COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Other Pre-Decimals · Page:2 Aug 31, 2019 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Other Pre-Decimals (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Ex Lot 1312

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Ex Lot 1306Collection with Kookaburra 6d Engraved fine **, just a few KGV Heads, then reasonably complete fromCommemoratives onwards including 'OS' overprints & punctures, noted 5/- Bridge ** very well-centred (minor gumdisturbance), KGVI 3d Die I ** plus Whitle Wattles very lightly mounted & Die II **, Robes Thick & Thin Paper sets **(Thin Paper £1 with top perf toning) plus £1 'SPECIMEN' overprint (toned corner perf; no cert), Arms set plus'SPECIMEN' overprints **, 5/- CattleWhite Paper **, Navigators set (8) ** (£1 Cream Paper toned perf), KGVI 2½dbooklet with only one pane remaining, also a few packets of used, condition variable but generally fine. (100s)

1306 **/*

1,200Complete sheets including KGVI 2½d chocolate (160) & 6½d green (160) both with imprints, 1954 Olympic Publicity2/- blue (80), 1955 Coaching 2/- (80), 1956 Olympics 1/- (80), 1958 Qantas 2/- (80), a few with minor toning, alsoNorfolk Island sheets & part-sheets with quantity of Birds & Buildings values, condition generally fine. (100s)

1307 **

200

Ex Lot 1308Packet of Coil Perfs duplicated pairs & strips including KGVI 2d scarlet strip of 3 & 1942 Wmk 2d strip of 4, somecoil joins noted, also blocks of 4 of the ½d Roo & QM 2d x4, and 1959 3d block of 12 with Plate Number ' 5 =',generally very fine & unmounted. (100+)

1308 ** A

5001941-65 mint accumulation sorted by in envelopes including larger blocks & imprints, noted complete sheet of QE1½d green folded into an envelope, otherwise unchecked by us. (100s)

1309 **200

Coil lovers, your waiting is over! This box contains virtually complete coils of ½d Kangaroo, 1d Princess & 2dQueen Mother plus two coils of QEII 3c - one complete - plus oddments including KGVI 2d scarlet pair withUniversally Large Holes ACSC #188bh (tiny tonespot & mounted).

1310 ** A

250Large shoebox of bundleware mostly KGVI 1d & 2d with some bundles of pairs or strips of 3. (many 1000s)1311 O 150

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Ex Lot 1312High Values postally used blocks comprising Robes Thick Paper 10/- & £1 blocks of 6 and Thin Paper £1 block of4 (a couple of minor defects), Arms 10/- block of 8, £1 block of 4 and £2 blocks of 4 & 6 (a few short perfs),Navigators £1 White Paper block of 4. A very scarce & desirable lot. (8 blocks)

1312 V/F A/B

500

Ex Lot 1313Large stockbook with stuff all over the place including a perfectly centred Engraved 6d, KSmith 'OS' 2d postallyused (rare), 3d mint (**, no certificate) & CTO duo x4, Bridge 5/- mint x2, CTO x5 & postally used (thinned), LargeLyrebird imprint block of 4 (**), Macarthur 9d used block of 4, Jubilee 2/- Plate '1' block of 4 (**), Arms mint x2 (one**) & 'SPECIMEN' sets plus used blocks of 4 & Roller Flaw mint, £sd Navigators set of 6 blocks of 4 (**) & 10/- usedblock of 15, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Calling all ebay sellers! (100s)

1313 */**O

2,000

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Ex Lot 1314Another large stockbook with stuff all over the place including a superb mint Engraved 6d, 1928 3d Air Plates '1'to '4' unmounted blocks of 4, Sturt 'OS' blocks of 4 (**), Bridge 5/- CTO, Vic Centenary Perf 10½ imprint blocks of 4 &Perf 11½ 1/- strip of 3 (all **), Robes Thick Paper imprint blocks of 4 (**), Arms imprint blocks of 4 & 'SPECIMEN' set(all **), No Wmk 2/- Crocodile Plate Number '9' strip of 4, BCOF set to 5/- Thick Paper (**), etc, generally fine to veryfine. (100s)

1314 **/*O

1,400

Ex Lot 1315Large blocks including Bridge 2d 'OS' x30, Vic Centenary 3d x86 in four blocks, KGVI 1½d brown x40 & 1/4d x40,'5½d' on 5d Ram x40, Qantas 2/- x40, 1959 9d & 1/- half-sheets of 80, 5/- Dampier x24, Postage Due 1957 8dcomplete sheet of 120, etc, generally very fine with most units being unmounted. (100s)

1315 ** A/A-

800Sturt Plate Number blocks 2d #1-8 & 3d #1 & 2, Navigators sets of 6 & 8 x2 (all **), plus oddments; also AustraliaUsed in PNG 1946 Re-Opening of Post Offices registered pieces x5. (150 approx)

1316 */**D300

Array on Hagners with numerous large blocks including Canberra block of 14, 3d Kookburra block of 9, Sturt 1½dblock of 24 & 3d block of 21, Bridge 2d Typo block of 24, plate number or imprint blocks of 4 including Vic Centenary3d x9, etc, also Engraved 6d Kookaburra (**), etc, condition variable, most units are unmounted. (100s)

1317 **/*

250

Lot 13181913-14 Engraved KGV 1d rose-red CTO additionally with seriffed 'SPECIMEN' handstamp ACSC #59wc, Cat $750.Rare. Ex Bechuanaland Postal Archives.

1318 V A B1500



Lot 1319- Kookaburra 6d marginal block of 4 from the left of the sheet with the paper attractively tinted, well centred,unmounted, Cat $1000+. Superb!

1319 ** A+ B1750

Lot 13201927 Opening of Federal Parliament House 1½d vertical pair Imperf Between ACSC #132b (SG 105a), faults butpresentable, unused, Cat $5000 (£5500).

1320 W C600

Lot 1321- 1½d vertical pair Imperforate Between ACSC #132b (SG 105a), characteristic centring for this error, a couple of tinytonespots, unmounted, Cat $5000+ (£5500+) mounted. [The ACSC states "22 pairs have been identified...[including]a block of 4 in the Royal Collection & a pair in the Australia Post Archives..." Most pairs have obvious faults. ArthurGrey's pair - minor crease at upper-left - sold for $5078. This is the only unmounted pair that we have recorded]

1321 ** A-

3,500

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Lot 1322- 1½d horizontal pair Imperforate Between BW #132ba (SG 105b), minor perf damage at left, minor wrinkles & hingeremainder, Cat $20,000 (£10,000). Ex Arthur Gray: sold at our auction of 30.10.2015 for $10,710. The ACSC states"seven pairs have been identified...[including] a block of 4 in the Royal Collection & a pair in the Australia PostArchives..." & a lightly cancelled pair. That means only three mint pairs are available to collectors. Illustrated in theACSC at page 5/7 & by Geoff Kellow at page 55. [Stuart Hardy's very fine mint pair sold in November 2012 for$17,475. The extraordinary & unique postally used pair sold at our auction of 22.6.2019 for $15,340]

1322 * B

10,000

Ex Lot 1323- 1½d upper-left corner blocks of 4 with Plate Numbers '1' to '12' complete BW #132z-zk, the plate numbers aremostly lightly printed as is usually the case, Number '2' shows 50% only but all other numbers are complete, most arewell centred, Number '3' has a blemish in the margin at left and Number '6' has some split/rejoined perfs & a repairedtear into the corner stamp, all others are very fine to superb, most have two units unmounted, Numbers '1' '2' '3' and'5' have all units unmounted, Cat $27,000+ (mounted). A remarkable opportunity to acquire a complete set, in wellabove-average condition. Ex Dr Leslie Abramovich and Arthur Gray: sold at our auction of 30.10.2015 for $13,090.

The census of recorded plate blocks published in the ACSC was compiled by Alec Rosenblum very soon after theissue of the stamps: see Geoff Kellow at pages 52-53 where he notes that the census has largely survived thepassing of almost 90 years although "it is likely that these numbers are now under-estimates". Having said that, thereis no doubt that Numbers '1' to '5' are all rare, and that Numbers '6' to '11' range from scarce to very scarce. Certainlycomplete sets are very rarely encountered. There is a complete set in the Australia Post Archives but the RoyalCollection is missing Numbers '1' '2' '4' and '8'. (12 blocks)

1323 */**

10,000



1928 Kookaburra M/S two examples from central positions perforated on all sides, with the Exhibition cds in red, orin red & in blue, Cat $925. (2)

1324 V/F A/A-250

- Kookaburra 3d M/S tied to cover by four strikes of 'MELBOURNE/10/30OC28/VIC' cds being the Second Day ofIssue, a couple of minor tone spots, Cat $450 for used M/S.

1325 C A-200

Ex Lot 13261931 Kingsford Smith 'OS' Overprints 2d red & 3d blue ACSC 141(OS) & 142(OS), the gum a little aged butunmounted, Cat $1175. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009). (2)

1326 ** B C1400

Lot 1327- 2d red & 3d blue ACSC 141(OS) & 142(OS) top marginal singles, fine unmounted (hinged in margin), Cat $1175.[The 3d has been submitted to the RPSofV for a certificate]

1327 ** A B1600

1931 Airmail 6d brown John Ash Imprint block of 15 (5x3), generally well centred, unmounted, Cat $735+.1328 ** A B1 380T

1932 Large Lyrebird 1/- green overprinted 'OS' commercially used block of 4, 'CANBERRA/FCT' cds, Cat $160++.Very scarce multiple.

1329 F A/A-100

Lot 13301932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- green Ash Imprint single, lightly mounted.1330 * A B1 400

Lot 1331

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- 5/- green U/R corner single with Plate Dot ACSC #148za, well centred, a little aged, Cat $3000+ (mounted).1331 ** B B1 1,500

Ex Lot 13321938-51 Coil Perf pairs group with large & small holes comprising 1941 Kangaroo ½d Wmk (coil join) & No Wmk,KGVI 2d scarlet, QE 1d red-brown, KGVI 2d mauve strip of 3, plus 1942 QE 1d purple-brown (coil join) and KGVI 2dpurple Wmk & No Wmk, condition generally fine. (8 items)

1332 ** A/A-

2501938-49 Definitives Perf 15x14 KGVI 1½d green gutter block of 4 with Cracked McCracken Imprint (Early State)ACSC #186zd, unmounted, Cat $1500+ for mounted.

1333 ** A B1400

Ex Lot 13341938-49 Robes blocks of 4 comprising Thick Paper 5/-, 10/- x2 (one with Ash Imprint CTO) & £1 x3 (one CTO,tonespots), and Thin Paper 5/- x3 (one with imprint), 10/- & £1 x2 (one CTO with full unmounted o.g.), generally veryfine. A most unusual lot. (12 blocks)

1334 V/F A/B

8001942-50 Definitives 2½d scarlet Imperf Pair ACSC #230b, margins good to large, Cat $400.1335 * A 200T

Lot 13361948-56 Arms £2 green with Roller Flaw below 'E' of 'POSTAGE' ACSC #271d (SG 224da), exceptional centring,tiny natural paper inclusion at L/R, unmounted, Cat $1500: see footnote 2 in the ACSC.

1336 ** A A1600



Lot 1337- £2 green Roller Flaw ACSC # 271d (SG 224da) on both left-hand units in a postally used block of 6, well centred,light cds cancels clear of the varieties. An extraordinary used multiple, from which the imprint was removed!

1337 F A B1500

Lot 1338- £2 green with Retouched Roller Flaw & '£2' ACSC #271da, excellent centring, a trifle aged, unmounted, Cat $550.1338 ** B A1 2001948 William Farrer 2½d four different stamp-size photographic essays all with an older portrait than that approved.1339 E A 250

Lot 13401950-52 Definitives 3d grey-green on Greenish Tinted Paper ACSC #252a marginal example which clearly showsthe greenish tinge, unmounted, Cat $1250.

1340 ** A B1300

Lot 13411950 Stamp Centenary 2½d maroon full gutter strip of 40 (4x10) with 50% of Plate Number '2' in the Lower MarginACSC #279za, unmounted, Cat $4000+ (as mounted).

1341 ** A1,000

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Lot 1342- 2½d maroon full gutter strip of 40 (4x10) with virtually complete Plate Number '4' in Upper Margin ACSC #279zd,tonespot in the gutter of the first strip, folded for display, unmounted, Cat $2250+ (as mounted).

1342 ** A/A-1,250

1951-52 Definitives 3½d brown-purple Thin Paper ACSC #253a Authority Imprint block of 12 (4x3) from the L/L ofthe R/H pane, light crease affects three units otherwise superb, Cat $1200++. With a normal block of 4 forcomparison.

1343 ** A-/A+

4001953 QEII Coronation 3½d stamp-size photographic essays on thin card, three of them unadopted designs dated"14.11.52" on the back, the last very similar to the issued stamp & dated "8.1.53" on the back. Unlisted in the ACSC.[Although we know nothing of the origin of these designs, the fact that two of them utilise the portrait of the issuedstamp, and the others use the embossed portrait used for the new postal stationery, we are confident that they wereproduced by the Post Office] (4)

1344 P A

200T

1959-64 Definitives 5/- Cattle on White Paper L/R corner block of 4. With Cream Paper single for comparison. (5)1345 ** A B1 2501963-65 Navigators £1 White Paper and £2 blocks of 4, neat cds cancels, Cat $480+. Scarce multiples. (2 blocks)1346 V A B1 250

Lot 13471964-65 Birds second undenominated essay with 'AUSTRALIA' added for the 2/6d Robin (with a grub in its beak) inwatercolours on art paper (277x196mm) initialled "BTW" (= Betty Temple Watts) and endorsed at the right"Green/Black/Grey/Red" ACSC #421(E)3, Cat $3000. Delightful! [The similar finished design for the 2/- but on tracingpaper sold at our last auction for $2276]

1347 E A

2,750

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