AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1857-59 LITHOGRAPHED BY A. HILLMAN

Lot 423		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $675 1857-59 Imperforate 2d Brown-Black/Red, SG 15, unused example, margins touching in places, handstamp on reverse 'W.H.C.' (Colson). Attractive example
Lot 424		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,600 1857-59 Imperforate 2d Brown-Black/Red, SG 15, good unused example, barely shaved at top and at left, large margins other sides, portion of adjoining unit at base
Lot 425		Estimate: $2,500T Realised Price : $2,700 1857-59 Imperforate 2d Brown-Black/Red, SG 15, unused example, attractive margins with part original gum. 1996 BPA Certificate
Lot 426		Estimate: $3,000T Realised Price : $4,200 1857-59 Imperforate 2d Brown-Black/Red, SG 15, used strip of three cut-to-shape, third unit ironed out creases. Very intense colour and believed to be the only known strip
Lot 427		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,250 1857-59 Imperforate 6d Golden-Bronze, SG 17, constant transfer variety at lower right, fine example shaved at top and at left, large elsewhere (portion of adjoining unit at right). Cat £1500+
Lot 428		Estimate: $5,000T Realised Price : $6,000 1857-59 Imperforate 6d Golden-Bronze, SG 17, three huge margins - touching at right, on 1858 (9th Nov) entire letter to London "via Southampton", superb strike of oval 'POST OFFICE/(crown)/FREMANTLE/ WESTERN AUSTRALIA' in black, red arrival datestamp, minor filing creases just touching on adhesive at right. Very few "golden-bronze" covers exist, this being one of the finest. Ex Gartner
Lot 429		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $625 1857-59 Imperforate 6d Black-Bronze, SG 18, attractive example, showing transfer flaw on upper right frame, tiny thin, neatly cancelled with numeral '5'
Lot 430		Estimate: $600T 1857-59 Imperforate 6d Grey-Black, SG 19, margins just touching in places, showing transfer flaw at upper right frame corner and frame at top, grid cancel '14' of Albany in brown
Lot 431		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $420 1857-59 Imperforate 6d Grey-Black, SG 19, margins just touching in places, showing transfer flaw through "E" of POSTAGE, tied to piece by 15-bar '3' of Perth