The balance of the Thick 'POSTAGE' Issues across both watermarks on exhibit pages with numerous scarce items including 3d used blocks of 4 & 8 (4x2) and Thin Paper block of 15 (5x3), 6d Value/Sheet Number Pair, Sheet Number Pair, Imperf at the Base (no gum & minor thin), Double Perfs at Right, Perf 12½ with the Watermark Inverted ACSC S44a, 8d Value Closer x10 (six used), Value/Sheet Number Single & Pair, Double Perfs at Base (used), 9d corner block of 4 in deep rose, Value/Sheet Number single, 1911 Late Crown/SA Printing corner block of 6 (2x3) & a used single (underrated), 10d strip of 5 from the base of the upper pane, Imperf at Top (margin reduced, used), 1/- very scarce used marginal block of 6 (3x2), Inverted Watermark pair, Value/Sheet Number single & pair, 2/6d bright violet block of 4, Crown/A dull violet marginal block of 4, Inverted Watermark x2 (one used), Thin Paper bright purple singles x2 (one used & very scarce thus) and corner pair, 5/- Crown/SA singles x4, used single on linen-backed piece & marginal block of 4, 1910 Late Crown/SA Printing x3 plus postally used & CTO singles, and £1 mint x2 (one with no gum), postally used x2 & CTO x2, many units/multiples have been plated, generally fine to very fine but for some hinge remainders, many units in blocks are unmounted, Cat $20,000+.  (340 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

Value/Sheet Number pieces across both watermarks comprising 3d pair & block of 6, 4d pair & block of 4, 6dsingle, pairs x3 & block of 4, 8d single pair & block of 4, 9d pairs x 6 including Consecutive Numbers '05650' & '05651' and one with the number stated to have been officially excised, 10d single & pair, 1/- single, pairs x2 & block of 4, 2/6d single, 5/- single & pair (thinned in the margin), 10/- single & £1 single, very fresh but many with hinge remainders, Cat $7500+, for pairs. A very scarce group & difficult to assemble.  (28 items)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

TEN PENCE: 10d brown-orange singles Imperforate at Left, Imperforate at Top and Imperforate at Right ACSC S57bc bb & bd, all with the imperf margins somewhat reduced, characteristic minor bends or light creases, Cat $5000. An unusual opportunity to acquire the 'set' of similar errors. The ACSC records the following: Imperf at Left mint x5; Imperf at Top mint block of 4, vertical pairs x3 & a single; and Imperf at Right mint vertical pair & singles x3 (one in a horizontal strip of 3), and used defective single. There is also a used single Imperf at Top, which is not recorded in the ACSC: see Lot 526. (3) 

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

ONE SHILLING: 1/- grey-brown vertical pair from the base of the upper pane Imperforate Between & at the Base creating a Wide Wing-Margin ACSC S58bb (SG 288a variant), perfs at the base timmed-off, Cat $3500 (£3000). Absent from Don Pearce's collection.  The ACSC states "Three mint vertical pairs & a block of 4 are recorded".

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

TEN SHILLINGS: 10/- grey-green ACSC S72 (SG 291) Inter-Panneau ('Gutter') Pair, well centred and very fresh, unmounted, Cat $1400+ (£900+), for mounted singles. Superb. A rare and unusual multiple.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

TEN SHILLINGS: 10/- grey-green ACSC S72 (SG 291) horizontal pair, well centred, untidy 'REGD ADELAIDE/ ----13/STH AUSTRALIA' cds, Cat $500+ (£350+). A rare postally used multiple.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

TEN SHILLINGS: 10/- light olive-green ACSC S72 (SG 291) unlisted shade mint, postally used and CTO (with virtually full original gum) singles, the mint & CTO stamps with old hinge remainders, Cat $900 (£565) for the normal shade. This is a controversial stamp. Bill Purves at pages 185-186 discusses the discovery of four examples and inclines towards them being an "error of colour", printed in the same shade as the 3d. However, others have questioned this. In a footnote, the ACSC states "There is still some controversy...but it is generally considered that the stamp is a colour changeling". We have observed that the mint stamp is in a paler and more yellow shade, and that stamp may indeed be a colour changeling. Necessarily offered "as is". (3) 

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

TEN SHILLINGS: 10/- sage-green ACSC S68 (SG 291) plus 6d & 1/- x2 pairs - probably all from the Crown/A issue - & 1d rosine tied to parcel piece by 'REGD ADELAIDE/STH AUSTRALIA' cds with largely indistinct 1912 date. A very rare franking, being the only postal article known by us franked with the 10/-. The 6d is Cat $400 on cover, but the 1/- & 10/- are both unpriced on cover. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $688. The item has been franked a total of 14/7d (presumably including 3d registration). The highest recorded parcel rates at the time were 5/8d for an interstate parcel or 7/- for a parcel to Britain, parcels being limited to items weighing no more than 11lb (pounds). However, rates to foreign countries, while largely unknown, were much higher. We believe, therefore, that it was sent to a foreign destination, probably Germany or the United States. This, of course, is conjecture and we would welcome any suggestions based on knowledge of the actual rates.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

ONE POUND: £1 blue De La Rue Paper SG 292 mint (hinge remainder), postally used and CTO singles, plus £1 deep blue Detmold Paper (Small Holes) SG 292a mint, postally used & CTO (not listed in the ACSC) singles, Cat $2300. A scarce 'set'. (6) 

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$750