AUSTRALIA continued...
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 1934-48
1/6d Hermes collection (79) mint with no watermark Ash imprint block, hinged on top pair only; watermarked chalky paper imprint blocks with listed varieties; further varieties, mostly listed; block printed on crudely-repaired paper, the printing
showing embossed on the repair; ordinary paper imprint block with “Ghost A” on R10/2, and two blocks showing the imprint under “W.C.G. McCracken” virtually omitted. Some foxing but not affecting the items mentioned. SG 153-b (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 70
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| 42 |
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 1937
(c.) Essay for a proposed 9d pictorial, depicting the Parliament House, Canberra within a map of Australia, with the "Southern Cross" at right and a crown over single star at left, in black ink on unglazed card, touched up with Chinese white in
places, approx. 174mm x 143mm, by the prolific New Zealand stamp designer James Berry and signed below design, also endorsed "SOUTHERN CROSS" in pencil at lower left, a photographic 'stamp size' reproduction has been affixed below the design,
accompanied by a contemporary typewritten slip suggesting this could be part of a new definitive series with a common frame design but varying centres, almost certainly unique, most attractive! (Image)
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Starting at £ 350
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| 43 |
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 1937 2d
scarlet perf 13½ x 14 upper left corner block of four with Plate 1, hinged on the selvedge only, fine. SG 167, ASC 187z, $600 (Image)
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Starting at £ 60
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| 44 |
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 1937-8
2d scarlet perf 13½ x 14 upper left corner block of four with Plate 7, unmounted o.g. Centred left, otherwise fine. SG 167, ASC 187z, $600 (Image)
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Starting at £ 45
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 1937 3d
blue Die I Ash imprint block of eight unmounted o.g., lightly folded up the gutter. One small, faint foxed spot, still fine. SG 168, £520, ASC $900 (Image)
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Starting at £ 85
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| 46 |
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History. 1941 trio of covers with CALIFORNIA CLIPPER handstamps in black or violet. One to Chicago at 4/- rate with purple diamond censor 1249, this via the short-lived Fiji route; one to Ontario at 3/11d, purple diamond censor 1163; one to UK by
‘2 Ocean’ route at 5/10d (with 5/- Robes), straight-line S42 censor mark. Ex Ian Warn (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 60
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 1948
Robes 5/- on thin unsurfaced paper. Unmounted o.g. example with strong offset on reverse, as ASC illustration (the offset centred right), lightly foxed perf at left as seen from reverse; and a top marginal example, hinged on the selvedge only, with
modest dry print at top. SG 176a vars (Image)
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Starting at £ 60
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| 48 |
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 1938 1d
emerald-green and 2d scarlet perf 15 x 14 coil strips of three with uniformly large holes, unmounted o.g. See footnote after SG 192. SG 180, 184, ASC 182bh, 188bh, $750 (for pairs) (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
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| 49 |
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 1943-51
3d purple-brown interpanneau lower marginal block of eight with Plate 14 at base, large part o.g., folded up the gutter. SG 187, ASC 196zc, $600 (Image)
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Starting at £ 45
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 1941-51
3d purple-brown interpanneau block of eight with large part Plate 14 at base, folded up the gutter, lightly hinged on the interpanneau selvedge only. SG 187, ASC 196zc, $1000 (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
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| 51 |
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 1937
NSW upper left corner block of six with Plate 1, o.g., hinged on the selvedge only. Stamps centred high to right, and some staining in the left margin, otherwise fine. SG 193, ASC 175z, $600 (Image)
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Starting at £ 25
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| 52 |
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 1942
registered airmail envelope to Sydney with two 3ds, cancelled solely by straight-line H.M.A.S. Melville in violet, another strike on registered label, and two strikes across the backflap. Sender on reverse, “E.C. Johnson HMAS Platypus”. Tombstone
naval censor on front; reverse with APO 065 cancel of 3 JY 42 on reverse (based at Darwin) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 50
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 Australian Forces. 1945 envelope to Australia bearing Australia 1d (3, one with missing corner), AUST UNIT POSTAL STN 443 CDS of 9 AU. Boxed violet AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES PASSED BY CENSOR 3045. Wrinkled, glue on address; scarce (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 35
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 Food
parcel label. 1946 Myer 5/10d blue full label, Melbourne machine cancel, minor faults including small tear at top (Image)
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Starting at £ 35
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 1949-56
½d no watermark two blocks of twenty, each the two right columns of the sheet, mint, largely unmounted. One block shows the vertical perfs at right gradually diverging (this block with two light bends); the other with an extra column of blank
perforated ‘stamps’. Unusual. SG 228 var (Image)
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Starting at £ 60
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| 56 |
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 1948-56
1s grey-green no watermark corner block of eighteen, R1-6/6 roller flaw, fine mint unmounted o.g. SG 230d/db, cat £369 (Image)
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Starting at £ 45
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| 57 |
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 1974
Animals 30c brush-tailed possum showing error carmine-red (face value, etc.) omitted, mint, unmounted o.g. with a tiny toned speck on reverse, otherwise fine, and offered with normal for comparison. SG 563a, £1,200; BW 662c. (Image)
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Starting at £ 120
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| 58 |
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 1976
Famous Australians 18c Thomas Laby, lower marginal example showing error red-brown (Australia etc.) omitted, mint unmounted o.g. Fine. Offered with normal for comparison. SG 638a, £800, BW 758c. (Image)
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Starting at £ 140
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 Official. 1914 9d violet, wmk 2, type O2 ‘OS’ puncture, mint large part o.g. with typical perfs and centring, scarce. Ceremuga cert (2025). SG O24, cat £325
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Starting at £ 35
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 Official. 1915 6d ultramarine, wmk 5, die II, type O2 ‘OS’ puncture, upper marginal, error Double perforations on three sides, mint o.g., very scarce. Ceremuga cert (2025). SG O33 var (BW 18ba var, cat A$1250) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
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