1853 Locally Printed: 1d Pale Blue on Medium Soft Yellowish Paper horizontal strip of 4 used on large part front with top flap addressed to Campbell Town with boxed arrival ds 11 Mar (55). The strip (lifted and hinged back in place) has small margins all round except touched at top right, the last unit with a pre-printing paper crease, and is cancelled by mss pen 'New Town 46/10-3-55' and overstruck '55' Barred Numerals of Spring Hill (apparently a misdirection of the cover) - the only known examples of this obliterator. Some minor soiling, however a major rarity in fine condition, with 2004 Randall Askeland opinion of genuineness
Lot 53
Estimate: $200
1853 4d Dull Orange Plate II, clear margins all round, small thin in top margin, cancelled '64' numeral. SG No. 11, cat £375
Lot 54
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 55
Estimate: $800T
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
Lot 56
Estimate: $600T
1855-67 Range of Imperforate issues on leaves, with 1855 Watermark Large Star 1d (close to just touched and with thins at base), 2d Deep Green and 4d Deep Blue (fine), and 4d Blue (close to touched at upper right); 1856-57 No Watermark 1d (touched at top right), 2d (2, one cut into at top, other clear margins but central thin), 4d shades (4, all touched in places) and 1d pelure paper (close but clear margins); 1858-67 6d Chalon used selection with London prints (4), and 1860-67 shades (7, including Reddish-violet touched at left). SG cat £6700+ (24)
Lot 57
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $150
1855 Watermark Large Star imperf 2d Green with even margins all round, cancelled '60' numeral and with part of London arrival ds in red
Lot 58
Estimate: $75
Realised Price : $60
1855 Watermark Large Star Imperf 4d Blue horizontal pair, margins three sides and just touched at upper left, cancelled '60' numeral, left unit with small tone spot. SG No. 18, cat £240
Lot 59
Estimate: $300
1857-69 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf 4d Blue, part OG with small to good margins all round, good colour and very fine. SG 37, cat £350
Lot 60
Estimate: $50
1858 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf 1/- Vermilion horizontal pair margins with three sides and just cut into at top, lightly cancelled. SG No. 41, cat £150
Lot 61
Estimate: $200T
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 62
Estimate: $200T
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 63
Estimate: $400
Realised Price : $340
1892-99 Tablets ½d to £1 optd 'SPECIMEN', large part OG and most lightly hinged (incl high values), fine. SG Nos. 216-225s, cat £650
Lot 64
Estimate: $120T
Realised Price : $100
1892-99 Tablet 1/- Rose and Green cancelled HOBART/P/TASMANIA' cds (10 JA 06) used on 'Parcels Post Form Between Tasmania and United States' relating to the posting of 'Fancy Pin Cushions', affixed to portion of parcel wrapping, portion of form missing at top right, and other minor defects, but very scarce
Lot 65
Estimate: $450T
1892-99 Tablet £1 Green and Yellow used on small piece with 6d, 1/-, 2/6 and 5/- Tablets and 1889-91 2½d on 9d surcharge cancelled by duplexes, fine and a very scarce usage of the top value
Lot 66
Estimate: $180
Realised Price : $135
1899-1900 Engraved Pictorials 2½d Indigo corner block of 4 (hinged in selvedge), and 3d Sepia blocks of 24 and 10 and strip of 6, all very fine MUH. SG cat £888
Lot 67
Estimate: $250T
Realised Price : $190
Cancelled-to-order: 1892-99 ½d to 10/- Tablets, and 8d, 9d and 10d Sidefaces CTO with HOBART cds, DE 30 1901. Presumably a presentation set, although the purpose is not known. Very fine with large part OG (12)
Lot 68
Estimate: $30T
Realised Price : $22
1902-04 Watermark V over Crown Upright (inverted) Perf 12½ 1d Scarlet variety 'Double Perforation' at left used on 1905 (16 Aug) picture postcard from Mt. Cameron to New Zealand, readdressed on arrival. Card with worn corners and a few bends, but a scarce variety on cover
Lot 69
Estimate: $250T
Realised Price : $230
1905-11 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A 2d Plum Wmk Upright marginal pairs (2) with Mixed Perfs 11 and 12½ at left or right respectively, and top marginal with Mixed Perfs 12½ and 11 at top; Wmk Sideways block of 4 Cpd Perf 12½ and 11, and right marginal with Mixed Perfs 12½ and 11 at right. Very fine large part OG with some units MUH. High cat value (10)
Lot 70
Estimate: $250T
Realised Price : $320
Punctured Officials: Large used accumulation of 'T' punctures, with 1878 8d Sideface pair; 1892-99 Tablets ½d (6), 5d (4), 6d (4), 10d (6, with block of 4), 1/- pair, 2/6d (3, incl pair); 1906 9d Sideface (3); 1899-1900 Recess-printed Pictorials 1d (4), 2d (2), 3d (22), 4d (22), 5d (21), 6d (11); 1903-05 Wmk V over Crown 9d (12), 1/- (7); 1906-13 Wmk Crown over Double-lined A 9d (6), 1/- (11); and 1902-12 Melbourne Pictorial printings ½d (29), 1d (267), 2d (146), 3d (10), 4d (76), 6d (9), 1d on 2d (3). Wide variety of puncture types and varieties, several stamps with double perfs and 1d Wmk V over Crown with Wmk Reversed (rare). Small quantity of stamps with faults, but generally good to fine and an excellent basis for a serious study of these punctures (688 stamps)
Lot 71
Estimate: $70T
Realised Price : $105
Punctured Officials: Used accumulation of 'OS' punctures on hagners, with 1878 8d Sideface (4); 1892-99 10d (2), 2/6d Tablets; 1899-1900 Recess-printed Pictorials 3d (10), 4d (11), 5d (7), 6d (11); 1903-05 Wmk V over Crown 9d (6), 1/- (3); 1906-13 Wmk Crown over Double-lined A 8d (2), 1/- (3); and 1902-12 Melbourne Pictorial printings ½d (10), 1d (29), 2d (21), and 4d (5). Few with faults, but generally good to fine (125)
