Stamps & Covers Public Auction 352

Tasmania: Postmarks - Numeral cancels on QV Chalons (24) inc 1st allocation 18 & 26 on 4d Star wmk, 44 on 2d green, 60 on 4d blue (huge margins) & 74 on 4d (2) & on 1d red-brown. 2nd Allocation (17) inc 16 on 6d slate perf 12, 22 on 1d red, 29 on 6d violet, 37 on 6d violet, 39 on 6d blue perf 12, 76, 84 & 95 on 4d imperf. Also 'Colonial Treasury/Jan 3 1867/Tasmania' cds on 1d brown imperf pr & Hobart killers on 1d perf 10 & 4d imperf. Some sl mixed condition (SG cat £1050 = A$1800) plus premium for clear cds. Numeral cancels (45) on 1890s QV inc 57, 69, 74, 82, 126, 189, 200 (½d Tablet), & 204, plus 77 on 1d Platypus & 152 on 3d Platypus. Again mostly F-VF strikes. Also 52 on Victoria 1890s 1d brown (4), 65, 76, 292, 312 on 1899 Pics. (82)