Great Britain and British Commonwealth WESTERN AUSTRALIA Western Australia
Sale No: 229
Lot No:751
Symbol:*O
Cat No:Collection
Collection on Scott pages with 1854-55 1d 4d & 1/-, Hillman 6d, 1860 6d sage-green, 1861 Perf 14 4d vermilion & Perf 14-16 6d (unused), some useful Middle Period, V/Crown mint or used to £1, Crown/A mint to 5/-, etc, condition variable but most are fine to very fine.
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Sale No: 229
Lot No:752
Symbol:O
Cat No:Collection
Stockbook with heavily duplicated array of 1d pinks & 2d yellows with many shades, multiples, 'OS' punctures, at least 50 commercial perfins, etc, lots of postmark interest, generally very fine.
(many 100s)
1905-12 Crown/AIrregular Compound Perfs 5d olive-green SG 163a Perf 12½x11x12½x12½, undercatalogued at £1800. Believed to be unique. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2014, at which time the stamp was unlisted in Gibbons) states "Genuine in all respects. Great rarity, this being the only example known to me". [The ACSC states in a footnote "...noted in the philatelic literature in 1915, and a used pair [was] offered at auction in 1947. No examples have been seen in recent times..." This is the discovery stamp on which the Gibbons listing is based. It was acquired at a Sydney auction in 2015 for $6900, about double the catalogue value]
POSTAL HISTORY: 1907 PPC ('Post Office & Town Hall, Perth') to Queensland with 1d x2 tied by two complete strikes of the South Australian 'POSTED IN/LATE FEE BAG' cachet, couple of minor edge faults.