Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

Recess, 2nd printing by Perkins Bacon 1861 (July): 1 d. rose, wmk. Swan sideways, perf. very rough 14-16, an unused horizontal pair of fine centering for this issue, strong colour, trivial ageing on right hand stamp on reverse only, large part og. Rare Gi = £ 700+.

Recess, 2nd printing by Perkins Bacon 1861 (July): 1 s. deep green, wmk. Swan sideways, perf. very rough 14-16, an unused example, superbly centred and of brilliant depth of colour, without gum. Outstanding example of an extremely rare and elusive stamp Gi = £ 5'000.

Recess by De La Rue from Perkins Bacon Plates - this was the first occasion on which De La Rue had ever printed from engraved plates; the problems with perforating however, continued.
1863 (Dec 16): 1 d. carmine-rose, no wmk., perf. 13, an unused block of four (positions 108-109/128-129), first stamp with typical gum bend, of fine colour, large part og. Gi = £ 320+.

Recess by De La Rue from Perkins Bacon Plates 1863 (Dec 16): 1 d. lake, no wmk., perf. 13, an unused block of twelve (4 x 3) of fine colour (positions 167-170/207-210), showing the "Double Tail" variety on fourth stamp: position 170; large part or unmounted og. Gi = £ 320+.

Recess by De La Rue from Perkins Bacon Plates 1864 (April 15): 6 d. deep lilac, no wmk., perf. 13, an unused block of four, well centred, fresh colour, unused without gum. A very rare multiple Gi = £ 1'400+.
Provenance: Collection Alfred H. Caspary, Harmers, London, 6-9 Oct 1958, lot 598.

Recess by De La Rue from Perkins Bacon Plates 1864 (April 15): 6 d. dull violet, no wmk., perf. 13, a used example on 1866 cover to Huntingdon, tied by "8" numeral obliterator with corresponding "FREEMANTLE / WESTERN AUSTRALIA" cds at right (Sept 28) in black. Carried on the "Elora" to Galle, the "Simla" to Suez and the "Ripon" from Alexandria via Malta, arriving Southampton on 17th Nov, with same day Huntingdon arrival cds on reverse. Some...

Colour Changes, Recess by De La Rue from Perkins Bacon Plates 1864 (Dec 27): 1 d. bistre, wmk. Crown CC sideways, perf. 12½, an unused block of four (positions 153-154/173-174), the lower pair from the 9th horizontal row, the second half of which is displaced to right, fresh and fine, minor gum bend on large part og. Scarce and most attractive multiple Gi = £ 360+.

Colour Changes, Recess by De La Rue from Perkins Bacon Plates 1864 (Dec 27): 1 d. bistre, wmk. Crown CC sideways reversed, an unused block of thirty-six (positions 17-20/177-180), of delightful fresh colour, showing the top nine rows of the sheet and the radical displacement of the 9th row, this block printed from that part of the plate (vertical rows 16-20) used in making Transfers for producing the 4 d. lithographed plate. The block further...

1864: De La Rue Plate Proof for 4 d. value, imperforate in pale carmine on unwatermarked wove paper, a vertical strip of three, creased but otherwise fresh, very fine and scarce.
Provenance: Collection "Besançon", Corinphila sale 223, Zurich, 31 May 2018, lot 3557.

Colour Changes, Recess by De La Rue from Perkins Bacon Plates 1864/65: 6 d. violet, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 12½, a single example used on 1870 cover to Bridlington, Yorkshire tied by Bowra circle and bars numeral "2" obliterators in black with corresponding "PERTH / WESTERN AUSTRALIA" cds at left (Sept 13) in black. Carried on the "Avoca" to Galle, the "Candia" to Suez and the "Masilia" from Alexandria to Malta and the "Cairo" to  Southampton,...

Colour Changes, Recess by De La Rue from Perkins Bacon Plates 1864/65: 6 d. indigo-violet, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 12½, a single example used 1869 cover to Brough, Yorkshire cancelled by the void obliterator in black. "NORTHAMPTON / WESTERN AUSTRALIA" cds at left (Oct 6) in black. A late use of the void obliterator (see below). Carried on the "Malta" to Galle, the "Candia" to Suez and from Alexandria via Malta on the "Delta". Small part of...