1950 STAMP CENTENARY: 2½d maroon setenant block of 8 from the top of the sheet with large-part Plate Number ' 4 ' BW 279zd, lightly mounted, Cat $2250.
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 603
Symbol: P
Cat No: Collection
1951 FEDERATION JUBILEE: 3d Barton + 3d Parkes setenant die proof recessed in presentation mount, 'CBA/ NOTE PRINTING/BRANCH/("14/19.2.51") cachet on the reverse, remarkably fine, Cat $4000. [The ACSC states eight sets were prepared, one for the Royal Collection & one now in Australia Post's Archives. No 14 was presented to the artist Sir Daryl Lindsay]
1951 FEDERATION JUBILEE: 5d Duke of York Opening Parliament die proof in blue with huge margins liberated from the presentation mount, Cat $3000 in the mount. Beautiful & superb! [Based on Tom Roberts' famous painting & widely considered to be among engraver Frank Manley's best work]
1951 FEDERATION JUBILEE: 1/6d Old Parliament House (Canberra) die proof in chocolate recessed in presentation mount, 'CBA/NOTE PRINTING/BRANCH/("20/19.2.51")' cachet on the back, the mount a little aged but the proof is pristine!, Cat $3000. [The ACSC states that Number '20' was presented to JRW Purves]
1951 FEDERATION JUBILEE: 3d carmine-lake setenant horizontal strip of 4 from the right of the sheet, the last two units affected by Misplaced Perforations ACSC 281b, unmounted, Cat $325.
1951 FEDERATION JUBILEE: 3d carmine-lake setenant block of 8 with Authority Imprint and part-Plate Number '1' at the base ACSC 281z, all but one unit unmounted, Cat $6000. The ACSC states that only one example exists: however, Arthur Gray had a block of 12 - one with tonespot - that sold for £2100.
1951 GOLD & VICTORIAN SELF-GOVERNMENT CENTENARY: 3d maroon setenant corner block of 12 (4x3) from the L/L of the sheet with Authority Imprint, the corner stamp Partly Imperforate due to a pre-perforating paper fold, unmounted. Not recorded in the ACSC.
