AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, 1850-59 HALF-LENGTHS

Lot 24		Estimate: $7,500 Realised Price : $5,750 Second state of dies: 3d Blue Retouched, SG 7a, Type [9] redrawn 'THREE' and shading above, Purves 'v', unused, full-margined, barely shaved at left. One of the more celebrated items amongst the retouches. Ex Harvey, Perry
Lot 25		Estimate: $3,000 Third state of dies - 'White Veils': 3d Blue Retouched, SG 14c, Type [1] retouch affecting upper portion of left frame in pair [1-2], Purves ‘E’, unused, small surface-abrasion in [2], slight creasing and staining. Very few unused retouches recorded. Ex Hall, Perry
Lot 26		Estimate: $3,000 Third state of dies - 'White Veils': 3d Greenish Blue Retouched, SG 14c, Type [1] retouch affecting lower left portion of left frame, unused from left margin of sheet, remarkably with large portion of [7] below which also shows retouched area (top left corner - Purves 'H'), thinned (mostly at base), slight crease. Scarce in this shade. Ex Harvey, Perry
Lot 27		Estimate: $10,000 Realised Price : $7,500 Fourth state of dies: 2d Lilac, SG 15a, unused pair, full-margined except where shaved at base, lovely pastel shade, two tiny pinholes in no way detracting. One of only two unused multiples of a fourth state 2d in private hands. Ex Forster, Perry. Illustrated Kellow page 44
Lot 28		Estimate: $4,000 Fourth state of dies: 2d Grey, SG 15b, partial reconstruction of this very rare shade (missing [1,20,29]) from the intermediate stone, includes three pairs, variable condition (27). Cat £10125
Lot 29		Estimate: $2,000 Fourth state of dies - 'Vertical Drapes': 2d Lilac-Grey, SG 16, unused part o.g. from base margin of sheet, full-margined, barely shaved at left, trifle soiled. Ex Pack, Forster, Perry
Lot 30		Estimate: $3,000 Realised Price : $2,300 Fourth state of dies - 'Vertical Drapes': 2d Deep Grey, SG 16a, full-margined. A very rare shade unused. Ex Perry
Lot 31		Estimate: $4,000 Fourth state of dies - 'Vertical Drapes': 2d Pale Dull Brown, SG 17b, a remarkable unused example, large part o.g. with full sheet margin at right, portion of adjoining unit at left. Ex Boker, Perry
Lot 32		Estimate: $1,000 J.S. Campbell & Co.: 1d Orange-Red, SG 23, unused, large-margined from base with full sheet margin, creased, stains mostly on reverse, outstanding appearance
Lot 33		Estimate: $7,500 Realised Price : $6,750 J.S. Campbell & Co.: 1d Rose, SG 23a, unused in a full deep shade, touched at left, small thinnings. The only other unused examples of this shade is a strip of three. Ex Pack, Forster, Perry
Lot 34		Estimate: $6,000 Realised Price : $4,600 Campbell & Fergusson: 1d Brick-Red, SG 26a, unused virtually full o.g. block of three, full-margined, a little creased. The record unused multiple from this Stone. Ex Perry
Lot 35		Estimate: $5,000 Realised Price : $3,800 Campbell & Fergusson: 1d Dull Rose-Red, Retouched [13], SG 27c, redrawn upper left frame for a distance of 8mm, unused, full-margined, small thin and crease. One of two unused Stone '3' retouches recorded. Ex Purves, Perry
Lot 36		Estimate: $7,500 Realised Price : $5,750 Campbell & Fergusson: 1d Orange-Brown, Retouched [21], SG 27c, redrawn lower left border for a distance of 7.5mm, unused, full-margined, almost imperceptible thin. The other of the two unused Stone '3' retouches recorded, and the pre-eminent item in the retouches. Ex Ferrary, Yardley, Purves, Perry
Lot 37		Estimate: $20,000 Realised Price : $21,000 Campbell & Fergusson: Stones '4/5' 1d Pink/Rose shades, SG 28/b group, complete reconstruction of an Intermediate transfer group of 24 units UNUSED, including pair [24/6] duplicating position [24], mostly four-margined, odd small thin or crease, generally accepted to be the finest of perhaps only two/three unused reconstructions ever assembled. Ex Perry
Lot 38		Estimate: $2,000 Campbell & Fergusson: 1d Rose (deep shade), SG 28a, unused part o.g. pair with large margins, faint thinning, minute pinhole in second unit. Ex Pack, Perry
Lot 39		Estimate: $2,000 Campbell & Fergusson: 1d Lilac-Rose, SG 28b, unused part o.g. pair with large margins except where touched at left, small thin in first unit. Ex Perry
Lot 40		Estimate: $10,000 Realised Price : $10,500 Campbell & Fergusson: 1d Retouched [6], SG 28d, affecting whole length of left border, unused, large-margined, portion of adjoining unit at top, negligible thin. The most celebrated retouch of Victoria, and one of the great lithographic retouches of the British Empire. No other unused example recorded. Ex Pack, Dale-Lichtenstein
Lot 41		Estimate: $7,500 Realised Price : $5,750 Campbell & Fergusson printings - Perforated: 1d Lilac-Rose Stones '4/5' printing, as SG 28b for imperforate, unused, tiny thin, the perforations so misplaced as to suggest this may have been an experimental trial of the perforating machine. The only unused example recorded. Illustrated Kellow Colour Plate 4. Ex Castle, Harvey, Perry