ONE PENNY - POSTAL HISTORY: 1913 (Dec 24; Christmas Eve) PPC to Germany with Engraved 1d pale red from Plate 1 (with Retouched Upper-Right Frame ACSC 59A(1)o; Cat $750+ on cover) + ½d green Kangaroo tied by Sydney machine cancel. [The Plate 1 Penny is very scarce on cover]
ONE PENNY - POSTAL HISTORY: 1914 (Apr 16) Sharp & Sons (Timber Merchants) cover to Michigan with 1d pair + ½d Kangaroo tied by Melbourne machine cancel.
ONE PENNY - POSTAL HISTORY: 1914 (Apr 28) 1d pale red from Plate 1 + ½d green Kangaroo tied to the face of a PPC by 'KEW/VICTORIA' cds, to Belgium with 'LIER/LIERRE' arrival cds, corner bend.
ONE PENNY - POSTAL HISTORY: 1914 (Apr 28) usage of 4d Kangaroo Registration Envelope to Austria uprated with 1d + Kangaroos ½d & 1d, 'HURLSTONE PARK/NSW' b/s & scarce red & black/white R label but the stamps cancelled in transit at Sydney. Very attractive.
SIX PENCE: 6d maroon marginal block of 6 (3x2) from the top of the sheet with part Plate 'No 1' , all with the vertical perfs misplaced but only the upper row with official patching & knife-cuts for separating the units, hinge remainders & the upper-units creased still a very striking block, Cat $600++.
SIX PENCE: 6d maroon marginal examples from the top (hinged in the margin) or base of the sheets, with Double Perfs at the Top or Base ACSC 60b, unmounted, Cat $1200. (2)
SIX PENCE: 6d maroon U/R corner block of 4 with Double Perfs at left ACSC #60b, minor 'silver' transference on the gum from a previous mount, unmounted, Cat $1500+.
SIX PENCE: 6d maroon block of 4 with central horizontal Double Perfs ACSC #60b, CTO with 'GPO/MELBOURNE' cds, sensible central reinforcing, no gum. A rare CTO multiple: most double perfs are at the margins of the sheets.
SIX PENCE: 6d maroon marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet, CTO with full unmounted o.g. ACSC 60w, the right hand units with minor natural bends, the left-hand units are superb!, Cat $320++. CTO blocks are very scarce.
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 292
Symbol: V
Cat No: Collection
SIX PENCE: 6d maroon block of 8 (4x2), CTO with full unmounted o.g. ACSC 60w, Cat $640++. Rare & superb multiple! [Stated to be Ex Australia Post Archives but no CTO examples were released in the 1987 & 1988 sales by tender. They are more likely to be from the stock of Millers, the Melbourne firm that assembled the CTO/Specimen packs for sale at the GPO]
SIX PENCE: 6d maroon horizontal strip of 4 from the top of the sheet with complete Imprint and Plate 'No 1' CTO with 'GPO/MELBOURNE' cds ACSC 60wz, no gum, Cat $2250 for an imprint block of 8. Extremely rare: the only such CTO Plate Number piece we have seen.
SIX PENCE: 6d maroon CTO single additionally with type-written 'SPECIMEN' overprint ACSC 60wa, no gum, Cat $850. Believed to be unique! Ex Bechuanaland Postal Archives.
SIX PENCE: 6d maroon marginal block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet with complete Imprint and Plate 'No 1' ACSC 60z, well centred, unmounted, Cat $3750. Superb!
SIX PENCE: 6d maroon marginal block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet with complete Imprint and Plate 'No 2' ACSC 60za, very fine facial appearance but with some spotting on the reverse that has been reduced, two units are very fine unmounted, Cat $2250+.
SIX PENCE: 6d maroon marginal block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet with complete Imprint and Plate 'No 3' ACSC 60zb, two units very lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $2250++.
SIX PENCE: 6d maroon marginal block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet with complete Imprint and Plate 'No 4' ACSC 60zc, the last unit with a small thin spot otherwise very fine unmounted, Cat $2250++.
SIX PENCE: 6d maroon block of 8 (4x2) from the base of the sheet with the full Imprint ACSC #60zd, a few split perfs, minor 'silver' transference from a previous mount, unmounted, Cat $3750.
SIX PENCE: 6d maroon block of 8 (4x2) from the right of the sheet with the full Imprint ACSC #60zf, minor separation/reinforcing in the margins only, unmounted, Cat $3750.
SIX PENCE: 6d maroon complete sheet of 120 with full margins & imprints plus complete Plate 'No 3' at the top, light attractive tinting of the paper, minor blemishes in the margins otherwise of spectacular appearance & attractively mounted with large Mylar corners behind perspex, Cat $18,300++ for the four imprint blocks of 8 plus 88 singles, or $37,000++ if all units are unmounted. The only complete sheet recorded by us, and a magnificent showpiece. [The ACSC doesn't list any plate varieties for this stamp. However, considering the large number of retouches & re-entries on the 1d plates, we expect that studying this sheet for varieties would be a very worthwhile exercise]
A note from conservator Lowanna Cumming specifies the method of mounting the sheet using archival-grade products & states the frame is "inert acrylic" & "Mylar corners hold the bottom of the stamp sheet in place, but are not attached to the stamp sheet".
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Estimate AU$10,000
Opening AU$ 11,000.00
Sold...AU$ 11,000.00
Closed..Aug-28-2020, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 11000
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 303
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
POSTAL HISTORY: 6d maroon tied to cover to Pennsylvania by 'REGISTERED/26SE14/SYDNEY NSW' cds, red & black/white R label overstruck with US boxed 'REGISTERED/NO...' h/s in purple, plain censor label with 'OPENED BY CENSOR' h/s affixed at Sydney & slightly over the stamp, Chicago transit & Philadelphia arrival backstamp, professionally cleaned on the face, Cat $2500 on cover. [The rate was 2½d + 3d registration: convenience overpayment of ½d]
This is stated to be the earliest recorded usage on commercial cover. The ACSC states the First Day of Issue was 26.8.1914, at Brisbane only & that there is a cover dated 1SE14 - the FDI at Sydney - in the Royal Collection.
POSTAL HISTORY: 6d maroon + Kangaroo First Wmk 2d tied to double-rate cover to Nebraska by 'REGISTERED/ 23OC14/MELBOURNE' cds, red/white R label, San Francisco transit & Omaha arrival b/s, slightly trimmed at left on opening slightly affecting the R label, Cat $2500 on cover. [The rate was 2½d x2 + 3d registration]
POSTAL HISTORY: 6d maroon + KGV 1d red pair tied to cover (275x123mm) to Cambridgeshire per "USS Maitai" by 'SYDNEY/30JA15/50' cds, vertical fold well clear of the stamps & two filing holes at the base, Cat $2500 on cover. [The Commercial Papers rate was 1d per 2oz x8 so the article weighed between 14 & 16oz]
In the absence of the ship endosement, the cover would have gone via Suez. The 'Maitai' was a New Zealand ship, not an American vessel, that served the trans-Pacific route. It was wrecked at Avarua Harbour (Cook Islands) on Christmas Day 1916.
POSTAL HISTORY: 6d maroon tied to cover to Illinois by Melbourne machine cancel & 'REGISTERED/26AU15/ MELBOURNE' cds, red/white R label (damaged), San Francisco transit & Chicago arrival b/s, Cat $2500 on cover. [The rate was 2½d + 3d registration: convenience overpayment of ½d]
POSTAL HISTORY: 6d maroon solo franking tied to double-rate cover to Kentucky "via SS Sonoma" by Melbourne Krag machine cancel, 'P a s s e d' Melbourne censor section h/s, light horizontal bend at the base, Cat $2500 on cover. [The rate was 2½d x2; either a 1d convenience overpayment or perhaps intended to pay a 'late fee']
