Imprint blocks of 4 comprising 6d brown Harrison (lower units **), 6d brown Ash (pair only **), 9d Harrison (lower units **), Mullett (lower units **) and Ash (lower units **), 1/- Mullett with the Watermark Sideways (disturbed gum), 2/- maroon Ash (pair only) & 5/- Ash (pair only, with Tsunami off NSW Coast), variable centring, Cat $11,500+ for mounted. (Qty 8 items)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

2d grey Substituted Cliché ACSC 7(1)kb (SG 35a) with obvious wedge-shaped break in the L/H frame & with marginal vertical watermark line at left confirming that it is from the first column of the L/H pane, a couple of nibbled perfs, WA machine cancel just clear of the frame-break, Cat $2250 (£1900)

Grade A- C2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

2d grey Die IIA Plate 3 'JBC' Inserted Monogram single ACSC 8zc, very fresh & very lightly mounted, Cat $1250. Ex Peter O'Rourke: sold for $572.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

2½d deep blue TS Harrison Single-Line Imprint pair ACSC 11(1)ze, well centred for an imprint, unmounted, Cat $2000+ for a mounted pair. A rare imprint. Ex Peter O'Rourke: sold for $1785.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

3d olive TS Harrison Imprint block of 4 from Plate I (no 'jubilee' lines in the gutter) ACSC 13(1)zd, unusually well centred especially for an imprint block, hinged in the margins with the upper units lightly mounted & the lower units unmounted, Cat $4250+ for a mounted block of 4. A rare block, and one of the best centred imprint blocks we have seen for any Kangaroo printing.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

3d olive-green Plate 2 'JBC' Monogram pair ACSC 13(2)zc, very fresh with a minor hinge remainder, Cat $1300+ plus a significant premium for the scarce shade. Ex Peter O'Rourke: sold for $1010.

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1/- blue-green Die IIB with the Watermark Sideways ACSC 33aa (SG 40ba) horizontal pair, contemporary Sydney parcels-roller cancel largely clear of the design, Cat $1000+++ (£800+++). This is a very scarce stamp postally used in-period so a pair is of some rarity: sold at the Prestige auction of 1.12.2007 for $757. [Most examples offered as 'used' have bogus or non-contemporary cancellations. We guarantee this pair is a genuine in-period usage]

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

2/- brown ACSC 37A (SG 41), excellent centring, a couple of faint bends, unmounted, Cat $2500 (£275 for mounted). Sold at the Prestige auction of 13.6.2009 for $1107.

Grade A- A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

2/- maroon ACSC 38 (SG 74) group on pages, mostly very fine with cds cancels, Cat $4000+ (£2000+). (Qty 72)

Estimate AU$400

10/- grey & bright pink with the Watermark Inverted ACSC 48a (SG 43aw), well centred, slightly smudged 'REGISTERED ELIZABETH ST/MELBOURNE' cds, Cat $3750 (£1600).

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$850

10/- grey & deep 'aniline' pink ACSC 48B (SG 43a) marginal example from the top of the sheet, well centred, minor imperfections, unmounted, Cat $3000 (£500 for mounted).

Grade A- B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

10/- grey & pink ACSC 48A (SG 43), exceptional centring, neat Queensland cds, Cat $500 (£350). A superb commercially used example.

Grade A+ A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

10/- grey & pink with Double Print of the Frame punctured 'OS' ACSC 48c, unmounted, Cat $3000 for used; unpriced mint. Perfin Club of NZ & Australia Certificate (2021). Acquired at a Melbourne auction c.2010 for $5240. [The doubling is obvious in the upper margin & in the over-inking around 'AUSTRALIA/POSTAGE'. The ACSC states that this variety exists only on stamps punctured 'OS']

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

10/- grey & deep 'aniline' pink with the Kangaroo Misplaced Downwards into the Great Australian Bight ACSC 48cb, excellent centring, CTO with virtually full o.g. with the faintest evidence of having been mounted, Cat $5000. Superb!

Grade A+ A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

10/- grey & bright pink (VLMtd), £1 brown & blue and £2 black & crimson, all CTO with 'GPO MELBOURNE/VIC' cds, the £1 & £2 are unmounted, Cat $11,250 for no gum (£5175 for used). A rare set, especially of this quality. (3)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

10/-, £1 brown & blue and £2 (apparently unmounted) each with Type B 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, Cat $2200 for mounted. (3)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

£1 brown & blue ACSC 52A (SG 44), a couple of nibbled perfs, superb 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/11SE22/MELBOURNE' cds, Cat $2500 (£1600). An attractive stamp.

Grade A- B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

£1 light brown & pale blue ACSC 52D (SG 44 shade), Melbourne cds, Cat $2500 (£1500).

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

£1 chestnut & blue BW #52B (SG 44a), exceptional centring, Adelaide cds of JA25/18 'socked-on-the-nose', Cat $2500 (£1800). A spectacular stamp!

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

£1 brown & blue CTO with 'GPO MELBOURNE/VIC' cds ACSC 52w, well centred, a couple of slightly nibbled perfs, Cat $4000 (£1600 for used).

Grade A- B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

£1 grey ACSC 53 (SG 75), well centred, very lightly mounted, Cat $1000 (£650).

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

£1 grey ACSC 53 (SG 75), a few nibbled perfs, unmounted, Cat $3750 (£650+ for mounted).

Grade A- B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

£1 grey CTO ACSC 53w with full unmounted o.g., exceptional centring, characteristic irregular perfs, Cat $750 for no gum (£350+ for used). Superb!

Grade A+ A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

£2 purple-black & rose ACSC 56C (SG 45b), very lightly mounted, Cat $6500 (£4500).

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

£2 black & crimson ACSC 56B (SG 45a), 'REGISTERED' cds, Cat $4500 (£3250). An unusually fine example.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500