Sale #43

1855 4d Chalon imperforate plate proof in pale ultramarine on unwatermarked wove paper, margins close to very good, without gum. Rare.

1853 Imperf Courier Medium Soft Yellowish Paper 1d blue SG#2, 4 close to fine margins, also Thin hard White Paper 1d blue SG#, close to good margins, marginal thin. (2)

1853 Imperf Courier Medium Soft Yellowish Paper 4d orange Plate I Second State, 3 good margins and portion of adjoining unit. BN '64'. SG #8, Cat £450.

1855 Imperf Chalon Wmk Large Star SG #17-18 selection with pairs x3 (one with 1st Alloc BN '13' cancels of Bothwell) and singles x28 including one on piece with complete margins, condition variable with mostly incomplete margins, Cat £4,000+.

1857-69 Imperf Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral 2d slate-green pair, 3-margins left unit, 4-margins right unit, SG #34, retail $350+, cancelled with '10' of Antill Ponds.

1880-91 Sideface Wmk TAS Perf 12 1d pink variety Imperforate pair, SG #164a, very fine used, Cat £425.

1892-99 Tablets Wmk TAS Perf 14 5/- x2 & £1 optd 'SPECIMEN', few toned perfs on £1, strong colours. (3)More Scans

1891 (Jan 15) Parattah Hotel Co long cover to Meerane Germany with 2d Sideface x12 tied by indistinct BN cancels with fine strike of 'TML RY No1/JA15/91/TASMANIA' datestamp beneath, repaired/resealed with 'KAISERL DEUTSCHES/MEERANE/(SACHSEN)/POSTAMT' labels, Meerane backstamp, some faults & aging.

1863-87 6d Laureates lightly populated in small stockbook mostly Single-Line '6' or V/Crown Wmk issues noting the odd pair, 1867-70 Emergency Printing comprising Wmk Double-Lined '1' x2, Wmk 'SIX/PENCE' & 'THREE/PENCE', condition variable; also Purves album pages for 4d Laureate reconstructions with detailed annotations, no stamps but does include photographs of several key items, some from the Royal...

1850-53 Half-Length Ham 3rd State 1d dull orange-vermilion [21], SG #8, close or touching margins, cut-into at base, pinhole, attractive colour, Cat £650.

1850-53 Half-Length Ham 4th State 2d red-lilac SG #15, margins largely complete (just cut-into at top left), fine Butterfly '15' cancel, Cat £325.

1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 3d greenish blue [Pos 23] 4-margins, SG #29a, MNG, Cat £1,500. A fine stamp.