Stamps & Covers Public Auction 362

New South Wales 1851-1910 collection in hagners with 1851-52 QV Laureates 1d carmine on thick yellowish paper (SG 44 cat £300), 2d plate 1 (6) inc 2 on piece with no.23 cancels of Wollongong, plate 2 & plate 3 on blued paper (2), 6d (2) one with numeral 55 pmk, & 8d yellow with bold Sydney cancel. 1854 Laureates 1d wmk numerals (4) inc 'no leaves right of South' variety (cat £110) & 3d green (3). 1854-60 Diadems imperf 1d (2), 2d (10), 3d, 6d brown (4) inc wmk 8 variety, 6d grey (3), 6d slate (3), & 1/- (2). 1860 QV 2d blue Diadem perf 12 (18, cat £250) inc 'imperf at top' variety. 1890 20/- Carrington F-VFU (3) inc 'CP' control single, plus OS opt SPECIMEN M. 1981 Surch ½d/1d cnr blk of 8, 7½d/6d opt SPECIMEN (SG cat £300), plus 20 other SPECIMEN opts to 1/- Kangaroo. 1899 QV ½d green blk of 4 imperf (SG 298a cat £500). 1899 Centennial 6d orange control lower marginal gutter blk of 6 (cat £300+). 1903 QV 10/- FU. Plus Officials in quantity to 5/- violet QV inc 1879 QV 1d salmon pr (SG O2 cat £110), 2d blue strip of 3 (SG O3 cat £165) & 8d yellow wmk inverted. Plus much more with useful pmk interest inc numeral 71 (RRRR) on 2d QV & 152 RRR of Taroon (Qld) on 6d Registered. Variable condition G-VF M/U with some scarce items/blks sighted. STC £6300+ = A$14,400. (780) (P)