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LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

661

Early selection with Courier 4d (professionally repaired), Star Wmk 1d (3 margins) & a very fine 2d, No Wmk 2d (a huge example, just touched at upper-left, with a fragment of the adjoining unit at lower-left) and Pelure Paper 1d (two margins, Chris Ceremuga Certificate), some questionable Experimental Separations but including a Perf 10 2d & Perf 12½ 2d, a few Sidefaces including a very fine 4d blue (BPA Certificate), and a £1 Tablet, some problems in the Chalons not mentioned here, otherwise fine to very fine. (43) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$1,250.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

662

Pictorials accumulation predominantly 1d & 2d values including 'ONE PENNY' overprints in ancient ledger book plus others to 6d and some Tablet & Sideface issues, the majority with cds cancels, good range of annotated printings & perfs including a few compounds, some multiples, commercial perfins, potential variety & postmark interest, condition looks to be generally fine to very fine. Ripe for the picking! (2000+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

663

Highly catalogued collection but the Classics are mostly defective or repaired - we love the Pelure Paper 1d that has been rebacked! - some obvious erasure of fiscal pen cancels & we expect inspection under UV light would rival the annual Christmas displays in the suburbs, Tablets 'SPECIMEN' 2/6d to £1, 9d Irregular Compound Perfs Perf 12½x12½x12½x12 and Perf 11x12x11x11 SG 256c & 256d both fine mint, a few with Monograms including 6d 'CA' very fine mint, condition variable & we haven't confirmed most of the identified scarcer perfs. (400 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$2,300.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

664

Collection remainders with Couriers 1d blue (Sorani Certificate) & 4d bright orange both very fine with full margins, the balance well picked-over, the Chalons are a real mixed bag with many having had pen cancels removed & others with fake cancels, Tablets to 10/- plus mint 5/- with 'T' puncture & 10/- with 'OS' puncture (neither expertised), range of Pictorials with a few mint, etc, condition very mixed. (180+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17)

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Estimate AU$2,000

SOLD for AU$1,800.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

665

1853 Couriers 1d pale blue with Lines Clear & Distinct as SG 2 but on Pelure Paper, margins good to large with complete outer framelines, light numeral cancel clear of the Queen's portrait, Cat £1500+. A rare stamp: Gibbons don't recognise the existence of pelure papers in the Couriers. The paper here is actually thinner than the expertised 1d Courier on pelure paper in Lot 661.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$950.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

666

1853 Couriers 1d pale blue with Lines of Engraving Blurred & Worn SG 3, good even margins with complete outer framelines, light BN '59' cancel, Cat £1300.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$850

SOLD for AU$675.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

667

1853 Couriers 4d orange Finely Engraved Second State SG 8, margins just clear to large, surface line at upper-right appears to be printing ink, a trifle oxidised, light BN cancel, Cat £450.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

668

1855-71 Chalons selection with Imperf Star Wmk 2d (three close margins) & 4d (full but very close margins), No Wmk 2d dull emerald-green (margins just clear to good, small thin, Cat £16,000) & 4d blue (margins close to good), Numeral Wmk 1d dull vermilion (a huge stamp but just shaved at the top), 1d carmine, 2d slate-green & 4d pale blue and 'TASMANIA' 6d grey-violet; a few perforated stamps & Serrated Perf 19 1d carmine; many attractive and fine to very fine stamps, all appear to be unused, Cat £37,000+. Nothing has been expertised so personal assessment is recommended (19) (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$7,500

SOLD for AU$5,750.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

669

1857-67 Watermark Double-Lined Numerals blocks of 4 comprising 1d brick-red SG 27, margins in places, BN '26' cancels; and 4d blue SG 37 with the Watermark Inverted, margins just clear at the base to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit at upper-left, untidy cancels; Cat £288+, as singles. Used blocks are very scarce. (2 blocks)

Grade B/A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

670

1858 'TASMANIA' 6d & 1/- imperforate plate proof singles in black on ungummed unwatermarked paper, full margins (the 6d being from the base of the sheet). Sold at our auction of 7.2.2014 for $932. [A similar non-marginal duo sold for $1610 in our sale of 18.11.2006] (2)

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

671

1892-99 Tablets 2/6d to £1 SG 222-5, Crown/A Sideface 9d punctured 'T' horizontal strip of 4, and 'REVENUE' on £1 SG F39, full unmounted original gum, Cat £1175+, for normal mounted singles. Superb. (9)

Grade A/A+ (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

672

1896 Perf 12 4d bistre as SG 226 marginal example from the top of the sheet Imperforate at Top, commercially used with Hobart duplex. Ex Gary Diffen: sold for £312.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

673

REVENUES: 1944 'TASMANIA/POSTAL NOTE/...' 3/- + 1½d poundage with John Ash Imprint\ at the base, uprated as permitted with QM 1d for total payment of 3/1d, superb 'OATLANDS' cds, minor blemishes. All Tasmanian Postal Notes are scarce.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$145.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

Postal Stationery

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

674

PSE

Box including early Registration Envelopes without the characteristic shrinkage, an unused set of the first issue of scenic Letter Cards unusually free of the toning that usually bedevils these items, and 'NEW GOLDEN GATE MINE' commercially used but split open at the top, formular Postal Card used to NZ in 1890 by Arthur Basset Hull with 'Halfpenny' on 1d x3 (prior to introduction of the UPU 1½d overseas rate), and the scenic Envelopes 2d set of 6 (four are very fine) & 2½d x4 (three of very fine appearance but with minor 'suntanning' on the reverse), etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. (100 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$950.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

675

PSE

ENVELOPES - POST OFFICE: Complete set of the scenic issue comprising 2d x6 and 2½d x6, one 2½d with minor tonespots otherwise very fresh and very fine to superb unused. (12)

Grade A-/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$950.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

Postal History

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

676

PSE

Accumulation with plenty of pickings from 1877 cover with 1d pair & 2d tied by Hobart duplex and largely fine 'TORQUAY' arrival backstamp (rated RR), 1903 to New Zealand with Pictorials 2d punctured 'A' (George Adams; Tatts), 1904 Sea View Hotel West Devonport advertising cover, 1906 & 1910 OHMS envelopes with Pictorials 2d violet punctured 'T', 1919 combination franking of Pictorial 'ONE PENNY' overprint & KGV ½d green (aging marks), about a dozen used picture postcards, a quantity of Tatts mail with Pictorials & postmark interest including 'CULLENSWOOD', 'FLOWERDALE' & 'VICTORIA VALLEY', postal stationery used & unused noted 1902 Envelope ½d+1d doubleton to Melbourne with Tablet ½d added, a few registered & taxed items, etc, condition quite variable. Ex Woodchip-Free Zone (Rod Perry). (100+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

677

Official Mail 1888-1900 OPSO covers for the Dead Letter Office x3 (two with Returned Letter notice printed under the flap, all signed "H Vickery") or GPO, two with embossed 'POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT/...' in vermilion on the flap, GPO lettersheet being 'PARCEL POST' advice, and Registrar of Births lettersheet with 'GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN' Frank handstamp & 'PELHAM' cds (reinforced central fold). Scarce group. Ex Lewis Viney. (6)

Grade A-/B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

678

PSE

Interesting group including 1900 with 1d Pictorials pair tied by BN '77' with 'ROSS' cds and to USA with Pictorials 1d & 2d tied Numeral '34' with 'FINGAL' cds, 1901 double-rate to New Zealand with Pictorials 4d solo, 1902 to "Jersey/Channel Islands" with Tablet ½d & Pictorials 2d tied by 'BANGOR' cds, two 1903 covers to USA with Pictorials 2½d, 1907 to Sicily and registered to Victoria with Pictorials 5d solo, 1912 to London with 1d Pictorials pair & Victoria 1d pink combination franking tied 'INTERLAKEN' cds, advertising envelopes for Hadley's Orient Hotel (Hobart), EA Sullivan Tobacconist & Hairdresser (Launceston) and Dunkley Bros Wool Coal & Produce Merchants (Zeehan), a little Tatts mail one with complete black & red/white label, also Postal Stationery usages including 1903 Postal Card QV Sideface 1d red to Austria with ½d Pictorial added, 1905 Postal Card KEVII 1d red written at Deloraine cancelled at Launceston with 1d Pictorial added for late fee, 1924 (!) Registration Envelope to USA with 2d Pictorial added and Victoria Postal Card 1d red to New Zealand with 3d Pictorial added, condition a little variable but mostly fine to very fine. (40) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$625.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

679

Picture Postcard usages including 1906 local usage with Pictorials ½d solo and 'MORE TO PAY' tax handstamp, 1912 to New Zealand with Pictorials 'ONE PENNY' on 2d solo, 1912 to Belgium with Tablet '1½d' on 5d solo, other destinations include Austria, China with 'PEKING' arrival, Germany, Isle of Man, Serbia from 'TRIABUNNA', South Africa, Sweden, USA, some postmark interest, mostly topographicals plus some non-Tasmanian subjects, condition a little variable but most are fine to very fine. (32) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

680

1854 mourning cover to NSW with Courier 4d orange group Plate I Worn State SG 7 or 8 (oxidised, cut-square with margins just clear to touching), light central strike of BN '59' & fine 'LAUNCESTON/14SP14/1854' cds at upper-left, 'SHIP LETTER/[crown]/SE*23/1854/SYDNEY' arrival backstamp, overall aging/soiling. Ex Koichi Sato (stated to be "bright red-orange" SG 5 and the illustration appeared to be that shade): sold for SFr1200.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM