Auction No 140 - Prestige Philately

Oct 17, 2008
Prestige Philately - Auction No 140 Page: 45
NEW SOUTH WALES (continued)
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A
260 W A 1854-59 Diadems 6d grey-brown Watermark '8' SG 96a, margins close to large, unused, Cat £2750.
[Superior to the only other unused example we have noted, in the "Manwood" Collection, with very
close margins. It was mis-identified as "fawn".{Page 43.2}
261 ** A 1862-65 De La Rue No Watermark 1d dull red SG 187 wing-margin example from the left of the
right-hand pane, unmounted, Cat £90 (mounted).
2,000
100 T
Lot 262
262 E A 1888-89 Centennial 4d Queen Victoria & Sydney Heads essay roughly perforated corner blocks of 4
in brown or orange-red on thick ungummed unwatermarked paper, the first with the left-hand margin
rejoined, the second imperforate at top. An unadopted design. Ex Jim Johnstone. [Rivett-Carnac's
horizontal pairs sold for £977 at auction in 2004]{Page 45.1}
3,000
Ex Lot 263
263 P A - Imperforate colour trial horizontal pairs on ungummed unwatermarked paper, comprising 1d brown,
2d black, 4d vermilion, 6d plum, 8d green & 1/- blue-grey, all with good to large margins. Ex Jim
Johnstone. [Between 6 and 12 different colours of each value were printed, from single blocks of 4
electrotypes. There were 65 different proofs in all. Ron Butler's selection of 32 singles - mostly cut very
close to the designs - sold for £4025 at auction in 2004]{Page 45.2} (6 pairs)
2,000
Lot 264 Lot 266 Lot 268
264 P A- - 1d imperforate colour trial block of 4 in black on ungummed unwatermarked paper, large margins, a
couple of minor tonespots. Ex Jim Johnstone. [In 1988 Rodney Perry offered by private treaty a largely
complete set of 57 of the 65 possible colours all in blocks of 4, believed to be the only such "set"
extant. A group of 8 blocks 1d to 20/- from this source sold for $6900 at our auction of 24/5/2008. NB:
The size of the external margins shows that these proofs were derived from special plates of 4
subjects only, presumably created for the purpose of pulling these proofs]{Page 45.3}
265 P A- - 1d imperforate colour trial block of 4 in bright orange on ungummed unwatermarked paper, large
margins, a couple of minor tonespots. Ex Jim Johnstone. {Page 44.1}
750
750