AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, 1855-71 CHALON ISSUES

Lot 531		Estimate: $850 Realised Price : $650 1855 Watermark Large Star Imperf 1d Carmine, 2d Deep Green, 2d Green, 4d Deep Blue and 4d Blue, each with four margins, close in places on some. SG 14-18, cat £2160 (5)
Lot 532		Estimate: $500 1855 Watermark Large Star Imperf 1d Carmine (touched at right), 2d Green, 4d Deep Blue, and 4d Blue (2), designs touched in places. SG 14-18, cat £1740 (5)
Lot 533		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $420 1855 Watermark Large Star Imperf 1d Carmine, good to large margins all round, cancelled '18' numeral obliterator. SG 14, cat £900
Lot 534		Estimate: $350 1855 Watermark Large Star Imperf 1d Carmine, small margins all round (barely touched at top), cancelled '60' numeral obliterator. SG 14, cat £900
Lot 535		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1855 Watermark Large Star Imperf 4d Blue very fine with small to large margins, cancelled '26' numeral obliterator. SG 18, cat £130
Lot 536		Estimate: $700 1856-57 No Watermark Imperf 1d Pale Brick-red pair (touched at right), 2d Dull Emerald-green (small to large margins three sides, cut into at right), 4d Blue (2, both fine with four margins). SG 19, 20, 22, cat £2530 (5)
Lot 537		Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $600 1856-57 No Watermark Imperf 1d Deep Red-brown on Pelure Paper very fine with large margins all round (showing portion of adjoining unit at right), cancelled '60' numeral. Very fine for this stamp. SG 24, cat £750
Lot 538		Estimate: $1,200 1856-57 No Watermark Imperf 1d Deep Red-brown on Pelure Paper (4), one very fine, others with close to touching margins (one with '85' of papermaker's watermark). SG 14, cat £3000+ (4)
Lot 539		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $440 1857-91 Chalon Issues mostly used range on hagners, with 1857-67 Imperf 1d (6, two unused), 2d (2), 4d, 1858 Imperf 1/- (2), 1860-67 Imperf 6d shades (10, incl Reddish-mauve), 1863-71 Perf 10 1d (4, three unused), 2d (2, one unused), 4d (2), 6d (2), 1/-; Serrated Perf 19 2d Yellow-green fiscally U; Perf 11½ or 12 1d (5, two unused), 2d U strip of 3, 4d (4), 6d (6, three M), 1/- (5, one M). Also 1d reprint pair, and 1d pair with faked roulettes. Some faults, and a number of the used have fiscal cancels (63)
Lot 540		Estimate: $2,000 1857-67 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf mint selection, with 1d Pale Red-brown, 1d Dull Vermilion, 1d Carmine, 1d Brick-red (2, one Double Impression - cut into at top), 2d Yellow-green, 2d Slate-green, 4d Blue or Bright Blue (5), most with part OG (some may not be original), and with four margins or just touching in one or two cases. A fine lot on which no cleaned cancellations have been detected, but not guaranteed. SG cat £6175 (12)
Lot 541		Estimate: $500 1857-67 Watermark Double-lined numerals Imperf 1d Brick-red, 1d Dull Vermilion, 2d Slate-green, 4d Blue, both 1d's touched one side, 2d and 4d with good to large margins, one 1d and 2d part OG, an attractive group. SG 27, 28, 34, 37, cat £1775 (4)
Lot 542		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1857-67 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf 1d Pale Red-brown strip of 3 and pair, 1d Brick-red pair, 1d Carmine pair (crease at top) and single, 2d Green, 4d Blue, 4d Bright Blue, 4d Cobalt-blue, and 1860-67 6d Grey used pair, 6d Dull Slate-grey. All selected examples all with full margins and good colour, cancelled by clearly struck numeral obliterators. SG cat £850+ (17)
Lot 543		Estimate: $180T 1857-67 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf 1d Pale Red-brown vertical strip of 5 cancelled messy '62' (Newtown) numerals margins all round except top stamp just touched at left, a scarce multiple. SG 26, cat £200+
Lot 544		Estimate: $200 1857-67 Watermark Double-lined Figures of Value Imperf 4d Blue, with good even margins, skilfully ironed out horizontal crease and regummed. SG 37, cat £475
Lot 545		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $360 1857-67 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf 4d Cobalt-blue horizontal strip of 5 showing portions of adjoining units at left and right, good to clear margins all round and cancelled '87' numeral. The left unit shows signs of a re-entry in 'VAN DIEMEN'S LAND' and 'FOUR PENCE'. Very attractive and ex Slade Slade
Lot 546		1858 Perkins Bacon 6d and 1/- Imperforate Plate Proof blocks of 4 in Black on white wove paper (8) (A set of singles sold for AU$1610 in a Melbourne auction in November 2006)
Lot 547		Estimate: $400 1858 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf 1/- Vermilion, three margins and just touched at left, part OG. Also 6d Dull Lilac four margins but with cleaned fiscal cancel. SG 40-41, cat £800 (for 1/-) (2)
Lot 548		Estimate: $600 1858 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Imperf 1/ Vermilion, fine with four even margins and part OG (possibly regummed). With 1931 RPSL Certificate for a pair of which this is the left-hand unit. SG 41. cat £800
Lot 549		1863-71 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Perf 10 range comprising shades of 1d SG 57, 58 (superb BN '49') and 59; 2d SG 60 and 61; 4d SG 62 and 63, 6d SG 65, 66 and 67; and 1/- SG 68, very fine. SG cat £775 (11)
Lot 550		Estimate: $500 1863-71 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Perf 10 2d Yellow-green, a 'small' stamp of good appearance and part OG, scarce. SG 60, cat £850
Lot 551		Estimate: $1,000 1863-71 Watermark Double-lined Numerals Perf 10 6d Grey-violet block of 4 without gum, very fine appearance and scarce, with 2006 Sismondo Certificate. SG 64, cat £2600
Lot 552		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 Reprints: Chalon 1901 Reprints on Thin Gummed Card Perf 11½ 2d Yellow-green, 4d Blue, 6d Red-lilac and 1/- Vermilion each in a marginal block of 4, full MUH OG (16)