AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY

Lot 462		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $48 1957 2/- Blue block of 24 from top right corner of sheet including variety 'Retouch to Sky Adjoining Right of Flagstaff' on R3/2, fine MUH. BW AAT1e, cat AU$80+
Lot 463		Estimate: $5,000 1957 2/- Blue block of 8 from right side of sheet with Plate No. '2' followed by five 'X's. Superb MUH and a very desirable Antarctic piece, this being the only plate number recorded for any of the engraved stamps, and one of only two or three examples known. BW AAT1z, cat AU$5000
Lot 464		Estimate: $500 1966 1c Perforated Colour Separation Proofs in Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow, together with the issued stamp. 17 sets of these 1c proofs were sold in the Australia Post archival auctions of 1985-86. Superb (5)