Great Britain and British Commonwealth Kangaroos - Third Watermark
Sale No: 240
Lot No:68
Symbol:*O
Cat No:Collection
Selection with mint to 1/- including unmounted 2½d & 3d Die IIB pairs, used to £1 brown & blue x2 (one CTO) plus £1 grey with telegraph cds, punctured 'OS' mint group - a bit rough - to 2/- brown & used/CTO to 10/- x2, and 'SPECIMEN' Overprints Type B set of 3 x2, Type C £1 grey x9 (three with Shaved 'P', all with problems) & £2 x7 (two with Shaved 'P', one of them is thinned) and Type D £1 x4 & £2, condition variable so inspection is recommended.
(150 approx)
1/- blue-green Plate 3 AJ Mullett Imprint block of 4 with Break in NW Coast of Tasmania (Early State) ACSC #33(3)zb, the gum a little aged, three units unmounted, Cat $2250 (mounted).
£1 chestnut & blue with the Watermark Inverted and with Short Spencer Gulf ACSC #52Ba(D)d (SG 44aw), a few short perfs, part Brisbane cds, Cat $4750+ (£3500+).
£2 purple-black & rose-carmine ACSC #56C (SG 45b), well centred & with unusually clean perfs for this printing, very lightly mounted, Cat $6500 (£4500).