SPECIMEN STAMPS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, PERKINS BACON ISSUES

Lot 222		Estimate: $10,000 Realised Price : $15,000 1855 Wmk Large Star Imperforate, 4d Blue with portion of "Rowland Hill" ‘CANCELLED’. Margins all round. Cat £10000. Ex Earl, Latto and Jaffé Six examples were prepared at the request of Ormond Hill in 1861, and presented to colleagues, including his uncle, Rowland Hill. Four examples of the 4d have been recorded from the vertical block of six, of which this is No. 3; No. 2 is in the Royal Philatelic Collection
Lot 223		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $260 1871 Reprints on Unwatermarked Paper, Perf 11½ 6d Red-Lilac and 1/- Vermilion, fine for these, and 1879 Reprints on Unwatermarked Paper, Perf 11½ 1d Brick-Red and 4d Blue, with defects. All large part o.g. and scarce (4) Both the 1871 and 1879 reprints were made for presentation and exchange purposes and only 480 of each were printed
Lot 224		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 1886 Reprints of 1871 and 1879 on Unwatermarked Paper, Perf 11½ optd ‘REPRINT’ 1d Brick-Red (2), 2d Green (2, one opt inverted), 4d Blue, 6d Red-Lilac, 1/- Vermilion, some small defects and some with adhesions on reverse, still scarce and mostly part o.g. (7)
Lot 225		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $440 1889 Reprints on Thin Ungummed Card Imperforate 1d Red, 2d Yellow-Green, 6d Red-Lilac, 1/- Vermilion blocks of 4, and 4d Blue block of 9, plus 1d, 2d, 4d, 6d and 1/- singles, all fine (31) This set of reprints were used for a distribution to U.P.U. members in December 1889
Lot 226		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $300 1901 Reprints on Thin Gummed Card Perf 11½ 1d Red, 2d Yellow-Green, 4d Blue, 6d Red-Lilac, 1/- Vermilion set in blocks of 4 optd ‘REPRINT’ (17 x 2mm), fine (1/- with straight edge at base) and large part o.g. (20) In 1901 remainders of the 1889 reprints were gummed, perforated and overprinted ‘REPRINT’ for inclusion in the presentation sets for Federal Parliamentarians