AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, NEW SOUTH WALES, THE DIADEM ISSUES, 8D IMPERFORATE

Lot 100		Estimate: $900 Realised Price : $900 Imperforate plate proof marginal strip of three in Chocolate on blued paper, large margins and very fine
Lot 101		Estimate: $200 Imperforate plate proof in Blue, and Yellow on thick unwatermarked wove paper, the former somewhat discoloured (possibly a result of cancellation experiment?), otherwise both fine with good margins (2)
Lot 102		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $300 Imperforate plate proof on thick unwatermarked wove paper in Deep Blue (good to large margins) cancelled with mss cross in blue, and in Yellow (right marginal with good margins all round, few small stains) (2)
Lot 103		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $700 Imperforate plate proof in Blue on unwatermarked thick paper, a pair with heavy ironed-out horizontal crease, unusually with 'N.S.W.' in concentric ovals trial cancellation and reagent mark. Rare and unusual
Lot 104		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $420 Imperforate plate proof in Yellow from base of sheet on unwatermarked wove paper, margins close to good and fine
Lot 105		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $2,100 Golden Yellow vertical pair with good margins three sides, upper stamp touched at right, and showing variety watermark inverted and reversed, hinged to small piece having been tied by Sydney 'N.S.W.' duplex dated JA 11 1860. A rare multiple of this difficult stamp, ex C.L. Pack, Dale-Lichtenstein and J.S. White
Lot 106		Estimate: $450 Realised Price : $420 Golden Yellow good to large margins cancelled by slightly heavy dumb obliterator. With 1992 BPA cert
Lot 107		Estimate: $450 Realised Price : $675 Golden Yellow large margins all sides cancelled dumb obliterator and showing portions of French transit and London arrival datestamps. With 1949 RPSL cert
Lot 108		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $340 Golden Yellow large margins three sides, close to just touching at left, cancelled slightly messy '133' of Myall Creek. Ex Frankenstein, with 1971 RPSL cert
Lot 109		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $550 Golden Yellow three examples in mixed condition, one cancelled '131' (3)
Lot 110		Estimate: $4,500 Golden Yellow three large margins and just touched at left, with 1d Carmine-vermilion with right sheet margin just touched at upper left, both cancelled and tied by Sydney dumb obliterator on 1857 (10 Apr) small envelope to Birmingham, endorsed 'per Columbian via Marseilles'. London arrival d.s. in red for 8 JU 1857 on face, and Birmingham arrival backstamp for the following day. A very attractive franking for the 9d per ¼oz. rate via Marseilles, and one of the finest of the few recorded 8d's on cover. With 1995 Holcombe cert
Lot 111		Estimate: $3,750 Realised Price : $4,600 Dull Yellow-orange unused with part original brownish gum, good margins three sides and just into at right. A sound example of this very rare stamp, Cat. £5000
Lot 112		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $240 Dull Yellow-orange good margins three sides and just into at right, cancelled portion of Sydney 'N.S.W.' duplex
Lot 113		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $320 Dull Yellow-orange good margins on all sides cancelled Sydney duplex of JA 22 64
Lot 114		Estimate: $400 Dull Yellow-orange three examples in mixed condition, one rebacked. Also an engraved forgery (4)
Lot 115		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $1,600 Dull Yellow-orange large to clear margins tied by Sydney 'N.S.W.' duplex on 1860 (20 Oct) entire to London, endorsed 'p Behar via Marseilles', and with arrival d.s. for DE 15 60 on face. Stamp with filing crease down left side and fault at bottom right, still a very rare stamp on cover, ex Rod Moreton