1966-1977 extensive collection of the basic stamps plus large quantity of listed plate, paper, gum & perforation varieties; plate number blocks and strips for the QEII Heads, 50c Dampier Plate ' 1 ' block of 4 and R/H side Plate ' -2- ' block of 20, 75c Cook vertical gutter pair plus blocks of 4 & 10 (very scarce & underrated) plus many Plate '3' blocks, $1 Navigator with Jumped Perforations at Left ACSC 463bc, Plate Fracture #463ha in block of 4, Perf 14¾x14 Plate '3' at Top block of 4, Defence Forces 5c Bird & 5c QEII booklets, quantity of 1972-77 Pioneer Life plated blocks, 1974 Christmas Plate Number blocks including Plate '1' & '2' both at Left and '2' at Right (mounted), much is unmounted. (Qty 1000s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

Ex-dealer's backup stock of issues from 1966 to mid-1970s including blocks and part-sheets, plenty of Autotron, Plate Number and variety blocks that make this lot better than just postage, mostly umounted. (Qty 1000s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1966-2000 duplicated mint material including blocks, many items noted as different papers and gums so may be one for the specialist to look through. Weighs 6kg. (Qty 1000s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1966-71 QEII 5c dark blue marginal horizontal strip of 3 from the left of the sheet with the first & second units Imperforate and the third unit Imperf at Left ACSC 444bb (SG 386cb), unmounted, Cat $3500 (£3000).

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,400

1973-80 Marine Life and Gemstones 1c Banded Coral Shrimp block of 20 (10x2) from the top of the sheet, all the upper units with Very Faint (Dry Ink?) Black Printing, unmounted.

Grade A AB1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1973-74 Marine Life 1c Shrimp with Yellow Printing Completely Omitted ACSC 635cb marginal example from the right of the sheet, unmounted, Cat $2000 (£1300). With a normal stamp for comparison. (Qty 2)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1974 Christmas (Durer Woodcuts) complete set of 10c Plate Numbers '1' to '8' blocks of eight from both sides of the sheets ACSC 680z to zo, and 35c Plate Numbers '2' to '4' blocks of 4 from both sides of the sheets ACSC 681z to ze, unmounted, Cat $1590. (Qty 22 blocks) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1976 Australian Scenes 35c Wittenoom Gorge with the Purple Printing (Distant Mountain Range) Completely Omitted ACSC 749c (SG 629a), unmounted, Cat $2000 (£1600). With a normal stamp for comparison. [Wittenoom, in WA's Pilbara Region, was a former asbestos mining operation. An area of 50,000 hectares has been declared a contaminated site, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere] The image is above Lot 339. (Qty 2)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1978 Aviators 18c Harry Hawker vertical pair from the top of the sheet with the upper unit Imperforate all Sides ACSC 790b, unmounted, Cat $1500. [Not listed by Gibbons which seems contrary to their policy for listing such errors: eg Australia QEII 5c SG 386cb]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1978 Aviators 18c Bert Hinkler vertical corner pair from the U/L of the sheet with the upper unit Imperforate all Sides ACSC 791b, unmounted, Cat $600. [Not listed by Gibbons which seems contrary to their policy for listing such errors: eg Australia QEII 5c SG 386cb]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1978 Aviators 18c Charles Ulm with Grossly Misplaced Perforations marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet, unmounted. Not listed in the ACSC.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1979 National Parks 20c Waterfalls horizontal setenant strip of 4 from the right of the sheet with the last unit Imperf & the third unit Imperf on Three Sides ACSC 843b (SG 713ab), unmounted, Cat $1250 (£900).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1980 Community Welfare 22c Salvation Army horizontal Imperforate pair with right margin ACSC 870b. Cat $1200.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1980 Community Welfare 22c St Vincent de Paul Society horizontal pair from the left of the sheet Imperf at Left ACSC 871b, unmounted, Cat $1200.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1981-85 Endangered Species 24c Thylacine Imperforate intersheet pair, ACSC #902ba, Cat $400.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1982 Reptiles & Amphibians 27c Corroboree Frog with Grossly Misplaced Perforations ACSC 938b horizontal pair, unmounted, Cat $1000 for a vertical strip of 10.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1982 Reptiles & Amphibians 27c Ulysses Butterfly Imperforate Pair ACSC 1001b, unmounted, Cat $600 (£650).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1981-85 Endangered Species 50c Leadbeater's Possum Perf 12.66x12.82 block of 6 (2x3),Horizontal Paper-Join across the back of the upper and centre pairs. A very unusual 'freak'. (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1982 Whales 60c Trial Printing with Solid Background ACSC #930E(1) (SG 841a) block of 4 from the right of the sheet, unmounted, Cat $1400+ (£1000+). [Characterised by ACSC as an "essay" but several sheets of 100 were inadvertently issued]

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1986 Christmas 36c vertical strip of 5 with margins at top & base with Grossly Misplaced Perfs, unmounted. [Different from the similar error illustrated in the ACSC, in that the perfs are misplaced up by 5mm]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1986 Christmas miniature sheet with Perforations Misplaced 6mm to the Left resulting in a Reconfiguration of all the Stamps including the 'Donkey' being on the L/H Stamp ACSC 1180b, unmounted, in our opinion under-catalogued at $750. [A beaut error because it is highly significant but not obvious, and much scarcer than the similar error on the $10 Painting]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1987 Techonology 37c Bionic Ear vertical pair with Grossly Misplaced Perforations resulting in 'AUSTRALIA' at Base of the Upper Unit & Omitted from the Lower Unit ACSC 1224ba, unmounted, Cat $750.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

2000 Christmas 40c self-adhesive from a booklet Grossly Misperforated resulting in '40c Australia' being Omitted & with a Large Void at the Base, tied by machine cancel to a domestic cover on which the sender has written "KEEP", mail sorting coding at the base proves transit through the mail., the cover with vertical fold well clear of the stamp & repaired at the back where roughly opened. Ceremuga Certificate (2007) states "Extremely rare usage of an error stamp without denomination". [The ACSC illustrates a similar error - without the Void at Base - also on cover & probably from the same correspondence, that is priced at $1000, in the mint column]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400