LAUREATES, TWO PENCE PLATE I, MEDIUM BLUISH TO GREYISH PAPER

Lot 365		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $270 Ultramarine early impression horizontal strip of four pos. [42-46] good to large margins all round cancelled by Sydney obliterator. An exceptional multiple. SG 52, Cat. £140+
Lot 366		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,150 Ultramarine singles (3), all with small to large margins all round, used with 2d Laureate Plate III Prussian Blue (clear to good margins) tied by ‘35’ numerals on 1855 (13 Mar) registered cover from Goulburn to Sydney. ‘REGISTERED/ GOULBURN’ handstamp on face and despatch and arrival (MA 15 1855) ds on reverse. A filing hole has resulted in a tiny tear in the corner of one stamp, otherwise extremely fine and a striking combination use of two different 2d Laureate printings. Ex ‣Manwood’
Lot 367		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $750 2d Laureate plate I various printings, reconstruction of the engraved plate of 50. The condition is far superior to that usually seen with virtually all stamps with four margins, and including a wide range of numeral cancellations. Minimum SG Cat. £1750 (50)
Lot 368		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $750 2d Laureate - the remainder of Plate I comprising Hard Yellowish (7), and Bluish Paper in Ultramarine (10), Chalky Blue (2), Dark Blue (7, incl one pair), and Greyish-blue (5 incl one pair, and one on dated piece). All hand-picked examples with full margins and a very fine group. SG Cat £1645 (32)