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Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Australia thru Austria
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
6001   ImageAUSTRALIA, 1908, 20sh Postage Due (J38; SG D62). Cancelled with partial strike of violet "Parcel Branch G.P.O. Sydney" postmark, well-centered, fresh color, some creasing at top and small pencil mark at bottom

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONLY THE SECOND RECORDED USED EXAMPLE OF THE AUSTRALIA 20-SHILLING POSTAGE DUE WITH STROKE AFTER DENOMINATION. A GREAT RARITY OF AUSTRALIA, BUT ALSO A HIGHLY IMPORTANT STAMP FOR THE COLLECTOR OF USED BRITISH COMMONWEALTH.

The extreme rarity of this 20sh Postage Due stamp is due to the circumstances of when it was printed and how it was used. The previous Postage Due series was uniformly printed in green with values from -1/2d to 20sh. The only way to distinguish the Pence stamp and Shilling stamp of the same denomination was the print in the oval. This made it difficult to readily tell a pence stamp from a shilling. It was decided to change the design of all the Shilling values and put a stroke after the denomination. This was done in late 1908 or early 1909. These early Postage Dues were only distributed to New South Wales, and no official announcement was made of their availability. These were never sold at the post office, and only obtainable by application to the Deputy Postmaster General at the G.P.O. in Sydney. Because of these factors, very few unused stamps were ever sold to collectors. In July 1909, a new series of Postage Due stamps were issued for all of Australia, making these Shilling stamps obsolete only a few months after issue.

Some students believe only two sheets of 120 stamps were issued, and that only one sheet was on hand at the Sydney Parcel Post Branch. The shilling values were not used on ordinary mail, but limited to payment of bulk postage or for internal post office accounting. It is no wonder that what few where actually used were almost never saved.

Only one other used example of the 20-shilling Postage Due with stroke has been recorded. It has a similar cancel to this stamp and is dated February 1910. The date of this stamp is faint and only partial. It was purchased around 1910 by Paul Simonsen and was not seen on the market again for nearly 80 years. During that time, many Australian collectors and dealers assumed it no longer existed and was never priced used in any catalogue. It then made it's first re-appearance in 1990 and was last offered in a 2005 Australian auction.

We discovered this copy in a large consignment of Worldwide stamps. We sent it to the British Philatelic Association for an expertizing certificate, and after consulting with the leading Australian experts, they issued a certificate as genuine.

Offered to the market for the first time. With 2013 B.P.A. certificate. Stanley Gibbons value (Image)

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 £48,000.00

SOLD for $25,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
6002 og ImageAUSTRALIA, 1902, 20sh Emerald Postage Due (J22; SG D44). Original gum, lightly hinged, certificate notes fading at bottom (may just be lightly printed) and a small surface mark at top, Fine appearance, with 2013 B.P.A. certificate, SG £4,000 (Image)

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 $ 8,500.00

SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
6003 og ImageAUSTRIA, 1919, 4k Carmine and Black Parliament Building, Center Inverted (222a; Michel 287K). Vertical pair, top stamp with just a faint trace of a hinge mark, bottom stamp Mint N.H., brilliant colors, reperforated at right

FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE MULTIPLE OF THE 4K PARLIAMENT INVERTED CENTER.

Ex Houser. Signed Sietz. Catalogued as a hinged and never hinged single. Michel €4,200 (Image)

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 $ 6,000.00

SOLD for $2,300.00
Will close during Public Auction
6004   ImageAUSTRIA, 1936, 10sh Dollfuss (380; Michel 588). Strip of three tied to portion of a parcel wrapper by Vienna circular datestamps dated 1.7.1937, along with 12g Definitive, and 1s and 5s Air Post, well-centered and fresh, right stamp with trivial perf flaw at top, Very Fine, a scarce postally used multiple, ex Houser, cataloged as three used singles, Michel €3,300 (Image)

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 $ 3,650.00

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction
6005 nh ImageAUSTRIA, 1946, 1sh-5sh Renner Souvenir Sheets (B185-B188; Michel 772B-775B). Mint N.H. except 5sh with small gum disturbance at top, Very Fine, Michel €2,300 (Image)

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 $ 2,000.00

SOLD for $625.00
Will close during Public Auction
6006 og ImageAUSTRIA, 1918, 1.50k-4k Air Post on Grayish Paper, Imperforate (C1-C3 var; Michel 225xU-227xU). Without gum as issued, each with a large sheet margin at bottom, rich colors, Extremely Fine, a lovely matched set, ex Houser, Michel €550 (Image)

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 $ 450.00

SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
6007 c ImageAUSTRIA, 1851, (.6kr) Blue, Ty. IIa, Newspaper (P1; Michel 6II). Fourteen stamps consisting of four strips of three and two singles (two strips slightly overlap), tied on wrapper by Ischl double-ring postmarks, stamps mostly with large margins incl. a couple with sheet margin, the addressee side has a tear that has been repaired

FINE. A STRKING AND RARE USE.

Ex Houser (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
6008 c ImageAUSTRIA, 1851, (.6kr) Blue, Ty. IIa, Newspaper (P1; Michel 6II). Two strips of three and a single, tied on first page of 1856 Annali Universali di Medicina by Milano postmarks, strips and single all with full margins around, Fine and scarce usage, ex Houser (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
6009 ngbl ImageAUSTRIA, 1859, (1kr) Lilac, Ty. II, Newspaper (P6; Michel 17). Unused (no gum) block of four, huge margins all around, fresh color and a clean impression, faint paper wrinkle in the top stamps, Extremely Fine, a rare block, ex Houser, signed A. Diena, Michel value for an original gum block of four is €8,000, Scott Retail for an original gum block of four is $5,500.00 (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
6010 bl ImageAUSTRIA, 1863, (1.05kr) Brownish Lilac Newspaper Stamp (P8c; Michel 29d). Block of six neatly cancelled by Lemberg Bahnoff circular datestamps, large margins all around, two light creases and a shallow thin in the margin at bottom, Extremely Fine appearance, ex Houser, Michel value for just a used block of four is €800 (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction

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