AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, GENERAL

Lot 401		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $400 Selection annotated on leaves with Forgeries \'used\' 1853 Courier 1d blue and Die Proof in black on paper affixed to card, 4d orange (2), Chalons 2d, 1/- (5, one cut-to-shape); Reprints from defaced dies 1d blue and 4d orange imperforate and perforated, Chalons on thin card or paper imperforate 1d, 2d, 4d, 6d and 1/- and perforated 1d, 4d and 1/- (2 each, one of each optd \'REPRINT\') plus 6d (24)
Lot 402		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $300 1857-61 Wmk double-lined numeral Imperforate 1d strips of nine (2) and eight, each unit individually pen cancelled, margins touching in places, very attractive multiples (26)
Lot 403		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $200 1857-69 ‘REPRINT’ Chalon 2d Green perforated, variety ‘Overprint inverted’, part gum
Lot 404		Estimate: $200 1858 1/- Imperforate Plate Proof in black on thick No Wmk paper
Lot 405		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $200 1860-67 Imperforate Wmk double-lined '6', 6d Grey-Violet, SG 46, close to good margins
Lot 406		Estimate: $7,500T 1870-71 Sideface 4d De La Rue Die Proof in Deep Bright Blue on glazed card (92x60mm). Attractive and very rare. Without doubt a key item for any Sideface collection. Ex Cohen
Lot 407		Estimate: $750T 1870-71 Sideface 9d De La Rue Imperforate Plate Proof in Pale Violet on Wmk Crown CC gummed paper, upper right corner block of eight with Plate No. '7', minor selvedge blemishes. Ex Butler
Lot 408		Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $750 1880-91 1d Rosine, error 'PRINTED ON GUMMED SIDE', SG 164b, tied by Hobart duplex to 1891 (27 Jan) locally addressed cover. Small cover tears from rough opening. Extremely rare and thought to be the only example of this error on cover
Lot 409		Estimate: $2,500 1886 Essay of 2/6d Lilac Tablet, marginal Plate No. '2' pair, prepared for use but not issued. Fine and rare
Lot 410		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $575 1892-99 Tablets, De La Rue Die Proof of the '5d' value only in Black on glazed card, handstamped '15 OCT 91' in blue at upper left and 'AFTER/HARDENING' in black at upper right. Superb
Lot 411		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $575 1892-99 Tablets, De La Rue Die Proof of the '10d' value only in Black on glazed card (92x62mm), handstamped '26 SEP 98' in blue at upper left, endorsed 'Jamaica (crossed-out)/Tasmania'. The 10d value was issued on 30 JAN 99. Most attractive
Lot 412		Estimate: $100T Realised Price : $110 1899-1912 Pictorials ½d and 2d range on leaves, plus 1d on 2d, plate flaws, printing errors, etc (33 items)
Lot 413		Estimate: $450 Realised Price : $340 1899-1900 Pictorial ½d Green, SG 229, complete sheet of sixty. Retail for unmounted AU$1000+
Lot 414		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $240 1899-1900 Pictorial 2½d 'Tasman's Arch' Plate No. '2' block of four from left of sheet
Lot 415		Estimate: $450 1905-11 Wmk Crown over A (sideways) 2d Dull Grey-Purple, mixed single-line Perf 12.4 (four sides) and 11 at left, large part o.g., BW T38, unlisted in SG. Only three mint examples are recorded
Lot 416		Estimate: $500 1905-11 Wmk Crown over A (sideways) 2d Dull Grey-Purple marginal pair, mixed single-line Perf 12.4 (four sides) and 11 at right, BW T38 variant, unlisted in SG. Not recorded in ACSC with Perf 11 at right
Lot 417		Estimate: $500 1905-11 Wmk Crown over A (sideways) 2d Dull Grey-Purple pair, mixed single-line Perf 11 (four sides) and 12.4 in between, BW T38 variant, unlisted in SG. Not recorded in ACSC with Perf 12.4 at centre
Lot 418		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 Forgeries: Photographic reproductions of £1 including Die Proof and used (2), one illustrated in the BPA handbook
Lot 419		Estimate: $600T Railway Stamps: 1901 First issue range on leaves comprising ½d (3), 1d (97, mostly in blocks from 6 to 9), 2d (8, in two blocks of 4), 3d (4, including pair), mixed condition as usual (112). Excellent group for plating or further research
Lot 420		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 Lettercard: 1900 2d Pictorial, view on reverse 'GREAT LAKE (A FISHERMAN'S PARADISE).' H&G 2 #3, unused
Lot 421		Estimate: $500 Lettercard: 1903 2d Violet on pale green stock, 86mm long text, H&G A4, set of six views, unused, flaps stuck. A very scarce set