AUSTRALIA COLONIES, NEW SOUTH WALES, GENERAL

Lot 32		Estimate: $500 1850 Sydney View 1d Carmine Plate II on Laid, good to large margins and fine used. SG 13, cat £750
Lot 33		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1850 Sydney Views 2d Plate II Early Impression vertical pair with four large margins, slightly oily '83' numerals on Wellingrove (rated RRRR). SG 24, cat £650++
Lot 34		Estimate: $250 1850 Sydney View 3d Yellow-green on Bluish to Grey wove paper, good to large margins and fine used. SG 42, cat £300
Lot 35		Estimate: $1,250 1850 3d Emerald-green on Bluish Wove unused without gum, margins three sides and just touching at left, couple of small thins, an acceptable example of this rare stamp. SG 43, cat £14000
Lot 36		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $700 1851-55 Laureates 1d Brick-red on Bluish Medium Wove paper, small but clear margins all round, and 2d Prussian Blue on Bluish Plate III with large margins all around. Both apparently unused but probably regummed, and with evidence of repairs. However, a very fine appearance. SG48,63, cat £4000 (2)
Lot 37		Estimate: $4,000 1854-60 Diadems Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf 1d Orange-Red error 'Printed Both Sides' unused without gum showing strong misplaced impression on reverse, with black mark towards base. The only recorded unused example of this error of which a total of only three are recorded, one of the used examples being in the Royal Collection. Ex Hutson and 'Manwood', with 1932 RPSL Certificate
Lot 38		Estimate: $2,000 1854-60 Diadems Watermark Double-lined Numerals 2d Die Proof in black on India paper from the penultimate state of the die mounted on card, 38 x 44mm, with small fault at lower right corner of proof, otherwise fine. 1979 BPA Certificate
Lot 39		Estimate: $25,000 1854-60 2d Diadem Plate Proof Sheet of 120 in Black on wove paper with holes punched in positions 11, 12, 24, 36, 73, 97, 104 & 105 to indicate where repairs were required. The reverse bears manuscript notation 'The perforated labels to be renewed as speedily as possibly' and signed and dated by Thomas Richards with a Treasury handstamp of the same day. Heavily creased in places though a unique and extraordinary Exhibition item. Ex Osborne and White. Illustrated in Volume IV of the Robson Lowe Encyclopaedia
Lot 40		Estimate: $3,500 1854-60 Diadems Imperf 2d Blue Plate II strip of 3 (touched top and right) used on 1860 (12 Dec) cover from Sydney to Gladstone Qld, cancelled 'NSW' duplex, endorsed 'per Telegraph', reverse with Brisbane transit and Gladstone arrival (DE 22 60) datestamps. The Imperf 2d Plate II were only issued in Queensland, and this very rare use in New South Wales was possibly by a traveller writing home. A very significant cover from the Ginger, Gordon Kaye, 'Manwood' and Stevenson collections
Lot 41		Estimate: $2,750 1860-72 Diadems 2d Pale Blue Plate I Perf 12 strip of 3 from base of sheet imperforate at base plus pair in deeper shade used on 1860 (14 Feb) cover to Exeter, tied by Sydney duplexes and paying the 10d via Marseilles rate, with Exeter backstamp (AP 5 60). Fine and used on the first day of use of perforated stamps, a very rare and important cover
Lot 42		Estimate: $5,000 1860-72 Diadems Watermark Double-lined Numerals Perf 13 1/- Carmine marginal block of four from the lower left corner of sheet with burelage in left margin. Large part OG, perforations at base reinforced and a diagonal crease at lower left affecting the third unit. Nevertheless an impressive multiple and possibly unique from this position. Ex Frazer
Lot 43		Estimate: $1,500 1861-88 5/- Coin Die Proof in Black on India Paper mounted on thin card (33 x 35mm). Some very minor peripheral soiling, otherwise fine and rare
Lot 44		Estimate: $1,000 1882-97 Wmk Crown over NSW (II) Perf 10 3d Yellow-green, imperforate between stamp and trimmed right selvedge and wmk inverted, showing variety 'Double Impression', formerly SG 226a, indistinct cancel and a few shortish perfs at top and left. Positioning of the watermark shows this stamp to be from the same sheet as the previous lot. 2000 RPSV Certificate
Lot 45		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $42 1885-86 Overprinted 'POSTAGE' in Black 5/- Lilac and Green Perf. 12 x 10 overprinted 'REPRINT', fine MUH
Lot 46		Estimate: $500 1888-89 Centennial 2d Blue Perf 11 Postal Forgery by Takuma on unwatermarked paper, centred to base and cancelled '1137' numeral of Darlington, which has slightly stained the paper, otherwise fine and scarce
Lot 47		Estimate: $450 1888-89 Centennial 2d Blue Postal Forgery Perf 11 produced by Takuma on unwatermarked paper, cancelled 865 numeral of Haymarket. Some toning on a few perf tips, otherwise fine
Lot 48		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $95 1888-89 Centennial Watermark '5/-' 5/- Deep Purple overprinted 'Specimen' (McCredie Type 10), fine with small part OG
Lot 49		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1888-89 Centennial Watermark '5/-' 20/- Cobalt-blue Perf 10 overprinted 'Specimen' (McCredie Type 9), fine with small part OG
Lot 50		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $240 1891 12½d on 1/- Red Perf. 11 x 12 overprinted 'Specimen' in blue, double gutter block of 24 from bottom of sheet with Plate No. '1' and Current No. '7', fresh MUH. SG268cs, cat £336 as normals, specimens being far scarcer
Lot 51		Estimate: $250 1894-1904 Watermark 'NSW' Chalk-surfaced Paper 10/- Violet and Rosine Perf 12 x 11 part OG. SG 276, cat £375
Lot 52		Estimate: $250 1894-1904 Watermark 'NSW' Chalk-surfaced Paper 10/- Violet and Rosine Perf 12 large part OG with only a trace of a hinge, perfs ragged at right otherwise fine. SG 277, cat £375
Lot 53		Estimate: $350 1894-1904 Watermark 'NSW' Chalk-surfaced Paper 10/- Violet and Claret Perf 12 x 11 part OG and fine. SG 278, cat £475