AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KANGAROO ISSUES, 1913 FIRST WATERMARK

Lot 66		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $170 ½d to 1/- selection (60) of mostly unused (some part gum) comprising ½d (16, including block of six and 'OS' pair), 1d (15, one 'OS'), 2d (5, one 'OS'), 2½d (6), 3d, 4d (5, one Large 'OS' - rounded corner), 5d (6), 6d 'OS', 9d (2, one 'OS'), 1/- (3, including perf 'T' pair - faded), many with faults (often of a minor nature), also 2/- Booklet in poor condition containing ½d x 12
Lot 67		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $170 ½d to £2 (ex 5/-) selection comprising ½d to 2/- including 4d yellow-orange both normal and perf Small 'OS', additional 2½d (5) and 4d yellow-orange perf Large 'OS' (11, including scarce blocks of four and six - bit heavily cancelled), and Telegraph puncture 10/- vertical pair, £1 and £2, odd small fault here and there (44)
Lot 68		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 5d, 6d, 9d, 1/- Inverted watermark and 2/-, CTO with DE 3 1913 Melbourne cds's, few blunt perfs
Lot 69		Estimate: $3,500T ½d Green marginal, 'Imperforate at base', corner example, BW 1b. [A marginal example in our 2002 Rarities Sale realised $3800+ commission
Lot 70		Estimate: $200T -: selection of shades, mostly in strips or blocks of four, few mounted, occasional fault (28)
Lot 71		Estimate: $275T -: selection comprising coil strips of three, five and ten with joins, also 1d pairs (2), few trimmed perfs as always found, (22).
Lot 72		Estimate: $450T -: ½d Green + 1d Red both perf 'OS/NSW' on 1915 (22nd Apr) OHMS sent from Director of Botanic Gardens in Sydney to his counterpart in Sweden with Uppsala arrival datestamp.
Lot 73		Estimate: $150T Realised Price : $115 -: ½d Green + 1d Red (2) used on 1914 (Sep) cover Bundaberg to USA paying ½oz foreign rate
Lot 74		Estimate: $150T -: ½d Green + 1d Red KGV (2) used on 1914 (7th Dec) cover Charters Towers to San Francisco, endorsed 'Censored' and reverse with straight-line 'PASSED BY CENSOR ' cachet in violet
Lot 75		Estimate: $100T Realised Price : $75 -: ½d Green used for uprating on 1914 (7th Jan) 1d Kangaroo Postal Card from Sydney to Austria, Salzburg arrival datestamps, minor soiling
Lot 76		Estimate: $480T -: ½d Green + Tasmania 1½d on 5d + Victoria 1d on 2d + W.A. 1d on 2d on 1914 (19th May) registered cover Fremantle to England, arrival backstamps. Attractive four colour franking.
Lot 77		Estimate: $100T 1d Red Die II selection includes two blocks, few short perfs, two mounted (13)
Lot 78		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $80 -: 1d Red Die II fresh marginal block of four from right pane
Lot 79		Estimate: $175T Realised Price : $135 -: 1d Red Die II fresh upper right corner block of twelve (4x3) with jubilee lines
Lot 80		Estimate: $125 -: 1d red Double perf singles (5) and Wmk sideways with added corner, (6)
Lot 81		Estimate: $200T -: 1d Red used on 1913 (27th Oct) 4d Orange Registered Envelope (filing crease) to London, tied by Brisbane cds's in violet, red/black label, arrival backstamp, paying double 1d rate ½oz British Empire + 3d registration
Lot 82		Estimate: $300T -:1d Red (2, one with variety 'Extra island [two Tasmanias - BW 3f) + 1d Engraved and W.A. 1d and 1d on 2d on 1914 (19th Jan) cover used at Perth and cancelled by Perth machine cancel
Lot 83		Estimate: $200T -: 1d red together with N.S.W. ½d blue-green tied by machine-cancel to 1913 (3 Mar) postcard to Manly. Scarce State/Kangaroo combination
Lot 84		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $150 -: 1d Red tied by 'NAPOLI/PORTO' datestamp ob 1914 (12th Jun) coloured PPC (Egypt) addressed to Perth. Attractive maritime usage
Lot 85		Estimate: $125T Realised Price : $95 2½d Indigo, three very lightly mounted pairs, one with minor unlisted flaw off Qld, (6)
Lot 86		Estimate: $50T Realised Price : $38 -: 2½d Indigo and 3d Olive Die II, CTO at Melbourne, 3d weak corner perf
Lot 87		Estimate: $200 -: 2½d Indigo pair used on 1916 (1 Aug) cover from Mosman to the German Charity Association in Stockholm. With ‘OPENED BY CENSOR’ censor tape and interestingly endorsed ‘Enclosed letter is for Germany’. Unusual and fine
Lot 88		Estimate: $750T 3d Olive Die I, very fresh unmounted block of four, upper right unit blunt perf
Lot 89		Estimate: $300T Realised Price : $300 -: 3d Olive Die I, well centred pair, fresh unmounted
Lot 90		Estimate: $1,250 4d orange CA monogram single, the monogram reduced as is often the case in this issue, well-centred with two shortish perfs. at right. 4d monograms are scarce.
Lot 91		Estimate: $300T -: 4d Orange, short corner perf, tied by Brisbane cds in violet, red/black label, transit and arrival backstamps on 1913 (27th Oct) registered cover to Canada, paying 1d rate ½oz British Empire + 3d registration
Lot 92		Estimate: $60T Realised Price : $46 5d Chestnut CTO at Melbourne
Lot 93		Estimate: $900T -: 5d Chestnut + 2½d Indigo - the latter perfin 'F G/&CO' in reverse tied to 1915 (12th Mar) Felton Grimwade & Co. cover to USA by 'LATE FEE/SPENCER ST' datestamps. Rare combination.
Lot 94		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $250 -: 5d chestnut tied by Sydney machine-cancel to 1914 (4 May) cover to U.S.
Lot 95		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 6d ultramarine tied by Sydney cds to 1915 (8 Mar) slightly reduced registered cover to U.K. Scarce on cover
Lot 96		Estimate: $150 9d Violet (2) and perforated small OS (1), minor faults (3)
Lot 97		Estimate: $60T Realised Price : $46 -: 9d Violet CTO at Melbourne
Lot 98		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $150 1/- Emerald, few perfs a trifle blunt at base
Lot 99		Estimate: $60T Realised Price : $46 -: 1/- Emerald Wmk Inverted, CTO at Melbourne, full unmounted gum
Lot 100		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $46 -: 1/- Emerald commercially used well centred strip of three
Lot 101		Estimate: $125 -: 1/- Emerald perforated small OS, strip of three. Scarce multiple
Lot 102		Estimate: $125T Realised Price : $120 2/- Brown, CTO at Melbourne
Lot 103		Estimate: $175T Realised Price : $135 5/- Grey and Yellow, CTO at Melbourne, full unmounted gum
Lot 104		Estimate: $125T Realised Price : $100 -: 5/- Grey and Yellow, CTO at Melbourne
Lot 105		Estimate: $600T 10/- Grey and Pink, tiny thin at upper right
Lot 106		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $150 £2 Black and Rose with telegraph puncture
Lot 107		Estimate: $175T Perforated Large ‘OS’: 1d commercially used block of six, 4d (5, including pair), 5d, 6d (2), 1/- and 2/-, few blunt/short perfs (16), Retail $531
Lot 108		Estimate: $1,000 -: 2½d indigo perf large OS showing 'Islands east of Cape York' tied by Melbourne slogan cancel to 1918 (26 Feb) censored Official cover to U.S. Very rare on cover
Lot 109		Estimate: $450T -: 4d Orange perf large OS on 1915 (13th Feb) registered OHMS cover for Naval Staff Office used at Sydney with black and red registration label. [Most 4d perf OS covers are used from Perth and covers from other cities are seldom seen]
Lot 110		Estimate: $175 4d orange perf large OS from top margin of sheet tied by Perth cds to 1916 (19 Jan) registered Official cover with five various 'Unclaimed' markings. Attractive
Lot 111		Estimate: $125T Realised Price : $120 -: 2/- Brown perforated large OS, neatly cancelled
Lot 112		Estimate: $200T -: 2/- Brown, neatly cancelled
Lot 113		Estimate: $175 Realised Price : $135 Perforated Small ‘OS’: ½d green and KGV 1d deep red tied to 1915 (13 Apr) censored Official postcard Melbourne to Denmark, and S.M. wmk 6d chestnut tied Sydney cds to 1932 (30 May) registered Official cover to U.S.A.
Lot 114		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 Perforated Small OS 1d Red JBC monogram block of 4, well-centred, with variety ‘white scratch through value’ (Plate H, R58)
Lot 115		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $160 -: 2½d Indigo