AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, NEW SOUTH WALES, 1861-97 5/- COIN

Lot 1064		Estimate: $4,000 5/- Coin Die Proof in black on India Paper (52x39mm) inset on sunken thin card (67x58mm). An important, rare and fine die proof. Ex Gordon Kaye
Lot 1065		Estimate: $1,000 5/- Coin Imperforate Plate Proof pair in Green on Wmk Large Star paper. Very faint tone spot at the top of the left unit otherwise fine. Ex Rivett-Carnac
Lot 1066		Estimate: $6,000 5/- Coin Imperforate Plate Proof in Green, block of nine on Wmk Large Star paper with one unit showing the re-entry. A fine multiple. Ex White and Baillie
Lot 1067		Estimate: $5,000 5/- Coin Imperforate Plate Proof in Dull Rose on Wmk Large Star paper, a block of eight (4 x 2) with a faint horizontal crease between the two rows. Fi*ne. Ex White and Baillie
Lot 1068		Estimate: $3,000 5/- Coin Imperforate plate proof in Gold on Green surfaced paper, a marginal block of four from the top of the sheet, positions 4-5/14-15, one with re-entry, minor imperfections. A spectacular proof, ex J.S. White
Lot 1069		Estimate: $120 5/- Coin Perf 13 dull violet on dated fragment (26.2.1869) additionally franked 1/- and 8d Diadems (perforations stained) cancelled with four strikes of the Sydney duplex
Lot 1070		Estimate: $150 5/- Coin Perf 13 on dated fragment (4.11.1870) additionally franked 2 x 1/- Diadem and 4d DLR all cancelled by Sydney duplex. Ex Colonel Evans
Lot 1071		Estimate: $2,500 1897 Re-issue Perf. 11 x 12 sheet of 50 split between the 7th and 8th columns, and showing the burélage in the left margin. SG 297e, Cat. £2500+