KGV range with 1911-12 Downey Heads selection of shades - personal assessment required - & watermarks including Wmk Imperial Crown Inverted Watermarks SG 333Wi 335Wi & 336Wi, Redrawn ½d & 1d unmounted blocks of 4 each with No Cross on Crown pair SG 340a & 341a, Simple Cypher 1d No Cross on Crown SG 345a, 1d with the Watermark Reversed SG 345Wj and ½d & 1d booklet panes of 6, Multiple Cypher 1d Imperforate SG 346b (gum a bit aged), etc, generally very fine with some unmounted units, Cat £1850++ as mounted singles; 1924-26 Block Cypher Watermark selection with 'SPECIMEN' Overprints Type 23 on 1½d & 9d olive-green, and 'CANCELLED' Overprints Type 28 on 1½d x3, and Type 33 on 1½d, Cat £760; and 1929 PUC varieties comprising ½d with 'CO' Joined SG Spec #NCom5d (unpriced mint or used), 1d with Broken Wreath at U/L and '1829' for '1929' #6d & 6f, and 1½d with '1829' for '1929' #7c, machine cancels clear or largely clear of the varieties, Cat £1075 mint - unpriced used - plus the unpriced ½d. A very desirable lot. (75)

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Estimate AU$750

1887-92 Jubilee ½d to 1/- (both) set SG 197-211 (ex 2d green & scarlet) including 5d Die I & II, and 10d purple and deep dull carmine (*) SG 210a (Cat £625) with David Brandon Certificate. (20)

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Estimate AU$400

1929 Postal Union Congress £1 black SG 438, well centred, lightly mounted, Cat £750.

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Estimate AU$500

1972 Royal Silver Wedding 3p with Silver Printing (Inscription & '3p') Completely Omitted SG 916a tied to a commercial cover by 'LONDON W1/23JAN/1974' machine cancel, underpaid for airmail to South Africa but detected & sent by sea, 'UNIFIED/1.IV.74' b/s & readdressed internally, Cat £700 mint; unpriced used. Another outstanding 'Missing Colour' usage. [Tom Pierron records '36 mint, some used' & states "A used copy is known on piece with a 23 Jan 1974 date & London W1 postmark". That is almost certainly a reference to this cover]

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Estimate AU$500

BOOKLETS: 1904 KEVII 2/0½d (1d x24) SG Spec #BA1, ridiculously undercatalogued at £500. Pristine! [We say "ridiculously undercatalogued" because the 'Concise Catalogue' prices the panes at £300 x4 = £1200!]

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Estimate AU$400

POSTAGE DUES - SPECIMEN OVERPRINTS: 1914-23 Simple Cypher Wmk 2d perforated colour trials on gummed watermarked paper in emerald, carmine & chestnut - the colours chosen for the ½d 1d & 1½d - each with Type 23, the last with Double Overprint, plus 2d agate & 5d cinnamon (one very lightly mounted) with Type 26 or 23 Spec #R4t & #R7s blocks of 4; and 1924-31 Block Cypher Wmk 2/6d purple/yellow with Type 23 as Spec #R18s with the Overprint Double, Cat £800+ plus the Double Overprints that are not listed by Gibbons Specialised. (12)

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Estimate AU$500

OFFICIALS: 1891-1900 'GOVT/PARCELS' QV 1d lilac with the Overprint Inverted SG O69c, excellent centring, neat rubber cancel, Cat £3500. RPSofL Certificate (1983).

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Estimate AU$1,500