AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, REPRINT AND SPECIMEN STAMPS
Lot 487
Estimate: $500
Realised Price : $850
Reprints: Selection commencing with Courier defaced Imperf 1d (3, one marginal) and 4d (2, one with full imprint) and Perf 1d and 4d, 'REPRINT' opt perf Chalons (11), Sideface (24), and Postal Fiscals (30) including marginal blocks of six of 2/6d and 5/-, and without opt Sideface (8, six perf issues) and Postal Fiscals (5), a few multiples, generally fine (85)
Lot 488
Estimate: $400
Realised Price : $1,050
Reprints: Selection comprising card-paper Chalon 1d, 2d (5, including block of four), 4d, 6d (2, shades), 1/- (5, including corner block of four), and Reprinted undenominated Die Proofs (5) incomplete at base in reddish vermilion, blank at base in greenish slate, rose-carmine or violet-blue, and ornamental design at base in rose-carmine
Lot 489
Estimate: $600
Realised Price : $2,000
Reprints: c.1897 (no edition indicated) Presentation sheet inscribed 'POSTAGE STAMPS OF TASMANIA' in fine condition and bearing various stamps optd 'REPRINT' (13) or 'SPECIMEN' (21), latter including Tablet set (ex 10d - issued 1899), the Courier 1d and 4d present in defaced plate state, Tablet 5/- and £1 added subsequent and mss. '1897' inserted below respective stamps. Intact sheets very scarce nowadays
Lot 490
Estimate: $300
Realised Price : $550
Reprints: c.1901 (edition '100-20.9.01') Presentation sheet inscribed 'POSTAGE STAMPS OF TASMANIA' bearing various stamps optd 'REPRINT' (15) or 'SPECIMEN' (10), or CTO at Hobart (16), the Courier 1d and 4d in defaced plate state, curiously with two South Australia contemporary stamps CTO at Adelaide affixed, some blemishes, generally reasonable quality
Lot 491
Estimate: $1,000
Realised Price : $2,600
Specimens: Selection comprising Sideface (13) including imperf ½d marginal pair and 'CANCELLED' 5/-, Tablet set (10) plus 10d 'CANCELLED' and 2/6d pair, Pictorials set (8) and later printings seriffed 'SPECIMEN' ½d (2), 1d and 9d Sideface, 1/- Tablet (2), and Postal Fiscal 3d and 1/-, odd small fault, mostly fine (43). Scarce lot
