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LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
421 |
V |
£2 grey-black & rose-carmine Die II ACSC 58B (SG 138) with unlisted Duty Plate variety Coloured Dash on Map below Bonaparte Gulf
[Pos L42], light small-part cds well clear of the variety, Cat $900+ (£650+ for normal). Ex Stuart Hardy; sold for $582. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
422 |
V |
£2 grey-black & rose-carmine Die II SG 138 with Flaw (Shading Lines Joined) at Left Edge of Grass [Pos L11] ACSC 58(V)g,
well-centred, small-part cds well clear of the variety, Cat $1300 (£650+ for normal). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
423 |
F |
£2 grey-black & rose-carmine Die II SG 138 vertical pair [Pos L17/23], the upper unit with Vignette Plate variety Hunch-Backed
Kangaroo ACSC 58(V)h and Duty Plate variety Small Tsunami (White Flaw) in Bight near Spencer Gulf ACSC 58(D)f, the lower unit with Notch in Kangaroo's Snout ACSC 58(V)i, light SA cds just clear of the varieties, Cat $2600+ for variety singles (£1300+
for normal singles). Scarce multiple, especially with the three plated varieties. Ex Stuart Hardy: sold in 2013 for $728. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$800
Currently Opening at...AU$600.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
424 |
V |
£2 grey-black & rose-carmine Die II SG 138 with Notch in Kangaroo's Snout [Pos L23] ACSC 58(V)i, small-part cds well clear of the
variety, Cat $1300 (£650+ for normal). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
425 |
V |
£2 grey-black & rose-carmine Die II SG 138 with 'Weeping' Kangaroo (White Flaw on Neck) [Pos L38] ACSC 58(V)l, very light cds well
clear of the variety, Cat $1750 (£650+ for normal). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
426 |
F |
£2 grey-black & rose-carmine Die II SG 138 with 'Bite' out of Kangaroo's Arm at Top [Pos L41] ACSC 58(V)m, well-centred, cds just
clear of the variety, Cat $1300 (£650+ for normal). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
427 |
V |
£2 grey-black & rose-carmine Die II SG 138 with White Collar on Kangaroo [Pos R36] ACSC 58(V)t, cds well clear of the variety, Cat
$1300 (£650+ for normal). (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
428 |
F |
£2 grey-black & rose-carmine Die II SG 138 with Open-Mouthed Kangaroo [Pos R55] ACSC 58(V)vb, Sydney cds just clear of the variety,
Cat $1300 (£650+ for normal). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
429 |
V |
£2 grey-black & rose-carmine Die II ACSC 58A (SG 138) with unlisted Vignette Plate variety Pointed Right Ear of Kangaroo [Pos L4],
well-centred, light cds well clear of the variety, Cat $900+ (£650+ for normal). Stuart Hardy's similar example sold in 2013 for $512.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
430 |
F |
£2 grey-black & rose-carmine Die II ACSC 58B (SG 138) with unlisted Vignette Plate variety Kangaroo's Left Foot Broken (Toe
Missing) [Pos R52], well-centred, WA cds well clear of the variety, Cat $900+ (£650+ for normal). The variety is listed in Third Watermark printings as V(o) [Pos L52]; this is the same variety but with the Pointed Tail corrected and the Vignette
Plate transposed. Stuart Hardy's similar example sold in 2013 for $466. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
431 |
/ |
£2 grey-black & rose-carmine Die II SG 138 John Ash Imprint pair, the right-hand unit with Open-Mouthed Kangaroo [Pos R55] ACSC
58za, well-centred for an imprint piece, the left-hand unit lightly mounted, the other unmounted, Cat $25,000+ for mounted. A similar deep-margined pair - both units lightly mounted - sold at our auction of 20.7.2022 for $8850 (Sale 248 Lot 306). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$8,000
Currently Opening at...AU$6,000.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
Kangaroos - CofA Watermark - Overprinted 'SPECIMEN
LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
433 |
 |
10/- grey & pink Die II SG 136 with Type C Overprint ACSC 50x, lightly mounted, Cat $850. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
434 |
 |
10/- grey & pink Die II SG 136 with Type C Overprint with Damaged ('Hooked') 'C' in 'SPECIMEN' ACSC 50xb and Duty Plate variety
Broken Coast near Sydney [Pos L6] ACSC 50(D)d, lightly mounted slightly aged gum, Cat $2500. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
435 |
 |
10/- grey & pink Die II SG 136 with Type C Overprint with Shaved 'P' in 'SPECIMEN' ACSC 50xd, tiny hinge remainder, Cat $2500. Ex
Julian Sterling. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
436 |
 |
10/- grey & pink Die II SG 136 with Type C Overprint with Type C Overprint with Damaged 'S' & Damaged ('Hooked') 'C' in 'SPECIMEN'
ACSC 50xc, very lightly mounted, Cat $12,500. Rare: this sub-type 1a occurs only once in the overprint forme of 30; the ACSC states 1200 stamps were prepared (ie. 40 formes), so only 40 of this sub-type can exist. Aubrey Pitt's better-centred stamp -
the only other example we have offered - sold at our auction of 19.11.2011 for $8338 (Sale 169 Lot 198). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$4,000
Currently Opening at...AU$3,000.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
437 |
/ |
10/- grey & pink Die II SG 136 with Type C Overprint block of 4 ACSC 50xa, well-centred, small hinge remainder across both upper
units, the lower units unmounted, Cat $12,500+ for a mounted block of 4. The ACSC states that "multiples are rare, the only examples presently recorded being a block of 8 and two blocks of 4". Absent from the Aubrey Pitt, Arthur Gray, Stuart Hardy
and Peter O'Rourke collections. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$6,000
Currently Opening at...AU$4,600.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
438 |
/ |
10/- grey & pink Die II SG 136 with Type D Overprint block of 4 ACSC 50xg, well-centred, the upper units very lightly mounted, the
lower units unmounted, Cat $1500+ for a mounted block of 4. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$400.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
439 |
/ |
10/- grey & pink Die II SG 136 with Type D Overprint block of 18 (6x3) including three blocks of 4 ACSC 50xg from [Pos R1-18]
including Vignette Plate varieties Long Curved Tail on Kangaroo [Pos R6] & White Scratch through Kangaroo's Back [Pos R12] and Duty Plate varieties Very Short Spencer Gulf [Pos R12] & White Flaw before 'POSTAGE' [Pos R16], centring a little variable,
half the units lightly mounted or with small hinge remainders, the others unmounted, Cat $5000+ for three mounted blocks of 4 plus six singles.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,900.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
440 |
/ |
£1 grey Die IIB SG 75 with Type C Overprint block of 6 (3x2) ACSC 53xc from the base of the sheet with horizontal watermark line at
the base of the lower units, very fresh, the upper units well-centred, the lower units centred left due to mis-aligned strikes of the comb perforator, the right-hand units with a couple of slightly uneven perfs at right, the upper-left unit very
lightly mounted, the others unmounted (that is, the right-hand block of 4 is unmounted), unpriced unmounted, Cat $8725+ for a mounted block of 4 plus one mounted & one unmounted single. The ACSC states "multiples are rare ... at present a block of 8
and eight blocks of 4 can be recorded" [our emphasis], this piece apparently being an additional unrecorded multiple. The last block of 4 we offered - also unmounted - sold more than 20 years ago in our Second International Rarities Auction on
24.1.2004 for $4704 (Sale 108 Lot 300). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$4,000
Currently Opening at...AU$3,000.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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