Lot 404 Australia - Queensland SG#185/192 2d - 3d Dull Blue - Brown , 1890 Re-Engraved Second Sideface Issue, Very Good/Fine Used Singles, Includes #81 Warwick, 131 Gladstone, 491 Montalbion, 148 Thursday Island - William Hooper & 214 Toowoomba

very good/fine used singles of the 2d - 3d dull blue - brown from the 1890 Re-Engraved Second Sideface Issue, includes #81 Warwick, 131 Gladstone, 491 Montalbion, 148 Thursday Island - William Hooper & 214 Toowoomba .

#148 numeral cancel, the 1/2d is called a William Hooper favour cancel. Hooper was a dealer who illicitly obtained the #148 Hammer & used it to cancel low value stamps.

Gibbons doesn't list these varieties, so we estimate them at $245. The stamps offered here grade between 58 and 70 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 20/60, 25/60, 30/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 6/10, 8/10, 10/10

Adjustment for mentioned faults: -10 points.