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    AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, 1870-96 SIDEFACE ISSUES

    Lot 54
    Estimate: $150T

    1870-71 Sidefaces 1d Rose-red Wmk '10' pair and single used on 1870 (26 Nov) mourning cover from Launceston to Carlton (Vic), adhesives tied by barred numeral '52' and by diamond 'POST-OFFICE/LAUNCESTON' ds in red, backstamped Melbourne and Carlton ds, DE 1 70. Fine and a very early use of this stamp which had been issued on 1 November 1870

     

    Lot 55
    Estimate: $400T Realised Price : $340

    1870-71 Sideface 4d Blue Wmk '4' fine used and unusually cancelled 'LAT(E)/LETT(ER). SG No. 130, cat £475

     

    Lot 56
    Estimate: $400T Realised Price : $300

    1870-71 4d Blue Sideface Imperforate Reprint on White Card produced in 1889 for distribution to the U.P.U., two marginal blocks of 6 (one in a very deep shade) and a single (13)

     

    Lot 57
    Estimate: $300T Realised Price : $250

    1870-71 Sidefaces Wmk '10': 10d Black Imperforate horizontal pair from right of a pane, vertical crease in selvedge at right, heavily hinged part OG and with dealers' handstamps on reverse. SG 131a, cat £650

     

    Lot 58
    Estimate: $350T Realised Price : $550

    1871-78 De La Rue Sidefaces: Watermark Crown CC 2d Green and 4d Black Imperforate Plate Proof blocks of 4 part OG (4d marginal), and No Watermark 9d Imperforate Plate Proof blocks of 4 in Black and Deep Purple (from corner of pane), ungummed. Fine and very attractive (16)

     

    Lot 59
    Estimate: $250T Realised Price : $230

    1871-78 Sidefaces Watermark 'TAS' Perf 11½: 3d Pale Red-brown Imperforate vertical pair, part OG heavily hinged, SG 146a, cat £600

     

    Lot 60
    Estimate: $90T Realised Price : $200

    1871-78 Sidefaces Watermark 'TAS' Perf 11½ 4d Buff pair from top right corner of sheet with trimmed Plate No. tied by Hobart Town duplex to 1878 (3 Aug) cover to London endorsed 'Via Brindisi', SP 19 78 arrival ds on reverse. Back flap tears and with some notations on reverse, otherwise fine

     

    Lot 61
    Estimate: $450 Realised Price : $340

    1880-91 Watermark 'TAS' Type II Perf. 11½ 3d Red-brown block of 4 from lower left corner of sheet with Plate No. '5' in lower selvedge, overprinted 'SPECIMEN' (19 x 2½mm), and showing variety 'Plate Damage Through THREE PENCE' on corner unit. Minor gum creasing in selvedge, otherwise fine with lower units (including variety) MUH

     

    Lot 62
    Estimate: $90T Realised Price : $160

    1880-91 Watermark 'TAS' Type II Perf 11½ 4d Deep Yellow Sideface on 2d Green embossed envelope cancelled Hobart duplex (JU 4 87), from A.F. Basset Hull addressed to collector F.C. Krichauff at Adelaide, with straight-line 'REGISTERED', and 'REGISTERED/ADELAIDE' backstamp (JU 8 87). Fine and very attractive registered intercolonial Cover

     

    Lot 63
    Estimate: $150T Realised Price : $145

    1889-91 Surcharges mounted on pages with ½d on 1d mint (3, one Surcharge Misplaced), and forgeries (7, one inverted surcharge), plus forgeries of the 'al' sideways error (9); 2½d on 9d Pale Blue block of 8 (one unit stained) and single, and 2½d on 9d Deep Blue single, all mint and generally fine (29)

       

    Lot 64
    Estimate: $300T Realised Price : $240

    1889-91 Surcharges group of usages, with ½d on 1d (2) on 1890 printed matter cover to New Zealand, ½d on 1d and 2½d on 9d on philatelic 1900 2d registration envelope to Germany, 2½d on 9d solo uses on 1891 covers to London (2), and 1899 cover to Transvaal (latter cover faults, but with undeliverable handstamp), 2½d on 9d pair on 1893 registered cover to Adelaide, and 2½d on 9d (3) on 1894 2d registration envelope (embossed flap missing) to Belgium. Generally fine and a scarce group (7)

        

    Lot 65
    Estimate: $300T

    1889-91 Surcharges - 1901 Reprints for Federal Presentation Set with Imperforate on Ungummed White Card ½d on 1d blocks of 6 (2, one surcharge misplaced), and interpane strip of 6 (three surcharge misplaced); Perf 11½ on Gummed White Card ½d on 1d block of 12 and single, and 2½d on 9d interpane block of 8 in Pale Blue, and block of 12 in Deep Blue, all very fine (51)

      

    Lot 66
    Estimate: $300T

    1889-91 Surcharges - ½d on 1d Scarlet Reprint blocks of 12 on thin card from bottom left and top right corners of sheet with Plate No. '1' (latter block with corner piece missing well away from stamps), being imperforate remainders of the 1901 reprint made for the Federal Presentation Set (24)

     

    Lot 67
    Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $420

    1889-91 Surcharges 2½d on 9d Pale Blue 'Surcharge Double, One Inverted' with light, indistinct cancel. SG No. 168a, cat £750

     

    Lot 68
    Estimate: $180T Realised Price : $180

    1891 Sidefaces Watermark 'TAS' Type II Perf 11½ ½d Orange pair tied by Hobart Duplexes to 1890 (30 Aug) cover with printed 'CIRCULAR ONLY' addressed to Philadelphia, endorsed 'Via S. Frisco', and with Philadelphia and Bethlehem arrival ds of 4 and 5 October respectively. Cover opened out and slightly reduced at left, but a scarce use of the ½d Sideface for the foreign circular rate

     

    Lot 69
    Estimate: $150T Realised Price : $210

    1891 Sidefaces Watermark 'TAS' Type II: ½d Orange Imperforate horizontal pair, lightly hinged with large part OG (SG 172a, cat £275), plus another Imperforate pair (no gum) optd 'SPECIMEN' (18 x 2.5mm) (4)

     

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