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[57] pale blue showing variety "estern" in squeezed down letters and "u" of "four" squeezed up, good to large margins, without gum, a little toned otherwise fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3k, £4500. Photo £1,200-1,500
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[57] pale blue showing variety "estern" in squeezed down letters and "u" of "four" squeezed up, good to large margins, centrally cancelled "6" (Albany), fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3k, £2250. Photo £800-1,000
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[77] pale blue showing variety small "s" in "postage", small to large margins, without gum, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3l, £2750. Photo £800-1,000
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[77] slate-blue showing variety small "s" in "postage", close to good margins, without gum, fine. Very rare. R.P.S. Certificate (1934). S.G. 3c/l. Photo £3,000-4,000
Provenance: A. Hind, July 1934
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[104] pale blue showing variety "en" of "pence" shorter, good to large margins, toned otherwise fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3m, £2500. Photo £400-500
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[116] pale blue showing variety "n" of "pence" tilted to right with thin first downstroke, large margins on three sides, just touched at right, cancelled by void obliterator, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3n, £1300. Photo £350-450
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[120] pale blue showing variety Swan and water above "ence" damaged, good to large margins, without gum, filled thins. A good spacefiller. S.G.3o, £2500. Photo £100-120
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[124] pale blue showing variety tilted border, small to large margins, toned by large part original gum otherwise fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3i, £2500. Photo £500-600
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[134] pale blue block of six, [134-136/154-156], with [134] showing tilted border, [135] showing shaved "t" and [155] showing swan with white eye, margins all round, [156] is the substituted transfer for the inverted frame, without gum, fine. A scarce multiple. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3/3i, £4375+. Photo £2,500-3,000
Provenance: G.H. Boucher, September 1949
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[137] pale blue showing variety "f" of "four" slanting to left, small to large margins, without gum, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3p, £2500. Photo £700-900
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[139] pale blue showing variety tilted border, good to large margins, without gum, vertical bend not detracting from fine appearance. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3i, £2500. Photo £600-800
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[157] pale blue showing variety "western" in squeezed down letters only 1 1/2mm. high, good margins, cancelled "21" (Vasse) in blue, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007).
S.G. 3q, £1600. Photo £500-600
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[175] pale blue showing variety "p" of "pence" with small head, good margins, without gum, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3r, £2500. Photo £700-900
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[175] slate-blue showing variety "p" of "pence" with small head, good margins, without gum, fine. Very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1964). S.G. 3d/r. Photo £3,000-4,000
Provenance: T.W. Hall, October 1964
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[176] pale blue showing variety "ralia" in squeezed down letters only 1 1/2mm. high, just clear at top left to large margins with part of adjoining stamp at right, without gum, pinhole at right. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3s, £2750. Photo £300-400
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[195] pale blue showing variety "pe" of "pence" close together, small to good margins, without gum, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3t, £2500. Photo £700-900
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[216] pale blue showing variety "a" in "postage" with thin right limb, mainly good margins, without gum, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3w, £2500. Photo £700-900
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[238] slate-blue showing variety white space under "te" of "western", small to large margins, without gum, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3d, £3750. Photo £1,200-1,500
| Stone 2A | When Hillman came to make the printing of October 1855 he corrected the "inverted frame" varieties. The four impressions were removed from the printing stone and replaced by four impressions from a transfer from the intermediate stone. Nos. 31, 32, 33 and 26 of the intermediate stone were used to replace Nos. 141, 146, 151 and 156 respectively and produce Printing Stone 2A. All four impressions are out of alignment and in two instances, Nos. 146 and 151, portion of the original impression was not completely removed and can still be seen.
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A superb block of sixty (5x12), positions [6-10] to [226-230] clearly showing [129] tilted border, [146] coloured line over "age" (one of the substituted transfers for the inverted frame) and other minor varieties including [69] "bleeding swan"; creases between the stamps on three horizontal rows do not detract. One of the largest pieces extant. S.G. 3a/3i,/3x, £31,100+. Photo £20,000-25,000
Provenance: John Gartner, April 1979
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A magnificent block of one hundred (10x10), positions [51]-[60] to [231] to [240] clearly showing twelve major transfer varieties on positions 57, 77, 116, 120, 151, 157, 175, 176, 195, 196, 215 and 216 with positions 151 and 156 being substituted transfers for the inverted frame; a few light creases though the block in a remarkably well state of preservation for a multiple of this size. A highly important block and a superb exhibition showpiece. S.G. 3a/k/l/n/o/q/r/s/t/u/v/w/y, £72,600. Photo £40,000-50,000
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[151] pale blue showing variety no outer line above "ge" of "postage" and coloured line under "fou" of "four", small to large margins, centrally cancelled "8" in blue, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3y, £1500. Photo £500-600
| 1854-55 One Shilling Brown | This value, like the 4d., was produced by lithography and was made up from positions [10-234] which incidentally contained the two re-entries, [170] and [171], of the 1d. value repeated four times to make up a sheet of 240. Only the swan portion of the design was used, the oval frame with blank corners being added later.There were four printings of the 1/- value, July 1854, January 1855, October 1855 and November-December 1855. It is considered that the salmon and red-brown shades from the first printing, the grey-brown shades from the second printing, the pale brown shades from the last two printings.
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In black with offset of 4d. on reverse, close to large margins, fine. Photo £1,000-1,200
Provenance: Frank Chadwick, May 1978
| Imperforate Unused - Salmon | |
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A single with close to large margins, without gum, lovely strong distinctive colour.
This distinctive shade comes from the first printing where the first four sheets printed were in this colour then the printer, Samson, tried to get the colour closer to red as the instructions specified and progressed through darker salmon shades to red-brown. Considered to be the finest unused example. R.P.S. Certificate (1935). S.G. 4, £24,000. Photo £15,000-18,000
Provenance: R.B. Yardley, December 1944
| Imperforate Unused - Deep Red-Brown | |
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A choice example with small to very large margins showing marginal lines of watermark at foot, without gum, good colour, very fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 5a, £1800. Photo £700-900
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A single with good to large margins showing marginal lines of watermark at foot, unused with part original gum, good colour, Very fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 4a, £1800. Photo £600-800
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A single with small to large margins, without gum, good colour, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 4a, £1800. Photo £500-600
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A single with just clear at left to large margins, showing line through "a" of "postage", without gum, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 4a, £1800. Photo £500-600
| Imperforate Unused - Grey-Brown (shades) | |
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A horizontal pair with small to large margins, without gum, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 4b, £1300. Photo £500-600
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A horizontal pair with small to large margins, without gum, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2000). S.G. 4b, £1300. Photo £500-600
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A single with good to large margins showing marginal lines of watermark at left and printer's ink smear on face, without gum, fine. S.G. 4b, £650. Photo £200-250
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A single with close to large margins, without gum, fine. S.G. 4b, £650. Photo £200-250
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A single with close to good margins, without gum, fine. S.G. 4b, £650. Photo £200-250
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A single with close to good margins, without gum, fine. S.G. 4b, £650. Photo £200-250
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A single with close to good margins, without gum, fine. S.G. 4b, £650. Photo £200-250
| Imperforate Unused - Pale Brown (shades) | |
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A block of nine with sheet margin at foot, without gum and of good colour; creased between impressions of rows 2 and 3 and a light pressed fold through column 2,
the centre stamp in bottom row with a thin spot, none of which significantly affects appearance. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 4c, £4275. Photo £5,000-6,000
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A block of four with margins all round (just clear in two places), without gum, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 4c, £1900. Photo £2,000-2,500
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A horizontal pair with clear to large margins, without gum, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2000). S.G. 4c, £950. Photo £400-500
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A choice single with margin at left and showing portion of adjoining stamp at right, without gum, fine. S.G. 4c, £475. Photo £200-250
| Imperforate Used - Salmon | |
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A single with good to large margins with marginal letters of watermark at right, good colour, cancelled by void obliterator, fine. A nice example. B.P.A. Certificate (2007).
S.G. 4, £4250. Photo £2,000-2,500
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A single with small to large margins on three sides and touched at left, marginal letters of watermark at right, good colour, cancelled by void obliterator, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 4, £4250. Photo £1,000-1,200
| Imperforate Used - Pale Reddish Brown | |
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A single with good to large margins, on piece and tied by fine "paid/melbourne" d.s. in red (8.2.55), very fine. Most unusual. B.P.A. Certificate (2007) states this to be a pale brown shade. S.G. 4a group. Photo £3,000-4,000
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A single with large margins on three sides, just touched at right, clearly cancelled by void obliterator, fine. R.P.S. Certificate (1935). S.G. 4a group. Photo £300-400
Provenance: G.H. Boucher, September 1949
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A single with good to large margins and showing tiny portion of adjoining stamp at foot, cancelled by void obliterator, pen mark at lower left, fine. S.G. 4a group. Photo £250-300
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A single with small to large margins on three sides, cut into at top, centrally cancelled "14" (Marradong) in reddish brown; pressed corner crease at lower right. S.G. 4a group. Photo £120-150
| Imperforate Used - Deep Red-Brown | |
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A single with small to large margins, neatly cancelled by void obliterator, fine. A very good example. S.G. 4a, £1000. Photo £300-400
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A single with small to good margins on three sides, touched at left, clearly cancelled "8" (Fremantle), fine. S.G. 4a, £1000. Photo £250-300
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A single with good margins on three sides, just cut into at right, lightly cancelled by void obliterator, fine. S.G. 4a, £1000. Photo £200-250
| Imperforate Used - Red-Brown | |
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A single with small to good margins, lightly cancelled, fine. S.G. 4a group. Photo £250-300
| Imperforate Used - Deep Brown | |
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A single with good to large margins, centrally cancelled "16" (York), fine. A choice example. S.G. 4a group. Photo £400-500
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A single with good to large margins, cancelled by void obliterator, fine. S.G. 4a group. Photo £300-400
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