Commercial covers with all-different mostly solo frankings comprising ½d green pair, ½d orange (corner fault), 1d red Smooth Paper Dies I & II and Rough Paper Die II, 1d violet solo to Belgium, 1d green, 1½d black-brown, 1½d green on illustrated advertising front, 1½d scarlet, 2d orange, 2d scarlet, 2d brown, 3d Die I and Die Ia Types A & B, 4d orange, 4d violet & Cooke 4d blue both to Switzerland, 4d olive punctured 'OS' (corner fault), 4½d Vic-Qld with scarce black/emerald 'BY AIR MAIL' label, 5d Single-Line Perf registered to NZ with huge red/white Perth R label, 5d Comb Perf Vic-Qld with red/white 'Stock Exchange' R label, and 1/4d (+ ½d orange & 4½d) on OHMS Money Boxes postcard (clipped corner as always), several are advertising covers, a few faults but generally fine to very fine, Cat $4600 for usage on cover, as appropriate. A very unusual opportunity.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,250

½d green Comb Perf Electro 2 'JBC' Monogram corner pair ACSC 63(2)z (SG 20) in a strip of 3, mounted in the margin and on two units with the central (monogram) unit unmounted, Cat $1270+ for a mounted pair & single.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

½d bright green Comb Perf with Cracked Electro through SW Corner ACSC 63(3)o, neat 1916 Sydney machine cancel clear of the variety; plus Large Multiple Wmk ½d green punctured 'OS' with Cracked Electro from Left Wattles to Kangaroo (Second State) ACSC 65ba(5)ka, partial 1922 Perth cds; Cat $1650. (2) 

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

½d pale emerald Single-Line Perf  ACSC 64A (SG 20a) with 'NZL' Pattern 8 commercial perfin, remarkably well centred, a little aged/soiled, Cat $900 (£650). The only example of this stamp that we have seen with a perfin. [Sold at a Melbourne auction in 2004 for $675]

Grade B A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1d die proof State 2 (Lined Background; King's Nose Crooked) in bright red on highly glazed thin card (126x94mm) ACSC 70DP(12)Bb, small light pencil annotation at L/L, hinge remainders on reverse, otherwise very fine, Cat $15,000. Only four examples recorded. [Hugh Morgan's example sold for £7200]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$8,000

1d reds comprising Single-Line Perf marginal mint block of 4 (one with large hinge remainder, lower units **), Comb Perf Smooth Paper both Pre-Substituted Clichés - minor ink-diffusion - cancelled well clear of the rust-affected areas, and Rough Paper Die II punctured 'OS' vertical pair (the spur obscured on the upper unit), Cat $1690.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1d red Die II-Die I marginal block of 4 ACSC 71(1)ia from the top of the sheet, the upper pair with Double Perfs on Three Sides #71ba, ironed-out vertical crease across both Die II units doesn't impact the very fine facial appearance, unmounted, Cat $3000+ for two Die I-II pairs plus a significant premium for the Double Perfs (Cat $1000++ for two Die I singles). [The vertical double perfs are virtually coincident with the initial strike of the comb which has created the appearance of the block being Single-Line Perf which, if that were the case, would have us talking in the tens of thousands of dollars]

Grade A/(A) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Smooth Paper 1d deep aniline scarlet Plate 2 with Colour Flaw in Frame behind Emu's Neck and also with Rust Flaw to Upper-Right of Right-Hand Value Tablet ACSC 71(2)na, minor paper adhesion on the reverse mentioned only for total accuracy, bold 'QUEANBEYAN/NSW' cds well clear of both varieties, Cat $2750 mint; unpriced used. A very attractive example of this extremely rare variety.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1d red Plate IV 'CNE PENNY' ACSC 71(4)q (Early State) being the right-hand unit in a horizontal pair with normal [VIII 44-45], NSW cds well clear of the variety, Cat $1250+. Ex Martin Frischauff, from the 'Italian Hoard'. Scarce se-tenant pair.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1d red Plate IV 'CNE PENNY' ACSC 71(4)qa (Advanced State 'LNE'), well centred, tied to small piece by 'DUBBO/7AP17/=NSW=' cds that just intrudes on the variety, Cat $1250+. Ex Martin Frischauff, from the 'Italian Hoard'. 

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1d red Plate IV 'CNE PENNY' ACSC 71(4)qb (Late State 'I NE'), light 'TWEED HEADS/DE20/1918/NSW' cds clear of the variety, Cat $1250++. Ex Martin Frischauff, from the 'Italian Hoard'. [An even more advanced state than sold at our online auction number 5 for $688. The ACSC states at page 4/70 that examples vary from a small break in the right of the 'O' of 'ONE' to the "obliteration of most of the letter". This is the most advanced deterioration we have seen]

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1½d brown horizontal pair with Major Cracked Electro across the Lower Portion of Both Units ACSC 85(U)o-p, light 1920 Kedron (Qld) cds clear of the varieties, Cat $1500. The crack also extends into the adjoining unit to the right (not present here). Used multiples are extremely scarce.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

4d yellow-orange with Line Through 'FOURPENCE'  ACSC 110i(2)r (SG 22ae), Cat $700 (£350).

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Single-Line Perf 5d chestnut 'JBC' Monogram pair with Retouched U/R Corner and Defective 'P' of 'PENCE' & '5' in L/H Value Tablet ACSC 122zg, well centred, the monogram unit is unmounted, Cat $1600+ for mounted, plus a premium for the unlisted states of both varieties: see below. The ACSC illustrations of [Pos 59] 122ve & vea are apparently identical, both showing the second state. Davidson Dix & Rowntree provide very clear illustrations, from which we have concluded that this example shows an unlisted state of the retouch: neither the corner split nor the notch in the U/R frame is evident. In addition [Pos 60] shows the three distinguishing features of the first state of the Defective 'P' plus an early state of the deformed '5' at left, but not the spur at L/L of the value tablet, a state not identified by either authority.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Comb Perf 5d chestnut 'JBC' Monogram pair with Retouched U/R Corner and Defective 'P' of 'PENCE' & '5' in & Spur from L/H Value Tablet ACSC 123zb, well centred, the monogram unit is unmounted, Cat $1750+ for mounted.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750