RARITIES SALE, AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA

Lot 252		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1856 (1st Apr) entire bearing 2d Queen-on-Throne pair, SG 39, Stone ‣D”, used Melbourne to Maryborough, with appropriate backstamps. [About twelve Stone ‣D” covers are recorded]
Lot 253		Estimate: $3,000 Realised Price : $3,600 1859 Perf 12 by Robinson, 1/- Blue (shades) \\\'Octagonal\\\', SG 81, partial reconstruction of 29 units of 40, including pair [13-14] and rejoined pair [17/25], few with small faults, part/large part o.g. A remarkable assembly.
Lot 254		Estimate: $10,000T Realised Price : $7,500 1863-74 \\\'Laureated\\\' series: 8d Orange, SG 112, fresh block of four, with full o.g., lower units being unmounted, the record multiple. Kellow records this as the only unused multiple and comments \\\"probably the most desirable unused multiple of the middle Victorian issues\\\" - illustrated in colour. When sold at auction in Switzerland in 1980 it realised 11,000SFr. [Provenance: Purves, Perry]
Lot 255		Estimate: $5,000T Realised Price : $3,800 -: 1/- Blue/Blue \\\'IMPERF BETWEEN\\\', pulled perf at top, SG 113ab. Unique. [Illustrated on colour plate 11 in Kellow]. [Provenance: Purves, Perry]
Lot 256		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $575 1867-81 3d Grey-Lilac (SG 133a) and 1/- Blue/Blue tied by Melbourne duplex to 1869 (24th Apr) cover to New York via Marseilles, with \\\'2/CENTS\\\' U.S. Accountancy marking. The 3d rare on cover. [Provenance: Perry]
Lot 257		Estimate: $2,000 5/- Blue/Yellow, SG 139, superb unused. Seldom encountered this nice
Lot 258		Estimate: $1,500T Realised Price : $1,200 1867-70 Emergency printings Wmk V over Crown, 2d Mauve on lilac paper, SG 167, block of four with large part o.g. [Kellow records only two blocks of four outside the Royal Collection].
Lot 259		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $1,150 1873 Bell 1/- rare Die proof in black on India paper showing unfinished portion of crown. [Provenance: Perry]
Lot 260		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1878 Emergency printing ½d Rose-Red/Pink, SG 195, large part o.g., block of six, illustrated Kellow Plate 12 in colour. [Provenance: Perry]
Lot 261		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $550 1884-96 Lithographed ‘Stamp Duty Series’ 1d Blue-Green, SG 235 pair tied to 1900 (22nd Dec) cover Yarraville to Sydney where backstamped. Rare on cover. [Provenance: Perry]
Lot 262		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1/6d Rosine, SG 236, large part o.g. and superb. Rare in such quality
Lot 263		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 6/- Apple-Green, SG 239, large part o.g. and grossly undercatalogued at £200.
Lot 264		Estimate: $750 10/- Brown/Rose Wmk upright, SG 240c, unused part o.g. Unpriced
Lot 265		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $900 £6 Blue/Pink, SG 249, lovely example handstamped \\\'Specimen\\\'. Very rare
Lot 266		Estimate: $750 Typographed £1 Reddish Orange/Yellow, SG 262b, unused part o.g. (hinge-remainders)
Lot 267		Estimate: $1,000 Perf 12½: 15/- Purple-Brown, SG 273, fresh large part o.g. example of this rare stamp. [Provenance: Perry]
Lot 268		Estimate: $4,000 45/- Lilac, SG 277, large part o.g. example with corner bend not unduly detracting from this great rarity of which three unused are recorded outside of The Royal Collection. [Provenance: Perry]
Lot 269		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1884-1900 £25 Deep Green, SG 280c, unused with small repair in right margin
Lot 270		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1885-95 8d Rose-Red/Pink, SG 293a, fresh irregular mint block of 12 (bend/crease barely detracts from a few). The record multiple. [Provenance: Purves, Perry]
Lot 271		Estimate: $5,000 1885-95 ERROR OF COLOUR 4d Lilac, SG 300b, unused part o.g. Probably the most desirable of the five unused singles (there are also two unused pairs), lightly penciled \\\'JRWP\\\' (J R W Purves) on reverse. [Provenance: Perry]
Lot 272		Estimate: $6,000 1886-96 P12½ £6 Yellow and Pale Blue, SG 325, large central hinge. Nevertheless an attractive example of this high value rarity with probably on half dozen mint examples surviving.
Lot 273		Estimate: $600T Realised Price : $480 1897 Charity set, 1d and 2½d in marginal strips of three, cancelled with matching \\\'MELBOURNE/NO 16/97\\\' datestamps, minor separation, CTO (6).
Lot 274		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1899-1901 10/- Green, SG 373, large part o.g. Grossly undercatalogued
Lot 275		Estimate: $2,000T 1901-10 1d Pale Rose-red Die 2, Wmk Sideways, SG 385ca, \\\'JBC\\\' Monogram strip of three, one unit tiny black surface mark. [Possibly only two known of this Monogram].
Lot 276		Estimate: $3,000 Realised Price : $2,600 1901-10 KEVII Watermark V over Crown Perf 12½ £1 Carmine-Rose, SG 399, the rare and fresh mint block of four.
Lot 277		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $1,800 £1 Carmine-Rose, SG 399, superb CTO \\\'MELBOURNE JE 28 02\\\' block of six, minor separation. [Provenance: 1987 Post Office Archival Sale]
Lot 278		Estimate: $5,000 Realised Price : $400 £2 Deep Blue, SG 400, superb CTO \\\'MELBOURNE JE 28 02\\\' marginal block of four, minor separation. UNIQUE. [Provenance: 1987 Post Office Archival Sale]
Lot 279		Estimate: $1,500T Realised Price : $2,100 Watermark V over Crown Perf 11 £2 Deep Blue, SG 408, superb unused marginal example. [Possibly only six mint examples recorded].
Lot 280		Estimate: $5,000 Realised Price : $4,000 1905-12 Wmk Crown over A Perf 12½ ½d Blue-Green marginal strip of six, SG 426 \\\"IMPERFORATE AT BASE\\\". Unique and one of the great Federal Period errors. [Illustrated in Kellow p.291]. [Provenance: Purves, Perry]
Lot 281		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $2,600 £1 Salmon, SG 431, the rare and fresh mint block of four
Lot 282		Estimate: $10,000 Realised Price : $7,500 Perf 11 £2 Dull Blue, SG 445, THE UNIQUE MARGINAL BLOCK OF FOUR. The showpiece of the Federal period of Victorian philately. [This item realized £3250 at the Purves Sale in January 1981!!!]
Lot 283		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $800 Presentation Stamps: Selection of 1891 reprints without \\\'Reprint\\\' overprint (27) cancelled \\\'MELBOURNE/JE 2/02\\\' for presentation to Federal M.P.\\\'s, including Half-length set, also issued stamp ½d blue-green, 1½d apple-green and 2d violet, similarly cancelled, the last in 1903 (date error?), (30). Very scarce lot. (Not illustrated).
Lot 284		Estimate: $500 Postal History: 1879 (20th Dec) cover to London via Brindisi bearing Bell 2d (4) tied by Barred numeral \\\'733\\\', rare mss. \\\'Tahara/20-12-79\\\' below, backstamped Branxholme, Melbourne, London. [Provenance: Perry]
Lot 285		Estimate: $750 1891 (7th Sep) deficiently paid to Brindisi bearing 1d pair and ½d tied by \\\'209\\\' of Great Western, circled \\\'T\\\' with mss. ‘3½d’, and in crayon \\\'7d=to pay\\\', Postage Dues 10c and 30c on 2c pair affixed and tied on arrival, transit and arrival backstamps. [Usage just before Victoria joined the UPU and the 2½d rate was introduced].