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Phoenix Auctions - Day 2 - Saturday 28th July 2012
1864 1864 F 1865 * 1866 1867 1868 1869
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1876 1877 1878 1879
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A- B1 —- ACSC #52D, with short tail clipped square [L1]. Toned perf and some evidence of cleaning which hardly detracts from neat example with part 1922 Sydney Registered cds, Retail $2,250 as least expensive shade. A- B1 £1 Chocolate & Dull Blue BW #52A with short Spencer’s Gulf [L8] just as short as the catalogued flaws! Roo slightly misplaced high, lightly hinged, some bleeding or smudging of the dull blue at lower right hardly detracts from a very attractive stamp, Cat $1,750). [In Sale 12 a similar, though unsmudged example, realised nearly $1,400.] A B3 £1 Light Brown & Pale Blue BW #52Df. Slightly o/c right, woolly perfs, gum bends and fairly heavy hinge remains, Cat $1,800 (retail POR most lists). A £1 Purple-Brown & Blue broken coast in Bight [R53], BW #52Cf. Fractionally o/c high and very lightly hinged, very fresh and very attractive, Cat $1,800. A quality stamp. A C2 £1 Light Brown & Pale Blue ovptd ‘SPECIMEN’ type B, BW #52Dx.
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1867
A- C1 £1 Chocolate & Dull Blue ACSC #52A. Couple small perf creases, Cat $1,750. A£1 Chestnut & Blue ACSC #52B. Centred a bit low and lightly hinged, small faint spot at right of value tablet, very fresh, very attractive, Cat $1,750 (retail POR most lists). [This shade has traditionally realised 30-40% more than all but one of the other listed shades.] A S2 —- ACSC #52B. Very good commercially used. A B2 £1 Purple-Brown & Blue ACSC #52C, a little off-centre and 1 short corner perf. Good value at estimate, Cat $1,750. A B1 —- ACSC #52C, 10mm telegraph puncture, centred lower right. ACSC #52, Cat $1,750. A- B2 £1 Light Brown & Pale Blue ACSC #52D, perf ‘OS/NSW’, couple of pulled perfs at left but very rare.
F F F F
1870 G
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$400 $1,100 $1,000 $1,400 $525
1880
A- B2 £1 Olive-Brown & Pale Blue overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type B, BW #52Ex. Just o/c, hinge remains, light gum discolouration at left, PO repair tag NW corner, strong colours, Retail c$750. A C1 £1 Grey ACSC #53A, Cat $750, with small break in Bight, centred left. A B1 —- ACSC #53A, with break near top of left frame etc, light hinge traces, Retail c$875. Very fresh. A B2 £1 Deep Grey perf ‘G/NSW’, few nibbled perfs, very rare stamp. A- B2 £1 Grey optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C and D (with coloured flaw on top frame over second A of AUSTRALIA #53h) BW #53xa,xf, Cat $325. Both a bit o/c high with small imperfections, slightly different shades. (2) A- B1 £1 Deep Grey ‘SPECIMEN’ type C, BW #53Bxa, with break in left frame near top. Miniscule gum spot, Retail $275.
Phoenix Auctions is very pleased to announce that we have been appointed the auctioneers for the legendary
‘Stuart Hardy Commonwealth of Australia Collection’, If you would like to receive the catalogues, please let us know.
$300 $480 $500 $400 $130 $100