SPECIMEN STAMPS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, NEW SOUTH WALES, OFFICIALS

Lot 39		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $280 1887-90 Wmk ‘NSW’ Type O2 ‘OS’ opt. 5/- Lilac and Green Perf 12x10 optd Type 11, large part o.g. The 5/- stamp was never issued with ‘OS’ opt, but there is a record of 100 specimens being prepared in January 1894
Lot 40		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $90 1887-90 Wmk ‘NSW’ Type O2 ‘OS’ opt. 10/- Mauve and Claret Perf 12 optd Type 10, large part o.g., slightly faded This stamp was a reprint made in December 1892 for U.P.U. distribution
Lot 41		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $600 1887-90 Wmk ‘NSW’ Type O2 ‘OS’ opt. 10/- Mauve and Claret Perf 12 optd Type 10, horizontal strip of 3, fine MUH
Lot 42		1887-90 Wmk ‘NSW’ Type O2 ‘OS’ opt. 10/- Mauve and Claret Perf 12 optd Type 10, variety ‘double opt., one albino’, large part o.g.
Lot 43		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $440 1887-90 Wmk ‘NSW’ Type O2 ‘OS’ opt. £1 Lilac and Claret Perf 12 optd Type 7, from top of sheet with imperforate top selvedge, large part o.g. 100 were prepared of this overprint in January 1894, made on a reprint of the basic stamp showing ‘O’ and ‘S’ spaced 7mm
Lot 44		Estimate: $300 1890-91 Wmk ‘5/- NSW’ in Diamond 5/- Mauve Perf 10, and Wmk ‘20/- NSW’ in circle 20/- Cobalt-Blue Perf 10, optd Type 11 both large part o.g.
Lot 45		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $120 1890-91 Wmk ‘5/- NSW’ in Diamond 5/- Lilac Perf 10 large part o.g., showing variety ‘broken O’; and Wmk ‘20/- NSW’ in circle Perf 10 20/- Cobalt-Blue (no gum), both optd Type 12, somewhat faded The Type 12 overprint on these two stamps was used for the U.P.U. distribution of December 1892
Lot 46		Estimate: $200 1891 Wmk Crown NSW (II) ½d Perf 11x12 optd Type 11 in blue, additionally cancelled by ‘NSW’ in oval obliterator and part c.d.s. Unusual. 2007 Ceremuga Cert.