SPECIMEN STAMPS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, TASMANIA, 1853 LOCALLY ENGRAVED ISSUE

Lot 216		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $180 1879 Reprints from Defaced Plates on Unwatermarked Paper, Perf 11½ 1d Blue and 4d Plate I Brownish-Yellow, latter with straight edges at left and foot and thin at top left. Scarce (2) These reprints were made for presentation and exchange purposes and only 480 of each were printed
Lot 217		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $240 1889 Reprints from Defaced Plates on Thin Card Imperforate 1d Blue and 4d Plate I Yellow-brown singles, and 4d Plate II Brownish-yellow block of 4, fine (7) These reprints were used for a distribution to U.P.U. members in December 1889
Lot 218		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $1,300 1889 Reprints from Defaced Plates on Thin Card Imperforate 1d Blue sheet of 24, rare in this form and very fine other than a few surface marks
Lot 219		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $1,000 1889 Reprints from Defaced Plates on Thin Card Imperforate 4d Plate I Yellow-Brown sheet of 24, fine and rare as a complete sheet
Lot 220		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $900 1889 Reprints from Defaced Plates on Thin Card Imperforate 4d Plate II Pale Yellow-Brown sheet of 24, superb and rare as a complete sheet
Lot 221		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $1,600 1889 Reprints from Defaced Plates on Thin Card Imperforate 4d Plate II Black sheet of 24, superb and rare as a complete sheet. Ex Butler