1929 Air Mail 3d green (SG 115) Type A Plate Numbers '1' '2' '3' & '4' top left corner blocks of 4 ACSC 134za/b/c/d, centring quite variable, the first two with minor 'suntanning' lines on gum, all units unmounted, Cat $1100.  (4 blocks)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1929 Air Mail 3d green booklet stamp with dots in the margin above & below the design (SG 115a) Type A pane of 4 ACSC 136c without side margin, the lower-left unit with Long Wing to Plane ACSC 136d, a couple of slightly uneven perfs, the variety unit with a small paper inclusion at base, all units with small hinge remainders, Cat $1300+ (£470+) for a variety single plus 'normal' singles x3.

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1929 Air Mail 3d green booklet stamp with dots in the margin above & below the design (SG 115a) Type A with Double Impression ACSC 136f, light Melbourne '24SP31' machine cancel, Cat $875 for unmounted (unpriced used). The doubling of the impression is most noticeable on the right-hand '3' and outside the inner frame-line of the lower-right corner.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1929 Air Mail 3d green booklet stamp with dots in the margin above & below the design (SG 115a) Type B ACSC 137 plus KGV 2d red tied to C Geo Kellaway & Sons Ltd, City Fruit Markets, Sydney envelope by Sydney Air Mail '27NO35' cds, airmail to Tasmania with Hobart arrival b/s of the next day, minor blemishes mostly on the reverse, Cat $325 on cover.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1929 Air Mail 3d green booklet stamp with dots in the margin above & below the design (SG 115a) Type B ACSC 137 'pane' of 4 (separated into two horizontal pairs but affixed so as to reconstruct the pane) plus Large Lyrebird 1/- tied by Perth '29JE37' cds on cover sent airmail to Hungary, Greek currency censor h/s on face and Athens '13VII37' transit b/s, 'BUDAPEST/937 JUL 14' transit on face and 'RAKOSPALOTA' arrival b/s on the next day, a couple of very minor blesmishes, Cat $700+ for a single used on a mixed-franking cover & used singles x3 plus a premium for the varieties. The rate was 2/- per ½oz for 'all-the-way' airmail service to destination, as opposed to 1/9d per ½oz for airmail to London only. Even though the pane is no longer 'intact', this is the only usage of a 3d Airmail booklet pane on cover that we have seen.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1930 Sturt Exploration Centenary 1½d red endorsed "2d/Paid/PM/LHI" in pen Lord Howe Island Provisional ACSC 139c tied to piece by 'LORD HOWE ISLAND/SP6/1930/NSW' cds, Cat $975 (£750 in footnote below SG 118).

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1930 Sturt Exploration Centenary 1½d red endorsed "2d/Paid/PM/LHI" in pen Lord Howe Island Provisional ACSC 139c tied to local philatelic cover by 'LORD HOWE ISLAND/SP4/1930/NSW' cds, very fine, Cat $2000. Tillie Mitchell's cover of the same date - minor ink blemish - sold at our auction of 29.8.2022 for $944.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1928 Melbourne International Philatelic Exhibition Kookaburra 3d blue single affixed to front page of menu for 'Dinner to Visiting Delegates' at Phair's Hotel, Melbourne on Friday 28 October 1928, pencil signature of "John Ash" [Stamp Printer] on the face, menu & toast list printed inside, a couple of minor blemishes. The 'Tillie Mitchell' Kookaburra MS - with both "John Ash" and Exhibition Postmaster "SJ Byrnes" signatures - sold for $378.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1932 Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- green  ACSC 148 (SG 143), well centred, some characteristic rough perfs, superb 'NORTH SYDNEY/11JA34/NSW' cds, underpriced for commercially used at $400 (£225, for CTO). Superb. The ratio of CTO examples to postally used is at least 100:1.

Grade A+ B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1932 Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- green ACSC 148 (SG 143), exceptional centring, tied to small piece by 'CAMBERWELL ___/VIC' cds, undercatalogued at $400 for postally used (£225 for CTO).

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1934 Victoria Centenary Perf 10½ 2d vermilion on Cowan Paper ACSC 151A (SG 147) with unlisted Missing Left-Hand Flagpole, lightly mounted. Michael Drury Certificate (2020) states "variety not plated". With a normal stamp for comparison. [Discovered only in 2020, our vendor believes this to be the only recorded example] (2) 

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1935 ANZAC Landing Anniversary 1/- black Perf 13½x12½ Thinner Paper ACSC 165PP(1), unmounted, Cat $2750 (£1600 for mounted; see the footnote below SG 155). Unissued: the issued stamp is Perf 11 on thick paper. RPSofV Certificate (1998). The ACSC states this is a "plate proof". Only one sheet of 120 was printed, but only part of that sheet survived. [A similar example sold at our auction of 5.3.2015 for $1755]

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1935 KGV Silver Jubilee 2d bright brownish red Trial Printing John Ash Imprint block of 4 ACSC 166zd, the upper-left unit with one pulled perf at left, very fresh unmounted, Cat $1100+. The ACSC states "There was some experimentation with printing inks ... [which] resulted in the scarlet and bright brownish red shades, which are found only from Plates 1-4". These trials apparently took place before the development of the varieties listed to distinguish the imprints from the respective Plates, none of which appear to be present here.

Grade A/B C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1936 Tasmanian Submarine Cable 2d scarlet & 3d blue affixed to Postmaster-General's presentation card ACSC 170ya, a few aging marks, Cat $875. Arthur Gray's example with minor blemishes sold for $846.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1937 NSW Sesquicentenary 2d scarlet varieties group comprising Re-Entry to Upper Left Frame ACSC 175d, Man With Tail ACSC 175e (SG 193), Pantaloon Flaw (short perfs at lower-left) & Pantaloon Flaw Retouched State I and State II (Extra Colour below Boat) ACSC 175f fa & fb, also Crack from 'd' of Left '2d' Through '150' (unlisted by ACSC), mostly well-centred, all are lightly cancelled clear of the varieties, Cat $715+ for the listed varieties (£140+ for Man With Tail, the only SG-listed variety).  (6)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1937 NSW Sesquicentenary 2d scarlet Man with Tail [R7/1], Pantaloon Flaw Early State [R10/2] & Koala in Tree [R10/3] and John Ash central imprint ACSC 175e, f, h & zh (SG 193a plus unlisted varieties) in a block of 25 (5x5) from the lower-left corner of the sheet, quite well centred, unmounted, Cat $3400+ (SG £750+ for the Man with Tail variety only). [An outstanding positional piece. Tillie Mitchell's similar block of 25 sold at our auction of 29.8.2020 for $1593]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

1937-49 Definitives Perf 13½x14 1d green Queen Mother Die I upper-right corner block of 4 with large-part Plate Number '7' ACSC 181zs, very lightly mounted, Cat $1500.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1937-49 Definitives Perf 15x14 KGVI 2d scarlet Die II Coil Perforation (Large & Small Holes) Pair ACSC 188bl (SG 184a) in a vertical strip of three, the upper two units lightly mounted, the lower unit unmounted, Cat $450+ for a mounted pair (£350+ for an unmounted pair). BPA Certificate (1986).

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1937-49 Definitives Perf 15x14 KGVI 2d scarlet Die II with Medallion Flaw ACSC 188e (SG 184b), well-centred, light corner CDS cancel largely clear of the variety, Cat $275 (£140).

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1937-49 Definitives Perf 15x14 KGVI 2d mauve Die II Coil Perforation (Large & Small Holes) Pair with the Watermark Inverted ACSC 189abd (SG 185aw), coil join selvedge affixed at the base on lower unit otherwise unmounted, Cat $550+ (£340+) for two unmounted singles. Gibbons does not price a Watermark Inverted coil pair, even though it states that such stamps are "from coils". The ACSC in footnote 1 prices "mint" (mounted) coil pairs at $325, however this has not been updated in the latest edition where mounted singles are listed at $175 each.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1937-49 Definitives Perf 15x14 Kookaburra 6d sepia with Top Hat Flaw ACSC 203o (SG 190ab) in a pair with normal, unmounted, Cat $2500 (£2000). A key variety of KGVI's reign.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1937-49 Definitives Perf 15x14 Kookaburra 6d brown with Top Hat variety ACSC 203o (SG 190ab) being the last unit in a corner block of 9 from the upper-left of the pane, unused, Cat $2100+ (£2000+, for unmounted). Michael Drury Certificate (2020). [Tillie Mitchell's unmounted block sold for $2035]

Grade C C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1937-49 Definitives Perf 15x14 Platypus 9d sepia marginal Imperforate Pair ACSC 206b from the left of the sheet, margins large to huge, unused, Cat $1750, for unmounted. Very scarce. Michael Drury Certificate (2020). [Arthur Gray's mint pair sold for £660]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1937-49 Definitives Perf 15x14 Platypus 9d sepia marginal vertical pair from the top of the sheet with Grossly Misplaced Perforations through the Lower Unit resulting in the Upper Unit being Imperforate on Three Sides and Partly-Perforated at Left, unused. This error is not listed in the ACSC. The closest to it is ACSC 206ba, which is imperf at the top. The upper stamp here is effectively imperf on three & a half sides. [Absent from Graham Cooper's, Arthur Gray's and 'Tillie Mitchell's collections. Our vendor has advised that he paid $4000 in the 1970s]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

1937-49 Definitives Perf 15x14 Lyrebird 1/- green ACSC 209 (SG 192) block of 9 with vertical Pre-Printing Paper Fold across the Three Left-Hand Units, all but two normal units are unmounted. A striking piece. Michael Drury Certificate (2023).

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500