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Australian States, Balance, mix of material including Queensland with specialized group of the 1882-82 2sh-£1 issues including mint issues, specimens, £1 trial color specimen, used £1 blocks and other multiples, fiscal usages on documents, 2sh6d use on register cover, Tasmania Beer Stamps, early proof items including South Australia, etc.; worth review.Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $575
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Australian States, Railway Cancellations of N.S.W. and Victoria, QV Collection of 31 stamps plus one cover. NSW includes diagonal 3-line TPO/No1N/B doubly struck, same but No 2 on pair, TPO 2 and 4 (2); Victoria English Mail single ring (2) and double ring (4), Up Train (several), PP (4). Also includes 1853 folded letter with VF TARCUTTA date stamp.Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $50
Lot 1478 o
New South Wales, QV Collection, 1851-60, consisting of 195 items, nearly all Laureate issues, all imperf, selected for clarity of cancellation, many on piece, laid out in numerical order on black stock pages. Includes several pairs, strips of 3 and 5. Many exceptional strikes. Scarcer numerals include 1, 37, 38 (both types), 39, 42 (manuscript), 51 (manuscript), 67 (manuscript, ex-Hugh Freeman), 101, 107, 113, etc. A significant holding and an amazing assemblage. Condition a little mixed. Most Fine or better.Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
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Realized: $1,100
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New South Wales, QV//KGV Accumulation, messy holding of probably more than a couple hundred stamps on cards and crammed into glassines, mostly selected for cancellation interest. Also includes 1850 1d dull carmine on piece (creased), 1857 6d imperf watermark "8", some VF imperfs of the 1854-9 and 1856-60 issue, a Spiro forgery of the 6d Diadem, an 8d Diadem die proof in bright blue, a VF reprinted die proof and later perforated issues including TPOs, Maritime, Railway, a group of KGV 1d reds and Kangaroos all with town cancel, a few perfins, etc.Estimate $750 - 1,000.
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Realized: $425
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Queensland, QV Numeral Cancellation Collection, of a few hundred stamps in fat blue stockbook consisting of primarily 1d denomination including pairs but also some high values to the 5/, most neatly assembled in numerical order. Also includes a few covers. Worthy of expansion. most F-VF.Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $180
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Queensland, QV Old Time Collection, of several hundred stamps mounted on quadrille pages, black stock sheets and approval cards and jammed into folder. Nearly all QV 1d denomination of the 1897-1907 issues, an interesting study of retouches and re-entries meticulously annotated. Also a QV group selected for cancellations, a few KGV Heads and low value Roos used from Queensland.Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $110
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South Australia, QV Extensive Cancellation Collection, of several hundred stamps on album pages, black stock sheets and approval cards arranged alphabetically by town. Including various imperf and rouletted issues, 1886//1911 "long" stamps with values to the 5/, a range of numeral and town cancels and some Kangaroos and KGV heads all selected for So. Aust. cancels. Many spectacular strikes. Also includes essays with blank value tablet (3) and filled in tablet (2) plus 1d, 2d and 6d first issue reprints. Many F-VF but some also some mixed condition.Estimate $750 - 1,000.
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Realized: $450
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Tasmania, Cancellation Collection, of 400 items, approximately 2/3 of which are imperf stamps, mounted on black stock pages and presented in numerical order. Includes scarce and rare barred and manuscript numerals, pairs, strips of 3 and 4 including a marvelous sheet margin vertical strip of #1 with partial inscription at bottom bearing numeral 23, 4 cut-to-shape examples of the 4d orange on small piece each canceled bold numeral 44 (both ex-Sato, the former has been repaired), large piece with 4 examples of the 4d orange, each canceled barred numeral "18", also 28 other examples of the 4d orange, some on piece, 11 of which not cut to shape, a few pen cancels, 3 covers, one had contained a Valentine (name excised). Many exhibition quality strikes. Condition very mixed but many fine or better. Undoubtedly huge catalogue value. An exceptional holding.Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
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Realized: $1,900
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Tasmania, QV Manuscript Numeral Cancellations, collection mounted on 3 album pages consisting of all manuscript numeral cancellations from Brighton, numeral 12 (14 examples, 2 are the 4d orange cut to shape), Huon, numeral 36 (20 singles, 2 pairs and a strip of 3), Westbury numeral 57 (2, scarce with only a few examples recorded) and Waterloo Point, numeral 58 (a 4d blue block of 3). A very nice group.Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Lot 1485 o
Tasmania, QV Numeral Cancellation Collection, mostly on the sideface Queens, mounted on black stock sheets and on dealer retail sales pages, over 340 items including pairs, a strip of 4 and a block of 4. Exceptional quality strikes on the vast majority of stamps make this a most unusual assemblage difficult to duplicate. The odd small fault but most appear F-VF.Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $250