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| 10591 |
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 Single Watermark 1918/23: Sideface 1½ d. deep red-brown, single Crown over A wmk., perf. 14,
an unused horizontal pair with interpanneau margin at left, of fine rich colour, right hand stamp (position R26) showing early state of "Cracked Electro" flaw running above right hand value tablet, large part og. BW 85(U)k = $ 1'750. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 10592 |
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 Single Watermark 1918/25: Sideface 1½ d. green, wmk. Single Crown over A, perf. 14, Electro
17, an unused marginal block of twelve divided by interpanneau margin, with full "T. S. HARRISON" imprint at base, position R55 showing "Small white projection inside left vaalue shield left of top of figure 1", fresh and fine appearance, three
stamps large part og. with nine unmounted og. A most attractive multiple BW 88(17)z = $1'500+ (Image
1) (Image 2)
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| 10593 |
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 Single Watermark 1918/23: Sideface 4 d. violet, Single Crown over A wmk., perf. 14, Plate 2,
an unused example, centred to right, position 2R12 showing "Line Through FOUR PENCE" variety, hinge remnant otherwise fine, part og. An extraordinarily rare stamp: just 5 mint and 15 used examples are recorded. From the unused, one (ex R. T. P.
Chapman) is housed in the Australia Post Archival Collection, another is housed in the collection of His Majesty King Charles III, thus just three examples only are available to collectors. Rare. Cert. RPS of Victoria (2001) Gi = £ 34'000 / BW
111(2)r = $ 40'000.rnProvenance: Premier, Melbourne, 10 Nov 2001, lot 364.rnThe three examples all have the same centering. All three have all been sold in the 21st century: this example in 2001, Julian Sterling's example in 2014 and Arthur Gray's in
2015. rn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 10594 |
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 1920: Die Proof for the 1/4 d. value, printed on white wove paper (69 x 87 mm.), marked "5"
at upper right and "B" at lower right in ink manuscript, one or two pinholes away from the design were held for comparison with the plate, cancelled by oval "RECORDS / 2-DEC 20 AM / MELBOURNE" datestamp in black. The only other Proof of this value
extant, ex collection R. T. P. Chapman, now resides in the Australia Post Archival collection. Illustrated in Brusden White on page 4/364. Exquisite and unique.rnProvenance: Harmers Australia, Sydney, 1 Nov 1968, lot 28; P. J. Downie, Melbourne, 28
Jan 1969, lot 2142; Collection James B. Williamson, Sotheby's, London, 18 Sept 1981, lot 253; Collection Hugh Morgan, Spink, London, 13 Nov 2012, lot 579. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 10595 |
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 1919: First Aerial Post: Ross Smith blue perforated vignette in miniature sheet format for
the Ross Smith Flight, printed on Crown over A watermarked paper, with dates of take-off and landing in Darwin; fresh and fine, unmounted og. Rare. Certs. Holcombe (1991), RPS of Victoria (2001). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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| 10596 |
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 1919: First Aerial Post blue perforated vignette, used on First Flight cover from GB to
Australia flown by Ross and Keith Smith, the cover addressed to P.E. Deane, private Secretary to the PrIme Minister (Billy Hughes) in Melbourne, tied by oval "FIRST AERIAL MAIL / GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA / RECEIVED" datestamp (26 Feb 1920) with
information strike at right and three line "PER / VICKERS "VIMY" AEROPLANE / TO AUSTRALIA" in blue. Slight soiling as ever but of great scarcity. Signed Kessler.rnNote: In 1919 the Australian government offered a prize of £A10,000 for the first
Australians in a British aircraft to fly from Great Britain to Australia. Smith and his brother Keith, Sergeant James Mallett Bennett and Sergeant Wally Shiers, flew from Hounslow Heath Aerodrome, England on 12 November 1919 in a Vickers Vimy,
eventually landing in Darwin Australia on 10 December, taking less than 28 days, with an actual flying time of 135 hours.The four men shared the £10,000 prize money put forward by the Australian government. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 10597 |
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 Third Watermark 1923/24: Kangaroo 6 d.red-brown, Die Proof in issued colour on white wove
thin unwatermarked paper (89 x 99 mm.), now hinged to card for protection, fresh and extremely fine. Immensely rare, just three examples are recorded (one emanated from the estate of Ronald A. Harrison, this example comes from the estate of the
printer John Ash). Superb and visually stunning Proof BW 21DP(1) = $ 25'000.rnProvenance: Collection John Ash, Harmers, London, 3-4 Oct 1978, lot 198; Collection J. B. Williamson, Sotheby's, London, 18 Sept 1981, lot 266; Collection Lord Vestey,
Spink, London, 16 Oct 2014, lot 63. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 10598 |
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 Third Watermark 1924 (May): Kangaroo 2 s. maroon, Die II, third narrow Crown over A wmk.,
perf. 12, an unused example, marginal at top in a pale shade, and an unused block of four in a deeper shade, both items well centred and of fresh colour, the block with part marginal watermark at right, large part og. with lower stamps unmounted og.,
the single example unmounted og. Gi = £ 425+ / BW 38 = $ 2'850. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 10599 |
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 Third Watermark 1924: Kangaroo £ 1 grey, Die IIB, third narrow Crown over A wmk., perf.
12, an unused block of ten (5 x 2), overprinted "SPECIMEN" in black (Type C) and stamps 1 and 6 showing overprint with Damaged "C" (Sub-type 1), stamps 2 and 7 with Shaved "P" (Sub-type 2), in a rich shade, large part og. with most unmounted og. This
block mentioned in Brusden White, footnote 8 on page 153, it appears this is possibly the largest multiple known BW 53xd+xf = $ 8'000+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 10600 |
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 Third Watermark 1924: Kangaroo £ 1 grey, Die IIB, third narrow Crown over A wmk., perf.
12, a used example, well centred, cancelled to order at lower right by part cds in black Gi = £ 350 / BW 53w = $ 750. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 10601 |
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 Single Watermark 1918/25: Sideface 1½ d. red, wmk. Single Crown over A, perf. 14, an
extraordinary unused example printed on "Unsurfaced Paper", well centred with unlisted flaw at base with "White Slash from Value Tablet to Margin", fresh and fine appearance, large part og. Rare. Cert. S. Dunkerley (2008) BW 89ad = $ 2'000. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 10602 |
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 Single Watermark 1926/30: Sideface 3 d. dull blue, Single Crown over A wmk., perf. 14, Die
I, an unused horizontal pair, marginal from base of sheet with variety "Imperforate on Three Sides", described as "The finest pair we have seen" by Mossgreen in 2015, the Besançon example (Corinphila sale 221, Nov 2017, lot 6610) was, in this
describer's opinion, equally fine. This pair is also imperceptibly mounted with large part og., superbly fresh and most attractive. Illustrated in Brusden White on page 4/293. Rare Gi = £ 13'000 / BW104b = $ 16'000+.rnProvenance: Collection
Arthur Gray, Mossgreen, Melbourne, 30 Oct 2015, lot 200. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 10603 |
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 Multiple Watermark 1926: Sideface 1 d. green, Multiple Crown over A wmk., perf. 14, Plate 4,
an unused vertical pair, marginal from left of sheet, upper stamp (pos. VII/31) showing "Wattle Line" flaw, lower stamp (pos. VII/37) showing "Flaw under Neck", fresh and fine, large part with lower stamp unmounted og. BW 80(4)f+h = $ 300+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 10604 |
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 Small Multiple Watermark 1926/30: Sideface, the unused set of eight values, perf. 14, fresh
colours and very fine, the 1 d. sage showing the "Run N in ONE" variety, the 3 d. and 4 d. values marginal, very fine og. or unmounted og. A fine set Gi = £ 300. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 10605 |
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 Small Multiple Watermark 1926/30: Sideface 2 d. brown, Die I, Small Multiple wmk., perf, 14,
Mullett printing, an unused horizontal strip of five, marginal from base of sheet with blank stamp size spaces at base, fresh and very fine, trivial gum wrinkle on first stamp, unmounted og. An rare and unusual multiple BW 98 = $ 1'375. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 10606 |
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 Multiple Watermark 1926/30: Sideface 1 s. 4 d. deep turquoise, Multiple wmk., perf. 14, an
unused example in this resonant rich shade, centred to left, of wonderful colour, large part og. Rare and seldom seen. Cert. RPS of Victoria (1999) BW 129C = $ 3'250.rnProvenance: Collection 'Anglo Saxon', Prestige, Melbourne, 16 Aug 2008, lot 292.rn
(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 10607 |
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 Small Multiple Watermark 1926: Sideface 1 d. green, Die II, small Multiple Crown over A
wmk., perf. 13½ x 12½, an unused example with variety "Watermark Inverted", of good colour, perfs. somewhat blunted at left as in all probability from a Coil strip, part og. A rare stamp Gi = £ 2'000 / BW 81a - interestingly not priced in
Brusden White on Die II. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 10608 |
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 1930/31: 2 d. golden scarlet, wmk. Multiple Crown over A, perf. 13½ x 12½, the unused
horizontal pair, variety "tête-bêche", of wonderful fresh colour, tiny piece of the gummed paper strip used to secure the pair within the £1 Booklet where it was originally found in 1931 on large part og. The pair is sold with the formal
Statutory Declaration dated May 10, 1931 made by the finder, Stanley William George of Malvern, whereupon he states the stamps "were purchased in the ordinary way over the counter at the Elizabeth Street Post Office, Melbourne during the first week
of May 1931.....contained in a One Pound (£1) booklet of twopenny stamps and were attached to adjoining stamps on one page of the said booklet by means of gummed paper strips", thereafter reported in the 'Australian Stamp Monthly' in June, 1932.
In the foremost quality, entirely unique and an extraordinary rarity of both British Commonwealth and Australian philately. Cert. BPA (1981) Scott 71a = $ 175'000/Gi = £ 200'000.rnProvenance: Stanley William George of Malvern, May 1931;
Collection J.A.C. Kilfoyle, Harmers, London, 16-17 Oct 1961, lot 470. Whilst illustrated on the back cover of this famous catalogue, the pair fetched the highest price (£240) in the sale; Collection Ms. Jill Nette, Harmers, Sydney, 1971; Spink,
London, 20 March 2003, lot 32 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)
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| 10609 |
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 1926: Opening of Canberra Parliament House, Die Proof of the 1½ d. value in deep steel blue
on folded high quality wove paper (145 x 115 mm.), designed by R. A. Harrison, engraved by J. A. C. Harrison; State 3 with the allegorical figure, the sky and the Shield largely finished and the THREE HALFPENCE completed. The unique example in
private hands in private hands, the other example struck is housed in the British Library Collection. Rare and particularly fine, an important and charming Proof BW 132DP(3)C = $ 20'000.rnProvenance: The estate of J. A. C. Harrison; Collection Dr.
Gordon Latto, Phillips, London, 28 Oct 1983, ex lot 41; Macray Watson, Melbourne, 8 Feb 1994, lot 436; Collection Arthus Gray, Mossgreen, Melbourne, 30 Oct 2015, lot 368. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 10610 |
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 1927: Opening of Canberra Parliament House, 1½ d. brownish-lake, perf. 11, an unused block
of four showing Plate Number "11" at top, fresh and fine, just 50 blocks recorded in Brusden White, large part og. lower pair unmounted og. BW 132zj = $ 1'000. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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