Bids to be received by Thursday 20th of August 2026 1:00 PM
Lots (1790)
New South Wales: 1859 Imperf 6d greyish-brown two example one badly torn and other 3 large margins both showing error of watermark 8 variety, SG 96a. Cat £150 each.
New South Wales: Jeffrey's forgery - 1859 Plate I No Clouds. 1d brownish-red in a superb PAIR with good neat margins all round and two sock on the nose strikes of number 92 cancel of CASINO. Impressive premium example accompanied by (incorrect) Spanish AIEP certificate. The Jeffrey's forgery shows the asterisk below T of POSTAGE. Very fine and impressive.
Postmarks: Victoria; Attractive collection on Hagners with dozens of nice towns and post offices around Victoria with little duplication noted BALLARAT, ECHUCA, COLAC, STAWELL, ST KILDA, TOORAK, MORILAKE, FITZROY,ELMORE, MITTA MITTA, etc, (66).
South Australia: 1855 2d rose-carmine (vermilion shade) in an attractive pair with margins on three sides, neatly cancelled barred circle cancels, fine, SG 2.
Victoria: Registered Imperf 1s tied to original 1856 cover Castlemaine to UK, one stamp top right has been removed (cut out) with the 1s four margin example tied oval numeral cancel sent per overland mail Castlemaine, red '34' manuscript charge mark and crayon charge mark, with London Crowned REGISTERED h/s ( smudged) on arrival. Nice range of backstamps. Rated x 8 on cover. SG 34.
Victoria Stamp Duty: 1879-82 £10 purple neatly fiscal cancelled, usual rough perfs, sound and fine for these. Barefoot 28.
Victoria Stamp Duty: 1879-97 attractive assembly of mainly all different 1d green to £2 greenish blue, mostly sound fiscal used, £1 orange has torn side. Nice group (17).
Western Australia: 1854 1d black Swan neat three margin example with light barred duplex, some faults incl closed tear at the base and blunt top right corner. SG 1.
Western Australia: 1855 1s brown neatly used example with four margins and '3' numeral barred oval postmark of Perth, noted pin hole and slight thinning otherwise does not detract from the handsome example, SG 4c.
1945-1968 A fine used collection on Lighthouse printed leaves with good runs of mainstream issues, sets, part sets for defins and commems, includes 1950 airmails set (Cat £400), 1940s-50s Fund sets, 1950s better sets incl Plebiscite set 3 (Cat £120), etc, clean lot.
1950 Costumes 1s claret in an unmounted mint bottom right hand corner strip of 5, folded and middle stamp has crease. otherwise, very fine, SG 1126. Cat £650.
1950-53 Air Birds 3s and 5s key values in corner marginal unmounted mint singles, plus 3 other lesser values. SG 1218/9.
