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    General Sale No. 47
     

    will be held on
     

    Wednesday 10th March at 1pm

     

    Our first auction for 2010 commences with collections and accumulations, including several deceased estates and some very heavy lots, followed by select groups of picture postcards, literature, medals and banknotes.

    Australian Colonies are well represented with many fine items throughout including New South Wales 1882-97 3d yellow-green ‘Imperforate between’ in a block of eight, Queensland with a selection of Beer Duty stamps, South Australia 1883 ½d Essay and later Plate Proofs, Tasmania Sideface Plate Proof blocks, 2/6d Tablet Essay in a pair with Plate No., a fine range of Postal Fiscals including 1863-80 10/- mint and 1900 2/6d block of four, and Platypus overprint varieties, Victoria with fine Half-Lengths, Queen-on-Throne issues including the original contract signed by James Campbell and James Fergusson, ‘STAMP STATUTE’ £5 Essay and 2/- on registered cover, KEVII £1 Die Proof, and Western Australia including a 1888 cover from Kojonup to Austria.

    Australian Commonwealth features collections ranging in price from $100 to $1500, Kangaroo Issues including First Watermark 4d No Monogram block and 5/- corner pair showing ‘Double Print’, Second Watermark 9d Wmk Inverted, Third Watermark with the seldom seen 1929 U.P.U. souvenir folder and CofA Watermark ‘SPECIMEN’ blocks of four. The Engraved 6d Kookaburra on cover is another highlight, as well as King George V Die Proofs (3) and other varieties in positional pieces, including imprints. The 1927-65 issues feature Plate Nos. and First Day Covers including the 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge. There is a range of modern issues, with Decimal errors, as well as Booklets, Postage Dues to 10/- with scarce multiples and imprints, Stationery, and Postal History including Military Mail and Aerophilately.

    The Pacific and Oceania area is also well covered, with ranges of Nauru, New Guinea, New Zealand Beer Duty Stamps, Papua New Guinea Proofs and in Samoa a 1912 postcard carried by Zeppelin in Germany and then by surface mail to Apia. Rest of the World includes a Bradbury Wilkinson card bearing nine different Plate Proofs, ranges of British Africa, West Indies and Asia proofs and covers, a nice section of Great Britain including 1d blacks, and South West Africa Postage Due varieties.

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