1850-51 Sydney View simplified set 1d, 2d and 3d, close to large margins; also Diadems 2d and 3d, margins in places
Lot 481
Estimate: $125
1850-51 Sydney View Plate I 1d Carmine, slightly trimmed lower left, 3d Yellow-Green, cut-into top right, toning, (2)
Lot 482
Estimate: $125
Realised Price : $115
1850-51 Plate V hard greyish wove paper 2d Dull Blue, SG 37, large even margins
Lot 483
Estimate: $150
1850-51 Sydney View bluish wove paper 3d Yellow-Green, SG 42, close at top, other margins clear to huge
Lot 484
Estimate: $125
1852 Laureate thick blue wove paper 3d Emerald-Green, SG 67, clear to large margins, also medium paper 3d Dull Yellow-Green, SG 69, shaved at right, bold cancels
Lot 485
Estimate: $500
1854-59 Diadem 6d Greenish Grey (shaved at left, other margins huge, minor corner crease), 1/- Rosy Vermillion (shaved at base, other margins close) plus a cut-down perforated 5d Bluish Green with close to good margins, (3)
Lot 486
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $170
1854 Imperf 6d '(REGISTERED)' Salmon and Indigo, SG 103, four margins cancelled by rays '23' of Wollongong
1860-72 Perf 13 1/- Rose-Carmine, SG 168, optd 'SPECIMEN' diagonally, large part o.g. and very fine
Lot 489
Estimate: $300
Realised Price : $320
1860-72 Perf 13 1/- Rose-Carmine and 1/- Carmine, SG 168-69, optd 'SPECIMEN' diagonally, fresh large part o.g. (2)
Lot 490
Estimate: $100
1882-97 5d Blue Green Perf 12x11 wmk sideways, yellowish gum, and imperf single with good margins, crease, SG 233da,e
Lot 491
Estimate: $250
1882-97 9d on 10d 'Surcharge double', SG 236dca, and 1885-86 10/- optd 'POSTAGE' in blue, SG 241b, both mint with slight bends. Cat £475
Lot 492
Estimate: $300
Realised Price : $340
1885-86 'POSTAGE' in black on 5/- lilac and green, SG 238a (unpriced), optd 'SPECIMEN', large part o.g.
Lot 493
Estimate: $750
1885-86 'POSTAGE' in black on 5/- Lilac and Green, additionally optd 'REPRINT' in small capitals, lower right corner block of four, fresh unmounted
Lot 494
Estimate: $500
1890-91 Wmk value in frame 5/- Mauve optd 'OS' (minor tone) and 20/- Cobalt-Blue CTO from presentation set, SG O49a,50
Lot 495
Estimate: $350
Realised Price : $320
1897 5/- Coin re-issue collection: Perf 11 mint (appears to be rose-lilac shade, SG 181 - unpriced), punctured small 'OS' unused, CTO, used (7 incl pair, one punctured 'OS/NSW'); Perf 12 mint marginal pair (stamps unmounted), used (4 incl strip of 3), perf 11x12 mint (2), used (4); also perf 10 wmk inverted, SG 180. Cat £650+, mainly fine (23)
Lot 496
Estimate: $2,000
Realised Price : $1,500
Specimens: Valuable accumulation of 'SPECIMEN' or 'Specimen' opts, including seldom seen types, from Diadems onwards and including Officials, with Coin 5/- (3), 1885-86 5/- (2), 10/- (5, one 'OS') and £1, 1888 Centenary 5/- (5, two 'OS') and 20/- (4, one 'OS'), Postage Dues to 20/- (2), etc, little or no duplication, generally fine for these (109). Also 'REPRINT' opts (12) including 1885-86 £1, (121)
Lot 497
Estimate: $300
Realised Price : $260
Telegraph Stamps: 1871 1d, 2d, 6d, 1/- and 2/-, some staining or toning, unused (5)
Lot 498
Estimate: $100
Realised Price : $90
1881-1904 covers (4), the earliest to UK bearing 2d + 6d, others to Austria (advertising), London or Switzerland, 1905 PPC to Belgium taxed on arrival, Wrapper 1895 1d used Redfern to Melbourne, Postal Cards to N.Z. or Belgium, the latter uprated, Envelope 1895 2d used at Sydney, Registered Envelope 3d Cootamundra to Sydney uprated with 2d, Lettercard 1904 1½d to Germany uprated with 1d, mixed condition (10)
Lot 499
Estimate: $1,500
Realised Price : $1,450
Riverina Cover: 1861 mourning cover to London endorsed 'via Melbourne' bearing NSW 6d Diadem perf 12 and Victoria 3d Half-length pair unusually tied by Rays '51' of Deniliquin, backstamps including Melbourne and London, carried aboard the P&O Packet 'Jeddo', slight staining and blemishes on reverse. Ex Druce
