AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, 1860-84 BEADED OVAL AND LAUREATE ISSUES

Lot 692		Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $1,250 1860-66 Beaded Ovals and 1863-84 Laureates mint and used range of hagners, the mint including 3d Deep Blue Beaded Oval on laid paper (a little soiled, but cat £650), 3d Blue and 3d Maroon Beaded Ovals Wmk THREE PENCE (latter fine and cat £400), 1d Laureate Wmk V over Crown block of 4, 3d Orange (2), 4d (3), 6d (5, incl pair), 8d Brown on Pink (2) shades Wmk V over Crown (cat £250 each), 8d Brown on Pink Wmk '10'. Used including a number of the emergency printings, also 8d Orange and 10d Grey (both fine), and 5/- Blue and Red shades (7). Also two covers, one 1869 with 1d Laureate pair, and other 1866 with 4d Laureate and oval 'MORE TO PAY'. Some faults (including apparent imperfs that are almost certainly stamps with perfs cut away), the mint mostly part OG, high catalogue value (37 mint, 99 used, two covers)
Lot 693		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1860-66 Beaded Ovals Watermark Words of Value 3d Blue and 3d Maroon, each showing the major 'Cracked Electro' variety, 3d Maroon with a few clipped perfs, very scarce (2)
Lot 694		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $460 1860-66 Beaded Ovals Watermark Words of Value 6d Orange a 'smallish' stamp with intact perfs and with neat Barred Numeral cancellation, ex Dr W. Heslop and once described by J.R.W. Purves as the finest copy he had seen. SG 93, cat £450
Lot 695		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,350 1860-66 Beaded Ovals Watermark Words of Value 6d Orange used with 3d Deep Blue Beaded Oval on Laid Paper, tied by Melbourne '1' in thin bars on 1860 (25 Oct) entire (somewhat fragile) to London, light filing fold through 6d adhesive. Only 6-8 covers bearing the 6d Orange are recorded
Lot 696		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 1864-65 Laureates Emergency Printings on Tasmanian Double-lined '4' paper 4d Dull Reddish-rose Compound Perf 13 x 13 x 12 x 13, small stain at edge of design at left, otherwise fine with part OG and very scarce. SG 114bb, unpriced mint
Lot 697		Estimate: $350 1867-81 Laureates Watermark V over Crown (V1) Perf 13 3d Lilac, few shortish perfs otherwise fine with part OG. SG 133, cat £475
Lot 698		Estimate: $280 1867-81 Laureates Watermark V over Crown (V1) Perf 13 3d Lilac, fresh but largely no gum. SG 133, cat £475
Lot 699		Estimate: $250 1867-81 Laureates Watermark V over Crown (V1) Perf 13 1/- Light Blue on Blue variety 'Watermark Inverted', very fine with part OG. SG 138, cat £275+
Lot 700		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $1,700 1867-81 Laureates Watermark V over Crown (V1) Perf 13 5/- Blue on Yellow, a few perf tips along top toned otherwise fine with part OG, an excellent example of this rare stamp. SG 139, cat £4000
Lot 701		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 1867-81 Laureates Watermark V over Crown (V1) Perf 13 5/- Blue on Yellow, an example of this scarce and popular stamp in very fine condition. SG 139, cat £450
Lot 702		Estimate: $550 1867-81 Laureates Watermark V over Crown (V1) Perf 13 5/- Blue and Carmine Type 1 fine with part OG. SG 140a, cat £750
Lot 703		Estimate: $450 Realised Price : $340 1867-81 Laureates Watermark V over Crown (V1) Perf 13 5/- Grey-blue (deep shade) and Carmine Type 1, a little heavily hinged otherwise fine with part OG. SG 140c, cat £750
Lot 704		Estimate: $300 1867-81 Laureates Watermark V over Crown (V1) Perf 13 5/- Grey-blue and Carmine Type I, small thin at upper left but of fine appearance and part OG. SG140c, cat £750