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Section 3 begins at 2:30pm AUSTRALIA | Collections & Accumulations 1127P */U A/C 1880-1980s Mish-Mash of Covers & Stationery with range of NSW & Vic stationery, wide range of mainly 1940s onwards Australia stationery, noted AAT 2/- pair on registered FDC to Little Aden, three International Reply Coupons, 2/- Olympics from Colac West to Paris returned unclaimed. Very mixed condition. (100s) 1128P U A/B 1900s-30s old-time accumulation very mixed condition with duplication on ancient SG Imperial and other album pages with likely postmark interest. Includes early 20th century States issues appear all common values with p/dues, OS and other Official perfins, Roos to several 2/- brown and KGV to several 1/4d, KGV period special issues with shilling values including more official perfins (eg OS/NSW, T, WA, etc) and general range to earlier KGVI period. Also four pages cut-outs logos/monograms commercial, social and official. Inspection recommended. (100’s) 1129P F/G A/C 1903-1960 Pot Pourie [1] Advertising covers, 1943 Red Comb Eggs, 1935 Bushells Tea, NSW 1907 Massey-Harris [2] 1d Arms Postal card perf ‘GR’ (Government railways) used 1903 [3] ‘G/NSW’ perfins on Eastwood Evening College Post Cards, 1956 ½d roo & 3d QEII, 1960 5d Guiding, 1962 5d blue QEII [4] 1973 20c Aboriginal Art airmail to Tonga [5] ‘COLLINS ST. MELB’ pictorial envelope, faults [6] 1915 registration receipt, tatty [7] four different ‘COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL PAPER’ post free OHMS Postcards [8] 1931 Switzerland to Kyabram cover with 2d Postage Due paying customs duty. [9] 1915 letter from Thai stamp dealer, no cover. 1130 **/*/U A/C 1913-65 Pre-Decimal Collection mint/used on leaves from used lower value Roos and KGV (odd * seen), neatly written up but not always correctly identified (eg perfs, wmks), some KGV period with faults and/or more or less affected by toning not counted in local retail c.$1300; KGV period quite sparse, KGVI more comprehensive noting Robes thick paper with two £1 and lower values often * and used, QEII period nearly all seen and noting Navigators set of 6 * and five values used (no 7/6d). Also fragmentary mint/used Postage Dues to 5/-, AAT with 1957-61 * and used including 1959 values in blocks of 4 most units **, early issues mostly * from Christmas Is, Cocos, Nauru, Norfolk Is, PNG pre-decimals nearly complete (no £1 Fisherman). Good value lot. (100’s) 1131P U A/A- 1913-72 Used Simplified Collection on Seven Seas pages, missing only the 10/- to £2 Roos & 1971 Xmas. 3d Kookaburra MS is mint and hinged in margin, but has creased margin, Kingsford Smith ‘OS’ set are CTO, 5/- Bridge is very fine CTO. Stamps are generally good used with few faults. 1132 **/*/W A/B 1913-74 Collection quite extensive in mainly fine condition on Sevenseas hingeless pages from recess KGV to 1974 Newspaper, no Roos but good KGV range various wmks (odd no gum seen), includes 1928 Kooka M/S ** (storage bends), 1/- large lyre ‘OS’ opt well centred *, all Kingsford Smith **/* except 2d & 3d ‘OS’ opts, 1932 Bridges complete (5/- damaged corner *), 1934 Vic Centenary P11½ and Macarthur (no Dark Hills) sets *, KGVI with Robes thick paper set *, Arms 5/- 10/** & £2 * (£1 faults), QEII virtually complete (ex 5/- Cattle and Navigators) mostly **. Decimals include 1971 Christmas set of 7, block of 7 & pane of 25 **. Current retail stated c.$2750. (100’s) 1133P **/*/U A/B 1913-86 7/Seas hingeless pages with KGV-KGVI periods almost all used from various watermarks Roos to 5/- (3rd wmk) and KGV to 1/4d (3 different) mixed fair to fine condition, KGV period special issues includes a nice 1/- Large Lyre optd OS * and other shilling values, KGVI includes Robes (thick paper) and Arms sets, QEII pre-decimal period looks complete per pages with odd **/* seen; decimals include mint with FV c$110. Ought to reward at estimate. (100s) 1134 */U A 1914-65 mint and used on leaves with KGV from 1d Engraved, then usually * and used commem/special issues mostly more common values but including 1/- Large Lyre and some other top values, KGVI and QEII on mainly simplified basis with some shilling values. Mainly fine and fresh throughout, excellent entree with current retail c$330. (100’s) 1135 **/* A/B 1948-65 Simplified Mint Collection on hingeless pages, mainly MUH but toning affecting a few stamps including £2 King (slightly but also has small crease). 1136P **/*/U A Balance of Collection mostly mint and includes territories which include SPECIMEN opts for Norfolk Is 10/- Bird and PNG £1 QEII, packs, imprints, CTO sets, opts, etc. Australia eclectic with Maxicards, special Exhibition cancels on APO cards (eg PhilaNippon 1991 on AAT Treaty pair x2 and another on optd $1.05 Albany MS x5), KGVI-QEII pre-decimal period listed and unlisted varieties in mixed condition on hagners, phone cards, bric-a-brac. Worth a look. (100’s) 1137 U 110 display packs of Australian used stamps on paper. Presented ready for sale at tourist venues. (c.27500) 1138 F/G A/B Kangaroo and KGV Issues Small box of off-paper, unsorted, amongst which we note ‘OS’ and private perfins, 1/4d pair, etc, also a few Colonials including Victoria 1897 Charity 1d CTO (fine), 1d Kangaroo (2) on piece with superb ‘ENGLISH MAIL T.P.O./OUT/VICTORIA’, 1/4d with 1930 violet Hyde Park etc. Worth a look. 1139 U A/B Roos & KGV loose in plastic bags. Roos to 2/- & KGV to 4d. Saw range of perfins including ‘W/A’ and ‘G/NSW’, some pmk interest which seems to be mainly Victoria. (100s) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroo Issues | Collections and Accumulations 1140 U A/C in very mixed condition mostly on piece 1920s-40s majority with NSW cancels with 6d chestnut (6), 9d (3), 1/- (8), 2/- (6); plus some KGV (½d, 2d, 4d) and other pre-decimals also on piece including three 1/- large Lyrebird, postal stationery pieces, oddments. Worth a look. (c.33) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroo Issues 1141P U A/B two examples each 1d to 2/- Die I in very mixed condition with first wmk 1d Die I & II, 3rd wmk 2d to 1/- with 6d ultra Die II pair, CofA wmk 2/- Die I. Bargain basement. (18) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroo Issues | Collections and Accumulations 1142 U A/B 1/- Emerald Selection on pages with 1st wmk x16, 2nd wmk x8, 3rd wmk x72, & sm mult x114, wide range shade and a few CTO including 1st wmk, some pmk interest. A cursory look identified catalogued flaw 33e & 29g and quite a number of plateable flaws. Odd damaged stamp but overall good condition. Total Cat $3,400, but some wmk identification errors noted. (300+) 1143 U A/B 9d Violet Selection on pages with 1st wmk x22, 2nd wmk x7, 3rd wmk x107, sm mult x50 & CofA x229, wide range shade and a few CTO including 1st wmk, some pmk interest. A cursory look identified catalogued flaws 27e & 29g and quite a number of plateable flaws such as 3R48, 3L60, 4R14, 4R11, 3R51. Odd damaged stamp but overall good condition. Total Cat $5,800, but a few wmk identification errors noticed. (500+) 1144P U A/B Selected Issues first wmk 2/- brown just o/c with blue registered cds prob Brisbane and 5/- grey & yellow o/c well right and small hinge thin, indistinct cds; third wmk 5/- grey & yellow o/c low with part blue commercial cancel. As fine, current retail c$550. (3) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroo Issues 1145P */U A/B [1] 2nd watermark 2½d indigo *, light hinge remains; [2] SM watermark 5/- grey & yellow perforated ‘OS’ with Melbourne CTO, no gum and off centre. (2)
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AUSTRALIA | Kangaroo Issues | Official Stamps 1146P U A/C Official Perfins in mixed poor to fine condition [1] 1st watermark large ‘OS’ ½d, 1d Die I, 2d, 4d orange plus another in yellowish shade (in the sun too long?), small ‘OS’ ½d, 1d Die II, 2/- with neat Aug 1913 pmk and restored NE corner (shame!); [2] 3rd watermark 2d Die I to both 2/- including both 6d, various dies. Postmark interest noting Melbourne and Sydney numerals, Late Fee, etc. (17) $100 AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - First Watermark | Collections and Accumulations 1147P * A/A- ½d to 1/- complete run lightly hinged except top marginals ½d and 9d ** with part gum discolouration (due mounted with selvedge folded down). 1d all dies (Die I x2) and both 3d shades Die I, centring varies, minor perf/gum imperfections, fresh appearance, current retail c$1100 (as all *). (14) $380 1148 U A/A- ½d to 2/- Perf Small ‘OS’ Used Set good average condition, 9d is [2R33] which was later substituted into the Die IIB plates, 2/- has a couple of wrinkles and 2½d is 3rd wmk. $250 1149 U A/A- ½d to 5/- Used Set fine to average used, 9d has slight surface abrasion and 5/- is CTO and quite off-centre. (12) $150 AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - First Watermark 1150 * A½d to 1/- set, generally well centred and attractive, but all with hinge remainders. (10) $450 1151P U A/B ½d to 2/- Perf Large OS BW #1bc-35ba range with current retail as fine c$865; 1d is Die I with machine cancel, 3d Die I, two 4d orange shades, 6d blue crease, 1/- and 2/- blunted corners. Other small imperfections, bargain. (12) $160 1152P ** A A1 ½d Green perf large ‘OS’ block of 4, BW #1, Cat $100+, unplated flaws on at least 2 units. $90 1153P **/* 1d Red Die IIA - the Only Indisputable Missing Kangaroo Flaw. The variety is on the bottom left stamp of plate H block of 6. This extraordinary flaw was caused by a paper tear and fold during the the printing process, creating a ¾ void on face of the BLC stamp, the missing portion is printed on the gum on the reverse. As expected there are a few creases caused by the tearing but this detracts little from what is a visually arresting and fascinating flaw. A essential item for any serious collection. [Front cover]. $5000 1154P * A 1d Red Die II two Tasmanias (BW #2(E)d) in mint block of 4 [EL25-26,31-32], gum partly tanned $200 1155P */U A/C - selection of plate E varieties; mint horizontal pair [ER5-6]; two Tasmanias (BW #2(E)d) in marginal mint pair [EL25-26]; two Tasmanias - substituted (BW #2(E)da) in used pair [EL25-26]; two Tasmanias - substituted (BW #2(E)da) used singles (state I x3, state II x6) many with faults; missing end to top shading line at right [EL26] used x4, coloured dot above LI [EL16] used x3. (22) $200 1156 ** A B1 2½d Indigo marginal vertical pair, BW #9, Cat $120, one unit slight gum adhesion. $200 1157P ** A- C1 - BW #9, Cat $90, minor crease. $100 1158P F A- B2 - perf small OS, BW #9bb, current retail $225, cancelled with parts of two Melbourne registered cds, very woolly perfs and o/c slightly SW. $80 1159P F A- perf small ‘OS’, rounded bottom left corner BW #9bb. $125 1160P * A A1 3d Olive Die I BW #12. $125 1161P W A A1 3d Olive Die II perf ‘OS’ mint no gum BW #12bd, scarce stamp. $350 1162 * A B1 5d Chestnut BW # 16A, Cat $125. $120 1163P * A A1 6d Blue BW #17. $100 1164P * B A2 - well-centred block of 4 perf small ‘OS’, BW #17bc, Cat $1000+ (retail $1500 as fine singles), tone spots and light hinge traces, strong colour. $180 1165P * A/A- 9d Violet horizontal pair with some blunt perfs at bottom. BW #24, Cat $250. $100 1166P * A- B1 - perf small ‘OS’, small crease at base. $175 1167P F A C1 1/- Emerald inverted wmk, BW #30a, Cat $400 for commercially used, cancelled with unframed ‘M.O&S.B/DE29/13/ MILDURA’ (B1). $300 1168P ** A- C2 2/- Brown BW #35, Cat $1250, couple nibbed perfs, light bend and off-centre left, strong colour. $180 1169P * A B1 5/- Grey & Yellow BW #42, Cat $500 (retail c$525), just off-centre low, very fresh lightly hinged example. $240 1170P * A B1 2/- Brown BW #42, Cat $300 (retail c$325), fractionally off-centre low, very fresh lightly hinged example. $160 1171P * A C1 5/- Grey & Yellow BW #43, Cat $500, off-centre to right. $250 1172P * A- B2 10/- Grey & Pink BW #47, Cat $1000 (retail c$1275), fractionally off-centre, small tone spot around natural inclusion, otherwise a fresh lightly hinged example. $200 1173P * B B2 - handstamped ‘Specimen’, BW #47x, Cat $500, with toned gum which has stained the stamp. Would benefit from being cleaned up. $100 AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - First Watermark | Stamps on Cover B 1914 (Feb 10) combination use to Weggis, Switzerland of aged, stained and creased NSW 3d registered envelope uprated 1174P * (on the other side with addressee details and mss ‘139’ in lieu of reg label) 1st wmk Roo ½d and 2d (BW #1 & 5) each tied cds New Angledool, another on reverse with Weggis arr plus NSW franking cancelled Sydney registered cds. $300 1175 *F A/A- 2½d Indigo selection comprising solo frankings (2, one to Canada - overpaid), including Heavy coastline to WA, unusual uprate of 1d Kangaroo pictorial Letter card (‘The Two Brothers, Queensland’) to Austria, registered combination franking with KGV ½d and 1d showing Islands south of WA, and single and pair triple rate cover to US early usage (8 MR 13), odd small fault, nice group. (5) $375 A 2½d Blue envelope to Germany with 1st wmk 2½d Roo tied machine ‘SYDNEY/5/JY14 - 2.30P/N.S.W/1914’ alongside 1176P *U violet ‘RETURN TO SENDER’, boxed ‘UNDELIVERABLE/MAY 19 1915/II. M.D’ and crayon ‘L’ both in blue; on the back weakly struck Sydney DLO cds on May 26, 1915. Central fold, small peripheral faults. $180 A3d Olive Die I rare solo franking tied by Townsville cds to neat 1914 (31 Aug) cover to USA. [Overpaying Foreign letter 1177P *F rate.] $300 A5d Chestnut BW #16, Cat $600, tied by Oodnadatta squared-circle to 1918 (2 May) cover to Switzerland endorsed ‘2 1178P *F Letters for enemy country enclosed’, a little discolouration at left and base (not affecting stamp), fine strike of Adelaide oval ‘PASSED BY/4TH M.D./censor.’ handstamp. Late commercial use of this denomination which had been replaced by KGV issue more than three years earlier. $500 1179P * A - 1914 solo usage cancelled with ‘SYDNEY/10JE14/5C’ on double-rate cover from Sydney to Kansas City, U.S.A. $800 B 6d Blue tied by ‘PARCEL POST/BRANCH/3APR14/BRISBANE’ to large part parcel tag to Ipswich, rare ‘INLAND PARCEL/ 1180P *G QUEENSLAND’ and ‘BRISBANE/4542’ labels on reverse (faults where over-lapping), adhesive a little soiled although sound, a very rare survivor. [6oz to 1lb intrastate Parcel rate.] $300 AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Second Watermark | Collections and Accumulations 1181P **/* A/B 2d to 1/- with 9d left marginal fresh *, others ** with 2d and 6d top marginals gum discoloured due mounted with selvedge folded down, 2½d very fresh near perfect centring, 1/- light overall gum tone. Retail $1200 as fine *, TLC should help. (5) $350 AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Second Watermark 1182P ** A A1 2½d Indigo marginal single. $175
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A B1 6d Blue BW #18. $210 A- B1 2/- Brown BW #36, Cat $4000 (POR in most retail lists), top marginal with hinge remains on selvedge front, very slightly off-centre left, part gum discolouration due mounted with selvedge folded down (shame!). $600 1185P F B B2 - BW #36, Cat $125 (retail $225) light registered cds, slightly o/c high with corner crease. Attractive example. $80 1186P * A- B2 5/- Grey & Yellow BW #43, current retail c$1375, perfs a bit woolly at left, watermark clearly visible from front. $550 1187P F A B1 - BW #43, off-centred to left, good perfs. $450 1188P F A B2 - perf ‘OS’, BW #43b, Cat $250, a few shortish perfs at base, but still a fine looking stamp. $200 1189P F A C1 - Spencer’s Gulf short and thick, BW #43(D)h, Cat $600, good perfs. $550 AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Second Watermark | Stamps on Cover 1190P *F A/B 2½d Indigo pair and strip of three on separate 1917 covers (little discoloured) from same correspondence Sydney to US, representing double and triple rates, respectively. Scarce frankings. (2) $200 A6d Ultramarine combination with 4d orange KGV tied by ‘LATE/FEE - STOCK EXCHANGE/PM/430/18JE15/VIC’ duplex 1191P *F (B1) to New York, rare ‘LATE FEE PAID’ and damaged ‘PASSED’ on face, a rare franking. [7½d 1-1½ozs non-British Empire rate + 2½d Late Fee.] $300 AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Third Watermark | Collections and Accumulations 1192P **/* A/A- 2d to 9d selection comprising 2d grey Die IIA **, 2½d indigo * with some typical ink-clogging most noticeable SE corner, two 3d Die IIB shades **, two 6d pale ultra shades one bottom marginal ** off-centre with part gum discoloured, the other definitely Die IIB *, 9d Die IIB fresh *. Small perf/gum defects, reasonably well-centred ex noted, current retail c$665. (7) $200 1193 * A B2 6d, 9d and 1/- lightly hinged and fresh, 6d is bottom marginal with part gum discolouration due mounted with selvedge folded under. Strong colours, retail c$180. (3) $80 1194P **/* A/A- 2d to 2/- Brown mostly * with three 2d including Die IIA ** corner marginal, 2½d deep blue shade right marginal very fresh **, 3d olive-green Die I **, 6d to 2/- Die II ex 9d Die IIb all * (2/- brown gum). Some small perf/gum defects, current retail c$915; good value at estimate. (9) $260 AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Third Watermark 1195P **/* A B1 2½d Indigo block of 4 [2L30,31,37,38], unit 30 has thick upper right frame, unit 31 has scratch over W of TWO BW #11(2)g,h, Cat $130+, retouch under T of TWO on unit 37 is absent, 2 units hinged, lightly evenly toned gum. $100 1196P F A B2 3d Olive Die II horizontal pair, olive-green shade, BW #13H, Cat $150+ (Die II pairs are scarce), from Plate 1, cancelled with neat cds ‘SYDNEY/4-P 28JA22’, couple nibbed perfs right unit, very well-centred, good colour. $100 1197P F A A1 3d Olive-Green Die I wmk inverted, BW #13a, Cat $100, cancelled with poor ‘32’ of Coleraine, an attractive stamp. $60 1198P ** A6d Blue Die II rounded top left corner but unmounted BW #19. $200 1199P F A B1 - with Inverted Watermark, BW #19a. $150 1200P * A/A- - perf ‘OS’ plus 6d chestnut perf ‘OS’ (hinge remainder). $100 1201 * A B1 6d Chestnut pair with right hand unit showing Broken Leg on Kangaroo, BW #21d. $100 1202P **/* A/A- - with broken leg variety ** top marginal with slight gum discolouration BW #21d, retail $125 - with normal * for comparison; plus 2/- maroon * off-centre low right with very woolly perfs. Good colours, current retail c $375. (3) $150 1203P **/* A- D1 - broken leg on roo in corner block of 4, BW #21d, Cat $205+, hinged in margin & non-varietal unit, gum a bit aged and badly off-centre. $120 1204P ** A C1 - broken leg on roo, BW #21d. $90 1205P F A/A- - varieties broken leg on roo, hairline from bight to value circle in block of 4, BW #21d,f, Cat $190, plus single with thick left frame. (6) $120 1206P */* A/A- 9d Violet Die IIB part imprint corner block of 4. BW #29, Cat $280. $120 1207P ** A A1 1/- Emerald Die II BW #32. $170 1208P ** A1/- Emerald Die IIB variety watermark sideways just o/c left, part gum discoloured but fresh appearance BW #33aa, with retail $225. $80 1209P ** A B1 - perf small ‘OS’, off-centre to base. $150 1210P ** A B1 - 1 for first I in SHILLING [4R38], BW #33h. Fine unmounted. $250 1211P * A 2/- Brown horizontal pair, very well centred a few blunt perfs at top. BW #37, Cat $500. $240 1212P ** A B1 - BW #37, Cat $900 (POR in most retail lists), very slightly off-centre in rich reddish brown shade, slightly brownish gum and uncatalogued small white flaw over ‘I’ in ‘AUSTRALIA’. Very attractive. $300 1213P * B C2 2/- Maroon watermark inverted, BW #38a, Cat $1500 (POR in most retail lists), off-centre high a small nick and toning around heavy hinge remains at top, 2008 certificate of Philatelic Federation of South Africa (Pretoria). Very scarce stamp. $360 1214P ** A B2 - BW #39, current retail $625, just o/c, very fresh. $250 1215P F A B1 5/- Grey & Yellow BW #44. $120 1216P ** A- BW #44, POR in many retail lists, slightly off-centre right with light bend not detracting from this very attractive stamp. $300 1217P * A B1 - BW #45, retail $375; just off-centre high, Roo paddling in the ocean but not deeply enough to qualify as being misplaced, fresh. $160 1218P * A- B2 10/- Grey & Aniline Pink BW #48, retail $850, off-centre low left with slightly woolly perfs, strong colours, attractive stamp. $320 1219P V/G A/B 10/- Grey & Pale Aniline Pink BW #48C, retail $425, o/c low, cds; plus the same perf OS CTO ng o/c high, retail $75. Both very woolly perfs. (2) $160 1220P * A B1 10/- Grey & Pink white flaw on roo’s leg [L11] BW #49(D)h, retail c$875; very slightly off-centre, very fresh. $360 1221P F A B2 £1 Chocolate & Dull Blue BW #52, Cat $1750, a little off-centre and 1 short corner perf. A good stamp. $1500 1222P F A B2 £1 Brown & Pale Blue BW #52, Cat $1750, good used copy with only a couple short perfs at base. $1200 1223P G A- B2 £1 Chestnut & Blue major variety watermark inverted, BW #52Ba, Cat $3500, incomplete Sydney cds, blunted SE corner, POR in nearly all retail price lists. Scarce to rare. $500 1224P F B C1 £1 Brown & Blue broken coast in Bight, BW #52(D)f, Cat $1800, re-perfed. A cheap way to acquire one of these expensive varieties. $500 1225P * A- C2 £1 Grey BW #53 with retail $875, off-centre low with couple small perf faults, hinge remains, good colour. $240 1226P * A B1 £2 Purple-Black & Rose BW #56C, fresh colours and good perfs, lightly mounted and off-centre to right. $3250 1227P ** A B3 - overprinted SPECIMEN Type C with the Roo in the distinctive 1924 printing shade, BW #56Cxb, Cat $425, thin, blunted NE corner, off-centre. $100 AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Third Watermark | Stamps on Cover A2d Grey Die I BW #7 with private perfin of ‘WG/Cy’ (inverted) tied ‘SYDNEY/40’ date stamp to envelope of W. Gardiner & 1228 * Co Ltd paying British Empire second letter weight step rate to Samoa with green handstamp ‘PASSED BY/ CENSOR/3/G.R.I./SAMOA’ alongside. Light soiling, scarce. $150 1229 * A - BW #7 tied to face of Dairy Farm, New South Wales PPC by ‘SYDNEY/1SE19/NSW’ cds paying foreign postcard rate, to Vienna. Seriously undercatalogued. $200
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- in combination with ½d Green KGV on June 1917 censored commercial cover from Melbourne to USA. 2½d Indigo selection of covers comprising solo frankings (4), one rare double 1d Printed matter + War Tax, Adelaide and Melbourne censor handstamps, other taxed, pair censored at Melbourne when ‘PASSED’ handstamp was bound with rubber band (!), and combination frankings (3) including with 3d Kangaroo (for double 2½d Foreign letter + War Tax) and 1944 late Military use, generally good. (8) A3d Olive Die I (shades) pair and KGV 1d red pair for 1919 double Foreign letter Sydney to USA, and 1922 combination 1232 *F with KGV 2d red for registered letter Sydney to Woollahra. (2) B - perf ‘OS’, Cat $150 with 2d orange KGV perf ‘OS’ on long registered unclaimed Office of Titles cover, 1921 local use in 1233P *F Perth, odd fault. A/A- 6d Chestnut (shades) selection of solo frankings on registered covers (4) to US, with red registration labels of Wallsend 1234 *F and Sydney (NSW), George St (handstamped ‘MARKETS’, Qld), and Elizabeth St (Vic), also perf ‘OS’ solo Perth to Kalgoorlie, generally fine condition. (5) 1235P *F A9d Violet Die II and 1d violet KGV uprating 5d KGV Registered Envelope (little roughly opened at rear) in 1923 (26 Apr), Mosman to US, attractive and very scarce franking/rate. [1/3d: Foreign letter 4d 1st oz, 2d additional ozs. x4 + 3d registration fee.] A/C 1/- Emerald Die IIB (cat $200) & 2d red-brown Die I KGV (cat $150) on complete parcel label (c.1924); plus 1934 use of 1236P *F 1/- Large Lyrebird & 2d red KGV on a 2nd complete parcel label, odd faults as expected from parcel use. (2) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Small Multiple Watermark 1237P U A/B 6d to £2 Complete Used set Cat £1800+, 5/- CTO, 9d creased, 10/- a little grubby with top perf faults & £2 a few small tears in top perfs. (7) 1238P F A A1 5/- Grey & Yellow-Orange BW #45. 1239P V A A1 5/- Grey & Yellow perf ‘OS’ CTO, BW #45wa, Cat $150. 1240P G B B1 10/- Grey & Pink BW #49, Cat $700 (retail $675), cancelled with incomplete WA cds possibly Kalgoorlie, thin, o/c high. AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Small Multiple Watermark | Stamps on Cover 1241 *F A/B 6d Chestnut (shades) selection of solo (2) and double (2) frankings, former comprising Brisbane local 2-3ozs Letter rate, and Melbourne-Bonbeach Scale 1 Parcel rate to 1lb, latter Sydney-Melbourne 9d 16-18ozs Merchandise, Patterns and Samples rate + 3d registration fee, and Mundabullangana-Perth 1/- 1-1½oz airmail rate, odd small fault, generally good, scarce rates. (4) A2/- Maroon (2) shades deep maroon and maroon (additional 1d frankings) on 2/1d ½oz airmail rate covers of 1935 and 1242P *F 1938 to Austria via Greece and Switzerland via Italy, respectively, from Sydney and Camden. AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - CofA Watermark 1243P **/* A/A- 6d to 5/- all fresh with 6d and 9d ** with gum faults, 2/- ** left marginal with light gum partly disoloured (due mounted with selvedge folded under), 5/- near premium quality with very light single hinge trace and almost perfect centring. (4)
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10/- Grey & Pink BW #50, Cat $1250. $850 - marginal single, BW #50, Cat $1250, off-centre to right. $600 10/-, £1, £2 BW #50,54,58, Cat $1050, good used copies, £2 has small abrasion on face. $550 10/- Grey & Pink BW #50A, current retail $275, part Brisbane cds, slightly o/c SW and light reddish mark at right (transit?). $100 10/- Dark Grey & Aniline Pink the scarcest shade with bright orange-pink UV reaction BW #50D, Cat $2000. Just offcentre, light single hinge trace, very rich colour. Missing from nearly all collections. $1000 1249P * A B1 £1 Grey BW #54, Cat $750 (current retail $925). Just off-centre, light hinge trace, strong colour, near premium quality. $450 1250 V A C1 - BW #54, off-centre to top right. $325 1251P G A C2 - BW #54, Cat $300 (retail $375) o/c high to left and couple nibbed perfs, heavy-ish ‘ADELAIDE/4’ cds. $150 1252P F A- A2 £2 Black & Rose BW #58, Cat $550 (current local retail c$675), cancelled with lightly struck Perth registered cds November 1938, couple nibbed perfs, small light red marks at top (transit pmk?), well-centred. $200 1253P ** A A1 Specimen Set 10/-, £1 & £2 ovptd SPECIMEN type D. (3) $250 AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - CofA Watermark | Stamps on Cover 1254 *F A/B 9d Violet Die IIB (shades) selection comprising Parcels Post labels (2) on parcel-wrapping fragments, one with 6d Kookaburra registered and endorsed “3d Comp” [1/3d: 9d Scale 2 Parcel rate + 3d Compensation up to £2 + 3d registration fee], other 9d pair in aniline shade, and pairs on airmail covers (2) to UK and Switzerland, latter in combination with KGV issues for 2/2d rate via France, generally good. (4) $200 A/B 2/- Maroon scarce solo frankings comprising airmails 1936 to Austria via Greece, and 1939 to France registered, roughly 1255P *F opened but presents reasonably. (2) $150 AUSTRALIA | Engraved Issues | Collections and Accumulations 1256 **/* A/A- 1913-14 with both KGV primary shades **, the deeper shade reasonably well-centred; plus 1914 6d Kookaburra off-centre right lightly hinged. Very fresh strong colours. (3) $65 AUSTRALIA | Engraved Issues 1257P W AWar Savings: KGV 6d deep blue, eight uncancelled examples stuck down on two part pages from War Savings Stamps Booklet; showing their age a bit. (8) $100
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AUSTRALIA | King George V Issues | Collections and Accumulations 1258 U A/C 1913-1930s on hagner in mixed condition ½d to 1/4d mostly ‘OS’ (majority) and ‘OS/NSW’ perfins. Worth noting 1d red rough paper cds with prominent compartment line at right, two 4d orange shades, one with NSW 1919 cds break in upper right frame and spot over FO [1R58], BW #111b(1)m cat $180, second with noticeable tin shed flaws, 1/4d single wmk. Includes a 1d Roo with ‘LTMC’ private perfin. (32) 1259 ** A/A- 1932 Overprinted ‘OS’ set of 7, 3d and 5d top marginals with part gum discolouration due mounted with selvedge folded down, otherwise strong fresh colours. Plus both 6d chestnut Roos equally fresh. Centring varies, current retail c$405. (9) 1260 */ A/A- Blocks of Four all cds ex 2d orange perf ‘OS’ * (gum faults) comprising single watermark ½d orange, 1½d green, 1½d red, 4d orange, 4d olive; LM watermark 1d Harrison and 1½d black-brown; SM wmk p13½x12½ 3d Die I. Some reinforcements and small faults, total $475+. (36) 1261 U Bundleware bundles of 100, 1d green x23, 1½d brown x10, 1½d green x6, 1½d red x36, 2d red x24, 3d blue x1, 4d orange (OS/NSW) x1, 4d blue (OS/NSW) x1, 4d olive x1 & 5d brown x1. (c.10400) 1262 U - bundles of 100, 1d green x30, 1½d brown x13, 1½d green x10, 1½d red x20, 2d orange x10, 2d red x40, 3d blue x1, 4d orange (OS/NSW) x1, 4d blue (OS/NSW) x1, 4d olive x1 & 5d brown x1. (c.12900) 1263 U - bundles of 100, 1d green x30, 1½d brown x10, 1½d green x12, 1½d red x30, 2d orange x10, 3d blue x1, 4d orange (OS/ NSW) x1, 4d blue (OS/NSW) x1, 4d olive x1 & 5d brown x1. (c.9700) 1264 U - bundles of 100, 1d green x30, 1½d brown x10, 1½d green x8½, 1½d red x20, 2d orange x10, 2d red x42, 3d blue x1, 4d orange (OS/NSW) x1 4d olive x1 & 5d brown x1. (c.12400) 1265 U - bundles of 100, 1d green x40, 1½d brown x10, 1½d green x10, 1½d red x20, 2d red x36, 3d blue x1, 4d orange (OS/ NSW) x1, 4d olive x1 & 5d brown x1. (c.12000) 1266 U - bundles of 100, 1d green x34, 1½d brown x10, 1½d green x10, 1½d red x20, 2d red x40, 3d blue x1, 4d orange (OS/ NSW) x1, 4d olive x1 & 5d brown x1. (c.11800) 1267 U - bundles of 100, 1d green x30, 1½d brown x10, 1½d green x16, 1½d red x30, 2d orange x12, 2d red x40, 3d blue x1, 4d orange (OS/NSW) x1 4d olive x1 & 5d brown x1. (c.14200) 1268 U - bundles of 100, 1d green x30, 1½d brown x10, 1½d green x10, 1½d red x20½, 2d orange x20, 2d red x38, 3d blue x1, 4d orange (OS/NSW) x1 4d olive x1 & 5d brown x1. (c.13200) 1269 U A/B Perforated ‘OS’ all watermarks used range mixed mainly fine condition cat c.$650 [1] single wmk 1d violet, 1d green, 2d orange, 4d lemon yellow, 4d violet, 4d very pale blue (faded?), 4d olive x2, 1/4d greenish blue x2; [2] SM wmk P14 3d dull blue watermark inverted x2 overcatalogued at $150 each, 4d olive, 4½d violet; [3] SM wmk P13½x12½ 1d, 2d Die III x3, 4d olive; [4] CofA wmk perf ‘WA’ 1d x2 and 3d perf G/NSW. (22) 1270 **/* A/B - fresh ** ex noted, mostly single watermark with current retail over $1100. Comprises 1d red Die I * 1d green horizontal pair, 1½d brown, 1½d red (pale shade) horizontal pair, 2d brown-orange and orange *, 2d scarlet, 2d red-brown off-centre, 3d ultramarine; LM wmk 1½d black-brown and brown; no wmk 1d scarlet *. (14) 1271 */U A/B Selection [1] single watermark nine different low values * including 1d green variety dot before 1 BW #77(3)f and a tidy platable 1d rough paper bottom marginal with prominent compartment line at right; [2] 15 used various in mixed condition with single wmk four 1d red Die II and a nice 5d orange-brown comb perf flawed P of PENCE BW #123Cv, inverted watermarks (3), other oddments. (24) AUSTRALIA | King George V Issues | Stamps on Cover 1272 * A/B 1918-39 in mixed condition including single wmk ½d green on long envelope Melbourne, two 1d red rough franked mourning envelopes Bendigo, what may be a 1d smooth paper in scarcer pink shade on long Schute, Bell & Co envelope with machine cancel ‘SYDNEY/FE1/3-PM/1918/N.S.W.’ (exactly right date for this shade), PPC of Circular Quay to France 1928 with pair 1d green, various others with values to 5d CofA wmk on roughly opened redirected Airmail to GB 1939. Worth a look. (14) A/A- 1919-22 long OHMS envelopes from Office of Titles/Perth, W.A. with KGV perf OS frankings, all registered, unclaimed and 1273P * returned with a variety of postal markings, DLO handstamps, mss notes [1] single wmk vert strip of 3 1½d brown to Cottesloe Beach 1919 (Nov 7); [2] LM wmk ½d green and single wmk 4d orange affixed upside down to Belmont 1919 (Oct 16); [3] 5d chestnut line perf BW #122Aba (cat $300 on cover) to Leederville 1922 (April 21). (3) AUSTRALIA | KGV - Single Watermark | Collections and Accumulations 1274P **/* A/A- 1914-20 Smooth Paper shades comprising ½d green (two *) and yellow-green **, five 1d shades 2** and 3* (one may be pink G28 - gum disturbed), two 4d orange shades ** (one quite pale), two 5d browns *. Mostly fine and very fresh with minimum retail around $400. (12) 1275P **/* A/A- 1916-18 1d Red Rough Paper two shades * - blood red well-centred and carmine-red o/c left, plus ** lower marginal in the scarce rosine shade (quite deep) BW #72I (or #72J?) POR most lists these days, off-centre to left and sweated gum; also Die III * just o/c left. (4) 1276 **/* A/B Mint Varieties [1] 1d green single wmk secret mark marginal pair, RA joined marginal single, transitory flaw under emu’s breast, [2] 1½d red HALEPENCE & RAL retouch in vertical pair [3] 4d lemon, creased [4] 4½d violet white flaw on S of AUSTRALIA in horizontal pair MUH. (9) 1277P ** A/B Varieties fresh unhinged, centring a bit variable, retail c.$380, comprising [1] 1d green secret mark and neck flaw BW #77(4)d/h; [2] 1½d scarlet vertical pair HALEPENCE and thin RAL BW #89(22)i/j; [3] 4d orange common shade watermark inverted BW #110a. (5) AUSTRALIA | KGV - Single Watermark 1278P **/* A/A- 1918-23 Changed Colours new colours SG #76-81 fresh * ex noted with 1d green, 1½d red pair including HALEPENCE variety, 2d red-brown ** and bright red-brown, 3d blue, 4d olive-yellow top marginal ** (light gum discolouration) and olivegreen, 4½d violet quite a pale shade. Minor perf/gum imperfections, strong fresh colours, current retail c$320. (9) 1279P **/* A/A- - complete with extras SG #56-66a fresh * ex noted with ½d orange and two 1d violet shades *; four 1½d brown shades including bright red-brown **; 1½d green, two 2d orange and a 2d red ** plus another red shade *; remainder * with 4d violet, two 4d blue Cooke one with variety white scratch crown to head BW #112(1)j, two shades 1/4d *. Minor perf/gum imperfections, strong fresh colours, current retail over $800. (17) 1280P W A 1d Red ‘Prancing Horse Essay’ single with good even margins. 1281 U A/B 1d Red inverted Wmk on hagner with Die I smooth paper x11, rough paper x7 & Die III. Plus Large Mult wmk (upright) x4. Also noticed nice ‘TEL OFFICE/AU14/17/MARLO’ (A2). (22)
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1d Red bundles of 50 made up in 1920s & 30s. Noticed the following in a few broken bundles; thin G, NY Joined, secret mark x2, wattle line & dry ink. Plus Flinders Naval Base, Vic TPO 9 Down & Croxton East. Obvious postmark interest, mixed condition. A rare chance to acquire apparently unchecked material. (c.2250) - bundles of 50 made up in 1920s & 30s. Noticed the following in a few broken bundles; run N & distorted right frame. Plus Quantong & Nandaly. Obvious postmark interest, mixed condition. A rare chance to acquire apparently unchecked material. (c.2100) 1d Red Smooth Paper small selection of shades & varieties; prominent “tin shed flaw”, pale reddish pink (G15), scarlet analine thin paper (G19), crimson (G23). Plus 2d red Die III sm mult wmk with inverted wmk and damaged TLC. (5) 1d Red bundles of 50 made up in 1920s & 30s. Noticed the following in a few broken bundles; thin G (rosine?), ferns, secret mark & NY joined, also brick shade & Die III. Plus Wandin Yallock. Some postmark interest, mixed condition. A rare chance to acquire apparently unchecked material. (c.2150) - bundles of 50 made up in 1920s & 30s. Noticed the following in a few broken bundles; thin G, break in left frame, secret mark & run N x2. Plus Military Camp Broadmeadows, Ardno & Lochaber. Obvious postmark interest, mixed condition. A rare chance to acquire apparently unchecked material. (c.2050) 1d Red Smooth Paper perf ‘OS’ dry ink [VIII/6], BW #71ca, Cat $150. 1d Red Smooth Paper Die II carmine-pink shade, BW #71U(1)f. - with wmk inverted, rare.
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- BW #71(1)f, Cat $1000 (POR in most retail lists now). Off-centre low to right, very fresh. $450 1d Red Smooth Paper rusted cliché [IV/34], BW #71(2)i, Cat $750, a lovely example. $400 - rusted cliché [IV/35], BW #71(2)i, Cat $750, a lovely example. $400 - Die II substituted cliché, BW #71(2)ia. $130 - rejoined substituted cliché pair, BW #71(2)ia,ja, Cat $750. minor faults but quite a rare pair. $250 - NY joined in horizontal pair, BW #71(4)m. $110 - ‘CA’ monogram (1mm below jubilee line) single, BW #71(4)zc, Cat $300. $150 - carmine-pink shade marginal single with ‘JBC’ monogram 3mm below marginal line, late undamaged state, wmk inverted, BW #71U(4)zl, Cat $300+, gum has a few bubbles, A very scarce combination. $1000 A C1 1d Red Rough Paper Die II dull rosine shade (G68), BW #72I(1)f, Cat $250. $200 A- B2 - BW #72(1)f, Cat $750, just off-centre NW with very slight gum disturbance round hinge traces, fresh. $300 A B1 1d Red Rough Paper Die I substituted cliché, BW #72(2)ja. $150 A C1 - Die I substituted cliché with ‘O.K’ perfin of Harold Colton Adelaide. $250 A B1 1d Red Die III variety notch in right frame BW75d, cat $350, very fresh. $160 A C1 - white flaw below King’s earlobe, BW #75f, Cat $200. $120 A B1 - break in upper frame at left, BW #75j, Cat $200. $120 A A1 - diagonal break in NW corner, BW #75q, Cat $200. $120 A/B 1½d Green Die I bundles of 50 (c.1650) made up in 1920s & 30s. Noticed the following in a few broken bundles; diagonal line below King’s ear x2 and many uncatalogued flaws. Plus about 250 1½d red KGV Die I noticed no top to crown, vertical band retouch & two billed emu retouch. Strong Gippsland flavour, mixed condition. A rare chance to acquire apparently unchecked material. (c.1850) $150 A B1 1½d Red Die I double variety fresh block of 4 [22/21-2,27-8] with HALEPENCE and thin RAL BW #89(22)i,j. Excellent positional. $100 A- B1 2d Orange perf ‘OS’ dry ink variety BW #95c, Cat $100. Couple lightly toned perfs and just off-centre NW. Scarce variety. $50 A/B 2d Red Die I bundles of 50 made up in 1920s & 30s. Noticed the following in a few broken bundles; perf ‘OS’ dry ink, white flaw on emu’s back, broken O of TWO, retouched BRC, vertical scratch in front of beard, & white flaw before T of TWO etc. Some postmark interest, mixed condition, low percentage of other dies. A rare chance to acquire apparently unchecked material. (c.2000) $150 A/B - bundles of 50 made up in 1920s & 30s. Noticed the following in a few broken bundles; spot on emu, flaw in front of King’s chin, white spot on emu’s neck, diagonal scratch right frame to RVT, white flaw by roo’s snout, diagonal flaw on T of TWO, scratch over emu’s head & white flaw on right 2 x2. Some postmark interest, mixed condition, low percentage of other dies. A rare chance to acquire apparently unchecked material. (c.1900) $150 A/B - bundles of 50 made up in 1920s & 30s. Noticed the following in a few broken bundles; top leaf of left wattles broken, left frame broken at top, coloured flaw on BLC of crown, vertical scratch right wattles to A of ALIA, notch top frame at right, white flaw right wattles, retouched TRC, coloured flaw emu’s breast & damaged crown top. Some postmark interest, mixed condition, low percentage of other dies. A rare chance to acquire apparently unchecked material. (c.1950) $150 A/B - bundles of 50 made up in 1920s & 30s. Noticed the following in a few broken bundles; angled flaw on T of TWO, no top to crown x2, flaw in right wattles & thin TWO PENCE. Some postmark interest, mixed condition, low percentage of other dies. A rare chance to acquire apparently unchecked material. (c.1950) $150 A C1 - pale red shade, BW #96H, Cat $300, perf ‘OS’. $180
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- Watermark Inverted perf ‘OS’ [11R7], BW #96a, Cat $2500 for *, with Ceremuga certificate. $1900 - part imprint strip of 4 [12A57-60], unit 60 with horizontal white scratch through King’s beard & neck (**), BW #96(12A)f, Cat $100++, flaw is difficult to see due to makeready?, much perf separation. $90 1316P F A C1 - recut right 2 & broken crown top [12AR54], BW #96(12A)g. $110 1317P F A C1 - retouched face [14L12], BW #96(14)e, Cat $400. $275 1321P F C - missing lower frame [16R58], BW #96(16)o, Cat $3000, unfortunately torn and slightly soled, but an extremely rare variety. $100 1322 F/G A 3d Blue Die I & Die Ia selection of used stamps, including 8 plated stamps, range of shades. (28) $100 1323 F/G A 4d Orange mounted selection of shades with 43 dated copies, BW #110, Cat $400+, some pmk interest with Lady Bay being the best. (69) $125 1324P * A B1 4d Lemon-Yellow BW #110C, Cat $200, just off-centre left, lightest of hinge traces and very fresh; comes with equally lightly hinged common orange shade (just o/c low) variety watermark inverted BW #110Ha for comparison. Nice duo, current retail c$225. (2) $110 1325P U A/C 4d Violet Perf ‘OS’ x 62, BW #111b, Cat $2100, noted scratch in front of King’s face & ‘PO/&C’ perfin, mixed condition. $125 1326P U A/C - x 49, BW #111b, Cat $1700, noted weeping 4 & ‘S&A’ perfin, mixed condition. $100 1327P **/* A4d Violet PE of PENCE Joined in vertical pair, plus single unplated broken shading line behind roo’s back, BW #111(2)m, Cat $200, varietal unit is MLH, pair is quite off-centre, gum lightly & evenly toned. (3) $80 1328P ** A C1 4d Blue unplated irregular white flaw in top of left frame, BW #112. $100 1329P * A- B2 4d Blue Cooke Plates thin FOUR PENCE - later state (deteriorated), BW #112(2)hb, Cat $900, very fresh lightly hinged, o/c right, minor perf imperfections. $320 1330P ** A B1 4d Blue Harrison Plates Inverted Wmk BW #113a. $400 1331P ** A B1 4d Olive perf ‘OS’, horizontal pair, fresh but slightly off to top and LHS. $125 1332 **/* A- No Imprint pair, pulled corner perf of left unit BW #114za. $100 1333P ** A 4½d Violet Die I horizontal pair with White flaws on ‘A’ & ‘E’ of POSTAGE and White flaw below lower serif of ‘G’ of POSTAGE. 1L55 & 56. BW #118k. $150 1334P * A B1 5d Chestnut Die I Smooth Paper Single Line Perf horizontal pair [1L3-4], both with varieties: L3 with broken frame under C of PENCE & white flaws on King’s neck; L4 with frame broken below LVT, white flaws on King’s forehead and damaged lower right corner. Off centre to top and left. $180 1335 F/G A/B 5d Chestnut Die I Smooth Paper Comb Perf used selection on pages with mixed single line & comb perfs, BW #122, Cat $400+, nice range of shades with 19 dated copies, so some pmk interest. Noted perf ‘OS’ x2, perf ‘OS/NSW’ and perf ‘Y/LD’. $125 1336 F/G A/B - used selection of mixed single line & comb perfs on pages with 34 plated stamps, all plate 1, including shaved SE corner (#123h), retouched NW corner (#123i), broken SE corner (#123k), white flaw behind roo’s neck (#122r), white flaw in King’s hair (#122t, 123t x2) & retouched NE corner x3. $125 1337P G A C1 - inverted wmk, BW #123a, rare. $750 1338P ** A B1 1/4d Greenish Blue perf ‘OS’ BW #128ba. $250 AUSTRALIA | KGV - Single Watermark | Stamps on Cover C 1½d Red KGV Die I large white flaw above left wattles [24L7] BW #89(24)d, c.1926 use on tatty envelope endorsed 1339 *F “Seeds only”. [Seeds, under 1lb, could be sent at the commercial rate.] $120 1340P *F A 4d Buff-Orange perf ‘OS, BW #110, Cat $200, uprated with Large Mult ½d green perf ‘OS’ on 1919 Perth Office of Titles registered unclaimed cover, contents included. $150 A 5d KGV perf ‘W/A’ on registered long OHMS cover with blue Perth Registration label tied by Perth cds 6 JUN 30 with 1341P *F straight line ‘UNCLAIMED’ in black. $100 A5d Brown comb perf BW #123 paying internal air mail letter rate Broome to Perth. Stains lower right corner front and back 1342 *F may be removable with care. $100 AUSTRALIA | KGV - Large Multiple Watermark 1343P **/* A/A- ½d to 1½d fresh ** (ex noted) mostly well-centred with ½d top marginal (part gum discoloured due mounted with selvedge folded down), three 1d Harrison carmine shades BW #74A-C (pale shade light hinge), three generally recognised 1½d shades (black-brown light hinge) plus black-brown thin paper, 1d green. Plus no watermark 1d * and 1½d ** well-centred. Clean lot, current retail c$225. (11) $100 1344P * A ½d Green horizontal pair with Thin fraction at right [5R43], BW #65(5)m, Cat $160 $100 1345P ** A B1 1d Red Cooke Printing carmine-pink shade, BW #73A, Cat $650, fresh top marginal off-centre to left. Gorgeous stamp. $300 1346P F A A1 - carmine-pink shade, BW #73A, Cat $275 (retail $250), cancelled with Melbourne machine of 2FE18. $200 1347P F A B1 1d Red Harrison Printing perf ‘OS/NSW’. $100 1348P ** B B1 1½d Black-Brown Die I watermark inverted in folded TS Harrison Electro 2 imprint block of 4 BW #83a,z, Cat $1200 approx (as * extrapolated). Storage-related bends and light gum tone spots affecting mainly the gutter and the right pane units. $240 1349P **/* A B1 - inverted wmk vertical pair, BW #86a, Cat $250+, top unit MLH. $150 AUSTRALIA | KGV - Large Multiple Watermark | Stamps on Cover 1350 * A1d Carmine-Rose Harrison Printing nick near top of left frame [VII/32], BW #74(4)g, one of two singles paying letter rate on 1920 (Dec 16) envelope N. Sydney to Narellan. This variety catalogues 5x normal, normal stamp on cover catalogues $200. Roughly opened, crease, light soiling; still must be a bargain at estimate. $200 A 1½d Black-Brown perf ‘OS’ on Victorian Railways acknowledgement Postcard, BW #84ba, Cat $150. $90 1351 *F AUSTRALIA | KGV - No Watermark 1352P U A/A- 1d Green & 1½d Red perf ‘OS’, BW #79ba, 90ba, Cat $250, 1d well-centred with woolly perfs and light crease; 1½d offcentre to right, small imperfections. (2) $110 AUSTRALIA | KGV - Small Multiple Watermark Perf 14 1353P * A/A- Complete Set of 8 plus second 1½d red shade. 3d has small hinge thin, otherwise all fine, reasonably well-centred (1/4d very well-centred) and very fresh with current retail c$660. (9) $280 1354P F A- B1 1½d Red Die II Type B re-entry: duplication of shading above right wattles, BW #91(4)ga, Cat $750, minor soiling, pmk slightly obscures the variety. $500 1355 F/G A 3d Blue Die Ia selection of used stamps, with 37 plated stamps including retouch in front of nose (#106e) & retouched upper frame at right (#106n), includes perf ‘OS’ x11. (c.50) $200 1356P U B - watermark inverted one may be Type B but for estimate purposes assumed all Type A BW #106aa cat $150 each; fairly heavy cds cancels, centring varies. Popular varieties. (3) $100 1357 F/G A - selection of used stamps, with 20 plated stamps including distorted NW & SE corners (#107h), includes perf ‘OS’ x5 & perf ‘VG’ x1. (28) $200
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A- B1 4d Olive two visually attractive examples both just off-centre left, one with natural inclusion and both with very light gum tone none of which visible from front BW #115, Cat $600. (2) $160 1359P **/* A B1 4½d Violet Die I BRC block of 4, unit 1R60 with flaw on emu’s tail, BW #119, Cat $200+, one unit very lightly hinged, attractive block. $200 1360P ** A C1 - Ash imprint pair (part BW #119za), unit 1R55 with deformed left bottom frame and white flaw from wattle to oval - 2nd state break in left frame (BW #119ua), BW #119za, Cat $400 as block of 4. $130 1361 */U A - part Ash imprint pair left unit with second state - break in left frame BW #119za, also in used vertical pair, perf ‘OS’ used single, Cat $235+. $110 1362 * A A1 - Ash Imprint block of 4 showing white flaw from wattle & break in left frame BW 119Aza Cat $250. $200 1363P ** A B1 1/4d Greenish Blue centred to left BW #129. $450 1364P V A C1 - deep shade CTO, BW #129wB, Cat $300, quite off-centre. $150 AUSTRALIA | KGV - Small Multiple Watermark Perf 14 | Stamps on Cover A 4½d Violet with 1½d red Sm Mult P13½x12½ on 1930 registered cover from Gosford to Dunedin, NZ. $125 1365 *F AUSTRALIA | KGV - Small Multiple Watermark Perf 13½x12½ 1366P **/* A/A- Set of 15 complete (ex 2d Die II) including 1d green Die II ** (very pale shade), two 1½d red shades *, two 2d red Die III (one has thick ‘TW’ in ‘TWO’ not BW listed), both 3d dies *, 4d **, 4½d Die I (very pale) to 1/4d *. Plus 2d and 5d surcharges **. Small imperfections, mainly very well-centred and fresh with retail c$700. (17) $280 1367P **/* A A1 1d Green Die I/II block of 4 with the right hand units both Die II (1**) BW #81(1)fa. $150 1368P **/* A A1 - gutter strip of 3 with right hand unit being Die II (**) BW #81(1)fa. $100 1369P ** A B2 2d Red-Brown Die II perf ‘OS’ fresh horizontal pair, BW #99b, Cat $300, just o/c low. $100 1370 F/G A 3d Blue Die II selection of used stamps, with 12 plated stamps including flawed G in POSTAGE (#108i) & damaged upper frame at left x2 (#108j), includes perf ‘OS’ x7 & ‘G/NSW’ x1. (c.160) $125 1371P * A/A- 3d Blue Die Ia Type B-A horizontal pair, slightly off to top and right. BW #107c, Cat $250. $180 1372P V A C1 4½d Violet Die II unplated white spot above heel of emu’s leg. $250 1373P V A B1 - head flaw above King’s ear [3L22]. $250 1374P V A B1 - notch in left side of bottom frame [3R22]. $250 1375 F/G A 5d Orange-Brown Die II used selection with 23 dated copies, 5 plated stamps, some pmk interest noting violet 1931 Money Order Burnie (Rated RR). (46) $150 1376 * A B1 - Ash Imprint pair BW 126z. $100 AUSTRALIA | KGV - Small Multiple Watermark Perf 13½x12½ | Stamps on Cover 1377P *F A 2d Red Die II strip of 3 on 1931 single weight cover from Broome to Perth. [5d airmail & 1d Late Fee.] $80 1378 *F A 3d Blue Die II on small 1930 cover from Hobart to Germany, several minor but unplated flaws. $80 A 4½d Violet BW #120, Cat $150, on 1928 registered cover from Angaston to New Zealand. Nice single usage. $100 1379 *F A5d Surcharge with 3d Air & 3d Sturt on cover to USA via Melbourne Sydney airmail. [11d rate is 3d airmail + 3d reg + 5d 1380 *F (1-2oz) to USA.] $300 1381P *F A- + 1929 3d Airmail Booklet plate (Type A) scarce franking tied by Toorak cds to 1930 (4 Sep) registered airmail cover to Cairns, small blemishes. $300 AUSTRALIA | KGV - CofA Watermark | Collections and Accumulations 1382P **/* A/A- 1931-36 complete fresh mostly very well-centred set of eight, ½d to 2d **, others light hinge, the 1/4d greenish blue a nice surprise - retouched thick 1 at right BW #131ma cat $225. (8) $150 AUSTRALIA | KGV - CofA Watermark 1383 ** A B1 1d Green block of 6 [I/28-30,34-36], inverted wmk, following the retouches to saddle on emu etc. Fine and fresh, off centre to top and short perf at top. BW #82(1)ea. $200 1384 U A/B 2d Golden Scarlet watermark inverted, BW #103a, Cat $730 (retail twice that), all appear to be ex booklets, cancelled with cds and machine/slogan types, variable centring and some perf faults. (146) $80 1385P * A B1 2d Red Postal Forgery BW #103cc, Cat $900, very lightly hinged with Ceremuga certificate. $900 1386P ** A B1 3d Blue Die II block of 4 BW #109. $240 1387 F/G A - selection of used stamps, with 13 plated stamps including white flaw on roo & damaged E of POSTAGE (#109d), white flaw in beard (#109j) & white flaw below roo’s paw x2 (#109h), includes perf ‘WA’ x1 & ‘G/NSW’ x1, some pmk interest. (c.290) $125 1388 U A/B 5d Orange-Brown Die II mounted selection of plated flaws, includes break in left frame of LVT (#127(2)h), distorted upper frame at right (#127(3)d), flaw behind King’s neck (#127(3)e), flawed Maltese cross (#127(3)f), broken top frame at left (#127(3)h), flaw above roo’s ears (#127(3)j), white scratch behind roo (#127(3)la) & flaw in crown (#127(3)m). (80) $200 1389 F/G A/B - used selection with 207 dated copies, BW #127, Cat $1200, noted nice Harwood Island (damaged) & violet Norfolk Island, so obvious pmk interest. Generally good stamps. (290+) $200 1390 U A/B - mounted selection of plated and unplated flaws, includes broken top frame at left (#127(3)h), flaw between A & G of POSTAGE (#127(3)i), top frame broken right of crown (#127(3)k), white flaw on d of right 5d (#127(3)l), frame missing behind kangaroo x2 (#127(3)n) & frame missing behind emu (#127(3)o). (c.80) $200 1391P ** A- C1 1/4d Greenish Blue dull greenish blue shade, BW #131B, Cat $200, light even gum toning. $175 1392 U A/B - selection of used copies, BW #131, Cat $600+, generally nice stamps with some shade interest. (44) $200 1393P ** A C1 - marginal single, BW #131A, Cat $300. $225 1394P ** A-C1 - Ash imprint block of 4, BW #131z, Cat $1500, all units off-centre towards gutter, small part of top of gutter cut away. Rare. $1000 AUSTRALIA | KGV - CofA Watermark | Stamps on Cover B 1d Green & 2d Red ‘OS’ 1d perf ‘OS’ x2 & ovpt ‘OS’ on Melbourne Criminal IB covers, plus 2d perf ‘OS’ on House of 1395 *F Representitives cover & ovpt ‘OS’ on Public Service Arbitrator cover, BW #82(OS),103(OS), Cat $140+, a bit spotty. (5) $80 1396 *F A 1/4d Greenish Blue 1938 use on 2d KGVI Envelope (BW #131, Cat $250 on cover) airmail to England, attractive. $175 AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals | Collections and Accumulations 1397P **/* A 1934 Vic Centenary Perf 11½ BW #154-6 fresh well-centred **; plus 1938-48 Robes £1 thick paper BW #216 just o/c left very light hinge trace, 5/- ** and 10/- * thin paper BW #213B & 215. Fresh, mainly well centred, retail c$190. (6) $85 1398 ** A/B 1927-30 Perf ‘OS’ complete including 3d Air Types A & B, 3d Kooka tone spot, 1½d Sturt very woolly perfs, otherwise fine and very fresh with retail c$300. (7) $120 1399P **/* A/B 1927-36 1½d Canberra to SA Centenary set complete ex Kooka ms, several better noted including both shades 1/- Large Lyre (yellow-green **), 5/- Bridge *, very well-centred 1/- Anzac fresh **, two Plate No. 2 singles (3d Air type A and 3d KS), Macarthur 2d dark hills **. Some perf and gum imperfections, odd tone (not on those noted), current retail c$1400. (41) $400
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1928-41 mint/used on hagners from 3d Kooka x6 used plus ‘OS’ perfin *, 1929 3d Airmail Type A x4 and Type B x5 all used, also includes various plate and imprint blocks mostly **, Victoria Centenary to both perfs 1/- used, other issues to 1941 AIF which includes three lower values imprint blocks **. Good variety mostly fine with current retail c$750, bargain. (c145) 1931-32 Overprinted ‘OS’ set of 6 fresh * ex noted with 1931 KS pair (both look OK to us), 1932 Bridge pair, 1/- Lyre ** and 6d Air Mail Service. very minor faults, clean lot with current retail c$630. (6) 1936-65 mint collection on SG illustrated pages (c1969) SG #164-311 plus AAT SG #1-7 very fresh **. Looks to be a complete run with many extras including early coil pairs, listed varieties, marginal examples, etc. Noted Robes thick paper set of 3 **, all KGVI 3d blues **/* with white wattles ** (tiny spot in gum), 5/- Cattle white paper **, Arms set of 4 light *, 1963-65 Navigators ** with white paper 10/- & £1, oddments include 1965 Hargrave autotron blocks top left and right with latter very anaemic almost yellow-ochre shade. Very high retail at least $2250 (excludes doubtful items - eg KGVI 2d Die coil pair with join), majority fine and fresh. (c350) 1937-51 Imprints Blocks small collection on hagners from 1937 1/6d Hermes McCracken BW #162zf (light tone), 1938 10/- Robes Ash BW #214Az (cat $150 but base trimmed), then By Authority range more common types mostly blocks of 9 to 1951 Gold plus 1962 5d Perth Games Harrison block of 12. Mainly well-centred fine and fresh with cat (as listed) c$205. (16) 1938-52 Imprint Blocks extensive run KGVI period, from ½d Roo p13½x14 to 2/6d Aborigine wmk, no Robes nor Arms otherwise fairly comprehensive including corner and gutter types, some shade varieties, one no imprint, 1948 2½d Scout includes variety BW #274zc. Some earlies very light hinge traces, odd small perf/gum imperfections but generally fine and fresh throughout with cat c$540. Good value at estimate. (c110) 1938-65 variety in glassines, on hagners and cards majority ** with cat/retail c$640, from 1938 Merino two McCracken imprint blocks and pairs fresh ** to late pre-decimals with QEII shilling values duplicated and noting one of two 2/6d Robin blocks of 4 ** with variety green line under AUSTR BW #421d and QEII 5d green part booklet plate sheet with imperf at left wide selvedge BW #400b x6 (or blocks of 9 BW #400bc x2) and perf pip block of 6. More useful in between we note KGVI 3d scarlet coils BW #251bb strips of 4, 7 and 8 ** reasonably centred (9 pairs retail $20/pr - two joins seen), quantity KGVI 2½d & 3½d surcharges **, Food strips and more. (100’s) 1954-66 Varieties in positional multiples, BW-listed and minor varieties (some definitely of the “fly speck” type) noting several on 8d Tiger Cat BW-listed, retouches on 3½d 1954 Telegraph Centenary, 3½d 1956 Responsible Govt, and more with cat over $300. Plus decimal QEII 4c and 5c block of 8 with small varieties. (c75) 1961-65 High Values 1961 and 1964 5/- Cattle cream and white papers *, 1963-65 Navigators complete set of 8 cream and white papers, 5/-, 10/- & £1 cream, £2 **, others light hinge traces. Very minor perf/gum imperfections, fresh strong colours with current retail c$365. (10) Selection [1] MUH - 2/3d Anzac x14, 2/3d Airmail x11, 2/3d Cable x12, 2/3d ICY x7, 2/3d Royal Visit x8, 2/3d Games x4
[2] Mint - 2d mauve KGVI coil strip of 4, 1d red-brown QE coil strip of 4, 6d War Savings pair, Postage Due 1½d part pane of 52 [3] Used - £1 Robes thick x2, 10/- Arms x10, £1 Arms x12, 1/- Anzac. (100s) 1409 **/*/U A Selection of Varieties comprising 4d Koala imprint block with colour spot below bottom frame right of ‘E’ of ‘POSTAGE (BW 198f), 1944 2d purple Flush perf imprint block of 16 (228b – two units creased), 1942 2½d imprint blocks of four (2, one thin paper – 230aa), unmounted mint, also 1956 registered cover with 1/- Lyrebird pronounced ‘aura’ around bird, apparently due to ink-stripping, (28 + cover). BW $560+. AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals 1410P **/* A/B 1941-51 Selected KGVI Coils with 1942 2d mauve strip of 4 ** central join BW #189bd, 1944 QM 1d purple-brown pair ** BW #225bd, 1948 2d bright purple with wmk strip of 3 ** and pair */** both with join and latter toned gum BW #228bd, 1949 no wmk two strips of 3 with top units * one with few lightly toned perfs BW #229bb. Also 1938 green test label strip of 3 (light tone) and decimal period jet black PMG type strip of 4, both **. (8) 1411P ** A 1938 Green Coil Testing Label strip of 150 labels folded every 10th label giving 75 fresh unhinged pairs cat $20/pair, total Cat $1500. (150)
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1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge Very fine and fresh group, the 5/- being one of the better examples seen by us. BW #1468. (4) $1500 - 3d blue with the ‘OS’ overprint missing NE quadrant (almost surely due presence foreign matter during overprinting), uncatalogued BW #147(OS) variety, reinforced thin, well-centred with very fresh appearance. $100 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge BW #148, well centred with good perfs. $900 - BW #148, retail c$300, cancelled with CTO ng, just off-centre right. $180 - postally used, BW #148, Cat $500, cancelled with incomplete May 1932 cds, small hinge thin, surface rubs and creased at left, woolly perfs and slightly o/c low, strong colour. $120 - CTO without gum, BW #148w, Cat $250, rough pefs. $150 - CTO, BW #148w, full gum. $200 1934 Vic Centenary Perf 10½ 3d & 1/- rare commercially used imprint blocks of 4, BW #152-3. $250 1934 Vic Centenary Perf 11½ 3d rare commercially used imprint block of 4 & 1/- non-comtemporary CTO imprint block of 4, BW #155-6. $250 - 1/- black commercially used imprint block of 4, BW #156z, Cat $250 as mint. $250 1936 South Australia Centenary variety retouched sky below AU at R37 BW #171e, Cat $250 in imprint part BW #171zb. A fresh nicely centred example infrequently offered. $100 1937 2d NSW Sesquicentenary plate 1 lower left imprint pair, BW #175za, light ‘per favour’ cancel. $250 1937-41 3d Blue KGVI Die I White Wattles BW #190. $225 1937-41 3d Blue KGVI Die II with official perfin ‘G/NSW’, upper right corner horizontal strip of 4 light tone. [Normal stamps retail $55 each.] (4) $75 1937-41 3d Blue KGVI Die II Thin Paper Ash imprint block of 4. BW #193za. $150 1937-41 3d Blue KGVI Die II Thick Paper Ash imprint block. BW #194za, Cat $200. $150 1938-49 Robes thick and thin paper used sets with 5/- thin white paper BW #212-217, Cat $179: 5/- thick paper with part slogan cancel, 10/- thick paper with fiscal cancel, others cds. Small imperfections, current local retail c$185. (6) $80 - 5/- imprint blocks of 4, thick paper ASH, thin paper Authority & thin tinted paper Authority, BW #212z,213z,213za, Cat $125, all hinged on 1 stamp only. (3) $100 1938-49 Robes Thick Paper 10/- Ash imprint block of 4, BW #214z, Cat $90, top 2 units hinged. $75 1938-49 Robes Thin Paper set of 4 (both 5/-) SG #176a-178a, well centred and fresh, current retail c$205. (4) $100 - £1 Authority imprint block of 4, BW #217z, Cat $500, 1 unit hinged. $400 1940 AIF 1d green corner blocks of 4 with Broken rifle butt x8, BW #218e, Cat $200++, one block hinged in margin. (8 blks) $80 KGVI Coils large and small holes, off-centre, fresh colours [1] 1948 2d purple pair (with join) BW #228bd cat/retail c.$150; [2] 1951 3d green strip of 6 (with join between units 3 & 4) BW #252bd cat/retail $120 ($40/pair). $80 1944-51 2d Purple KGVI No Wmk gutter block of 8 from lower plate, misguillotined so that a part imprint displays in top margin, 2 units hinged & vertical crease in gutter. $100 - block of 12 (6x2) with pre-printing creases affecting 9 units, unfortunately several units are affected by oil stains. Quite unusual. $100 1942-50 KGVI 2½d Scarlet variety thin paper BW #230aa, Cat $300+, off-centre high, fresh. (4) $125 1951-53 3½d Brown-Purple KGVI left marginal block of 8, thin paper (0.086mm), BW #253a, Cat $320. $150 1952 KGVI 6½d Brown seldom offered triple variety NE corner block of four from Sheet B with both thick left frame plus re-entry right frame, BW #255d x2 and 255e. Just off-centre low right, fresh. (4) $100 1949-60 1/6d Hermes plate 1 (50%) left block of 4, BW #261z, Cat $500. $200 1948-59 2/- Crocodile wmk CofA, no imprint horiz block of 6, BW #263ze, Cat $125+, very fresh unhinged. $80 1949-64 Arms 5/-, 10/- & £1 imprint pairs BW #268-270, Cat $122 (as single ** stamps). Hinge rems in selvedge, very fresh. (3) $70 - 10/- imprint block 4 (269z), 5/- & £1 imprint pairs and £2 single. BW #268-271, Cat $318+. (9) $125 1949-61 5/- Arms Thin Paper TRC pair, BW #268a, Cat $300+. $200 1949-64 Arms fifteen mostly fine cds examples 10/-, £1 and £2 BW #269-71, Cat $495. 10/- and £1 with both listed shades, 10/- includes three horiz pairs, £1 with couple heavier postmarks and couple faulty, £2 all fine cds. (45) $160 1949-50 £2 Arms Overprinted SPECIMEN BW #271x. $100 1953-59 3d Green QEII BRC block of 20 with pre-printing creases down right column and part of adjacent column. $325
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This is an unrecorded misplacement being 3½mm to the right where the girl’s arm is outside the frame. $1000 1458 ** A 1955 Nursing misplaced perfs, BW #329bb, Cat $125, cut square with scissors. $75 1459P ** A B1 1959 3d Blue-Green QEII coil perf, Plate No ‘3’ no dashes with lines before in left marginal block of 12, BW #350za. $250 1460 ** A B1 - coil perf, Plate No ‘3’ no dashes with lines before in right marginal block of 4, BW #350zb, hinged in margin only. $100 1461 ** A A1 - coil perf, Plate No ‘3’ no dashes with lines before in right marginal block of 12, BW #350zb, prominent blob of colour around central perf pip. $250 1462 ** A A1 - coil perf, Plate No ‘3’ no dashes with lines before in right marginal block of 12, BW #350zb. $250 1463 ** A A1 - coil perf, Plate No ‘3’ dashes with lines after in left marginal block of 10, BW #350zc, small gum fault in margin. $250 1464 ** A A1 - coil perf, Plate No ‘3’ (70%) dashes with lines after in right marginal block of 18, BW #350zd. $250 1465 ** A B1 - coil perf, Plate No ‘5’ with lines after in left marginal block of 9, BW #350zg. $250 1466 ** A C1 - coil perf, Plate No ‘5’ (80%) with lines after in right marginal block of 14, BW #350zh. $250 1467P ** A A1 1959-64 2/3d Wattle Yellow Paper first T of WATTLE - retouched State I, BW #368fa, Cat $200, perfect centring. $100 1468 ** A A1 1960 Guiding offset in BRC block of 4, BW #377c, Cat $300+. $275 1469 ** A A1 - offset marginal single, BW #377c, Cat $75. $75 1470 * A 1963-65 QEII 5d Green Booklet Stamps top centre plate number blocks of 18 very light hinge remains in selvedge only, Plate 1 100% and Plate 2 95% (just shaved at top) BW #400za,zb. (2) $100 1471 V A A1 1963-65 5d QEII Green Booklet Stamps plate -2- (95%) block of 6, BW #400zb, Cat $100 as mint block of 6, very light cancel. $75 1472P F A B1 1963-65 Navigators complete including white paper 10/- and £1, with couple CTO ng; BW #404-9, retail c$160. (8) $80 1473P F A - complete including white paper 10/- and £1, with £2 CTO og, (couple others may also be CTO); BW #404-9, retail c$160. (8) $80 1474P U A/A- 1963-66 Navigators £1 Bass cream paper x14 and one white paper, reasonably well-centred cds examples BW #408A,B, Cat $380. Includes strip of 3 and two horizontal pairs. (15) $150 1475 ** A 1964-65 Birds including both 2/5d papers, ten sets of eight in two marginal blocks of 4 mostly corners plus eight pairs, BW #412-422 range, Cat $340. (80) $120 1476P ** A B2 1965 Churchill major variety light grey omitted, BW #430ca, Cat $10000, in SE corner vertical pair with full selvedge, neat pencil notation in bottom selvedge does not detract, upper unit (NOT the variety) slightly damaged NW corner, one of the rarest varieties in Australian philately. $5000 AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals | Stamps on Cover 1477P * A/B 1959-63 small animals and birds on cover comprising 8d single on 1965 trimmed surface env to Norway, 1/- single on 1960 air to Fiji (unclaimed), 1/2d single 1962 PPC air mail to Sweden with Fremantle PAQUEBOT machine cancel, 2/- plus 3d QEII on 1964 airmail to Norway, 2/3d cream on 1962 air mail to Munich, 2/3d white pair 1965 to Sweden inscribed ABC Telegram, 1/6d plus 5d Xmas on 1961 certified local front. Condition varies, good variety. (7) $200 A/C 1913-65 Covers Accumulation many overseas destinations and including some FDCs. Better frankings from 1913 env 1478P * to Scotland and 1914 postcard to London with 1d Roos, 1927 env to New York with two 1½d Canberra, also noting six late 1930s to England with 1/6d Hermes (3 no wmk in 1935), 1946 to USA with 2/- Roo and 5/- Robes x2, c1950 triple rate to GB with 1/6d wmk Hermes x3 and to USA with 2/6d Aborigine x2 and 1/- Lyre. Also noted two Alf Campe uprated NSW 1d postal cards May 1935 (philatelic). Condition varies, good entree to increasingly popular usage collections. (250+) $200 A/B 1931-36 6d Airmail pair and single BW #144 plus KGV 2d red Die III on 1932 (Feb 12) via Karachi airmail to Cardiff 1479P * (Wales), stains; single on Bank of Australia envelope paying registered surface rate 1936 (Aug 5) Melbourne to Omaha (Nebraska, USA), backstamps of Seattle and Omaha; the same optd OS BW #144(OS) with small tear plus SM Roo 1/and KGV 2d on 1931 commercial envelope to England. (3) $180 1480P *F A1931-38 6d Kingsford Smith Airmail Overprinted ‘OS’ specific uprate of KGV 2d Letter card for domestic airmail 3d surcharge x2 Brisbane to Newcastle, the whole cancelled 1932 (Jan 29), minor opening faults, apparently contained an enclosure to Ship’s passenger. [This was the only Official stamp sold at POs to general public.] Scarce on ‘cover’. $200 A B1 1932 1/- Lyrebird Overprinted ‘OS’ on small envelope of Western Australia Government Railways (Arms on flap) 1481P *V registered in Perth and carried First Flight to New Zealand AAMC #369; addressed to an official of NZ Railways in Wellington. Philatelic of course but seriously scarce to rare usage even so. $300 B 1/- Vic Centenary Perf 10½ BW #153, Cat $300, plus 3d Vic Centenary x2 on 1935 air cover to Scotland. 1/- stained at 1482P *F left but a rare stamp on cover. $100 1483P *F A1934 9d Macarthur & 1929 3d Airmail (Type A) x3 tied by Perth cds to 1934 (8 Dec) fashioned cover (note chamfered sides) to conform with second class mail provisions, endorsed ‘Card only’, small cover faults. Scarce franking and rate (9d Greetings card airmail rate to UK x2). $300 A/A- 1937 Hermes Thick Paper solo airmail franking selection to destinations of Aden, I.C.A.O. Canada, Czechoslovakia, 1484 *F Egypt, France, GB, Palestine, Sarawak (scarce – short-lived rate), Scotland, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, and USA, two censored, generally fine. (13) $150 - selection of airmail frankings with censor markings/tapes, some scarcer including handstamped ‘RELEASED BY 1485P *F/G A/B CENSOR’, boxed ‘NOT OPENED/BY CENSOR’ and ‘PASSED BY/CENSOR 1’ (latter to Palestine), higher rates including scarce 2/1d to U.K. via USA, 11/8d Clipper rate to U.K. bearing 1/6d x7 etc, and Switzerland 1/6d jusqu’a, odd fault, generally fine. (14) $250 1486P *F A/A- 1937-48 Hermes wmked selection comprising thick paper (11) including early Nov 1937 and late Aug 1950 usages, advertising covers, solo frankings, nice jusqu’a airmail to Holland, multiple frankings of two, three and four, and scarcer thin paper (6) solo frankings including to British Zone Germany, and very early usage of 6 Feb 1948 (BW gives issue date as February 1948), generally fine. (17) $200 1487P *F A 1935 Jubilee set of 3 on unopened registered Selfridge & Co, London air cover, BW #166-8, Cat $400+. $175 1488P *F A 1936 1/- SA Centenary x2 + KGV 1d tied by Ship Mail Melbourne cds of 11DE36 to airmailed cover to Canada, an attractive franking for scarce 2/1d ½oz rate via London. $180 1489 *F/G A/B 1937 NSW Sesquicentenary selection including set (2d x3) for correct 1/6d airmail rate to UK, 2d solo (5) with British Empire rate to Hong Kong (Anniversary Celebrations cinderella tied by local delivery ‘chop’) and scarce foreign postcard rate to Denmark, also two covers with varying stages of a smudge in same position as Man with Tail retouch, 11d internal airmail and 1/8d airmail to Egypt bearing configurations of 2d and 3d, and various other 3d (7) including solo (2) to USA and Germany, on registered covers (2), uprate of 5d Registered Envelope, etc, generally fine. (17) $375 1490P *F A - 9d, BW #177, Cat $150, and 3d etc, scarce composition for 2/1d ½oz. airmail rate Adelaide to Germany via Greece on 28 Oct 1937. Attractive. $160 1491P *F A- 9d, BW #177, Cat $150, rare solo franking Perth to RAF Air Base Singapore on 1 Dec 1937, cover opened at left, very few examples recorded of this stamp paying 9d ½oz. airmail rate to Malaya. $250
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10/- Robes Thick Paper Cat $350, plus 4d Koala & 1/4d magenta on double weight air cover to Scotland via New Zealand, cancelled with Sydney machine of 15MAY/1941, straight-line ‘CALIFORNIA/CLIPPER’ on face, red on white censor label at left tied by violet ‘PASSED BY CENSOR/S.81’.
1941 5½d Surcharge BW #224 on 1942 (Mar 6) paying combined internal air mail letter rate Newcastle to Hay, NSW. Roughly opened, scarce single usage on cover. A 1964 2/6d Aborigine White Paper BW #266B, Cat $80, with 4/- Navigator on registered air to Germany. 1499P *F 1500P *F A1960-64 6d Banded Anteater very rare solo use on HMAS Melbourne cover of 27MCH/1965, paying the servicemen’s rate from Asia, opened out for display. A 1963 2/3d COMPAC Cable rare solo use on air cover to England. 1501 *V AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues | Collections and Accumulations 1502 F A/A- 1990 Onwards duplicated range of fine used on hagners with values to $5 Treasures, most stamps in se-tenant pairs & strips, good range of 49c values. (100s) 1503 U 24kg Box of decimals on closely trimmed paper. 1504 U 40kg Bag of decimals on untrimmed paper. 1505 U - of decimals on untrimmed paper. 1506 ** A 1966-86 Variety on Ka-Be hingeless pages, loose, booklets (FV $47), early coils (FV $6.50), packs (FV $67) plus some oddments. Total FV c$385. (100’s) 1507 ** A 1968-2000s disorganised accumulation 1968 Soil & Medical gutter strips to early 2000s. Includes a number of better items noting 1969 Flight complete sheet and extras giving blocks of 9 x8, a mass of 1990s reprints in large multiples (wide range of shades between some eg 85c Pelican), miniatures sheets noting 1982 Games plated set of 25 ASPC opts, Australia 99 perf, imperf and perfin ‘A99’ Navigators. Much more here and generally a bit better than your average modern decimal stocks, FV c$500. (100’s) 1508 ** A+ 1970-92 Post Office Packs Selection comprising 1970 Cook (4 in sealed packing, one in env only), 1970 Selected Issues (11), 1971 Selected Issues (3) and Christmas (4 - one opened has CTO block!), 1991 Across Town Sydney (5 packs plus loose label) and Across Town Perth (5 plus loose label and FDC), 1992 Box Link (6 plus three loose labels). Current ASC cat c.$625. (41) 1509 ** A 1981-2005 Year Books complete with 1987 onwards being the deluxe editions, most without plastic covers. Face value $900+. (25) 1510 V A 1990s-2000s fresh CTO og, includes se-tenant pairs and strips, AFL sheetlet of 16, Joan Sutherland sheetlet of 10. (800+) 1511 ** A 1991-2002 Exhibition Overprints duplication in places, on sheetlets (eg Dolls with 1997 Brisbane Show opt), miniature sheets (eg AAT Whales & Dolphins with Singapore 1995 and Capex ‘96, Kangaroos with China ‘96, many more), selfadhesive sheetlets of 5 (eg Desert Birds with ‘HAFNIA 01/DENMARK’ x4), booklets (eg 2002 Motor Racing with Northern Beaches Stamp Expo x4 - two of each barcode). Current retail over $650. (c75) 1512 U A/B Modern Used in about 100 binders. Massive duplication of letter rate postage mounted on pages. Extraordinary amount of work has been done here. (100,000s) 1513 ** A Olympic Games mainly Sydney 2000 with sets of 16 Winners sheetlets offset x3 (one in special album) and one digital plus some extras, booklets with $4.50 Olympic Sports x2, $4.90 Paralympic Games x6, one $5.40 Olympic Legends optd for OLYMPHILEX 2000. Also selection 2002 Winter Olympics (Salt Lake City), various related MSs and other issues. Total FV c$410, very high catalogue. (qty) 1498P
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Varieties [1] 7c Agate missing black, creased [2] 1965 Christmas missing gold forgery [3] 2009 Toys 55c car & 55c Test Match both with poorly cut perfs [4] 2008 50c Baubles PnS imperf at top [5] 2009 55c Landscapes PnS imperf at top x4 on 1 piece. (13) 1515 */U A - [1] 7c Agate missing black [2] 2004 50c Mick Doohan PnS used miscut 2mm to right [3] 1996 Festive frama 00.00 value 3000 postcode, cancelled [4] 2008 50c Baubles PnS largely imperforate [5] 2009 55c Landscapes PnS imperf at top x2. AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues 1516 ** A/A- 1966-73 1c Brown plate ‘4’ (80%) top right block of 6 and same in block of 4 (95%), BW #436z, Cat $60+, minor faults on block of 4. 1517P **/* A- A1 - plate ‘4’ bottom right block of 6, BW #436za, Cat $250, 1 unit lightly mtd, light overall gum disturbance. 1518 ** A B1 1966 4c Red QEII plate ‘17’ in lower perf pip block of 20, BW #440zba. Rare. 1519P **/* A/A- - set of 6 booklet panes, mostly unmounted, centring mixed. 1520P ** A A1 1967-71 5c Blue block of 4 with very strong offset, BW #444c, Cat $300+. 1521 ** A 1970-73 6c Orange marginal block of 4 with very strong offset, BW #446c, Cat $400+. 1522 ** A - marginal block of 4 with strong offset, BW #446c, Cat $400+. 1523 ** A1971-73 7c Purple horizontal strip of 6 with severe ink stripping, some perf separation between 3rd & 4th columns. 1524 ** A A1 - marginal block of 20 where the printing is misaligned to the right by 1 stamp width, resulting in the first column being blank and the last column being partly printed off the sheet. Very dramatic. 1525P ** A - marginal block of 6 (3x2) with jumped perfs at left, BW #447bd. 1526 ** A A1 1966-67 5c Thornbill marginal block of 4 with wide bottom margin showing inverted multi-coloured offset. 1527 ** A 1966 40c Abel Tasman offset, BW #460ca, Cat $250. 1528P ** A B1 1966-72 50c Dampier offset, BW #461c, Cat $500, in fresh unhinged block of 4. (4) 1529 ** A 1966-74 Navigators [1] 1966 $1 Flinders left pane Plate No 3 block of 4 ** variant of BW #463zb; [2] 1966 $2 Bass and $4 King overprinted SPECIMEN. (6) 1530 ** A/A- 1971-74 Floral Coils 2c coil starters x4 (shades) & 5c coil starters x5 (different shades & formats). 1531P ** A A1 1971 7c Desert Pea Coil buff and green omitted, BW #535cg, Cat $125, an impressive modern error, with normal for comparison. (2) 1532P ** A/A- 1971 Christmas 7c mauve, green & blue in gutter pairs (only 2 gutter pairs per sheet of 100), BW #578, Cat $800+, odd minor gum defect. (50) 1533 ** A/A- - 7c mauve, green & blue (only 8 stamps per sheet of 100) x48, BW #578, Cat $800+, odd minor gum defect. (48) 1534 ** A - specialist assembly of Wiggins Teape cream paper issue comprising lower left pane of 25 with Sheet No. 096818 at left and 026819 at right - this in fact belongs to the (absent) pane to its right BW #578za, the four corner positional blocks of 7 BW #578c two with full selvedge (BW #578 in lower left, lower right, upper left and upper right positions); the scarce 7c BW #578 in gutter pair (very scarce) and three singles with selvedge attached. Basic cat $335. (58) 1535 ** A 1971 Christmas Cream Paper pane of 25, BW #578ca with selvedge at left where single light hinge trace, block of 7 and set of 7 singles, total Cat $155. (39) 1536 F A/A- 1972 Olympics 7c Rowing selection of the scarce 1st black cylinder varieties retouch to ‘Munich 1972’, retouch to ‘tral’ of ‘Australia’, and retouch in right of aqua band, BW #602d,f,g, blunted perfs in two, otherwise sound, also cover with ‘Munich 1972’ thin. (4)
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1975 18c Wildflower BLC block of 10 (2x5) top row with missing black and 2nd row with partly missing black, BW #725c. 1977 Cricket gutter strip of 5 with red doctor blade flaw in 2nd column. 1978 Aviators Plate Proofs Kingsford Smith imperforate pair with magenta background, BW #792(PP1), Cat $600+, usual minor faults. - Kingsford Smith imperforate pair with white background, BW #792(PP2), Cat $600+, usual very minor faults. 1978 Hinkler marginal block of 4 with yellow printing misplaced, BW #791c, Cat $600+. It appears to us that the catalogue description is wrong and it is actually the magenta which is misplaced, regardless this is a dramatic looking flaw. 1978 Kingsford Smith Imperforate in vertical strip 12, the top 4 stamps and gutter being completely imperforate, the 5th stamp is imperf on 3 sides and the 6th stamp has double perfs, BW #792ba, Cat $750+. One imperf unit affected by minor soiling. 1978-79 Little Grebe BRC block of 4 with green doctor blade flaw in last column. 1980-81 Kingfisher strip of 4 with multi-coloured offset on all stamps. 1978 15c Christmas vertical strip of 5, central unit has magenta partly missing, BW #825ca, Cat $1000.
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1979 Steam Locomotives valueless colour trial based on the 50c design. $200 1979 Fishing in Australia 20c marginal block of 10 with reversed multi-colour offset in margin at right. $750 1981 International Year of the Disabled Person Imperforate marginal block of 4. Only 1 sheet known. $1500 1982 Commonwealth Games Miniature Sheet three plated sets of 25 by The Australian Stamp Promotion Council for National Stamp Week 1982 (cat $50 each), five overprinted ANPEX 82 consecutive numbers (cat $4.50 each), five sets of the five different AUSIPEX 84 overprints (cat $90 for set of 5), BW #971, Cat $622.50 - bargain at less than a quarter. (105) $150 1983 Australia Day printed on gum (black doubly printed) in TRC se-tenant pair, BW #988cc, Cat $400. $275 1984 Barred Edge Frama design Proof paper without frama imprint, BW #1023PP(4), apparently complete roll (c.1000), Cat $30 per stamp-sized unit (see ACSC Footnote 4). Marketing opportunity, having a total catalogue value of $30,000! $400 1985 Classic Childrens Books Blinky Bill imperforate on 3 sides in strip of 6 with gutter in 3rd column, BW #1110b, Cat $500+. $475 1986-87 Platypus Frama complete blank strip of 4. $100 1986 Christmas 36c with double perforations in columns 1 & 2, the remaining units have perfs misplaced to the right by 3mm, BW #1178b. BW states that this error only occured on one pane of 1 sheet, making only 16 stamps affected. $325 - 36c with misplaced perforations in vertical strip of 5, BW #1178bb. Only 20 strips of 5 are known. $750 1988-92 $1 Living Together Harrison pair with significant mis-perforation so that horizontal perfs go through the centre of AUSTRALIA etc. Not catalogued, but similar flaws in other issues have catalogue status. $150 1989 Urban Development Freeways & City Buldings commercially used miscut to left 3-4mm, BW #1433b, with normals for comparison. (4) $100 1990 USSR Joint Issue imperforate m/s, BW #1481b, Cat $750. Only 42 believed to exist. $750 1991-92 Across Town & Box Link Labels seven each Across Town Perth, Sydney and Box Link (latter contains two labels) BW #1511-2 & 1592, retail/cat c$280. (21) $120 1992-94 Threatened Species Sheetlet with punch hole at bottom through Dusky Hopping Mouse, BW #1567b, Cat $200. $175 - Sheetlet with all-over helecon, BW #1567c. $200 1992-95 Wetlands complete booklet with reversed pane - wide margin below 45c, BW #1573cc, Cat $1000. BW state that approximately 10 copies exist. $400 1993 Unissued Candlesticks trial counter printed stamps set of 3, no value, 45c & $1. $375
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1993 Parliamentary Stamps five complete sheets of 50 (ie ten panes of 25) all with full original gum. Three sheets have FDI pictorial cancels, two ‘PARLIAMENT HOUSE ACT 2000/(Arms)’, one ‘(Parliament Buildings)/PARLIAMENT HOUSE ACT 2000’; two have the normal ‘CANBERRA PARLIAMENT HOUSE/(date)/ACT 2600’ cds for all the dates of the IPU Conference (Sept 11-18) in designated positions on each pane (layout included). PLUS 1988 37c Parliament House Opening BW #1324 three sheets of 50 each with top two and bottom two rows of each cancelled on the first day of issue with the three special datestamps - normal FDI cds, pictorials of Parliament House and Queen Victoria Terrace (centre row uncancelled so 30 ** units). (400) 1993 $4.50 Threatened Species Fourth Reprint Major Variety completely imperforate BW #1566(3)b, Cat $500. Slightly uneven guillotine, tiny spots at rouletted folds, light bends at right, vendor advises “I bought this at Wentworthville PO counter”, BW “. . approximately fifteen imperforate booklets. . have been found”. 1994 International Year of the Family $1 horizontal strip of 5 with misplaced perforations - the most dramatic being 4mm up and 2mm to the right, BW #1716b. 1994 45c Kangaroos & Koalas Photo-Litho By Printset-Cambec strip of 6 completely imperforate and with full lower selvedge indicating from bottom row of the printing plate, SNP Cambec logo with four Koala symbols on back of each unit. Possibly no helecon, small surface scuffs on the left unit, BW #1737Eba, Cat $750. 1994-97 Kangaroos & Koalas Booklet 6th reprint (one Kangaroo & one Koala) completely imperforate, BW #1750(2)b, Cat $600. 1994 Aviation Feats Black Proof Sheet without Aeropex overprint and numbering, sideways reversed ‘1’ in BRC and offset sideways ‘3’ on the back. Cat $400. Very few examples exist. 1995 National Trust Plate Proofs $1 & $2 in deep olive-green with selvedge, BW #1841-2PP(1), Cat $800, both units with wrinkles. 1995 Medical Science both errors of layout Type 1 & Type 2 in sheet C gutter blocks of 10, BW #1881ze,zh, Cat $2000. it is estimated that only 25 gutter blocks exist. 1996 AFL Centenary Sheetlet of 16 with printed CTO cancel x100. Great for packetmakers. 1996 AFL Collingwood Booklet completely imperforate, BW #1930Ab, Cat $2500. 1996 AFL Essendon Booklet completely imperforate, BW #1934Ab, Cat $2500. 1996 AFL Geelong Booklet completely imperforate, BW #1935Ab, Cat $2500. 1997-99 45c Wetland Birds five unopened experimental sachets of 20 Pemara Labels self-adhesive coil stamps BW #1959Aca, catalogue $60 each. Never available at philatelic outlets. (5) 1997-99 Wetland Birds Booklet completely imperforate, BW #1960(1)b, Cat $750. 1997-2001 $10 Wetland Pacific 1997 Ovpt x5, BW #1972c, retail $220. 1997-2001 $10 Wetland Italia 1998 Ovpt x5, BW #1972ca, retail $165. 1997-2001 $10 Wetland PhilaNippon 2001 Ovpt x4, BW #1972cb. 1996 45c Children’s Book Council imperforate se-tenant block of 4, BW #1980bc, Cat $2000, small faults and adhesions on back. - PnS roll stamps strip of 4 in horizontal format, issued in vertical format. The status of this item is unknown. 1997 The Dreaming 45c imperforate BLC block of 4, BW #2043b. - 45c imperforate marginal block of 6, BW #2043b. 1998 45c Roses Greetings Booklet Stamp part pane of six completely imperforate being part BW #2085Ab. BW “approx one dozen imperforate booklets have been recorded”. - horizontal pair from base of pane completely imperforate with the instructional panel below, part BW #2085Ab. BW “approx one dozen imperforate booklets have been recorded”. 2000 Paralympic Team 2000 P-Stamps 19 personalised sheets of 10 (BW #2392 x190 cat $285) includes two of Siobhan Paton one of which shows weaknesses in the decorative surrounds, also a number of others where extension perfs seen at top, probably a guillotine fault. Each sheet comes with a second sheet depicting only the ten individual personalised portraits. High initial outlay. (38) 1999 Onwards Exhibition Overprints with APTA Feb 2002 matching pair Australian legends sheetlet & booklet; Desert birds (Hafnia x2, China 2002 x2, PhilaKorea 2002 x2, IFSDA 60th Anniversary x3), Australia 99 (Marco Polo x3, Polly Woodside x3), Small Pond (Bangkok 2000 x3, Stampex 99 x3), Bugs & Butterflies Bangkok 2003 x3, Space (HK 2001, 47th VPA Congress x3), China 2006 x7, 2004 Tasmania (China 2004, Paris 2004). High retail. 2000-2005 P-Stamps (sometimes described as ‘SES Sheets’ - of 10 ex noted) with 2000 World Expo USA (pane of 20), 2000 Shane Warne, 2001 Goodwill Games (Hackett & Grigorieva) and LHewitt, 2002 ABorder and CFreeman plus Millennium x2, 2003 Australian Open (tennis), 2004 Swan River, 2005 APF Pacific Explorer; plus 2002 Star Wars special APO packs Classic Vehicles & 25th Anniv (cost $90). Popular these days. (14) 2002-2009 APTA Overprints Selecton on various products with; Feb 2002 Melbourne on Australian Legends sheetlet; Oct 2002 Brisbane on Magic Rainforest MS & Booklet; Aug 2003 on Coronation Jubilee M/S; Oct 2003 Melbourne on Bugs & Butterflies M/S; Aug 2004 on Eureka M/S; Sep 2004 Convention on Lord of the Rings SES sheet; Aug 2008 on Flight M/S; 2009 Congratulations on Home Delivery sheetlet & booklet. (10) 2004 Sutherland Sheetlet of 10 with printed CTO cancel x100. Great for packetmakers. 2004 Onwards Selection of Limited Edition SES Sheets with with number printed in brackets; 2009 Princess Margaret Hospital (750); 2006? Logan PS PnS sheet; 2008? GPO Perth (700) x2; 2004 Athens Early, Golden & Modern (10,000 each); 2008? Rotary Hornsby (1,000); Chrstmas Island 2009 Asian Stamp Exhibition (6300) x2; 2008 Steve Irwin; 2004? Mickey & Friends (10,000); Launpex 2009 (500). 2005 Selection of Engraved Stamp Transport & Communication album with 32 Die Proofs printed in emerald-green from the original dies, BW Cat $800. 2007 Modernist Architecture Limited Edition Imperf Sheets both left & right panes with certificates in their original Australia Post storage and wrappings. 2008 the Rocks Sydney 55c Self Adhesive Completely Imperforate on 2010 commercial envelope Mill Park Melbourne likely from top of booklet pane (wide top margin). Yet to be catalogued anywhere. 2008 Qantas Airbus A320 Limited Edition Imperf Sheets both left & right panes with certificates in their original Australia Post storage and wrappings. 2008 Christmas 50c Baubles in $10 PnS sheetlet with top row completely imperforate and 2nd row imperforate at top. - self-adhesive part imperforate booklet pane of 20, top row of four completely imperforate and second row of four Imperforate at top. First time we’ve seen this one. 2008 Megafauna a collection of every Australia Post product for this issue, all in perfect condtion. Includes the limited edition imperf MS with certificate, prestige booklets, PnS booklet normal and Sutherland PS overprint, FDCs, Maximum Cards etc etc. (16 items)
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2009 Corrugated Landscapes 55c Self Adhesive Completely Imperforate variety on 2010 commercial envelope to Melbourne. Yet to be catalogued anywhere. 1605 W A2009 Australia Post 200 Years 55c Home Delivery Imperforate se-tenant strip of 5, a few mild wrinkles. 1606 * B 2009 Australia Post 55c Self Adhesive Impressive Misplaced Die Cuts five different 55c values perf 11 (ex booklet) on four May 2009 & one Dec 2009 commercially used envelopes, machine cancels. Yet to be catalogued anywhere. (5) 1607P ** A 2009 Stargazing Limited Edition Imperf Sheet of 16 MSs with certificate in its original Australia Post storage and wrapping. AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues | Stamps on Cover 1608P * A/B 1971-77 issues on airmail covers, couple to Europe, others to Canada and USA. Better single frankings include 1972 Olympics 35c, Primary Industry 30c (minor tone) and 35c (very fine), 1973 National Dev 35c (env damaged), 1974 UPU 30c, 1976 Olympics 40c, 1977 Xmas 45c. Other better usages include multiple frankings. Condition varies mainly fine, good variety. (23) A/B 1975-95 Correspondence to Norway mainly greeting card envelopes at single or double airmail card or letter rates but 1609 * noting 1975 25c PNG Independence single for surface rate (rare), 15c Pioneers pair, good representation higher value definitives and special/commem issues with only slight duplication evident. (c90) A1966 Navigators 40c & 50c, unusual use on 1971 registered air letter to Czechoslovakia. 1610P *F AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues | Postage 1611 **/U A 1979-96 majority vending types with duplication, reprints, paper/perf varieties (none especially scarce) and small group sponsored types (eg 1974 UPU, 1981 Royal Wedding) plus CTO x32 with some FDI cancels NOT counted in total FV c$387. (c275) 1612 ** A 2002 large sheetlets comprising International and local Greetings packs each containing three sheets of 20 stamps and adjoining tabs, 2002 45c Globe & Map tabbed sheetlet of 20 for Stampshow Melbourne, 3x $4.50 Expo 2000 sheets. Total FV $169.50. (10) 1613P ** A Christmas Booklets 1990 $3.80 (15), 1991 $7.60 (9), then all $8.00 with 1992 (9), 1993 (7), 1994 (7), 1995 (5), 1996 (3), 1997, 1998 (2), 1999 (2), 2000 (2), - FV c430. (62) 1614 ** A duplicated mostly five or ten each late 1970s and early 1980s packs including AAT plus APO 1981-2 Year Albums (c110). Plus oddments Australian Territories and other Pacifics (c60) not counted in FV c$170. (c170) 1615 ** A 1992-94 45c Threatened Species Definitives, self-adhesive coils and booklets, BW 1552-68(2), mostly in Collector or Philatelic Preferred Stock packs including wide range of reprints. Odd CTO noted, not counted in FV c$710. (100’s) 1616 ** A mixed assembly of APO packs of various types including six counter-printed Threatened Species ‘NPC1’, framas, joint issues, self-adhesives with duplicated 41c Cycling and 43c Skateboarding, oddments - total FV c$270. (100’s) 1617 ** A+ Collection of 66 different booklets, including AFL collectors edition and minisheet. (66) 1618P ** A complete boxes self-adhesive coils of 100 each comprising 1990 41c Cycling x2 (different box types, one slightly buckled) and 43c Skateboarding x3 (original, 1k & 2k reprints), 1995 45c World Down Under, 1997-99 45c Wetland Birds SNP Cambec 2k reprint - FV $301. (700) 1619 ** A 45c (ex noted) in large multiples with total FV $307.50, comprising [1] 1993 Parliamentary Stamps - six complete sheets of 50; [2] 1994 Thinking of You (Love) 1 Koala reprint BW #1707z left marginal complete interpanneau strip of 40; [3] 1995 St Valentine’s Day complete sheet of 100 plus other large blocks; [4] 2002 49c Bush Tucker three complete sheets of 50. (690) 1620 ** A 1992 onwards self-adhesive coils and booklets almost all 45c rate except the odd Counter Printed 49c and 50c in combination with 45c, many in APO Collector or other packs. Some CTO’s not counted in FV c$310. (100’s) 1621P ** A Self-Adhesive Booklets with some duplication, most 1990s with some reprints, all but one 45c rate, includes six $9, one $5.40, then $4.50 from 1993 Trains x7, ends 2001 $4.90 Federation Centenary. Also nineteen complete booklets CTO on first day NOT counted in FV c$258. (85) 1622P ** A Thinking Of You Booklets 1990s with duplication and some reprints, all 45c rate except 1990 $4.30 x12. Also six complete booklets CTO on first day NOT counted in FV c$335. (81) 1623 **/U A 1988-92 37c to 43c rate period with duplication, reprints and perf varieties (none especially scarce) plus CTO x13 with FDI cancels NOT counted in total FV c$488. Comprises [1] Living Together $3.70 x8 Leigh Mardon and $3.90 x18 white paper; [2] Sports $3.90 Fishing x18 with 9 each full and part perf margin, $4.10 Cycling x21, $4.30 Skateboarding x54 various printings; [3] Melbourne Trams $4.10 x6 ** and CTO first day cancels x4. (138) 1624 ** A/A 1980s-1990s duplicated mint in stockbook, majority blocks of 4 to $2.50, some sheetlets and M/S with FV c$1815. (100s) 1625 ** A/A 1970s-1990s mint accumulation of Post Office Packs (310), MiniSheets and Sheetlets (59) and a bag of loose odds and sods with a FV of c$747. (100s) 1626 ** A range of 45c & 50c sheetlets, great for parcels. (75 shts) 1627 ** A in complete sheets mostly AAT Food Chain and Ships lower values, plus 2c Fiddler Crab x2 and 70c Barrier Reef sheets of 100, total FV $226. (100’s) 1628 ** A mostly 45c rate period mainly special gutter strips/blocks/pairs and miniature sheets with FV c$300. (100’s) AUSTRALIA | Booklets 1629P ** A 1910 2/- (1/11½d) Victoria Booklet New Undescribed Format with pink cover & yellow inside and different information on both inside covers. Inside front has ‘Postage Rates Within States’ instead of Commonwealth parcel rates & inside back has ‘Inter-State Postage Rates’ instead of parcel post rates. Contains ½d x6 and 1d x12. We understand that less than 20 B5 booklets exist of which only 3 are Victorian. There was no Victorian B5 booklet in the W. Frazer collection. An essential item for the collector of Victorian or Commonwealth booklets. 1630P ** A 1927 2/3d New Cover Design Without ‘COMMONWEALTH of AUSTRALIA’ complete with all stamps (part of 1 sheet of interleaving is missing), BW #B33, Cat $5000+. A seriously rare booklet missing from virtually all collections. BW notes that only 3 exist in private hands suggesting that the catalogue value is very conservative. 1631P ** A1927 2/- Canberra two examples with the typical rusted staples, one with two part panes of 6 (cover has couple small spots otherwise fine), the second two part panes of 4 (cover in excellent condition) BW #B38, Cat $250. [Collectors’ attention is drawn to the BW catalogue (2003 edn) page 11/8 where it emphasises that “catalogue prices for pre-1928 booklets are for booklet covers in good condition, containing any quantity of the relevant stamps”.] (2) 1632P ** A1928-30 2/3d 1½d red KGV wmk Sm Mult P13½x12½ with original text, BW #B39A, Cat $600, complete, minor toning on one unit of last pane. Unit 2 on each pane has thick T of THREE and broken H of HALF. 1633P ** A1930-35 3/- ‘AIRMAIL SAVES TIME’ complete, BW #B40, Cat $1500, very fine with just a light crease on the front cover. *
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1935-36 3/- ‘USE the AIRMAIL’ complete, BW #B50, Cat $2250, very fine, rarely offered. $2250 1938 2/- (12 X 2d Scarlet Die II KGVI) pale green cover (light foxing) BW #B51 (Sel Pfeffer #B47Ba $850 for a complete booklet). Stamps variable centring with wmk inverted, one complete pane (retail $225), one pane two stamps only. $120 1640P **/* A 1938-41 2/- KGVI Black on Pale Green 2d red with insert pages, BW #B51B, Cat $500, one stamp hinged. $250 1641P ** A - 2d red wmk inverted with wax interleaves, BW #B52a, Cat $750, only 2 stamps remaining, very fine condition. $350 1642P ** A 1952 3/6d (12x 3½d Purple-Brown KGVI) revised text wax interleaving BW #B56Cv, Cat $200. Near premium quality with perfs barely trimmed at top. PLUS 1960 5/- (12x 5d Blue QEII) edition 1/1960 BW #B62Ad (and Pfeffer same number $65), second pane well off-centre. (2) $120 1643P **/V A 1959-60 4/- QEII 4d Lake two fine and fresh examples, one **, the second with each pane two light strikes ‘HOBART/ 18MR58/TAS-AUST’ cds. (2) $50 1644 ** A 1966-67 60c selection with ‘Post Early’ DG9 white stitching; ‘9 x 4in’ DG9 pink stitching wax interleaving, not recorded by BW; ‘9 x 4in’ DN9 pink stitching; ‘Use Postal’ DV9 white stitching; ‘Use Postal’ G67/2 white stitching; ‘Registered’ N67/2 white stitching; V67/1 white stitching x4 (‘Post Early’, ‘Post Your’, ‘9 x 4in’, ‘Send Money’); ‘Registered’ V67/2 white stitching. Cat $1430+. (11) $500 1645P ** A 1966-73 Stitched 23 in very good condition various edition numbers, with 1966 60c (4c red QEII x15) Registered Post. . ., three 50c (10x 5c on 4c), $1 (20x 5c on 4c), 50c (plain back cover BW #B126e) and $1 (5c blue QEII), three $1 FA and $1 PM, 60c FA, eight 70c PM (4 of each type), two $1.40 PM - BW #B76B-B139 range, Cat $505. Plus small modern range of nine with FV $62, all Peel’n Stick ex $8 1994 Christmas. (32) $180 1646P ** A 1966-67 60c (15x 4c Red QEII helecon in Ink) ‘Use Postal Orders. . .’ Edition V/67/1 BW #B87B, Cat $165 (Pfeffer). Inserts not as any shown in BW but conforms with Pfeffer #B95Bg. Usual off-centre guillotine, otherwise excellent condition. $80 1647 ** A1967-68 50c Australian Defence Forces 10x 5c Thornbill attached left selvedge, blank left/right margins BW #B128a; 10x 5c QEII attached right selvedge BW #B129, darker green cover. Small cover defects, scarce booklets. (2) $80 1648P ** A 1968 $1 Famous Australians Edition No. G68/3 wax interleaving BW #B130Cv, $100; 1971 $1.40 Prime Ministers Edition No. G71/3 wax interleaving BW #B139Cv $100. Well centred panes. (2) $100 1649P ** A 1972-73 $1.40 Prime Ministers ed G71/3 with wax interleaving, white stitching, BW #B139Cev, Cat $100. $80 1650 ** A/A- 1972-73 $1.40 Prime Ministers Stapled Remakes both ed V72/1, one ad format d (not recorded by BW) and the other ad format e (tone spot on top edge of panes), BW #B139Edw,ew, Cat $200+. (2) $120 1651 ** A 1990s-2000s semi-specialised range all but two ($3.90 Living Together) are barcodes types (philatelic and general) with some quite scarce, eg 1998 $5.40 Olympic Legends gen 201722 x2 Pfeffer cat $65 each, $4.50 Planet Ocean gen 202088 x2 cat $30 each, 1999 $4.90 Children’s TV gen 202522 cat $50, 2005 $5 Fashion Designers set of 3 gen and phil codes total cat $180. Others noted include two 2005 $5 Wildflowers 1K reprints phil 182885 not recorded in cat but stated current retail $55 each. Also includes 2009 AP 200 Years $5.50 sheetlet pack with printing weakness at ‘1809’ and ‘Home Delivery’ on R2/1 plus another sheetlet for comparison. Very high retail/cat c$840 (ex the sheetlets), excellent value at estimate. (38) $250 1652 ** A 1996 AFL two APO packs of 16 sets in perfect condition BW #B222w cat $150 each. (2) $130 1653 ** A 1997-2002 Prestige Booklets 1997 Classic Cars x7, 1998 Teapot of Truth x2, 2002 Weddings x2, Lighthouses x2, 2003 Albert Namatjira x4 (two with Queensland Stampshow 2002 gold overprint). Current retail c$320 (FV c$143). (17) $120 AUSTRALIA | Postage Dues 1654 U A/B 1902-30s mixed mostly fine with cds ex noted with NSW types blank-at-base low values ½d to 4d (6 stamps, two unused toned and one mss cancel), design completed ½d to two 5/- with stroke and one without (19), 1909 Victoria design ½d to 5/- (13, two mss cancels). Very conservative retail (least expensive types) $460. (38) $130 1655P */U A/B 1902-60 stock pages assembly disorganised with duplication, most issues represented including NSW and Victoria mint/ used (these alone cat over £140), early Commonwealth with blank at base including ½d to 3d SG #D1-4 * (cat c£100), then broad representation mostly lower values until the 1930s after which to 5/- and including fine used larger blocks. Needs tidying up, remounting, etc, well worth a look at this estimate. (c220) $240 1656 **/* A B1 1922-30 Wmk 3rd Crown/A 1½d carmine & bright yellow-green Mullett imprint block of 12, BW #D107za, Cat $150++, one unit only (top row) mtd. Nice block. $120 1657 ** A B1 1958-63 No Wmk ½d Die II large block of 30 (5x6), BW #D144c, Cat $240+ (Retail is $300+). $150 1658 ** A A1 - 5d Die II marginal unit BW #D151. $100