21st CENTURY AUCTIONS

Australian States

 

New South Wales

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NSW160) 1885--86 (SG.240as) £1 lilac & claret perf.12, 'POSTAGE' overprint in black, with "Doubled Type 7 'SPECIMEN' overprint", usual rough perfs, part o.g an impressive variety. RPSV Cert (2020) Price $9,950

NSW272) NSW 1897 Jubilee 2½d Deep violet perf 12 SG 296b, upper right corner block of 4 with part marginal inscriptions, usual faint gum bends, some marginal perf separation MUH , Cat £140 as hinged singles, Price $199

NSW261) NSW 1898-1907 6d Orange Centenary punctured ‘OS’ with ‘Starburst’ numeral 83 of Wellingrove, Rated ‘S’, Price $24.99

Queensland
 
Q227) Queensland 1860-61 Chalon watermark small star, rough perf 14-16 1d Carmine-rose SG 14, full original gum with light hinge remains Mint, Cat £110, Price $149

Q231) Queensland 1860-61 Chalon watermark small star, clean cut perf 14-16 6d Green SG 9, light concentric circles cancel, Fine used, Cat £90, Price $119

Q235) Queensland 1862-67 Chalon thick toned paper no watermark rough perf 13 2d Blue SG 24, perfs trimmed in places where the stamp has been cut from the sheet by PO clerk, almost full original gum with hinge remains Mint, Cat £85, Price $69

Q238) Queensland 1871-72 Postal fiscals with blue burele band 1d Mauve SG F24, pulled perf at left, some paper adhesions, hinge remains Mint, Cat £80, Price $79
 
Q240) Queensland 1871-72 Postal fiscals watermark Crown over Q 2/- Blue SG F19, with light indistinct cds which appears to be postal, Cat £85, Price $99
 
Q241) Queensland 1871-72 Postal fiscals watermark Crown over Q 2/6d Brick red SG F20, lightly struck postal indistinct Sunburst duplex cancel, Cat £250, Price $229

Q242) Queensland 1871-72 Postal fiscals watermark Crown over Q 5/- Orange-brown SG F21, light ‘BRISBANE/8/SP 30/86/QUEENSLAND’ cds cancel, perfs somewhat uneven, some minor toning on reverse, Cat £250, Price $199
 
Q175) Queensland 1876 2d Deep Blue Chalon, SG 87. Fresh mint original gum example centred to top right. Cat. £80, price $97.50
 
Q192) Queensland 1879-81 2d Blue Die II SG 137c, full original gum Mint with some hinge remains, Cat £100, Price $139
 
Q193) Queensland 1879-81 6d Yellow-green SG 143, Mint no gum, Cat £190 as Mint, Price $139
 
Q205) Queensland 1879-81 1/- Deep violet SG 144, light hinge remains Mint, Cat £190, Price $269

Q251) Queensland 1882-95 High value Chalon thin paper 2/- Bright blue SG 152, light hinge remains Mint, Cat £300, Price $369
 
Q249) Queensland 1882-95 High value Chalon thick paper 2/- Bright blue SG 157, some minor gum toning, Mint with hinge remains, Cat £325, Price $279
 
Q185) Queensland 1882-95 thin paper 2/- Bright blue SG 152 full lightly hinged original gum Mint, Cat £300, Price $399

Q188) Queensland 1882-95 thin paper 2/- Bright blue SG 152 Mint no gum, Cat £300 as Mint, Price $179

Q186) Queensland 1882-95 thin paper 2/- Bright blue SG 152, horizontal pair with light indistinct cds, Cat £130, Price $179

Q202) Queensland 1882-95 thick paper 2/- Bright blue SG 157, Mint no gum, Cat £325 as Mint, Price $179

Q256) Queensland 1882-95 High value Chalon thick paper 2/6d Vermilion SG 158, large paper adhesion on gum Mint, Cat £60, Price $59

Q251) Queensland 1882-95 High value Chalon thick paper 2/6d Vermilion SG 158, Starburst cancel, rich colour, Cat £27, Price $39

Q187) Queensland 1882-95 thin paper 2/6d Vermilion SG 162, barred “GPO’ cancel, Nice used, Cat £45, Price $59

Q255) Queensland 1882-95 High value Chalon thin paper 2/6d Vermilion SG 162, light hinge remains Mint, Cat £90, Price $119

Q263) Queensland 1882-95 High value Chalon thick paper 10/- Brown SG 160, hinge remains Mint, Cat £130, Price $169

Q381) Queensland 1882-95 thick paper £1 Deep green SG 161, wrinkle at base, light starburst cancel Fine used, Cat £85, Price $109

Q293) Queensland 1890-95 coloured background ½d Green (5), 1d Vermilion (7 including pair with burele bands) & 2d Blue (3), SG 184-207 range, unchecked for perfs etc, some minor faults Mint, minimum Cat £82, Price $89

Q379) Queensland 1892 QV Duty Stamp SG type F5, 1/- Steel blue with colourless embossed CTO cancel, Elsmore Cat $35, Price $39

Q386) Queensland 1892 QV Duty Stamp SG type F5, 10/- Brown with neat corner fiscal? cds (no embossed cancel), Elsmore Cat $25, for genuine fiscal usage, unpriced postally used, Price $39
Q189) Queensland 1895 thick paper perf 12 1/- Mauve SG 205, Mint with light hinge remains, Cat £45, Price $59

Q290) Queensland 1895-96 ½d Green with burele band perf 12½, 13 SG223-4, 4 distinct shades including Deep green, odd minor fault Mint, Cat £40, Price $49

Q289) Queensland 1895-96 ½d Green with burele band perf 12½, 13 & perf 12 issues SG 223 & 225, latter with small gum inclusion MUH, Cat £32 as Mint, Price $45

Q275) Queensland 1895-96 ½d Green with burele band perf 12 variety ‘Without burele band’ SG 225a in horizontal marginal pair with normal, central perfs re-enforced Mint, Cat £162, Price $199

Q276) Queensland 1895-96 ½d Green with burele band perf 12½, 13 block of 4 with perf alignment issue resulting in the lower pair being misplaced to the left, quite striking, MUH, Cat £40 as hinged singles, Price $79

Q282) Queensland 1897-1908 QV numbers in 4 corners watermark Crown over Q, 4d Yellow Die I SG 244, horizontal pair Mint with light hinge remains, Cat £26, Price $35

Q283) Queensland 1897-1908 QV numbers in 4 corners watermark Crown over Q, 5d Purple-brown SG 246, horizontal pair Mint with hinge remains, Cat £18, Price $24.99

Q284) Queensland 1897-1908 QV numbers in 4 corners watermark Crown over Q, 5d Dull brown SG 247, horizontal pair Mint with light hinge remains, Cat £20, Price $29

Q376) Queensland 1907 Edw VII Stamp Duty watermark Crown Q perf 1/- Blue handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ hinge remains Mint, Elsmore Cat $1000 for the set of 12 to £5, Price $99

Q285) Queensland 1907-11 QV numbers in 4 corners watermark Crown over A perf 12½, 13, simplified set to 5d ex 4d Grey-black SG 286-95, extra shade of the ½d Mint, minimum Cat £60, Price $79

Q65) Queensland 1897-1911 figures in all corners simplified selection ½d, 2d, 3d, 4d Grey-black (7, with a nice range of shades) & 6d (2), mostly Fine used, Price $129
 
Q194) Queensland 1907-11 watermark Crown over A perf 12½, 13 4d Grey-black Die II SG 294a, horizontal marginal pair, some light gum wrinkles, lightly hinged Mint Cat £100, Price $129

Q261) Queensland 1907-11 watermark Crown over A High value Chalon 5/- Rose SG 310, marginal example, light hinge remains Mint, Cat £80, Price $109

Q287) Queensland 1907-11 QV numbers in 4 corners watermark Crown over A perf 13 x 11 to 12½, 4d Grey-black Die I SG 305, vertical pair, the upper stamp being perf 13 x 11½, the lower perf 13 x 12, see note after SG 308 MUH, Cat £140 as hinged, Price $229

South Australia

SA272) South Australia 1856-58 Adelaide printing 2d Red SG 9, two shades, margins close to touching, Nice used, Cat £80, Price $89

SA294) South Australia 1858-59 First rouletted issue 2d Red & 6d Slate-blue SG 15 & 17, Fine used, Cat £97, Price $129
 
SA276) South Australia 1858-59 First rouletted issue 6d Slate-blue SG 17, Nice used, Cat £75, Price $99
 
SA286) South Australia 1860-69 Second rouletted issue 6d Blue, the set of seven SG listed shades SG 28-33a, mostly Fine used, attractive group, Cat £149, Price $199
 
SA301) South Australia 1868-79 watermark large star perf 11½-12½ 10d on 9d Yellow, blue surcharge SG 78, 4 different overprint types: ‘N almost vertical’, ‘T almost horizontal’ ‘TEN not curved’ & ‘First E higher than P’, Nice-fine used, Cat £200, Price $299
 
SA305) South Australia 1868-79 watermark large star perf 11½-12½ 1/- Brown, three distinct shades SG 80-83 group, Fine used, Cat £36 minimum, Price $49
 
SA307) South Australia 1868-79 watermark large star perf 11½-12½ simplified set of 8 1d to 2/-, 10d on 9d blue surcharge only, SG 62-87 group, mostly Fine used, Cat £129 minimum, Price $179
 
SA189) S.A. 1870-71 (SG.91-93a) Large Star Perf.10 3d on 4d (in red) dull ultramarine (crease, even tone), 3d on 4d (in black) pale ultramarine, ultramarine (corner crease, ADELAIDE 'AU14/71 FDI datestamp), plus the very scarce Prussian blue shade; all listed gibbons shades (4). Attractive group, Cat £1,200+. Price $1125
 
SA313) South Australia 1870-73 watermark large star perf 10 x 11½-12½ or 11½-12½ x 10 10d on 9d Yellow, black surcharge SG 107, 5 different overprint types: ‘Dropped C’, ‘N almost vertical’, ‘T almost horizontal’ ‘TEN not curved’ & ‘First E higher than P’, Nice-fine used, Cat £325, Price $449
 
SA587) South Australia 1902-04 QV ‘Long Toms’ Thin ‘POSTAGE’ 5/- Rose SG 277, slightly untidy squared circle cancels Nice used, Cat £80, Price $109
 
Tasmania
 
T254) Tasmania 1857-67 numeral watermark imperf Chalon 2d Green SG 31, four close margins, indistinct barred numeral cancel, fine used, Price $129

T256) Tasmania 1860-67 numeral watermark imperf Chalon 6d Dull slate grey SG 44, four good to close margins, 70% strike of second allocation ‘52’ barred numeral of Launceston, Price $149

T253) Tasmania 1860-67 numeral watermark imperf Chalon 6d Dull cobalt SG 47 (a very blue shade), three good to close margins, just touching at right, indistinct barred numeral cancel, Price $169

T232) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘6’ of Bothwell, bold, watery but almost complete strike on 1857-67 2d Green imperf Chalon, close margins on three side, touching at left, Price $129
 
T171) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘52’ of Launceston, bold full strike on 3d Purple-brown sideface horizontal pair, deep, striking shade, Price $29
 
T174) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘87’ of Table Cape/Wynyard, faint 80% strike on 1857-67 2d Green imperf Chalon, three close margins, touching at lower left, Price $129

T188) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘20’ of Circular Head/Stanley, strong 60% strike on 1863-71 perf 12 4d Blue Chalon, Price $79
 
T192) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘25’ of Deloraine, light 60% strike on 1863-71 perf 12 6d Slate-violet Chalon, Price $79
 
T195) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘39’ of Green Ponds/Kempton, light 80% strike on 1863-71 perf 12 4d Blue Chalon, few slightly trimmed perfs at base, Price $69
 
T197) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘51’ of Latrobe, light 80% strike on 1860-67 6d Grey-blue imperf Chalon, four margins, close at right, Price $149
 
T198) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘53’ of Leven/Ulverstone, light 70% strike on 1863-71 perf 12 6d Reddish-mauve Chalon, Price $49
 
T202) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘81’ of Sorell, light 70% strike on 1860-67 6d Dull slate grey imperf Chalon, three good to large margins, close at base, Price $129
 
T203) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘95’ of Westbury, faint 70% strike on 1860-67 6d Dull slate grey imperf Chalon, three good to large margins, touching at right, Price $99
 
T205) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘52’ of Launceston, nice strike on 1857-67 1d Brick-red imperf Chalon, large margins at top and base, close to touching at sides, Price $39
 
T206) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘52’ of Launceston, light strikes on 1857-67 1d Vermilion and 1d Carmine imperf Chalons, both with three close margins, Price $59
 
T209) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘52’ of Launceston, good strikes on two different shades of the 1857-67 4d Blue imperf Chalon, each with two-three margins, Price $49
 
T216) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘52’ of Launceston light partial strike on 1860-67 6d Dull slate-grey imperf Chalon, margins good to touching, area of discolouration at base, Price $79
 
T217) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘52’ of Launceston light partial strike on 1858 1/- Vermilion imperf Chalon, two good margins, touching at top & left, Price $129
 
T219) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘52’ of Launceston, light strikes on 1863-71 perf 12 1d Carmine Chalon x two shades, somewhat uneven perfs as usual, Price $49

T220) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘52’ of Launceston, good strike on 1863-71 perf 10 4d Blue Chalon, unusually good perfs, Price $99
 
T223) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘52’ of Launceston, bold almost complete strike on 1863-71 perf 12 4d Blue Chalon, somewhat uneven perfs as usual, Price $89
 
T228) Tasmania second allocation barred numeral ‘298’ of Formby rated ‘RR’, light but clear, almost full strike on 1d Red Sideface, Price $29

T98) Tasmania 1857-67 1d Dull vermillion wmk double lined numerals SG 28, good margin at right, others close to touching, full hinged original gum, Cat £400, Price $249
 
D13) Tasmania 1858 1/- Vermilion Imperf. SG41 mng, with 4 clear margins. Cat 800 pounds. Price $649

MM25) TASMANIA 1900 Set of 6 MINT LETTERCARDS, 2d Pictorial on pale blue stock with a different view on the reverse of each.  Believed less than 300 sets produced, this is a nice clean set in fine condition, just a little toning around edges in places, all that I have ever seen have this. These are on eBay as single cards at $125 each, sets normally get a lot more. My price, as I bought them quite well just $595 the set!

Victoria

V273) Victoria 1854-57 QV Half-length Campbell & Fergusson printing on poorer quality paper 3d Bright blue & Greenish-blue SG 29/29a, both with variety ‘Wear in the NE corner and N & C of PENCE joined’ Accompanying annotation states this variety is found at ‘Position 19 in the transfer block of 24’ margins range from none to good, SG 29a has a corner nick, interesting pair from different printings showing matching varieties, Price $109
 
MN15) Victoria 6d Dull Orange Woodblock, 2 margin example SG32a on small entire to London, with clear 1V oval cancel, and Melbourne oval SE 2 1855 on reverse with Red London received marking NO28 1855. Neat little item, and very cheap at $119

MF21) Victoria 1857 small cover to London, bearing 2d & 6d Woodblocks, with 3rd adhesive sadly removed. “Per Colombian” V1 cancel of Melbourne, and oval JY 22 on reverse, vermillion arrival paid cds on face 25 SEP 1857. Attractive and rare early cover. Price $169

FE75) Victoria 6d Woodblock, 4 margins on 1858 small neat cover Melbourne to Dublin, tied by Barred Numeral 1. Melbourne oval departure cds Jan 6 1858 and Dublin arrival cds MR 16 1858 on reverse. Sent “Per Colombian” Stamp has been affixed inverted, which would probably be to alert the addressee of bad news. We had a similar cover recently which we could have sold 3 times over, this one is nicer, as is to a way scarcer destination. $395

V435) Victoria 1884-96 Stamp Duty watermark V over Crown perf 13 3/- Purple/blue SG 237, light ‘VICTORIA’ barred cancel, Cat £100, Price $129

V229) Victoria 1884-96 Stamp Duty watermark V over Crown perf 13 3/- Purple/blue SG 237, MELBOURNE duplex cancel Nice used, Cat £100, Price $129

V227) Victoria 1884-96 Stamp Duty watermark V over Crown (upright) perf 13 £1/10/- Deep grey-olive SG 244a, light duplex cancel Nice used, scarce, attractive stamp Cat £425, Price $529

V224) Victoria 1884-96 Stamp Duty (Typo) watermark V over Crown perf 12½ 3/- Purple/blue SG 259, light MELBOURNE duplex cancel Nice used, Cat £85, Price $119

V139) Victoria 1884-96 Stamp Duty (Typo) watermark V over Crown perf 12½ 10/- Chocolate/rose SG 261b, light duplex cancel Nice used, listed but unpriced in SG, scarce, normal perf 13 Cat £130, Price $299

V137) Victoria 1884-96 Stamp Duty watermark V over Crown (SG W33) perf 12½ 1d Ochre SG 265, light ‘1’ barred numeral cancel Nice used, Cat £24, Price $35

V278) Victoria 1884/96 £7 Violet on Blue Stamp Duty perf 13, SG 250 price $325 each stamp. Pen cancelled, as usual with pinholes. Cat. £200. Unknown postally used. Attractive examples, centring varies, good perfs. Price $325 each (4 available)
 
V277) Victoria 1884/96 £8 Red on Yellow Stamp Duty perf 13, SG 251 price $325 each stamp. Pen cancelled, as usual with pinholes. Cat. £200. Unknown postally used. Attractive examples, centring varies, good perfs. Price $325 each (2 available)

V385) Victoria 1885-95 Stamp Duty watermark V over Crown 2/- Olive/bluish-green SG 295, small area of faint pink (ink?) discolouration on gum, Mint with hinge remains, Cat £150, Price $179

V857) Victoria 1885 ‘STAMP DUTY’ overprints 2/- Ultramarine/green SG 307, centred to lower left, ‘VICTORIA’ duplex cancel Nice used, Cat £20, Price $24.99

V856) Victoria 1886-96 watermark V over Crown Stamp Duty series 1d Bright yellow-orange SG 313e, with light indistinct obliterator cancel at base Fine used, a scarce & greatly underrated stamp, ASC Cat $390, Price $289

V364) Victoria 1896-99 Stamp Duty perf 12½ 6/- Pale yellow-green SG 348 CTO, Cat £45, Price $69

V404) Victoria 1901-12 watermark Crown over double lined A ‘Postage’ 5d Chocolate CTO BW V91x, BW Cat (2004) $40, Price $35

V391) Victoria 1905-13 Postage watermark Crown over A perf 12 x 12½ 9d Orange-brown SG 424a, Mint with light hinge remains, Cat £40, Price $59

V237 -263) Victoria range of picture postcards all with Up-Train Victoria cds’s 1906-1907. Picture sides range from views to music hall stars to humour. 11 cards. Price $165

Western Australia
 
WA148) Western Australia 1854 4d Pale Blue Swan, imperf SG 3 VARIETY. THICK RIGHT LIMB TO A OF POSTAGE, not catalogued by Gibbons. Good just 4 margin example. Thin right limb cat. as SG 4w at £1500. Price $2950
 
WA149) Western Australia 1855 1/- Pale Brown Swan, SG 6a VARIETY. fine 4 margin example. Has unlisted variety "Broke A of Postage" Cancelled by neat numeral. Hard to find in this condition. Price $2895
 
MN27) WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1861 4d VERMILION SWAN, SG40, PERF 14 very fine used, MISPERFED so that the word Postage appears beneath Fourpence! Usually, misperfs of this order are never seen on Western Australia Stamps. A few years ago, I sold a similar misperf on a South Australia long type 8d blue at a Prestige Auction for $1000 plus the buyers’ premium.  Cat. as normal is 180 pounds. Price for this rarity $795

WA676) Western Australia 1861-88 Swans perf simplified basic set (no 4d Brown or 6d Brown) to 1/-, mostly Fine used, advertised retail $115, Price $79

WA671) Western Australia 1881 Swan Fiscals watermark CA over Crown 5/- very light ‘BANK’ cds in blue, Elsmore Cat $22, Price $24.99

WA672) Western Australia 1881 Swan Fiscals watermark CA over Crown 7/6d horizontal pair with neat m/s cancels, Elsmore Cat $60 as singles, Price $49

WA410) Western Australia 1885 1d on 3d Pale Brown Surcharge, SG 92. Mint hinged original gum example, cat. £200. Price $225

WA677) Western Australia 1885-93 Swans watermark Crown CA simplified set of 8, ½d to 1/- Olive-green SG 94-102 group, odd minor fault, mostly fine Mint, minimum Cat £230, Price $199

WA667) Western Australia 1885 ‘1d’ on 3d Cinnamon surcharge, 1 with slanting top SG 91a, hinge remains Mint Cat £85, Price $99

WA674) Western Australia 1893-97 Postal Fiscals mixed watermarks 1d, 6d, 1/- & 3/-, all fiscally used, Elsmore minimum Cat $34, Price $29

WA673) Western Australia 1893-97 Postal Fiscals, watermark CA over Crown 3d (a little aged), watermark W crown A 1d (short corner perf), 6d & 1/- SG F13, F19, F21-22, all postally used, the 1/- with smudged cancel, Good-fine used, Cat £84, Price $89

WA675) Western Australia 1893-97 Postal Fiscals set of 5, 1d to 1/-, the 2d to 1/- watermark CA over Crown, the 1d watermark W crown A, SG F12-F15 & F19, 1d, 2d (slight fading) & 3d are postally used, others fiscally used, Cat £119 for postally used, Elsmore $14 for others, Price $109

WA670) Western Australia 1897 Postal Fiscals watermark W crown A 1d Dull purple SF F19 Mint, Cat £40, Price $59

WA662) Western Australia 1902 watermark V over Crown single line perf 12.4 2/- Brownish-red/yellow BW W60A, light cancel Fine used, Cat $70, Price $59

WA663) Western Australia 1906 watermark Crown over double lined A sideways perf 12.4 x 12.2 9d Orange-yellow CTO with gum BW W52x, Cat $50, Price $39

WA660) Western Australia 1907 watermark Crown over double lined A inverted 5/- Pale emerald-green Die 2 BW W66Caa, indistinct cds cancel Nice used, Cat $250, Price $199

WA659) Western Australia 1910 watermark V over Crown 10/- Deep mauve punctured ‘OS’ BW W67b, tiny thin at top, indistinct cds cancels, Nice used, Cat $350, Price $249

WA658) Western Australia 1910 watermark V over Crown £1 Orange-brown BW W68A, tiny surface thin at lower left, centred low, neat ‘KALGOORLIE’ cds Fine used, Cat $350, Price $249