OFFICIAL STAMPS, 1879-85 WMK CROWN OVER NSW (I)

Lot 862		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $290 1d Salmon Perf. 13 x 10 wing-margin block of four unmounted with full original gum, few small tone spots on reverse, otherwise very fine. SG O2b, Cat. £200+
Lot 863		Estimate: $200 2d Blue Perf. 11 x 12 comb fine used from left of sheet showing line watermark, light indecipherable numeral cancel. Rare. SG O3d, Cat. £225
Lot 864		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 3d Dull Green with Red Overprint rough perfs, otherwise fine used and cancelled Sydney duplex, FE 17 80. SG O4, Cat. £275
Lot 865		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 3d Dull Green with Red Overprint rough perfs cancelled indecipherable ray type numeral, and showing broken ‘S’ in overprint
Lot 866		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 3d Dull Green Perf. 13 unused without gum, well-centred and good perfs, some slight toning. SG O5, Cat. £250
Lot 867		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $125 3d Dull Green Perf. 13 x 10 and Watermark Inverted unused without gum, centred top right and few short perfs. SG O5ba, Cat. £150
Lot 868		Estimate: $4,000 3d Dull Green Perf. 12 irregular mint block of 52, being the larger part of a left pane, some perf. separation and a few units stained but a remarkable piece. This piece is the more remarkable as it shows the final overprint setting introduced in late 1884 for the small De La Rue stamps. This showed the ‘O’ and ‘S’ spaced 7mm, with [22] on each pane being the variety 8½mm spacing, and [28] having a broken ‘O’; both these varieties are present on this block. Other than for this piece, there is no evidence for the use of this setting on the 3d value, and the block may be of trial status, particularly as it represents a very late use of this 3d printing. A detailed article reporting the discovery of this block appeared in Sydney Views of August 1986. SG O5bb, Cat. £10400+
Lot 869		Estimate: $180 3d Dull Green Perf. 12 block of four cancelled Newcastle duplex, tone spot on couple of perfs. at top otherwise fine and a scarce multiple. SG O5bb, Cat. £220+
Lot 870		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $160 4d Red-brown Perf. 13 with wing margin at left, part original gum and heavily hinged, with some toning on perf. tips. SG O6, Cat. £200
Lot 871		Estimate: $120 4d Red-brown Perf. 10 cancelled Sydney datestamp, (O)C 2 82, thinned down right side, but rare. SG O6a, Cat. £225
Lot 872		Estimate: $120 4d Red-brown Perf. 13 x 10 unused without gum fine other than for small perf. defect at lower right corner. SG O6ba, Cat. £180
Lot 873		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $220 6d Pale Lilac Perf. 13 unused without gum centred top left and rough perforations at top and bottom, otherwise fine. SG O8, Cat. £250
Lot 874		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $300 6d Pale Lilac Perf. 13 x 10 unused without gum centred to top with good perfs. SG O8b, Cat. £200
Lot 875		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $1,050 8d Yellow Perf. 13 with Red Overprint fine used, well-centred and cancelled by parcel roller. SG O9, Cat. £275
Lot 876		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $550 8d Yellow Perf. 13 with Red Overprint ‘large’ stamp centred to right and with imperforate bottom margin fine used, cancelled by parcel roller
Lot 877		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $700 9d on 10d Brown Perf. 10 with wing margin at left, part original gum and heavy hinge remainder with stain in margin on reverse, nevertheless a good example of this rare stamp. SG O11, Cat. £550
Lot 878		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460 The remainder of the collection, including many scarcer perfs., comprising 1d mint (3) and used (13), 2d mint (3) and used (17), 3d mint (Perf. 10 no gum) and used (9), 4d mint (Perf. 13 small faults and 13 x 10 no gum) and used (7), 5d mint (7) and used, 6d used (7), 8d used (4), 9d on 10d opt. ‘Specimen’ in blue, 1/- used (7). Some small faults but condition generally above average. A very useful lot of high catalogue value, SG O2/12 (84)