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Lot# : 79 Queensland
1868/78: 2 d. deep blue, wmk. Crown & Q, perf. 12½, a used horizontal pair, of fine colour and appearance, one pulled corner perf. at upper left, very lightly cancelled in black. A stamp which only exists in used condition and especially rare in a multiple. Cert. Ceremuga (2023) Gi = £ 2'000+.rnProvenance: Ex collection Digby.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 500 CHFLot# : 80 Queensland
Lot# : 81 Queensland
1879/81: Sideface 4 d. (pale) orange-yellow, wmk. Crown over Q, perf. 12, an unused block of eight (4 x 2) in a fresh pale shade, marginal from top of sheet, some splitting and imperf. at base, cracked large part og. A fine and very scarce large multiple, believed to be the largest known in this unlisted shade. Cert. Ceremuga (2023) Gi = £ 3'600+.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 82 Queensland
1890: 4 d. yellow, perf. 12½, 13, an unused horizontal pair with left hand stamp showing variety "PENGE" for PENCE error, fresh and very fine, large part og., and a single example of the 4 d. yellow unused, showing variety "EN" joined in PENCE, slightly aged large part og. Gi = £ 200+.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 83 Queensland
1896/1902: 6 d. green, numerals in lower corners only, wmk. Crown over Q, perf. 12¾, the 1902 error from the rejected design, a used example of fine fresh colour, excellent perfs. all round, cancelled by "Parcel Post Branch / Brisbane" cds (15 April 1902) in black. This stamp only exists used, with circa eighteen to twenty examples extant of which many have faults. Choice, an exceptional example of this rarity. Certs. Ceremuga (2009 and 2023) Gi = £ 16'000.rnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 13 June 2009, lot 1155.Starting bid : 7,500 CHFHammer price : 8,500 CHFLot# : 84 Queensland
1900: Anglo-Boer War Patriotic Fund, the complete set of eleven Colour Trial Proofs imperforate on white wove paper, with 1 d. (6 d.) values in indigo, pale blue, ultramarine, red-violet, violet, blue-green, pale green, myrtle-green, violet-rose and carmine; and single 2 d. (1 s.) value in violet; all fresh and fine with just one just touched at top, balance with large margins all round. Rare.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 85 Queensland
1901: ½ d. blue-green (shades), Die State I, wmk. V over Crown, two blocks from different sheets, with top right corner block of twelve (4 x 3) compound perf. comb 12¼ x 12½ (single line perf.) with stamps unmounted og., matched with corner block of 24 (6 x 4) from lower left of the sheet, compound perf. comb 12¼ x 12 (single line perf.), large mart og. with 23 unmounted og. An attractive page Gi = £ 250+.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 86 Queensland
Lots & Collections 1860/67: Chalons, unused collections on leaves, with approximately 40 items, replete with desirable pieces, noting with 1860-1 watermark Small Star 1d. carmine-rose block of four, 2d. blue, nicely-centered 3d. brown single and scarce strip of four, 1d. carmine-rose, 2d. blue, and scarce 1s. violet Somerset House perforations, 1862-7 Thomas Ham printings with 1d., 2d. blue shades (3), 3d. brown, 6d. shades (3), 1s. grey (2) including SPECIMEN overprint, further range of 1864-5 printings with 1d (4), 2d (5), 6d (2), and 6d Registered (3), these complemented by three reprint die proofs, with single on wove paper in black, and single in bright blue on watermarked star paper, both with defaced corners, horizontal pair in black, 1866-7 Lithographed with 4d. shades (4), including two overprinted SPECIMEN, and 5d. (3) also with two SPECIMEN overprints, etc, the odd flaw to be expected, yet many fine and scarce items will reward careful inspection. Gi = £ 12'000+.Starting bid : 2,000 CHFHammer price : 3,600 CHFLot# : 87 Queensland
1861/1907: Unused collection balance on leaves, approaching 100 items, with scarcer items noting 1879-81 1d. Sideface showing the "QOEENSLAND" variety, 1897-1908 2d. Sideface single and vertical pair with "Cracked Plate" variety, 1899-1907 1/2d. green perforated 12, 1900 1d. and 2d. (2) Anglo-Boer War Patriotic Fund, 1903 2/6d. vermilion, £1 deep green, 1907/11 1d. Sideface pair and block of four imperforate between stamps and sheet margin, as well as imperforate block of four, 2d. to 2s. range with useful representation of shades, 1907-11 Large Chalons 2s. through 5s. also with diverse range of shades, as well as rare 2s. and 5s. Perf "OS" blocks of four with reversed "S" on bottom stamps, single 5s. Perf "OS" with full original gum, these Officials with Ceremuga certificates, 1911 1d. vermilion compound perf, this used, useful 1866-8 Stamp Duty with 1d, 6d, 1s. and scarce 5s., this without gum, some small faults, with many fresh and fine stamps throughout. Gi = £ 11,000+Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 4,400 CHFLot# : 179 Queensland
1860 (Nov 1): Chalon 1 d. carmine-rose, wmk. Large Star, imperforate, a used horizontal strip of four showing large portion of adjoining stamp at left, margins clear to large all round, the first stamp with tiny closed tear at top and the fourth stamp with two diagonal corner creases, neither fault affecting the fine appearance of an extremely rare multiple: the equal second largest multiple of this stamp recorded - with a strip of six being the largest and a block of four and this strip being the second largest multiples recorded. A rarity. Cert. RPSV (2022) Gi = £ 3'400+.Starting bid : 2,000 CHFHammer price : 3,000 CHFLot# : 180 Queensland
1882/83: Bradbury Wilkinson imperforate Proof for the £ 1 value, engraved in black and adhering to card, good margins all round but slightly scuffed corner in margin at top right. A rare and most unusual Proof - see two similar Proofs from Bradbury Wilkinson in this sale (1876 Cadet Issue of Spain and Norwegian Tromso Local Post 2 öre), rare.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 181 Queensland
Lot# : 182 Queensland
1897/1908: 2 d. blue, a fine example used on 1903 cover to Hobart (Tattersall's slip at left), clearly showing variety "Cracked Plate" with cracked electro running from Queen's cheek to neck, lightly cancelled by "Toowoomba" duplex (March 21) leaving the variety clear. T.P.O. transit (S&W Railway) and Hobart arrival (March 26) on reverse. Spike holes in envelope as ever with a bookie's correspondence but a scarce variety on letter.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 183 Queensland
1897: 3 d. brown, an imperforate Plate Proof block of four on smooth surfaced medium wove paper in the issued colour, with some heaping of the ink in the marginal rules, fresh and very fine. Just a handful of blocks recorded, rare Brusden White Q24(DP)1 = $ 4'000.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : not sold
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