1970s to 2000s Cancelled-to-order with Philatelic Sales Centre Sydney and G.P.O. Melbourne datestamps. Some minor duplication, and including blocks of 4 and many 'better' stamps (700+)
Lot 506
Estimate: $240
1988-2003 accumulation of CTO sheets and large blocks, including 1988 Living Together 1c, 53c, 63c and 68c in blocks of 40, 1992 Space, Vineyards, Australia Day, 1993 Christmas Island, World Heritage, Parliament, 1994 Bunyip, IYOF, 1995 Australia Day, 1996 Christmas Island, Planes, World Heritage, 1999 AAT, Polly Woodside, Small Pond, 2002 Thai Joint Issue, Christmas Island, 2003 Rugby, etc. Of great use for research into the Australia Post CTO products (41 sheets/panes/large blocks)
Lot 507
Estimate: $75
Realised Price : $60
Early to Mid 1990s issues CTO with GPO MELBOURNE dated datestamps few different types represented), mostly in blocks of 4 or larger (few 100s)
Lot 508
Estimate: $250
Realised Price : $240
Training School Specimens: Small range with 1966 1c, 2c and 3c Type 4 ('CANCELLED/SPECIMEN ONLY'); 1966 4c, 5c, 6c, 7c, 9c, 40c, 50c, 75c, $1, 1968 Floral Emblems 13c, 15c, 20c, 25c, 30c, and 1970 National Development 8c, 10c Type 5 ('CANCELLED'). Also 1966 7c, 8c (2), 10c blocks of 4 Type 1 ('SPECIMEN ONLY'), and 9c block of 4 Type 4 ('CANCELLED/SPECIMEN ONLY'). Several are uncatalogued (39)
Lot 509
Estimate: $350
1966 3c QEII Definitive specialised mint (mostly) and used collection mounted on leaves, a detailed study of the electros and plate varieties, with virtually all BW listed varieties represented, mostly in positional blocks, and with high quality enlarged photographs included. Some foxing on a few blocks. An exceptional lot, highly recommended (438 M, 65 U)
Lot 510
Estimate: $400
Realised Price : $300
1966 4c QEII Definitive Plate Number blocks of 20 from top or bottom of sheet, some duplication, comprising Plates 23 (10), 24 (6), 25 (5), 26 (10), 27 (6) and 28 (7) virtually all very fine and mounted in selvedge only (44 blocks)
Lot 511
Estimate: $140
Realised Price : $125
1966 4c Red QEII booklet pane ('Use Postal Orders . . . ') along with 5c coil pair on 1969 (19 Mar) registered cover from Balaclava to Goulburn (NSW)
Lot 512
Estimate: $90
1970 6c Orange QEII small mint and used study on pages including positional pieces and with a number of the listed plate varieties (80 M, 98 U)
Lot 513
Estimate: $80
Realised Price : $60
1966-71 7c Purple QEII Definitive study of various plate varieties mounted on leaves, mostly used and with a few mint blocks, and identifying the various recuts to weaknesses made on various electros, including Sheet E R7/10, Sheet D, R8/10, Sheet E, R8/4 and others (22 M, 124 U)
Lot 514
Estimate: $600
Realised Price : $460
1971 7c Purple QEII variety 'Recut Shading Across Top of Stamp' Type 2, fine used with machine cancel. Very fine and rare, with only a handful of used examples recorded. BW 447(I)ma, cat AU$1200
Lot 515
Estimate: $750
1971 7c Purple QEII variety 'Recut Shading Across Top of Stamp' Type 6, fine used with machine cancel. The most extensive of this series of rare recuts, with only several used examples recorded. BW 447(I)me, cat AU$1500.
Lot 516
Estimate: $1,500
1971 7c Purple QEII variety 'Violent Corner Retouch' States I and II (extensive recutting to the lower left quarter of the stamp), both fine used with machine cancels. These two stamps are amongst the most heavily recut stamps of Australia, with very few examples recorded, and rarely offered for sale. BW 447(I)o,oa, cat AU$3000 (2)
Lot 517
Estimate: $450
Realised Price : $800
1966 40c, 50c, 75c, $1 and $4 sheets of 100 ($1 with Plate No. '3'). $4 with variety d (hairline outside upper left frame) on R8/1. Superb, and a good source of perf pip blocks, face value AU$655 (500)
1966 75c Cook overprinted SPECIMEN variety 'Overprint Double' (almost coincident), superb MUH. Only a handful of examples have been discovered and are undercatalogued at AU$750. BW 462xa, cat AU$750
Lot 520
Estimate: $2,500
Realised Price : $1,900
1966 4c Christmas horizontal strip of 5 from the right pane with error 'Olive-green Partly Omitted', the omission almost total from the fifth unit, and partial from the fourth unit, the second unit showing interrupted printing of the olive-green colour. The left-hand gutter includes the sheet no., which indicates the strip is from the bottom row of a sheet. Tone spot on left gutter, stamps very fine MUH. One of the finest pieces extant of this famous error, of which no examples with complete omission are believed to exist. BW 471c, cat AU$5000++
Lot 521
Estimate: $1,200
1968 Famous Australians 5c Edgeworth David Die Proof in Black on Pale Blue tinted glossy paper affixed to thin card (88 x 90mm, showing almost complete die sinkage), very fine. Four die proofs are recorded in private hands on various litho tinted papers. BW 498DP(1)A, cat AU$2000
Lot 522
Estimate: $700
1968 5c Macquarie Lighthouse Die Proof in Black on Buff tinted paper affixed to thin card (37 x 39mm) in Unadopted Design showing vertical lines at each side, very fine. Six examples are recorded of this essay die proof on various tinted papers. BW 499DP(1)C, cat AU$1500
Lot 523
Estimate: $1,000
1969 Prime Ministers 5c G.H. Reid Die Proof in Black on white wove paper with pale cream litho tint affixed to thin card (50mm x 40mm), fine. One of two recorded die proofs in this shade; note that the two marks at upper right also occur on the other recorded example and are apparently defects in the litho tint and not stains. BW 512DP(1)B, cat AU$2000
Lot 524
Estimate: $1,200
1969 Prime Ministers 5c Alfred Deakin Die Proof in Black on white wove paper with pale blue litho tint and affixed to thin card (70mm x 77mm), very fine and one two recorded examples. BW 510DP(1)A, cat AU$2000
Lot 525
Estimate: $600
Realised Price : $460
1971 Christmas 7c se-tenant block of 4 designs (Wiggins Teape paper) error 'Imperforate Between Vertically' caused by a malfunction of the perforating machine and showing light impressions of the perforation holes, tone spot on reverse of one stamp otherwise fine MUH. The only recorded example and illustrated in the BW catalogue. BW 573b, cat AU$1500
Lot 526
Estimate: $1,200
1972 Prime Ministers W.M. Hughes Die Proof in Black on Buff-tinted wove paper affixed to thin card (87 X 85mm) with unissued 6c denomination. Fine and one of four recorded 6c die proofs in private hands on various tinted papers. BW 588(DP)2B, cat AU$2000
Lot 527
Estimate: $100
1973 Famous Australians small mint selection on leaves, with blocks showing different UV paper reactions, non-helecon block of 4 (cat AU$300), and positional blocks with plate varieties (68)
Lot 528
Estimate: $900
1973 Famous Australians 7c Dame Mary Gilmore Die Proof in Black on wove paper affixed to thin card (78 x 82mm, showing almost complete die sinkage), very fine and rare with only four die proofs recorded in private hands. BW 629DP(1), cat AU$1500
Lot 529
Estimate: $1,000
1975 Australian Scenes 35c Wittenoom Gorge block of 4 showing error 'Purple Largely Omitted' only a faint trace being apparent, superb MUH. BW 749c, cat AU$200 for complete omission, of which only several single stamps are recorded
Lot 530
Estimate: $1,250
1978 20c National Stamp Week Imperforate Chemical Proof block of 15 in issued colours on PVC plastic, with colour control dots in right selvedge. The design differs from the issued stamp in having no simulated perforations around the 1928 stamp. The largest surviving piece from the only recorded pane of 50. BW 823PP(1), cat AU$3000+
Lot 531
Estimate: $1,400
1992 45c Thinking of You Booklet error 'All Printing on Stamp Pane Omitted', very fine and one of two recorded examples, with 2000 RPSV Certificate. BW B190Ac, cat AU$4000
Lot 532
Estimate: $1,100
1992 Threatened Species Self-adhesive Booklet Original Printing error 'All Printing (except helecon) Omitted', very fine, with normal booklet for comparison. BW 1564ca, which states about five booklets have been recorded, cat AU$3000
Lot 533
Estimate: $60
1994 $9 Automatic Teller Machine sheetlet showing security tabs affixed on reverse (Types 4 and 18) as used on stamp booklets in 1992-93. Brusden-White does not list these security tabs on this sheetlet. A scarce pair
Lot 534
Estimate: $75
Realised Price : $75
1999 Sailing Ships 45c Polly Woodside Maritime Heritage folder containing a half sheet of ten 45c with red overprint in selvedge 'MARITIME HERITAGE MH99' and $20 polymer banknote with red 'MARITIME HERITAGE' overprint, both numbered '846'. Of 3,000 folders produced, only the first 1,000 were numbered in red, the remainder being in black. The selling price was AU$135
Lot 535
Estimate: $120
2004 Australia Post folder for distribution to delegates at the U.P.U. Congress in Bucharest, Romania, containing all International Stamps issued up to that time (27, values ranging from 50c to $20), not often seen. Also a second folder containing the original eight International Stamps issued in 2000
