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May 24, 2008
Prestige Philately - The Sixth International Rarities Auction Page: 89
TASMANIA (continued)
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A
266 P (B)
Lot 266 Lot 267
1860 'TASMANIA' 6d dull violet imperforate plate proof block of 4 on ungummed Star Watermark
paper, margins close to good, ironed-out creases and some soiling but quite fine for these. BPA
Certificate (1947) as the then listed SG 43 states "creased, as this variety always is". [Tinsley at page
24 states "A sheet was discovered in crumpled condition at the back of a drawer...All known copies
[sic] are unused with ironed-out creases..."]{Page 89.1}
267 */** A+ 1863-71 Experimental Separations Perf 12 at Hobart by Walch & Sons 1d carmine SG 70 block of 6
(3x2), virtually full o.g. with the lower units all being unmounted, Cat £390++. Superb!{Page 89.2}
2,500
1,500
Lot 268 Lot 271 Lot 270
268 W A A1 - Perf 12 at Hobart by Walch & Sons 1d carmine SG 70 Printed Double, an unusually large and well
centred example, unused with traces of o.g. Unlisted by Gibbons. Ceremuga Certificate (2007) states
"...the second strong impression is shifted 4mm to the right...Extremely rare with such a strong double
print".{Page 89.3}
269 F A/B - Oblique Roulette 14-15 (probably at Cleveland) 1d carmine SG 99 vertical strip of 4 Imperforate at
Right and Between the Units, the third unit cut-into slightly at right, neat BN '22' cancels of Cleveland,
Cat £2600++. A unique and extraordinary multiple. Ex Sebastian Earl and Keith Lancaster.{Page 88.1}
270 G A - Serrated 19 at Hobart 1d carmine SG 118, bars cancel of Hobart, under-catalogued at £160.
Ceremuga Certificate (2007) states "Very rare". {Page 89.5}
271 G A - Serrated 19 at Hobart 2d yellow-green SG 119, remarkably well centred with the serrations being
clear of the design on all sides, bars cancel of Hobart, under-catalogued at £450. Ceremuga Certificate
(2007) states "Extremely rare". {Page 89.4}
750
7,000
800
1,500
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