SPECIMEN STAMPS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, QUEENSLAND, U.P.U. RECEIVING AUTHORITY HANDSTAMPS

Lot 137		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $450 1897-1908 Figures in four corners ½d Green, 4d Yellow, 5d Purple-Brown, 6d Green and 1897 1d zigzag roulette in black, all with ‘ULTRAMAR’ handstamp in blue, no gum (5) Following membership of the U.P.U., all specimen stamps were supplied by Queensland in normal unused condition, with the exception of the 1909 4d grey-black which was cancelled-to-order. Queensland U.P.U. stamps can therefore only be identified when bearing additional handstamps from the receiving postal administrations. Between 1895 and 1910 U.P.U. specimen stamps sent to Lisbon for distribution to Portuguese Colonies were further handstamped ‘ULTRAMAR’ prior to despatch
Lot 138		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $750 1897-1908 Figures in four corners ½d Green, 2½d Rose, 3d Brown, 4d Yellow, 5d Purple-Brown, 6d Green and 1897 1d zigzag roulette in black with ‘ULTRAMAR’ handstamp in blue, affixed to pieces of ledger pages. Ex Goa archive (7)
Lot 139		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $2,000 1897-1908 Figures in four corners ½d, 1d, 2d, 2½d Rose, 2½d Purple on blue, 4d, 5d, 6d, 1/- and 2/- optd with Bechuanaland receiving ‘SPECIMEN’ handstamp 22½ x 2¾mm, large part o.g. toned gum. A unique set (11) The Bechuanaland receiving handstamp was applied to all stamps received without any form of defacement
Lot 140		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $750 1903 Wmk V over Crown Perf 12½ 9d Brown and Ultramarine ‘Commonwealth’ with ‘ULTRAMAR’ handstamp in violet