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½d Green Single Watermark Single-Line Perf ACSC 64 (SG 20a) continued...

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161

½d pale green ACSC 64B (SG 20a) with unlisted variety White Flaw above Second 'N' of 'HALFPENNY' [Pos 3R54], vertical Watermark Line at right, Victoria machine cancel just clear of the variety, Cat $1250+ (£650+) for normal. Michael Drury Certificate (2011). This variety is not listed in Dix & Rowntree (1995), but is listed in Rod Buchko's unpublished update.

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

162

½d pale emerald ACSC 64A (SG 20a) with unlisted variety Top of Crown & Part of Upper Frame Missing [Pos 3R60], quite well-centred, vertical Watermark Line at right, a couple of minor aging marks on perf tips, Melbourne machine cancel well clear of the variety, Cat $900+ (£650+) for normal. An earlier state of he variety is listed in Dix & Rowntree (1995): this is a much more advanced state.

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

163

½d pale emerald 'CA' Monogram single ACSC 64z with Notch in Right Frame at Lower-Right Corner [Pos 3L57] ACSC 64n, light partial Monogram Offset on reverse, exceptionally well-centred, fresh unmounted gum, Cat $30,000+, for mounted. The only recorded example. RPSofV Certificate (2023). The ACSC states in footnote 3 that "One mint single of each monogram is recorded" [which refers to this item]. The ACSC does not mention the partial offset. It is ACSC policy to list & price varieties in 'mint' (mounted) condition, but since this discovery item is unmounted, it would be useful to include a price in this condition.

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Estimate AU$30,000

SOLD for AU$29,000.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

164

½d pale green JBC' Monogram single ACSC 64za, light partial Monogram Offset on reverse, quite well-centred, very fresh, one tiny spot of gum loss otherwise unmounted, Cat $30,000 for mounted plus a premium for the scarcer shade. The only recorded example. RPSofV Certificate (2023). The ACSC states in footnote 3 that "One mint single of each monogram is recorded [which refers to this item], as well as a stamp with JBC monogram (severely trimmed) used on piece". The ACSC does not mention the partial offset.

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Estimate AU$30,000

SOLD for AU$25,000.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

165

PUNCTURED 'OS': ½d pale green ACSC 64Bb with Retouched Lower-Left Corner & White Dot in Right Frame outside Value Tablet [Pos 3R7], Victoria machine cancel clear of the variety, Cat $7500+ for punctured 'OS' plus a premium for the scarcer shade & listed variety. The ACSC states "Punctured OS was unknown until 1998, when two examples - originally a horizontal pair - were discovered ... Three further examples have since been reported". PSNZA Certificate (2023).

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Estimate AU$4,000

SOLD for AU$3,000.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

166

PUNCTURED 'OS': ½d pale emerald ACSC 64Ab with Broken Shading to Right of Right Value Tablet [Pos 3R47], light Victoria '4SE17' cds corner cancel clear of the variety, tiny aging mark on one lower perf tip, Cat $7500. The ACSC states "Punctured OS was unknown until 1998, when two examples - originally a horizontal pair - were discovered ... Three further examples have since been reported". PSNZA Certificate (2023).

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Estimate AU$3,000

SOLD for AU$2,600.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

½d Green Large Multiple Watermark ACSC 65 (SG 48)

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167

EARLIEST RECORDED DATE: ½d pale green ACSC 65 (SG 48) horizontal pair with clear Melbourne '29DE17' machine cancel being the earliest recorded date of use, both units with minor bends, the right-hand unit with a small shallow thin. The ACSC gives the date of issue as "4 January 1918 (in Sydney)."

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

168

FIRST DAY OF ISSUE: ½d green ACSC 65 (SG 48) horizontal pair with clear Elizabeth Street, Melbourne '-4JAN18' machine cancel being the First Day of Issue (in Sydney). The ACSC does not list any known First Day Cover.

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

169

½d green ACSC 65 (SG 48) with Extreme 'Tin Shed' Flaw resulting in major loss of the design, light machine cancel, unlisted in the ACSC.

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Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$500.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

170

½d green Thin Paper ACSC 65ac horizontal pair, exceptionally well-centred, the left-hand unit with a small hinge remainder, the right-hand unit with minor gum disturbance, Cat $550+ for two singles. The ACSC states that "The Thin Paper variety (less than 0.07mm with gum) is found from Electros 6 and 7".

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

171

½d green with Double Perforations at Top & Sides ACSC 65b marginal horizontal strip of 3 from the upper-left corner of the sheet, the left margin incomplete at base, small hinge remainders in the margins only, the stamps all unmounted, Cat $825+ for three singles. Comb machines perforated three sides of all stamps in each row. The doubling at the top is obvious but the vertical perfs are virtually coincident. However, the doubling shows clearly under magnification.

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

172

½d green ACSC 65 (SG 48) Coil Join Pair being the sixth & seventh units in a vertical strip of 12, the sixth unit with Kangaroo's Feet White [Pos 6R58] and lower margin & 'Jubilee Line' attached to the unit below, characteristic slightly trimmed perfs at right, the bottom unit & the top two units (minor blemishes) folded under for display, unmounted except for the join, Cat $170+ for unmounted singles (the Coil Join Pair unlisted in the ACSC). Plated as Pos 6R28/.../58 & 6L4/.../34. The ACSC states (p22) that "While coil joins of undoubted authenticity exist for these stamps [½d 1d & 1½d values] ... there is no certain way to expertise such pieces. Consquently, they are not listed." However, coil rolls were created from splitting sheet stock (12x10) vertically & then joining the strips together. Therefore, a genuine vertical strip of 12 must be from a coil.

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

173

PUNCTURED 'OS/NSW': ½d green with the Perfin Inverted, quite well centred, partial 'NEWTOW[N]/ [NSW' (?) cds at base, a few tiny aging marks on a couple of upper perf tips.

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$240.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

½d Green Large Multiple Wmk ACSC 65 (SG 48) - Electro 4

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174

½d green 'JBC' Monogram left corner strip of 3 the central unit with White Flaw in Right Side of Crown [Pos 3L56] ACSC 65(4)z, the monogram slightly trimmed at base, lightly mounted in the margin and on the monogram unit, the other two units, including the variety, are unmounted, Cat $750 for a mounted strip.

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$260.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

175

½d green 'CA' Monogram right corner strip of 3 ACSC 65(4)zb in a marginal block of 8 (4x2), well-centred, minor perf re-inforcing and/or small hinge remainders in the lower margin & on three units in the upper row, the other units unmounted, Cat $800+.

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

176

½d green 'CA' Monogram right corner strip of 3 ACSC 65(4)zb in a block of 12 (6x2) from the base of the right-hand pane, with White Spot before '2' in Left Value Tablet [Pos 4R55] and White Spot between 'TA' of 'POSTAGE' [Pos 4R56], quite well-centred, some reinforcing and hinge remainders including on the monogram strip, Cat $900+ for a mounted monogram strip of 3 and the two varieties plus 3 unmounted & 4 mounted singles.

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

177

½d green Substituted 'CA' Monogram left corner strip of 3 with White Flaw in Right Side of Crown [Pos 3L56] ACSC 65(4)zd in a block of 24 (6x4) from the base of the left-hand pane, with Notch in Lower Frame below 'FP' [Pos 3L43], centring variable, the monogram slightly trimmed at base, a couple of light bends in the margins, the monogram strip with minor perf reinforcing, most others including the variety unit are unmounted, Cat $1460+ for a monogram strip of 3, the variety mounted plus two mounted & 18 unmounted singles.

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

178

½d green complete sheet with 'JBC' & 'CA' Monograms ACSC 65(4)z & 65(5)zb and including all ACSC-listed varieties, centring variable, characteristic irregular perfs, minor perf separation at lower-left & some hinge remainders in the margins only, the stamps all unmounted, Cat $4370+ for the two monogram corner strips of 3 and listed varieties mounted, and 95 unmounted singles.

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$2,100.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

179

½d green marginal block of 12 (6x2) from the top left of the sheet with part 'JBC' Monogram in the upper margin as ACSC 65(4)z but with the monogram above 4L3 as a result of mis-guillotining, one lower unit with White Flaw on Kangaroo's Back [Pos 4L11], well-centred, red pencil mark below the monogram, some perf reinforcing in the upper margin and between the lower-left unit & rejoined left margin, one other lower unit with minor adhesion, the other ten units unmounted, Cat $750+ for a normal monogram strip of 3. A Single Watermark Electro 2 'CA' Monogram Above single CTO sold in our auction of 29.11.2008 for $833.

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

180

½d yellow-green complete sheet with 'CA' Monogram both sides ACSC 65(4)zf and all ACSC-listed varieties, centring variable, minor bend affects two units at upper right, hinge remainders in the upper margin & about a dozen units affected by some perf reinforcing also in the lower margin, the other units unmounted, Cat $11,000+ for the dual 'CA' monogram strip of 12 & listed varieties mounted plus 12 mounted & 80 unmounted yellow-green singles. The ACSC states of the 'CA' monogram both sides strips from Electros 4 & 5 that "approximately 20 strips of 12 have survived [in total]" (our emphasis) but does not give a break-down between the electros. Nor does it state how many are known in complete sheets. See Lot 224 for a 'CA' monogram both sides sheet from Electro 5.

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Estimate AU$2,000

SOLD for AU$3,400.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM