AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, SPECIMENS AND REPRINTS

Lot 765		Specimen Overprints: Collection of various types in upper or lower case, mostly between McCredie Types 20-24, including 1884-95 Stamp Duty 1d, 1/6d (2), 3/- (2), 4/- (3), 5/- (3), 10/-, 15/- and £1, 1884-92 2/6d (3), 1885-95 Naish printings 3d (2), 4d, 8d (3), 1/-, 2/-, 1885 3d 'STAMP DUTY' opt, 1886-96 ½d, 1d Green (2), 1d Brown shades (4), 2d (4, one Natal UPU receiving handstamp), 2½d (3), 4d (3), 5d (2), 6d (3), 9d (2), 1/- (4), 1/6d Orange, generally fine. Wonderful opportunity to acquire a collection of considerable substance (55)
Lot 766		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $200 Cancelled-to-Order: 1884-1900 Large size Stamp Duties cancelled-to-order with Melbourne cds, comprising 3/- Drab, 4/-, 5/- Rosine (2), 6/- (3), 10/- Green, £1, £1/5/- and £10, with various dates; also 1901 1d Olive Stamp Duty, and 1901-12 2/- Postage similarly cancelled, plus 1905-13 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A 1d, 1½d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d, 9d, 1/- and 2/- (latter VCr wmk) with unusual AP 23 07 CTO date. Couple with small faults but generally fine and mostly part OG (23)
Lot 767		Estimate: $700 Realised Price : $550 1891 Reprints: An incomplete range optd 'Reprint' mounted on leaves, lacking the Stamp Statutes and the two 1d large-size Stamp Duties, but with some duplication, also scarce pairs of the 2d Queen-on-Throne, 1/- Octagonal, 1/- and 5/- Laureates, ½d Bell, and 1d Green and 1d Brown Stamp Duties. A couple with small faults but generally fine and with part OG (68)
Lot 768		Estimate: $700 Realised Price : $600 1891 Reprints: Range with 2d Queen-on-Throne, 1/- Octagonal, Laureated 10d Grey, 1/- and 5/-, Bell ½d, Stamp Statute 3d, 4d, 10/-, £1 and £5 ('REPRINT' opt with Wmk Inverted), and 1d Green, 1d Brown Stamp Duty, mostly fine (13)
Lot 769		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $100 1891 Reprints: 2/- Stamp Statute, one overprinted 'Reprint' (no gum), other without overprint with part OG, the latter very scarce (2)