Selection on hagners from Laureates to 1912 issues, few useful imperfs, Stamp Duties, etc, few unused/mint, mostly used, mixed condition (193)
Lot 5
Estimate: $500
Realised Price : $380
1850 Sydney View 3d Green shades on wove paper, four with four clear margins, others 2-3 margins, one with mss. cancel across face, cancels include numerals '39' and '71', mixed condition (8)
Lot 6
Estimate: $3,000
1851-55 Laureated 2d Dark Blue Plate I fine impression on blue medium paper [10], SG 54, superb corner example with huge margins, large part o.g., slight crease just touching lower right corner. An item for the connoisseur
Lot 7
Estimate: $1,750
Realised Price : $1,600
1854-59 Diadem Imperf 5d Dull Green, SG 88, Wmk upright, close to huge margins, fine unused. 1936 BPA Certificate. [Hutson states '...upright watermarks are scarcer than inverted']
Lot 8
Estimate: $3,000
Realised Price : $2,300
1854-59 Diadem Imperf 5d Dull Green, SG 88, Wmk upright and reversed, four large even margins, part gum. 1985 RPSL Certificate. The rarest of the watermark variants on this value
Lot 9
Estimate: $1,250
Realised Price : $1,600
1854-59 Diadem Imperf 5d Dull Green, SG 88, Wmk inverted, four large even margins, fine unused
Lot 10
Estimate: $2,000
Realised Price : $1,500
1854-59 Diadem Imperf 6d Deep Slate, Wmk sideways, SG 89a, close to large margins. A very scarce stamp and the first example we have offered
Lot 11
Estimate: $400
Realised Price : $500
1854-59 Diadem Imperf 6d Greyish Brown, error 'Wmk '8' sideways', SG 96ab, close to huge margins, faint crease which is probably natural as indicated on 1978 RPSV Certificate
Lot 12
Estimate: $1,500
Realised Price : $2,700
1854-59 Diadem Imperf 8d Golden Yellow, SG 97, good to large margins, cancelled numeral '95' of Brisbane. Strong colour
Lot 13
Estimate: $1,500
Realised Price : $2,600
1854-59 Diadem Imperf 1/- Rosy Vermilion, SG 99, part o.g., good to large margins
Lot 14
Estimate: $1,750
Realised Price : $1,800
1854-59 Diadem Imperf 1/- Pale Red, SG 100, large part o.g. (brown), large to huge margins. An exceptional example. 1993 RPSV Certificate
Lot 15
Estimate: $400
Realised Price : $440
'SPECIMEN' overprint diagonally in bold letters on Diadem Imperf 5d and 8d, Reprint (6d.) 'REGISTERED' (2), 1d and 2d in small type; 1885-86 Perf 12 10/- 'POSTAGE' optd 'Specimen' in blue; 1897-99 1d (2), 2d two perfs optd in red or black, 2½d two perfs optd in red, and one optd in black. Attractive group (14)
Lot 16
Estimate: $250
Realised Price : $460
1856-60 Diadem Imperf 1d Orange-Red, SG 109, trace of original gum, four large margins, unused. Attractive
Lot 17
Estimate: $250
Realised Price : $320
1856-60 Diadem Imperf 2d Blue Plate I, SG 112, good to huge margins with portion of adjoining unit at top, unused. Rich colour
Lot 18
Estimate: $500
Realised Price : $380
1856-60 Diadem Imperf 2d Blue Plate I, 'Major retouch' [36 - from 'H' of SOUTH to right corner frame'], SG 112a, close to huge margins with portion of adjoining unit at left
Lot 19
Estimate: $600
Realised Price : $675
1856-60 Diadem Imperf 3d Yellow-Green, SG 115, clear margins three sides, just touching at upper right, faint crease not visible from front
Lot 20
Estimate: $1,000
Realised Price : $1,350
1856-60 Diadem Imperf 3d Bluish Green, SG 116, small part original gum, close to large margins, unused
Lot 21
Estimate: $1,000
Realised Price : $1,200
1856-60 Diadem Imperf 3d Dull Green, SG 117, small part original gum, close to large margins
Lot 22
Estimate: $2,000
Realised Price : $4,000
1856-60 Diadem Imperf 3d Dull Green, error 'Wmk '2' ', SG 117a, margins three sides, touching at right, natural paper crease. 1957 RPSL Certificate. Perhaps no more than twenty examples are known
Lot 23
Estimate: $500
Realised Price : $650
1859 Lithographed 2d Pale Blue, SG 118, a presentable example of this rare stamp, margins in places. 1948 RPSL Certificate. Ex White
Lot 24
Estimate: $2,000
Realised Price : $2,200
1859 Lithographed 2d Pale Blue Retouched, SG 118a, a fine example of this rarity, 1947 RPSL Certificate. The catalogue value of £2,500 has been largely unchanged in the last 20 years. Ex Theodore Steinway
Lot 25
Estimate: $3,000
Realised Price : $4,800
1860-72 Diadem Perf 12 1d Orange-Red, variety 'Double impression', SG 131b, thin spot and a few short/uneven perfs. Unpriced in SG. 1969 RPSL Certificate. One of the great rarities in the Diadem issues
Lot 26
Estimate: $500
Realised Price : $420
1861-88 Perf 13 5/- Royal Purple, SG 175, large part o.g., typical uneven perfs
Lot 27
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $150
'SPECIMEN' overprint thick and thin types on 1862-65 De La Rue 1d Wmk '1' and No Wmk, 2d optd diagonally; 1864-65 1d (2) and 1867 4d and 10d optd diagonally, plus 10d optd 'Specimen', plus a few used normals (11)
Lot 28
Estimate: $600T
Realised Price : $460
1867-93 De La Rue 4d Die Proof in Black on white glazed card (92x60mm), handstamped 'Jan, 10. 1870'
Lot 29
Estimate: $650T
Realised Price : $500
1871-1902 De La Rue 1/- Die Proof in Black on white glazed card (92x60mm), handstamped 'Aug 16. 1875 BEFORE HARDENING'. Fine
Lot 30
Estimate: $400
Realised Price : $600
1882-97 5d Blue-Green 'Imperforate pair', SG 233e, large part gum, small adherence. Scarce
Lot 31
Estimate: $350
Realised Price : $270
1885-86 optd 'POSTAGE' in black 5/-, SG 238b, and 10/- ,SG 239a, additionally optd 'Specimen', typical perfs and centring (2). Normals Cat £1425
Lot 32
Estimate: $300
Realised Price : $260
1885-86 Optd 'POSTAGE' in blue 5/- and £1 (2, one marginal and imperforate at right), additionally optd 'REPRINT', small adhesions on reverse (3)
Lot 33
Estimate: $600
1885-86 Optd 'POSTAGE' in black 5/- Lilac and Green, additionally optd 'REPRINT' in small capitals, lower right corner block of four, fresh unmounted
Revenue Stamps: Accumulation of Tasmanian Govt (Tourist Dept) cheque forms, approx half of which have N.S.W. Stamp Duty issues affixed (noted 4/-), a few with handstamps of payee Companies, some with quaint names (The Canberra-Oriental Hotel Temperance League - at King's Cross (!) is noteworthy) (500 items approx)
Lot 36
Estimate: $400
Realised Price : $300
Postal History: 1899-1905 group of covers from Sydney to the same addressee in Lyons, France, bearing make-up frankings of 7½d, 10d, 11d, 1/3d, 1/10d, 1/10½d, 1/11½d and 2/1d, sent by P&O or Orient vessels with appropriate endorsements, one cancelled at Sydney Railway Station (late fee), mixed condition (8 covers)
Lot 37
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $190
Postal History: 1913 and 1915 covers from Sydney to the same addressee at Binda with superb applications in red of the rare machine-applied 'SYDNEY N.S.W./20MY-PAID½D' and 'PAID AT/½D/JL 29/1915/SYDNEY N.S.W.' repeaters
