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Auction: 13011 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 2718

Tasmania
A mainly mint collection in an "F.G." de luxe album, all neatly mounted and written-up, including 1853 thin hard white paper 1d. blue used (corner crease at upper left and small tear at upper right; B.P.A. certificate, 2007), 1853 Plate I, second state 4d. bright red-orange used on small piece and Plate II 4d. dull orange (2), one unused without gum (pinhole; B.P.A. certificate, 2007), the other lightly cancelled, 1856-57 no watermark 4d. (3) used, 1857-59 wmk double-lined numerals 1d. (5), 2d. (4) and 4d. (5) used, 1858 6d. and 1/- (2) used, 1860-67 6d. (6, one reddish mauve) used, 1863-71 wmk double-lined numerals, perf 10 1d. (40, 2d. (2), 4d. (2), 6d. (4) and 1/-, and perf 12 1d. (2) unused/mint, 1871-91 wmk double-lined numerals, perf 11½ 6d. (2) and 1/- (2), and perf 12 6d. (2), 1871-78 perf 11½ 1d. (2), 3d., 4d. and 9d., perf 12 9d. and 5/-, 1880-91 perf 11½ ½d., 1d. (4), 3d. with natural paper crease, and 4d. (3), perf 12 ½d. (3), 1d. (2) and 3d. (2), 1892-99 ½d. to £1 sets of ten (2, one overprinted "specimen"), 1899-1900 Pictorial ½d. to 6d., 1902-04 litho ½d. and 2d. and typo 1d. overprinted "specimen", 1903-08 9d. and 1/- overprinted "specimen", 1906-07 8d. (2), 9d. (2), 1/- (2) and 10/-, and Postal Fiscal 1880 1d., 3d. and 1/-, and 1900 overprinted "revenue" 1d. block of four with overprint inverted and 6d. A fine lot and a sound basis for further expansion. Photo

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