Kangaroos - First Watermark continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 141 |
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2½d indigo ACSC 9 (SG 4) Plate 1 left pane No Monogram corner strip of 3 ACSC 9(1)z, a couple of very light gum bends, lightly
mounted in the margin only, the stamps unmounted, Cat $9000+ for mounted. Gerald Fon's similar strip - the margin slightly trimmed at base - sold at our auction of 25.3.2025 for $3120 (Sale 259 Lot 94). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,900.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 142 |
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2½d indigo ACSC 9 (SG 4) Plate 1 marginal horizontal strip of 6 from the lower-left corner of the left pane including No Monogram
corner strip of 3 ACSC 9(1)z, well-centred, a little light gum aging/small aging marks, the left-hand unit with two vertical ironed-out creases and some gum disturbance, the other units unmounted, Cat $10,000+ for a mounted No Monogram strip and
three unmounted singles. Stuart Hardy's mounted block of 6 sold in 2013 for $4660. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 143 |
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2½d indigo ACSC 9 (SG 4) Plate 1 right pane No Monogram corner strip of 3 ACSC 9(1)za, a couple of very light gum bends, small pen
annotation in the right margin, small hinge remainder & patch of gum loss in the lower margin only which has been slightly trimmed at the base, the stamps unmounted, Cat $9000+ for mounted. Sold at our auction of 10.4.2010 for $2645 (Sale 155 Lot 9).
Gerald Fon's similar left pane No Monogram strip - also slightly trimmed - sold at our auction of 25.3.2025 for $3120 (Sale 259 Lot 94).
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Estimate AU$2,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,900.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 144 |
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2½d indigo ACSC 9 (SG 4) Plate 1 marginal block of 6 (3x2) from the lower-right corner of the right pane including No Monogram
corner strip of 3 ACSC 9(1)za, well-centred, a couple of small adhesion marks in the margins on the face, lightly mounted or with small hinge remainders in the margins, lightly mounted or with some minor gum disturbance, Cat $9450+ for the No
Monogram strip of 3 mounted and three mounted singles. Ex Peter O'Rourke; sold in 2020 for $5875. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$4,000
Currently Opening at...AU$3,000.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 145 |
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2½d indigo ACSC 9 (SG 4) Plate 2 marginal block of 10 (5x2) from the upper-right corner of the right pane with unlisted varieties
Break in Left Side of Value Circle [Pos 2R2], Broken Tip of Cape York [2R5], Colour Flaw (Reef) NE of Cape York [Pos 2R10] and Notch in Background between 'P' & 'E' of 'PENCE' [Pos 2R12] , generally well-centred, a couple of minor marks including a
small hinge remainder on the face of the margins, a little very light gum 'suntanning', one unit with a small hinge remainder otherwise unmounted, Cat $3500+ for singles (£700+ for mounted singles). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$800
Currently Opening at...AU$600.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 146 |
G |
2½d indigo ACSC 9 (SG 4) Plate 2 single with Heavy WA Coastline ACSC 9(2)d tied to 'The Cable Company, Indentors and Importers'
advertising envelope to the USA by Melbourne '17.FEB.15' roller marchine cancel largely clear of the variety, the envelope with couple of very minor blemishes, Cat $120+ for the variety used or $150+ for a normal solo franking on cover. The rate was
2½d per ½oz UPU foreign letter. The Heavy Coastline flaw appears on the lower eight units from the first column of the left-hand pane and on all units from the first column of the right-hand pane of Plate 2. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 147 |
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2½d indigo ACSC 9 (SG 4) Plate 2 horizontal pair from the top row of the left pane, the right-hand unit with White Scratch
extending SW from Cape Leeuwin, WA [Pos 2L5] ACSC 9(2)e, the left-hand unit with a very small hinge mark, the right-hand variety unit unmounted, Cat $500+ for the variety mounted and a mounted single. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 148 |
# |
2½d indigo ACSC 9 (SG 4) Plate 2 marginal horizontal strip of 6 comprising the top row of the left pane including White Scratch
extending SW from Cape Leeuwin, WA [Pos 2L5] ACSC 9(2)e, ironed-out vertical crease through the third unit from the left, a little minor perf reinforcing, unused without gum, Cat $1100+ for mounted singles. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 149 |
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2½d indigo ACSC 9 (SG 4) Plate 2 horizontal pair, the left-hand unit with Islands East of Cape York [Pos 2L11] ACSC 9(2)f, lightly
mounted, Cat $500+ for singles. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 150 |
 |
2½d indigo ACSC 9 (SG 4) Plate 2 single with Islands South of Western Australia [Pos 2L30] ACSC 9(2)g, unmounted, Cat $350+ for
the variety mounted (or $375+ for a normal stamp unmounted). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 151 |
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2½d indigo ACSC 9 (SG 4) Plate 2 left pane 'JBC' Monogram corner strip of 3 prior to the development of Heavy Coastline to WA [Pos
2L55] ACSC 9(2)z, the Monogram complete, light gum aging, lightly mounted or with small hinge remainders, Cat $6250. The ACSC states (footnote 3) that "The variety does not seem to occur in the first printing ... the appearance of the thick coastline
varies (probably due to makeready) in successive [subsequent] printings and watermarks". Note that on this plate the positions of the monograms were reversed compared to other plates. Gerald Fon's similar strip - fresh but with some uneven perfs -
sold at our auction of 25.3.2025 for $3120 (Sale 259 Lot 97). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 152 |
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2½d indigo ACSC 9 (SG 4) Plate 2 right pane 'CA' Monogram single ACSC 9(2)zd, the Monogram complete, well-centred, small paper
inclusion at upper-right, tiny aging mark on the gum in the margin which has a hinge remainder, the stamp unmounted, Cat $1750. Gerald Fon's example - less well-centred; the stamp with hinge remainder - sold at our auction of 25.3.2025 for $1080
(Sale 259 Lot 99). (Image1)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 153 |
P |
3d olive Die I imperforate plate proof in black on ungummed unwatermarked coarse wove blue paper ACSC 12PP(1)A, some areas of the
design poorly printed as is a characteristic of this 'makeready' proof, margins good to large, ironed-out horizontal crease, small stains at lower-right, Cat $1500. The ACSC states of these proofs that "Approximately 40 survive". (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 154 |
F |
3d olive Die I ACSC 12A (SG 5) Punctured 'OS/NSW' with the 'OS/NSW' Puncture Inverted & Misplaced Upwards, well-centred, the
puncture intruding onto the perfs at top resulting in minor perf damage, large-part Bomen, NSW 'MR 2/15' cds cancel. Michael Drury Certificate (2016). Discovered by Richard Guy in 2003 and written-up in the Australian Commonweath Collectors' Club
(ACCC) Bulletin, June 2004. The discovery included six examples - all with faults; this being the finest - used at Bomen in March & April 1915. *** for PCNZA Cert (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 155 |
G |
3d olive-green Die I ACSC 12C (SG 5) block of 4, a few uneven/short perfs at base, light but slightly indistinct Longreach, Qld cds
cancels, Cat $120+ (£44+) for singles. A scarce multiple. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 156 |
F |
3d olive Die I with the Watermark Inverted ACSC 12a (SG 5dw) horizontal cross-gutter strip of 3 comprising two left-pane & one
right-pane unit, well-centred, the right-hand unit with a couple of shortish perfs, three light but largely very fine large-part 'TAMBELLUP/18 AUG 15/WESTN AUSTRALIA' cds cancels, Cat $675+ (£300+) for singles. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 157 |
F |
3d olive-green Die I with the Watermark Inverted ACSC 12a (SG 5dw) horizontal strip of 3, well-centred, the left-hand unit with a
couple of slightly shortish perfs at left, three light but largely very fine large-part Fremantle, WA '25AU15' cds cancels, Cat $675+ (£300+) for singles. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 158 |
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3d olive Die I ACSC 12A (SG 5) marginal horizontal pair from the top of the sheet with Double Perforations at Top and in the Upper
Margin ACSC 12b, very well-centred, lightly aged gum with minor gum disturbances/hinge remainders, Cat $1100+ for singles. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 159 |
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3d olive Die I ACSC 12A (SG 5) Plate 2 marginal block of 4 from the lower-right corner of the right pane comprising two vertical
pairs with the upper units Imperforate at Base and the lower units Imperforate on Three Sides (Horizontally at the Top and Vertically) ACSC 12be (SG 5aa), minor aging in the right-hand margin only with small very lightly aged hinge marks in the
margins and on the upper units, the lower units are very fine unmounted, Cat $190,000+ (£90,000+) for two mounted vertical pairs. Ex 'Artemis'; sold at our auction of 1.12.2021 for $82,600 (Sale 246 Lot 31).
The ACSC states that one sheet - or only 12 vertical pairs - was affected. Of these, only "Eight mint examples have been recorded, comprising two blocks of 4 [each including two vertical pairs], the JBC monogram block of 4, and two vertical pairs
(one damaged)". The damaged pair is in the Australia Post Archival Collection. This is the block illustrated in the ACSC at page 69 (2025 edition).
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Estimate AU$80,000
Currently Opening at...AU$60,000.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |
| 160 |
F |
3d olive Die I ACSC 12A (SG 5) horizontal pair, the right-hand unit with Prominent Kiss Print along Right Frame ACSC 12cb, a few
slightly shortish perfs, largely very fine 'REGISTERED/14AP13/MELBOURNE' cds cancel well clear of the right frame, Cat $1000+ for a Kiss Print single. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-07, 07:30 PM |