O

1853 Couriers Four Pence group identified as Plate I SG 6 x2, SG 7, SG 8 single & very fine strip of 3 & SG 9 and Plate II SG 10 11 & 12 x3, plus nine others cut-to-shape including a pair, condition variable, various BN cancels including '13', '18', '47' & '56', Cat £7000+ not including those cut-to-shape. Four certificates including for the strip of 3. (Qty 20)

1500.00

$1,800.00T

P

A+

1853 Couriers 4d red-orange Plate II on ungummed Laid Paper, excellent colour & unusually with good even margins, Cat £11,000. Superb! Ex Michael Blake. RPSofL Certificate (2005) states "...is of proof status": see Gibbons' footnote below SG 12. [This is a rare proof of which most examples have had the corners clipped; ie cut-to-shape. This oustanding example is possibly the finest recorded. There was no example in Koichi Sato's Grand Prix exhibit]

10000.00

No longer available

F

A+

1853 Couriers Plate II (Coarse Engraving) 4d dull orange SG 11, large even margins, light BN '63' (?) cancel, Cat £375. Superb!

400.00

No longer available

F

A+

1853 Couriers Plate II (Coarse Engraving) 4d yellowish orange SG 12, margins good to huge with a chunk of the adjoining stamp above, light BN '68' of Hobart, Cat £375. A magnificent single!

500.00

$625.00

P/O

1855-91 Chalons overlapping collection on stockbook pages with plate proofs 2d block of 4 6d x2 & 1/- all in black & 1d in red-brown (ironed-out crease; with RPSofL Certificate), Large Star 1d 2d x2 & 4d x8, No Wmk Pelure Paper 1d (with RPSofL Certificate), then an array of Numeral Wmk & Perf issues including better shades, some postmark interest including post office manuscript cancels, condition variable, high catalogue value. (Qty 240 approx)

1000.00

$1,300.00T

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B

1855 Large Star 1d carmine SG 14, margins just clear to good except at upper-right where a little shaved, unused, Cat £10,000.

1800.00

No longer available

F

A+

1855 Large Star 1d carmine SG 14, margins close to huge with a chunk of the adjoining unit at right, neat manuscript "58"-in-cross-hatching cancellation of Waterloo Point, Cat £900. Superb!

600.00

$460.00

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A-

1855 Large Star 2d green SG 16, margins just clear to good (a little ragged at left but clear of the design), unused, Cat £5500.

1000.00

No longer available

F

A/A+

1855 Large Star 4d blue (shades) three singles & a pair all with full margins, very fine to superb!, Cat £650+.

300.00

$440.00

O

1856-57 No Watermark 1d pale brick-red x3, 2d dull emerald-green pair & strip of 3 - believed to be the largest recorded multiple - 4d blue (shades) x9 including a strip of 3, and Pelure Paper 1d deep red-brown x6 including a strip of 3, condition variable but generally attractive & some are quite fine, Cat £11,000+. The strips are extremely rare & desirable. (Qty 22)

2200.00

$2,600.00

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A/A-

1858 'TASMANIA' London Printings 1/- vermilion SG 41 block of 4, close margins just touching in a couple of places, unused, Cat £3200+. A rare & attractive multiple.

1500.00

$1,000.00

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A/B

1863-71 Experimental Separations Perf 10 1d SG 57 58 & 59, 2d SG 60 & 61, 4d SG 63, 6d SG 64 & 67 (a bit stained) and 1/- SG 68, a few minor blemishes, unused, Cat £4600. (Qty 9)

1000.00

No longer available

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A

1863-71 Experimental Separations Perf 10 1d SG 57 (large-part o.g.), 58 (unused) & 59 (part-o.g.) horizontal pairs, Cat £1060+. (Qty 3 pairs)

400.00

No longer available

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A

1863-71 Experimental Separations Serrated Perf 19 at Hobart 1d carmine SG 118, unused, undercatalogued at £750. A very rare stamp.

750.00

No longer available

#*O

1870-1909 Sidefaces collection in small stockbook with 4d blue unused (fault at upper-left) & used (trimmed perfs at left), some later mint issues plus a few 'SPECIMEN' & 'REPRINT' Overprints, condition variable, some postmark interest. (Qty few 100)

500.00

$380.00T

P*O

1870-1909 Sidefaces selection on annotated pages with Crown/CC plate proofs 2d green, 4d blue block of 6 & 9d ochre, a few blocks with Plate Numbers, 1d with Wedge Flaw SG 164d mint x2, 3d with Chisel Flaw SG 161b used & 165b mint x2 & used, ½d & 3d mint Imperf Pairs, 'd/2½' with Double Surcharge One Inverted marginal example, 'd/2½' blocks of 8 & 16 in different shades with 'REPRINT' Overprint, etc, generally very fine. (Qty 118)

1000.00

$750.00T

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A

1870-71 Sidefaces Single-Lined Numeral Watermarks 10d black Imperf Pair SG 127a, good even margins, large-part o.g., Cat £700.

500.00

No longer available

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B C1

1870-71 Sidefaces Single-Lined Numeral Watermarks 4d blue SG 130, shallow central thin, unused, Cat £1200. A very scarce stamp unused. RPSofV Certificate (1997).

600.00

No longer available

F

A B1

1870-71 Sidefaces Single-Lined Numeral Watermarks 4d blue SG 130, Hobart duplex cancel, Cat £475. An unusually attractive example.

300.00

$230.00T

*

A

1871-78 Sidefaces with 'TAS-In-Bars' Watermark Perf 11½ 3d pale red-brown vertical pair Imperf Horizontally SG 146b, large-part o.g. the lower unit being unmounted, Cat £3750. Ex "Chartwell": sold at auction in May 2018 for £2640. [Only five mint/unused and one used pair are recorded]

4000.00

No longer available