AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, THE CAPRI ESTATE HALF-LENGTHS, ORIGINAL STATE OF DIES
Lot 81
Estimate: $12,500
Realised Price : $16,000
1d Orange-Vermilion pair ['g'-'i'], SG 1, close to good margins, tiny surface scrape on right unit. Only five pairs recorded
Lot 82
Estimate: $2,000
Realised Price : $2,000
1d Orange-Brown ['o'], SG 1a, margins three sides, touched at upper left
Lot 83
Estimate: $1,000
Realised Price : $900
1d Dull Chocolate-Brown ['i'], SG 1b, faults including small thin, tear and crease, otherwise fine appearance for this rare shade
Lot 84
Estimate: $500
Realised Price : $800
2d Lilac-Mauve (Pale) ['2'], SG 2, cancelled by Butterfly '15', four margins, close at right. Ex Ferrary
Lot 85
Estimate: $2,500
2d Lilac-Mauve ['2'], SG 2, with clear margins tied by mss. pen-stroke to 1850 (30 Mar) cover to Melbourne, this marking believed to have been applied at Fyansford, backstamped at Melbourne
Lot 86
Estimate: $1,500
Realised Price : $1,700
2d Lilac-Mauve pair, SG 2, numeral '51' Deniliquin (NSW) cancel, tiny thin, margins in places. Rare multiple with only 6 pairs recorded
Lot 87
Estimate: $350
Realised Price : $650
2d Lilac-Mauve [31], SG 2, good to large margins three sides, cut-into at base, neat Butterfly '23' of Burn Bank - rated R
Lot 88
Estimate: $500
Realised Price : $380
3d Bright Blue [2], SG 4, four margins, tiny thin lower left cnr
Lot 89
Estimate: $500
Realised Price : $500
3d Bright Blue [2], SG 4, unused example cut-into at right, small thin. Attractive
Lot 90
Estimate: $500
Realised Price : $800
3d Bright Blue pair [11-12], SG 4, large margins three sides, touching at top, crease and small nick. Only five pairs recorded. Rare
Lot 91
Estimate: $1,500
Realised Price : $1,600
3d Blue shades, SG 4a, Intermediate Stone reconstruction of 15, less [11], includes pair, mixed condition (14). Cat £3850
Lot 92
Estimate: $600
Realised Price : $650
3d Blue shades, SG 4a, selection of pale to deep shades, good to fine appearance (5). Cat £1375
Lot 93
Estimate: $400
Realised Price : $360
3d Blue shades, SG 4a, examples showing primary flaws from positions 1, 2, 13, 14 - 'Line through value' and 14, mixed condition (5)
Lot 94
Estimate: $800
Realised Price : $600
Balance of group comprising 2d Lilac-Mauve, SG 2, Brown-Lilac (2) SG 3, 3d Bright Blue/Blue SG 4 (2), 4a (1), varying margins, tiny faults, though appearance generally fine (7). Cat £1825
