In Australian Colonies, New South Wales
featured a quality group of imperforate Diadem issues both unused and used, with
watermark errors and printing varieties, as well as a selection used in the
Moreton Bay District (Qld); South Australia included an 1890
Postal Conference Presentation Book, containing adhesives and postal notes; in
Tasmania fine proofs, particularly for the Sideface issues; and
in Victoria, perhaps the finest known unused example of the 6d
‘TOO LATE’ stamp.
Australian Commonwealth commenced with a good selection of
Kangaroos, with values to £2 and some better multiples,
followed by an extensive range of KGV issues across all
watermarks from a Melbourne collection, with a fine range of 1d Reds, shades,
varieties, monograms and imprints, including the 4d Orange and 4d Violet imprint
blocks. Later issues were highlighted by the 1956 Olympics unissued 3½d
value and Courvoisier colour separation proofs for the
2/- denomination.
The Pacific Is-Oceania section included selected singles and
sets, with collections for many popular countries throughout. Featured were
Gilbert and Ellice Islands and New Guinea
postal history, the New Hebrides 1924 5d on 2½d ‘surcharge
inverted’, useful New Zealand, Papua and New
Guinea Postal Charges surcharge varieties and the final portion of an
extensive Tonga collection, while the sale highlight was the
outstanding Queensland used in Papua 1889 “Granville” cover
(Lot 627).
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