SYDNEY VIEWS, 2D PLATE I, RETOUCHES IN LOWER ROW

Lot 125		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $270 Dull Blue pos. [13] good margins all round. SG 20, Cat. £300, ex C.L. Pack
Lot 126		Estimate: $200 Greyish-blue pos. [14] small to good margins showing complete frameline at top, cancelled ‘62’ of Morpeth. Small tear at middle left just impinging on design. SG 19, Cat. £250
Lot 127		Estimate: $200 Dull Blue pos. [15] large margins all round showing portions of framelines on all sides, cancelled ‘2’ of Parramatta. Ironed out vertical crease does not affect appearance
Lot 128		Estimate: $300 Dull Blue pos. [16] small to large margins cancelled light numeral cancel
Lot 129		Estimate: $200 Greyish-blue pos. [17] good margins all round with light numeral cancel
Lot 130		Estimate: $250 Dull Blue pos. [18] clear to large margins all round and showing frameline at bottom with light Sydney obliterator
Lot 131		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $170 Greyish-blue pos. [19] good to large margins all round showing frameline at top, messy numeral cancel
Lot 132		Estimate: $150 Greyish-blue pos. [20] good even margins all round with light Sydney obliterator. Faint ironed-out vertical crease visible from rear
Lot 133		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $200 Dull Blue pos. [21] good margins all round showing frameline at top and right, cancelled ‘25’ of Kiama (rated RRR)
Lot 134		Estimate: $250 Greyish-blue pos. [22] small to good margins all round with light Sydney obliterator
Lot 135		Estimate: $250 Greyish-blue pos. [23] good to large margins all round showing framelines at right and bottom, cancelled ‘30’ of Camden
Lot 136		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 Greyish-blue pos. [24] good to large margins with complete framelines at right and bottom, cancelled ‘45’ of Binalong (rated R)
Lot 137		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $800 Greyish-blue vertical pair pos. [12/24 - retouched] large margins all round with complete framelines at left and right, lightly cancelled ‘66’ of Singleton. A beautiful pair, ex ‘Manwood’. SG 19, Cat. £500+
Lot 138		Estimate: $10,000 Greyish-blue two blocks of four pos. [4-5/16-17 and 6-7/18-19 - lower units retouched] rejoined to form a severed block of eight, large margins all round, the right-hand block having [18] slightly cut into at left. Cancelled ‘26’ at Shoalhaven and probably originally used on the same cover. Six used blocks of four of the 2d Plate I in all states can be traced. These two rejoined blocks were formerly in the G.J. Hutson and ‘Manwood’ collections, and were illustrated on Plate H of Hutson’s The Stamps of New South Wales. An extraordinary item and the most important piece extant showing the retouched state of Plate I
Lot 139		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $1,100 Greyish-blue pos. [17] close to large margins tied by superb ‘23’ numeral on 1850 (5 Apr) small envelope from Wollongong to Sydney, fine despatch and arrival (AP 6 1850) datestamps on reverse. Some surface soiling but very attractive
Lot 140		Estimate: $400 Greyish-blue pos. [23] close to large margins tied by ‘66’ numeral on 1850 (11 Apr) large part entire from Singleton to Armidale, despatch and arrival (AP 21 1850) datestamps on reverse. Right flap missing, otherwise fine. Ex Amundsen and Engberg
Lot 141		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $3,000 Greyish-blue vertical pair pos. [3/15 - retouched] large margins all round with complete or partial framelines on all sides tied by superb Sydney obliterators on 1850 (22 Feb) entire to Merriwa. A superb double-rate inland cover, showing a very early date of use of the retouched state of Plate I. From the G.H. Boucher, ‘Espana’ and ‘Manwood’ collections