Great Britain and British Commonwealth KGV Heads - Single Watermark
Sale No: 237
Lot No:1245
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½d emerald Electro 3 with Clubbed Fraction Bar in Left Value Tablet [Pos R11] ACSC 63(3)r, superb 'YARR[AM YARRAM]/28SE/1-/VIC' cds just clear of the variety, Cat $1500.
½d Electro 6 in very yellow ("Cyprus") green horizontal strip of 4 with Retouched Shading behind King's Head and Headless Emu Retouch ACSC #63hf & g, reinforced perfs, Cat $225+++. Ex Arthur Gray.
Sale No: 237
Lot No:1250
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Cat No:71S (G27)
Smooth Paper 1d salmon-eosin ACSC #71S (G27), well centred, 'ULMARRA/-6DE17/=NSW=' cds, Cat $2500. Michael Drury Certificate (2014) states "This stamp will be known as Ulmarra No 1".
1½d red Printed on Gum with Inverted Watermark and punctured 'OS' as always ACSC #89c (SG O80wa), characteristic centring for this issue, Cat $750 (£375).
2d orange with No Watermark, ACSC # 95Eaa (SG 62w), fine used, '[L]UCINDALE/-AU21/[STH AUST]' cds, Cat $15000 (SG £5500), Scott Starling Certificate (2014) states "a fine example of a very rare error with no trace of a watermark".
2d scarlet Dry Ink punctured 'OS' ACSC #96c, disturbed gum, Cat $125; and 2d scarlet with Strong 100% Offset ACSC #96ca, some toning, Cat $2000. Separate Michael Drury Certificates (2015). Ex Arthur Gray.
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Sale No: 237
Lot No:1269
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Cat No:110C(1)zb
4d lemon-yellow Plate 1 'CA' Monogram block of 4 BW #110C(1)zb, a light bend affects the monogram unit, the lower units are unmounted, Cat $2400++ as normal singles, or $2500 as a mounted monogram pair. A very rare & desirable block. Ex Arthur Grey (II): sold at our auction of 23.5.2016 for $2728. Michael Drury Certificate (2015) as "lime-yellow".
Cooke Printings 4d ultramarine Thin 'FOUR PENCE' ACSC #112(2)ra (Cat $450 used) being the last unit in a marginal block of 4 from the top of the sheet, the upper-right piece of selvedge rejoined, CTO with the 'BRISBANE/27JE22/-QUEENSLAND-' cds #112we (Cat $1000+ as singles), virtually full o.g. A rare block, probably unique with the major variety.