Great Britain and British Commonwealth General & Miscellaneous Lots
Sale No: 7
Lot No:1
Symbol:*O
Cat No:96a;
Mostly Kangaroos with First Wmk mint 2½d x2 & 1/- all with varieties, Second Wmk varieties to 1/- plus 2/- x2 and punctured 'OS' 9d 1/- 2/- & 5/-, Third Wmk oddments including punctured 'OS' 5/- with Fox-Faced Kangaroo, a few NWPI Overprints to 2/- mint & used including 3d Die II SG 96a; later selection with KGV 1d green Die I-II Pair (**), BCOF 6d Stop after 'JAPAN.' in pair (unused), mostly fine to very fine.
(Qty 69) (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Feb-22-2022, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 7
Lot No:2
Symbol:**
QEII mostly pre-decimal blocks of 4 including Flowers to 3/-, Birds to 3/- & 7/6d Captain Cook, also 1966 Pictorials to $4 with the Fish & Birds from the First Printings with large sheet margins, etc, unmounted.
1981-2015 Yearbooks plus 1990/91 1991/92 & 1992/3 mid-Year Books plus Australia Post Australian Territories Collections 1994 to 2011 plus 2013. Face Value must be more than $2000.
(Qty 57)
1981-2012 Yearbooks two of each except 1987 x1 only, plus one each 2008-2019, then extra 1984, 1986 (x 2), 1989 and 2000. Rounded of by two each 1990/1, 1991/2 and 1992/3 Half Year books. Face Value $4300+. Weight 59+kg.
(Qty 81)
2002-2014 Leather Yearbooks plus 2000 standard edition and 2006 Commonwealth Games album plus 2008 Beijing Olympic Collection. Face Value $1250+. Weight 12.5kg.
(Qty 16)
'Engraved Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia' the black ('Classic Issues' with 28 proofs), red ('Royalty' with 32 proofs), blue ('Federation' with 30 proofs) and green ('Transport and Communication' with 33 proofs) boxed presentation books, the latter including an unissued version of the Kingsford Smith 6d plus the unissued 5/- Guba. Weighs 4 kg. The proofs were pulled from the original dies. For most issues, very few or no proofs are available, which makes these 'reprinted die proofs' highly collectable. They are, without doubt, the best 'product' released by Australia Post.
(Qty 123 Proofs) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Feb-22-2022, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 7
Lot No:9
Symbol:L
'Engraved Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia - Federation' by Australia Post, blue album with 30 reprinted die proofs in grey-blue, with slipcase. This series is, without doubt, the best of the 'products' released by Australia Post. Estimated at less than $4 per proof, they are also a red-hot bargain!
'Engraved Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia - Classic Issues' by Australia Post, black album with 28 reprinted die proofs in grey-black, with slipcase. This series is, without doubt, the best of the 'products' released by Australia Post. Estimated at less than $4 per proof, they are also a red-hot bargain!
'Engraved Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia - Transport and Communication' by Australia Post (2005), album with 32 reprinted die proofs in green from original dies including one unissued design. Again at an insignificant $4 per proof.
Sale No: 7
Lot No:462
Symbol:CPS
Cat No:Collection
Mostly 1901-12 group but with a few earlier & better items including NSW 1894 registered to Italy with scarce 'tie' of BN '1204' & 'STANMORE ROAD' b/s, & 1898 1½d Postal Card to Chile (faults) with poor 'VINA DEL MAR' b/s; Victoria 1891 to Switzerland at 6d rate with blue duplex & superb 'CEVIO' arrival b/s, 1894 to Croatia with superb 'ZADAR/ZARA' arrival cds on the face, and 1908 PPC to Hungary; Western Australia 1888 Albany local letter with 2d chrome & 'ALBANY/WA - KGS' duplex forwarded to London but not taxed, opened a bit roughly & flap missing, 1902 uprated ½d Postal Card to GB, and1907 to USA with 'FELTON GRIMWADE & BICKFORD' embossing on the flap; etc, some attractive PPCs including Aboriginal subjects, and New Zealand Boer War 1d Postal Card 'MAJOR ROBIN...' to London; condition variable.
(Qty 80+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Feb-22-2022, 12:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 7
Lot No:463
Symbol:O
Revenues selection from NSW with Small Numerals values to 30/- & Queensland Impressed Duty Emblem Series including £13 £16 £17 £30 £40 £50 £60 & £100 and a few others, Barefoot Cat stated to be £150+.
(Qty 36) (Image1)