AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KANGAROO ISSUES, 1913 FIRST WATERMARK

Lot 345		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $160 ½d to 5/- commercially used (2/- punctured Small 'OS'), few short perfs and mixed centring
Lot 346		Estimate: $250 1d Red Die I (trimmed perfs) affixed to 1913 (23 Nov) hand coloured illustrated 'Appleby' cover depicting a young woman, used Newcarnie to England
Lot 347		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1d Red Die II Imperf Plate Proof marginal pair on thick buff manilla paper, BW 3PP(1)
Lot 348		Estimate: $250 1d Red Die II pair affixed to 1913 (24 Oct) hand coloured illustrated 'Appleby' cover (missing flap) depicting comical man diving off a pier with caption above 'Here I come! am going to swim it.', used Newcarnie to England
Lot 349		Estimate: $250 1d Red Die II pair affixed to 1913 (Dec) hand coloured illustrated 'Appleby' cover (blemishes, missing side flap) depicting a woman wearing a shawl, used Newcarnie to England
Lot 350		Estimate: $1,250 Realised Price : $2,400 3d Die I Plate Proof pair in Black on unwmkd blue wove paper, BW 12PP(1), apparently from the printer's make-ready proofs. Faint bend at left, otherwise extremely fine and one of few known examples without major faults. Rare as a multiple
Lot 351		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 3d Olive Die I, well-centred and fine mint
Lot 352		Estimate: $75 3d Olive Die I, hinge remainder, well-centred
Lot 353		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $525 3d Olive Die I 'Wmk Inverted', fine unmounted top marginal example
Lot 354		Estimate: $500 3d Olive Die I Thin paper, BW 12ab, lightly hinged, fine mint
Lot 355		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $320 4d Orange, well-centred, very fine unmounted
Lot 356		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $360 4d Orange-yellow, fine mint
Lot 357		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $75 5d Chestnut, very lightly mounted, well-centred
Lot 358		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $60 6d Ultramarine, centred left, fine unmounted
Lot 359		Estimate: $80 9d Violet, hinge remain, well-centred
Lot 360		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $105 1/- Emerald, some gum disturbance, and Third Wmk 1/- Blue-green (Wmk Sideways) centred right, small hinge remain, otherwise fine (2) [Note: Correction to printed catalogue description and estimate]
Lot 361		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $725 2/- Brown marginal example from top of sheet, good centring, hinged in selvedge only. A premium stamp
Lot 362		Estimate: $22,500 5/- Grey and Yellow, the unique mint pair from lower left corner with 'DOUBLY PRINTED FRAME PLATE', showing a second impression of the frame plate 5mm above the other, BW 42c. [The similar variety on a Second Wmk 5/-, of which four examples are recorded, realised AU$24000 in 2007]. An important item for the Kangaroo specialist
Lot 363		Estimate: $500 5/- Grey and Yellow, centred right, lightly mounted
Lot 364		Estimate: $400 5/- Grey and Yellow marginal example from base of sheet, hinged in selvedge, stamp with small hinge remain and faint horizontal crease not visible from front, otherwise fine
Lot 365		Estimate: $900 10/- Grey and Pink, small hinge remainder and faint crease not visible from front. Very fine appearance
Lot 366		Estimate: $1,500 10/- Grey and Pink handstamped 'Specimen', two short perfs at right, still unmounted and very scarce as such
Lot 367		Estimate: $1,250 Realised Price : $1,450 £1 Brown and Blue, faint crease at top and minor tone, well-centred
Lot 368		Estimate: $4,000 Realised Price : $4,800 £2 Black and Rose, hinge remain, otherwise fine. An exceptionally well-centred example