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- Lots with a "T" after the Estimate are subject to GST of 10% on the Hammer Price.
Overseas buyers are exempt from paying this charge. - An * after the Starting Price indicates that the Lot is affected by Alternate, Limit or Tied bids.
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Online General Sale No. 86 Bidding closes at 5pm AEDT on Friday 20th March 2026 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, QUEENSLAND, 1850-1912 ISSUES
Lot 83 | [ * ] |
1868-78 Watermark Crown over Q Perf 12, 1d Pale Orange-vermilion strips of 3 (2, a severed block of 6) and 2d Bright Blue block of 6 part OG, 1d strips with some creasing and tone spots, 2d fine apart from two small tone spots. SG 95, 99, cat £930 (12)  | ||
| Lot 84 | [ C ] |
1868-78 Watermark Crown over Q (I) Perf 12½ 2d Pale Blue Plate I pair cancelled '59' in rays of Townsville (cds alongside), used on 1869 (31 Mar) cover to Bowen (AP 1 1869 backstamp). Very fine and an extraordinary usage of this rare perforation variety, possibly the only recorded multiple. A major Queensland rarity, SG do not catalogue the Pale Blue shade. SG 115c (Deep Blue), cat £2000++  | ||
| Lot 85 | [ R ] |
1895 Reprints on Watermark Crown over Q (II) paper Perf 13 1d, 2d, 3d, 6d and 1/- mint pairs, 1d, 2d and 3d mint, and 1d, 2d, 3d and 6d with corner pen line, very fine (17)  | ||
| Lot 86 | [ */(*) ] |
1882-95 Watermark Crown over Q (I) Perf 12 2/- Bright Blue, 2/6d Vermilion, 5/- Rose, 10/- Brown and £1 Deep Green, 2/6d and £1 part OG, others no gum, a fine group with good colour. SG 152-156, cat £1360 (5)  | ||
| Lot 87 | [ */CTO ] |
1882-95 Watermark Crown over Q (II) 2/6d Vermilion mint and CTO, both part OG former with small tone spot on gum. SG 162, cat £135 (2)  | ||
| Lot 88 | [ P ] |
1895-96 Figures in Lower Corners 2½d Imperforate Colour trials on Thin Bluish Unwatermarked Paper (used for the selection of colour for the 1899 2½d), horizontal pairs in Pale Carmine, Carmine, Dull Carmine, Light Brown, Pale Reddish-lilac, Pale Reddish-purple fine and very scarce. BW Q23(PP)1A,B,C,E,F,G, cat AU$9000 (12)  | ||
| Lot 89 | [ P ] |
1897-1907 Figures in Four Corners Watermark Crown over Q (II) Perf 12½,13 Plate Proof in Dull Claret on Blue, prepared as a Colour Trial for the change of colour from Rose, very fine large part OG (lower pair MUH). BW Q23(PP)3C, cat AU$2000  | ||
| Lot 90 | [ **/*/O ] |
1899 ½d 'Widow's Weeds' Watermark Crown over Q (II) Perf 12 mint blocks of 4 (2, both MUH), mint pairs (2) and singles (4) all fine to very fine, also Perf 12½,13 mint (3) and used (2). A scarce perforation especially in multiple form. BW Q3, cat AU$3200  | ||
| Lot 91 | [ **/* ] |
1907-11 Watermark Crown over A ½d, 1d (split), 2d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d and 1/- vertical strips of 3 from top of sheet (3d lacking selvedge) showing combination perforations 13 x 11½, 13 x 11 and 13 x 12, fine. SG 301-308, cat £700+ (24)  | ||
