Collection with Kookaburra 6d Engraved fine **, just a few KGV Heads, then reasonably complete from Commemoratives onwards including 'OS' overprints & punctures, noted 5/- Bridge ** very well-centred (minor gum disturbance), KGVI 3d Die I ** plus Whitle Wattles very lightly mounted & Die II **, Robes Thick & Thin Paper sets ** (Thin Paper £1 with top perf toning) plus £1 'SPECIMEN' overprint (toned corner perf; no cert), Arms set plus 'SPECIMEN' overprints **, 5/- Cattle White Paper **, Navigators set (8) ** (£1 Cream Paper toned perf), KGVI 2½d booklet with only one pane remaining, also a few packets of used, condition variable but generally fine. (100s)

Estimate AU$1,200

Complete sheets including KGVI 2½d chocolate (160) & 6½d green (160) both with imprints, 1954 Olympic Publicity 2/- blue (80), 1955 Coaching 2/- (80), 1956 Olympics 1/- (80), 1958 Qantas 2/- (80), a few with minor toning, also Norfolk Island sheets & part-sheets with quantity of Birds & Buildings values, condition generally fine. (100s)

Estimate AU$200

Packet of Coil Perfs duplicated pairs & strips including KGVI 2d scarlet strip of 3 & 1942 Wmk 2d strip of 4, some coil joins noted, also blocks of 4 of the ½d Roo & QM 2d x4, and 1959 3d block of 12 with Plate Number ' 5 =', generally very fine & unmounted. (100+)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1941-65 mint accumulation sorted by in envelopes including larger blocks & imprints, noted complete sheet of QE 1½d green folded into an envelope, otherwise unchecked by us. (100s)

Estimate AU$200

Coil lovers, your waiting is over! This box contains virtually complete coils of ½d Kangaroo, 1d Princess & 2d Queen Mother plus two coils of QEII 3c - one complete - plus oddments including KGVI 2d scarlet pair with Universally Large Holes ACSC #188bh (tiny tonespot & mounted).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Large shoebox of bundleware mostly KGVI 1d & 2d with some bundles of pairs or strips of 3. (many 1000s)

Estimate AU$150

High Values postally used blocks comprising Robes Thick Paper 10/- & £1 blocks of 6 and Thin Paper £1 block of 4 (a couple of minor defects), Arms 10/- block of 8, £1 block of 4 and £2 blocks of 4 & 6 (a few short perfs), Navigators £1 White Paper block of 4. A very scarce & desirable lot. (8 blocks)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Large stockbook with stuff all over the place including a perfectly centred Engraved 6d, KSmith 'OS' 2d postally used (rare), 3d mint (**, no certificate) & CTO duo x4, Bridge 5/- mint x2, CTO x5 & postally used (thinned), Large Lyrebird imprint block of 4 (**), Macarthur 9d used block of 4, Jubilee 2/- Plate '1' block of 4 (**), Arms mint x2 (one **) & 'SPECIMEN' sets plus used blocks of 4 & Roller Flaw mint, £sd Navigators set of 6 blocks of 4 (**) & 10/- used block of 15, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Calling all ebay sellers! (100s)

Estimate AU$2,000

Another large stockbook with stuff all over the place including a superb mint Engraved 6d, 1928 3d Air Plates '1' to '4' unmounted blocks of 4, Sturt 'OS' blocks of 4 (**), Bridge 5/- CTO, Vic Centenary Perf 10½ imprint blocks of 4 & Perf 11½ 1/- strip of 3 (all **), Robes Thick Paper imprint blocks of 4 (**), Arms imprint blocks of 4 & 'SPECIMEN' set (all **), No Wmk 2/- Crocodile Plate Number '9' strip of 4, BCOF set to 5/- Thick Paper (**), etc, generally fine to very fine. (100s)

Estimate AU$1,400

Large blocks including Bridge 2d 'OS' x30, Vic Centenary 3d x86 in four blocks, KGVI 1½d brown x40 & 1/4d x40, '5½d' on 5d Ram x40, Qantas 2/- x40, 1959 9d & 1/- half-sheets of 80, 5/- Dampier x24, Postage Due 1957 8d complete sheet of 120, etc, generally very fine with most units being unmounted. (100s)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

Sturt Plate Number blocks 2d #1-8 & 3d #1 & 2, Navigators sets of 6 & 8 x2 (all **), plus oddments; also Australia Used in PNG 1946 Re-Opening of Post Offices registered pieces x5. (150 approx)

Estimate AU$300

Array on Hagners with numerous large blocks including Canberra block of 14, 3d Kookburra block of 9, Sturt 1½d block of 24 & 3d block of 21, Bridge 2d Typo block of 24, plate number or imprint blocks of 4 including Vic Centenary 3d x9, etc, also Engraved 6d Kookaburra (**), etc, condition variable, most units are unmounted. (100s)

Estimate AU$250

1913-14 Engraved KGV 1d rose-red CTO additionally with seriffed 'SPECIMEN' handstamp ACSC #59wc, Cat $750. Rare. Ex Bechuanaland Postal Archives.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1913-14 Engraved Kookaburra 6d marginal block of 4 from the left of the sheet with the paper attractively tinted, well centred, unmounted, Cat $1000+. Superb!

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1927 Opening of Federal Parliament House 1½d vertical pair Imperf Between ACSC #132b (SG 105a), faults but presentable, unused, Cat $5000 (£5500).

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1927 Opening of Federal Parliament House 1½d horizontal pair Imperforate Between BW #132ba (SG 105b), minor perf damage at left, minor wrinkles & hinge remainder, Cat $20,000 (£10,000). Ex Arthur Gray: sold at our auction of 30.10.2015 for $10,710. The ACSC states "seven pairs have been identified...[including] a block of 4 in the Royal Collection & a pair in the Australia Post Archives..." & a lightly cancelled pair. That means only three mint pairs are available to collectors. Illustrated in the ACSC at page 5/7 & by Geoff Kellow at page 55. [Stuart Hardy's very fine mint pair sold in November 2012 for $17,475. The extraordinary & unique postally used pair sold at our auction of 22.6.2019 for $15,340]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$10,000

1927 Opening of Federal Parliament House 1½d upper-left corner blocks of 4 with Plate Numbers '1' to '12' complete BW #132z-zk, the plate numbers are mostly lightly printed as is usually the case, Number '2' shows 50% only but all other numbers are complete, most are well centred, Number '3' has a blemish in the margin at left and Number '6' has some split/rejoined perfs & a repaired tear into the corner stamp, all others are very fine to superb, most have two units unmounted, Numbers '1' '2' '3' and '5' have all units unmounted, Cat $27,000+ (mounted). A remarkable opportunity to acquire a complete set, in well above-average condition. Ex Dr Leslie Abramovich and Arthur Gray: sold at our auction of 30.10.2015 for $13,090.

The census of recorded plate blocks published in the ACSC was compiled by Alec Rosenblum very soon after the issue of the stamps: see Geoff Kellow at pages 52-53 where he notes that the census has largely survived the passing of almost 90 years although "it is likely that these numbers are now under-estimates". Having said that, there is no doubt that Numbers '1' to '5' are all rare, and that Numbers '6' to '11' range from scarce to very scarce. Certainly complete sets are very rarely encountered. There is a complete set in the Australia Post Archives but the Royal Collection is missing Numbers '1' '2' '4' and '8'. (12 blocks)

Estimate AU$10,000

1928 Kookaburra M/S two examples from central positions perforated on all sides, with the Exhibition cds in red, or in red & in blue, Cat $925. (2)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1928 Kookaburra M/S Kookaburra 3d M/S tied to cover by four strikes of 'MELBOURNE/10/30OC28/VIC' cds being the Second Day of Issue, a couple of minor tone spots, Cat $450 for used M/S.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1931 Kingsford Smith 'OS' Overprints 2d red & 3d blue ACSC 141(OS) & 142(OS), the gum a little aged but unmounted, Cat $1175. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009). (2)

Grade B C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1932 Large Lyrebird 1/- green overprinted 'OS' commercially used block of 4, 'CANBERRA/FCT' cds, Cat $160++. Very scarce multiple.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- green Ash Imprint single, lightly mounted.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- green U/R corner single with Plate Dot ACSC #148za, well centred, a little aged, Cat $3000+ (mounted).

Grade B B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1938-51 Coil Perf pairs group with large & small holes comprising 1941 Kangaroo ½d Wmk (coil join) & No Wmk, KGVI 2d scarlet, QE 1d red-brown, KGVI 2d mauve strip of 3, plus 1942 QE 1d purple-brown (coil join) and KGVI 2d purple Wmk & No Wmk, condition generally fine. (8 items)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1938-49 Definitives Perf 15x14 KGVI 1½d green gutter block of 4 with Cracked McCracken Imprint (Early State) ACSC #186zd, unmounted, Cat $1500+ for mounted.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400