b'65TasmaniaStamps incl. Essays & Die Proofs423O 1853 (SG.2) Medium soft yellowish paper 1d blue, margins large to huge and clear of outer frameline on all sides with fragment of adjoining stamp at base, indistinct numeral example. Examples with such large margins are seldom encountered. .$8001,000424O 1853 (between SG.5-12) 4d Couriers (6) comprising Plate I First State (incomplete margins), Plate I Second State (2, one cut-to shape, the other creased & thinned) and Plate II (3, two with clear BN \'59\' or BN \'60\' cancels of Launceston), variable margins, Cat 2000+ (ex the two Plate I Second States). .$600800426 427425425P DIE PROOFS: 1855 Chalon Heads 1d progressive die proof, prior to engraving of "VAN DIEMENS LAND", in black on stout card (48x68mm), extension of framelines on all sides with traces of additional framelines most noticeably at left, with some other markings outside framelines. Wonderful item. [Previously sold for $12,000+ at an August 2012 Melbourne auction] $8,00010,000426O 1855 (SG.17) Star Wmk 4d deep blue pair, margins largely complete (just shaved at left), BN \'68\' cancel,Cat 260+. Lovely deep colour. $150200427O 1856-57 (SG.20) No Watermark 2d dull emerald-green, unusually large example with good to very large margins and fragment of adjoining stamp at top, lightly struck barred numeral cancels and trace of LONDON transit cancel in red at right. Rare stamp, Cat 950. $350450428 429428O 1856-57 (SG.24) No Wmk Pelure Paper 1d deep-red brown, margins just shaving (at base) to very good,BN \'64\' cancel of Hobart, Cat 750. Lovely rich colour. $350400429O 1857-67 (SG.27) 1d brick-red strip of 4, margins shaved/cut-into slightly in places, the fourth unit with impressive "Pre-printing paper fold", the first unit with vertical marginal watermark lines, BN \'75\' cancels of Hobart. Scarce multiple. .$250300430(*) 1857-57 (SG.34) Numeral Wmk 2d slate-green, complete margins, fine unused, two small dealer marks on reverse, Cat. 425. .$250300'