TWO PENCE: 2d red corner block of 12 (2x6) from the lower-left of the sheet with One Plate Dot above Red Line in the L/H margin ACSC 146z, unmounted, Cat $750+ for a block of 4. Superb!

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

TWO PENCE: 2d red corner block of 12 (2x6) from the lower-right of the sheet with Two Plate Dots below Red Line in the R/H margin ACSC 146zb, unmounted, Cat $750+ for a block of 4. Superb!

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

TWO PENCE: 2d red marginal block of 4 for the right of the sheet with Three Plate Dots below Red Line in the margin ACSC 146zc, unmounted, Cat $1000. Rare and superb!

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

TWO PENCE: 2d red marginal block of 4 for the right of the sheet with Three Plate Dots below Red Line in the margin ACSC 146zc, CTO with '...NE PYLON' cds of 19MR32 being the Opening Day of the Bridge, large-part o.g., Cat $500++ (mounted).

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

TWO PENCE: 2d red marginal block of 4 for the right of the sheet with Four Plate Dots below Red Line in the margin ACSC 146zd, unmounted, Cat $1250. Rare and superb!

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

TWO PENCE: Typographed 2d red John Ash Imprint block of 4 ACSC 149zd autographed in the margin by "John Ash", lightly mounted. Sold at a Sydney auction for $489.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

TWO PENCE: 'Typographed' 2d red Postal Forgery ACSC 149c, very well centred, very lightly mounted with large-part o.g. Much scarcer than the KGV 2d postal forgery from the same source. The finest example we have seen: far superior to Arthur Gray's corner example - "minor gum-spotting" - that sold for $2176] The forgeries were created in Sydney as part of an elaborate fraud involving the mailing of a faked prospectus for the Irish Sweepstakes, and for forwarding tickets to unwitting subscribers. An Adelaide doctor who received an example of the KGV 2d forgery in his mail, noticed differences from the normal stamps, and contacted the Postmaster- General's Department requesting details of the "new issue". The subsequent official investigation resulted in the arrest of two persons, one the process engraver who had created the printing plates for the forgeries. Both men were sentenced to a year in jail. It is believed that the racket was exposed before any of the 2d Bridge forgeries were postally used. The ACSC states "All used examples seen of the 2d Bridge forgery, including covers, are dated after the arrest of the gang".

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

THREE PENCE: 3d blue marginal pair from the base of the sheet autographed in the margin by "John Ash", lightly mounted.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- dark green U/L corner single, well centred, unmounted, Cat $2000.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- dark green, well centred, tied to small envelope piece by 'OUTER HARBOUR/16MR36/STH AUSTRALIA', undercatalogued at $500. Postally used examples are very scarce: Arthur Gray's two examples sold for $665 & $786 respectively.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- dark green + KGV 1/4d greenish blue single & pair and Typo Large Kookaburra 6d tied to parcel piece by 'COLLINS ST/24AU32/MELBOURNE' cds. A terrific commercial usage.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- dark green with central telegraph punch, part 'RECEIVING ROOM/CETO' cds [= Chief Electric Telegraph Office] of Melbourne. Very scarce. [Maurice Williams' similar example sold for $907]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

FIVE SHILLINGS: 2d red (Typo), 3d blue & 5/- dark green, all CTO with very fine strikes of the 'CHIEF TELEGRAPH OFFICE/19MR32/SYDNEY' cds being the Opening Day of the Bridge, full unmounted o.g. Unusual. (Qty 3)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- dark green tied to philatelic piece by hexagonal '6TH AUST PHIL EXHIBN/17NOV1934/ MELBOURNE-VIC' d/s, very well centred.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- dark green U/R corner single with Plate Dot at U/R ACSC 148za, well centred, unmounted, Cat $3000+ (for mounted). [A plate dot appeared in one corner of each of the guillotined four sheets of 25. Examples are very scarce because, in most cases, they were guillotined-off or obstructed by the perforations. Arthur Gray's unmounted example sold for $1571]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- dark green L/L corner single with Plate Dot at L/L ACSC 148zb, minor hinge remainder, Cat $4500+ (for mounted). [The lower plate dots are significantly scarcer than those from the upper corners]

Grade A- C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- dark green L/R corner single with Plate Dot at L/R ACSC 148zc, CTO with large-part o.g., Cat $4500+ (for mounted mint). Rare CTO.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- dark green marginal single from the base of the sheet with complete John Ash Imprint, the gum a little 'suntanned' but unmounted, Cat $1500+.

Grade A- C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- dark green John Ash Imprint strip of 3 ACSC 148zf, lightly mounted, Cat $3750.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,750

FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- dark green John Ash Imprint strip of 3 ACSC 148zf, unmounted, Cat $5500.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- dark green John Ash Imprint strip of 3 ACSC 148zf, well centred, a couple of short perfs, CTO with 'SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE NE PYLON/19MR32' cds on the Opening Day of the Bridge, one unit lightly mounted otherwise full unmounted o.g., Cat $3750 (for mounted mint).

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,750

FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- dark green L/L corner single with Double Perfs at Left, unmounted. Unlisted in the ACSC and absent from Maurice Williams' and Arthur Gray's collections.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- dark green with Retouch over Centre of Bridge ACSC 148d, CTO without gum, Cat $750.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- dark green with Retouch over Left-Centre of Bridge ACSC 148e, lightly mounted, Cat $800.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- dark green with Retouch over Left-Centre of Bridge ACSC 148e, CTO without gum, Cat $750.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250