AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, NEW SOUTH WALES, LATER ISSUES

Lot 87		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $60 1891 ½d on 1d Grey strip of 4 used on 1892 (23 Aug) pink envelope to Wellington, N.Z., tied by Bathurst '9' duplexes, a scarce stamp on cover
Lot 88		Estimate: $9,000 c1903 Artist's Handpainted Essays (5) in Black, Grey and Chinese White for a 9d value. Two feature the coats-of-arms of the six States, two feature King Edward VII, and the fifth shows the Southern Cross. Although nothing is known of the history of these essays, or the identity of the designer, these almost certainly date from 1903 when steps were being taken to develop a uniform design for the 9d stamps to be used by all States (eventually only N.S.W. and Queensland used the adopted design). The essays are clearly drawn by the same hand as the set of five essays (two 2d, three 2½d) dated to 1903 listed by Brusden-White as E25-29 and considered to be submission for a Commonwealth uniform issue. The essays are on thin card, four 107mm x 125 and numbered 1 to 4, the fifth smaller (46mm x 105mm), the whole have been affixed together on an album page. A beautiful set, ex G.J. Hutson
Lot 89		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $180 Specimen Overprints: Small range with McCredie Type 8 on 4d, 6d, 8d, 1/- Centennials; Type 9 on 1d, 2d (2) Centennials; Type 11 on 3d, 5d Diadems, 9d on 10d and 10d De La Rue, and 8d Diadem OS opt; Type 12 on ½d Grey, 1d Centennial, 2½d Allegorical; Type 14 on 1d, 2d, 2½d Jubilee. Generally fine and the majority with part OG (18)
Lot 90		Estimate: $160 Realised Price : $120 1892 'REPRINT' overprints on De La Rue 1d (2), 2d, 4d, 6d and 1/-, Diadem 8d, 5/- Coin (small defect due to missing perf pin variety), £1 'POSTAGE' opt, and 6(d) Registered (2), mostly fine and part OG. This overprint was applied to remainders in 1892 to identify these as obsolete issues, only the (6d) Registered was a true reprint (11)