KGV Penny Reds oldtime collection with many listed varieties and shades, noted Smooth Paper Substituted Clichés punctured 'OS', Die III Inverted Watermark used x2, etc, generally very fine. (100s)

Grade A/B- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Selection on Lighthouse illustrated album pages with complete 'set' of 72 complete * (ex 4d lemon & 1d green Die II); also Penny Reds annotated used group of Smooth Paper and Rough Paper shades (ex eosins, pinks and orange-brown), not completely accurate but a fair attempt. (100)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

Single-volume collection in album with imprints, punctured 'OS', inverted watermarks, varieties and shades etc, 1d violet Plate 4 Harrison Imprint block of 4, CofA 'OS' overprints, condition very fine thoughout. (100s)

Grade A/B- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

Untidy mix including Single Wmk 2d orange punctured 'OS' Inverted Watermark used & 4d lemon * (Scott Starling Certificate), SMult Perf 14 1d Inverted Watermark block of 6 **; SMult Perf 13½x12½ 1d green Die II ** & 2d brown Plate 1 Ash 'N' over 'N' imprint block of 8 **/*, plus a few NWPI overprints. (220+)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Untidy selection on stockcards including 1d red Dies II-I pair (** but corner fault), Die III mint x2 & used x7, useful 4d selection, 5d mint x12 & Rough Paper punctured 'OS' used x3, 1/4d mint x9, CofA Wmk 4d & 5d imprint blocks, etc, also a few Kangaroos, condition variable. [NB: we have not checked for plate varieties] (180 approx)

Estimate AU$750

ESSAY: 1913 skilfully rendered 1d design featuring KGV (clearly inspired by Britain's Downey Head by Australian Bertram Mackennal) with an admiring Kangaroo & Emu, in pencil on wove paper (109x142mm), endorsed at the top "A suggestion for the/Commonwealth Postage Stamp" and signed below "EJ Nuttall/2.7.13", faint horizontal bend. Unrecorded in the ACSC. Ex 'Besancon' (II).

In our opinion, this recently rediscovered and attractive design should be acknowledged as an important concept piece and, for relevance to the Engraved 1d & the entire Georgian Series, should be ranked alongside the 1911 Design Competition entries of Hermann Altman ('Minerva') ACSC #E40 & 43 and 'Blot' ACSC #E44 & 45. [The designer, Egbert John Nuttall, a Melbourne architect & probably a relative of the better known James Charles Nuttall, was one of 5 winning entrants in the 1901 Federal Flag Design Competition, for which each of the five received £40]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,800