AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, 1937-52 KING GEORGE VI ISSUES

Lot 338		Estimate: $150T c.1937 Waterlow Essays in Purple imperforate and perforated, Claret (3, one marginal) on unwatermarked gummed paper (5)
Lot 339		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $210 c.1937 Waterlow Essays in Green block of four on perforated, unwatermarked gummed paper, one unit showing diagonal flaw. Scarce in this shade
Lot 340		Estimate: $150 1937-49 Robes Thick 5/- and 10/- + KGVI 3d Brown and 1/- Lyrebird on 1946 (21 Jan) registered airmail cover (roughly opened) to USA, Sydney and New York backstamps. Correctly paying quadruple 4/- per ½oz rate + 3d registration
Lot 341		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $95 1937-49 QE 1d Maroon Perf 15x14 coil perforation (22 pairs). Retail AU$440
Lot 342		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $50 1937-49 KGVI 2d Scarlet Die II Wmk Inverted, BW 188a, blocks and singles (25). Cat AU$250
Lot 343		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 1937-49 KGVI 2d Scarlet Die II Perf 15x14, gutter block of eight from top with portion of Plate No. 12, BW 188zi, odd tone in selvedge only. Cat AU$1250. [ACSC states '...several examples recorded']
Lot 344		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460 1937-49 4d Koala Perf 15x14 block of four showing 'Offset' on reverse, BW 198c, tiny tone on one. Scarce
Lot 345		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $110 1937-49 6d Kookaburra Perf 14x15 'No Imprint' lower corner block of four, BW 203zj
Lot 346		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $70 1937-49 6d Kookaburra Perf 14x15 'No Imprint' lower right gutter, corner block of four, BW 203zl
Lot 347		Estimate: $300 1942-48 KGVI 2d Purple block of four from lower right corner of sheet on 'Hayward C Parish' FDC registered at Matraville (N.S.W.) where also backstamped. Parish was employed at G.P.O. Sydney and is known to have produced FDC's for perforation changes, unwatermarked paper, coil perf, and other rare FDC permutations for himself and J.C. Thompson
Lot 348		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $100 1942-48 KGVI 2½d Scarlet marginal single, variety 'White face', BW 230c, with normal for comparison
Lot 349		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $380 1942-48 5½d Emu marginal block of four showing 'Double perforations at left and partially horizontally through left row', BW 232a, blue printer's checker mark, fresh unmounted
Lot 350		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $260 1946 Peace 2½d block of four showing 'Cotton thread' paper adhesion prior to printing. Spectacular and affecting all units
Lot 351		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1946 Peace 2½d 'No Watermark'. Cat AU$150
Lot 352		Estimate: $2,000 1949 ½d Kangaroo No Wmk right pane imprint block of four on 'Thompson' Official FDC, cancelled at G.P.O. Sydney (15 SE 49). Five FDC's recorded
Lot 353		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $60 1949-50 Arms 5/- Carmine on illustrated FDC cancelled at Albury
Lot 354		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $125 1949-50 Arms 5/- corner 'Authority' and 'No' imprint blocks of four, three units in each unmounted
Lot 355		Estimate: $450 Realised Price : $420 1949-50 Arms 5/- Thin paper, upper right corner block of four, lightly mounted in selvedge only, stamps fresh unmounted, BW 268a. Cat AU$600
Lot 356		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $230 1949-50 Arms 10/- Purple corner 'No imprint' block of four, lightly mounted in selvedge only, stamps fresh unmounted, BW 269za
Lot 357		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 1949-50 Arms £1 Blue + KGVI 2½d neatly tied by Registered Perth cds to 1950 (8 Aug) parcel tag to Harvey, postage representing 2½d 1st oz. + 2d per oz. x 117 + 6d registration fee = £1.0.2½d [P.O. regulations dictated that precious metals be sent at Letter rates when registration was required]
Lot 358		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $400 1951 KGVI 3d Scarlet Thin paper, lower left cnr block of 16, BW 251a. Cat AU$1200
Lot 359		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $125 1951 KGVI 3d Scarlet Thin paper, block of four, BW 251a. Cat AU$300
Lot 360		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $150 1952-65 2/6d Aborigine No Wmk in scarce Black-Brown shade on white paper, lower right corner block of six with variety 'Colour fleck above right 'O' of POSTAGE', BW 266Be