion & Tas 1902 ½d & 1d x2. Condition generally good for these issues. 906 U 1923 Inscribed ‘FORWARD’ mostly Sixth Issue printings comprising 3d blue, 6d deep blue (Fifth Issue), 9d emerald, 1/- yellowolive, 2/- yellow-brown, 2/6d dull purple, 4/- reddish-purple & 5/- deep olive, above-average condition, Elsmore Online Cat $190. (8) 907 U 1952 New Designs (Trains & Buses) Series 3A/3B accumulation with 3d, 6d, 9d, 1/-, 1/3d x3 (one unused), 2/-, 2/6d, 3/- x2, 4/- (corner fault), 5/- & 10/-, some blemishes as usual, generally fine, many with 1952-53 cancels, Elsmore Online Cat $490. (14) 908 ** 1966 Decimal Series with ‘GRASS VALLEY’ Printed Diagonally in Black 2c to $1 x3 & $2 (ex 60c), also ‘ENEABBA’ Printed Diagonally in Black 25c to $1c (ex 50c) including several values in blocks of 4 or in pairs, plus various oddments to 50c including for stations ‘BULLSBROOK’, ‘DUMBLEYUNG’, ‘MINGENEW’ & ‘TAMBELLUP’; fresh MUH condition. (70) WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Telegram Forms 909 PS 1896-1944 Selection including 1895-99 used at Cue x6 (two with datestamp variety ‘OUE’ for ‘CUE’), plus 1894 & 1899 used at Perth all with oval datestamps, Commonweath forms with 1905 used at Kalgoorlie and 1905 & 1912 used at Perth, 1931-44 used at Cottesloe with oval datestamps PMI #ORS3 x2 or #ORS1, 1946 used at East Fremantle, etc. (18)

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Pictorial Envelopes 910 * 1906(C) Perth Views unused [1] ‘PARLIAMENT HOUSES PERTH’, only one example recorded by Kelly; [2] ‘PERTH R STATION WELLINGTON ST.’. 1906(C) Perth Views unused [1] ‘PERTH FROM MT ELIZA’, only one example recorded by Kelly; [2] ‘THE ZOO PERTH’. 911 * 1906(C) Perth Views unused [1] ‘HOLIDAYING ON THE SWAN W.A’; [2] ‘WATCHING INTER 8 OAR BOAT RACE PERTH 912 * 1906’, only one example recorded by Kelly. 913 * 1906(C) Perth Views unused [1] ‘THE ESPLANADE, PERTH’, only one example recorded by Kelly; [2] ‘NEW COURT HOUSES, PERTH’, this view not recorded by Kelly.

1906(C) Aboriginal Views unused [1] ‘W.A. GIN’S “SMOKE OH”‘; [2] ‘W.A BLACKS AT BREAKFAST’, this view not recorded by Kelly. 1906(C) Views unused [1] ‘MUNDARING WEIR W.A.’, only one example recorded by Kelly; [2] ‘CLAREMONT, W.A.’. 915 * WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Postal History 916 * 1893 (Jan 3) use of 2d grey Swan cancelled with ‘GINGIN/JA3/1893/WESTERN AUSTRALIA - G’ duplex (very rare PMI only records one date!), fine ‘GUILDFORD/8/JA4/1893/WESTERN AUSTRALIA - G’ (unrecorded code number). 1894 (Aug 3) Registered cover to Stanley Gibbons, London, with ‘I.R./TWO PENCE’ on 3d and 1d & 2d Postal Fiscals (2d Cat 917 * £750+ on cover) and ½d green Swan, all cancelled with 12-Bar reversed ‘1’. Redirected from Gower Street to Strand. A few small tone patches. Quite rare.

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11/2/1880; PO c.-/9/1882.

Nevoria: ‘NEVORAI[A]/7AP37/WA’ (A2) well-struck largely complete strike on KGV 3d. Datestamp used for short period 17/08/36 to 12/06/39. PO 16/7/1936; closed 15/9/1942.

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