AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, 1853 LOCALLY PRINTED ISSUES

Lot 38		Estimate: $3,200T 1853 Locally Printed 1d Blue Early Impression on Soft Medium Paper, horizontal pair (touched at left) on small piece tied by '60' numeral of Launceston, and additionally by Hobart lozenge arrival ds in red dated 8 FEB 1854. Fine and rare. SG 2, cat £3000
Lot 39		Estimate: $1,750T 1853 Locally Printed 4d Orange Plate II worn impression with triangular punch hole, on piece tied by '48' numeral and with boxed 'CAMP TOWN/18 May 55' alongside. The 'Prisoner's' triangular punch hole is believed to be a form of control used by a settler at Campbell Town, known on letters addressed to government officials or solicitors. Other than this piece, only three covers have been recorded. A rare and important piece
Lot 40		Estimate: $200 1853 4d Dull Orange Plate II, clear margins all round, small thin in top margin, cancelled '64' numeral. SG 11, cat £375
Lot 41		Estimate: $800T 1853 Locally Printed: 1889 Reprints from Defaced Plates 4d Plate I in Black on Thin card sheet of 24, some reinforcing of edges of plate sinkage on reverse to prevent splitting, otherwise very fine and scarce as a complete sheet
Lot 42		Estimate: $800T Realised Price : $600 1853 Locally Printed: Reprints from Defaced Plates 1889 4d Yellow-brown Plate II on Thin Card sheet of 24, very fine and scarce as a complete sheet