General Public Auction 173 - Prestige Philately

May 11, 2012
Prestige Philately - General Public Auction 173 Page: 49
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES/STATES - General & Miscellaneous Lots
311
312
Ex Lot 311
O Collection on Hagners with NSW including Sydney Views 1d Plate II x2, 2d Plate I & 3d, Laureates 3d emerald (a
huge stamp), Diadems very fine 6d x2 & 1/-, later issues to 10/- plus Official opts & perfins; Victoria
Queen-on-Throne 2d x10, 1897 Charity pair CTO; Western Australia with Imperf "Penny Black" x2, 4d & 1/-, QV
£1 (superb postally used); scraps from South Australia & Tasmania; condition variable.{Page 49.1} (100s)
W*O
Attractive mix mostly used including New South Wales Sydney Views 1d (faults), 2d (2) & 3d, Laureates 1d
including brick red pair SG 48 (stain at left), 2d (7), 1885 'POSTAGE' 5/- (*) & 10/- optd 'SPECIMEN' SG 241as,
plus Officials 1887 'POSTAGE' 10/- optd 'Specimen' (2); South Australia 2d red strip of 4 SG 9; Tasmania 1857-8
Wmk Numerals 6d & 1/-, 1892 5/- SG 223 (*); Victoria Queen-on-Throne 2d pair used, Woodblocks 6d (shaved at
top) & 2/- SG 32 & 35 used; Western Australia 1874 1d on 2d SG 67, 1882 Crown CA 4d unused, mixed condition.
(200+)
800
500
Ex Lot 313
313
WO
Forgeries from Queensland x8 to 5/-; South Australia 2d x2; Tasmania x5 to 1/-; Victoria x4 to 5/- (2) + Jeffryes'
Half-Lengths 2d & 3d x2 sheets of 50; and Western Australia x27 mostly by Spiro but a few others including Hillman
6d golden-bronze; condition variable but many are fine to very fine. Scarce group.{Page 49.2} (46 + 3 sheets)
500 T
314
WO
New South Wales with Laureates comprising 2d Prussian blue & 3d dull yellow-green unused plus 6d grey-brown
'WALLS' SG 76a used, Small Diadems Imperf 2d blue with Major Retouch SG 112a (unused, faults) & 1860 2d
Prussian blue Retouched SG 133a used, 1882-85 2d blue optd 'OS' with faint Double Overprint (kiss print) unused,
forgeries including Sydney Views x3, Laureates x2 & Large Diadems x2; plus a colourful array of Tasmania
Sidefaces; mixed condition, Cat £4000+.{Page 58.1} (58)
750
Ex Lot 315
315
O
Quality range of Imperf Classics comprising NSW Sydney Views 2d x2 & 3d (on piece), Laureates 2d x6 (one on
small cover), Diadems 2d strip of 3 & 3d x2; South Australia London 6d, Adelaide 2d x2 & a lovely 1d but dubious
because of 1862 cds; Tasmania Star Wmk 1d & 2d both repaired, Numeral Wmk 2d unused, 2d single & pair, 4d
single & pair; Victoria Half-Lengths 1d x4 & 3d x7 (one on front with 6d Woodblock), Queen-on-Throne 2d x9
including a lovely strip of 5 (scissor-cut between two units) & Woodblock 2/-; and Western Australia 1854 4d &
1861 4d marginal example (unused); most with full margins & generally fine to very fine.{Page 49.3} (51)
850 T
316
317
O
W
Untidy array from all Colonies on album pages, stocksheets etc, strength in Victoria with Half-Lengths 3d x5 (one
rouletted), Emblems, Laureates to 5/- x4 including 10d grey x2, later to 5/- x2 (one CTO) inlcuding 1897 Charity
2½d postally used, smatterings from elsewhere plus some New Zealand & Pacific Islands. (100s)
Unused (?) group with Queensland 1d SG 4 (RPSofV Certificate states "cleaned"); South Australia London
Printing 2d SG 2 (apparently very fine but RPSofV Certificate states "ironed-out vertical crease at right", Cat £600)
& Adelaide Printings 2d x2; Tasmania Courier 4d (an absolute shocker!); Victoria Half-Lengths 1d x2, 2d (very
lightly cancelled, RPSofV Certificate) & 3d, Queen-on-Throne 2d x2 & Woodblocks Imperf 6d; and Western
Australia 2d orange (oxidised); all but the two noted are apparently unused but the condition is very mixed. High
catalogue value.{Page 58.4} (13)
500
500 T