Lot 239
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1854-55 6d ("TOO LATE") Lilac and Green, SG 33, large to huge margins. Exceptional stamp
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Lot 240
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1878 Emergency Printing 2d Dull Violet-Mauve on Lilac paper, SG 198, possibly the finest known used example. 2003 RPSV Certificate
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Lot 241
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1884 £10 'STAMP DUTY' Die Proof in Deep Blue on pale blue paper without the letters 'J L'. One of two known in this state
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Lot 242
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1884-96 Wmk V over Crown (sideways) 'STAMP DUTY' 15/- Purple-Brown, SG 273, large part o.g. Scarce and under-rated
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Lot 243
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1885-95 4d Lilac ERROR OF COLOUR, SG 300b, one of the finest mint examples of this great Colonial rarity, of which only five singles and two pairs are recorded, making this far rarer than the other comparable colour error of the Australian Colonies, the Western Australia 1879 2d. Provenance: Perry and initialled 'JRWP(urves)' lightly in pencil on reverse
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Lot 244
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1901-10 Wmk V over Crown Perforation 12½ 5/- Scarlet and Deep Blue, SG 398a, fresh mint block of four. Rare multiple
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Lot 245
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Postal History; 1849 entire letter to England with strike of 'PAID AT/HORSHAM' in red and backstamped 'HORSHAM/SE24/1849/PT PHILLIP' in black (earliest recorded date), rated in mss. '1/2' and corrected '11d' for carriage to Melbourne only, the 3d ship letter rate unpaid and '8' in black for GB private shipletter rate. Provenance: Perry, Kelly
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Lot 246
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Postage Due: 1891 (30th Jul) underpaid cover Rutherglen to Melbourne, bearing Vic 1d orange-brown/pink pair (scarce on cover). Manuscript "1 def/1 fine}2" and "T2d to pay", with poor 'T in oval' struck twice, paid by 2d pale blue and brown-lake SG D3, cancelled by early use of boxed 'L.C.2 JL 31/91'. An attractive early postage due cover
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