Public Auction #320 - Stamps and Covers

Status International - Sale 320 - December 10th, 2015.

Auction 320 has 3,375 lots, catering for all types of collectors & dealers - from bulk accumulations and intact collections to desirable single items. This auction offers a huge range of material, with special emphasis on lotting stamps to cater for collectors with varying types of interests and budgets. Items range from $30 to $100,000 so there's something for everybody.

This auction offers strong representation of Australia & Colonies, strong British Empire material of all areas & periods, as well as General Foreign including small and large collections. There are almost 300 lots of Australian Collections (LOT 69-333) and almost 400 lots of World collections (LOT 334-697). Following on there is well over 1000 lots of Australia which consist of singles, sets and covers including Australian colonies (LOTS 771-1677). The Australian lots cover all periods, from the Kangaroo issues up to Decimal and contains numerous number of mint & used £1 & £2 top values - this includes a Third Watermark £2 Black & rose, variety "broken value circle". Superb fresh MUH, pristine never hinged original gum. SG 114(var) Cat £9000+ MUH, plus premium for variety. ACSC 57(D)m cat $23,000. Very rare MUH & desirable with variety. 2014 RPSL photo-cert.(LOT 868). There is almost 1,700 lots of World stamps, covers and single country collections (LOTS 1919-3375) with the British Empire well represented, highlighted by Mauritius 1848 QV "Post Paid" 2d indigo-blue on greyish/bluish paper, EARLIEST IMPRESSION (position 10). Superb UN, 4 margins from small to very large, amazing deep colour. SG 4 cat £65,000++ & undercatalogued as only tiny number of unused earliest impressions exist. Another example (with 4 even margins) was sold in Europe in September 2015 for €150,000+ = A$230,000+! Very important classic stamp - as no unused examples of the "Post Office" issue remain in private hands, so the "Post Paid" earliest impressions are in effect the 1st stamps for a serious unused collection of Mauritius. Beautiful example of this classic rarity - provenance is the famous Ferrary collection - this was lot 80 of 1st auction of June 1921. 2014 Brandon photo-cert,(Lot 2785).

Numerous other European and Asian rarities as well.