THE KEN BARELLI CLASSIC VICTORIA, 1850-59 HALF-LENGTHS, 1850-53 LITHOGRAPHED BY THOMAS HAM, FOURTH STATE OF DIES - VEILS ALTERED - VERTICAL DRAPES
Lot 1143
Estimate: $2,500
Realised Price : $3,000
2d lilac-grey (seventh printing), SG 16, unused, full-margined, barely shaved at base. Rare unused. Ex Perry
Lot 1144
Estimate: $2,000
2d lilac-grey (seventh printing), SG 16, unused part o.g. from base margin of sheet, full-margined, barely shaved at left, trifle soiled. Ex Pack, Forster, Perry
Lot 1145
Estimate: $3,000
2d deep grey (seventh printing), SG 16a, unused, full-margined. An extremely rare shade unused. Ex Perry
Lot 1146
Estimate: $3,000
Realised Price : $2,300
2d deep grey (seventh printing) [24] showing prominent secondary cut-transfer affecting whole of right border, SG 16a, unused, full-margined from right margin of sheet, minute thin in upper right corner of that margin
Lot 1147
Estimate: $4,000
2d deep grey (seventh printing), SG 16a, large-margined, portion of two adjoining units, boldly tied by Barred Oval \\\'28\\\' to 1852 (17 Mar) Official entire letter endorsed \\\'Police Office/Kyneton\\\' to Melbourne, paying Inland Letter rate, backstamped Mount Macedon and Melbourne, latter unusually in green. Rare shade and proving cover. Ex Pack, Purves, Perry
Lot 1148
Estimate: $1,500
2d brown-lilac (seventh printing), SG 16b, unused, full-margined, tiny thin top left. Ex Forster, Perry
Lot 1149
Estimate: $10,000
2d in distinctive pastel grey shade (eighth printing), unused, full-margined. This shade not known used suggesting it may be of proof status. Unique. Ex Harvey, Perry
Lot 1150
Estimate: $1,000
Realised Price : $1,600
2d cinnamon (eighth printing), SG 17, unused, full-margined except where barely shaved at base. Ex Harvey, Perry
Lot 1151
Estimate: $5,000
Realised Price : $6,000
2d cinnamon (eighth printing), SG 17 and third state 1d dull orange-vermilion (SG 8), both full-margined, barely shaved at one point, tied by Butterfly \\\'1\\\' to 1851 (11 Apr) entire letter Melbourne to U.K. per \\\'Anglia\\\', paying 3d Ship Letter rate. Rare franking. Ex Perry
Lot 1152
Estimate: $2,000
Realised Price : $2,700
2d cinnamon (eighth printing), SG 17, strip of four in a deep shade, margins except at left base, fourth unit creased, cancelled Barred Oval \\\'7\\\' (The Glenelg). Ex Pack, Forster, Perry
Lot 1153
Estimate: $1,500
Realised Price : $1,150
2d cinnamon (eighth printing), SG 17, strip of four, full-margined, barely touched at two points, indistinct Butterfly cancel. Ex Pack, Forster, Perry
Lot 1154
Estimate: $6,000
Realised Price : $7,250
2d drab (eighth printing), SG 17a, full-margined pair, tied by Barred Oval \\\'2\\\' to 1852 (6 Jul) cover Geelong to Sydney, paying 4d double Inland Letter rate although carried by sea as evidenced by Sydney Ship Letter backstamp. A superb and rare franking. Ex Perry
Lot 1155
Estimate: $750
2d drab (eighth printing), SG 17a, unused, full-margined except where shaved at left base, faint wrinkles, small stain visible only on reverse. Ex Perry
Lot 1156
Estimate: $4,000
Realised Price : $3,000
2d pale dull brown (eighth printing), SG 17b, remarkable unused large part o.g. with full sheet margin at right, portion of adjoining unit at left. Ex Boker, Perry
Lot 1157
Estimate: $4,000
2d pale dull brown (eighth printing), SG 17b, full-margined, portion of adjoining unit at base, tied by Barred Oval \\\'2\\\' to 1852 (15 Sep) cover Geelong to Sydney, paying Inland Letter rate. Rare in this quality. Ex Perry
Lot 1158
Estimate: $5,000
Realised Price : $6,500
2d pale dull brown (eighth printing), SG 17b, rejoined unused pair with large part o.g., full-margined, sheet margin at top, small thin in each. Ex Pack, Forster, Perry
Lot 1159
Estimate: $7,500
Realised Price : $5,750
2d greenish grey (eighth printing), SG 17c, remarkable single showing portion of adjoining units three sides, tied by Barred Oval \\\'2\\\' to 1852 (30 Jan) cover Geelong to Melbourne. The finest quality Ham printing on cover extant. Ex Pack, Boker, Perry
Lot 1160
Estimate: $2,000
2d olive-drab (eighth printing), SG 17d, full-margined except where barely touched lower right corner, portion of adjoining unit at top, tied by Barred Oval \\\'1\\\' to 1852 (20 Oct) cover Melbourne to Sydney, paying Inland Letter rate. Ex Purves, Perry
Lot 1161
Estimate: $3,000
Realised Price : $4,000
2d olive-drab (eighth printing), SG 17d, vertical strip of three in a rare deep shade, so uncharacteristic of an eighth printing as to suggest it may have been of trial nature, full-margined except at base where touched, crease in centre unit. The record multiple in this shade. Ex Purves, Perry
