PERKINS BACON DIE PROOF: State 2 with King's Head on a Lined Background, King's nose improved and the hair lightened, on highly glazed thin card (125 x 95mm) without endorsements on the face; vertical crease well clear of the impression, BW:70(DP)12Ac - Cat.$12,500. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives. One of 6 examples recorded. (Image)

Estimate AU$3,000-4,000
Min. Bid. AU$

1d Rose [ASCS 71K] Smooth Paper G21 Rusted (Pre-Substituted) Clichés [Units 34-35] BW:71K(2)j & k (SG 21ca shade), with Haymarket (NSW) or Melbourne cancellations, Cat. $12,000. Rare in any shade other than carmine-red. RPSofV Certificate (2004) for Unit 35. Provenance: The Arthur Gray Collection, October 2015, Lot 101. (Image)

Estimate AU$1,000-1,500
Min. Bid. AU$

1d Red, perforated OS blk.(6) comprising of two Die 1+2+2 strips, attractively used on a small piece with ADAMSTOWN N.S.W. cds's of May 1915. A scarce multiple. (Image)

Estimate AU$250-300
Min. Bid. AU$220

1d Red Rough Paper Perf 'OS' Die II INVERTED WATERMARK, unused with part gum; BW. 72bb(a)i - extrapolated Cat. $1300+. (Image)

Estimate AU$100-200
Min. Bid. AU$80

Id Red Die III, two INVERTED WATERMARK examples (shades), one with variety "Break in upper frame at right" [38], the non-variety example with pinhole and few small marks; BW.75a & 75aj. (2). (Image)

Estimate AU$100-150
Min. Bid. AU$80

1d KGV VIOLET (SG.57) POSTAL USAGES:
1922-24 collection of covers comprising single, multiple and mixed frankings, airmails and registered mails, domestic usages and mail to foreign destinations, incl. single franking on printed matter cover from N.S.W. to Java; one horizontal strip of 6 on cover from Fremantle; 1d + ½d KGV on wrappers from Melbourne to USA; 1d + 3 x 1½d green KGV on reg'd. cover to New Zealand; 1d + 2d KGV on underpaid cover from Sydney to Switzerland with Swiss postage dues; 1d blk.4 + ½d KGV on reg'd cover from Castlereagh Street to Footscray, 1d + 5d KGV on double rate cover from Adelaide to Germany and other interesting items. Attractive postal history source in mostly F/VF condition. (20 items). (Image)

Estimate AU$500-600
Min. Bid. AU$460

1½d KGV GREEN (SG.61) POSTAL USAGES:
1923-24 collection of covers, comprising single, multiple and mixed frankings, registered mail, domestic usages and mail to foreign destinations, incl single franking on maritime mail cover from Adelaide along with boxed 'PAQUEBOT' pmk to Melbourne; 1½d triple franking on reg'd cover from Perth to London; 3 covers each with 4 x 1½d multiple franking incl. one long envelope from Southbrook/Qld to Germany, one reg'd cover from Melbourne to USA and one illustrated envelope 'The United Insurance Co.Ltd.' from Perth to Broome; 6 x 1½d scarce multiple franking on cvr from Wirraminna (squared circle pmk) to Sydney and further interesting material. Mostly F/VF condition. (12) (Image)

Estimate AU$300-400
Min. Bid. AU$260

1918-23 2d Orange (SG.62) solo frankings on covers (36) mostly NSW or QLD datestamps including TPO No 2 NCR',  'TPO No 5 NCR', 'NOBBY', 'DALLARNIL', 'POMONA' (all Qld); also a Nambour registered cover with 2d orange (x3) and 1½d Green covers (9).  All the covers are addressed to  H.L. Jones of Mel Bonum Apiaries in Goodna, Queensland. Condition is variable. (46 covers). (Image)

Estimate AU$200-400
Min. Bid. AU$140