SPECIMEN STAMPS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, MELBOURNE PRINTINGS

Lot 260		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $550 1902-04 Wmk V over Crown Perf 12½ Pictorial ½d Green and 2d Deep Violet Litho and 1d Carmine-Red typo, 1903 9d Blue (2, one with double opt) and 1/- Rose and Green Sidefaces, and 1904 1½d on 5d Surcharge, all optd Type 2 (19 x 2½mm). Also the 1/- ‘SPECIMEN’ opt on 1931 local Hobart front, taxed and 1d (2) and 2d postage dues added. Fine large part o.g. (7 + 1 cover) These overprints were used for U.P.U. distribution; the Pictorials and Sidefaces were distributed in August 1904, and the 1d on 5d surcharge in May 1905
Lot 261		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 1902-04 Wmk V over Crown Perf 12½ 9d Blue and 1/- Rose and Green Sidefaces optd Type 2 with additional ‘ULTRAMAR’ handstamp in blue applied in Lisbon to U.P.U. Specimens prior to despatch to the Colonies
Lot 262		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $1,800 1902-04 ½d, 1d and 2d Pictorials (3 each), 9d and 1/- Sidefaces (3 each) and 1½d on 5d Surcharge (4) optd Type 2 affixed to ledger sheet (full size 275 x 360mm), and with additional triple-circle ‘POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES/COLLECTION/DE/BERNE/ MADAGASCAR’ in red applied, fine The Madagascar U.P.U. collection was mounted on ledger pages and overstruck with the triple-circle handstamp