AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, NEW SOUTH WALES, LATER ISSUES

Lot 35		Estimate: $90 Realised Price : $70 1867 10d De La Rue Imperforate Plate Proof Pair in Lilac Watermark Single-lined '4', fine
Lot 36		Estimate: $250 1872 De La Rue 6d Die Proof in Black on glazed card dated 'Feb, 26. 1870', very slight soiling and peripheral toning along top edge
Lot 37		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $90 1876 1/- Imperforate Plate Proof pair in Green (gummed) and single in Vermilion No Watermark, and marginal pair in Deep Green Wmk Crown over NSW (I), fine (5)
Lot 38		Estimate: $250 1882 Watermark Crown over NSW (II) sheet of 240 watermarks showing on left side the 'NSW' watermark within scrollwork on the butt as bound into the books of paper. Fine and very scarce. also 1891 (6 Apr) copy letter from De La Rue to the N.S.W. Agent-General in London re the acceptance of the firm's tender for the paper
Lot 39		Estimate: $600 1882-97 Watermark Crown over NSW (II) Perf 11 3d Yellow-green marginal horizontal pair error 'Imperforate Vertically' fine mint. SG 226da, cat £700
Lot 40		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $525 1885-86 Watermark 'NSW' Optd 'POSTAGE' in Black 5/- Lilac and Green Perf 12 x 10 part OG and of fine appearance, a very scarce stamp. SG 238b, cat £800
Lot 41		Estimate: $150 1885-86 Fiscals Overprinted 'POSTAGE' in Black Perf 10 5/- Lilac and Green and 10/- Mauve and Claret overprinted 'SPECIMEN' (McCredie Type 12), both without gum, 5/- with horizontal crease at base (2)
Lot 42		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $150 1888-89 Centennial 1d Imperforate Colour trials in Black, Orange-red and Rose-red, very fine (3)
Lot 43		Estimate: $500 1888-89 Centennial 2d Blue Emu Postal Forgery on 'NSW' in concentric ovals, a fine example of this scarce and popular forgery
Lot 44		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $420 1888 Centennial 2d Blue Emu Postal Forgery on No Watermark Paper Perf 11, cancelled '698' of George Street West (Sydney), with 2013 RPSV Certificate, the finest example we have seen. See SG footnote, cat £450
Lot 45		Estimate: $350T 1888-89 Centennial 6d Imperforate Colour Trials in Black, Slate-blue, Orange, and Blue-green, very fine (4)
Lot 46		Estimate: $180 1888-89 Centennials Watermark '5/-' 5/- Deep Purple overprinted 'Specimen' (McCredie Type 10), fine with small part OG
Lot 47		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $200 1888-89 Centennials Watermark '5/-' 20/- Cobalt-blue tied by Sydney duplex to neat 1889 (7 Nov) piece, SG 262
Lot 48		Estimate: $1,200 1888-89 Centennials 20/- Imperforate Proof in Brown affixed to presentation card (115mm x 152mm) with printed inscription at top from the Postmaster-General, and endorsed on the reverse in manuscript 'This is the second impression that was struck off Carrington 1888'. Unfortunately the card has been split in two places and reinforced, with a further crease below, all well away from the proof. An historic proof, ex G.J. Hutson
Lot 49		Estimate: $200 1888-89 Centennials Watermark '5/-' 20/- Cobalt-blue Perf 10 overprinted 'Specimen' (McCredie Type 9), fine with small part OG
Lot 50		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $180 1890 Watermark '5/- NSW' in Diamond 5/- Lilac Perf 11 large part slightly toned OG, lightly mounted. SG 263a, cat £375
Lot 51		Estimate: $400 1890 Watermark '20/- NSW' in Circle 20/- Cobalt-blue Perf 10 large part OG and lightly mounted, very fine. SG 264, cat £500
Lot 52		Estimate: $260 1890 Watermark '20/- NSW' in Circle 20/- Ultramarine Perf 11 part OG and fine. SG 264c, cat £425
Lot 53		Estimate: $300 1890 Watermark '20/- NSW' in Circle 20/- Ultramarine Perf 12, large part OG and lightly cancelled, very fine. SG 264ca, cat £450
Lot 54		Estimate: $250 1890 Watermark '20/- NSW' in Circle 20/- Ultramarine Perf 12 x 11 part OG, fine. SG 264cb, cat £375
Lot 55		Estimate: $200 1890 Centennials Watermark '20/- NSW' 20/- Cobalt-blue Perf 10 overprinted 'SPECIMEN' (McCredie Type 12), fine with small part OG. 120 stamps were prepared with this SPECIMEN overprint in January 1893
Lot 56		Estimate: $220 1897 Consumptive Homes 1d (1/-) and 2½d (2/6d) large part OG and fine apart from the usual gum creases. SG 280-1, cat £300 (2)
Lot 57		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 1897 Consumptive Homes 1d (1/-) and 2½d (2/6d) overprinted 'Specimen' in red large part OG and fine. SG 280-1s, cat £300 (2)
Lot 58		Estimate: $600 1897 Consumptive Homes 1d (1/-) and 2½d (2/6d) used on separate local Broken Hill covers, cancelled '331' and with Broken Hill cds, very fine (2 covers)
Lot 59		Estimate: $500 1897 'Jubilee' Issue 1d + 2d + 2½d triptych proof in Deep Prussian lue on thin glazed card (144 x 95mm), very fine
Lot 60		Estimate: $500 1897 'Jubilee' Issue 1d + 2d + 2d triptych proof in Bistre-brown on thin glazed card (143 x 95mm), tiny mark at top otherwise very fine
Lot 61		Estimate: $500 1897-99 Watermark Crown over NSW (II) Perf 12 1d Rose-carmine Die II vertical pair error 'Imperforate Three Sides' with wing-margin gutter at right, fine with large part OG
Lot 62		Estimate: $200 1899 Watermark Crown over NSW (II) Chalk-Surfaced Paper 1d Salmon-red Die II horizontal pair error 'Imperforate', very fine with large part OG. SG 301a, cat £275
Lot 63		Estimate: $8,000 c1903 Artist's Handpainted Essays (5) in Black, Grey and Chinese White for a 9d value. Two feature the coats-of-arms of the six States, two feature King Edward VII, and the fifth shows the Southern Cross. Although nothing is known of the history of these essays, or the identity of the designer, these almost certainly date from 1903 when steps were being taken to develop a uniform design for the 9d stamps to be used by all States (eventually only N.S.W. and Queensland used the adopted design). The essays are clearly drawn by the same hand as the set of five essays (two 2d, three 2½d) dated to 1903 listed by Brusden-White as E25-29 and considered to be submission for a Commonwealth uniform issue. The essays are on thin card, four 107mm x 125 and numbered 1 to 4, the fifth smaller (46mm x 105mm), the whole have been affixed together on an album page. A beautiful set, ex G.J. Hutson