AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, 1927-65 OTHER £SD ISSUES

Lot 207		Estimate: $3,500T Realised Price : $3,800 1927 1½d Canberra vertical pair, error 'IMPERFORATE (HORIZONTALLY) BETWEEN', SG 105a, BW 132b, faint tone and trace of bend, otherwise very fine for this error
Lot 208		Estimate: $1,800 Realised Price : $1,700 1932 1/- Lyrebird 'JOHN ASH' imprint block of 36 (12x3), very fresh
Lot 209		Estimate: $1,500T Realised Price : $1,200 1932 1/- Lyrebird overprinted 'OS' and KGV 3d punctured 'W/A' tied by Parcel Post Perth cds to 1934 (27 Nov) portion of parcel-wrapping bearing 'PARCELS POST' label endorsed 'Mines Dept/Perth'. Parcel rate (Scale 4) 1/3d for first 1lb. The first commercial item recorded by us bearing the overprinted 1/-. Provenance: J.T. Vinton-Smith, MLA, Parliament House, Melbourne, correspondence
Lot 210		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $625 1932 (17 Nov) unusual philatelic franking on cover registered at Sydney and comprising overprinted 'OS' 6d Kangaroo, ½d to 5d KGV (5), 1/- Lyrebird, 2d and 3d Bridge, and 6d Airmail, backstamped Sydney
Lot 211		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $750 1932 Bridge 5/- Green block of four with large portion 'JOHN ASH' imprint, CTO without gum
Lot 212		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $2,000 1932 Bridge 5/- Green 'JOHN ASH' imprint block of six, lower units unmounted mint, slight trace of toning
Lot 213		Estimate: $3,500 Realised Price : $2,900 1932 Bridge 5/- Green 'JOHN ASH' imprint half sheet of ten, CTO without gum
Lot 214		Estimate: $10,000T Kangaroos Third Wmk £1, Small Multiple Wmk 2/- and C of A Wmk 9d, 5/-, 10/- (faded due to susceptibility to light) and £2 handstamped 'SPECIMEN' (6), representing the stamps on issue in 1935. The more attractive of two sets recorded (the other with 10/- damaged realised AU$9200 at a Sydney auction in 2002)
Lot 215		Estimate: $6,000T King George V Small Multiple Wmk 1½d and C of A Wmk ½d, 1d, 2d, 4d, 5d and 1/4d handstamped 'SPECIMEN' (7). One other set is recorded (the centring of the respective units is virtually identical, suggesting the two sets were prepared simultaneously) which realised AU$6325 at a Sydney auction in 2002
Lot 216		Estimate: $1,000T 1929 and 1931 Airmail 3d Green and 6d Brown handstamped 'SPECIMEN' (2), small faults owing to unsuitable glue having been originally employed to affix these two issues to board. Two examples recorded (the other 3d also with fault)
Lot 217		Estimate: $2,500T Realised Price : $2,800 1932 6d Kookaburra and 1/- Lyrebird handstamped 'SPECIMEN' (2). Superb Bird exhibit items for which only one other set is recorded
Lot 218		Estimate: $1,500T 1934 Victoria Centenary Perf 11½ set, the 2d and 1/- handstamped 'COMMONWEALTH AUDIT OFFICE' (small faults), the 3d handstamped 'SPECIMEN'. Unique set
Lot 219		Estimate: $7,500T 1934 Airmail 1/6d Plate Proof in Dull Lilac handstamped 'SPECIMEN'. BW records two other examples of this proof without handstamp as 161PP(1) - one of which is in the Australia Post Archival Collection. Accompanied for comparison by issued stamp used on cover during first week of release. Unique
Lot 220		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $460 1938 (1 Apr) Robes 5/- Thick paper registered at Adelaide for airmail to U.K., backstamped Adelaide and Melbourne. Underrated
Lot 221		Estimate: $1,250 Realised Price : $1,300 1938-49 Robes 10/- Thick paper complete sheet of 80 with 'JOHN ASH' imprint, centrally folded through selvedge, odd bend. Very well centred
Lot 222		Estimate: $6,000 1938-49 £1 Robes Thin paper complete sheet of 80 with 'Authority' imprint, centrally folded through selvedge, odd separation, mixed centring. Retail AU$9600++
Lot 223		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $900 1938-49 Queen Elizabeth 1d Green Die II 'JOHN ASH' imprint block of four with Coil Perforation, uniformly large holes, BW 182zl
Lot 224		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $900 1942 (1 Dec) Queen Elizabeth 1½d Green cancelled at Huonville (Tas). Neat example of this very scarce FDC. BW AU$500 (1995)
Lot 225		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $725 1949-50 Arms £2 Green corner 'No Imprint' block of four with variety 'Roller flaw below "E" of POSTAGE', BW 271ze
Lot 226		Estimate: $2,000T 1949-50 Arms £2 Green overprinted 'SPECIMEN' 3mm high, BW 271xc, unused without gum. 2004 Ceremuga Certificate
Lot 227		Estimate: $2,500 1953-56 QEII 6½d Orange Watermarked, marginal strip of four, variety 'Imperforate between stamp and margin', BW 298ba
Lot 228		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1955 3½d Nursing marginal block of four from right with pip, variety 'Grossly misplaced perforations', BW 329bb. Probably the most spectacular of the misplaced perf varieties
Lot 229		Estimate: $2,500 1957 7d Flying Doctor, corner block of four with 'Offset', BW 337c. The most dramatic of these popular varieties. One sheet of 80 recorded, this being perhaps the only corner piece
Lot 230		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $2,000 1962 (11 Jun) Die Proof (70x80mm) of 5d 'OSCAR OF ANTARCTICA' in black on glossed paper, prepared by M Kuppler, small thinning. The only known practice design die proof from the Note Printing Branch in private hands. Unique
Lot 231		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $500 1963-65 Navigators 4/- to £2, fresh unmounted mint blocks of four (24)
Lot 232		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $500 1963-65 Navigators 7/6d to £2 optd 'SPECIMEN', fresh unmounted (4)
Lot 233		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $750 1963-65 Navigators 7/6d to £2 optd 'SPECIMEN', both papers of 10/- & £1, unmounted (6)
Lot 234		Estimate: $2,000 1964 5d Christmas, error ' "AUSTRALIA" (Red) omitted', BW 425ca
Lot 235		Estimate: $7,500 1965 5d Churchill, positional strip of four, lower unit error 'Light grey (face) omitted'. One of the most important pre-decimal missing colours. BW 430cb, SG 377a
Lot 236		Estimate: $500 1965 5d Hargraves, error 'Value (Purple) omitted', BW 433c