Great Britain and British Commonwealth Other Pre-Decimals
Sale No: 246
Lot No: 303
Symbol: **/*O
Cat No: Collection
KGVI & QEII Pre-decimals mostly mounted but with unmounted including Robes £1 Thick & Thin Paper Imprint blocks of 4, ½d orange Kangaroo selection of varieties, 1946 Peace 2½d No Watermark, Arms Imprint pairs, Northern Territory 5d Grossly Misperforated pair, Navigators 'SPECIMEN' set (*), various imprint blocks of the early issues and other varieties, generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 100s)
Sale No: 246
Lot No: 304
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: Collection
Ex-dealer's stock from 1½d Canberra (including booklet pane of 8) through to 1/- South Australia Centenary, numerous Imprints and Plate Number blocks noted with plenty for the variety hunter or retailer to find here. Rehoused because the original counter book was falling apart.
(Qty 1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 2,700.00
Closed..Dec-01-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 2700
Sale No: 246
Lot No: 305
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: Collection
King George VI period stock of imprint blocks and part-sheets, mostly Definitives to 4d plus AIF 2d, mostly unmounted. Untouched for many years so likely to be very useful for research.
(Qty 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Dec-01-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 246
Lot No: 306
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: Collection
KGV commemoratives ex-dealer's backup stock of mostly imprint or plate number blocks of 1½d Swan, 1½d Sturt, 2d Engraved Bridge, 2d KSmith, 2d (Light Hills) Macarthur, 2d ANZAC, 2d Jubilee, 2d Cable and 2d SA Centenary, much unmounted. An ideal lot for the serious researcher. Untouched for many years.
coil strips, pairs and some singles, many pieces with coil joins, mixture of unmounted and no gum with condition variable, some with straight side edges from where they have been cut from sheet. Ideal research material with varieties aplenty, all appear uncancelled. Very rarely seen in this quantity.
(Qty 1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 2,900.00
Closed..Dec-01-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 2900
Sale No: 246
Lot No: 307
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: Collection
KGVI and QEII period ex-dealer's backup stock including blocks & part-sheets, noted Arms £1 block of 10 (**) & £2 x30 (no gum), plenty of Coils, Imprints, Autotron, Plate Number and some variety blocks left in this accumulation, generally fine and fresh but some stamps have been mounted.
(Qty 1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 525.00
Sold...AU$ 2,400.00
Closed..Dec-01-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 2400
Sale No: 246
Lot No: 308
Symbol: **
Part-sheets & blocks including Victoria Centenary Perf 10½ 2d & 3d both in complete sheets (folded) plus 1/- block of 16 (minor gum toning on some units), Macarthur 2d part-sheet with imprint, plus small range of 1940s-50s issues, condition mixed but mostly fine to very fine.
(Qty 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 900.00
Closed..Dec-01-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 246
Lot No: 309
Symbol: E
1927 Opening of Parliament House Stamp Design Competition pen-and-ink essay featuring KGV & the future KGVI (who attended the Opening), a Kangaroo and an Emu all above Parliament House, being a contemporary reproduction on thin photographic paper (170x118mm), numbered "68" on the reverse, a couple of minor bends. Ex 'Besancon' (III) in a mixed lot, and 'Artemis'.
[Attributed to ET Luke but so much more professional and artistic than his 1911 competition entries that we doubt it. Unrecorded in the ACSC]
1927 Opening of Parliament House Stamp Design Competition pen-and-ink essays featuring the State Emblems in horizontal (67x46mm; with Parliament House) & vertical (51x69mm) formats being contemporary reproductions on thin photographic paper, both numbered "69" on the reverse, plus stamp-size reductions, all but the first with 'AJ SHEARSBY' h/s on the reverse. Ex 'Besancon' (III) in a mixed lot, and 'Artemis'. [Unrecorded in the ACSC]
(Qty 4)
Sale No: 246
Lot No: 311
Symbol: E
Cat No: Collection
1927 Opening of Parliament House Stamp Design Competition skilfully handpainted stampsize essay in crimson on thin card (28x40mm) featuring the Australian Coat-of-Arms and inscribed 'CANBERRA 1927' at the base ACSC 132ES(4), Cat $3000. Superb! Ex 'Besancon' (III) - sold for SFr1815 - & 'Artemis'. [The ACSC entry lacks an attribution. The essay is offered with a faulty OHMS cover to a Mr J Walker in Glasgow franked with KGV 1½d scarlet punctured 'OS', the enclosed roneo'd letter, and accompanying mint & CTO examples of the issued stamp. It is believed this is an original group. Also includes a Canberra booklet with the panes CTOd 9MY27, a couple of minor blemishes]
(Qty 6 items)
1927 Opening of Parliament House 1½d vertical pair Imperforate Between ACSC 132b (SG 105a), exceptional centring, the lower unit with a thin that doesn't detract from the exceptional facial appearance, Cat $5000 (£5500). Ex Gilbert - sold for US$2595 - and 'Artemis'. BPA Certificate (2000). [The ACSC states "22 pairs have been identified...[including] a block of 4 in the Royal Collection & a pair in the National Philatelic Collection...well-centred examples - of which this is one of the best centred - command a premium". [The very fine 'Tillie Mitchell' pair sold at our auction of 29.8.2020 for $9880]
Sale No: 246
Lot No: 313
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 105b
1927 Opening of Parliament House 1½d block of 4 comprising two horizontal pairs Imperforate Between ACSC 132ba (SG 105b), unusually well centred, the lower pair is unmounted, Cat $40,000+ (£26,000+) for two mounted pairs. Superb! Ex Bridger & Kay auction of 25.4.1979, 'Besancon' (III) - sold for SFr20,570 - and 'Artemis'.
The ACSC states "seven pairs have been identified...[including] a block of 4 in the Royal Collection & a pair in the National Philatelic Collection..." & a lightly cancelled pair, to which must be added this block of 4. [Better centred & more attractive than Stuart Hardy's pair that sold for $17,475]
1928 Stamp Design Competition selection of hand-drawn (5), printed (1) or photographic (8, one of which appears to have been for the 1927 competition) stamp-size essays by various entrants, mostly quite amateurish efforts but the printed essay featuring Map & Kangaroo and with simulated perforations is in a different class (this being illustrated by Ray Chapman & attributed by him to ET Luke), also a larger hand-executed essay featuring a Map & Kingsford Smith's plane the 'Southern Cross' on wove paper (106x116mm) & endorsed "Kinross 1928", all very fine. Ex 'Besancon' (III) in a mixed lot, and 'Artemis'. [The competition was held prior to the Melbourne International Exhibition. It was hoped that the winning entry would be adopted and printed during the event. However, time was too short so the Engraved 6d Kookaburra was adapted for a 3d value, and printed at the Exhibition in sheets of 15 panes of 4. None of the competition entries was adapted for an issued stamp]
(Qty 15)
1928 Stamp Design Competition hand-painted stamp-size essays in crimson ink for three horizontal designs featuring KGV & Flags or 'Hands Across the Sea' (two variants), all very fine. Ex 'Besancon' (III) in a mixed lot, and 'Artemis'. [Removed from the previous lot because of their relatively skillful designs and artistic execution] (3)
1928 Stamp Design Competition contemporary photographic enlargement of a 1½d Koalas design endorsed "Mirrabooka No 1" on thin card (97x103mm). Ex 'Besancon' (III) in a mixed lot, and 'Artemis'. [This may have been the inspiration for the 4d Koala issue of 1937. Ray Chapman, at page 255, mentions but doesn't illustrate another Koala essay, by ET Luke, that he considers may have been the model for the later stamp]
Sale No: 246
Lot No: 317
Symbol: E
Cat No: Collection
1928 Stamp Design Competition contemporary photographic enlargement of a 1½d allegorical design featuring a Merino Ram & Flags, with three tiny photographic reductions below, endorsed "Mirrabooka No 2" on thin card (100x140mm). Ex 'Besancon' (III) in a mixed lot, and 'Artemis'. A marvellous item for a 'Wool' thematic collection. [The image is above Lot 316]
Sale No: 246
Lot No: 318
Symbol: E
Cat No: Collection
1929 Centenary of Western Australia three pen-and-ink essays featuring Flag-Raising at the Proclamation of the Colony and two Swan designs all signed "G Pitt Morison" (the version adopted for the stamp issue damaged at lower-right) being contemporary photographic enlargements on thin card (each 160x110mm approximately), plus gloss-finish stamp-size reductions of the two Swan designs. A very attractive group. Ex 'Besancon' (III) in a mixed lot - where they weren't mentioned! - and 'Artemis'. [George Pitt Morison was a Perth artist & engraver. During the 1930s, he was Curator of the WA Museum Art Gallery]
(Qty 5 items)
1929 Centenary of Western Australia matte-finish stamp-size reductions of three pen-and-ink essays featuring Flag-Raising at the Proclamation of the Colony and two Swan designs all signed "G Pitt Morison", that for the adiopted design with minor creasing. Ex 'Besancon' (III) in a mixed lot - where they weren't mentioned! - and 'Artemis'. [The two unadopted designs are illustrated by Ray Chapman at p263]
(Qty 3)
1929 Centenary of Western Australia 1½d Swan Imperforate at the Base ACSC #138b, well centred, characteristic rough perfs, a little oxidised, very lightly mounted, Cat $20,000. One of the most desirable errors of the KGV Period Commemoratives. The ACSC states that two pairs and two singles - all from the same sheet - exist. This is position [78]. Ex Julian Sterling - sold at our auction of 30.11.2019 for $11,980 - and 'Artemis'. [Arthur Gray's superb horizontal pair with half of the imprint sold for $36,240]
Sale No: 246
Lot No: 321
Symbol: E
Cat No: Collection
1932 Large Lyrebird 1/- Chambon "essay" in deep red & in deep bright blue BW #145PP(1)A & B L/L corner blocks of 4 with stocknumbers in the L/L margins, exceptional centring, a couple of insignificant bends otherwise pristine!, Cat $10,000++ (for mounted singles). [Marginal blocks of 6 sold at our auction of 25.3.2021 for $5030]
(Qty 2 blocks)
1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- green John Ash Imprint strip of 3 ACSC 148zf, a couple of faint natural gumbends & some weak/split perforations, the central unit lightly mounted, the 1st & 3rd units unmounted, Cat $3750+ for a mounted strip of 3 (£1275++ for three mounted singles).
Sale No: 246
Lot No: 323
Symbol: G
Cat No: Collection
1932 Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- green John Ash Imprint strip of 3 ACSC 148zf, well centred, the left-hand unit with two tiny thins that in no way detract from the very fine facial appearance, 'BENDIGO' cds, Cat $2000 mint (unpriced used). Ex 'Artemis': sold at our auction of 8.11.2013 for $4427. [An extraordinary item, being the only postally used imprint strip that we have seen, making it an exceptional item for a collection of used multiples]
1932 Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- green John Ash Imprint block of 6 (3x2) ACSC 148zd, well centred, very lightly mounted except for the L/L & L/R units that are both unmounted, Cat $9500+ for a mounted block of 6 (£2550++ for mounted singles). Superb! Ex 'Artemis'.
1932 Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- green complete sheet of 20 (5x4) being Sheet B with John Ash Imprint and complete Plate Dot at Upper-Right ACSC 148za & zd, most units are well centred, a couple of folds along the perforations, small hinge remainders in the margins at centre-top (with a small attendant gum thin) & at centre-base but all the stamps are superb! unmounted, Cat $32,000++ for an unmounted imprint block of 6, a mounted plate dot single, and unmounted singles x13. Ex Stuart Hardy, 'Chartwell' & 'Artemis': Michael Drury Certificate (2013). [The plate dots were often guillotined-off]
1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge Typographed 2d scarlet Perf 11 Postal Forgery on gummed unwatermarked paper ACSC 149c, excellent centring, lightly mounted, Cat $2750. One of the finest 'mint' singles we have seen. Much scarcer than the similar KGV 2d postal forgeries: see Lot 297. [Better centred & of better quality than Arthur Gray's corner example - unmounted, but with minor gum-spotting - that sold at our auction of 30.10.2015 for $2175]
1937-49 KGVI Definitives 1/- Lyrebird quantity of postally used blocks of 4 or 6 in roughly equal numbers plus at least two blocks of 8 & a block of 9, condition variable but generally fine to very fine, some postmark interest. Almost certainly not checked for varieties.
(Qty 600+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Dec-01-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 246
Lot No: 328
Symbol: G
Cat No: 230da
1948-56 No Wmk Definitives 1/- Lyrebird with Extensive 'Green Mist' Retouch to Left of the Lyrebird ACSC 210g (SG 230da), well centred, neat slogan cancel largely clear of the affected area, Cat $7500 (£3500). Rare: the first used example we have offered - with a normal stamp for comparison. Michael Drury Certificate (2018). [The ACSC states that only two used examples have been recorded. Mint examples - also Cat $7500 - appear with some regularity & have sold for more than $4000]
(Qty 2)
1951-52 KGVI Definitives 7½d blue block of 16 (8x2) from the top of the sheet with margins on three sides and the L/H units both Imperforate Three Sides ACSC 257b (SG 251a), lightly mounted in the corner margin at upper-right only, all units are unmounted, Cat $27,500+ (£25,000+) for the imperf three sides pair. Superb! A major British Commonwealth rarity of the Reign of King George VI. Ex Stanley Gibbons (London) retail stock - priced at £18,000 - Gibbons' Rarities Auction of 6.6.2019; David Feldman Auction of 6.6.2019; and 'Artemis'.
The ACSC states that one sheet was affected, creating ten stamps imperf at left. The sheet was split into five blocks of 16, of which at least two have been reduced to blocks of 4, this example being enhanced by the large sheet margin at upper-left. [Stuart Hardy's block of 16 sold for $25,630. Graham Cooper's mounted block of 4, with the imprint, sold for £20,400]
1956 Olympic Games complete sheets comprising 4d x2, each with Harpooned Whale ACSC 332e plus Perf Pips at right; 7½d with Flaw on Lip of Torch & Flaw adjoining Star ACSC 333ea; 1/- x2, each with so-called 'forerunner' (a small blue dot at U/L) & Short 'L' of 'AUSTRALIA' ACSC 334e; and 2/- x2, each with Courvoisier Imprint at top and base plus White Flaw on 'T' of 'AUSTRALIA' and White Spot on Building ACSC 335d & e but without Retouch under 'th' of 'XVIth' #335f; unmounted.
(Qty 7 sheets)
1964-65 Birds Chambon Perf 13½x14 stamp-size essay for a 5d Brush Turkey design on gummed unwatermarked paper, marginal example from the left of the sheet, unmounted, undercatalogued at $500. [This was a trial printing in London to test the Chambon press. One sheet of 60 came onto the market only in 2015. A similar, non-marginal, example sold at our auction of 5.8.2021 for $2155]
1965 Christmas 5d Nativity Scene with the Blue Printing (Mary's Cloak) Omitted ACSC 435cb (SG 381b), very well centred, unmounted, Cat $1750 (£1000). Very scarce: the first eample we have offered for many years. [The ACSC states "all examples show faint traces of blue colour still apparent", on Joseph's sleeve]
