AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, 1902-12 MELBOURNE PRINTINGS

Lot 85		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $160 1902-04 Pictorials Watermark V over Crown ½d Green and 2d Deep Reddish-violet Litho, and 1d Rose-red Typo optd 'SPECIMEN' for U.P.U. distribution, fine without gum. SG Nos. 237, 239,240s, cat £360 (3)
Lot 86		Estimate: $80T Realised Price : $115 1902-04 Lithographed Pictorials Watermark V over Crown 1d Carmine-red Perf 12½ block of 4 'Double Perf' vertically, part OG
Lot 87		Estimate: $300T Realised Price : $260 1902-12 Pictorials mint (9) and used group of Compound or Mixed Perfs, with Wmk V over Crown (sideways) 1d typo and 2d litho cpd perf 12½ and 12; wmk Crown over A upright 1d typo (3), 2d litho cpd perf 12½ and 11, and 1d typo mixed perfs 12½ and 11 (punctured T and used); Wmk Crown over A sideways 2d typo cpd perf 12½ and 12, and 2d litho cpd perf 12½ and 11 (2); also 1d and 2d used with cut and paste perf repairs. Most with large part OG and generally fine, high cat value (9M and 3U)
Lot 88		Estimate: $60T 1902-04 Watermark V over Crown Upright (inverted) Perf 12½ 1d Scarlet variety 'Double Perforation' at left used on 1905 (16 Aug) picture postcard from Mt. Cameron to New Zealand, readdressed on arrival. Card with worn corners and a few bends, but a scarce variety on cover
Lot 89		Estimate: $1,500T Realised Price : $1,150 1903-07 Melbourne Printings of De La Rue issues mounted on pages, with 1903-05 Wmk V over Crown 9d Blue Perf 12½ shades (5, including scarce Ultramarine and Indigo), 9d Perf 11, 9d horizontal gutter pair, left unit cpd Perf 12½ and 11; 1/- Perf 12½ (2, one optd 'SPECIMEN'); 1904 1½d on 5d Surcharge (3, one with unrecorded (? bogus) 'SPECIMEN' handstamp); 1906-07 Wmk Crown over Double-lined A 8d 9d, 1/-, 10/- Perf 12½, 8d, 1/- 11, 9d (2), 1/- cpd Perf 12½ and 11, 1/- cpd Perf 12½ and 12, and 9d horizontal gutter pair, right unit cpd Perf 12½ and 12. Condition generally fine, and a useful group. SG cat £3000+ (25)
Lot 90		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $150 1904 1½d on 5d Tablet group of usages, with solo uses on picture postcards to Belgium and U.S.A., with 1d Pictorial on overpaid local postcard, singles (2) with 1d Pictorial on 1907 local letter, marginal pair on 1911 cover to Berlin, strip of 4 on 1905 registered cover to Perth, and irregular block of 8 and pair on 1905 registered cover to England. Some minor faults, however generally very fine (7)
Lot 91		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $480 1905-11 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A 2d Plum Wmk Upright marginal pairs (2) with Mixed Perfs 11 and 12½ at left or right respectively, and top marginal with Mixed Perfs 12½ and 12 at top; Wmk Sideways block of 4 cpd Perf 12½ and 11, and right marginal with Mixed Perfs 12½ and 11 at right. Very fine large part OG with some units MUH. High cat value (10)