AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, NEW SOUTH WALES, 1854-72 DIADEMS

Lot 29	[ O ]	Estimate: $250 Purchase Price : $222 1854-59 Diadems Imperforate 5d Dull Green Wmk Upright fine used with four even margins, cancelled Sydney duplex SE 21 63. SG 88, cat £650
Lot 31	[ (*) ]	Estimate: $3,200 Purchase Price : $2,796 1856-60 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 34	[ (*) ]	Estimate: $220 Purchase Price : $199 1860-72 Diadems Perf 12 6d Violet unused without gum, typical somewhat ragged perfs (few short at top), toning of a few perfs on back. SG 148, cat £750
Lot 35	[ O ]	Estimate: $550 Purchase Price : $490 1860-72 Diadems Perf 12 8d Red-orange fine used with typical ragged perfs, an exceptional example of this scarce stamp. SG 1512, cat £1300
Lot 36	[ * ]	Estimate: $3,200 Purchase Price : $2,796 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 37	[ O ]	Estimate: $1,200 Purchase Price : $1,049 1860-72 Diadems 1d Scarlet Perf 12 x 13 indistinctly cancelled, some gum staining of perfs along top, a good example of this very rare stamp missing from many of the best collections. SG 171, cat £2250
Lot 38	[ O ]	Estimate: $150 Purchase Price : $134 1861-88 5/- Coin Dull Violet Perf 12 fine with typical ragged perfs. SG 174, cat £325