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Online General Sale No. 82 Bidding closes at 5pm AEST on Friday 23rd August 2024 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, NEW SOUTH WALES, 1851-54 LAUREATES
Lot 23 | [ O ] |
1851-52 1d Scarlet-vermilion Laureate on Bluish Medium Wove paper horizontal pair with close to good margins all round except just touched at lower left corner, cancelled '76' numeral of Merton (rated R). SG 47, cat £300  | ||
| Lot 24 | [ O ] |
1851-52 1d Orange-brown Laureate on Thick Vertically Laid Bluish Paper, horizontal pair with close but clear margins all round, and very rare as such, a very desirable pair. SG 49, cat £950  | ||
| Lot 25 | [ O ] |
1851-52 2d Laureate Plate I very fine selected examples, with Ultramarine on Yellowish Wove (3), various shades and states of wear on Bluish Wove (12, incl pair). A fine lot of high catalogue value (15)  | ||
| Lot 26 | [ C ] |
1852-53 6d Grey-brown Laureate Plate I, just touched at top and slightly cut into at lower left, portion of adjoining stamp showing at right, tied by barred obliterator on 1853 (10 Jan) outer from Sydney to London, endorsed 'p Kate'. Double ship letter rate, with 2 x 8d due from addressee, despatch and arrival backstamps. A very fine solo franking of this difficult stamp  | ||
| Lot 27 | [ O ] |
1853 6d Laureate Plate II, three superb examples each with clear margins and light cancellations, comprising Brown cancelled indistinct numeral and with portion of adjoining stamp at right, and Grey-brown (2, one cancelled '26' (Shoalhaven), the with indistinct numeral). An exceptional lot, SG 77-78, cat £975 (3)  | ||
| Lot 28 | [ O ] |
1853 8d Dull Yellow Laureate on Bluish Wove Paper, margins all round (close at right) '95' of Brisbane, exceptional quality and a desirable stamp, especially so used in Moreton Bay District. SG 79, cat £650+  | ||
| Lot 29 | [ O ] |
1854 Watermark Double-lined Numeral 3d Yellow-green Laureate Error 'Wmk Double-lined 2', clear margins top and right, just touching other two sides, cancelled Sydney barred obliterator. An excellent example of this rare stamp. SG 87b, cat £1800  | ||
