THE DIADEMS, IMPERFORATE ISSUES, TWO PENCE PLATE I

Lot 497		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $2,800 2d Die Proof in black printed direct onto thin card, 36 x 40mm. One tone spot at top clear of design. Very rare
Lot 498		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $200 Plate Proof in black on wove paper, block of four pos. [35-36/47-48], large margins except just touched at top left, and ironed-out diagonal crease through right-hand pair. Also a single plate proof in Grey-black on thin card (5)
Lot 499		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 Blue with large part original toned gum, small to large margins and fine colour. SG 112, Cat. £180
Lot 500		Estimate: $700 Realised Price : $525 Deep Blue horizontal pairs pos. [37-38] part original gum and [73-74] unused, both bold colour with small to good margins all round. [37] and [73] show the blistered state prior to retouching. Fine and very scarce. SG 112, Cat. £720+ (4)
Lot 501		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 Ultramarine horizontal strip of three close to large margins all round, cancelled faint but legible ray type ‘139’ of Tinonee. A rare use of red ink by a country post office. SG 111, Cat. £42+
Lot 502		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $220 Pale Blue block of six with large margins all round, ironed-out horizontal crease through top pair, cancelled ray type ‘95’ of Brisbane. A scarce multiple used in the Moreton Bay District. SG 113, Cat. £84+
Lot 503		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 2d Diadem - the collection on leaves of Watermark Double-lined ‘2’ printings mounted on leaves, comprising 88 stamps, including a vertical strip of three and five pairs, virtually all fine four-margin examples in a wide range of shades, and showing a variety of cancellations. Also 2d Plate II fine used (4). A fine lot. SG 110/113, minimum Cat. £1492 (91)
Lot 504		Estimate: $200 First Retouch Dull Blue pos. [24] showing lines above and below ‘TWO PENCE’ redrawn, clear to large margins
Lot 505		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $270 First Retouch Dull Blue pos. [24] showing lines above and below ‘TWO PENCE’ redrawn, close margins just touched at top right, tied by Sydney duplex to 1859 (27 Oct) entire to Molong. Two vertical filing folds, one heavy, and a late use of the first retouch on cover
Lot 506		Estimate: $400 First Retouch Deep Dull Blue horizontal pair pos. [103-104], [104] showing extensive redrawing of diadem and hair, and at base of neck. Good margins three sides and just touched at lower right, cancelled ‘140’ of Moorna. A fine example of this major retouch, ex Slade Slade
Lot 507		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $1,200 Second Retouch Dull Blue vertical pair pos. [24/36] [24] showing heavy retouching to neck, with three vertical lines in shading below, [36] showing a blistered impression. Good to large margins with sheet margin at right, cancelled Sydney duplex dated AU 12 1859. The retouch was very short-lived and is very rare. Very fine and one of the most important pieces known of these retouches, Ex Hutson and ‘Manwood’ , and illustrated in Hutson’s The Stamps of New South Wales on page 34
Lot 508		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $575 Second Retouch Deep Dull Blue horizontal pair pos. [104-105], [104] showing heavy retouching to base of neck and shading below, [105] showing a blistered impression. Close margins three sides and just touched along top, tied to small piece by ray type ‘66’ with accompanying Singleton ds of AU 19 1859. Very fine and one of the most important pieces known of these retouches, Ex Hutson and ‘Manwood’, and illustrated in Hutson’s The Stamps of New South Wales on page 34
Lot 509		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 Third Retouch Dull Blue horizontal pair pos. [13-14], [13] showing redrawing in lower left corner, close to large margins, with a few tone spots. Matched with [13] showing the earlier blistered state, fine (3)
Lot 510		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 Third Retouch Cobalt Blue pos. [24] showing very extensive redrawing of side panels, diadem and hair, and background to head, and ‘TWO PENCE’ redrawn. Close to good margins, cancelled ‘4’ of Richmond (rated RR). A very fine example of the most extensive of all the Plate I retouches
Lot 511		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 Third Retouch Cobalt Blue pos. [24] another example in a deeper shade, small even margins all round and indistinctly cancelled and very fine. Ex C.L. Pack
Lot 512		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $160 Third Retouch Cobalt Blue horizontal strip of three pos. [25-27], [25] showing retouching above ‘NEW’ and left of ‘SOUTH’, fine with close to good margins cancelled ray type ‘40’ of Bombala (rated R). Ex Slade Slade
Lot 513		Estimate: $150 Third Retouch Dull Blue horizontal pair pos. [35-36], [36] showing retouching to left and right of ‘SOUTH’ and above ‘WALES’, close to good margins, few small tone spots
Lot 514		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $160 Third Retouch Cobalt Blue pos. [37], showing retouching above and below ‘NEW’, with a graver slip into the lower corner square, an exceptional example with huge margins three sides, cancelled ‘99’ of Walgett
Lot 515		Estimate: $300 Third Retouch Dull Blue horizontal pair pos. [37-38], [37] showing retouch, huge margins all round cancelled Sydney duplex. A magnificent pair ex Pack
Lot 516		Estimate: $1,000 Third Retouch Cobalt Blue pos. [49], showing retouching above ‘NEW’ and left of ‘SOUTH’ unused without gum, small even margins three sides and large at top showing portion of adjoining unit. A very rare unused retouch in fine condition
Lot 517		Estimate: $150 Third Retouch Cobalt Blue pos. [49], small to good margins all round cancelled indistinct ray type numeral
Lot 518		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $140 Third Retouch Cobalt Blue pos. [73], showing retouching above ‘NEW’, large margins three sides and clear at top, cancelled duplex, very fine
Lot 519		Estimate: $300 Third Retouch hird Retouch obalt Blue pos. [104] showing very extensive redrawing of right side panels and background to head. Small even margins all round, cancelled ‘9’ of Bathurst. Thinned in two places nevertheless an attractive example of this very extensive retouch, ex Slade Slade
Lot 520		Estimate: $400 Third Retouch obalt Blue pos. [104] another example, small margins three sides and wide at left showing portion of adjoining unit, cancelled ‘99’ of Walgett, very fine. Ex Slade Slade
Lot 521		Estimate: $200 Third Retouch obalt Blue pos. [105] showing retouching to left side panels, small even margins all round cancelled ray type numeral, very fine
Lot 522		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $525 2d Diadem - the remainder of the retouches, comprising First Retouch [24] and Third Retouch [25], [36], [37], [105]. Also pre-retouch blistered states of [13] (2), [73], [105] (2), and blistered state of [97] (2, never retouched). All four-margin examples and a fine and very scarce group (12)
Lot 523		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 Watermark Double-lined ‘5’: Blue horizontal pair pos. [1-2] with large margins wide at left and showing portion of adjoining unit at right, cancelled indistinct ray type numeral. A magnificent pair. SG 112b, Cat. £140+
Lot 524		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $120 Watermark Double-lined ‘5’: Blue horizontal strip of three pos. [43-45] close to large margins showing portion of adjoining unit at left, just touch at bottom right, cancelled legible ‘85’ of Drayton. A rare Moreton Bay District usage of this emergency printing. SG 112b, Cat. £210+
Lot 525		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 Watermark Double-lined ‘5’: Blue horizontal pairs (2) and singles (4), all fine picked examples with four margins. SG 112b, Cat. £490+ (6)