THE KEN BARELLI CLASSIC VICTORIA, 1850-59 HALF-LENGTHS, 1850-53 LITHOGRAPHED BY THOMAS HAM, ORIGINAL STATE OF DIES

Lot 1002		Estimate: $10,000 Realised Price : $9,000 1d orange-vermilion, SG 1, one of the finest of this extremely rare shade of which Kellow states \\\'about 20 copies are known\\\'. Ex Lock, Purves, Perry
Lot 1003		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $1,500 1d orange-brown, SG 1a, full-margined, small thin at top
Lot 1004		Estimate: $10,000 Realised Price : $7,500 1d orange-brown, SG 1a, attractive full-margined pair, close at top, from right margin of sheet. Certificate states \\\'faint trace of tiny thin largely in margin at centre\\\'. Ex Pack, Lock, Purves, Perry
Lot 1005		Estimate: $40,000 Realised Price : $38,000 1d orange-brown, SG 1a, full-margined pair, portion of three adjoining units, tied by Butterfly \\\'1\\\' on 1850 (14 Mar) cover to St. Kilda, paying 2d double Town Letter rate. Perhaps the finest of the five covers recorded bearing a pair of the original state 1d. Another cover from this correspondence, of slightly lesser quality, realised AU$41900+ in our March 2006 sale
Lot 1006		Estimate: $25,000 Realised Price : $21,000 1d orange-brown, SG 1a, vertical pair, crease in lower unit, full-margined except where barely touched at right, affixed by locally applied gum and cancelled by Butterfly \\\'21\\\' on 1850 (12 Jun) cover Ballan to Sydney, paying 2d Inland Letter rate, fine Ballan datestamp on reverse. Five covers are recorded bearing a pair of the original state 1d. Ex Wawn, Perry
Lot 1007		Estimate: $4,000 Realised Price : $3,000 1d dull chocolate-brown, SG 1b, full-margined, one of the finest examples of this shade extant. A far rarer shade in comparison with orange-brown than catalogue differential would suggest. Ex Perry
Lot 1008		Estimate: $40,000 Realised Price : $42,000 1d dull chocolate-brown, SG 1b, attractive strip of three, negligible thinning in first unit. The record multiple in this shade, and one of the most desirable items extant in original state printings. Ex Berry, Harvey, Perry. Illustrated Kellow page 32
Lot 1009		Estimate: $20,000 Realised Price : $21,000 2d lilac-mauve (Stone A printing), SG 2, unused, probably from upper left corner of sheet. The finest unused of the four examples recorded. Ex Caspary, Purves, Perry. Illustrated Kellow colour plate 1
Lot 1010		Estimate: $1,000 2d lilac-mauve, SG 2, unusually large-margined for this, probably from base margin of sheet, lightly cancelled in blue. Certificate states \\\'tiny pinhole caused by impact of Butterfly obliterator\\\'
Lot 1011		Estimate: $30,000 Realised Price : $36,000 2d lilac-mauve, SG 2, from right margin of sheet, portion of adjoining unit at left, lovely full shade, tied by pressure of indentation of Butterfly \\\'4\\\' to 1850 (10 Feb) cover Broken River to Melbourne, paying 2d Inland Letter rate, Broken River and Melbourne backstamps. The finest of the four recorded covers and one of the most renowned of Half-length covers. Ex Boker, Perry. Illustrated Kellow colour plate 1
Lot 1012		Estimate: $5,000 2d lilac-rose (Stone A printing), SG 2, the shade which is thought to represent a rejected colour trial, margins except at right where touched, cancelled Butterfly \\\'19\\\' (The Leigh). Five examples are recorded
Lot 1013		Estimate: $20,000 Realised Price : $23,000 2d brown-lilac (Stone B printing), SG 3, unused. The finest unused of the three examples recorded. Ex Ferrary, Yardley, Purves, Perry
Lot 1014		Estimate: $750 2d brown-lilac, SG 3, unusually large-margined except where touched at top left, greenish-black Butterfly \\\'1\\\'
Lot 1015		Estimate: $20,000 Realised Price : $19,000 2d brown-lilac, SG 3, large-margined, cancelled Butterfly \\\'1\\\' in blue-black on 1850 (9 Feb) Official cover (creased at centre) Melbourne to Geelong. Only four covers from this printing stone (SG 3/a) are recorded. Ex Ferrary, Caspary, Forster, Perry
Lot 1016		Estimate: $500 2d grey-lilac (Stone B printing), SG 3a, margins except where touched upper left
Lot 1017		Estimate: $20,000 Realised Price : $19,000 2d grey-lilac, SG 3a, full-margined and superb, cancelled Butterfly \\\'15\\\' on 1850 (18 Feb) Official cover Geelong to Melbourne. The cover with tear at centre although the most attractive of the four covers recorded from this printing stone (SG 3/a). Ex Pack, Boker, Perry
Lot 1018		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $1,900 2d grey-lilac, SG 3a, pair, an atypical \\\'pastel-grey\\\' shade, small thin at base of second unit. Pairs are the largest multiples in the original state 2d and very few are recorded. Ex Pack, Wawn, Forster, Perry
Lot 1019		Estimate: $4,000 Realised Price : $3,000 3d bright blue, SG 4, full-margins except where shaved at base, lightly creased prior to affixing to 1850 (12 Mar) entire letter where it is tied by Butterfly \\\'1\\\', sent Melbourne to U.K. per \\\'Cockermouth Castle\\\' at 3d Ship Letter rate. One of the more attractive of the small number of solo-franked first printing 3d covers
Lot 1020		Estimate: $35,000 Realised Price : $27,000 3d bright blue, SG 4, in combination with second printing 3d Blue, eighth printing 2d cinnamon and fourth printing 2d grey (SG 4a, 17 and 10), cancelled Butterfly \\\'23\\\' on 1851 (18 Jan) cover Burn Bank to U.K., paying 10d double Inland/Ship Letter rates. Rated by Perry as one of the most remarkable frankings in the Ham printing \\\'Half-lengths\\\'. Ex Caspary, Forster, Perry. Illustrated Kellow colour plate 3
Lot 1021		Estimate: $75,000 Realised Price : $82,500 3d bright blue, SG 4, the extraordinary and beautiful unused vertical strip of four with full base margin, crease in first and last units in no way detracting. Equal record unused multiple (the other a defective horizontal strip). Justifiably ranked amongst the greatest items of the Australian Colonies. Ex Pack, Dale-Lichtenstein. Illustrated Kellow page 34
Lot 1022		Estimate: $8,000 Realised Price : $12,500 3d blue, SG 4a, full-margined tied by Butterfly \\\'1\\\' to 1850 (26 Jun) cover Melbourne to Hobart, paying Ship Letter rate. Kellow states \\\'Probably less than one dozen are recorded bearing this stamp\\\'. Ex Purves, Perry
Lot 1023		Estimate: $3,000 3d blue, SG 4a, large-margined pair from base margin of sheet, portion of adjoining unit at right, lightly cancelled Butterfly \\\'15\\\' (Geelong). Rare in such quality. Ex Purves, Perry
Lot 1024		Estimate: $1,500 3d blue, SG 4a, full-margined pair, left unit showing prominent secondary flaw in upper panel, neatly cancelled Butterfly \\\'1\\\' (Melbourne). Ex Perry
Lot 1025		Estimate: $7,500 Realised Price : $5,750 3d blue, SG 4a, unused part o.g. strip of three, thinnings and tears, although the record unused multiple in private hands (The Royal Collection contains a rejoined block of four). Ex Pack, Wawn, Perry
Lot 1026		Estimate: $12,500 Realised Price : $11,000 3d blue retouched, SG 4ac, [10] retouch below \\\'V\\\' and in border beside elbow at right, large margins except where barely touched upper right, in combination with third printing 1d dull orange-vermilion, (SG 8 - two singles, one creased), tied by Butterfly \\\'15\\\' to 1851 (5 Apr) cover Geelong to U.K. per \\\'Lochnagar\\\', paying 5d Inland/Ship Letter rates. The [10] retouch occurred only once in the sheet of 120, whereas the [11] (SG 4ab) appeared eight times. The only example of a [10] retouch on cover and one of the more attractive Ham printing Half-length covers. Ex Purves, Perry