Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2068
Symbol: *
Cat No: Collection
½d green ACSC 1 (SG 1) coil strips of 7 & 8 both with coil joins, some trimmed perfs characteristic of coils made from sheet stock, on annotated page indicating the joins & four varieties. Coil pieces this large are rarely available. The page also includes a pair with coil join with part-monogram.
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3d olive Die I with Prominent Kiss Print ACSC 12Acb, well centred, lightly mounted, undercatalogued at $1750. The doubling of the design is most evident 1) down the right-hand frame-lines, where there is a significant distortion towards the base; 2) in the Gulf of Carpentaria and down the eastern coast; 3) along the back of the kangaroo; and 4) on the letters 'NCE' of 'THREE PENCE'. Ex 'Artemis'. The Australian Commonwealth Specialists' Catalogue states "known both mint and used. Approximately ten examples are recorded" but does not indicate how many are mint and how many are used. Sold at another Melbourne auction in 2012 for $3730 (where it was stated there that a very fine used example had been sold in 2010 for $5590).
4d very lightly mounted, 5d unmounted, 6d very lightly mounted, 9d unmounted (faint bend), 1/- with Break in Top Frame above 'LI' of 'AUSTRALIA' ACSC 30(2)e (disturbed gum) & 2/- with unlisted Retouch (?) along L/H Frame level with the Value Tablet and Yachting Regatta, mostly well centred, Cat $3375+.
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5d chestnut Plate 2 'CA' Monogram corner strip of 3 ACSC 16A(2)zb in a block of 6, well centred, a few miniscule and utterly inconsequential tone specks, unmounted, Cat $11,025+ for a mounted monogram strip and three unmounted singles. Ex Arthur Gray (sold for US$4600), 'Chartwell' (sold for £3480) and 'Artemis'. This block is better-centred than Julian Sterling's unmounted strip of 3 - lightly mounted in the margins - that sold for $9150.
6d blue with Mangled (Retouched) Second 'E' of 'PENCE' ACSC 17(1)j, well centred, one short perf at the top & creased at U/R, neatly cancelled at Perth well clear of the variety, Cat $1500.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2078
Symbol: *
Cat No: 16 shade
£2 black & crimson ACSC 55B (SG 16 shade) from the base of the sheet with misplaced watermark & horizontal marginal watermark-line, strong colours, light gum-bend, very lightly mounted at the base, Cat $17,500 (£6500 for the normal shade). [The ACSC listing for this scarce shade as "grey & deep rose" is misleading]
£2 grey-black & crimson ACSC 55B (SG 16) marginal example from the right of the sheet with Colour Spot North of the Bight - var (D)q obscured by the 'grass' , deep rich colour, mounted in the margin only, the stamp is unmounted, Cat $35,000 (£6500+ for mounted) plus a premium for the variety. Superb! Ex Stuart Hardy (sold for $15,725) & 'Artemis'.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2080
Symbol: F
Cat No: 16 shade
£2 brack & crimson ACSC 55B (SG 16 shade), well-centred, postally used with neat partial 'REGISTERED/SYDNEY NSW' cds, possibly re-perforated at base, Cat $9000 (£4000 for the normal shade).
