Great Britain and British Commonwealth The 'Tillie Mitchell' Pre-Decimals
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 285
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: Collection
1913-36 mostly mint collection in expensive Leuchtturm album with Vario pages, numerous unusual/better items including Engraved 6d Kookaburra unmounted & CTO gems, strip of 6 with Double Perfs at the Base, CTO pair with Plate 'No 1'; 1928 3d Kookaburra blocks of 30 & 48, M/S x2 (one with fake cancel); 1928 3d Airmail Long Wing on Plane, three plate number blocks with forged 'OS' punctures, and black/blue booklet that may have been reconstructed; 1929 WA Centenary Offset block of 4 & Re-Entries; Sturt complete plate number & imprint blocks of 4 plus 'OS' imprint blocks CTO; Kingsford Smith 6d imprint blocks of 8 x3, 'OS' Overprints mint (no certificates), two CTO sets & 2d Plate Number '6' single which is a forgery; 1931 6d Airmail imprint strip of 3 & block of 6 and 'OS' imprint strip of 3 x2; 1932 Bridge 2d four blocks of 4 with plate dots, 5/- postally used on small piece, 5/- with Retouch over Left-Centre of Bridge CTO; 1932 Large Kookaburra block of 6 & imprint block of 4; 1932 Large Lyrebird 'OS' x5 (one with Damaged 'O' in 'OS'); Victoria Centenary 1/- imprint pairs x2 & blocks of 4 x2; Macarthur Dark Hills imprint block of 4; ANZAC 1/- imprint block of 4; Silver Jubilee 2/- block of 4, imprint pair & block of 4 and Plate Number '1' block of 4; etc etc, also some varieties not mentioned here. The condition is variable with some toning & hinge remainders. However, most of the material is fine to very fine with a high proportion being unmounted.
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Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,700.00
Sold...AU$ 8,250.00
Closed..Mar-24-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 8250
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 286
Symbol: E*/**
1927 Opening of Federal Parliament House 1½d remainders including a few contemporary stamp-size photographic reductions of three Design Competition entries (Ex Arthur Gray Part II, 2016), numerous blocks & a full sheet of 80, Double Perfs pair & block of 4, Offset block of 4, apparent Double Print on horizontal pair in a block of 8, a 'jumbo' stamp used, booklet panes & complete booklets x7 (one with the panes CTOd), 'OS' punctures including two mint blocks of 4, a CTO block of 4 & a faked First Day Cover, a few State punctures, Plate Numbers '3' block of 10 & '4' block of 4, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine with some unmounted material.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 1,400.00
Sold...AU$ 1,400.00
Closed..Mar-24-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1400
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 287
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection
1937-65 extensive collection mostly on expensive Vario stock-pages with lots of imprint blocks including Robes 10/- x5 & £1, many blocks miscut with the Imprint at the Top and other perforating errors, numerous minor listed varieties & some attractive 'freaks', several plate numbers mostly partial but obvious including ' 4 ' on KGVI 2d scarlet Die II, ' 10 ' on 1942 Queen Mother 1½d, '-4-' on 1950 Queen Mother 1½d (a bit toned) and ' 4 ' (almost complete) on 1950 Stamp Centenary, etc, etc, condition variable however, most of the material is fine to very fine with a high proportion being unmounted.
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