THE KEN BARELLI CLASSIC VICTORIA, 1850-59 HALF-LENGTHS, 1857 ROULETTED 7-9 AT G.P.O. MELBOURNE
Lot 1271
Estimate: $1,000
Realised Price : $850
J.S. Campbell printings: 3d blue, SG 48, very fine pair tied by Barred Numeral \\\'1\\\' (Melbourne) to piece. Ex Perry
Lot 1272
Estimate: $7,500
Realised Price : $5,750
J.S. Campbell printings, experimental roulettes: 3d blue pair (SG 48, creased at top) tied by Barred Oval \\\'1\\\' to 1854 (3 Aug) cover Melbourne to Geelong, paying 6d Inland Letter rate. Once thought to be a private roulette, Kellow states \\\'it is now considered distinctly possible that some official experimentation with a rouletting machine took place in Melbourne in the latter part of 1854, and that small quantities of a number of different stamps were treated.\\\' Other denominations known to have been so treated are the 1/- Octagonal and 2/- Woodblock. Unique on cover. Ex Pack, Wawn, Perry. Illustrated Kellow page 62
Lot 1273
Estimate: $15,000
Realised Price : $18,000
J.S. Campbell printings: 3d blue, SG 48, pair, rouletted at base, scissor-cut touching margin at top, with imperf 3d greenish blue (SG 29a), large-margined pair, and \\\'Emblems\\\' 1d emerald-green (SG 64) tied by Barred Numeral \\\'73\\\' to 1858 (29 Sep) cover Sandridge to Hamburg, German States, paying 1/2d ½oz rate via U.K. A spectacular and unique franking, to an exotic destination
Lot 1274
Estimate: $5,000
Campbell & Fergusson printings: 3d bright blue, SG 49, pair tied by Barred Numeral \\\'1\\\' to 1858 (25 Sep) cover Melbourne to Sydney per \\\'Wonga Wonga\\\', paying 6d Ship Letter rate. Very few rouletted are recorded on cover. Ex Perry
Lot 1275
Estimate: $5,000
Realised Price : $7,000
Campbell & Fergusson printings: 3d greenish blue, SG 49a, unused, faint thin. Perhaps the finest of the few unused rouletted recorded. Ex Perry
Lot 1276
Estimate: $3,000
Campbell & Fergusson printings: 3d greenish blue, SG 49a pair, tied by Barred Numeral \\\'1\\\' to 1858 (4 Oct) cover (reduced at back) Melbourne to Sydney, paying the 6d Ship Letter rate. This shade is even rarer than the bright blue on cover. Ex Purves, Perry
Lot 1277
Estimate: $7,500
Realised Price : $5,750
Campbell & Fergusson printings: 3d greenish blue, SG 49a variety rouletted all sides and IMPERFORATE BETWEEN. The only recorded example. Ex Wawn, Perry
