COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Kangaroos - Third Watermark
Sale No: 242
Lot No:1133
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Blocks of 4 comprising 2d with ACSC #7(1)m & n (in a block of 6, the lower 4 units including the varieties are unmounted), 2½d, 3d (lower units **), 6d brown with Broken Leg, 6d brown punctured 'OS' (lower units **) & 9d violet, variable centring, Cat $2500 as singles.
(Qty 6 blocks)
Imprint blocks of 4 comprising 6d Harrison (lower units **), 6d brown Ash (pair only **), 9d Harrison (lower units **), Mullett (lower units **) and Ash (lower units **), 1/- Mullett with the Watermark Sideways (disturbed gum), 2/- maroon Ash (pair only) & 5/- Ash (pair only, with Tsunami off NSW Coast), variable centring, Cat $11,500+ for mounted.
(Qty 8 items)
£2 purple-black & rose ACSC #55C (SG 45b), well centred, some irregular perfs that are characteristic of this printing, unmounted, Cat $17,500 (£4500+ mounted).
£2 purple-black & rose ACSC #56C (SG 45b) marginal example from the top of the sheet, well centred, rough perfs characteristic of this printing, unmounted, Cat $17,500 (£4500+ mounted).
£2 purple-black & rose ACSC #55C (SG 45b), excellent centring, superb strike of the 'BENDIGO/VIC' cds, Cat $4500 (£2750). A superb stamp for the connoisseur: probably the finest postally used example we have seen.
PUNCTURED 'OS': 9d indigo-violet Die IIB ACSC 27G, a few irregular perfs, Cat $4500. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2011) states 'indigo-violet' but ACSC 27C which the 2017 catalogue states is 'red-violet'.