½d green 'CA' Monogram right corner strip of 3 ACSC 65(4)zb in a marginal block of 8 (4x2), perf re-inforcing in the lower margin & on three units in the upper row, the others unmounted, Cat $800+.

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

½d yellow-green with Cracked Electro from Left Frame through Kangaroo & King's Head (Advanced State extending to Back of Head) [Pos 5R26] ACSC 65(5)o being the second unit from the left in the lower row of a marginal block of 30 (5x6) from the upper-right of the sheet with a break in the Jubilee Line at right opposite the fourth row, also including White Flaw at Top of Emu's Leg [Pos 5R22] ACSC 65(5)n and Break in Upper Frame Right of Crown and Notch in Upper Right Frame [Pos 5R29] ACSC 65(5)p, minor perf separation & pencil notes, one unit in the lower row with a hinge remainder (not the variety), the other units unmounted, Cat $2200+ for one mounted & 29 unmounted singles plus a premium for the varieties. 

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

½d yellow-green with White Flaw in Kangaroo's Back [Pos 5L16] & Eight Wattles at Left [Pos 5L17] ACSC 65(5)e & f se-tenant pair in a marginal block of 30 (5x6) from the upper-left of the sheet also including White Flaw on Kangaroo's Back [Pos 5L11] ACSC 65(5)d, Notch in Left Side of Cross [Pos 5L22] ACSC 65(5)g and Notch in Right Side of Value Tablet [Pos 5L25] ACSC 65(5)h, a couple of minor perf separations, hinge remainders in the top margin and on one unit in the lower row, the other units unmounted, Cat $2200+ for one mounted & 29 unmounted singles plus a premium for the varieties.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1d deep red Harrison Printings ACSC 74D, unmounted, Cat $475. Scott Starling Certificate (2024).

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1d deep carmine-rose Harrison Printings with the Watermark Inverted ACSC 74Aa (SG 50aw), quite well-centred, partial Sydney machine cancel, Cat $5000 (£3000). The ACSC states that "Used stamps are very rare". The first example we have offered in more than twenty years, when two less well-centred examples sold at our auction of 19.7.2003 for $5376 & $5600 respectively. Scott Starling Certificate (2023) states "a fine and very rare example with a contemporary Sydney cancel".

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

1d red Plate 3 TS Harrison Imprint block of 8 with White Flaw in Right Frame opposite Emu's Feet [Pos VI/55] ACSC 74(3)z, the lower-left unit with Notched Upper-Right Corner [Pos V/59] ACSC 74k, characteristic irregular perfs, one tiny mark in the gutter, small hinge remainders & perf reinforcing on the upper units, the lower units - including both variety units - unmounted, Cat $2750+ for a mounted imprint block of 4 & the Notched Upper-Right Corner variety, one unmounted & two mounted singles. Arthur Gray's block of 4 - one unit unmounted - sold for $1088.

Grade A C2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1½d black-brown Electro 1 ACSC 84(1) left-hand pane of 60 with various varieties and part Harrison Imprint, the gum is suntanned but the stamps are facially fresh, Cat $720+, for mounted normal singles. (Image1)

Estimate AU$120

1½d black-brown Electro 3 right hand pane (56; missing the lower-left corner block of 4) with listed varities ACSC 84(3)m n o & p, aberrant diagonal perfs int he upper-right margin, the gum is suntanned but the stamps are facially fresh, Cat $900+ for the varieties plus 52 mounted singles. (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

PUNCTURED 'OS': ½d yellow-green 'CA' Monogram left corner strip of 3 ACSC 65Eba(5)z in a block of 24 (6x4) without side margins, including unlisted variety Substituted Cliché (Weak Right Frame) [Pos 5L40] and a se-tenant strip of 3 with White Flaw in Right of Crown [Pos 5L45] ACSC 65(5)j, unlisted variety Substituted Cliché inserted in place of the Cracked Electro [Pos 5L46] and White Flaw below 'P' of 'POSTAGE' [Pos 5L47] ACSC 65(5)l, a few blemishes & minor perf reinforcing just touching the monogram, Cat $2180+ for the monogram & listed varieties in the 'normal' shade & yellow-green singles plus a premium for punctured 'OS'. [The illustration is above Lot 322] 

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$600