Honoured Aussie stamp collection for sale

AN award-winning Australian stamp collection has attracted global interest following news it will go on sale in London.

Originally compiled by Briton Guybon John Hutson, who died in 1963, the stamps are for sale following the 2012 death of the private collector's son and heir.

While the collection contains stamps from Papua, New Zealand and Tasmania dating back to the mid-1800s, the highlights are examples from NSW, said Nick Startup from auction house Spink.

"It is a fantastic and very important collection which is one of the best collections of NSW ever formed, and one which the market has been eagerly awaiting to surface for many years," he said.

The Hutson collection was awarded a rare gold medal at the 1960 London International Stamp Exhibition.

Among the items for sale at the February 19 auction is a redirected envelope sent from Orange via Bathurst to London and returned to Devonport in 1854.

The collection is expected to fetch up to STG600,000 ($A920,000).

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