AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, QUEENSLAND - THE FRANCIS KIDDLE COLLECTION, LARGE CHALONS

Lot 166		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $400 1882 Bradbury, Wilkinson 2/- Imperforate Plate Proof in Vermilion [26] on thin card, \'SPECIMEN\' perfin of 80 holes
Lot 167		Estimate: $400T Realised Price : $360 1882 2/- Imperforate Plate Proofs on wove unwatermarked paper in Blue, Rose (colour for 5/-) and Brown (colour for 10/-), defaced with crayon line(s), the first and last with margins touching or cut-into (3)
Lot 168		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $380 1882 Bradbury, Wilkinson 2/- Imperforate Plate Proof in Vermilion [29] on thin card, 'SPECIMEN' perfin of 80 holes
Lot 169		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $3,400 1882 'SPECIMEN' handstamps, superb collection comprising 15x2mm on 2/6d thin paper in black, £1 (2) in red, thick paper 5/- in black, 10/- (2) in red, 21x2½mm on thin paper 10/- vertically in black, diagonally in black on 2/-, 5/- and £1, horizontally in black on 2/6d and 10/- (2, one with no wmk, showing trace of BW imprint at base), in blue on 2/6d, 5/-, 10/- and £1, in violet on £1, plus 2/-, 2/6d, 10/- £1 affixed to pieces taken from printer's book in mixed colours, thick paper 2/- in blue, in violet (5, incl block of four), 'CANCELLED' in black on 5/- and 10/-, few with small blemishes. A remarkable assembly (30)
Lot 170		Estimate: $750T Realised Price : $850 1882 2/6d Imperforate Plate Proof pair on gummed card in Brown, tiny blemishes
Lot 171		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $650 1882 5/- Imperforate Plate Proof on gummed card in Steel-Blue
Lot 172		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $380 1882 Bradbury, Wilkinson 5/- Imperforate Plate Proof in Steel-Blue on thin card, 'SPECIMEN' perfin of 80 holes
Lot 173		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $200 1882 10/- Imperforate Plate Proof on unwatermarked, gummed paper in Brown, defaced with blue and violet lines
Lot 174		Estimate: $400T Realised Price : $600 1882 £1 Imperforate Plate Proof on gummed card in Plum shade, slight soiling
Lot 175		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $600 1882 £1 Imperforate Plate Proof on gummed card in Vermilion
Lot 176		Estimate: $500T 1882 Bradbury, Wilkinson £1 Perforated Colour Trial in Plum on thin watermarked, gummed paper
Lot 177		Estimate: $500T 1882 Bradbury, Wilkinson £1 Perforated Colour Trial in Plum on thick watermarked, gummed paper
Lot 178		Estimate: $300T 1882 Bradbury, Wilkinson £1 Perforated Colour Trial in Deep Blue on watermarked, ungummed paper, some colour diffusion and staining. Status unknown. 'Sold as is'
Lot 179		Estimate: $750T 1882-95 Wmk Crown over Q (type 5) thin paper, £1 Deep Green, SG 156, sheet of 30 without margins showing 'Re-entry' (R2/4) and 'Retouch' (R6/4), SG 156a,b. fiscally used by manuscript '6th April 1886' endorsements, slight separation. Cat £4470+ for postally used singles. [A similar sheet, though on the common thick paper, recently realised AU$1200+)
Lot 180		Estimate: $250T Realised Price : $1,250 1882-95 Wmk Crown over Q, thick paper, 2/6d Vermilion, SG 158 + 2/- Red-Brown (SG 197) on 1890 (12 Jun) folded-over OHMS 'Post and Telegraph Dept' envelope used to Melbourne, albeit philatelic, a rare franking, transit and arrival backstamps
Lot 181		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $4,200 1882-95 Wmk Crown over Q (type 10) thick paper, £1 Deep Green, SG 161, unused block of 20 (5x4), minor separation and sensible reinforcing, some minor blemishes. Believed to be the largest unused or mint multiple. Cat £5000+ as mint singles
Lot 182		Estimate: $600T 1882-95 Wmk Crown over Q (type 10) thick paper, £1 Deep Green, SG 161, sheet of thirty without margins showing 'Re-entry' (R2/4) and 'Retouch' (R6/4), SG 161a, b, fiscally used by continual pen-stroke, slight separation and reinforcement. Cat £4470+ for postally used singles. [A similar sheet recently realised AU$1200+)
Lot 183		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $400 1882-95 Wmk Crown over Q (type 10) thick paper, £1 Deep Green, SG 161, twelve strips of five, one strip of four and a single - total of 75 stamps, affixed to portion of Mount Morgan Gold Mining Co. share transfer document, cancelled by straight-line pen strikes, and four and single with \'25th October 1886\' date. Faults to be expected though remarkable survivor
Lot 184		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $850 c.1901 Presentation set comprising ½d to £1, 14 values, CTO with portions of 22 March 9.30pm, Brisbane datestamps, also OHMS envelope original housing these adhesives
Lot 185		Estimate: $750T Realised Price : $675 1905-06 Wmk Crown over Q twice sideways Perf 12, £1 Deep Green, SG 274, BW Q64, marginal block of six, CTO at 'BRISBANE/MY 7/07', slight separation, one unit minor perf tones otherwise fine CTO. Rare multiple
Lot 186		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $850 1907-11 2/6d to £1 selection of shades, papers, etc, SG 309-12 group, 2/6d mint (13), used (2, one punctured 'OS'), 5/- mint (3), used (4), 10/- mint (2), used (1) and £1 mint (1), mostly fine, few part gum (26)
Lot 187		Estimate: $250T Realised Price : $360 1909 (25 Mar) philatelic registered cover to Switzerland bearing 2/6d, 5/-, 10/- and £1, together with ½d to 2/-, eleven values from 1907 Wmk Crown over A set, BN '37' of Ipswich cancels
Lot 188		Estimate: $1,500T Realised Price : $1,150 Large chalons balance with all wmks and papers, few varieties and 'SPECIMENS', including mint examples to £1, CTO, postally used including two blocks of four of £1, pen or fiscal stamps with earliest and latest recorded dates, etc, also some documents with these affixed and fiscally used, etc, plating positions identified in some cases, includes reconstruction sheet of 30 of the 2/-, mixed condition, some mint possibly cleaned, nevertheless a very useful lot (230 + 7 documents)