AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, 1854 WOODBLOCKS

Lot 671		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $270 1854 Woodblock 6d Orange range, with Imperf shades unused (cat £650, light toning along base) and used (7 incl pair), serpentine roulette fine used, and 1861 6d Black used (10)
Lot 672		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460 1854 Woodblocks 6d Dull Orange (2), one Imperf with huge margins, other Rouletted (SG 53a), used with 4d Dull Red Emblems Wmk Large Star cancelled Barred Numeral 40 on 1858 (11 Jan) cover from Echuca to Edinburgh, very fine and with manuscript post office endorsement 'Echuca/11/1/58' on reverse. The rate on this cover is problematic, the 1/4d half ounce via Marseilles rate having been superseded by a 1/- rate in February 1857. A fine and rare combination of the Imperf and Rouletted 6d Woodblock
Lot 673		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $575 1854-57 Woodblocks 6d Dull Orange Rouletted 6½-7½ (from the single line roulette employed at the GPO) down left side tied by Barred Numeral '1' on 1857 (23 Sep) cover from Melbourne to Sydney, very fine and scarce
Lot 674		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $340 1861 6d Black Woodblock part OG and very fine and fresh for this stamp. SG 102, cat £475
Lot 675		Estimate: $180 1854 Woodblocks 6d Too Late with large margins, cancelled Barred Numeral '1', fine.SG 33, cat £250
Lot 676		Estimate: $140 1854 Woodblocks 6d Too Late with large margins all round, scissor cut just into design at lower right, cancelled Barred Oval '1'. SG 33, cat £250
Lot 677		Estimate: $140 Realised Price : $105 1854 Woodblocks 6d Too Late with good to large margins, thinned at top left corner outside design, cancelled Barred Oval '2'. SG 33, cat £250
Lot 678		Estimate: $90 1854 Woodblocks 6d Too Late from right of sheet with good to huge margins, light horizontal crease and small central thin, cancelled Barred Numeral '2'. SG 33, cat £250
Lot 679		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $90 1854 Woodblocks 1/- Registered Imperf good to large margins and fine colour, cancelled Barred Numeral '80' (Swan Hill). SG 334, cat £200
Lot 680		Estimate: $300 1854 Woodblocks 1/- Registered Rouletted 7-9 at G.P.O., good to large margins and a fine example of this scarce stamp. SG 55, cat £400
Lot 681		Estimate: $200 1854 Woodblocks 2/- Dull Bluish-green very fine with four large margins cancelled Barred Numeral '2' of Geelong. SG 35, cat £200
Lot 682		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $90 1854 Woodblocks 2/- Dull Bluish-green Imperf, close to good margins and cancelled by portion of Melbourne duplex indicating a late use. SG 35, cat £200
Lot 683		Estimate: $120 1854 Woodblocks 2/- Dull Bluish-green Imperf, small even margins and cancelled Barred Numeral '1'. SG 35, cat £200
Lot 684		Estimate: $90 Realised Price : $70 1854 Woodblocks 2/- Dull Bluish-green Imperf, small margins almost touching at base, cancelled Barred Oval '1'. SG 35, cat £200
Lot 685		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 1854 Woodblocks 2/- Dull Bluish-green Rouletted 7-9 by counter clerks at G.P.O., roulettes on all sides, stain on reverse at upper left barely shows on face, cancelled Barred numeral '1', a very scarce stamp. SG 56, cat £750
Lot 686		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 1854 Woodblocks 2/- Dull Bluish-green Perf 12 small part OG, two small thins and short perf at lower right, very strong colour. SG 82, cat £700