Bids to be received by Thursday 23rd of February 2023 1:00 PM
Lots (1614)
Queensland: 1863 P.13 No Wmk 6d yellow-green mounted mint with original gum, usual rough perfs, nice colour and quite well centred. SG 27 Cat £170.
Queensland: 1879-81 P12 trio each handstamped SPECIMEN in violet diagonally on 1d reddish brown mint, 4d orange-yellow unused (no gum), 6d yellow green mint original gum, all with usual uneven perfs 12¼ x 12 or 12 x 12¼ for 6d. All fine and attractive, SG 134s or 135s (Die not shown due to upward centring), 141s, 143s. (3).
Queensland: Attractive duplicated assembly of Chalon perf issues including shades and some nice postmarks, mainly 1868-78 printings for 1d orange (9), 2d blue (23), 4d lilac, 4d yellow (2), 6d green (11), 1s mauve (2), 2s blue. Mixed but attractive selection. (c47).
South Australia: 1886-96 P.10 2/6 mauve mounted mint large part original gum with incredibly fresh frontal appearance, SG 195.
South Australia: 1894 2½d Victoria and Roo defin on five right hand marginal IMPERFORATE blocks of eight gummed unmounted mint colour trials. Includes red-brown, purple, brown, straw and reddish-purple colours. Very fine. SG 234 var. (40 examples).
Tasmania: 1892-9 ½d, 5d, 2/6 & 10/- all with horizontal 'SPECIMEN' overprint fine hinged mint. Fresh looking group SG 216s, 218s, 222s and 224s (4)
Victoria: 1905 Postcard of Bourke Street to UK bearing ½d green bantam (torn) and 1d rose tied Port Melbourne CDS and duplex with manuscript note the hotel on the right is where we had lunch yesterday, i now weigh two stones heavier...
Western Australia: Collection QV-QEII of approx. 90 stamps mainly used neatly arranged on leaves in display sleeves includes postmarks for QEII issues arranged A to Z, few QV incl 1854 1d black (poor), 4d blue imperf cut square (no margins), 6d sage-green Spiro forgery, perf Swans to 1s, 6d lilac unused, 1908 PPC of Fremantle High St used to London. (c.90).
1857 Type III Machine made paper 10c black neatly four good to large margins and MILANO 9 / 3 CDS cancel, no faults, accompanied by MATL 1977 Certificate and expertised same on reverse. Fine. SG 6b Cat £250.
1858-80 Classics assembly on album leaves with single used examples (mainly fine) and six covers including 1858 Entire Trieste to Zara with 15kr blue tied TRIEST cancel and single line ZARA receiving b/s, 15kr blue on cvr Prague to Vienna, 1861 2k yellow on EL. Vienna to Feltre, 1866 5k red ROVIGNO to Trieste, then 26 stamps from the period incl. 2k yellow f.u., 3kr green f.u., 1867 to 50kr f.u.. Useful and attractive assembly.
1875-1914 Box containing a large accumulation of early Postal cards both mint and used, the majority used displaying a plethora of different postmarks both Austrian and Czech (possibly some Polish) with duplication of types but still good variety. Condition is very good for this type of mixed lot that will be a delight for the Austrian postal history specialist. Totally unchecked by us so possibility of some good finds (214 cards)
1878-1955 Small accumulation of covers and cards chiefly commercial including 1876 covers with 5kr red (2), early 20th century covers with Czech pmks, 1914 cover with 'UBERPRIFT / WIEN' seal, 1920's Postal stationery, WWII censored cover, etc,.. with some mixed condition but many fine and interesting items (35)
