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A horizontal pair with sheet margin at right, small to good margins, the right stamp with pre-printing vertical paper crease, without gum, fine. S.G. 3a, £900. Photo £500-600
Provenance: "Austin", May 1985
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A horizontal pair with good margins, without gum, fine. S.G. 3a, £900. Photo £300-400
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A single with good to large margins, without gum, very fine. S.G. 3a, £450. Photo £150-180
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A single with good to large margins showing marginal lines of watermark at right, without gum, fine. S.G. 3a, £450. Photo £120-150
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A single with small to large margins, without gum, fine. S.G. 3a, £450. Photo £120-150
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A single with small to large margins, without gum, fine. S.G. 3a, £450. Photo £100-120
| Imperforate Unused - Deep Dull Blue | |
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A single with good margins showing variety line through neck, without gum, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (1986). S.G. 3b, £2750. Photo £1,200-1,500
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A single with large margins, without gum, fine. A choice example of this scarce shade. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3b, £2750. Photo £1,000-1,200
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A single with good to large margins, without gum, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007).
S.G. 3b, £2750. Photo £1,000-1,200
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A single with close to good margins, without gum, fine. S.G. 3b, £2750. Photo £800-1,000
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A single with good to large margins showing marginal lines of watermark at top, without gum, tiny ink speck at right otherwise fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3b, £2750. Photo £700-900
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A vertical pair with close to good margins, without gum, fine. An extremely rare multiple of this difficult shade. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3c, £7500. Photo £3,500-4,500
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A single with margin at foot and large margins on the other sides, without gum, fine.
A magnificent example. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3c, £3750. Photo £2,000-2,500
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A single with good to large margins, without gum, fine. A choice example. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3c, £3750. Photo £1,500-1,800
Provenance: "Austin", May 1985
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A single with good to large margins, without gum, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007).
S.G. 3c, £3750. Photo £1,200-1,500
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A single with good to large margins, without gum, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007).
S.G. 3c, £3750. Photo £1,200-1,500
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A single with small to large margins, without gum, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007).
S.G. 3c, £3750. Photo £1,200-1,500
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A single with good to large margins, without gum, ink manuscript on reverse otherwise fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3c, £3750. Photo £1,000-1,200
Provenance: "Austin", May 1985
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Two singles with good to large margins, one showing portion of adjoining stamp at foot, both lightly cancelled, fine. S.G. 3, £400 £120-150
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Two singles, one with good to large margin and showing marginal letters of watermark at foot, the other with mainly large margins, both lightly cancelled in blue, fine. S.G. 3, £400 £150-180
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Two singles, one with good to large margins showing marginal lines of watermark at left and centrally cancelled "8" (Fremantle), the other with good to large margins and showing pre-printing vertical paper crease and lightly cancelled, fine. S.G. 3, £400 £150-180
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A single with good to large margins, centrally cancelled by "perth/western australia" c.d.s. (25.3.65), fine. Rare cancelled thus. S.G. 3. Photo £300-400
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A single with good margins, cancelled by "perth/western australia" c.d.s. (26.11.64); horizontal crease at foot not affecting appearance. Rare cancelled thus. S.G. 3. Photo £200-250
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A horizontal pair with close to good margins, both clearly cancelled "8" in blue (Fremantle), vertical crease between impressions otherwise fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3a, £500+. Photo £400-500
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A single with just clear (at right) to large margins, centrally cancelled "14" in brownish red (Albany), fine. S.G. 3a, £250. Photo £100-120
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A single with small to large margins, centrally cancelled by void obliterator in brownish red, fine. S.G. 3a, £250. Photo £100-120
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A single with small to good margins, centrally cancelled by neat void obliterator in red, small nick in top margin. S.G. 3a, £250. Photo £80-100
Provenance: John Gartner, April 1979
| Imperforate Used - Deep Dull Blue | |
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A single with small to large margins, cancelled in blue, fine. S.G. 3b, £850. Photo £250-300
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A single with good to large margins, cancelled "8" (a little heavy in places); small central thin otherwise fine. S.G. 3c, £1200. Photo £250-300
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1854 (Nov.) front and part back to Cape Town, marked "Via K.G.S.", bearing 4d. deep dull blue vertical pair with good to large margins, tied by void obliterator and showing manuscript "20/11/54" alongside and, on reverse, part arrival c.d.s. (27.2.55) on reverse. S.G. 3b. Photo £1,000-1,200
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1855 (1 May) envelope to London, bearing 4d. blue with clear to large slightly rough margins, neatly tied by void obliterator in red, showing "1/4" rate marking, legible "post office/Crown/perth/western australia" oval h.s. in red and Perth boxed d.s. with light arrival c.d.s. (6.9) on reverse; the envelope a little soiled and the stamp slightly browned due to the gum used for affixing. A very rare franking. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3a. Photo £15,000-20,000
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1855 (19 Dec.) entire to London, marked "Per Siren to Singapore" and "Overland via Marseilles", bearing 1d. black horizontal pair with clear to large margins and showing portion of adjoining stamp at lower left and 4d. blue with small to large margins (small defects at foot), both tied by void obliterator, showing "1/3" rate marking and "post office/Crown/guildford/western australia" oval h.s. with arrival c.d.s.(28.4) on reverse. An attractive franking. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 1, 3a. Photo £6,000-8,000
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1855 (25 Dec.) entire letter ex the Clifton correspondence to Malta, marked "By Indian Mail to Malta", bearing 1d. black horizontal pair with mainly good to large margins and 4d. blue with good to large margins, both tied by void obliterator, showing "1/9" rate marking and unclear oval h.s. in red with manuscript date in middle. A fine and attractive franking. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 1, 3a. Photo £8,000-10,000
Note: The letter is from Elinor Clifton, probably the wife of Robert Clifton who had been the first Postmaster at Australind, until he was succeeded by his sister Eliza in 1849. The letter is addressed to Elinor's son in Malta.
Provenance: Patrick Pearson
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1856 (5 June) envelope to England, bearing 1d. black vertical pair (just shaved at top) showing portion of adjoining stamp at top right and 4d. blue showing portion of adjoining stamp at foot, all neatly tied by void obliterator, showing "1/1" rate marking, Perth boxed d.s. and blue arrival c.d.s. (3.9) below adhesives; red ink recipient's date at top left. A fine and handsome cover. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 1, 3a. Photo £4,000-5,000
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1857 (13 Jan.) envelope to a Captain in the 38th Madras Natives Infantry in Singapore, bearing 1d. black horizontal pair with close to large margins and 4d. blue with good margins, each centrally cancelled by void obliterator and showing "post office/Crown/fremantle/western australia" oval h.s. alongside with, on reverse, fine framed "singapore/Bearing" without dividing lines and with manuscript "2ans" inserted. A neat franking to a most unusual destination. B.P.A. Certificate (1977). Photo £8,000-10,000
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1857 (5 Oct.) entire letter ex the Clifton correspondence from Australind to Malta, marked "per Steamer from King George's Sound", bearing 1d. black horizontal pair (just touched at lower right) and 4d. blue, each cancelled by void obliterator, showing "post office/Crown/australind/western australia" oval h.s. (manuscript "6/10/57" added) alongside, endorsed in manuscript "Received on Dec. 23rd a.m. and paid 3d." at lower left for the fee collected from the address in payment of postage due the Lloyd ship which carried the letter, while the reverse shows an extremely fine impression of the "agenzia del lloyd austriaco/malta" oval handstamp in blue, which is the first recorded example of this marking. One of the great classic covers and a showpiece of the collection. A peerless exhibition item. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 1, 3a. Photo £20,000-25,000
Note: It is believed the letter was brought to Suez by a P&O Steamer, and subsequently carried overland to Alexandria, where it was put on the first departing vessel, which happened to be a Lloyd Steamer of the Trieste-Alexandria Line. It then would have transferred at Corfu for despatch to Malta.
Provenance: Frank Chadwick, May 1978
Henry Houser, June 1992
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1864 (25 Nov.) envelope from Fremantle to England, marked "Via Marseilles", bearing 4d. pale blue with small to good margins, in combination with 1863-64 perf 13 6d. violet, both cancelled "8" and showing despatch c.d.s. overstruck by red London Paid transit d.s. (11.1.65); a few minor imperfections. A scarce and attractive mixed-issue franking. R.P.S. Certificate (1981). S.G. 3, 51a. Photo £5,000-6,000
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Pale blue with roulettes on three sides, without gum, fine. R.P.S. Certificate (1929).
S.G. 5, £3000. Photo £800-1,000
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Pale blue with roulettes on three sides, without gum, slightly toned otherwise fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2000). S.G. 5, £3000. Photo £700-900
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Pale blue with roulettes at top and at foot, showing transfer variety "western" in squeezed down letters only 1 1/2mm. high [157], very lightly cancelled, fine. Rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 5q. Photo £1,200-1,500
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Pale blue, two examples, one with roulettes at right only, neatly cancelled "1", the other with roulettes or traces thereof on three sides, lightly cancelled, repaired tear at upper right; and Blue with roulettes partly along foot only, cancelled "1", fine. S.G. 5, 5a; £1800 £150-180
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Blue [40] with roulettes on three sides, clearly cancelled "2", natural diagonal paper crease, fine. S.G. 5a, £600. Photo £200-250
Provenance: Frank Chadwick, May 1978
| The Major Transfer Varieties | See also lot 90
The 4d. value was prepared using a transfer of 60 positions from the Perkins, Bacon engraved 1d. plate. The frames were then painted out and individually replaced by transfers taken originally from a drawing of the 4d. frame probably direct onto the stone. Four transfers were then taken from this intermediate stone to construct the printing stone of 240 impressions. The intermediate stone had carried transfer errors; the most prominent was the "t" of "postage" sliced at foot, which of course then appeared on four positions of Printing Stone 1, in Row 7, Nos. 5, 10, 15 and 20. Printing Stone 1 was used for 100 sheets printed by Samson in July 1854 and for 3 sheets printed by Hillman in January 1855.
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[-] slate-blue showing "t" of "postage" shaved off to a point at foot, good even margins, without gum, light horizontal crease which does not detract. Very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3cd. Photo £1,500-1,800
Note: This variety occurs at position 35 on the intermediate stone and therefore at positions 125, 130, 135 and 140 on the printing stone.
Provenance: "Austin", May 1985
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[-] deep dull blue showing "creased transfer" variety "peice", clear margins, centrally cancelled "6" (Albany) leaving variety clearly visible, natural paper crease, fine. The only recorded example of this variety in any shade. Friedl Certificate (1979). S.G. 3b/f. Photo £35,000-45,000
Provenance: Dr. Osborne
John Gartner, April 1979 (realised S.F. 80,000 = £22,472)
John Boker, April 1981
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[125] pale blue horizontal pair, [124-125], showing variety "t" of "postage" shaved off to a point at foot, clear to large margins, without gum, minor toning otherwise fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3/3d, £2625. Photo £600-800
| Stone 2 | Printing Stone 1 was considered unsatisfactory, or the stone broke, after 3 sheets had been printed by Hillman in January 1855. He returned to intermediate Stone 1, which was still available, but noticed that on two impressions, Nos. 34 and 36, the frame had been damaged. He removed the frames from these positions and replaced them with two new ones. This produced intermediate Stone 1A, i.e. intermediate Stone 1 with two impressions altered. However, of the two replacement frames, one was tilted and the other inverted. Each error then occurred four times on Printing Stone 2, as did the other transfer errors, such as shaved "T", present on the intermediate stone among the other 58 positions. Printing Stone 2 was used for 97 sheets printed by Hillman in July 1855
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[-] blue showing variety FRAME INVERTED, clear to good margins on three sides, touched along left, rather heavily cancelled by black void obliterator though the variety clearly visible. R.P.S. Certificate (1932). S.G. 3h, £90,000. Photo £50,000-60,000
Note: Fifteen examples of this variety are recorded of which one is in the Royal Collection and five are in institutions. This is No. XII in the L.N. Williams listing.
Provenance: Date unknown: Acquired by Dr. Le Quesne
1930 (30 May): Bought by C.J. Philips at Plumridge auction for £550
193(?): Bought by David Bernhard
1939: Bought by Frank Godden Ltd.
1940: C.A. Nelson bought the Western Australia section of Berhard's collection
1942 (Dec.): Bought by the then Lord Vestey for £850 by Private Treaty from Robson Lowe
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[-] blue horizontal strip of three, the right stamp showing variety tilted border, good to large margins all round, each neatly cancelled "14" (Marradong) in reddish brown, fine. A scarce multiple. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3a/i, £1900. Photo £800-1,000
Note: This transfer variety occurred on positions 124, 129, 134 and 139.
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[37] pale blue handstamped "specimen" and showing variety "west" in squeezed down letters and "f" of "four" with pointed foot, small to good margins, without gum, fine. Very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3j, £2750+. Photo £4,000-5,000
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[37] pale blue showing variety "west" in squeezed down letters and "f" of "four" with pointed foot, good margins all round, without gum, pressed vertical crease at right otherwise fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3j, £2750. Photo £600-800
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[37] pale blue showing variety "west" in squeezed down letters and "f" of "four" with pointed foot, good margins all round, without gum, a little toned. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3j, £2750. Photo £500-600
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