AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, 1855-1891 CHALONS ISSUES

Lot 524		Estimate: $1,200 Realised Price : $950 1855 London Prints Imperf 1d Carmine horizontal pair, good margins three sides, just cut into at upper right, cancelled '56' numeral. Good colour and a scarce pair, with 2002 RPSV Certificate. SG 14, cat £1800
Lot 525		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $540 1855 London Prints Imperf 2d Deep Green with good even margins all round, with light numeral cancel and small portion of London arrival datestamp in red at lower left, exceptional quality. SG 15, cat £550
Lot 526		Estimate: $550 Realised Price : $460 1855 London Prints Imperf 2d Green horizontal pair cancelled manuscript 'Torquay/18/10/56', good margins all round except just touched at lower right, fine colour and appearance. SG 16, cat £900
Lot 527		Estimate: $220 Realised Price : $270 1855 London Prints Imperf 4d Deep Blue (four margins, close in places), and 4d Blue (good to large margins), both fine used. SG 17-18, cat £280 (2)
Lot 528		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $575 1855 London Prints Imperf 4d Deep Blue (fine with four margins) used on 1856 (23 Oct) outer from Hobart to Sydney, tied by '60' numeral and diamond 'POST OFFICE/LAUNCESTON' datestamp in red, endorsed 'per "Royal Shepherd" ' and reverse with 'SHIP LETTER/SYDNEY' datestamp. Very fine
Lot 529		Estimate: $1,750 Realised Price : $1,400 1856-57 No Watermark Imperf 1d Pale Brick-red horizontal pair (just touched at top and down right side), 2d Dull Emerald-green (margins all round, close at base), 4d Blue horizontal pair (good margins all round except just touched at lower right corner), 4d Deep Blue fine with good margins, good examples of this difficult issue. SG 19-23, cat £2670 (6)
Lot 530		Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $725 1856-57 No Watermark Imperf 1d Deep Red-brown on Pelure Paper, large margins all round and showing portion of adjoining stamp at right, cancelled '64' numeral, a very fine example of this stamp rarely found in this condition, with 1997 BPA Certificate. SG 24, cat £750
Lot 531		Estimate: $1,800 1857-67 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf used range of 1d and 2d shades, with 1d Red-brown (7), Dull Vermilion (4), Brick-red (4), and Carmine (9), and 2d Dull Emerald-green, Green, Deep Green (2), Yellow-green (3, incl pair), and Slate-green. Selected examples, with the majority with four margins and mostly light cancellations, an exceptional lot. SG 25-34, minimum cat £1800 (32)
Lot 532		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 1857-90 Chalon duplicated range on hagners, with 1857-67 Imperf 1d (2), 2d, 4d (7), 1858 Imperf 6d (4) and 1/- (5), 1863-71 Perf 10 1d (6, one unused), 2d, 4d (3), 1871-91 Perf 11½ or 12 1d, 2d (6), 6d (25, incl four M), 1/- (2). Condition much above average with many fine imperfs, some with faults of fiscal cancels, however as very useful lot of high catalogue value (63)
Lot 533		Estimate: $1,500 1857-67 Watermark Double-lined '1' Imperf 1d Pale Red-brown, 1d Brick-red and 1d Dull Vermilion part OG, and 1d Carmine unused no gum, each with four margins (large in places) and of very fine appearance. A very scarce group. SG 26-29, cat £1900 (4)
Lot 534		Estimate: $1,000 1857-67 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf 1d Pale Red-brown part og, and 2d Slate-green unused no gum, both fine examples with margins all round, excellent colour. SG 26 and 34, cat £1100 (2)
Lot 535		Estimate: $500 1857-67 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf 1d Deep Red-brown, 1d Pale Red-brown, 1d Dull Vermilion, 1d Carmine, 2d Dull Emerald-green, 2d Green, 2d Yellow-green, 2d Slate-green, each selected four-margin examples, very fine. SG cat £613 (8)
Lot 536		Estimate: $150 1857-67 Watermark Double-lined '1' Imperf 1d Pale Red-brown vertical strip of 4 on small piece cancelled '82' numerals of South Arm, good to small margins all round except at lower right where cut into. SG 26, cat £180+
Lot 537		Estimate: $200 1857-67 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf 1d Brick-red horizontal strip of 4, margins three sides (barely touched at base of third unit) and just cut into at top right, cancelled neat '91' numerals and a fine multiple, ex Sebastian Earl. SG 27, cat £168+
Lot 538		Estimate: $300T Realised Price : $380 1857-67 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf 4d Blue block of 9 with pen fiscal cancel '6/10/63', margins three sides, just touched down left side. A rare multiple, stated to be the earliest recorded use of postage stamps for fiscal purposes, which was authorised on 1 October 1863. SG 37, cat £252++ as postally used
Lot 539		Estimate: $175 Realised Price : $135 1858 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf 6d Dull Lilac superb with large margins on small piece cancelled '62' numeral plus London arrival ds in red, and 1/- Vermilion (2), both superb four-margin examples. SG 40-41, cat £260 (3)
Lot 540		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $270 1860-67 Watermark Double lined '6' Imperf 6d Chalon range of shades, with Dull Slate-grey (3), Grey (2), Grey-violet, Slate-violet (2, one on piece), Reddish-violet, all fine four-margin examples. SG 44-49, cat £870 (9)
Lot 541		Estimate: $150T 1860-67 Watermark Double-lined '6' Imperf 6d Dull Slate-grey block of 4 with fiscal pen cancel '2/2/69', very fine with margins all round. SG 44, cat £340 for postally used
Lot 542		Estimate: $150T Realised Price : $115 1860-67 Watermark Double-lined '6' Imperf 6d Grey-violet block of 4 with fiscal pen cancel '7 Oct 63', very fine with good margins all round. SG 46, cat £340 for postally used
Lot 543		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $150 1863-1890s Chalon Issues; Range showing fiscal use of Chalon stamps with manuscript or handstamped cancellations (also 4 x Sidefaces), values to 1/-. Also two Promissory Notes, one 1865 with 6d plus 1d and 3d Sidefaces, other 1873 with 6d (3), mostly fine (37 plus 2 documents)
Lot 544		Estimate: $150T 1865-71 Carmine Perf. 12 error 'Error of Watermark Double-lined '2', straight edge left and top and small thin on right edge, fiscally used with '27/7/69' pen cancel. With 2010 Sismondo Certificate. SG 70a, cat £300
Lot 545		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $380 1865-71 Experimental Separations 4d Pale Blue Pin Perf 13½-14½, fine with perforations on all sides, cancelled numeral '54'. SG 115, cat £700
Lot 546		Estimate: $40T 1865-71 Experimental Separations 1d Carmine Serrated Perf 19 fiscally used with '1/7/68' pen cancel, also with albino embossing of double oval 'H.J. MARSH & BRO./IRONMONGERS/HOBART TOWN', unusual. SG 118, cat £20