SPECIMEN STAMPS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, QUEENSLAND, 1900 CHARITY STAMPS

Lot 132		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $1,350 1900 1d (1/-) Claret and 2d (1/-) Violet optd Type 3, 1d large part o.g. and with opt partly double, 2d no gum with vertical opt, both with additional corner ring cancels, rare
Lot 133		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $1,600 1900 1d (1/-) Claret and 2d (1/-) Violet optd Type 6, large part o.g., 2d thinned, another rare pair
Lot 134		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $440 1900 1d (1/-) Claret with Type 2 ‘CANCELLED’ overprint, fine large part o.g. Rare
Lot 135		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $220 1900 1d (1/-) Claret with 10mm ring cancel unusually applied wholly on stamp, large part o.g.
Lot 136		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $2,500 1900 1d (1/-) Claret and 2d (1/-) Violet blocks of 6 can celled-to-order with ‘BRISBANE/T.C. (Telegraph counter) c.d.s. SP 10 02. Full o.g., 2d with vertical crease through right-hand stamps and some perf separation. Ex 1986 Australia Post Archival sale and believed to be the largest multiples of this issue in private hands