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              Type of 1885-86      1897, June  Wmk. 55  Perf. 11    OFFICIAL STAMPS      1889
       1904    Wmk. 56   Perf. 12x11  B1 SP1  1p (1sh) grn &  72.50  72.50               O23 A24 10sh rose & vio  5,750.  1,450.
                                                                                             Overprinted “SPECI-
                                            brn
             “POSTAGE” in Blue     B2 SP2 2 1 /2p (2sh6p) rose,                               MEN”        125.00
       108B A24 10sh brt rose &             bl & gold  350.00 350.00                      a.  Perf. 10    7,500.  3,500.
                 vio    325.00 125.00  Nos. B1-B2 overprinted
         c.  Perf. 11    525.00  200.00  “SPECIMEN”  275.00      Regular Issues
         d.  Perf. 14    400.00  135.00
         e.  10sh aniline crimson & vi-  Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.   Overprinted in Black or
             olet, perf 12  650.00  200.00  The difference between the postal and face  Red
          f.  As “e,” perf 12x11  475.00  130.00  values of these stamps was donated to a fund
         g.  10sh claret & violet,  for a home for consumptives.                             Overprinted
             chalky paper, perf
             12x11       475.00  175.00
         The watermark (NSW) of No. 108B is                   Perf. 10, 11, 12, 13 and Compound
       20x7mm, with rounded angles in “N” and “W.”
       On No. 75, the watermark is 21x7mm, with  REGISTRATION STAMPS  1879-80    Wmk. 54
       sharp angles in the “N” and “W.”                       O1 A17  1p red   30.00  5.75  1888-89         Wmk. 55
                                                               a.  Perf. 10    350.00  65.00  O24 A25  1p violet  6.25  2.00
                                                               b.  Perf. 10x13  72.50  9.50  a.  Overprinted “O” only
                                                                                    5.25
         HALF PENNY:                                          O2 A18  2p blue  47.50  525.00  O25 A26  2p blue  9.50  1.40
                                                               a.
                                                                  Perf. 11x12
         Die II — Wide “H” in “HALF.”                          b.  Perf. 10    525.00  77.50  O26 A27  4p red brown  25.00  9.50
                                                              O3 A15  3p green (R)  1,100. 550.00  O27 A28  6p carmine  18.00  12.00
          Perf. 11, 11x12 /2, 12x11 /2 and                    O4 A15  3p green  350.00  60.00  O28 A29  8p red lilac  47.50  32.50
                    1
                          1
                                                                                                          60.00
                                                                                             Perf 12
                                                                                           a.
                Compound                                       a.  Watermarked “6”  925.00  O29 A30  1sh vio brown  45.00  40.00
                                                                                                               9.50
       1905-06            Wmk. 12                              b. c.  Double overprint  350.00  925.00  a.  Double overprint
                                                                  3p yel grn, perf 10
                                                                                    60.00
       109 A37  1 /2p blue grn, II  6.00  1.10                 d.  3p yel grn, perf 12  425.00  175.00  b.  1sh purple brown, perf
         a.  1 /2p blue green, I  6.25  1.10  Queen Victoria — R1  O5 A19  4p red brown  400.00  21.00  12  45.00  9.50
         b.  Booklet pane of 12                                a.  Perf. 10x13  450.00  190.00  c.  1sh maroon, perf
                                                                                              11x12 (’90)
       110 A38  1p car rose, II  4.75  .50                    O6 A11  5p dark green  42.50  27.50  d.  1sh maroon, perf 12  45.00  9.50
                                                                                                                9.50
                                                                                                          45.00
         a.  Booklet pane of 6              Unwmk.            O7 A21  6p lilac  600.00  20.00
         b.  Booklet pane of 12                                a.  Perf. 10    800.00  75.00  Nos. O24-O29 (6)  151.25  66.90
       111 A39  2p deep ultra  4.75  .50  1856, Jan. 1  Engr.  Imperf.  b.  Perf. 13x10  450.00  90.00  Wmk.  53
       112 A40  2 1 /2p dk blue, II  9.00  5.25  F1 R1 (6p) orange & blue  1,700.  250.00  O8 A13  8p yellow (R)  1,750. 500.00  O30 A31  5sh violet (R)  2,000.  800.00
       113 A27  4p org brown  21.00  8.75  F2 R1 (6p) red & blue  1,800.  210.00  O9 A13  8p yellow  52.50
         a.  4p red brown  27.50  7.00  a.  Frame printed on back  13,500.  5,750.  a.  Perf. 10  625.00  175.00  O31 A32 20sh ultra  17,500.  1,150.
       114 A28  6p orange  29.00  6.00                        O10 A23  1sh black (R)  600.00  17.50
         a.  6p yellow   35.00  6.00                           a.  Perf. 10         35.00  1890             Wmk. 57
         b.  Perf. 11    525.00    1860             Perf. 12, 13  b.  Perf. 10x13   77.50
       115 A29  8p magenta  52.50  11.00  F3  R1 (6p) orange & blue  950.00  75.00  c.  Perf. 13x10  29.00  O32 A31  5sh violet  400.00  150.00
                                                                                                               250.00
                                                                                             5sh, dull lilac, perf. 12
                                                                                           a.
                                                                                                          1,100.
       117 A20  10p violet  32.50  10.00  F4  R1 (6p) red & blue  950.00  80.00            b.  5sh lilac, perf 10  675.00  200.00
       118 A30  1sh vio brown  57.50  5.75  Nos. F1 to F4 exist also on paper with  1880  Wmk. 53
       119 A41 2sh6p blue green  77.50  40.00  papermaker’s watermark in sheet.  O11 A16 5sh lilac, perf.  Wmk.  58
                Wmk.  199                                              11     400.00  135.00  O33 A32 20sh ultra  18,000.  1,750.
                                                                                           O32b, O33 ovpted.
                                                                                    2,400.
             Perf.  12x11 or 11x12  1863             Wmk. 49   a. b.  Double overprint  4,500.  225.00  “SPECIMEN”  325.00
                                                                  Perf. 10
                                                                               1,000.
       120 A32  20sh ultra  225.00  87.50  F5  R1 (6p) red & blue  225.00  25.00  c.  Perf. 12x10  900.00  225.00  Centenary of the founding of the Colony
         a.  Perf 12     300.00  97.50  a.  (6p) red & Prussian blue  250.00  27.50  d.  Perf. 13  1,250.  200.00
         b.  Perf 11     225.00  80.50  b.  (6p) red & indigo  375.00  35.00  e.  Perf. 10x12  (Nos. O24-O33).
        Nos. 109-115,117-120 (11)  519.50 176.35  c.  Double impression of frame  800.00
                                           Fifty varieties.    Two No. O14 overprint types: Type I, “O”  1891  Wmk. 55
       1906-07            Wmk. 13   Nos. F1-F2 were reprinted on thin white  and “S” 7mm apart. Type II, “O” and “S”  O34 A17(a)  1 /2p on 1p
       121 A37  1 /2p green, I  8.75  3.25  wove unwatermarked paper and on thick yel-  5.5mm apart.  gray &
       122 A38  1p rose, II  17.00  2.25  lowish wove unwatermarked paper; the former  1881  Wmk. 55  black  125.00 125.00
       123 A39  2p ultra  17.00  2.25  are usually overprinted “SPECIMEN.”                a.  Double overprint
                                                                                    6.00
       124 A40  2 1 /2p blue, II  110.00 200.00  No. F4 was reprinted on thin white wove  O12 A17 1p red  35.00  200.00  O35 A33  2 1 /2p ultra  24.00  14.00
                                                                  Perf. 10x13
                                                               a.
       125 A27  4p org brown  29.00  25.00  unwatermarked paper; perf. 10 and over-  O13 A18 2p blue  21.00  2.40  O36 A21(b)  7 1 /2p on 6p brn
       126 A28  6p orange  67.50  37.50  printed “REPRINT” in black.  a.  Perf. 10x13  400.00  200.00  & black  72.50  85.00
       127 A29  8p red violet  42.50  37.50                   O14 A15 3p green  17.50  8.50  O37 A23(b) 12 1 /2p on 1sh
       128 A42  9p org brn & ul-                               a.  Double overprint  1,200.         red &
                 tra, perf.                                    b.  Perf. 12    325.00  200.00       black  125.00 140.00
                 12x12 1 /2            POSTAGE DUE STAMPS      c. d.  Perf. 11  25.00  15.00
                                                                  Type II ovpt
                 (’06)   22.50  4.50
         a.  Perf. 11    175.00  140.00                        e.  As “b,” type II ovpt  350.00  250.00  1892
                                                                                               1
         b.  9p org brn & ultra, perf.                         f.  Wmk sideways  25.00  8.00  O38 A37 /2p gray, perf 11x12 12.50 24.00
            12x12 1 /2   27.50  4.00                          O15 A19 4p red brown  35.00  7.50  a.  Perf 10  16.00  27.50
       129 A20  10p violet  62.50  87.50                       a. b.  Perf. 10x12  350.00  200.00  b.  Perf 12  15.00  20.00
                                                                  Perf. 12
                                                                               350.00
                                                                                   350.00
       130 A30  1sh vio brown  92.50  18.00                                                c.  Perf 12x11 1 /2  27.50  22.50
         a.  Perf. 11                                         O16 A11 5p dark green  32.50  35.00  Overprinted “SPECIMEN”  45.00
       131 A41 2sh6p blue green  125.00 105.00                 a. b.  Perf. 12  250.00
                                                                  Perf. 12x10
           Nos. 121-131 (11)  594.25 522.75                    c.  Perf. 12x11 (’85)  65.00  16.00  1894    Wmk. 54
         Portions of some of the sheets on which the          O17 A21 6p lilac  50.00  11.50  O39 A22  9p on 10p red
       above are printed show the watermark “COM-              a. b.  Perf. 12     105.00         brn    1,100.  1,100.
                                                                  Perf. 11x12
       MONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.” Stamps may      D1             c.  Perf. 12x11 (’85)  100.00  27.50  Overprinted “SPECI-  85.00
                                                                                              MEN”
       also be found from portions of the sheet with-         O18 A13 8p yellow  57.50  25.00
       out watermark.                                          a.  Double overprint               Wmk.  52
                                   Perf. 10, 11, 11 /2, 12 and Compound  b. c.  Perf. 12  350.00  525.00  O40 A20 10p lilac, perf.
                                             1
                                                                  Perf. 11 (’85)
                                                                                52.50
                                                                                    32.50
                                   1891-92   Typo.   Wmk. 55   d.  Perf. 10x12 or 12x10 (’85)  52.50  25.00  13  325.00  175.00
                                   J1  D1  1 /2p grn, perf 10  10.00  10.00  e.  Triple overprint  a. b.  Perf. 11x10 or 10x11  475.00  450.00
                                                                                                          400.00
                                                                                             Perf 10
            SEMI-POSTAL STAMPS     J2 a.  D1 Chalky paper  21.00  3.75  O19 A23 1sh black (R)  72.50  21.00  c.  Double overprint, one
                                                                                   525.00
                                                               a.
                                         1p green
                                                                  Double overprint
                                                                                              albino
                                    a.  Perf 12     45.00  9.00  b.  Perf. 10x13   140.00    Overprinted “SPECI-
                                    b.  Chalky paper  19.00  6.25  c.  Perf. 11x12, comb.  57.50  21.00  MEN”  75.00
                                   J3  D1  2p green  29.00  5.75  Nos. O12-O19 (8)  321.00 116.90
                                    a.  Perf 12x10  47.50  7.00                           The official stamps became obsolete on
                                    b.  Chalky paper  22.50  9.25  Beware of other red overprints on water-  Dec. 31, 1894. In Aug., 1895, sets of 32 vari-
                                   J4  D1  3p green  47.50  21.00  mark 55 stamps.       eties of “O.S.” stamps, together with some
                                    b.  Chalky paper  55.00  37.50  No. O14 exists with two overprint types: “O”  envelopes and postal cards, were placed on
                                   J5  D1  4p green  42.50  11.50  and “S” 7mm and 5.5mm apart. For detailed  sale at the Sydney post office at £2 per set.
                                    a.  Chalky paper  45.00  20.00  listings, see the Scott Classic Specialized
                                                                                          These sets contained most of the varieties
                                   J6  D1  6p grn, perf 10  27.50  17.50  catalogue.     listed above and a few which are not known in
                                   J7  D1  8p grn, perf 10  160.00  42.50                the original issues. An obliteration consisting
                                   J8  D1  5sh grn, perf 10  325.00 105.00
                                    a.  Perf 11     575.00  175.00  1881         Wmk. 56  of the letters G.P.O. or N.S.W. in three con-
                                    b.  Perf 11x12      300.00  O20 A17 1p red  105.00  17.50  centric ovals was lightly applied to the center
                                           Perf.  12x10                                  of each block of four stamps.
                                                                                          It is understood that the earlier stamps and
                                        10sh green
                            SP1    J9 a.  D1 Perf. 10  600.00  80.00  1887-90            many of the overprints were reprinted to make
                                                    750.00
                                                                                         up these sets.
                                   J10 D1  20sh green  700.00  O21 A24 10sh on #75  3,200.
                                    a.  Perf. 10    1,000.  125.00  O22 A24  £1 on #75A  19,500.  9,250.
                                    b.  Perf. 12    1,350.
                                      Nos. J1-J10 (10)  1,963. 217.00
                                    Used values for Nos. J8-J10 are for c-t-o
                                   stamps.
                                    Nos. J1-J5 exist on both ordinary and chalky
                                   paper.
                                    Used values for Nos. J8-J10 are for c-t-o  No. 75 Overprinted
                                   stamps.
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