AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, GENERAL

Lot 86	[ C ]	Estimate: $1,200T Purchase Price : $1,049 2d Lilac-mauve Half-length, First State of Die (just touched at lower right), used on 1850 (4 Apr) outer addressed to Melbourne and tied by manuscript pen line, believed to have been applied at Fyansford. Five covers bearing this stamp are recorded. With 2006 RPSV Certificate
Lot 87	[ LIT ]	Estimate: $20,000 Purchase Price : $17,475 1854 Original Contract of J.S. Campbell & Co. for the printing of 500,000 each of the 1d and 3d Half-Lengths and 2,000,000 2d Queen-on-Throne. Attached to the contract is the bond signed by James S. Campbell, James Fergusson and Rudolph Hackmann, and a specimen of the gummed paper to be used for printing the stamps signed by the same gentlemen. A highly important and unique document. With Rodney A. Perry Certificate of Opinion (2006)
Lot 88	[ O ]	Estimate: $100 Purchase Price : $88 1854 Woodblock 2/- Dull Bluish-green on Pale Yellow Imperf from top of sheet, huge margins three sides, thinned at base
Lot 89	[ O ]	Estimate: $80T Purchase Price : $70 1854 Woodblock 2/- Dull Bluish-green on Pale Yellow Imperf horizontal pair with clear margins but with vertical and horizontal creases, scarce in multiples. SG 35, cat £380+
Lot 91	[ C ]	Estimate: $12,000 Purchase Price : $10,485 1860-66 6d Orange Beaded Oval used on 1860 (25 Oct) cover from Melbourne to Hong Kong tied by Barred numeral '1', endorsed 'pr "Behar" via Ceylon', and with Hong Kong arrival backstamp (DE 11 60). Light horizontal filing fold, small stain at top right on reverse, and small repaired tear at top, but of very fine appearance. A very rare stamp on cover, with perhaps only seven or eight known, this being one of the finest, with the added attraction of the despatch date representing the day on which the stamp was first delivered into stock, and thus this cover is the first day of use
Lot 92	[ (*) ]	Estimate: $150 Purchase Price : $134 1866 Laureates 3d Lilac Watermark Single-lined '8' centred top right and no gum, however a very scarce stamp. SG 118, cat £250
Lot 96	[ O ]	Estimate: $200 Purchase Price : $175 1884-1900 Stamp Duty designs range of postally used on hagner, with 1d Bistre (5), 6d Blue, 1/- Deep Blue on Blue (2), 1/- Blue on Lemon (3), 1/6d (2), 2/-, 3/- Maroon on Blue, 3/- Drab (2), 4/- (2), 5/- Claret on Yellow (3), 5/- Rosine, 6/-, 10/- Green (2), 15/-, £1, some numeral cancellations, a few faults but a useful group (28)
Lot 97	[ * ]	Estimate: $1,100 Purchase Price : $991 1884-96 Stamp Duty Watermark V over Crown (V1) Perf 12½ £1 Reddish-orange on Yellow very fine with large part OG. SG 262b, cat £900
Lot 98	[ * ]	Estimate: $800 Purchase Price : $699 1884-96 Stamp Duty Watermark V over Crown (V1) £1 Reddish-orange on Yellow Perf 12½, part OG, fine other than for a few tiny marks on back. SG 262b, cat £900
Lot 99	[ * ]	Estimate: $175 Purchase Price : $158 1884-96 Stamp Duty Watermark V over Crown (V2) 3/- Drab, large part OG and fresh appearance, minor gum creasing. SG 268, cat £130
Lot 100	[ * ]	Estimate: $200 Purchase Price : $175 1884-96 Stamp Duty Typographed Watermark V over Crown (V2) Perf 12½ 4/- Red-orange very fine with large part OG, small gum thin. SG 269, cat £130
Lot 102	[ * ]	Estimate: $170 Purchase Price : $152 1884-92 Naish Stamp Duty Watermark V over Crown (V2) 2/6d Yellow, part OG slightly toned gum and heavily hinged. SG 292a, cat £140
Lot 109	[ C ]	Estimate: $100 Purchase Price : $88 1912 'ONE PENNY' on 2d 1912 (Jul-Aug) commercial intrastate usages for postcard and letter rates, the primary purposes for the stamp issue, underrated (2)
Lot 111	[ **/* ]	Estimate: $300 Purchase Price : $268 1912 Watermark V over Crown (V5), Comb Perf 12 x 12½ 1d Rose-carmine strips of 12 from base of sheet (2) with 'CA' and 'JBC' monograms, from two different plates showing variations in the gaps in the marginal rule. One strip with three units thinned, both strips with slight toning in selvedge at right edge, otherwise fine with most units MUH. BW V52z/za (2004), cat AU$780+
Lot 112	[ **/* ]	Estimate: $280 Purchase Price : $245 1912 Watermark V over Crown (V5), Comb Perf 12 x 12½ 1d Rose-carmine strip of 12 from base of sheet with 'CA' and 'JBC' monograms, showing break in marginal rule under units [6-7], perfs split at centre otherwise fine, with only one unit hinged. BW V52z/za (2004), cat AU$660