ONE PENNY - POSTAL HISTORY: 1913 (Dec 24; Christmas Eve) PPC to Germany with Engraved 1d pale red from Plate 1 (with Retouched Upper-Right Frame ACSC 59A(1)o; Cat $750+ on cover) + ½d green Kangaroo tied by Sydney machine cancel. [The Plate 1 Penny is very scarce on cover]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

ONE PENNY - POSTAL HISTORY: 1914 (Apr 16) Sharp & Sons (Timber Merchants) cover to Michigan with 1d pair + ½d Kangaroo tied by Melbourne machine cancel.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

ONE PENNY - POSTAL HISTORY: 1914 (Apr 28) 1d pale red from Plate 1 + ½d green Kangaroo tied to the face of a PPC by 'KEW/VICTORIA' cds, to Belgium with 'LIER/LIERRE' arrival cds, corner bend.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

ONE PENNY - POSTAL HISTORY: 1914 (Apr 28) usage of 4d Kangaroo Registration Envelope to Austria uprated with 1d + Kangaroos ½d & 1d, 'HURLSTONE PARK/NSW' b/s & scarce red & black/white R label but the stamps cancelled in transit at Sydney. Very attractive.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon marginal example from the right of the sheet, an unusually well centred example, Cat $250. Superb!

Grade A+ A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon unusually well centred mint & CTO examples, both with full unmounted o.g., Cat $330. Superb! (2)

Grade A+ A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon corner block of 4 from the U/R of the sheet, well centred, unmounted, Cat $1000+.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon corner block of 4 from the U/R of the sheet on deeply tinted paper, well centred, unmounted, Cat $1000+. Gorgeous!

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon marginal block of 4 on deeply tinted paper from the left of the sheet, unmounted, Cat $1000+. Immaculate!

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon marginal block of 6 (3x2) from the top of the sheet with part Plate 'No 1' , all with the vertical perfs misplaced but only the upper row with official patching & knife-cuts for separating the units, hinge remainders & the upper-units creased still a very striking block, Cat $600++.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon marginal examples from the top (hinged in the margin) or base of the sheets, with Double Perfs at the Top or Base ACSC 60b, unmounted, Cat $1200. (2)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon U/R corner block of 4 with Double Perfs at left ACSC #60b, minor 'silver' transference on the gum from a previous mount, unmounted, Cat $1500+.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon block of 4 with central horizontal Double Perfs ACSC #60b, CTO with 'GPO/MELBOURNE' cds, sensible central reinforcing, no gum. A rare CTO multiple: most double perfs are at the margins of the sheets.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon horizontal strip of 6 with Double Perfs & Official Repair at the Base ACSC 60b, Cat $2400++.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet, CTO with full unmounted o.g. ACSC 60w, the right hand units with minor natural bends, the left-hand units are superb!, Cat $320++. CTO blocks are very scarce.

Grade A-/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon block of 8 (4x2), CTO with full unmounted o.g. ACSC 60w, Cat $640++. Rare & superb multiple! [Stated to be Ex Australia Post Archives but no CTO examples were released in the 1987 & 1988 sales by tender. They are more likely to be from the stock of Millers, the Melbourne firm that assembled the CTO/Specimen packs for sale at the GPO]

Grade A+ C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon horizontal strip of 4 from the top of the sheet with complete Imprint and Plate 'No 1' CTO with 'GPO/MELBOURNE' cds ACSC 60wz, no gum, Cat $2250 for an imprint block of 8. Extremely rare: the only such CTO Plate Number piece we have seen.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon CTO single additionally with type-written 'SPECIMEN' overprint ACSC 60wa, no gum, Cat $850. Believed to be unique! Ex Bechuanaland Postal Archives.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon marginal block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet with complete Imprint and Plate 'No 1' ACSC 60z, well centred, unmounted, Cat $3750. Superb!

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,750

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon marginal block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet with complete Imprint and Plate 'No 2' ACSC 60za, very fine facial appearance but with some spotting on the reverse that has been reduced, two units are very fine unmounted, Cat $2250+.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$650

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon marginal block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet with complete Imprint and Plate 'No 3' ACSC 60zb, two units very lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $2250++.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,250

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon marginal block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet with complete Imprint and Plate 'No 4' ACSC 60zc, the last unit with a small thin spot otherwise very fine unmounted, Cat $2250++.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,250

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon block of 8 (4x2) from the base of the sheet with the full Imprint ACSC #60zd, a few split perfs, minor 'silver' transference from a previous mount, unmounted, Cat $3750.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon block of 8 (4x2) from the left of the sheet with the full Imprint ACSC #60ze, unmounted, Cat $3750.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,750

SIX PENCE: 6d maroon block of 8 (4x2) from the right of the sheet with the full Imprint ACSC #60zf, minor separation/reinforcing in the margins only, unmounted, Cat $3750.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500