379th Auction

1856/58, 1 d. yellow-green, good to large margins, cancelled by central "3" ADELAIDE, very fine, certificate RPSV (2006)

1856/58, 2 d. red, horizontal strip of 3, nice deep colour and good to large margins, neatly cancelled, extremely fine

1856/58, 6 d. slate-blue, good to very large margins, neatly cancelled, very fine, certificate RPSV (2006)

1860/69, 2 d. pale red, copy with 2 horizontal printing creases, neatly cancelled by "23" in diamont

1867/70, perf. 11½-12½: roulette, TEN PENCE on 9 d. orange, printed on both sides, neatly cancelled "KADINA JU 19 69", fine and rare, certificate RPSV

1902/04, 1 sh. brown with POSTAGE and value in red-brown, neatly cancelled, very fine, certificate RPSV (2001)

1853/54, blurred impression 1 d. blue, nice fresh colour and large margins, neatly cancelled by "64" of Hobart, very fine, certificate RPSV

1855, 1d. carmine, full to large margins, showing part of neighbour stamps at left and bottom, cancelled by "64"of Hobart, very fine, certificate RPSV

1856/57, pelure paper, 1d. deep red-brown, just touched at right, otherwise full to large margins, , cancelled by "68"of Hobart, a fine and scarce pair, certificate RPSV

1866, imperf. x obligue roulette 11½ at Oatlands, 4 d. blue, used with central clear "64", a rare stamp in fine condition, certificate RPSV (1995)

1871/78, wm TAS in lines, perf. 12, 4d. buff in horizontal pair, unmounted mint, very fine and scarce, certificate RBSV (2010)

1880/91, wm TAS, perf. 12, 4d. yellow, printed both sides with first printing sideways, unused with original gum, very fine and scarce, certificate RBSV (2003)

1880/91, wm TAS, perf. 12, 4d. yellow, printed both sides, unused with original gum, very fine and scarce, certificate RBSV (2003)

1905/11, pictorials, 1d. rose-red, imperforated pair from the left sheet margin, neatly cancelled by Hobart cds., very fine

1854/57, Half Lengh, litho by Campbell&Fergusson, 3 d. greenish blue, good to very large margins, and used with outcome, very fine and scarce, certificate RPSV (1995)

1863/74, Laureated 1d. bluish-green printed double, neatly cancelled "SANDHURST FE 16 65", very fine, rare stamp. Certificate RPSV (2001) 

1873/87, wm V over crown, 1 sh.indigo blue on blue with wm sideways, neatly cancelled, very fine, a scarce stamp. Certificate RPSV (2007) 

1885/95, STAMP DUTY, 4d. lilac, the error of colour, neatly cancelled, very fine, a rare stamp. Certificate RPSV (2007) 

1899/1901, 2d. violet with wm sideways, unused with large part original gum, very fine, a rare stamp in this condition. Certificate RPSV (2008) 

Perf.11, 6d. dull green, unused with large part original gum, a fine and scarce stamp, certificate RPSV (1996)

1901/10, compound perf. 12½ x 12 with line perforation 11 at top, 1½d. unused with large part original gum, very fine and scarce, certificate BPA (2000) 

1901/10, compound perf. 12½ x 12 with line perforation 11 at top, 1½d. lightly used, very fine and scarce, certificate RPSV (1994) 

1901/10, compound perf. 12½ x line perforation 11 at top, 3d. dull orange-brown, used, very fine and scarce, certificate BPA (2000) 

1901/10, compound perf. 12½ x line perforation 11 at top, 6d. emerald, used, very fine and scarce, certificate RPSV (1999) 

Perf.11, 1 sh. orange, unused with large part original gum, a fine and scarce stamp, certificate RPSV (1998)

1854, 1d. grey-black, ample to large margins with ca. 3 mm sheet margin at top, very lightly used, extremely fine, certificate RPSV (1995)

1854/55, 2d. slate-blue in light shade, good full margins, unused without gum, very fine and fresh, a rare stamp, certificate RPSV (2013)

1860/64, 6d. sage-green, nice deep colour and good even margins, unused without gum, very fine and fresh, a scarce stamp, certificate RPSV (1996)

1913/14, 1£ brown & ultramarine with marginal wm.-line at left, unused with large part original gum, very fine and fresh, certificate BPA (2022)

2£ black & rose with marginal wm.-line at foot, unused, with large part original gum, very fine and fresh, certificate BPA (2022)

1902-04, wm. Crown/N.S.W., 10 sh. and 20 sh. dull green, on chalk-surfaced paper, unused, with large part original gum, 20 s. light bend, otherwise very fine and fresh, certificate BPA (2022)

1908/09, 10 sh. and 20 sh. dull green, unused, with large part original gum, 20 sh. light vertical bends, otherwise very fine, certificate BPA (2022)

1892, Cover franked on reverse with India ½ a. green, tied by squared circle "BAHRAIN OC 6 92" to Bushire with frontside boxed "POSTAGE DUE / ONE ANNA" and arrival mark of October 9 next to the stamp; fine and rare, the earliest of 2 recorded such combinations

1893, British India postcard ONE ANNA on 1½ a. blue from Bahrain (July 9th 1893), posted at "BUSRAH JL .. 93" and sent to London with frontside "SEA POST OFFICE JL 28 93"; fine and very scarce early mail

1903, British India postcard with prepaid answer 1 a. blue + 1 a. blue used with text from "BAHRAIN 27 DE 03" via "SEA POST OFFICE JA. 9 04" to Berlin with arrival mark on front. A very rare card; apparently the sender sent several of these cards each with part of text of his travel descriptions; we have recorded 2 further such cards from Bahrain

1908, British India envelope ONE ANNA on 2 a. 6 p. orange with return address "Mason Memorial Hospital / Bahrein, Persian Gulf" and clear postmark "BAHRAIN 17 OC. 08" addressed to the Seaman Hospital, Greenwich, S.E. The writer expected to benefit of the soldier's concessionary rate, but since the envelope was not countersigned by an officer it was taxed, showing 2 strikes of "T" in circle struck in Bahrain, plus British "3d/F.B.". The envelope opened out for display with slight toning at the edges. Unique usage of this envelope at Bahrain and to our records only recorded use of the "T"-tax stamp at Bahrain