1862-65 1d Dull Red De La Rue Watermark Single-lined '1' Perf 14 (comb) marginal horizontal pair showing small portion of marginal inscription, large part OG and of good appearance. SG 186, cat £500
1862-65 1d Dull Red De La Rue Watermark Single-lined '1' Perf 14 (comb), two part OG examples in differing shades, one with wing margin, good colour and appearance. SG 186, cat £500 (2)
1862-65 1d Dull Red De La Rue Watermark Single-lined '1' Perf 14 (comb) large part OG and lightly hinged, a fine example of this scarce stamp. SG 186, cat £250
1862-65 1d Dull Red De La Rue No Watermark Perf 14 (comb), three examples in differing shades, one no gum, other two part OG (one with short corner perf), good colour and generally fine appearance. SG 187, cat £750 (3)
1862-65 2d Pale Blue No Watermark Perf 14 (comb) two part OG examples in differing shades, one bottom marginal with Current No. '7', good appearance. SG 188, cat £500+ (2)
1862 2d Blue De La Rue Watermark Double-lined '2' Perf 13 (3, one with wing margin) part OG brown gum as issued, couple of minor perf faults but generally good appearance. SG 189, cat £390 (3)
1863-69 1d Pale Red De La Rue Watermark Single-lined '2' Perf 13, part brownish gum as used, one variety 'Watermark Reversed' (heavily hinged). A scarce duo. SG 1921, cat £550 (2)
1864 1d Pale Red Diadem Watermark Single-lined '1' range, with wmk upright M (3) and U (5, incl pair), wmk reversed M pair and single and U pair and single, wmk inverted U, and one no apparent wmk U. Mint with part gum, few with small faults. SG 195, cat £1430 (16)
1864-65 1d De La Rue Watermark Single-lined '1' Perf 13, in Pale Red (2, one no gum with wmk upright, other large part OG with wmk inverted) and Brownish-red part toned OG with wmk reversed. Generally good appearance and an interesting trio. SG 195, 197, cat £345+ (3)
1864-65 1d De La Rue Watermark Single-lined '1' Perf 13, in Dark Brown-red (2, one part OG, other no gum, both wmk inverted and with faults), Brownish-red no gum with wmk reversed, and Brick-red part OG wmk inverted but with horizontal crease. SG 196-198, cat £820+ (4)
1867 4d and 10d De La Rue Perf 13 range of leaves, with 4d M (fine part OG) and unused no gum pair, and U shades (11 incl two pairs), and opt diagonal SPECIMEN; 10d M (2, both with wing margins and fine part OG) and U (9, incl strip of 4, one Wmk Inverted), plus opt SPECIMEN in three different types, generally fine to very fine, unused stamps alone cat £500. (29)
1871-1902 Watermark Crown over NSW (I) used collection mounted on leaves, with Perf 13 1d (9, incl two pairs), 2d (24, incl block of 12 and two strips of 3, also an example with 'TWO PENCE' doubled), 3d (4), 4d (3), 6d (4), 8d (3), 9d on 10d (3), 1/- (3), Perf 10 1d (3, incl pair), 2d (2), 3d (2), 5d, 6d, 8d (2), 9d on 10d (2), 1/- (2), Perf 13 x 10 1d, 2d (3), 3d, 4d, 6d, 8d (4, incl pair), 1/-, Perf 10 x 13 2d, 4d, Perf 11 x 12 comb 2d (cat £60, with 1962 RPSL Cert), Perf 11 3d pair, Perf 11 x 12 3d pair. All fine to very fine selected copies, high catalogue value (87)
1882-97 Watermark Crown over NSW (II) 1d used group mounted on album page, comprising 1d Salmon Perf 10 and Perf 13 x 10, and 1d Orange-red Perf 10, Perf 10 x 13, Perf 12 x 10, Perf 11 x 10, Perf 12 x 11, Perf 11 x 12 (ex Hutson, unlisted), Perf 11, and Comb Perf 11 x 12. All fine and a good selection of some of the rarer perfs. SG cat £600+ (10)
1882-97 Watermark Crown over NSW (II) 2d used group mounted on album page, comprising 2d Pale Blue Perf 13, Perf 10 gutter pair, Perf 10 x 13 and Perf 13 x 10; and 2d Prussian Blue Perf 12, Perf 11, Perf 12 x 11 pair (ex Hutson) and single, Perf 10 x 12, Perf 12 x 10, and Comb Perf 11 x 12 (2). All fine and an exceptional selection of most of the rare perfs. SG cat £1000+ (14)
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
1888-89 Centennials 2d Blue Postal Forgery Perf 11 on unwatermarked paper produced by Takuma, fine used and cancelled '1034' of Ultimo. SG cat £450 (see footnote)
1888-89 Centennials Watermark Crown over NSW (II) 4d Red-brown Perf 11, few short perfs at top, and toning along perfs at right side, a scarce stamp. SG 255c, cat £95
1894 'NSW' Watermark impression from the original Master Plate for the watermark manufactured by Edwin Amies & Sons Ltd. On thick paper, being the wrapping paper which enclosed and protected the Master Plate itself, overwritten '283' which identified this plate in the firm's ledger. Discoloured, nevertheless a unique piece (folded size 74 x 63mm)