Mint selection comprising 6d brown x2 shades, 9d x2 shades, 2/- x2 one Cut Throat Roo marginal single ** and 5/- x2 shades, a couple with small hinge remainders, centring & condition a little variable but most are fine to very fine, Cat $1200+ (£550+).  (8)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

6d to £2 SG 132-138, very lightly mounted & the £1 is unmounted, Cat $10,450 (£5000, for mounted).  (7)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

5/- grey & yellow-orange John Ash Imprint block of 4 with Open-Mouth Kangaroo Pos [R55] ACSC 46za, exceptional centring for an imprint piece, the upper units are lightly mounted, the lower units are unmounted, Cat $5500+ for mounted. Superb. [Better centred than either of Stuart Hardy's similar blocks that sold for $2679 each]

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

10/- grey-black & pink ACSC 50B (SG 136), minor hinge remainder, Cat $650 (£450).

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

10/- grey & pink John Ash Imprint block of 4 with Open-Mouth Kangaroo Pos [R55] ACSC 50za, the lower right unit very lightly mounted, the other three units are unmounted, Cat $10,000+ for mounted.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

10/- grey & pink with Type C 'SPECIMEN' Oberprint with Shaved 'P' of 'SPECIMEN' ACSC 50xd, very lightly mounted, Cat $2000. [Only 1200 Type C overprints were prepared, in blocks of 30 x40. Therefore, only 40 examples of this variety can exist]

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

£1 grey ACSC 54 (SG 137), a couple of tiny hinge remainders, Cat $1000 (£650).

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

£1 grey John Ash Imprint block of 4 with Retouched Lower Frames Pos [L60 & R55] ACSC 54z, minor bends at lower left that intrude on the lower left unit, the left-hand units with some very minor gum aging, the upper units very lightly mounted, the lower units are unmounted, Cat $17,500+ for mounted. Rare. The ACSC states "there are probably not more than a dozen imprint blocks of 4". We are confident that the £1 imprint block is scarcer than its more highly regarded £2 sibling.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$8,500

PUNCTURED 'W/A': 5/- grey & yellow-orange, very lightly mounted. Very scarce.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$350