AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY VIEWS

Lot 29		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $270 Plate I 1d Carmine [pos.18], four even margins cancelled indistinct numeral. Very Fine SG 2 Cat £500
Lot 30		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 Plate I 1d Carmine on soft yellowish paper pos. [3], cancelled barred numeral '69'(?) of Murrurundi, small to huge margins indicating its position from the top of the sheet. SG 2, Cat £500
Lot 31		Estimate: $250 Plate I 1d Carmine, [18] large margins all round, small scissor cut through upper right corner square; and 1d Reddish-rose, SG 3, [14] even margins all round, small tone spot in upper margin, cancelled by Sydney obliterator. SG 2, Cat £975 (2)
Lot 32		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 Plate I 1d Brownish-red pos. [23] large margins all around tiny nick in top margin that does not impinge into the design, an otherwise fine example. SG 4 Cat £500
Lot 33		Estimate: $450 Realised Price : $700 Plate II 1d Vermilion pair [pos. 8/9] very fine used with small to good margins all around, cancelled indistinct numeral. SG 7 Cat £750+
Lot 34		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $360 Plate I 1d Crimson-lake pair, small to large margins except at top left where touching. Struck with central framed 'TOO LATE' cancel and possibly unique thus. SG 9, Cat £750+
Lot 35		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $340 Plate II 1d Carmine on Laid Paper pos. [18] faintly cancelled barred numeral '66' (Singleton) with four good margins. SG 13 Cat £600
Lot 36		Estimate: $550 Plate I 1d Vermilion on Laid Paper [pos. 7 - variety 'No Trees on Hill'], four good margins, indistinct numeral cancel. Fine. SG 14a Cat £1100
Lot 37		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $575 Plate I 1d Vermilion on laid paper, [15 - variety 'no clouds']. Four good margins and lightly cancelled with indistinct barred numeral. Very fine. SG 14c Cat £1100
Lot 38		Estimate: $1,500 Plate I 2d used selection comprising Greyish-Blue [16] cancelled '57' (Raymond Terrace - rated RR), Dull Blue [8] showing double frame line, Greyish-Blue (retouches) [14], small tear, [17], [20], [22] & [23] and Dull Blue (Later Impressions) [15], [16] and [18]. Majority fine and with four good margins. SG Cat £3000 (10)
Lot 39		Estimate: $300 Plate I 2d Greyish-blue, four good margins with full frameline at left, cancelled Sydney barred oval. SG 15 Cat £550
Lot 40		Estimate: $450 Plate I 2d Greyish-blue (Early Impression) pos. [11] cancelled indistinct numeral and with four large margins showing framelines at top, base and left and scarce thus. SG 15 Cat £550
Lot 41		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 Plate I 2d Deep Blue Early Impression, [pos.19 - variety 'double lines on bale'] four margins except at top left where just touching and full frameline at base. Lightly cancelled Sydney barred obliterator. SG 16a Cat £950
Lot 42		Estimate: $75 Plate I 2d Dull Blue, SG 18, four large margins, cancelled with BN '39' of Cooma (typically blurred). Cat £160
Lot 43		Estimate: $3,000 Plate II 2d used selection comprising Dark Blue (Early Impression) [6], Indigo (Intermediate Impression) [18], [19] & [24], Greyish-Blue (Early Impression) [10, variety 'pick and shovel omitted'], [16] & [19] and (Intermediate Impression) [16], Bright Blue (Early Impression) [21] with 1970 BPA Certificate, Prussian Blue (Later Impressions) [1, variety 'fan as Plate II with shading outside'] (2) and [2, variety 'fan as in Plate III, inner circle intersects fan'], [10, variety 'pick and shovel omitted'] & [24], plus First Retouches Prussian Blue [20, variety ‘no whip'], Dull Blue [22] & Third Retouch pair [20-21, 20 variety 'no whip']. SG Cat £6090 (19 incl a pair)
Lot 44		Estimate: $600 Plate II 2d Lilac-blue (Early Impression) [10, variety 'pick and shovel omitted'], SG 22f, good even margins all round, cancelled '2' of Parramatta. A very scarce stamp in this condition with one of the prominent engraving varieties. 1958 BPA Certificate (which does not mention the variety)
Lot 45		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $90 Plate II Worn Impression 2d Prussian Blue [pos. 16], four good even margins, cancelled Sydney barred obliterator. SG 25 Cat £200
Lot 46		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $90 Plate II Worn Impression 2d Prussian blue, four margins showing complete frameline at right and base and tied to small fragment with faint barred numeral '26' (Shoalhaven) also showing Crowned oval Shoalhaven ds (SE 9 1850). SG 26 Cat £200
Lot 47		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $380 Plate II 2d Prussian Blue [22, showing First Retouch], SG 27, good to large margins all round showing complete frameline at top and partial framelines two sides, tied to small piece by good strike of 'Diamond of Dots' obliterator
Lot 48		Estimate: $1,250 Plate III 2d Ultramarine used selection comprising Early Impressions [4] (2, cancelled at Goulburn & Wagga Wagga), Intermediate Impressions pair [2-3] numeral cancel enhanced, [8], [14] (2, cancelled at Singleton & Armidale) and Worn Impressions [7, variety 'double lines on bale'], [12, variety 'double lines on bale'], [20, variety 'fan with six segments] and [23]. SG Cat £2600+ (11 incl a pair)
Lot 49		Estimate: $1,600 Plate IV 2d used selection comprising on Bluish Grey Wove, Ultramarine [3] & [18], Prussian Blue [11] & [22, variety 'no clouds'], Dark Blue [3], Bright Blue [13]; on Yellowish Wove, Ultramarine [11], [22, variety 'no clouds'] 1970 BPA Certificate] & [10]; and Plate V used selection comprising Ultramarine [5], [9], [10], [12] & [23, ex G.H. Boucher] & [24]. Majority fine and all with four good to large margins. SG Cat £3510 (15)
Lot 50		Estimate: $250 Plate IV 2d Prussian blue [pos. 12 - variety 'Hill not shaded'] on vertically laid paper. Four margins (good to large) and lightly cancelled with Sydney barred obliterator. SG 35a Cat £400
Lot 51		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 Plate IV 2d Prussian Blue on vertically laid paper pos. [12 - variety 'Hill unshaded'] four good to large margins showing complete frameline at top and right and crisply cancelled barred '88' (Port Macquarie). SG 35a Cat £400
Lot 52		Estimate: $300 Plate IV 2d Prussian blue on vertically laid paper margins close to large pos. [24 - variety 'PENOE'] with faint Sydney bar cancel well clear of the variety. SG 35f Cat £425
Lot 53		Estimate: $100 Plate V 2d Ultramarine on Hard Greyish wove paper, four good margins and cancelled '25' of Kiama (RRR). SG 36 Cat £180
Lot 54		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $90 Plate V 2d Ultramarine pos. [8] cancelled with indistinct barred numeral. Large margins all round with full frame lines at base and right and partially at left. Very fine. SG 36 Cat £180
Lot 55		Estimate: $100 Plate V 2d Ultramarine pos. [15] four good to large margins showing complete frameline at base and indistinctly cancelled. SG 35 Cat £180
Lot 56		Estimate: $100 Plate V 2d Ultramarine pos. [19] indistinctly cancelled, small to good margins. SG 36 Cat £180
Lot 57		Estimate: $1,800 Realised Price : $1,050 3d group comprising Yellowish Wove [16 ] ex Judge Hamilton, [13] and pair [8/13] on piece ex Wiggins; Greyish Wove [12] (2, one cancelled '78' of Cassilis), [18, variety 'no whip'] and [20]; Yellowish Laid [3], [17] & [19, variety 'no whip'], all with four margins (close to large) in a variety of shades (11 incl a pair). Cat £4250+
Lot 58		Estimate: $750 3d Myrtle-green [22, variety 'no S.E. ray in upper left corner'], SG 40 var, small margins all round, cancelled by Sydney obliterator
Lot 59		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $3,400 3d Myrtle-green horizontal strip of three [11-13, [12] variety 'no S.E. ray in upper left corner'], SG 40-var, clear to large margins, cancelled '71' numerals of Tamworth. Creased between second and third units and tiny pinhole in first unit, still of generally fine appearance and the only recorded multiple of the Myrtle-green shade. A very important Sydney View piece, from the Ginger, Hutson and 'Manwood' Collections. Cat £4200+