AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, 1927-65 OTHER £SD ISSUES

Lot 355		Estimate: $500T 1927-40 commemoratives and special issues mostly commercial covers selection including 3d Kookaburra (2, one registered use of minisheet pair in 1941), 3d Airmails (2, Types A and B), Sturt set, Kingsford Smith 3d (2) and 6d, 6d Airmail (2, including 'OS' pair on 1931 flight cover), 1932 1/- Lyrebird distinct yellow-green shade (5) on parcel-piece, Bridge 3d (2), 6d Large Kookaburra, other 3d commems (Macarthur strip of three), 2d Dark Hills, N.S.W. Sesqui set and others on Parliament House Brisbane registered cover, A.I.F. set, etc, odd fault here and there, generally fair/fine (43)
Lot 356		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $50 1927-30 Punctured OS 1½d Canberra, 3d Kookaburra, 1½d Swan, 3d Airmail and Sturt set, all with forged punctures. A useful reference group, fresh unmounted (6)
Lot 357		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $280 1929 3d Air Mail selection comprising type A, ordinary and Ash imprint blocks of four, set of Plate N° blocks of four, with additional N° 2 and N° 4 off centred; type B ordinary, Ash and Plate 3 blocks of four, mixed condition (36). BW Cat AU$528
Lot 358		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $650 1929 3d Air Mail type A, booklet pane of four with variety 'Long wing to plane', odd blemish, BW 136cd. Rarely encountered mint
Lot 359		Estimate: $800 1932 1/- Lyrebird marginal block of four with "Plate dot" in selvedge, BW 145z. Rare and fine
Lot 360		Estimate: $200 1932 1/- Lyrebird optd 'OS', fresh marginal block, lower units unmounted
Lot 361		Estimate: $375 Realised Price : $420 1932 6d (large) Kookaburra 'JOHN ASH' imprint cancelled by FDI at Brisbane on plain FDC
Lot 362		Estimate: $250 1934 Victoria Centenary Perf 10½ 1/- Black, gutter block of four
Lot 363		Estimate: $125 1934 Victoria Centenary P11½, 1/- gutter pair
Lot 364		Estimate: $300T Realised Price : $230 1934 (1st Dec) No wmk 1/6d Hermes FDC (minor flap fault) in combination with 3d Airmail for registration on First flight to England, handstruck 'Poste Restante Regulations/not complied with' and handstamped 'RETURN TO SENDER' (2) applied. FDC with character - further enhanced by miscut 'By Air Mail' etiquette
Lot 365		Estimate: $60T 1934 1/6d Hermes No Watermark, marginal example
Lot 366		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $180 1935 Silver Jubilee 2/- Violet, block of four
Lot 367		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $200 1935 Silver Jubilee 2/- Violet 'JOHN ASH' imprint block of four, lower units unmounted, BW 168z. Fresh
Lot 368		Estimate: $160 1936 South Australia Centenary 1/- Green, gutter block of ten, fresh
Lot 369		Estimate: $450 1936 South Australia Centenary 1/- Green, large block of 30, minor separation, well centred and fresh
Lot 370		Estimate: $175 Realised Price : $170 1937-49 KGVI 3d Blue Die I, fresh block of four
Lot 371		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $420 1937-49 KGVI 3d Blue Die I, lower left corner block of twelve (4x3), one unit with bend, otherwise fresh unmounted
Lot 372		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1937-49 6d Kookaburra horizontal block of 6 and 1942-44 2½d Scarlet KGVI vertical block of 6 both 'no perfs at right' due to jumped perfs and subsequent trimming. Interestingly, both items were sold during the 70's by certain leading dealers as 'imperf at right' (12)
Lot 373		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $95 1938-49 Robes thick and thin paper sets used plus 5/- strip of 4 cancelled at Port Morseby, also coil tester strips of six in green and white/black (22)
Lot 374		Estimate: $180 1938-49 Robes Thin Paper 10/- block of four
Lot 375		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $380 1938 £1 Robes Thick paper optd 'SPECIMEN', fresh mint. 2004 Ceremuga Certificate
Lot 376		Estimate: $800T 1938-41 KGVI 2d Scarlet Die II, gutter block of four from top showing large portion of Plate N° '4', stamps unmounted, BW 188zf. [A similar block realised AU$1165 in our General Sale No. 5]
Lot 377		Estimate: $800T Realised Price : $700 1937 N.S.W. Sesqui 2d, upper left corner block of four with full Plate N° '1', stamps unmounted, BW 175z. Scarce and under-rated
Lot 378		Estimate: $100T 1937-49 P14¾x14 6d Kookaburra, lower left corner "No Imprint" block of four, minor bends, BW 203zh
Lot 379		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $95 1947 1d Princess complete coil perf sheet of 160 with imprints
Lot 380		Estimate: $400 1948-56 2/- Crocodile No Wmk, corner blocks of 16 (4) from each corner (64)
Lot 381		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460 1949-50 Arms 5/- (thin paper) to £2 in marginal blocks of four (16)
Lot 382		Estimate: $125 1949-50 Arms 10/- Purple, positional block of ten (2x5) from right of sheet, commercially used and scarce multiple
Lot 383		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $60 1949-50 Arms 10/-, £1 and £2 optd SPECIMEN, mounted (3)
Lot 384		Estimate: $75 1951 KGVI 3d Scarlet complete booklet plate sheet of 144, one row with crease, marginal markings at top
Lot 385		Estimate: $400 1954 3½d Red Cross upper marginal block of 6 showing spectacular variety 'red (cross) misplaced to right', cutting into globe, faint tone. A block of 4 in our General Sale No. 4 realized AU$375. Scarce
Lot 386		Estimate: $300 1954 3½d Red Cross, lower left corner block of four with Plate N° 2 'dots', BW 312zp. Scarce and seldom offered
Lot 387		Estimate: $150 1954 3½d Red Cross, bottom right corner block of four with Plate '-2-', BW 312ze
Lot 388		Estimate: $200T 1954 3½d Red Cross lower left corner block of nine showing Plate N° '-3-', wide selvedge, BW 312zh
Lot 389		Estimate: $75 1963 QE2 5d Green block of 18 (6x3) from top of sheet with Plate '-1-' with dashes
Lot 390		Estimate: $100T 1963-65 Navigators set 4/- to £2 (6)
Lot 391		Estimate: $80 1963-65 Navigators, 10/- Flinders white paper block of four
Lot 392		Estimate: $600T Realised Price : $550 1963 Post Office 'Specimen' folder (edition 'C.11841/63') containing then-current ½d to £2 (24), the Navigator 7/6d to £2 optd 'SPECIMEN' (10/- and £1 White paper), AAT (5) and Cocos Is (6)
Lot 393		Estimate: $300T 1963-65 Navigators 7/6d to £2 optd SPECIMEN, mounted, (4). Retail AU$425
Lot 394		Estimate: $200 1964 Guillaux 5d, upper left corner block of 20 (folded), variety 'Re-entry to second "A" of AUSTRALIA and back of fuselage', ACSC 423d. [This variety seems only to be appear on sheets distributed in South Australia and is rare in positional pieces]