AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Lot 501		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $60 1854-55 Imperforate 4d Blue, SG 3a, three good margins, shaved at right, cancelled by brown grid \'14\' of Albany. Cat £225
Lot 502		Estimate: $450 Realised Price : $460 1854-55 Imperforate 1/- Pale Brown, SG 4c, four margins, unused. Cat £400
Lot 503		Estimate: $450 Realised Price : $420 1861 Perf 14 at Somerset House, 4d Vermilion, SG 40, marginal example, rich colour. 1985 BPA Certificate
Lot 504		Estimate: $300 1864-79 Wmk Crown CC Perf 12 1/- Bright Green handstamped 'SPECIMEN' in black, SG 61s, fresh mint
Lot 505		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $240 1880-85 Wmk Crown CA Perf 14 6d Lilac handstamped 'SPECIMEN' in black, SG 80s, fresh mint
Lot 506		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1882-85 Wmk Crown CA Perf 12x14 1d Ochre, SG 81
Lot 507		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $220 1902-11 Wmk V over Crown £1 Orange, SG 128, fine used
Lot 508		Estimate: $250 Forgeries: Photographic reproductions of Sperati £1, including Die Proof, used example and unused (2) punctured 'OS' and 'W.A.', the used example illustrated in BPA handbook
Lot 509		Estimate: $5,000T Postal History: 1842 (17 Sep) duplicate entire letter (file fold at top) used from Australind to London with rare manuscript 'Post Office/Australind/17th Sept.1842}' and 'Post Paid 4d' both in red ink, handstruck '(crown)/GENERAL POST OFFICE/ PERTH' in black, manuscript '8' and handstamped 'SHIP LETTER' in red on arrival. Interesting contents relating to the allocation of land in this new settlement. [Australind P.O. opened just five months earlier]
Lot 510		Estimate: $4,000T Postal History: 1842 (17 Sep) duplicate outer entire (file fold at top) used from Australind to London with rare manuscript 'Post Office/Australind/17th Sept.1842}' in black and 'Post Paid 4d' both in red ink, handstruck '(crown)/GENERAL POST OFFICE/PERTH' in black and weak strike of oval Perth Ship Letter, manuscript '8' and handstamped 'SHIP LETTER' in red on arrival. [Also 1960s impression of '(crown)/POST OFFICE/ AUSTRALIND' in violet on small piece]
Lot 511		Estimate: $100 Postal History: 1900 (Nov) use of ½d Postal Card at Perth with 21mm L.C. Room cds missing all of date except year, showing unframed 'NOT KNOWN/BY LETTER CARRIERS'