AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, 1850-59 HALF-LENGTHS

Lot 187		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $800 Original state of dies: 2d Lilac-Mauve, SG 2, four margins, fine colour and neatly cancelled by Butterfly '15' of Geelong
Lot 188		Estimate: $1,250 Second state of dies: 2d Grey-Lilac corner example [30], SG 6, tied by indistinct Butterfly '19' (rated RR) to 1850 (17 Jul) entire letter to Melbourne, minor soiling at left, backstamps of The Leigh and Melbourne. Ex Purves, Linfield
Lot 189		Estimate: $800 Second state of dies: 3d Blue Retouched, SG 7a, Type [4] affecting an area of 3.5x5mm in lower right corner, Purves 'ii'. One of the more prominent retouches. Ex Harvey, Perry
Lot 190		Estimate: $600 Second state of dies: 3d Blue Retouched, SG 7a, Type [4] S.E. corner square and area to immediate top and left, full margins, rare use of Camperdown datestamp as a canceller. Ex Purves, Perry
Lot 191		Estimate: $600 Second state of dies: 3d Blue Retouched, SG 7a, Type [9] heavy lines across a white area in background immediately over elbow at right, Purves 'i', large margins except where touched left top, tied to piece. Ex Harvey, Perry
Lot 192		Estimate: $400 Second state of dies: 3d Blue Retouched, SG 7a, Type [9] head of sceptre and area to its left, Purves 'ii', margins except at top where slightly trimmed. Ex Perry
Lot 193		Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $600 Third state of dies: 1d Dull Orange-vermilion pair [4-5], SG 8, minor thin on one. Rich colour. Cat £1300+
Lot 194		Estimate: $1,200 Third state of Dies: 1d Brownish Red (tending towards Deep Red Brown) marginal pair, SG 9a, slightly trimmed at top
Lot 195		Estimate: $750 Third state of Dies: 3d Blue, SG 11, full margins except where touched at base, tied by Barred Oval '1' to 1852 (21 Dec) cover Melbourne to U.K., backstamped Ship Letter/Melbourne datestamp in error or during temporary absence/mislaying of regular Melbourne datestamp. Ex Perry
Lot 196		Estimate: $600 Third state of Dies: 3d Deep Blue, SG 11a, full margins, tied by Barred Oval '1' and Melbourne datestamp to 1853 (29 Nov) cover to U.K., paying Ship letter rate. Ex Perry
Lot 197		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,150 Third state of dies - 'Vertical Drapes': 2d Drab and 2d Grey-drab, SG 13/13a, full margins, shaved at places and sharing portion of four adjoining units, tied by Butterfly '15' to 1851 (29 May) cover Geelong to Melbourne, paying 4d double Inland letter rate. Cover strengthened along folds, an unusual and rare franking combination
Lot 198		Estimate: $450 Third state of dies - 'White Veils': 3d Blue Retouched, SG 14c, Type [1] affecting upper portion of left frame in pair [1-2], full margins except where slightly touched upper left, portions of three adjoining units, minute pinhole. Ex Perry
Lot 199		Estimate: $2,000 Third state of dies - 'White Veils': 3d Greenish Blue Retouched, SG 14c, Type [6] affecting N.E. corner square and much of right frame, unused, margins except where touched lower right, portion of adjoining units two sides. Ex Yardley, Perry
Lot 200		Estimate: $750 Third state of dies - 'White Veils': 3d Blue Retouched, SG 14c, Type [12] 'Affecting right portion of right frame for much of its extremity', in scarcer greenish blue, full margins, unusually fine. Ex Harvey, Perry
Lot 201		Estimate: $1,250 Fourth state of dies: 2d Lilac Retouched, SG 15e, Type [6] affecting a large area in upper left corner, one of the more prominent retouches, mostly large margins, thinned lower right. Approximately 50 retouches printed in this shade. Ex Harvey, Perry
Lot 202		Estimate: $1,250 Fourth state of dies: 2d Dull Brownish Lilac Retouched, SG 15e, Type [10] affecting shading in upper right corner for 7mm extending down and including left portion of right frame, large void area lower right portion of stamp apparently caused by gum residue on surface of paper prior to printing. Unusual and spectacular, not noted elsewhere in Half-lengths. Ex Pack, Wawn, Perry
Lot 203		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $575 Fourth state of dies: 2d Red-Lilac Retouched, SG 15e, Type [23] N.E. corner square and right frame for a distance of 5mm below, also shading to right of shoulder at right, margins except where touched at top, faint thin. Ex Harvey, Perry
Lot 204		Estimate: $3,000 Fourth state of dies - 'Vertical Drapes': 2d Deep Grey, SG 16a, large margins, portion of two adjoining units, boldly tied by Barred Oval '28' to 1852 (17 Mar) Official entire letter endorsed 'Police Office/Kyneton' to Melbourne, paying Inland letter rate, backstamped Mount Macedon and Melbourne, latter unusually in green. Rare shade and proving cover. Ex Pack, Purves, Perry
Lot 205		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $60 Fourth state of dies - 'Vertical Drapes': 2d Pale Dull Brown, SG 17b, margins in places, cancelled by Barred Oval '9' of Muston's Creek (later Caramut). Rated RRR
Lot 206		Estimate: $6,000 Fourth state of dies - 'Vertical Drapes': 2d Greenish Grey, SG 17c, remarkable single showing portion of adjoining units three sides, tied by Barred Oval '2' to 1852 (30 Jan) cover Geelong to Melbourne. The finest quality Ham printing on cover extant. Ex Pack, Boker, Perry
Lot 207		Estimate: $1,500 Fourth state of dies - 'Vertical Drapes': 2d Olive-Drab, SG 17d, full margins except where barely touched lower right corner, portion of adjoining unit at top, tied by Barred Oval '1' to 1852 (20 Oct) cover Melbourne to Sydney, paying Inland letter rate. Ex Purves, Perry
Lot 208		Estimate: $16,000 The original contract dated 19 December 1853 for printing the Half-length 1d and 3d and Queen-on-Throne 2d, signed by James S. Campbell, James Fergusson and Rudolph Hackmann, together with a specimen of gummed paper employed for printing the stamps. Remarkable documents in private hands
Lot 209		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $1,900 Lithographed by J.S. Campbell & Co: 1d Rose, SG 23a, typical dull shade, pair with full margins cancelled by Barred Oval '1', slight crease in second unit, small separation in vertical gutter between. Kellow states 'some two dozen used examples have been identified, of which pairs are the only multiples'. 2006 Perry Certificate
Lot 210		Estimate: $750 Lithographed by J.S. Campbell & Co.: 3d Blue Retouched, SG 24a, Type [19] secondary retouch showing redrawing of 'EN' of 'PENCE', cancelled by Barred Oval '19' of Hamilton, large margins, faint crease. Kellow states 'Probably less than half-a-dozen examples of this stamp have been identified. This is one of the finer extant. Ex Purves, Perry
Lot 211		Estimate: $1,500 Lithographed by Campbell & Fergusson: 1d Orange-Brown Retouched, SG 27c, Type [1] redrawn lower left border, margins except where barely touched right top, portion of adjoining unit at left, faint thin. Perhaps the finest of the few recorded examples. Ex Pack, Wawn, Purves, Perry. 2006 Perry Certificate
Lot 212		Estimate: $1,250 Lithographed by Campbell & Fergusson: 1d Orange-Brown Retouched, pair, SG 27c, Type [7] re-drawn upper left border for a length of 15mm, in pair with [8], full margins except where touched in area of retouch at left. Ex Pack, Wawn, Gartner, Perry
Lot 213		Estimate: $800 Lithographed by Campbell & Fergusson: Stones '4/5' 1d Retouched, SG 28d. The retouches from printing Stones '4/5' are of such rarity as to suggest they were not present on the stone/s from the outset of printing. The catalogue value of £325 misrepresents their rarity. Type [1] retouch to centre of left border in [1-2] pair, touched at two points, faint corner thin in [1]. Ex Purves, Perry
Lot 214		Estimate: $4,000 Lithographed by Campbell & Fergusson: Stones '4/5' 1d Retouched, SG 28d, Type [4] upper right corner, unused, full margins, faint trace of thin. The catalogue value of £2000, twice the value of a normal stamp, is highly misleading. Probably less than six unused Stone '4/5' retouches exist. Ex Harvey, Perry. 2006 Perry Certificate
Lot 215		Estimate: $1,000 Lithographed by Campbell & Fergusson: Stones '4/5' 1d Retouched, SG 28d, Type [4] weakness in upper half of right border strengthened, large margins except where shaved right top. Ex Purves, Perry
Lot 216		Estimate: $1,000 Lithographed by Campbell & Fergusson: Stones '4/5' 1d Retouched, SG 28d, Type [13] upper right corner (note weakness lower right corner unattended), large margins, faint central thin. Ex Harvey, Perry
Lot 217		Estimate: $1,000 Lithographed by Campbell & Fergusson: Stones '4/5' 1d Retouched, SG 28d, Type [21] strengthening of weakness in left frame and S.W. corner, large margins. Ex Perry
Lot 218		Estimate: $1,250 Lithographed by Campbell & Fergusson: Stones '4/5' 1d Retouched, SG 28d, Type [21] strengthening of weakness in left frame and S.W. corner in [21-22] pair, full margins. Ex Purves, Perry
Lot 219		Estimate: $1,000 Lithographed by Campbell & Fergusson: 3d Bright Blue, SG 29, lightly cancelled strip of four, margins except where close at top, small scissor-cut in margin between first and second units. Ex Pack, Forster, Perry. 2006 Perry Certificate
Lot 220		Estimate: $2,000 Lithographed by Campbell & Fergusson: 3d Greenish Blue pair, SG 29a, margins except where barely touching right top, and Emblems 2d (SG 45a) tied by BN '1' to 1857 (28 Aug) cover Melbourne to Ballarat, paying 8d double Inland letter rate. Rare mixed issue franking. Ex Pack, Forster, Perry
Lot 221		Estimate: $1,500 Lithographed by Campbell & Fergusson: 3d Greenish Blue, SG 29a, full margin vertical pair tied by BN '1' to 1858 (18 Feb) cover Melbourne to Deniliquin (N.S.W.), backstamped Melbourne, Echuca, Moama. Ex Caspary, Forster, Perry. The addressee, James Tyson, was amongst the very wealthiest in the Australian Colonies. On his death in 1898 he held 5,329,214 acres and left an estate of £2,000,000
Lot 222		Estimate: $2,000 Lithographed by Campbell & Fergusson: 3d Greenish Blue, SG 29a, pair [15-16] 'abnormals' from base margin of sheet, large margins elsewhere, tied by BN '2' to 1858 (15 Oct) cover Geelong to U.K., paying 6d Ship letter rate. Ex Purves, Perry
Lot 223		Estimate: $500 Lithographed by Campbell & Fergusson: 3d Greenish Blue shades, SG 29a, selection of constant secondary varieties on exhibition page, generally fine/very fine (8)
Lot 224		Estimate: $1,250 Lithographed by Campbell & Fergusson: 3d Blue Stone 'D', SG 31b, and 1d Brick-red, SG 26a, full margins (the 1d very large), tied by BN '2' to 1856 (11 Mar) cover Geelong to Melbourne, paying 4d Inland letter rate. Ex Forster, Perry
Lot 225		Estimate: $5,000 Lithographed by Campbell & Fergusson: 3d Deep Blue singles (2), SG 31c, barely touched at top otherwise large margins, on 1855 (20 Aug) cover from Camperdown to U.K., cancelled by Butterfly '1' upon arrival at Melbourne, paying 6d Ship letter rate, backstamped Camperdown and Melbourne, adhesives tied by U.K. arrival datestamp. Rare late use of Butterfly obliterator as a 'killer'. Ex Purves, Perry
Lot 226		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $575 J.S. Campbell printings Perf 12 by Robinson: 3d Blue 'Retouch under 'C' of VICTORIA' [17], SG 78a, cancelled Melbourne '1' clear of subject area. This retouch is extremely rare on the perforated issue. Ex Pack, Forster, Perry