Great Britain and British Commonwealth Kangaroos - First Watermark
Sale No: 237
Lot No: 1074
Symbol: V
Cat No: £7000+
½d to £2 set, variable centring, large-part o.g. with hinge remainders, all CTO mostly with the Number 24 Melbourne cds, Cat $14,000 (SG £7000+). [The ACSC states that 400 sets were supplied for distribution by the Universal Postal Union]
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½d green block of 12 (6x2) from the top of the sheet (unmounted), 1d red block of 4 & 2d grey U/R corner block of 4 (unmounted) all punctured Large 'OS', Cat $1900+ as singles. Scarce multiples.
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Sale No: 237
Lot No: 1076
Symbol: **
Cat No: 1(2)zc
½d green 'JBC' Monogram strip of 6 BW #1(2)zc, minor jumped perfs at the base, mounted in the margins only otherwise unmounted, Cat $1200++ for a mounted strip of 3.
Sale No: 237
Lot No: 1081
Symbol: F
Cat No: 4(G)la
1d red Die IIA with The Big Crack - State II [Pos G/R26] ACSC #4(G)la, Hobart machine cancel largely clear of the variety, Cat $600. [This is the final state of the crack, extending between the upper & lower frames. See Greg Pope's study where this is a late example of his Fourth State]
Sale No: 237
Lot No: 1083
Symbol: **
Cat No: 4(H)zb
1d red Plate H 'JBC' Monogram block of 12 (6x2) from the L/R of the sheet ACSC #4(H)zb, minor blemishes & gum-toning at L/R, unmounted, Cat $2000 for a mounted strip of 3.
5d chestnut marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet, the second unit with Major Retouch off Queensland Coast ACSC 16(2)f, well centred, some characteristic 'fluffy' perfs, unmounted, Cat $2600++ (for four standard mounted singles). Ex Arthur Gray.
5/- grey & yellow [R11-12] (SG 12) marginal horizontal pair from the right of the sheet, the second unit with Two Breaks in NSW Coast ACSC #48(D)L, very lightly mounted, Cat $1800+ (£900+).
10/- with a trace of a second handstamp at left (rounded corner), £1 (a few short perfs) & £2 (creased) each with 'Specimen' handstamp, well centred, unmounted, Cat $13,500.
£1 brown & blue ACSC #51A (SG 15), two examples - one still with large-part o.g. - both stupidly struck with non-contemporary 'VIC-AUST' cds (introduced in 1936!).
£2 black & carmine-rose ACSC #55A (SG 16), exceptional centring, very lightly mounted, Cat $12,500 (£6500). A very attractive example of this scarce stamp. Apex Certificate (1997).
£2 black & carmine-rose ACSC #55A (SG 15), excellent centring & fine appearance but professionally repaired, 'OXFORD ST/--JL15/NSW' cds, Cat $6000 (£4000). An attractive 'spacefiller' at an unbeatable price.
SPERATI FORGERY: £2 black & crimson ACSC #55c, well centred, 'CAIRNS/QUEENSLAND' cds clear of the telltale White Line South from Warrnambool, Cat $7500. Superb! [Arthur Gray's two examples sold for US$2300 & US$3335 respectively]
CANCELLED-TO-ORDER (CTO): ½d to £2 complete set with Melbourne cds of AP15/13, mostly well centred, the 2d is toned otherwise with bright fresh colours, most with no gum but the 6d 9d 1/- (with the Watermark Upright) & 10/- are unmounted & superb, Cat $13,000. A premium-grade set.
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½d 3d 5d 9d 1/- (with the Watermark Inverted, as usual) 2/- 5/- £1 & £2 all with Melbourne cds stated to be of DE5/13, Cat $10,000 for AP15/13 dates. [The 5d 1/- & £2 show no trace of the date. The 9d 2/- & 5/- have a '5' evident but that could be either AP5 or AP15. Only the ½d 3d & £1 definitely have December dates]
½d to 5/- all with Melbourne cds of DE3/13, characteristic variable centring, Cat $1430. [The DE3 stamps characteristically have half-cancels instead of the more usual quarter-cancels]
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'BRISBANE/QUEENSLAND' CDS: ½d green ACSC #1wd, well centred, full unmounted o.g., grossly under- catalogued at $250. Ex Australia Post Archival Sale Number One (1987): a mere 6 examples were sold in a mixed lot.
2d grey ACSC #5wd, well centred, grossly undercatalogued at $750. Ex Australia Post Archival Sale Number One (1987): 26 examples were sold in a mixed lot. [An example was sold in 2017 at a Melbourne auction for $2742]
3d olive Die I ACSC #6we, well centred, full unmounted o.g., Cat $400. Superb! Ex Australia Post Archival Sale Number One (1987): 41 Die I examples were sold in a mixed lot.
6d blue ACSC #8wd, well centred, full unmounted o.g., grossly undercatalogued at $400. Superb! Ex Australia Post Archival Sale Number One (1987): 42 examples were sold in a mixed lot & a further block of 16 may also have had the Brisbane cds. [An example sold at a Melbourne auction in 2017 for $864]
2/- brown block of 4 ACSC #35wd 'socked-on-the-nose' with superb 'BRISBANE/12NO13/QUEENSLAND' cds, full unmounted o.g., Cat $2000 as singles. A superb & rare block! Ex Australia Post Archival Sales: blocks of 18 & 24 x2 (one with 'JBC' Monogram) were released across the two sales.
5/- grey & chrome-yellow ACSC #42wd, Cat $1250. Extremely rare: there were no examples in either of the archival sales. [Stuart Hardy's example - the only Brisbane CTO stamp in his collection - sold for $1223]
10/- grey & pink ACSC #47wc, well centred, full unmounted o.g., Cat $2500. Superb! Ex Australia Post Archival Sales: 14 were released in 1987 & 13 in 1988.
