Single Wmk mint selection with 1d Red (5) including Smooth Paper pair variety "RA Joined", Cooke 4d Blue perf 'OS' (paper wrinkle), Harrison 4d Blue WATERMARK INVERTED, 4½d Violet perf 'OS', 1/4d (2) one perf 'OS' (creased), condition variable. (20) (Image)

Estimate AU$120-150
Min. Bid. AU$90

1d Red Smooth Paper with unauthorised 'A.I.F.' overprint applied by Captain Merrillees, a medical officer who served on board the SS Orontes troop ship during WWI, lightly cancelled. Seldom offered. (Image)

Estimate AU$100-150
Min. Bid. AU$80

2d Red-Brown, horizontal pair (2), the left unit with variety "Large white flaw in left value tablet", MVLH. BW:97(16)f. (Image)

Estimate AU$100-125
Min. Bid. AU$80

4d Yellow-Orange 'CA' Monogram corner block of 4 with WATERMARK INVERTED, fine mint. Very few examples recorded - Brusden White only mentions corner pairs (Cat. $3000) & singles (Cat.$1500). Rare and attractive exhibition piece. Ex Kilfoyle. (Image)

Estimate AU$2,000-2,500
Min. Bid. AU$

5d Yellow-Brown Single-line Perf: the UNIQUE imperforate plate proof corner block of 4 [L49-50/55-56] in the issued colour on ungummed watermarked paper BW #122PP(3)A, cancelled with two strikes of the 36mm 'COMMONWEALTH...AUSTRALIA/POSTMASTER/GENERAL'S / 19JUN21 AM/DEPARTMENT' cachet, Cat $50,000: see Note 3 on page 4/349. One of the most visually arresting items in the entire Georgian Heads Series: illustrated at page 4/348.Ex Dr Leslie Abramovich, Charles Zuker and Arthur Gray. The ACSC states that these are the only examples in private hands, the adjoining 'CA' Monogram block of 4 being in the Australia Post Archives.

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Estimate AU$20,000-25,000
Min. Bid. A

Comb Perf: 5d Orange-Brown TS Harrison 'N' over 'MP' two-line imprint block of 4, mounted in central gutter only, otherwise unmounted, BW.123zf - Cat $9500+.  (Image)

Estimate AU$2,500-3,000
Min. Bid. AU$