AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, QUEENSLAND, MORETON BAY DISTRICT CANCELLATIONS

Lot 416		Estimate: $300 Moreton Bay District: '74' in rays (Callandoon) good strikes on 1d Laureate Wmkd (margins close to touching), (6)d Registered Imperf and 2d Diadem Plate II Imperf (both fine with four margins). A scarce group, numeral rated RRR by Freeman (3)
Lot 417		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $380 Moreton Bay District: 1d Reddish-rose on Soft Yellowish Plate I Sydney View (pos [2], very fine with good even margins all round), cancelled fine '81' numeral of Warwick, with 1961 BPA Certificate. SG cat for stamp £550
Lot 418		Estimate: $320 Moreton Bay District: 3d Emerald-green on Bluish Sydney View (good even margins all round and fine colour) cancelled '81' numeral of Warwick. Stamp SG cat £300
Lot 419		Estimate: $150 Moreton Bay District: Barred Numeral '81' (Warwick) on 1d Carmine Laureate on Yellowish Wove, and 2d Laureate Plate I on Greyish wove (both thinned), plus '81' in rays on (6)d Registered Imperf and 1/- Diadem Imperf, both fine with four margins (4)
Lot 420		Estimate: $100 Moreton Bay District: '81' in rays (Warwick) on 1/- Diadem Perf 12, fine strike and very scarce use of perforated issue in the provisional period
Lot 421		Estimate: $250 Moreton Bay District: Barred Numeral '85' (Drayton) fine strikes on 2d Laureate and 3d Laureate pair Wmkd, and (6)d Registered Imperf, all very fine with four margins. Plus '85' in rays on 2d Diadem Imperf (3, all fine with four margins), and '86' (Gayndah) on 6d Diadem Imperf. A good lot (8)
Lot 422		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $210 Moreton Bay District: 2d Laureate Wmkd fine with good margins all round cancelled boxed 'PAID AT/DRAYTON', fine and largely complete strike, unusual and rare
Lot 423		Estimate: $150 Moreton Bay District: '85' in rays (Drayton) on 1d Diadem Perf 12 pair (straight edge at right), fine strikes and very scarce use of perforated issue in the provisional period
Lot 424		Estimate: $140 Realised Price : $105 Moreton Bay District: Barred Numeral '87' (Ipswich) on 1d, 2d Plate I (2) Laureates on Bluish Wove, (6)d Registered Imperf, and '87' in Ray on 2d Diadem Plate II Imperf, all with four margins and fine, 1d Laureate with 1979 RPSL Certificate (5)
Lot 425		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $270 Moreton Bay District: Barred Numeral '87' (Ipswich)very fine strike on 6d Laureate Plate I (close margins all round), very scarce
Lot 426		Estimate: $80 Moreton Bay District: '87' in rays (Ipswich) good strike on 1/- Diadem, very scarce use of the perforated issue in the provisional period
Lot 427		Estimate: $180 Realised Price : $180 Moreton Bay District: '95' in rays (Brisbane) on (6d) Registered Imperf and 1d (2), 2d (2), 3d and 6d Imperf Diadems, plus 2d strip of 3 used on piece, fine strikes and stamps mostly fine with good to large margins. Also 2d pair and 3d Imperf Diadems with Brisbane void oval duplex (9 plus 1 piece).
Lot 428		Estimate: $600 Moreton Bay District: Barred Numeral '95' (Brisbane) on 1d Laureate on Yellowish Wove (fine with four close margins) and Bluish Wove (2), 2d Laureate Plate I, 2d Laureate Plate II, 3d Laureate on Bluish Wove, plus Wmkd Laureates 1d pair and single, 2d (3) and 3d pair, also 2d Diadems Imperf. Most stamps with four margins and with fine strikes of the numeral. A very fine assembly (18)
Lot 429		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $380 Moreton Bay District: Barred Numeral '95' (Brisbane) on 1d Brick-red Laureate on Bluish Wove horizontal strip of 4 (just touched in two places, and small thin on first unit), fine strikes and a rare multiple
Lot 430		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $420 Moreton Bay District: Barred Numeral '95' (Brisbane) 1d Carmine Laureate on Yellowish Wove vertical pair (fine with margins all round), good strikes, with 1989 Holcombe Certificate, pair alone SG cat £650
Lot 431		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $135 Moreton Bay District: group of large pieces used from Brisbane with '95' numeral, comprising 1d Diadem pair (very fine() with Brisbane cds of FEB 23 57, 2d Diadem with Brisbane cds AU 13 57 and Drayton arrival cds, 2d Diadem with Brisbane cds AU 15 57 and Drayton arrival cds, and 2d Laureate (very fine with superb strike) with part Brisbane cds
Lot 432		Estimate: $80 Moreton Bay District: Barred Numeral '95' (Brisbane) on 1d Diadem Imperf (just touched at right) on piece, with Brisbane datestamp for JA(?) 29 1857
Lot 433		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,600 Moreton Bay District: A selection of Imperforate Diadem issues used during the Provisional Period, mostly from Brisbane, with void concentric ovals on 1d (2), 2d Plate II on pieces (2, one dated 5.10.1860), 3d (2), 6d (2), and 'Q.L.' in concentric ovals ion 1d (3, incl pair on piece dated 29.6.1860), 2d Plate II (9, incl strip of 3), 3d pair, 6d shades (6), 1/-. Also late use of 2d Laureate cancelled 'Q.L.' in concentric ovals, 1d Diadem pair on piece cancelled '214' in rays (Toowoomba) with Ipswich arrival c ds 1.3.1860, and 2d Plate II pair cancelled '85' in rays (Drayton). Apart from one 6d, the condition is uniformly very fine to superb, a magnificent lot (35)
Lot 434		Estimate: $250 Moreton Bay District: 6d (5, various printings) and 1/- Perforated Diadems used during the Provisional Period, with Brisbane void concentric ovals (2) or 'Q.L.' in concentric ovals cancels. A scarce group, the use of perforated stamps was small (6)
Lot 435		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 Moreton Bay District: 1d Diadem Imperf (four margins) on piece tied by Brisbane 'QL' duplex, dated NO 1 60, the last day of valid use of New South Wales stamps in Queensland, together with cut-out Gazette notice to the public informing them of their discontinuation. Fine and desirable
Lot 436		Estimate: $250 Moreton Bay District: 2d Sydney View Plate II (good to large margins all round on large piece tied by '96' numeral of Maryborough, and with Sydney arrival datestamp (JA 14 1851)
Lot 437		Estimate: $600 Moreton Bay District: Barred Numeral '96' (Maryborough) on 2d Laureate Plate I pair (very fine with large margins) and single, and 2d Laureate Wmkd pair (also very fine with large margins). Plus '96' in rays on 1d (cut into), 2d Plate II pair (superb) and 6d (3, shades, two with large margins all round) Diadems Imperf, and on 6d Diadem Perf. A fine lot the barred numeral being rated RRR (12)
Lot 438		Estimate: $300 Moreton Bay District: Barred Numeral '96' (Maryborough) good strikes on 1d Brick-red Laureate on Bluish Wove horizontal pair, very fine with good margins all round and showing portions of adjoining units at base, exceptional
Lot 439		Estimate: $300 Moreton Bay District: '108' in rays (Good's Inn) good strikes on (6)d Registered Imperf (showing papermaker's watermark) and 2d Diadem Plate II Imperf, a very scarce numeral rated RRRR by Freeman (2)
Lot 440		Estimate: $200 Moreton Bay District: '131' in rays (Gladstone) legible strikes on 1d and 6d Diadems Imperf (both fine with four margins), very scarce with numeral rated RRR by Freeman (2)
Lot 441		Estimate: $200 Moreton Bay District: '133' in Rays (Myall Creek) readable strikes on 1d Diadem Imperf pair (just touched at lower left and ex Ginger) and 2d Diadem Plate II Imperf strip of 3 (very fine with margins all round). Rated RRR by Freeman (5)
Lot 442		Estimate: $200 Moreton Bay District: '151' in rays (Condamine) somewhat messy but legible strike on (6)d Registered Imperf (just touched at right), very rare and rated RRRRR by Freeman
Lot 443		Estimate: $380 Moreton Bay District: '201' in rays (Rockhampton) on 2d Diadem Imperf (5, with shades, three with margins close or touching) and 6d diadem Imperf (2, both fine with large margins). Two very similar types of '201' are known with 20 or 22 rays, both of which appear to be represented here, both are rated RRR (7)
Lot 444		Estimate: $100 Moreton Bay District: '201' in rays (Rockhampton) indistinct cancels on 2d Diadem Plate II Imperf vertical strip of 3 (touched in places), tied to piece and with ockhampton cds (FE 27 1860)