Great Britain and British Commonwealth Kangaroos - Second Watermark
Sale No: 256
Lot No:2073
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Cat No:26
6d ultramarine ACSC 18 (SG 26) marginal block of 4 from the lower-right of the left-hand pane with full central gutter, very well centred, the upper units each with a tiny tone speck, one lower unit with a little gum crazing, all units unmounted, Cat $9000+ for singles (£900+ for mounted). [The illustration is above Lot 2069]
5/- grey & yellow with Kangaroo Misplaced Upwards into Joseph Bonaparte Gulf and the Gulf of Carpentaria ACSC 43Aca (SG 30 unlisted variety), characteristic fluffy perfs, Sydney cds of -4OC17 well clear of the variety, Cat $7500 (£350+, for normal). The ACSC records only one example (also used) with a 3½mm misplacement out of the map to the left into the Timor Sea. Another example with similar misplacement to that illustrated by the ACSC sold at our auction of 28.2.2023 for $2400. This example with a slightly different misplacement is apparently only the third recorded.
PUNCTURED 'OS': 2/- brown ACSC 36ba (SG O36), small hinge remainder, Cat $5000 (£1900). The PCNZA have, unusually, declined to issue a certificate. The expertisers believe the puncture is genuine but one of the key measurements is aberrant. The stamp must therefore be offered "as is".