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½d Green Single Wmk Comb Perf ACSC 63 (SG 20) - Electro 4 continued...

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½d green Electro 4 'JBC' Monogram single ACSC 63(4)za, Queensland machine cancel, Cat $325+ for mounted (unpriced used). Used monograms are very scarce and should be worth a substantial premium.

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

½d emerald 'CA' Monogram single ACSC 63(4)zc in a block of 4, small hinge remainders in the lower margin and on the upper units, the lower units including the monogram unit unmounted, Cat $325+ for a mounted single.

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Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$80.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

PUNCTURED 'OS': ½d green Electro 4 'JBC' Monogram single ACSC 63ba(4)za with a second 'OS' puncture in the lower margin, the monogram slightly trimmed at base, hinge remainder, Cat $325+ for unpunctured. The ACSC does not list monograms punctured 'OS'; the punctured 'OS' items listed in the ACSC are priced at 2-3 times the unpunctured stamps.

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Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

PUNCTURED 'OS': ½d green Electro 4 'CA' Monogram single ACSC 63ba(4)zc with a second 'OS' puncture in the lower margin, the monogram slightly trimmed at base, hinge remainder, Cat $325+ for unpunctured. The ACSC does not list monograms punctured 'OS'; the punctured 'OS' items listed in the ACSC are priced at 2-3 times the unpunctured stamps.

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Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

½d Green Single Wmk Comb Perf ACSC 63 (SG 20) - Electro 5

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½d green with White Flaw in Kangaroo's Back [Pos 5L16] ACSC 65(5)e tied by Melbourne '15JE18' machine cancel to Glenferrie Theatre envelope, a couple of light bends slightly affecting the stamp, a few minor aging marks at left & back flap missing, Cat $50 for used (unpriced on cover). The rate was ½d per 2oz printed matter.

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Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$85.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

½d green with Cracked Electro in Left Wattles (Early State) [Pos 5L46] ACSC 63(5)k (SG 20e), light Hobart '--MR18' machine cancel well clear of the variety, Cat $5000 (£4000). The crack is a thin line only, and does not yet extend to the 'U' of 'AUSTRALIA'.

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

½d green with Cracked Electro in Left Wattles (Early State) [Pos 5L46] ACSC 63(5)k (SG 20e), very well-centred, neat corner cds cancel well clear of the variety, Cat $5000 (£4000). Superb. The crack does not yet extend to the 'U' of 'AUSTRALIA'. This is the state illustrated in the ACSC. Michael Drury Certificate (2013). Possibly the finest example of this state of the variety in existence.

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Estimate AU$1,200

SOLD for AU$900.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

½d bluish green with Cracked Electro from Left Wattles to 'U' of 'AUSTRALIA' [Pos 5L46] ACSC 63(5)k (SG 20e later state), neat corner cds cancel well clear of the variety, Cat $5000 (£4000). The crack now extends up to the top edge of the design and down to the oval. Arthur Gray's example - minor wrinkles - sold as the previously-listed ACSC 63(5)h in 2015 for $2023.

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Estimate AU$1,200

SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

½d green with Cracked Electro from Left Wattles through Kangaroo's Face to Forearm (Late State) [Pos 5L46] ACSC 63C(5)ka (SG 20e later state), well-centred, light but indistinct cds cancel largely clear of the variety, Cat $6000 (£4000). The crack now extends down through the oval and into the Kangaroo's body. The ACSC comments in footnote 3 that this advanced state "is rare on Single Watermark paper, since the majority of printings in this state were on Large Multiple Watermark paper. The unit was substituted by Harrison, apparently prior to his first printing, and therefore does not occur in the scarcer Harrison printing on Single Watermark paper" [our emphasis]. However, Lot 221 below proves that the early Harrison printings still included this Cracked Electro. This is the only example of the advanced state on Single Watermark paper in the Andrew Johnston collection. In his opinion, it was "probably printed by Harrison". [See the next Lot for an example of the Substituted Cliché inserted in its place]

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Estimate AU$2,000

SOLD for AU$3,400.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

½d green with unlisted variety Substituted Cliché (Weak Right Frame) inserted in place of the Cracked Electro from Left Wattles to Kangaroo's Forearm [Pos 5L46], minor bend at upper-right hardly detracts, light Mingenew (WA) cds cancel largely clear of the variety. The Cracked Electro from Left Wattles unit was the subject of extensive research by Andrew Johnston. For further details of this flaw, its development, repair & substitution, see Lot 182 below. Because the Electro 5 Substituted Clichés were inserted by Harrison, they can exist on Single Watermark paper only from his rare May 1918 printing. The only other similar variety is the Thin Fraction at Right, Cat $15,000 used [see next Lot]. The only example of a Substituted Cliché on Single Watermark paper in the Andrew Johnston collection.

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Estimate AU$4,000

SOLD for AU$3,000.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

½d yellow green with Thin Fraction at Right [Pos 5R43] ACSC 63(5)s (SG 20d), large-part very fine 'NHILL/VI[C]' cds cancel well clear of the variety, Cat $15,000 (£8500). A superb example of this iconic rarity. The ACSC states in footnote 4 that this is " ... a bump retouch ... undertaken by Harrison prior to his first printing from Electro 5, probably at the same time as the substitution of the 5L46 Cracked Electro [see previous Lot]. It thus occurs on Single Watermark paper only on the rare May 1918 printing. At present [2022] ... at least nine used examples, including [in] a pair, can be recorded."

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Estimate AU$6,000

SOLD for AU$8,500.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

½d emerald with unlisted variety Flaw at Base of Second 'N' of 'HALFPENNY' [Pos 5R59] alongside KGV 1d red x2 all tied by Melbourne '12AP16' cds to George Robertson & Co envelope to Rhode Island, USA, censored with 'PASSED' handstamp in violet on face, a couple of tiny blemishes. The variety is listed in Dix & Rowntree (1995).

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Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$95.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

½d yellow-green Electro 5 'CA' Monogram single ACSC 63(5)za being the left-hand unit in a horizontal pair on small piece, light Sydney '... RECORDS ...' boxed cancel in violet, Cat $400+ for a mounted monogram single (unpriced used). Used monograms are very scarce and should be worth a substantial premium.

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$280.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

½d green Electro 5 'JBC' Monogram strip of 3 ACSC 63(5)zb in a block of 12 (6x2; no margin at right), centring variable, some reinforcing and hinge remainders including on the monogram strip, Cat $1000+ for a mounted monogram strip of 3 plus four unmounted & five mounted singles. Purchased at our auction of 10.3.2007 for $604.

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

PUNCTURED 'OS': ½d emerald with Cracked Electro from Left Wattles to 'U' of 'AUSTRALIA' [Pos 5L46] ACSC 63Aba(5)k (SG 20e later state; not listed punctured 'OS'), very light machine cancel just clear of the variety, Cat $5000+ (£4000+) for unpunctured.

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$1,400.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

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PUNCTURED 'OS': ½d yellow green with Thin Fraction at Right [Pos 5R43] ACSC 63(5)s (SG 20d) punctured 'OS', neat 'PERTH/-8JA19' cds cancel well clear of the variety, Cat $15,000 (£8500) for unpunctured. Possibly the only punctured 'OS' example known of this iconic rarity. PCNZA Certificate (2023). Gibbons lists & prices the variety unpunctured, but does not include it in its listing of official stamps. The ACSC simply states that "Stamps from all electros are found punctured OS" and is silent on whether any of the nine recorded used examples of the Thin Fraction variety on Single Watermark paper are punctured 'OS'. For more information about this 'bump retouch' see Lot 91 above, an unpunctured example. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate AU$10,000

SOLD for AU$7,500.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

½d Green Single Wmk Comb Perf ACSC 63 (SG 20) - Electro 6

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½d emerald with Crack Through King's Ear Retouched [Pos 6L54] and Eight Wattles at Right [Pos 6R49] in a TS Harrison One-Line Imprint block of 8 (4x2) ACSC 63(6)z, also with Neckless Emu Retouch [Pos 6L53], one upper unit with a small green mark on the gum, perf reinforcing & 5mm repaired tear in the lower margin, the stamps unmounted, Cat $1250+ for a mounted imprint block of 4.

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

½d yellow-green Electro 6 TS Harrison Two-Line Imprint ACSC 63G(6)za in a block of 18 (6x3) with 'Headless' Emu Retouch [Pos 6L52], 'Neckless' Emu Retouch [Pos 6L53], Crack Through King's Ear Retouched [Pos 6L54] and Eight Wattles at Right [Pos 6R49], the lower margin slightly trimmed, perf reinforcing along the lower margin & at top of the central gutter, a couple of mostly minor aging marks on the reverse, some gum disturbance and/or small hinge remainders and two upper units with tiny thins, Cat $15,000+ for the imprint block of 4 plus a premium for the shade.

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Estimate AU$2,000

SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

½d green with White Flaw under Right Value Tablet [Pos 6L57] and Kangaroos Third Watermark 3d olive horizontal pair (one or both possibly Die II) all Punctured 'T' tied by 'BURNIE/ 11JL19/TASMANIA' cds to OHMS long-format envelope to "Chief Inspector of Mines/Hobart", vertical fold at right & a few edge faults at left - caused by the bulky contents - not affecting the stamps, Cat $50 for used (unpriced on cover). The rate was 1d per ½oz x6 plus ½d War Tax (payable only once per article).

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$220.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM

½d Green Single Wmk Comb Perf ACSC 63 (SG 20) - Electro 7

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½d green with unlisted variety Colour Spot in Base of '2' in Left Value Tablet [Pos 7L52] alongside another ½d green affixed to KGV Star 1d red envelope tied by two largely very fine strikes of 'M.O. & S.B./OC11/20/DONALD' cds with red/white R label alongside, Melbourne arrival backstamp, a couple of tiny blemishes not affecting the stamps. The variety is listed in Dix & Rowntree (1995). The rate was 2d per ½oz domestic letter plus 3d registration fee. The 3d registration fee was not paid, but the item was not taxed.

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Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Sep-18, 08:00 PM