AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, NEW SOUTH WALES, OFFICIAL STAMPS

Lot 181		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $270 Officials: Range of Specimen overprints, with 3d, 8d Diadems, 5/- Coin, 1d, 2d, 4d, 6d, 9d on 10d, 10d, 1/- De La Rue, 1887-90 10/- seriffed opt (CTO), 1d, 2d, 4d, 6d (2), 8d, 1/- Centennial, 7½d on 6d Surcharge, ½d Grey (2), various overprint types, majority with part OG and generally fine, a useful group (22)
Lot 182		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $1,150 Officials: 1879-92 largely mint range of 'OS' Overprints on hagners, with 1879 Wmk Crown over NSW (I) 2d Red Opt U, 1880 5/- Coin (2, one CTO reprint), 1882-85 Wmk Crown over NSW (II) 1d (3), 2d (3), 3d (4), 4d (3), 6d (3), 8d (6, one U), 1/- (4), 1888 Centennial 1d (2), 2d (3), 4d (3), 6d (2), 8d (2), 1/- (4), 5/- Red Opt CTO, 1891 2½d (2), ½d on 1d, 7½d on 6d, 12½d on 1/-, 1892 ½d (2). Mostly fine with part OG, high cat value. Also 1879 2d with Red Opt on 1880 cover (RPSL Cert states fake cancel), and 1888 20/- Centennial with forged opt (RPSL Cert) (53 + 1 cover)
Lot 183		Estimate: $1,300 Officials: 1879 Watermark Double-lined '6' Perf 13 3d Dull Green strip of three with parcel roller cancellation. Fine and possibly the record multiple of this rare stamp. Ex William Frazer. SG O1, cat £1800
Lot 184		Estimate: $450 Realised Price : $380 Officials: 1880-88 5/- Coin Rose-lilac Perf 10 part OG and fine apart from a few ragged perfs. SG O14b, cat £650
Lot 185		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 1887-90 Watermark 'NSW' 5/- Lilac and Green Perf 12 x 10 optd Specimen (McCredie Type 11 - 100 printed, few perfs missing at lower left), 10/- Mauve and Claret Perf 12 (2, with sans-serif (no gum) and seriffed 'OS' overprints, optd Specimen Type 10). A scarce trio of reprints, the 10/- with sans-serif opt was absent from the McCredie collection (3)
Lot 186		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $250 1887-90 Watermark 'NSW' 10/- Mauve and Claret Perf 12 optd Specimen (McCredie Type 10, no gum), and £1 Lilac and Claret Perf 12 optd SPECIMEN (Type 7, part OG), the latter very scarce with only 100 prepared. Both part OG and fine (2)
Lot 187		Estimate: $1,200 1887-90 Watermark 'NSW' 10/- Mauve and Claret Perf 12 with Seriffed 'OS' Overprint, fine used cancelled Sydney 'NSW' duplex, an excellent example of this rare stamp. SG O37, cat £1400
Lot 188		Estimate: $80 Officials: 1890-91 5/- Mauve Centennial Perf 10 with Black Overprint fine used cancelled Sydney 'NSW' duplex, showing variety 'O Broken at Left'. SG O49a, cat £100+
Lot 189		Estimate: $300 Officials: 1890-91 5/- Dull Lilac Centennial Perf 12 with Black Overprint part OG, stain at lower right. SG O489b, cat £650
Lot 190		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $125 Officials: 1890-91 Centennial 5/- Lilac Perf 10 and 20/- Cobalt-blue Perf 10 (couple of short perfs at left) overprinted SPECIMEN (McCredie Type 12, used for U.P.U. distribution), part OG (2)