AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, 1854-96 OTHER ISSUES

Lot 515		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $460 1854-55 'Too Late' 6d Lilac and Green, SG 33, unofficial roulette about 16, thought to be the only recorded example. Ex Perry
Lot 516		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $800 'Queen-on-Throne' 2d 1891 U.P.U. 'Reprint' overprints selection, largely arranged by the collector into shade groups which include a distinctive 'chestnut' (7, with re-united strip of three), other items of interest with imperf singles (2, one unoptd CTO in 1902), singles with pre-printing paper crease and another handstamped 'Specimen.', and a block of six, generally fine (35)
Lot 517		Estimate: $7,500 Realised Price : $5,750 Perkins Bacon 1d and 6d Die Proofs on pelure paper in rose-carmine and bright violet respectively, prepared by De La Rue for the 1872 South Kensington Exhibition. Four of each denomination are thought to exist, some of which are on cardpaper. 1d: The 'lost' example [Millennium General Sale No.5 - realised AU$5280], 6d: Ex Purves, Perry
Lot 518		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $850 Perkins Bacon Reprinted undenominated Die Proofs (5) on card or cardpaper with country and denomination elements blank in yellow-green, and with ornamentation inserted therein in blue-green, black, vermilion or orange. Attractive
Lot 519		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $950 Perkins Bacon 1d and 6d 1891 U.P.U. Reprint selection in blocks of four (3) comprising 'Reprint' opt on 1d yellow-green, 1d bright blue-green and 6d (marginal), and unoverprinted matching marginal blocks CTO Melbourne JE 2 02 of the same. Extremely rare multiples
Lot 520		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $220 1856 Perkins Bacon 1d Yellow-Green, SG 40, unused large part o.g. from right margin of sheet
Lot 521		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 1856 Perkins Bacon 1d Yellow-Green, SG 40, part o.g. pair, close to large margins
Lot 522		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1856 Perkins Bacon 1d Yellow-Green, SG 40, very fine unused with 1982 RPSV Certificate
Lot 523		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $270 1856 Perkins Bacon 1d Yellow-Green, SG 40, full-margined pair unused with large part o.g., fresh
Lot 524		Estimate: $300 1856 Perkins Bacon 1d Yellow-Green, SG 40, unofficial roulettes evident four sides, possibly the finest of six examples recorded. Ex Perry
Lot 525		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 1857 'Emblems' 2d unauthorised reprints (c.1922) from defaced plate in bright violet, dull blue (trifle foxed) or black on glazed paper, unusual in that these are not cut-down (sizes are approx 100 x 140mm or more) as usually encountered
Lot 526		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $190 1857 Rouletted 7-9 1/- Greenish Blue, SG 54a, very fine and scarce, undercatalogued, unusually cancelled by British and U.S. transits
Lot 527		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1857 Rouletted 7-9 'Registered' 1/- Rose-Pink and Blue, SG 55, very fine and scarce. Note: Small thin - reduced estimate
Lot 528		Estimate: $500 1857 Serpentine roulette 10-10½ 6d Orange-Yellow, SG 58, superb example tied to 1857 (16 Nov) cover Melbourne to Sydney, small blemishes. Ex Purves, Perry
Lot 529		1857 Serpentine roulette 10-10½ 6d Orange-Yellow, SG 58, tied to 1857 cover Melbourne to London, backstamped at Melbourne. Attractive
Lot 530		Estimate: $900 Realised Price : $725 1858 Perkins Bacon 6d Plate Proof in black on brownish wove paper, a scarce block of nine from right margin of the sheet
Lot 531		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $525 1858 Perkins Bacon 6d Plate Proofs in black comprising white wove paper singles (2, one creased) and brownish wove paper block of four (6 proofs)
Lot 532		Estimate: $400 1858 Perkins Bacon 6d Blue contrasting shades, SG 73, fine unused (4)
Lot 533		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $290 1858 Perkins Bacon 6d Light Blue, SG 73a, rouletted top and base but roughly hand-separated at sides indicating where originally imperforate, '244' cancel of Back Creek. This variety not previously seen by us
Lot 534		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $500 1858 Perkins Bacon 6d the 1891 Reprint imperforate and handstamped 'Specimen' in a rare and curious "Old English" font, only known elsewhere on the Queensland 1895 burelle band 1d [in The Royal Collection - photocopy included]
Lot 535		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $2,000 1859 Perf 12 Campbell & Fergusson 1d Pink, as SG 28 but perforated 12 by the Robinson machine. Probably the finest of four examples recorded of a stamp which ought to be Gibbons-listed. Ex Perry
Lot 536		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $290 1859 Perf 12 Campbell 3d Blue, SG 78, very fine
Lot 537		Estimate: $175 Realised Price : $220 1859 Perf 12 Campbell 3d Blue, SG 78, very fine, vintage dealer guarantee handstamp on reverse
Lot 538		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $2,800 1860-66 3d Pale Blue, unused, as SG 90 but rouletted by the identical wheel which created the 4d emergency roulette (SG 95c). The only recorded example, illustrated in Kellow at Colour plate 9. Ex Perry (1999 realisation AU$2990)
Lot 539		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $360 1860-66 'Beaded Oval' 6d Orange, SG 93, a particularly attractive example of this difficult stamp
Lot 540		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,500 1867-81 Wmk V over Crown 5/- Blue/Yellow, SG 139, fine part o.g. example of this stamp which is rare unused
Lot 541		Estimate: $1,000 1873 William Bell 1/- Die Proof from unfinished die (small portion of crown incomplete) on India paper, extremely rare. Ex Perry
Lot 542		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $1,050 1878 Emergency printing 2d Dull Violet-Mauve/Lilac, SG 198, probably the finest example of this rare and undercatalogued stamp, the number extant estimated by Kellow to be in the range 30-40. 2003 RPSV Certificate. Ex Perry
Lot 543		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $1,350 1884 Stamp Statute selection to £5 (unconvincing cancel) including apparently unused (some part o.g.) ½d on 1d, 1d, 4d, 6d, 1/-, 2/-, 5/-, 10/- and £1, postally used 2/6d yellow, etc, generally fair/fine (12)
Lot 544		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $950 1884 Stamp Statute 3d Mauve, SG 221, fine large part o.g.
Lot 545		Estimate: $1,000T 1884 Stamp Statute Wmk upright Perf 12½ £5 Black and Yellow-Green, overprinted 'Reprint' in red, large part o.g. Ex Butler
Lot 546		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $1,150 1884 Stamp Statute 1891 U.P.U. 'Reprint' opt selection to £5 (2, one 'REPRINT'), shade for most denominations, odd small fault, generally fine (20)
Lot 547		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $725 1884-96 Stamp Duty selection to £100 including 35/- mss. cancelled and £25 to £100 CTO, £5 to £9 defective as are a few others, pickings nonetheless (33)
Lot 548		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $210 1884-96 Stamp Duty Perf 12½ £2 Blue, SG 276a, cancelled at Melbourne
Lot 549		Estimate: $500 1884-96 Stamp Duty 45/- Lilac, SG 277, handstamped 'Specimen.' in italics. Fine mint
Lot 550		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,700 1885-95 ERROR OF COLOUR 4d Lilac, SG 300b, exceptional example of this rarity cancelled at Melbourne JA 14 87, 1956 RPSV Certificate, signatories to which include J.R.W. Purves. Ex Forster. This error of colour is rarer than that for Western Australia and realisations closer to those achieved for that error are long overdue