Great Britain and British Commonwealth KGV Heads - Single Watermark
Sale No: 445
Lot No: 189
Symbol: ** *
Cat No: Collection
½d Orange to 1/4d (2) mint selection including 1d red Die III block of 4 & two singles, WATERMARK INVERTED 1½d Black-Brown, 1½d Chocolate Brown, 1½d Scarlet, & 4d Blue (Harrison), ½d Orange, 1d Violet & 2d Red-Brown blocks of 4 & 1½d Red block of 6 all with listed varieties, plus 3d Blue blocks of 4 (3) incl Die 1a AA/BA marginal block of 4, odd gum disturbance, generally fine mint, high catalogue value. (Image)
Estimate AU$500-1,000 Min. Bid. AU$38
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Aug-27-2019, 15:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 445
Lot No: 191
Symbol: ** *
½d Green Electro 7 Harrison one-line imprint ("COMMQNWEALTH") block of 4, MLH with lower units MUH, BW:63(7)z - $950+. (Image)
Estimate AU$300-500 Min. Bid. AU$240
Opening AU$ 240.00
Sold...AU$ 280.00
Closed..Aug-27-2019, 15:00:00 EST
Sold For 280
Sale No: 445
Lot No: 194
Symbol: C
Nov. 1917 use of Smooth Paper 1d Rose-Carmine with variety "Flaw under neck" [VII/37] BW:71L(4)h on PPC to Adelaide, indistinct machine cancel does not impinge on the flaw. Nice item. (Image)
1d Green with impressive and complete offset, fine mint, BW:77ca - Cat $1000. [A similarly centred example sold for $1500+ in a May 2009 Melbourne auction.] (Image)
Estimate AU$600-1,000 Min. Bid. AU$45
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 400.00
Closed..Aug-27-2019, 15:00:00 EST
Sold For 400
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Lot No: 201
Symbol: ** *
1d Green WATERMARK INVERTED Plate 3 Mullett Imprint block of 8 with varieties "Notched N.E.Corner" [V/59] & "White flaw in right frame opposite emu's feet" [VI/55], fine MLH, BW:77a(3)zb - $875 (as a block of 4).
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Estimate AU$300-500 Min. Bid. AU$240
Opening AU$ 240.00
Sold...AU$ 240.00
Closed..Aug-27-2019, 15:00:00 EST
Sold For 240
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Lot No: 203
Symbol: O
Cat No: 62w -£5500
2d Orange WATERMARK INVERTED, one nibbed perf at the top, plus a normal comparison stamp in a different shade, both stamps with very fine BURRACOPPIN (WA) '5APR1922' datestamps. A most attractive example of this rare watermark variety BW:95a - $8000 (SG:62w -£5500). [Brusden White state that about 20 examples, all used, are known. Stuart Hardy's less attractive example sold for $4400+ at a 2013 Melbourne auction](Image)
4d Olive-Yellow (Mullett printing) marginal block of 8, superb fresh MUH, BW:114C - $3200+. Rare multiple of an elusive shade. (Image)
Estimate AU$750-1,000 Min. Bid. AU$57
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Aug-27-2019, 15:00:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 445
Lot No: 208
Symbol: C
4½d Violet perforated OS solo franking tied by ELIZABETH ST (Melbourne) datestamp to 1929 (Aug 31) Office for Stamp Duties registered cover from Melbourne to Colac, red/white registration label, arrival backstamp. Extremely scarce on cover, BW:118b - Cat $400 (on cover). (Image)
Estimate AU$150-200 Min. Bid. AU$120
Opening AU$ 120.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..Aug-27-2019, 15:00:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 445
Lot No: 209
Symbol: P
5d Yellow-Brown Single-line Perf imperforate plate proof lower-left corner block of 4 [L49-50/55-56] in the issued colour on ungummed watermarked paper BW #122PP(3)A, margins large to enormous, cancelled with two strikes of the 36mm 'COMMONWEALTH...AUSTRALIA/POSTMASTER/GENERAL'S/19JUN21 AM/DEPARTMENT' cachet, Cat $50,000: see Note 3 on page 4/349. One of the most visually arresting items in the entire Georgian Heads Series: illustrated at page 4/348. Ex Dr Leslie Abramovich,Charles Zuker and Arthur Gray. The ACSC states that these are the only examples in private hands, the adjoining 'CA' Monogram block of 4 being in the Australia Post Archives.
NB: the ACSC doesn't mention that this proof is on Single Watermark Paper. In fact, it is on the distinctive Rough Paper used for the 1920 printing that was issued only punctured 'OS'! As a consequence of this previously unrecognised situation, the listing of this proof should be moved to before the Rough Paper printing, where it would be numbered BW #124PP(1). And, of course, this and the Australia Post block thus represent the only Rough Paper 5d stamps that are NOT punctured 'OS'. (Image)
