AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, GENERAL

Lot 89		Estimate: $40,000T 1853 Medium soft yellowish paper 1d Blue [21], SG 1, large margined example tied by BN '59' of Launceston to 1855 (26 Jan) 'drop' letter outer entire, 'O'CLOCK' datestamp at left. An outstanding single franking and probably the finest known cover. Ex Maxwell Hay, Forster, Bombieri. 1989 RPSL Certificate
Lot 90		Estimate: $600T 1853-54 Plate II 4d Orange, SG 10, strip of three, margins just touching in places. A rare multiple. Cat £1200+
Lot 91		Estimate: $8,000 Realised Price : $7,750 1853-54 Plate II 4d Orange Proof on laid paper, four clear margins. 1998 Holcombe Certificate states 'This stamp is only recorded to date from plate II'. Cat £5000
Lot 92		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $340 1855 Wmk Large Star 1d Carmine, SG 14, seldom seen with such large margins
Lot 93		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $340 1863-71 Pin Perf 13½ to 14½ 1/- Vermilion, SG 117, scarce
Lot 94		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $145 Reprints: 1889 2d Yellow-Green, 4d Pale Blue, 6d Reddish Mauve and 1/- Vermilion, Perf 11½ on thin gummed card, blocks of four (16)
Lot 95		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $160 1870-71 10d Black, SG 131, marginal block of four optd 'SPECIMEN', fresh unmounted
Lot 96		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $200 1880 3d Red-Brown 'Imperforate pair', SG 161a, hinge remains
Lot 97		Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $600 1892-99 Tablets: 5d Die Proof in black on glazed card, dated '28 SEP 91' in blue and handstamped 'BEFORE/HARDENING'
Lot 98		Estimate: $800 1892-99 Tablets: 5d Key Plate Die Proof (value only) in black on glazed card, dated '14 OCT 91' in blue and handstamped 'BEFORE/HARDENING'
Lot 99		Estimate: $800 1892-99 Tablets: 5d Key Plate Die Proof (value only) in black on glazed card, dated '15 OCT 91' in blue and handstamped 'AFTER/HARDENING'
Lot 100		Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $600 1892-99 Tablets: 10d Key Plate Die Proof (value only) in black on glazed card, dated '26 SEP 98' in blue, endorsed 'Jamaica (crossed-out)/Tasmania'
Lot 101		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $360 1892-99 Tablets: Set to £1 mint, 10/- with minor gum tone on one perf, SG 216-25, (10). Cat £500
Lot 102		Estimate: $200 1892-99 Tablets: ½d, 2½d, 10d, 1/-, 2/6d and 5/- very scarce blocks of four, the 10d being a corner block punctured 'T'. Cat £200+ as singles
Lot 103		Estimate: $450 Realised Price : $625 1892-99 Tablets: Set to 5/- + £1 used, extras incl 6d and 1/- with Bluff (NZ) cancels, also another £1 with 'SPECIMEN' removed and cds added, ½d to 1/- blocks of four * (extra 10d shade), 2½d and 5d 'SPECIMEN' blocks, ½d blocks of 12 and 24 with marginal lines, 1906-13 1/- perf 11 strip of 4 *, perf 12½ (3, one *), mainly fine. Cat £750 approx + Specimens (88)
Lot 104		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $260 1892-99 Tablets: 1d to £1 plus 1903 V over Crown 1/- and 1904 1½d on 5d optd 'SPECIMEN', 10/-and a few lower values no gum (11)
Lot 105		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $190 1892-99 Tablets: 2½d block of six, 5d block of four and 1/- strip of three (mounted in margin) plus 1904 1½d on 5d block of twelve, each showing control '1', (25)
Lot 106		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $1,800 1892-99 Tablets: 5/- and 10/- stamp size Key Plate Die proofs (value only), each with manuscript 'Tasmania' at top and affixed to thin card dated 'Dec 4 96' (stamps issued February 1897). Ex De La Rue archives, Sir Gawaine Baillie
Lot 107		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $115 1892-99 Tablets: 10/- pair with Zeehan cds, fine
Lot 108		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $320 1899 Pictorial ½d Deep Green, SG 229, block of four, each unit individually cancelled 'HOBART/JA 12/1901/TASMANIA', rare CTO item
Lot 109		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $800 1903 Tablet 1/- Wmk V over Crown (inverted) optd 'SPECIMEN', used on 1931 Hobart cover front, not accepted and taxed, postage dues 1922-30 1d pair and 2d affixed and tied by Hobart registered cds
Lot 110		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $120 1904 Tablet 1½d on 5d right pane of 60 with margins 3 sides, varieties annotated, plus 11 singles showing varieties of opt placement (4) or opt varieties (7), 5 used, (71)
Lot 111		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $240 1906-13 Tablet 10/- Wmk Crown over A (upright) Perf 12.4 upper left corner single, mounted in margin only, yellowish gum, SG 258, BW T80
Lot 112		Estimate: $250 1906-13 Tablet 10/- Wmk Crown over A (inverted) Perf 12.4 very fine used, yellowish gum, SG 258, BW T80a
Lot 113		Estimate: $250 Fiscal: 1863-80 Wmk '1' Perf 10 3d Green, small part o.g., old paper hinge, rare mint
Lot 114		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $190 Revenue: 1919 'REVENUE' opt on Surcharge 1/- on £1 Green and Yellow, fresh unmounted block of four
Lot 115		Estimate: $500 Railway Stamps: 1958 2/- Brown rouletted block of six, error 'Perforated diagonally through the upper row’. Very fresh