Banknote: 1886 'Bank of New South Wales' £73/17/4d duplicate of draft payable to 'Mrs Emma Hales' imprint of C.Skipper & East London at left, payable in sterling at Brisbane. Unlisted in Vort-Ronald. VF-EF
Lot 108
Estimate: $4,000
Banknote: 1891 'THE SYDNEY DEPOSIT BANK' £1 with imprint of Sands McDougall Limited', signatures of 'George Young' and 'T.S.Richardson'. Vort-Ronald 1. G-VG, corner torn. Rare. [The bank folded in 1892, being an early victim of the land crash]
Lot 109
Estimate: $1,000
Banknote: c.1880 'R.SIMONS, TAYLORS & MERCERS' £3000 advertising note for suits at £2/2/-, repaired/reinforced. Unlisted Vort-Ronald. F-VF. Rare
Lot 110
Estimate: $3,000
Banknote: c.1895 'The Eagle Tobacco Company Ltd' 1/- advertising 'SULTAN NAVY CUT' depicting American Eagle, lightly rubber- stamped 'CANCELLED'. Unlisted Vort-Ronald. F-VF, few pinholes. Rare
Lot 111
Estimate: $1,500
Realised Price : $2,400
Collection on hagners including Sydney Views 1d (5), 2d (6), 3d (2), various Laureated issues with 1d (2), 2d (7), 3d (2), 6d (2), 8d (2), Diadems useful imperf and perf issues with values to 1/-, 6d Registered (5, one perf unused), various later issues with values to 20/-, range of perf and wmk varieties, some scarcer, Charity set, Officials to 10/-, some mint blocks to 1/-, few SPECIMEN opts, Dues to 20/- CTO, few covers with 'GOVERNOR' Frank (2), Revenues range from QV to KGV with some high values, perfins including 'G/NSW' on Australian Commonwealth issues, etc, mixed condition throughout, mint/used (100's)
Lot 112
Estimate: $400
Realised Price : $440
1849 Carmichael's Essay for 6d and 1/- in black se-tenant on wove paper
Lot 113
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $220
1850 Sydney View Plate I 1d Crimson-Lake, SG 1, four even margins, tiny thin at left with BN '60' of Paterson cancel. Attractive
Lot 114
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $180
1850 Sydney View Plate I 1d Reddish-Rose, SG 3, large to huge margins, tiny thin at right, portion of adjoining unit at left with BN '7' of Penrith cancel. Attractive
Lot 115
Estimate: $300
Realised Price : $230
1850 Sydney View Plate I 1d Dull Lake, SG 6, good to huge margins
Lot 116
Estimate: $100
Realised Price : $130
1850 Sydney Views 1d without clouds, Jeffryes forgeries in pair on piece with '12' simulated cancellations. Superb examples of the forger's art and often misclassified as genuine
Lot 117
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $115
1850 Sydney View Plate I re-engraved 1d Carmine on laid paper, SG 13, four margins, close in places
Lot 118
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $160
1850 Sydney View Plate I Later impression 2d Greyish Blue, SG 17, huge margins, superb appearance, though cleaned. 1996 RPSL Certificate
Lot 119
Estimate: $250
Realised Price : $400
1850 Sydney View Plate II from retouched bottom row, 2d Dull Blue variety 'No whip', SG 28e, large margins, faintest trace of cancel. 1996 RPSV Certificate
Lot 120
Estimate: $100
Realised Price : $120
1851 Laureated 1d pair in Orange-Brown, Jeffryes forgery with numeral '1' watermark applied by hand. More attractive than the original!!
Lot 121
Estimate: $1,500
1853 8d Orange-Yellow, SG 80, small to large margins, portion of adjoining unit at base, tied to outer entire to England, endorsed 'P "Ellenborough"', handstamped '3' in red, reverse with framed 'SHIP LETTER/PLYMOUTH' and Sydney handstamp. Rare and attractive on cover
Lot 122
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $145
1854 Imperf 3d Yellow-Green pair, right unit variety 'WAEES', SG 87a, normal unit repaired, four margins, close in places
Lot 123
Estimate: $250
1854-59 Imperforate 6d Diadems, selection of shades comprising singles (2) and pairs (4), clear to large margins. Attractive
1856-60 Diadems 1d Carmine-Vermilion, SG 108, four margins, part o.g.
Lot 127
Estimate: $500
Realised Price : $380
1860-72 Diadems Perf 12 2d Prussian Blue, SG 136b, Retouched pair, one unit being [56] showing 'Line redrawn above "PEN"', few blunt perfs. Very rare
Lot 128
Estimate: $400
Realised Price : $320
1888 Centenary Essays on thick, unwmkd perf 11 paper for 4d in brown or vermilion, latter straight edge at top (2)
Lot 129
Estimate: $500
Realised Price : $1,350
1888 20/- Carrington perf 10, SG 262, top marginal example on Wmk "5/-" paper, with purple ornamental scrollwork applicable to that paper, large part o.g. Very attractive and rare
Lot 130
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $180
1890 20/- Cobalt-Blue Perf 11, SG 264a
Lot 131
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $120
1890 20/- Cobalt-Blue Perf 11, SG 264a, block of four, pen and cds cancelled in 1903
Lot 132
Estimate: $350
Realised Price : $280
1890 20/- Ultramarine Perf 11, SG 264c, very fine used block of four
Postage Due: 1891 20/- Green perf 12x10, SG D10b, large part o.g. A rare stamp mint and grossly undercatalogued, with almost all known examples found either ovpt Specimen or cancelled-to-order
Lot 142
Estimate: $250
Realised Price : $550
Postal Stationery: Selection unduplicated comprising Postal cards (17) with 1889 Jubilee 2d and 3d used, Lettercards (6), Envelopes (10, four Official), Registered Envelopes (3) and Wrappers (5), unused and used, condition a little mixed (41)
Lot 143
Estimate: $100
1851 (7th Jul) entire letter to Albury with framed 'PAID AT/TARCUTTA' in black, mss. '2' and crowned Tarcutta and Albury datestamps
Lot 144
Estimate: $1,750
1853 (9th Aug) entire letter Sydney to England endorsed 'Per "Argo"', bearing Laureated 3d Dull Yellow-Green (SG 67) and 8d Orange-Yellow (SG 80), both with varying margins, arrival handstamps. Rare bicolour franking
Lot 145
Estimate: $150
Miscellany with main interest in cache of 1850s-1860s unstamped letters to Storekeeper/Postmaster at Bowenfells from romantic-sounding outposts such as 'Frying Pan', 'Running Stream', 'Solitary Creek', 'Camp Cunningham's Creek', 'Camp Ginkin', 'Round Swamp', 'Wet Swamp', 'Cheethem Flats', 'Antonio's Creek', 'Cullen Bullen', 'Meadow Flat', 'Middle River', etc (43 items)
Lot 146
Estimate: $250
1880-1905 mainly TPO group, the earliest being Valentine type cover faults to Burraja with TPO West, 1893 and 1896 1d Lettercards with "U" datestamps, Sydney Special, and Up Train markings, modern archival example of wax seal for TPO North, etc some toning, mixed condition
Lot 147
Estimate: $500
Travelling Post Offices: 1880s-1980s range of stamps, stamps on pieces, with various TPOs, Posted on Train, etc, including obliterators (few 100)
Lot 148
Estimate: $150
'T.P.O./WEST' 1882-1905 covers (3), postcard and Registered Envelope from various offices and markings, mixed condition (5)
Lot 149
Estimate: $150
'T.P.O./SOUTH' 1872-1909 group including oval type struck twice on 1d Postal Card, postcards (3) and registered covers (3), from various offices and markings (7)
Lot 150
Estimate: $100
Realised Price : $90
1901 'PARCEL BILL' forms (3) from Condobolin Post Office, cancelled 'TRAVELLING P.O. N° 2 WEST', two types
Lot 151
Estimate: $100
Realised Price : $90
1903 'HOTEL VICTORIA' advertising cover to Hobart with two nice strikes of 'MOREE TO WERRIS CK/T.P.O.' cds's, also 1907 ppc to Sydney with 'T.P.O./WEE WAA' type 24 cds, minor blemishes
Lot 152
Estimate: $600
Cancellations: Selection A - Y mostly early 1900s cds's on covers/cards, noted 1865 very fine oval 'MONEY ORDER OFFICE/SYDNEY N.S.W.' in red, 1875 Collector, 1888 Darlington Point, Dripstone '1043' (incorrectly allocated by Campbell), Euriowie, Frogmoor, 1863 Majors Creek, Maryland, Middleton Street, Mount Elliot, North Berry Berry, Parliament House, Tartna Point, registereds, advertising, useful Stationery, PPC's, etc, little or no duplication, quality of cancels generally good (132)
Lot 153
Estimate: $300
Diverse selection incl 1928 cover to USA with 3d with 'SYDNEY/ SPECIAL' cds, TPOs, English Mail covers (3), various 1930s Posted on Train, etc, mixed condition
Lot 154
Estimate: $100
Barred Numeral: '72' of (Wee Waa) on three margined Sydney View 2d Plate I
Lot 155
Estimate: $150
Picture Postcards: Early 1900s selection of Sydney and country mostly, many real photo types, unused and used, generally fine (60)
Lot 156
Estimate: $500
Realised Price : $700
Literature: "The Stamps of New South Wales" by Hutson (1960), signed by the author's son. A few pages separated from binding as often found; "New South Wales Numeral Cancellations" by Brown and Campbell (1965) with Supplements 1 and 2; "Ship Letters of Australia" Vol 1 by Molnar (1990), spiral bound with minor spotting on cover. Useful group
