Public Auction #309 - Stamps & Covers

British Empire Collection to 1901 in battered Vintage "Imperial Postage Stamp album" best is Australian Colonies with NSW (260, cat £4650) inc 1850 Sydney Views 2d (6) & 3d (2) cat £1840, 1851-54 Laureates (11, £490) to 3d, 1856-60 Diadems imperf (14, £480) to 1/- imperf inc 6d wmk 8. 1888 Cent to 5/- & OS opts (35, £310) to 1/- QLD (146 cat £3290) with 1860-79 QV Chalons (42) to 2/6 inc 1860 wmk large star 2d pr (£220), 1880 halfpenny opt on 1d reddish-brown Die II pr (rare, £950+), 1881 Large Chalons to 1/- thick & thin papers & 1882 4d "PENGE" variety FM (£225). South Aust (135, cat £494), 1860s roulettes to early 1900s OS opts to 2/-. Tas (113, cat £2127) inc 1853 Courier 4d, 1855 QV Chalon 4d star wmk & wmk numerals 2d (3) all imperf. 1870s QV to 5/-, 1890s Tablets to 10/- U & 1899 Pic set FM. Vic (220, cat £2540) inc 1850 Halflengths 1d(2), 2d (2), & 3d (4). 1852 Q on T 2d (5), mid 1850s Emblems (20) to 4d imperf or roul. 1880s Postal Fiscals to £1 orange, most with pmks. CTO sets with 1895 Postage Dues to 5/-. 1900 QV to 5/-, & 1901 "QV Postage" to 5/-. WA (76, cat £420) from 1860s Swans to early 1900s QV. Then other Empire inc Cyprus opts on GB (13, £495) inc ½d 18mm opt on 1d red plate 220 F UN. New Zealand (120, £1455) inc 1860s-70s QV Chalons (11) to 6d 1880s QV to 1/- & 1890s Pics to 2/-. East Africa KGV 100R F/C (£150). St Helena 1856 QV 6d blue imperf UN (SG1 £500). Tonga 1893 Officials (5, £150) F Mint. Plus 100s of others inc scattered GB, Canada, Fiji, Gibraltar, Straits Settlements, Transvaal & Hong Kong KGV to $5 U. Usual sl mixed condition for such an antique collection, Fair to V FU, some M. SG cat £18,540 = A$33,700. (many 100s). Estimate A$5000