Selection with an attractive 1860 Imperf 1d SG 1 (3 margins), 2d SG 4, Small Chalons 10/- & 20/- possibly postally used, Large Chalons 5/- x2 & 10/- all apparently unused, Four Figures to 2/- *, Charity 1d used, Crown/A 2/6d 5/- & 10/- used, nine values to £1 with 'SPECIMEN' h/s, a few 'OS' perfins to 9d, etc, condition rather variable.
Public Auction #187 - General Public Auction
By: Prestige Philately Pty Ltd
Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #187 - General Public Auction
Our first general sale for 2014 is another well-balanced offering of fine stamps, proofs, covers, postal stationery etc.
British Empire collections are a strength of the miscellaneous section. An attractive range of photographs is followed by a strong offering of picture postcards, notably a collection of World War I humour cards offered by the album.
Australia features several very fine Two Pound Roos, and exciting corner blocks of 15 of the so-called “Chambon Essay” for the 1/- Large Lyrebird, in red and in blue! A fine selection of airmail covers, both first flights and commercial mail will attract a lot of interest.
Moving on to Australian Colonies/States, New South Wales and Tasmania are well represented. The sale of an unused 1d Sydney View for $26,450 in our sale of 8th November last, resulted in another superb Penny View being consigned for this auction. A complete CTO set of South Australian Long Stamps to £20 are offered individually. A sensational batch of 1870s covers from tiny settlements in the Northern Territory are offered at auction for the very first time.
Rest of the World includes colourful proofs from the Cook Islands, a very fine Falklands collection, a selection of the controversial ‘OPSO’ Handstamps from New Zealand, and a Pitcairns collection that includes the two earliest recorded stamped covers from that lonely outcrop.
The key section in the sale is the “Five Settings” collection of NWPI complete formes of 30 to 5/- x2 with most of the rarities including 1d and 2½d with margins, 1d Die II, 3d Die II and the famous 2½d with Missing Fraction. Several blocks have major overprint varieties. We also offer not one but two examples of the rare NWPI First Wmk 5/-!!
The sale concludes with a section of philatelic literature section, including very scarce early “name sale” auction catalogues.
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Lot #387 - queensland
Imperf 1d carmine-rose SG 1, margins close to large with complete outer framelines except at right, light Rays '87' of Ipswich, Cat £800. Pinchot Certificate (1988).
Lot #388 - queensland
Half-penny' on 1d reddish brown Die II (Triangle at Upper-Right not Joined to the Oval Frame) SG 151a vertical pair from the top of the sheet with the Overprint Misplaced Downwards, large-part o.g., Cat £1500++ (£1600++ 2014). A rare multiple. RPSofV Certificate (1984).
Lot #389 - queensland
1880 Postal Notes with 'Post & Telegraph/Department' Added to Counterfoil 1/- yellow-green with huge 'SPECIMEN.' h/s in purple. A beautiful item.
Lot #390 - queensland
1867 Southern & Western Railway 1/- blue '1 to 3lbs Weight' imperforate proof in blue, margins close to good, a bit aged, cancelled in magenta ink. Rare. Ex Jon Tiernan. [** Withdrawn: has been returned to the vendor **]
Lot #391 - queensland
Cairns-Mulgrave Tramway Small Format 2d scarlet, 6d green & 1/- mauve, unused. [** Withdrawn: has been returned to the vendor **]
Lot #392 - queensland
Small Format 2d scarlet, 3d brown, 6d green & 1/- mauve, straight-line cancels in violet. Rare used. [** Withdrawn: has been returned to the vendor **]
Lot #393 - queensland
Large Format 1d blue 3d brown & 6d green, unused. [** Withdrawn: has been returned to the vendor **]
Lot #394 - queensland postal history
MORETON BAY DISTRICT: Rays '214' of Toowoomba, two fine to very fine strikes on Imperf Diadems 1d vertical pair (full margins except at the left of the lower unit where just shaved). Rated RRR.
Lot #395 - queensland postal history
Four Corners 1d Wrapper to Germany unusually with cds cancel.
Lot #396 - queensland postal history
WH Robinson triple-rate cover to New Zealand with scarce franking of 3d x3 tied by BN '580' of 'GEORGE STREET' (cds alongside), 'REGISTERED/GEORGE STREET' h/s, 'DUNEDIN/R ' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. [The rate was 2d x3 + 3d registration]
Lot #397 - queensland postal history
Box of Postal Cards x11, Letter Cards x4, 1d+1d Reply Letter Card CTO, STO Envelopes x5, Registration Envelopes McCorquodale formular (adhesions on reverse) & KEVII 3d, & a few Wrappers, condition variable, mostly unused.
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