AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, 1905-13 WMK CROWN OVER DOUBLE LINED A, THIN PRE-GUMMED PAPER
Lot 238
Estimate: $200
1912 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A (sideways) Thin Pre-gummed Paper, Single-line Perf 12½ ½d Bluish-green superb block of 60 from top left corner of sheet, only three units mounted. SG 416b, cat £300
Lot 239
Estimate: $250
1912 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A (sideways) Thin Pre-gummed Paper, Single-line Perf 12½ ½d Bluish-green block of 48 (minor perf separation) and marginal block of 26, only four units mounted, and generally very fine. SG 416b, cat £370
Lot 240
Estimate: $350
Realised Price : $270
1912 Watermark Crown over Double-lined Thin Pre-gummed Paper, Perf 12 x 12½ 1d Rose-red contents from a £1 stamp booklet, comprising partly severed block of 60 from the top of a sheet, and four monogram blocks of 15 (2 x CA, 2 x JBC), each block shows staple holes in selvedge, all superb MUH. BW cat (2004) for monogram strips of 3 is AU$300 each. SG 417d, cat £540
Lot 241
Estimate: $300
1912 Watermark Crown over Double-lined Thin Pre-gummed Paper, Rotary Perf 11½ x 12¼ 1d Scarlet and 1d Rose-red Punctured 'OS' blocks of 24 from base of sheet showing 'CA' and 'JBC' monograms, from two different plates showing variations in the marginal rule breaks. Some minor perf separation, and with all but a few units MUH. A very fine pair, ex Purves and Perry. The four monograms as strips of 3 catalogue AU$400 in BW (2004) (48)