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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate and Min. Bid in AU$'s |
682 |
P |
1930 Sturt Die Proof with blank value tablet in the issued colour for the 1½d on wove paper BW #139DP(1) recessed in a thick card mount (83x90mm), label with printed 'DESIGNED DRAWN and
ENGRAVED/at the/COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA/NOTE and STAMP PRINTING BRANCH/FITZROY, VICTORIA/JOHN ASH, STAMP PRINTER/7TH MARCH, 1930' affixed to the reverse, minor toning, Cat $20,000. Ex WCG McCracken and Walter Lederer.
[McCracken succeeded John Ash as Commonwealth Note & Stamp Printer in April 1940]. Only 2 examples exist.
One of only two recorded undenominated but otherwise completed design Australian
Commonwealth die proofs in private hands. As such, an extremely significant item.Provenance: The Arthur Gray Collection, October 2015, Lot 410.
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Estimate AU$5,000-6,000 Min. Bid. AU$4,000
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
683 |
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OFFICIALS: 1931 2d & 3d Kingsford Smith OS overprints, MUH but with areas of gum absence. (2).
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Estimate AU$150-200 Min. Bid. AU$120
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
684 |
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1931 (SG.0123) 2d Kingsford Smith, blk.(4) overprinted OS; superbly centred fresh MUH. Retail: $950+
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Estimate AU$500-600 Min. Bid. AU$400
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
685 |
O CTO |
1932 1/- Large Lyrebird, overprinted OS; one MUH single and two examples CTO. (3). (Image)
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Estimate AU$100-120 Min. Bid. AU$80
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
686 |
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1932 2d - 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge set of (4), CTO (Image)
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Estimate AU$150-200 Min. Bid. AU$120
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
687 |
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1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge, MVLH. (Image)
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Estimate AU$250-300 Min. Bid. AU$200
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
688 |
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1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge, MVLH. (Image)
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Estimate AU$250-300 Min. Bid. AU$200
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
689 |
O |
1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge, FU but with two light bends at left. (Image)
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Estimate AU$100-150 Min. Bid. AU$80
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
690 |
O |
1932 5/- green Sydney Harbour Bridge, (2) commercially used, both with small faults. (Image)
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Estimate AU$200-250 Min. Bid. AU$160
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
691 |
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1934 (SG.150-152) Macarthur 2d Light Hills, 2d Dark Hills, 3d Blue and 9d Purple in superb blks.4, (16) MUH.
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Estimate AU$200-250 Min. Bid. AU$160
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
692 |
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1935 2d, 3d & 2/- Silver Jubilee, Plate 1 corner blks.4, MUH (lightly hinged in margins), (12).
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Estimate AU$200-250 Min. Bid. AU$160
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
693 |
FDC |
FDC: 3d Blue KGVI, 6d Kookaburra and 1/- Lyrebird on a registered 2 Aug. 1937 FDC from NELSON BAY to INDIA, with all appropriate backstamps. (Image)
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Estimate AU$200-250 Min. Bid. AU$160
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
694 |
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1938 (SG.177) 10/- Coronation Robes, Authority Imprint blk.(4) fresh MUH. (Image)
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Estimate AU$150-200 Min. Bid. AU$120
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
695 |
S |
1938 (SG.177-78s) 10/- & £1 Robes; SPECIMEN overprints, the latter very lightly mounted. Fine & fresh. (2) (Image)
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Estimate AU$300-400 Min. Bid. AU$240
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
696 |
C |
The 5½d on 5d Merino Ram (SG.202) used on commercial mails: May 1942 usage on cover from Adelaide, the adhesive paying the correct rate for airmail delivery via Ceduna, to the remote Koonibba Mission; also,
a January 1942 usage from Melbourne to New York, with various censorship marks and inspection labels. (2 items). Cat.$300++. (Image)
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Estimate AU$100-150 Min. Bid. AU$80
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
697 |
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1951 (SG.224var.) 2/- Aboriginal Art, Authority Imprint blk.(4) on watermarked THIN PAPER; 2 MUH/2 MLH. [BW:263a - Cat.$480]. (Image)
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Estimate AU$200-250 Min. Bid. AU$160
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
698 |
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5/- Arms, THIN PAPER (SG.224aab; BW:268a) Authority Imprint blk.4 on paper measuring 0.07mm; offered together with an Authority Imprint blk.4 on normal thickness paper, which measures 0.09mm. (8); both blocks are
well centred and superb MUH. BW: $3,300. (Image)
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Estimate AU$1,000-1,500 Min. Bid. AU$800
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
699 |
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1949 (SG.224c) £1 Coat of Arms, on Thin Paper (0.08mm) together with a Normal Paper (0.09mm) example for comparison, (2). MVLH. BW:270 & 270a - $1285. (Image)
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Estimate AU$200-250 Min. Bid. AU$160
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
700 |
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1956 (SG.230c) No wmk 9d Platypus, large part complete sheet with intact central gutter and perf.pip in left margin, (146) MUH. Cat.£2,628. [BW:207 - $4,380]. (Image)
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Estimate AU$1,200-1,500 Min. Bid. AU$1,000
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |
701 |
P |
DIE PROOF: 1949 2½d JLord Forrest of Bunbury, imperforate die proof in carmine-lake, mounted recessed in presentation card; with "C.B.A. NOTE PRINTING BRANCH" handstamp verso, completed in
manuscript "15 / 17. 10. 49". Additionally endorsed in manuscript to front "To Jack Wells from Daryl Lindsay / A final Proof / Dec.2nd '49". BW:277DP(1) - $3000.Sir Daryl Lindsay was a member of the Commonwealth Stamp Advisory
Committee between 1949 and 1961. (Image)
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Estimate AU$800-1,200 Min. Bid. AU$600
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM |