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KGV Heads - Small Multiple Watermark Perf 13½x12½ continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

3098

1½d red-brown Plate 1 complete sheet with John Ash Imprint ACSC 93(1)za, some perf reinforcing in the margins with a few pencil notations, two units with minor gum marks otherwise fine and fresh, Cat $1500+. Ex Gawaine Baillie. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$800

SOLD for AU$700.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3099

'TWO PENCE' on 1½d golden scarlet Plate 1 complete sheet with John Ash Imprint ACSC 101(1)za, small mark in the right hand margin and light pencil notations otherwise fine and fresh. Cat $500+. Ex Gawaine Baillie.

Grade A/B

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3100

'TWO PENCE' on 1½d golden scarlet Plate 4 complete sheet with John Ash Imprint ACSC 101(4)zd with Type C unit [Pos 4L47] and Type B unit [Pos 4R27] ACSC 101(4)fc & ia, unmounted, very fine & fresh, Cat $1000+.

Grade A

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$360.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3101

3d blue Die I Type A with the Watermark Inverted ACSC 107Aa (SG 100aw), a couple of short perfs, contemporary Sydney cds, Cat $7500 (£3000). RPSofV Certificate (2007) states "...postally used". The ACSC states "probably only about half a dozen used examples are recorded"]

Grade B B2 (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$850.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3102

'FIVE PENCE' on 4½d Violet Plate 2 complete sheet Plate 2 with John Ash Imprint ACSC 125z, discoloured gum from storage in brown paper since purchased from the PO in August 1930 but fine and fresh on the face, Cat $2500+.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

KGV Heads - CofA Watermark

LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

3103

OVERPRINTED 'OS': 5d yellow-brown ACSC 127(OS) inter-panneau block of 24 (12x2) from top of the sheet with the entire upper row Officially Substituted prior to being overprinted, the subsituted strip [Pos L13-18 & R13-18] & upper margin from another sheet, the upper margin from the side edge so now Watermark Sideways, some perf separation at various places, Cat $2160+ for singles. A remarkable item showing the lengths the Post Office would go to in repairing damaged sheets.

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3104

OVERPRINTED 'OS': ½d orange Electro 8 complete sheet ACSC 69(OS)(8) with all listed varieties including Hollow 'S' Overprint ACSC 69(OS)(8)r [Pos 8R17], extra row of perfs in the upper margin & perforation shift affecting the top row, CTO with 'PERTH/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds of indistinct date, Cat $ 1200+.

Grade A/A-

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3105

OVERPRINTED 'OS': ½d orange Electro 8 complete sheet ACSC 69(OS)(8) with all listed varieties including Hollow 'S' Overprint ACSC 69(OS)(8)r [Pos 8R17], CTO with 'SYDNEY/22' cds of indistinct date, a little perf separation & missing margin below unit 8R59, some spotting affecting about 14 stamps, Cat $1200+.

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$250.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3106

PUNCTURED 'VG': 1d green Plate 1 complete sheet with John Ash Imprint ACSC 82(1)z, after the Right Pane Column 2 dents in the bottom frame were substituted but with a new variety Scratch from Kangaroo's Ear to King's Nose ACSC 82(1)f [Pos II/8], minor perf seperation otherwise very fine and fresh.

Grade A-

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$360.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

3107

1927 Opening of Canberra Parliament House 1½d complete sheet of 80 (10x8) stamps all CTO with 30mm 'CANBERRA/9MY27/F.C.T.' on the First Day of Issue, ACSC 132w, the stamps are fine and fresh with some perf reinforcing in the margin only.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3108

1932 Large Lyrebird Chambon 'Essays' 1/- in deep red ACSC 145PP(1)A, well-centred, small hinge remainder, Cat $750. [The ACSC states that the so-called Chambon Essays - with 'AUSTRALIA' and 'ONE SHILLING' scored through on the die - were printed by France's Stamp Printing Works on their Chambon printing presses "apparently in connection with efforts of the French authorities to sell Chambon intaglio printing equipment to the Note Printing Branch"]

Grade A- B1 (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$675.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3109

1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge balance of display collection in heavy European album including lightly mounted 5/-, 2d & 3d CTO blocks of 4, 3d block of 32 (4x8), corner blocks of 4 with Plate Numbers '1' to '4', 'OS' Overprints blocks of 4 of 2d x3 (two with imprint) & 3d x2 (one with imprint), etc, a few problems but generally fine to very fine. Ex Michael Kino. [With introductory pages including copies of key documents] (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$1,050.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3110

1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- dark green ACSC 148 (SG 143), well-centred, large-part slighty over-inked 'LAT[E FEE]/MELBOUR[NE ...]' cds, undercatalogued at $400: postally used examples are very scarce (Gibbons £225 for CTO with footnote "postally used examples are worth more").

Grade A A1 (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3111

1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- green ACSC 148 (SG 143), exceptional centring, tied to small piece by 'CAMBERWELL ___/VIC' cds, undercatalogued at $400 for postally used (£225 for CTO).

Grade A A1 (Image1)

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Estimate AU$350

SOLD for AU$290.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3112

1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- dark green CTO with very light corner cancel ACSC 148w (SG 143), quite well-centred, full gum unmounted, Cat $225 (£225).

Grade A B1 (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3113

1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- dark green ACSC 126 (SG 143) with central telegraph punch and large-part 'MT ISA/[ ]JE32/QUEENSLAND' cds, well-centred, a few uneven perfs, Cat $400 for postally used (£225 for CTO with footnote "postally used examples are worth more"). Very scarce commercial telegraphic usage. [Maurice Williams' fine example with telegraph puncture sold at our auction of 24.5.2008 for $862]

Grade A A2 (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3114

1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge marginal single from the upper-left corner of Sheet A with Single Plate Dot at the corner ACSC 148z, two slightly untidy strikes of Perth (?) '..MR32' cds, quite well-centred, a little light overall aging hardly detract, Cat $3000 for a mounted Plate Dot single (unpriced used). The plate dots were usually guillotined-off and very few examples have survived: mint examples are rare; commercially used they are the proverbial 'hen's teeth'.

Grade A- B1 (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$2,000

SOLD for AU$2,200.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3115

1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- green complete sheet of 20 (5x4) from Sheet D with John Ash Imprint ACSC148zd & Retouch over Left-Centre of Bridge [12], most are well- to very-well centred, small aging mark on the gum of the lower-left unit, light gum bends as usual, unmounted, Cat $31,000+. Arthur Gray's complete Sheet A - variable centring & one unit with light stains - sold for $22,610; Stuart Hardy's complete Sheet C - minor imperfections - sold for $27,960.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$14,000

SOLD for AU$12,500.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3116

1934 Macarthur Centenary 2d Dark Hills complete sheet of 80 including John Ash Imprint ACSC 158z, rarely seen or offered in such fine and fresh condition. Cat $3745+.

Grade A+ (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$1,500

SOLD for AU$1,800.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3117

1946 Major Mitchell 2½d carmine Imperforate Interpanneau Block of 8 (4x2) from the base of the sheet with humungous lower margin with both the Imprint and full Plate Number '-3-' ACSC 239za, some characteristic minor wrinkles, the block folded vertically through the gutter and horizontally above the plate number, unmounted, Cat $17,000+ for a plate number block of 4 and an imprint block of 4. A spectacular rarity.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$5,000

SOLD for AU$7,500.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM