AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Lot 403 SOLD	[ */O ]	Estimate: $180 Realised Price : $170 1865-1912 duplicated range on hagners, with DLR printings from Perkins Bacon plates on Crown CC and Crown CA papers to 6d, 1885-93 typo issues, few surcharges, then 1901-12 printings up to 2/6d, various shades and perfs, also a selection of 'WA' (7) and 'OS' (23) punctures, and 'Medical' handstamp on 1899 and 1902 2d. Generally fine with some useful pickings (12M, 181U)
Lot 404 SOLD	[ O ]	Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1854 Watermark Swan Imperf 1d Black, fine with good margins all round. SG 1, cat £300
Lot 405 SOLD	[ O ]	Estimate: $380 Realised Price : $290 1854 Imperforate 1d Black, three examples cancelled numeral obliterators 1, 2 and 8, the first two with four margins, the last touched at right. SG cat £900 (3)
Lot 406	[ O ]	Estimate: $250 Purchase Price : $222 1854 Watermark Swan 1d Black Rouletted 7½-14, indistinct cancel with roulettes on three sides. SG 2, cat £600
Lot 407	[ O ]	Estimate: $500 Purchase Price : $443 1854 Watermark Swan Rouletted 7½ to 14, fine with light void grid cancel and showing roulettes on all four sides, with 1985 RPSL Certificate. SG 2, cat £750
Lot 408 SOLD	[ (*) ]	Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $600 1854 Lithographed 4d Pale Blue Rouletted 7½-14 unused without gum, touched at left and base, and showing roulettes at right only. Tone spot at lower left, however rare unused. SG 5, cat £4000
Lot 409 SOLD	[ O ]	Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $280 1854 Lithographed 4d Blue Rouletted 7½-14 cancelled 15-bar numeral '6', roulettes on all sides. SG 5a, cat £600
Lot 410	[ O ]	Estimate: $750 Purchase Price : $670 1854 Lithographed 1/- Pale Brown Rouletted 7½-14, fine from top of sheet (line watermark) and showing roulettes on all four sides, cancelled 15-bar numeral '2'. SG 6a, cat £1100
Lot 411	[ O ]	Estimate: $450 Purchase Price : $397 1857-59 Lithographed 2d Brown-black on Red variety 'Printed Both Sides' (inverted on reverse), margins three sides, touched at right, good colour. SG 15a, cat £800
Lot 412	[ O ]	Estimate: $750 Purchase Price : $670 1857-59 Lithographed 6d Grey Black with major transfer variety 'Headless Swan' fine used with four margins (close at right and base) and cancelled 15-bar numeral '8'. SG 19 var, cat £550++
Lot 413	[ O ]	Estimate: $400 Purchase Price : $350 1860-64 Locally Printed from Perkins Bacon Plates Imperf 6d Sage-green cancelled 15-bar numeral '8', very fine with good to large margins all round and excellent colour, a stamp rarely seen in this quality. SG 28, cat £400
Lot 414 SOLD	[ O ]	Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 1860-64 Locally Printed from Perkins Bacon Plates Imperf 6d Sage-green cancelled 15-bar numeral '8', good margins all round. SG 28, cat £400
Lot 415	[ O ]	Estimate: $600 Purchase Price : $536 1860-64 Locally Printed from Perkins Bacon Plates Imperf 6d Deep Sage-green, good to large margins, cancelled 15-bar numeral '17'. A very fine example of this difficult stamp. SG 28a, cat £550
Lot 416	[ O ]	Estimate: $200 Purchase Price : $175 1860-64 Locally Printed from Perkins Bacon Plates 2d Pale Orange Rouletted 7½-14, fine with traces of roulettes on all sides. SG 29, cat £275
Lot 417	[ O ]	Estimate: $160 Purchase Price : $140 1860-64 Locally Printed from Perkins Bacon plates 2d Pale Orange Rouletted 7½-14 on all sides, cancelled '2' in circle obliterator and fine. SG 29, cat £275
Lot 418	[ O ]	Estimate: $450 Purchase Price : $397 1860-64 Locally Printed from Perkins Bacon Plates Rouletted 7½-14 2d Orange-vermilion with roulettes at right and base cancelled 15-bar '1' numeral, and 6d Sage-green a 'small' stamp with roulettes all round, cancelled 15-bar numeral '3', both fine. SG 30, 32, cat £1025 (2)
Lot 419	[ O ]	Estimate: $500 Purchase Price : $443 1860-64 Locally Printed from Perkins Bacon Plates Rouletted 7½-14 6d Sage-green and showing roulettes on three sides, couple of roulettes at top stained, and cancelled 15-bar numeral '1' With 1985 RPSL Certificate. SG 32, cat £750
Lot 420	[ O ]	Estimate: $300 Purchase Price : $268 1860-64 Locally Printed from Perkins Bacon Plates Rouletted 7½-14 6d Sage-green cancelled 15-bar numeral '3', roulettes on right side only with good margins other sides. SG 32, cat £750
Lot 421	[ (*)/O ]	Estimate: $1,200 Purchase Price : $1,049 1861 Watermark Swan Intermediate Perf 14-16 1d Rose, 2d Blue, 6d Purple-brown unused (no gum), and 2d Blue, 6d Purple-brown and 1/- Yellow-green used, mostly fine. SG 33, 34, 36, 37, £2500 (6)
Lot 422	[ * ]	Estimate: $350 Purchase Price : $315 1861 Watermark Swan Intermediate Perf 14-16 1d Rose part OG, few tone spots on reverse barely visible on face. SG 33, cat £750
Lot 423	[ * ]	Estimate: $900 Purchase Price : $787 1861 Perkins Bacon Printings Watermark Swan Intermediate Perf 14-16 1/- Yellow-green, small part OG with some toning on perf tips. SG 0037, cat £2000
Lot 424	[ (*)/O ]	Estimate: $650 Purchase Price : $583 1861 Watermark Swan Clean-cut Perf 14-16 2d Blue(2), 6d Purple-brown and 1/- Yellow-green unused (no gum), 6d with some perfs trimmed at left, plus 6d Purple-brown used, also a 6d forgery. Fine appearance for this scarce group. SG 41-43, cat £1820 (6)
Lot 425	[ * ]	Estimate: $1,200 Purchase Price : $1,049 1861 Watermark Swan (Upright) Clean-cut Perfs 14-16 1/- Yellow-green, toned area in lower right corner, and a few perfs toned at top, both visible only from reverse, otherwise fine with part OG and rare in this condition. SG 43a, cat £1400
Lot 426 SOLD	[ * ]	Estimate: $220 Realised Price : $190 1864-79 Watermark Crown CC Perf 12½ 6d Lilac part OG and fine. SG 59, cat £300
Lot 427	[ **/* ]	Estimate: $80 Purchase Price : $70 1871 Watermark Crown CC Perf 14 3d Pale Brown, 3d Cinnamon part OG, and 1882-95 Watermark Crown CA Perf 14 3d Pale Brown M, and 3d Red-brown block of 4 (MUH) and single. SG 63, 86, 87, cat £187 (8)
Lot 428	[ O ]	Estimate: $150 Purchase Price : $134 1882-85 Watermark Crown CA (Sideways) Perf 12 x 14 1d Yellow-ochre very fine used and cancelled by Perth 'GPO' duplex. SG 81, cat £170
Lot 429	[ O ]	Estimate: $40 Purchase Price : $35 1885-93 Watermark Crown CA (sideways) 1d Carmine (with surface scrape at top) and 2d Grey (ironed out crease), both with variety 'Watermark Sideways Inverted' (Crown to Right of CA). SG 95w,96w, cat £155 (2)
Lot 430	[ P ]	Estimate: $400 Purchase Price : $350 1885-93 De La Rue 2d stamp-size Die Proof in Black on glazed card, very fine
Lot 431	[ */O ]	Estimate: $400 Purchase Price : $350 1898-1907 1d Carmine (3) and 2d Bright Yellow (2) variety 'Watermark Inverted', also 1905-12 Watermark V over Crown Perf 12½ 3d Brown variety 'Watermark Reversed' mint and used (9), mostly fine, the latter not catalogued by SG. The 1d and 2d SG cat £720 (15)
Lot 432	[ P ]	Estimate: $200 Purchase Price : $175 1898-1907 Watermark W Crown A 2d Imperforate Plate Proof in Bright Yellow horizontal pair very fine with large part OG
Lot 433 SOLD	[ S ]	Estimate: $1,400 Realised Price : $1,250 1902-11 Watermark V over Crown 1d, 2d, 4d, 8d, 9d, 10d, 2/-, 2/6d, 5/-, 10/- and £1 CTO with concentric circles obliterator, affixed to large part of ledger page and additionally struck with triple-circle 'POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES/COLLECTION/DE BERNE/MADAGASCAR' handstamp in red. 2/6d with surface abrasion, otherwise very fine and one of three possible sets
Lot 434	[ * ]	Estimate: $140 Purchase Price : $123 1902-11 Watermark V over Crown Perf 12 x 12½ 10/- Deep Mauve, part OG. SG 127, cat £180
Lot 435	[ O ]	Estimate: $80 Purchase Price : $70 1902-11 Watermark V over Crown Perf 12 x 12½ 10/- Deep Mauve fine used with Registered Perth oval ds, centred upper left. SG 127, cat £100
Lot 436	[ O ]	Estimate: $100 Purchase Price : $88 1902-11 Watermark V over Crown Perf 12 x 12½ 10/- Deep Mauve punctured 'OS' fine used. SG 127 cat £100 as normal, BW W65b cat AU$250
Lot 437	[ * ]	Estimate: $350 Purchase Price : $315 1902-11 Watermark V over Crown Perf 12½ x 12 £1 Orange-brown, centred right, lightly hinged with large part OG. SG 128, cat £425
Lot 438	[ * ]	Estimate: $400 Purchase Price : $350 1902-11 Watermark V over Crown Perf 11 5d Bistre, 2/- Bright Red on Yellow, 2/- Orange on Yellow fine mint part OGF (5d gum a little toned). SG 132, 134, 134a, cat £775 (3)
Lot 439	[ */O ]	Estimate: $1,200 Purchase Price : $1,049 1905-12 Watermark Crown over Double Lined A largely mint range on hagners with Perf 12 x 12½ or 12½ x 12 ½d (2), 1d (4, two wmk upright), 2d (2), 3d (2, one U), 4d (5, one U), 5d (3), 8d (2), 9d (8, four U, incl wmk upright M and U (2)), 10d (2), 5/- (5, cat £190 each); Perf 11 1d (2, one wmk upright), 2d (2), 3d (2), 5d (5, three U). Also 1912 Wmk W Crown A 6d (2) and 1/- (2), 1912 Thin Paper 3d (2, one wmk upright, cat £200), and 1912 1d on 2d Surcharge (6, plus used on picture postcard). Most listed shades are represented, a few stamps with faults but mostly very fine and large part OG. SG cat £2400+ (50 M and 8 U)
Lot 440	[ * ]	Estimate: $250 Purchase Price : $222 1906-12 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A Perf 11 3d Brown variety 'Watermark Sideways Reversed' (crown facing right when viewed from front), fresh MLH, only a few examples recorded. BW W28aa, cat AU$750
Lot 441 SOLD	[ PS ]	Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 Postal Cards: 1979 ½d Red-brown on Salmon very fine unused, and with wrapper band (front only) printed in dark brown '12/HALF-PENNY/POST CARDS/WESTERN AUSTRALIA', scarce
Lot 442	[ PS ]	Estimate: $300 Purchase Price : $268 Envelopes: 1909 1d Rose large die (23.5mm x 19.5mm) superb unused (2002 WA Catalogue No. EN6), with 2009 RPSV Certificate
Lot 443	[ PS ]	Estimate: $120 Purchase Price : $105 Lettercards: 1902 2d Bronze-red on Greyish, very fine unused
Lot 444	[ PS ]	Estimate: $120 Purchase Price : $105 Frank Stamps: 1898 large OHMS cover front (210 x 137mm) to England with 'DEPARTMENT OF LANDS & SURVEYS/FRANK/STAMP' in violet cancelled by Perth 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/NO 25/98' duplex, also with 'LANDS & SURVEYS/24 NO 98/RGG' cachet in violet and 'PAID/OFFICIALLY/WEST AUSTRALIA' handstamp in black alongside, minor blemishes
Lot 445	[ C ]	Estimate: $1,000 Purchase Price : $874 Pictorial Envelopes: Rae Brothers pictorial envelopes 'set' of 12 views comprising (a) with 'Rae Brothers Perth' imprint 'CLAREMONT', 'MUNDARING WEIR', 'PERTH FROM MT. ELIZA', 'PERTH R STATION' (with tram), 'THE ZOO PERTH' and 'WATCHING INTER 8-OAR BOAT RACE PERTH 1908; or (b) without imprint 'HOLIDAYING ON THE SWAN', 'NEW COURT HOUSES PERTH (with tram), 'PARLIAMENT HOUSES PERTH', 'THE ESPLANADE PERTH', 'WA BLACKS AT BREAKFAST' (a previously unrecorded view) and 'WA GINS SMOKE OH'. Mostly very fresh, very minor blemishes in places, mostly on reverse, unused. A rare group (12)
Lot 446	[ C ]	Estimate: $400 Purchase Price : $350 1878 (18 Apr) cover to Sheerness, England with 6d Mauve Wmk Crown CC Perf 12½ tied by Perth GPO duplex, endorsed 'via Southampton' and with Sheerness arrival backstamp JU 6 78. Adhesive damaged at lower left corner, otherwise a fine and clean cover
Lot 447	[ O ]	Estimate: $250 Purchase Price : $222 Letter Obliterators: Range on hagners, with 11-bar type 'AL' (2), 'AR', 'B' (6), 'BE'. 'D' (2), 'E' (2), 'F' (2), 'G' (2), 'GR' (4), 'GT' (6, one in blue), duplex types 'A' (2). 'B', 'D', 'F' (2), 'G' 4), 'K' (2), 'N', 'P' (2), 'V' (3), 'Y' (4), and small 'F.' (4) and 'K.G.S.' (4). Range of values up to 6d, generally fine with mostly good to fine strikes (57)