Prestige Philately - Auction No 168 Page: 1 Sep 23, 2011 Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD VICTORIA Ex Lot 579 *OW Very attractive collection on oversized leaves with Queen-on-Throne 2d (11, including 2 pairs), Imperf 1/- Octagonal (5, including a pair) & Rouletted 1/-, Woodblocks 6d 'TOO LATE' (stained) & 2/-, Emblems including Imperf 2d pairs (2), Rouletted at GPO 1d SG 46 and Rouletted Vertically Laid Paper 4d strip of 3, Beaded Ovals 3d maroon * & a large but faded 6d orange, Laureates 8d orange, 10d grey & 5/- blue & yellow, 1886-96 1/6d blue *, 1897 & 1900 Charity sets *, later issues to 5/- * plus 1901-10 V/Crown KEVII £1 & £2 CTO, Postage Dues Blue & Clarets 2/- * and 5/- postally used (very scarce thus), 1895 2/- * & 5/- CTO, condition variable but generally above-average with lots of very fine Barred Numeral cancels. An excellent basis for expansion. (325+) 579 2,500 Ex Lot 580 */** Selection of mostly multiples with Bell ½d rose/pink corner pair, Naish 'STAMP - DUTY' 2d mauve & violet blocks of 4, 1897 Charity pairs, 1d perf 'OS' strip of 5, etc, also Stamp Duty 1911 '½d.' on 1d olive-bistre marginal block of 30 (the upper block of 10 largely separated & rejoined), a few problems but generally fine to very fine with some units being unmounted. (11 items) 580 400T Ex Lot 581 O 1854-61 Classics range on Hagners with Woodblocks including Imperf 6d 'TOO LATE' x2 & an unused example cut-close, 1/- 'REGISTERED' x5 & 2/-, Rouletted 6d x2 & 2/- and Serrated Roulette 18-19 6d; 1/- Octagonal on 1854 cover to Scotland; good selection of Emblems; Beaded Ovals including 6d orange (considered by many to be Victoria's scarcest face-different postage stamp); etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. High catalogue value. (92 + cover) 581 1,500
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Prestige Philately - Auction No 168 Page: 1Sep 23, 2011Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD
VICTORIA
Ex Lot 579
*OW Very attractive collection on oversized leaves with Queen-on-Throne 2d (11, including 2 pairs), Imperf 1/- Octagonal (5, including a pair) & Rouletted 1/-, Woodblocks 6d 'TOO LATE' (stained) & 2/-, Emblems including Imperf 2d pairs (2), Rouletted at GPO 1d SG 46 and Rouletted Vertically Laid Paper 4d strip of 3, Beaded Ovals 3d maroon * & a large but faded 6d orange, Laureates 8d orange, 10d grey & 5/- blue & yellow, 1886-96 1/6d blue *, 1897 & 1900 Charity sets *, later issues to 5/- * plus 1901-10 V/Crown KEVII £1 & £2 CTO, Postage Dues Blue & Clarets 2/- * and 5/- postally used (very scarce thus), 1895 2/- * & 5/- CTO, condition variable but generally above-average with lots of very fine Barred Numeral cancels. An excellent basis for expansion. (325+)
579
2,500
Ex Lot 580
*/** Selection of mostly multiples with Bell ½d rose/pink corner pair, Naish 'STAMP - DUTY' 2d mauve & violet blocks of 4, 1897 Charity pairs, 1d perf 'OS' strip of 5, etc, also Stamp Duty 1911 '½d.' on 1d olive-bistre marginal block of 30 (the upper block of 10 largely separated & rejoined), a few problems but generally fine to very fine with some units being unmounted. (11 items)
580
400T
Ex Lot 581
O 1854-61 Classics range on Hagners with Woodblocks including Imperf 6d 'TOO LATE' x2 & an unused example cut-close, 1/- 'REGISTERED' x5 & 2/-, Rouletted 6d x2 & 2/- and Serrated Roulette 18-19 6d; 1/- Octagonal on 1854 cover to Scotland; good selection of Emblems; Beaded Ovals including 6d orange (considered by many to be Victoria's scarcest face-different postage stamp); etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. High catalogue value. (92 + cover)
581
1,500
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Lot 582
W 1852-56 Queen-on-Throne Ham 2d brown SG 18, and Campbell 2d SG 19 (a huge marginal example, very minor thin) & 2d SG 19a - both Ex Rodney Perry -, all with full margins, unused, Cat £1100.
582 A/A-
800
Ex Lot 583
O 1852-56 Queen-on-Throne Campbell & Co 2d group SG 19-22 complete reconstruction of 50 on Charles Lathrop Pack's hand-annotated page, nearly all fine examples with full margins and including four pairs & five strips of 3, Cat £1450 minimum plus a substantial premium for the multiples. (50)
583
1,250
Lot 584
G/F 1852-56 Queen-on-Throne Campbell & Fergusson 2d lilac SG 36 horizontal pair [37-38] & vertical pair [29/39] with Creased Transfer varieties at lower-right of [38] & upper-left of [29], BN '1' of Melbourne or '2' of Geelong. Important specialist pieces that form part of the major Creased Transfer group that included the famous 'TVO PENCE' [49]. Ex Rodney Perry & Hugh Freeman. Rodney Perry Certificate (2006). [Both illustrated by Kellow at page 77]
584 A/A-
400
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Lot 585
G 1852-56 Queen-on-Throne 2d warm purple horizontal pair [UY-BF] the first unit being Substituted for Unit [1] SG 37d, margins good to large & remarkably fine for these varieties, Barred Oval '24' cancel of Ballarat, Cat £700. Rare. Ex Pack, Wawn, Purves, Perry & Freeman. Rodney Perry Certificate (2006). [The substitution affected the left-hand vertical strip of 5 units, creating five abnormal horizontal pairs. Kellow at page 78 states "Probably six or seven of each of the five horizontal pairs are known...most of the surviving examples have faults"]
585 A
1,000
Lot 586
G 1852-56 Queen-on-Throne Stone D Blotchy Printings 2d dull lilac-mauve on Thick Card Paper SG 39b [33], margins good to large, BN '16' of Ballan, Cat £600. Rare. Ex Hugh Freeman. Rodney Perry Certificate (2006). [Kellow at page 79 states "Ten copies are known..."]
586 A
750
Ex Lot 587
F 1854-55 Woodblocks 6d three shades (one on piece), 'REGISTERED' 1/- & 2/- SG 32/b 34 & 35, all with full margins, neat cancels, Cat £450+. (5)
587 A350
Lot 588
* 1856-58 Perkins Bacon Queen-on-Throne Imperf 1d yellow-green SG 40 block of 4, margins just clear to good, deep rich colour, large-part o.g., Cat £800+. Our vendor paid $1838 at auction. [The Perkins Bacon 1d & 6d are remarkable for being the only Victorian stamps printed outside the Colony]
588 A/A-
1,750
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Ex Lot 589
PC 1856-58 Perkins Bacon Queen-on-Throne Perkins Bacon 6d imperforate plate proof block of 4 in black on ungummed unwatermarked wove paper, good even margins; also 6d blue on 1860 cover to GB with poor BN '137' (rated RR) & oval 'MUCKLEFORD' d/s. (2 items)
589 A
400T
Lot 590
* 1856-58 Perkins Bacon Queen-on-Throne Rouletted 6d bright blue SG 73 & 6d light blue SG 73a horizontal pair, large-part o.g., Cat £1000+. [The pair is the equal-largest recorded multiple. Kellow at page 104 states "Unused multiples of this value are very rare. Only one block of 4, in the Royal Collection, is recorded"]
590 A
1,000
Ex Lot 591
*W 1857-61 Classics comprising Emblems Star 1d & 4d, Rouletted Laid Paper 2d, Perf 12 4d with Cracked Electro at Upper-Left (small faults), Wmk Value in Words 2d two shades, Wmk '2' 2d (large-part o.g.), Beaded Oval 3d maroon; Woodblock 6d black & 2/- blue/green; Netted Corners 1d; Redrawn 6d black with Wmk 'SIX/PENCE' (large-part o.g.) or Wmk '6' two shades (one with large-part o.g.); unused, Cat £2200+. A very scarce and desirable group. (17)
591 A
1,250
Lot 592
G 1857 Rouletted at the GPO 1/- 'REGISTERED' as SG 55 but Die 2, rouletted on all sides well clear of the design, lightly cancelled, Cat £350+. A superb example of this rare stamp. [Kellow at page 98 states that Die 2 stamps - with tiny 'V' and 'R' below the 'R' & 'D' of 'REGISTERED' - are "...3 to 4 times scarcer than Die 1 stamps". He also notes that only an estimated 6800 were rouletted at the GPO, of which only a small proportion would have been Die 2]
592 A+
750
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Ex Lot 593
*WO 1857-63 Emblems range on Charles Lathrop Pack's hand-annotated pages including imperf 4d Wmk Star (51, including a pair & three Thin Paper printings), Robinson Imperf 4d on Vertically-Laid Paper (3) and 2d violet on Horizonatally-Laid Paper * (part-gum), Robinson Perf 12 1d yellow-green SG 76 (2, one with distorted 'ONE PENNY') & 2d SG 77 used (Cat £275) and Typo Wove Paper 1d dull green SG 84 (2) * & 4d SG 85 unused, condition generally fine, some postmark interest including BN '116' (rated RR). (80)
593
1,000
Lot 594
O 1857-63 Emblems Rouletted Smooth Laid Paper 2d brown-lilac SG 69 strip of 4, rouletted on all sides, hinge remainders & minor reinforcing, BN '2' cancels of Geelong, Cat £34++. Ex Charles Lathrop Pack. [Believed to be the equal-largest recorded multiple. Ken Barelli's fine block of 4 sold for $652 at a Sydney auction in 2006]
594 A-
350
Lot 595
O 1857-63 Emblems 2d dull violet SG 70a interpanneau strip of 4 with central gutter, rouletted on all sides, weak Barred Numeral cancels, Cat £72++ Ex Charles Lathrop Pack. [Believed to be the equal-largest recorded multiple and probably unique as an interpanneau strip. Ken Barelli's block of 4 sold for $652 at a Sydney auction in 2006]
595 A-
500
Lot 596
* 1857-63 Emblems 1860-63 Perf 12 Wmk Value in Words 1d pale yellow-green SG 98 lower-left corner horizontal strip of 3, characteristic rough perfs with a separation fault at right, large-part o.g., Cat £270+. Scarce multiple.
596 A/B
400
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Ex Lot 597
O 1857-63 Emblems 2d array on Charles Lathrop Pack's hand-annotated page with Horizontally Laid brown-lilac SG 69 x44 including 13 horizontal pairs and a vertical pair; Vertically Laid brown-lilac SG 69a with 8 horizontal pairs & 2 vertical pairs; Horizontally Laid violet or dull violet SG 70/a x45 including a strip of 3, 11 horizontal pairs & 2 vertical pairs; condition generally fine with some postmark interest including BN '58' of Lexton & '151' of Pitfield on pairs. (109)
597 A
1,000
Ex Lot 598
*O 1859 Perf 12 by Robinson 1/- blue SG 81/c group reconstruction of 49 of the 50 positions (10x5) on Charles Lathrop Pack's beautifully hand-annotated page including one pair and a strip of 3, plus mint examples at positions [6] (indigo-blue, surface scuff), [8] & [22], mostly fine examples, Cat £880+. [The first unit has been removed because of the very rare postmark '297' - rated RRRRR - of King Parrot Creek : see Lot 850] (50)
598
600
Ex Lot 599
O 1859 Perf 12 by Robinson 2/- dull bluish-green/pale yellow SG 82 plated examples on Charles Lathrop Pack's hand-annotated page including two pairs (one on piece) - the largest recorded multiples for this issue - generally attractive examples though many have minor thins/blemishes, Cat £585+. (13)
599
300
Lot 600
* 1860-66 Beaded Ovals Wmk Value in Words 3d blue SG 90b, 3d maroon SG 91 & 4d dull rose SG 92c, large-part o.g., Cat £470.
600 A/A-400
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Lot 601
G 1860-66 Beaded Ovals 6d orange SG 93, unusually large example with rich colour, light "killer" '1' cancel of Melbourne, Cat £300. Superb!: the finest example we have seen of this notoriously difficult stamp, which is rated by most enthusiasts as the scarcest face-different stamp of Victoria.
601 A+
1,000
Ex Lot 602
*W 1863-81 Laureates valuable selection comprising Single-Line Numeral 1d x2 2d & 1/-, 1865-67 Emergency Printings 3d with Wmk '8' SG 118 (large-part o.g.), Saunders Paper 1d & 10d, Incorrect Numeral 1d with Wmk '4' (large-part o.g.), V/Crown Perf 13 1d, 3d lilac SG 133 & 4d rose-pink all with large-part o.g., 6d, 8d & 5/- SG 140a (large-part o.g.), Perf 12 1d x2, 3d orange x2 (one with large-part o.g.), 6d (large-part o.g.) & 5/-, 1867-70 Emergency Printings 1d with Wmk '1' SG 153 pair (large-part o.g.) & 2d with Wmk '4' x2, and 1873 '½ ½/HALF' on 1d x2 (one with large-part o.g.), generally fine to very fine, Cat £2900 approximately. A very scarce and highly desirable lot. (25)
602
2,000
Ex Lot 603
O 1863-81 Laureates annotated range on Hagners with better values including 8d orange x2, 10d grey, Wmk '8' 3d lilac, V/Crown 3d lilac x2, 5/- blue & red x7 etc, a couple of pairs noted, generally fine to very fine. (127)
603
300
Lot 604
*/** 1863-81 Laureates 1863 Watermark Single-Lined Numerals 1d pale green Perf 12 SG 108 block of 18 (6x3) being positions [A13-15 B13-15, E1-3/4-6, and F1-3/4-6 and showing the wide gutters between the formes of 15, large-part o.g. with most units being unmounted, Cat £1275++. Ex Nick Holness. A remarkable block.
604 A
1,000T
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Ex Lot 605
*W 1863-81 Laureates Watermark Single-Lined Numerals Perf 13 6d SG 110 x11, including No Watermark (large-part o.g. but with a small thin), Retouch over Queen's Head, and three with Spot on Right-Hand Numeral; and Perf 12x13 SG 111b x3 (all without gum); some gumside defects, mostly with large-part o.g., Cat £1000+. On Charles Lathrop Pack's annotated page. (14)
605
500
Lot 606
* 1863-81 Laureates Watermark Single-Lined Numerals 8d orange SG 112, an unusually large stamp from the right-hand side of the forme of 15, large-part o.g., Cat £425. As fine an example as we have offered. {
606 A B1
500
Ex Lot 607
*WO 1863-81 Laureates Watermark Single-Lined Numerals 1/- selection on album page comprising Perf 13 blue/blue (2, one with a thin) part or large-part o.g., plus unused (3, including Watermark Inverted and Watermark Inverted & Reversed); Perf 13 deep blue/blue (2, one with Watermark Inverted, the other with White Patch at upper-left) both large-part o.g.; Perf 12x13 with Frame Flaws unused; also V/Crown Perf 13 x2 used; mostly fine. Ex Charles Lathrop Pack. [Kellow states at page 177 "unused copies of all printings are scarce"] (10)
607
500
Lot 608
W 1863-81 Laureates Watermark Single-Lined Numerals Perf 13 1/- bright blue/blue as SG 113b but with No Watermark - from the upper-right corner of the sheet (marginal rule lines) - and additionally with superb 100% Offset, some short perfs, unused. Extraordinary double variety.
608 A- C2
200
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Ex Lot 609
*W 1863-81 Laureates 1865-67 Emergency Printings 3d lilac Wmk '8' SG 118 selection comprising seven examples with part to large-part o.g., (one thinned) including two with Colour Flaws (in different positions) and another with Distorted Frameline Under 'TO' of 'VICTORIA', also two unused examples (one thinned), Cat £1440. Scarce assembly. Ex Charles Lathrop Pack. (9)
609 A/B
600
Lot 610
* 1863-81 Laureates Emergency Printings 3d lilac on Wmk '8' Paper SG 118 block of 4, minor perf reinforcing, large-part o.g., Cat £640++. A rare multiple. Ex Michael Silvasich. [Kellow at page 159 states "The largest unused piece is a block of 6 in the Royal Collection, and there are at least three blocks of 4"]
610 A C1
1,500
Lot 611
P 1863-81 Laureates Emergency Printings 10d die proof in dull vermilion/pale pink reduced to stamp-size with good even margins. Believed to be unique. Ex Michael Silvasich. [Kellow at page 173 states "Two contemporary die proofs are known, in black on white wove - in the Royal Collection - and in vermilion on pinkish wove paper"]
611 A
2,000
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Ex Lot 612
*W 1863-81 Laureates 1867-81 V/Crown 3d lilac SG 183/a group comprising seven examples with part to large-part o.g., (one badly thinned, several others with small thins), one with Distorted Frameline Under 'TO' of 'VICTORIA', plus two examples without gum; also two examples of the grey-lilac shade one with part o.g., the other unused; Cat £2550 (excluding the badly thinned stamp). Ex Charles Lathrop Pack. [Kellow states at page 159 "Both printings are much rarer unused than the earlier printing on single-lined '8' paper, and no unused multiples are recorded"] (11)
612 A/C
1,000
Ex Lot 613
*W 1863-81 Laureates V/Crown 3d orange group on Charles Lathrop Pack's hand-annotated page comprising 1869 Perf 13 orange (5) & yellow-orange (2, one without gum); 1870 Perf 13 orange-yellow or dull orange (10, including 2 pairs, one single stamp without gum); 1873 Perf 12 orange (4, one without gum); a good range of hues within the shade groups, a few stamps with small thins, mostly part to large-part o.g., Cat £940+. (21)
613 A/C
350
Lot 614
G 1863-81 Laureates V/Crown Perf 13 5/- blue/yellow SG 139, strong colours, exceptional centring, Cat £300. A superb example of this stamp on which the colours - especially the yellow paper - are usually faded.
614 A+ A1
500
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Ex Lot 615
*O 1870-1900 Middle Period collection in Hagner album with many scarce stamps noted, mint including 1870 De La Rue 2d x2 (one unused), ½d on 1d Laureate (unused), Stamp Duty 5/- maroon/yellow, Naish values to 2/- x6 (one **), 'STAMP - DUTY' Overprints 3d x2, 4d x2, 1/- & 2/- (unused), 1886-96 to 1/6d blue (rounded corner) & 1/6d orange x3 (one **), 1896-99 5/- rosine, 1897 Charity pair x2, 3d slate-green block of 6 (**), 1900 Charity pair etc, used including 1878 Emergency Printings 1d on yellow x2 & 1d on drab x2, Stamp Statute 6d, £25 green with fiscal cancel x2, 'STAMP -DUTY' Overprints set, 1897 Charity pair CTO, 1d olive block of 4, 1900 Charity 2d CTO etc, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. (250+)
615
750
Ex Lot 616
*O 1873-1913 predominantly mint array with some duplication including 1878 1d yellow-green/drab, 1885-95 4d (2), 6d (4), 8d (3), 1/- (5) & 2/- (9, including 2/- apple-green block of 4), 1886-96 including 1/- (12), 1/6d blue (4) & 1/6d orange (9, including 2 pairs), 1901-13 including V/Crown Perf 12x12½ 1/- & 5/- blocks of 4, some stamps with gumside defects so close inspection required. High catalogue value. (200+)
616
1,000
Lot 617
* 1873-87 Bell Perf 13 1d green SG 177a block of 9, minor reinforcing, large-part o.g., Cat £405++. Attractive block. [Kellow at page 195 states "Unused blocks are not common, and any larger than blocks of 4 are rare"]
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Lot 619
F 1882-84 Wmk 33 (V2) 2d mauve Mixed Perfs 12x12x12x12½ SG 211c, remarkably well centred for a stamp that has been perforated by two machines, light numeral cancellation, grossly undercatalogued at £750. Unique!: acquired for $3105 at our auction of 12/5/2007. Ex Rodney Perry. RPSofV Certificate (1997). [Kellow at page 202 refers to a single example Perf 12½ all round additionally Perf 12 at Top as being the only Mixed Perf stamp then recorded in this issue. Imagine what this item would be worth if it was the only recorded example of a 19th century American stamp!]
619 A B1
3,000
Lot 620
* 1884-96 Postal Fiscals Stamp Statute V/Crown 3d mauve SG 221, hinge remainders, large-part o.g., undercatalogued at £850. A rare and underrated stamp. [Kellow at page 216 states that only 4552 were issued, and the balance destroyed. Compare this with the 4d - Cat £750 - of which 23,600 were issued]
620 A- C1
1,000T
Lot 621
* 1884-96 Postal Fiscals Stamp Statute V/Crown 6d & 2/- SG 223ab & 225a plus '½d/HALF' on 1d SG 234, all with large-part o.g., undercatalogued at £355. [See also Lots 712 to 726]
621 A400T
Lot 622
* 1884-96 Postal Fiscals Stamp Duty Lithographed £1 red-orange Perf 13 SG 242, well centred, large-part o.g., undercatalogued at £600. Rare. [This was the first value produced by lithography. Only 24,000 were issued, in 1879, five years before these stamps became available for postage. Consequently, very few mint examples are recorded]
622 A B1
1,000
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Ex Lot 623
O 1884-96 Postal Fiscals Lithographed 35/- grey-violet SG 245 x15 singles and two pairs - rare multiples, one with unusual small punch-holes - various manuscript cancellations, Cat £4750 as fiscals. Ex JRW Purves with his original album page but remounted with extensive annotations. [Still considered by many to be the key value, of which no postally used or even CTO examples exist. Kellow at page 233 states that the largest multiple is a pair, of which only three have been recorded] [See also Lots 640 to 711 and 727 to 765] (19)
* 1883-95 New Naish Designs 8d bright scarlet/pink SG 302 block of 6 (3x2), part- to large-part o.g., Cat £180++. Very scarce multiple.
625 A300T
Lot 626
G 1885 'STAMP - DUTY' Overprints Wmk '33' Plate 1 4d rose-carmine SG 309 block of 6, Melbourne 1886 duplex cancel, Cat £320+. A rare multiple; possibly the largest recorded block. [Kellow at page 210 states "overprint stamps from Plate 1 are quite scarce.......about six unused blocks of 4 (all from Plate 2) are known"]
626 A
500
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Lot 627
*/** 1886-96 New Design(ers) Astley 2d violet SG 314c block of 18 (6x3), virtually full o.g. with most units being unmounted, Cat £150++. Acquired for $414 at our auction of 13/9/2008. [Stated "believed to be the largest known mint block"] {Website}
627 A
350T
Lot 628
*/** 1886-96 New Design(ers) Tannenberg 2½d red/yellow SG 315b block of 24 (6x4), creased across the third row & some gum blemishes, large-part o.g. with many units being unmounted, Cat £480++. Acquired for $460 on 13/9/2008.
628 A/B
500T
Ex Lot 629
V 1886-96 New Design(ers) Fergusson & Mitchell £5 to £9 SG 324-328, bright colours, variable centring but generally better than the average, the £5 £6 & £7 with large-part o.g., all CTO with various 1898-1901 dates, Cat £865. (5)
629 A
600
Lot 630
W 1886-96 New Design(ers) Fergusson & Mitchell £8 mauve & brown-orange SG 327, unused with no evidence of a cancellation having been removed but regummed with some consequent staining/toning especially on the perforations at right, Cat £4750. Rare.
630 B B1
1,500
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Ex Lot 631
** 1897 Charity 1d (1/-) four singles & two pairs and 2½d (2/6d) block of 8 now separated into two blocks of 4 and threatening to further separate, unmounted, Cat £1040++ (mounted). [Apparently the largest recorded multiples are blocks of 6. If previous owners of these blocks had been less concerned with the gum remaining unmounted and judiciously reinforced the perforations, we would have been presenting the record multiples] (16)
*/**O 1901-12 Commonwealth Period collection on Hagners with many scarce stamps noted, mint including No 'POSTAGE' to 5/-, V/Crown to 5/- x3 plus £1 & £2 (marginal, unmounted) and Perf 11 £1, Crown/A to £1 x3, lots of multiples, also used range to £1 (postally used) including No 'POSTAGE' to 5/- CTO, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (200+)
633
1,000
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Lot 634
P 1901-10 V/Crown KEVII £1 perforated colour trial in carmine-pink (close to the issued colour) on ungummed thick unwatermarked wove paper BW #V125PP(1)L, minor shallow thin at top that in no way detracts from the exceptional facial appearance of this rare Commonwealth Period proof, Cat $10,000. Ex Ronald Harrison and Max Watson.
The ACSC states that only two examples in the issued colour are recorded: this is actually a brighter shade than the issued stamps, "carmine-pink", rather than the issued "carmine-rose". In his "Stamps of Victoria", Kellow refers to a set of 12 colour trials: "All these are more or less damaged..." At the time of writing, Kellow was unaware of the group of proofs to One Pound that Max Watson had acquired in the 1970s from the family of Ronald Harrison.
634 A-
4,000
Lot 635
** 1905-13 Crown/A Perf 12½ £1 dull rose with the Watermark Upright BW #127Daa (SG 431abVar) marginal block of 4 from the top of the sheet, well centred, full unmounted o.g., Cat $2400++ (£1000++) mounted. Pristine! A remarkable multiple of the highest quality. Ex Australia Post Archival Sale Number One (Lot 80). [Kellow at page 314 refers to this item - then a block of 6 - as being "the largest multiple in private hands". With the two lower units having been removed, it is now the equal-record multiple]
635 A+ B1
4,000
Lot 636
F PERFORATED 'OS': 1905-13 Crown/A Mixed Perfs 6d emerald Perf 12x11x12x12½ BW #V101var (SG 451var), exceptional centring, a couple of slightly irregular perfs, light part-strike of huge parcels cancel of Melbourne, Cat $2500+ (£1300+). Believed to be unique as an official stamp! Ceremuga Certificate (2010) states "extremely rare perf variety & the only example perf OS known to me". [The ACSC records only three examples, none of which is perf 'OS']
636 A- A2
1,500T
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Lot 637
* PERFORATED 'OS': 1905-13 Crown/A Perf 12½ KEVII £2 blue BW #V132b, excellent centring, very lightly mounted, grossly undercatalogued at $1200 (2004). The finest of the few examples we have seen: acquired for $3680 at our auction of 12/5/2007. [The ACSC states "Punctured OS stamps are rare, and it seems possible that most of the quantity produced were never used and were subsequently destroyed"]
637 A A1
4,000
Lot 638
O REVENUES: 1884 Stamp Statute Wmk V/Crown Sideways Perf 12½ 3d mauve, tidy pencil cancel, unusually no pinholes, Elsmore Online Cat $950. [Kellow states at page 216 "The quantity issued to the end of 1884 was only 4,552......therefore a very scarce stamp even in fiscally used condition"]
638 A C1
750
Lot 639
* REVENUES: post-1901 Perf 11 £10 dull red-violet, excellent centring, large-part o.g. Rare. RPSofV Certificate (2003). Acquired for $470 at our auction of 19/7/2003. [The Perf 11 values were issued after Federation and were therefore not valid for postage]
