Great Britain and British Commonwealth AUSTRALIA KING GEORGE V HEADS
Sale No: 339
Lot No:1086
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1d Red 1914-22 massive collection elegantly assembled in ACSC order in 11 thick 64-page s/books. With smooth papers (11,000+) with M/MNH (220, cat $3550) inc Single line perf (G01) blk of 9 MNH & 6 singles ($500), comb perf 1914 carmine-red (30) inc blk of 9 mostly MNH ($250), 1915 scarlet red (30) inc blk of 4, 1917 1d rose (40) with blks of 4 (5) inc plate 4 UL cnr 'secret mark' & 'weeping pearl' varieties (Drury photo cert), 'Ferns/RA joined' & 'wattle-line', left frame nick, neck flaw errors (ACSC $900+), plus INV WMK prs (2) inc neck flaw variety ($450). Then Used inc WMK INV (50, cat $100) inc Wattle-line variety. Left plate flaws (55) inc substituted cliches (16) inc perf OS (3) & wmk inv (2), plus wide variety of colours, cat as cheapest types $4150. N-Y Joined (3, cat $600) & other right plate variety (455, $9100). Unplated constant varieties (many 100s). Identified shades inc brick (4, $800) inc Drury cert (2), pink (20, $1000), salmon (12, $600) & brown (5, $750. ROUGH PAPERS (900) with M/MNH (30) inc carmine-rose perf OS blk of 4 (Drury photo cert), 'Wattle line/nick in left frame' varieties horiz pr & red-brown perf OS/NSW ($1250). Then Used inc INV WMK (3), left plate varieties (25) inc thin G (5), Y, & substituted cliches (4), plus Die II (45, $2965 & right plate errors (10) inc Run N (ACSC $320) & vastly under-rated. Shades (100s) inc rosine (5) inc perf OS (3) all with Drury certs, plus another 4, deep rosine (3) inc Drury photo cert, plum damson (perf OS/NSW), red-brown (Drury cert) & maroon (2), ACSC cat $2300. Then LM wmk (71) with M (15) inc lower marginal blk of 4 MNH ($720) & Used (56) inc shades, ACSC listed varieties 'Nick in left frame' & 'secret mark' plus 10 other errors ($1550). Die III (44) with M (5) inc flaw under emu's tail ($550), U (39) with ACSC listed varieties (18, $3450) inc wmk inv, damaged frame above AUS of Australia ($500) & framed E of AGE (2). Mostly F-VFU with M/MNH as noted. Cat of mentioned minority $40,000+ (1250 stamps), plus much more for the nearly 11,000 others inc unidentified hidden shades amongst the smooth/rough papers & many 100s of the unlisted constant varieties. Total cat would be $90,000+. (12000+) (P)