FINE STAMPS AND COVERS OF THE WORLD, AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA

Lot 628		Estimate: $1,000 1853-54 Courier: Plate II 4d Orange pair [3-4], SG 10, good to large margins with tiny marginal imperfection between, lightly cancelled with \'65\' of Three Hut Point. 1991 RPSL Certificate
Lot 629		Estimate: $700 1853-54 Courier: Plate II 4d Dull Orange pair [14-15], SG 11, close to large margins, cancelled with \'68\' of Hobart. 1991 RPSL Certificate
Lot 630		Estimate: $1,500T 1853-54 Courier: Plate II 4d Yellowish Orange, SG 12, large margins with \'Triangular puncture\', cancelled on piece by \'18\' of Campbell Town with framed \'CAMP TOWN/18.May.55\' alongside. Rare
Lot 631		Estimate: $10,000 1853-54 Courier: 4d Orange Proof on laid paper from Plate II, four clear margins. Holcombe Certificate (1998) states \'This stamp is only recorded to date from plate II\'. Cat £5000+
Lot 632		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $2,100 1855 Perkins Bacon 1d stamp-size Die Proof in Black on India paper. 1987 BPA Certificate
Lot 633		Estimate: $1,000 1855 Perkins Bacon Wmk Large Star Imperf 1d Carmine, SG 14, vertical pair with good margins at top and base and in places at sides. Rich colour and possibly the only known vertical pair
Lot 634		Estimate: $7,500 Realised Price : $5,750 1858 Perkins Bacon 6d Die Proof in Black on India paper (39x43mm) affixed to card
Lot 635		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $1,900 1858 Wmk double-lined \'12\' Imperf 1/- Vermilion, SG 41, block of four, close to large margins, portions of adjoining units at top and base, tiny scissor-cut at left. A scarce multiple
Lot 636		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $2,100 1871-78 Sideface: 9d Blue Wmk \'TAS\' within lines, variety \'Double Print\', SG 148b. 2005 BPA Certificate. This is only the second example we have recorded, another having sold privately in 1989. A great rarity
Lot 637		Estimate: $1,000T 1880-91 1d Rosine, extremely rare \'PRINTED ON GUMMED SIDE\', SG 164b, tied by Hobart duplex to 1891 (27 Jan) locally addressed cover. Small cover tears from rough opening, however thought to be the only example of this error on cover
Lot 638		Estimate: $10,000 Realised Price : $7,500 1886 (7 Jan) Letter from \'Messrs De La Rue\' to Crown Agents, with perforated Essay for 2/6d Lilac and Imperforate 10/- Black on white affixed, with endorsement \'doubly/fugitive/Green\'. [These where prepared for a proposed Tablet design, though never issued]. A rare and important document
Lot 639		Estimate: $1,500 1903 9d Colour Trial, Imperforate marginal pair in Pale Blue on very thin unwatermarked paper, creased. One of two known pairs, the other being in Deep Blue. Ex Tinsley
Lot 640		Estimate: $4,000 Revenues: 1864 St George and Dragon 3d, Imperforate Plate Proof pair in Black on unwatermarked paper. Fine and scarce
Lot 641		Estimate: $500T 1883 (16 Nov) early use at Hamilton of 4d blue Registered Letter (H&G #C1 - tear in flap) to Hobart, franked with Sideface 2d (2) tied by BN \'42\', Hamilton datestamp (year inverted) below, Hobart backstamp
Lot 642		Estimate: $750T 1931 (10 Aug) registered cover Deloraine to Melbourne bearing the extremely rare Deloraine \'Tasmania\' (inverted) blue and black registration label, possibly the only surviving example on cover
Lot 643		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 Cancellation: \'CHIEF OFFICE/7 NO 7/185(5)/HO(BART TOWN)\' on imperforate, numeral wmk 1d. Unlisted