Great Britain and British Commonwealth Australia - BCOF
Sale No: 75
Lot No:915
Symbol:
Cat No:J1,etc
Collection including the set in unmounted mint pairs, the 1s and 2s are blocks of four, ½d mint pair, one with dropped 'J', ½d orange left pane block of 80 unmounted mint, R.9/4 with wrong fount '6', column 8 has some creasing, ½d orange right pane unmounted mint block of 74, R1/8 with narrow 'N', also with minor varieties as listed by Brusden White, a photo-copy of the relevant pages is included, 1d brown purple unmounted mint block of 60 from the right pane, also a seven page type-written document 3 March '47, marked 'CONFIDENTIAL' regarding 'Overprinting of Australian postage stamps in Japan', interesting document including limits on sales, as stamps had been used for money laundering by black marketeers, also three pages of postmarks AUST UNIT POSTAL STN(16 different), R.A.A.F. JAPAN(3 different), RAFPOST JAPAN(5 different), New Zealand A.P.O. or F.P.O.(7 different) ex the Post Office records, some contemporary stamp magazine articles, the stamps have a catalogue value of £2,775, a most interesting and unusual lot (Start Price = £840.00)
Opening GBP 840.00
Sold...GBP 1,210.00
Closed..Oct-08-2019, 12:00:00 EST
Sold For 1210
Sale No: 75
Lot No:916
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Cat No:J1-J6
Stamps of Australia ovpt 'B.C.O.F. Japan 1946' vals ½d to 2s superb u.m. (6) [US1] (Start Price = £56.00)
Opening GBP 56.00
Sold...GBP 67.00
Closed..Oct-08-2019, 12:00:00 EST
Sold For 67
Sale No: 75
Lot No:917
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Cat No:J7
Stamp of Australia ovpt 'B.C.O.F. Japan 1946' 5s Claret mint small h/r. Very fresh bright colour. [US1] (Start Price = £58.40) (Image)