AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, 1952-65 QEII PRE-DECIMAL ISSUES

Lot 429		Estimate: $125T 1954 3½d Red Cross lower right Plate No. -2- corner block of four, BW 312ze
Lot 430		Estimate: $125T 1954 3½d Red Cross lower left Plate No. -3- corner block of nine, wide selvedge, BW 312zh
Lot 431		Estimate: $12,500 1956 Olympics Unissued 3½d Carmine-Lake, fresh unmounted marginal example, with issued 4d for comparison. Ex Australia Post Archival Sales where only four singles were sold
Lot 432		Estimate: $10,000 Realised Price : $7,500 1956 Olympics 2/- 'Melbourne across the Yarra', the set of proof imperforate colour separations in blue, deep violet, pink and bright yellow-orange, together with the completed design showing the inscription at top and left in white rather than in blue, all affixed to part of the original archive sheet. One of the great 1956 Olympics items and the only Courvoisier proofs for Australia
Lot 433		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $240 1961 11d Rabbit Bandicoot Helecon paper (experimental printing), BW 362A, solo franking tied by Bowen (Qld) cds to clearly dated 1964 (15 Apr) large commercial cover (approx 265x215mm) paying 3rd weight step Letter rate. A modern rarity - ACSC states 'best collected bearing dated postmark prior to the distribution of the later helecon printing (4 June 1965)' [A similar item realised AU$240+ in our General Sale No. 31]
Lot 434		Estimate: $400 1961-64 5/- Cattle white paper punctured 'G/NSW' sideways, lower left corner block of four, fresh unmounted. Very rare
Lot 435		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $95 1963-65 Navigators 4/-, 5/-, 7/6d and 10/- Cream paper blocks of four
Lot 436		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $380 1963-65 Navigators 4/- to £2 blocks of four, all but the 7/6d unmounted, mixed centring (24)
Lot 437		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $95 1963-65 Navigators 10/- Flinders White paper block of four
Lot 438		Estimate: $175 Realised Price : $160 1963-65 Navigators £1 Bass Cream paper upper left corner block of four
Lot 439		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $160 1963-65 Navigators £1 Bass White paper upper left corner block of four
Lot 440		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $210 1963-65 Navigators £2 King upper left corner block of four