Large mint multiples comprising 3d deep olive block of 10 (5x2) from the upper-right of the sheet, 3d olive-green on Thin Paper lower-right corner block of 20 (4x5) with Substituted (20mm) Values at Pos [R2/10 & R3/10], 4d bright orange block of 10 (5x2), 4d orange-red block of 12 (6x2) from the top of the pane with Split Frame on Pos [R/1], 8d dull blue block of 15 (5x3) from the top of the pane with Value Closer on Three Units Pos [R1/3] [R2/2] & [R2/4], 1/- brown on Thin Paper with Long Value (17½mm) on the First Unit Pos [R4/1], and 2/6d bright purple on Thin Paper horizontal strip of 6 from the top of the sheet with Split Frame on Pos [R/1], some hinge remainders but generally very fine with many units being unmounted, Cat $4800++, for mounted singles, plus the unlisted varieties. A very scarce group & difficult to assemble.  (8 items)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,400

THREE PENCE: 3d olive horizontal pair Imperforate Between ACSC S35b (SG 298a), exceptional centring, folded between the units but mercifully not separated, 'JAMESTOWN/MY6/07/S.A' squared-circle, Cat $10,000 (£5500). Ex Colonel Harry Napier and JRW ('Bill') Purves: see his book at page 141. One of the great errors of the State Issues in the Commonwealth Period: one other pair is recorded, in the institutionalised Amy Vickery Collection in Sydney. Not recorded unused/mint. It is also worth noting that this is the only imperforate between error in the 3d value across the three issues.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

THREE PENCE: 3d pale olive-green Perf 11 ACSC S37 (SG 298e), characteristic centring, two part-strikes of the Cowell cds, Cat $1500 (£750). Better centred than Don Pearce's pair, that sold for $1795.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

THREE PENCE: 3d pale olive-green Perf 11 ACSC S37 (SG 298e), characteristic centring, part-strike of the boxed 'LATE FEE' handstamp of Adelaide, Cat $1500 (£750). Better centred than Don Pearce's pair, that sold for $1795. The only recorded used example not cancelled at Cowell.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

SIX PENCE: 6d blue-green vertical pair Imperforate Between and at the Top ACSC S44b(variant), fine 'WALLAROO/5MY13/STH AUSTRALIA' cds, Cat $4500. Ten vertical pairs - one in the Royal Collection - & a block of 4 all mint have been recorded: Don Pearce had only a defective pair. This is the only recorded used pair. 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

NINE PENCE: 9d dull rosy lake vertical pair from the base of the upper pane Imperforate Between & at Top of the Interpanneau 'Gutter' ACSC S52b (SG 302a) First Variant, characteristic minor bends & a light crease across the upper unit, Cat $3000. The ACSC states "...several pairs are recorded". 

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

NINE PENCE: 9d dull rosy lake vertical pair from the base of the sheet Imperforate Between & at Base (with Jubilee Line) ACSC S52b (SG 302a) Second Variant block of 4, characteristic minor bends, hinge remainder at the top, Cat $6000+, for two pairs. The ACSC states "... a mint block of 4 and vertical pair have been recorded". The recorded block is ex Dr Don Pearce; this a a different block, there now being two known.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

NINE PENCE: 9d bright rosy lake Perf 11 ACSC S54 (SG 302f), excellent centring, largely indistinct GPO cds of DE21/09, Cat $3500 (£1500). The ACSC states "Six used examples have been recorded", and no mint examples. Ex JRW ('Bill') Purves. Absent from Michael Blake's, 'Besancon' and Don Pearce's collections.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

ONE SHILLING: 1/- grey-brown horizontal pair from the top of the sheet Imperforate Between ACSC S59b (SG 303a), the margin largely separated/rejoined, characteristic minor bends, Cat $4500 (£4250). Ex Friedrich Krichauff and 'Chartwell': sold for £1320+. Don Pearce's pair sold for $2755. The ACSC states at least 14 pairs have been recorded including three in a vertical block of 6.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

Punctured 'SA' Issues on exhibit pages with many mint multiples across both watermarks with an array of shades, noted 4d lower-right block of 4 with Watermark Error 'USTRLAIA', block of 4 with Triple 'SA' on Lower Units; 6d pair with 'SA' Inverted, block of 4 with Double 'SA' on Upper Units; 9d blocks of 4 x3 (one with Watermark Error 'USTRLAIA'), vertical pair both with partial-Double 'SA', block of 10 (5x2) the upper row with Double 'SA' Diagonally; 1/- with Inverted Watermark block of 4; 2/6d bright violet pair with Double 'SA', bright purple block of 4; 5/- singles x4 (one with Triple 'SA'); and £1 singles x2 (one without gum); etc, generally fine to very fine but for some hinge remainders, many units in blocks are unmounted. A fascinating collection, but nothing has been expertised so necessarily offered 'as is'.  (177) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Punctured 'OS' Issues on exhibit pages including 3d with Double Perfs at Top on large OHMS piece, 6d mint pair & used block of 4, 8d used x2 (one with Value Closer; not recorded mint), 9d mint x4 including a corner pair & Inverted Wmk (used), 1/- mint single & Value/Sheet Number Pair, 2/6d used x4 (one in bright purple), 5/- mint x2 & used x2, £1 mint (faults), etc, generally fine to very fine, Cat $5000+. Scarce & underrated material but nothing has been expertised so necessarily offered 'as is'.  (69) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500