AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KANGAROO ISSUES, 1913 FIRST WATERMARK

Lot 280		Estimate: $4,000 Realised Price : $3,000 1d Red Die I, variety 'WATERMARK SIDEWAYS - crown pointing to left, BW 2ab, well centred block of four, minor imperfections. Very few blocks exist. Retail for perfect block would be in excess of AU$20000
Lot 281		Estimate: $1,750 3d Die I, Plate Proof pair in Black on unwatermarked blue wove paper, BW 12PP(1), from the printer's make-ready proofs, very faint bend at left, otherwise extremely fine and one of few known proofs without major faults. Very few multiples exist
Lot 282		Estimate: $25,000 Realised Price : $19,500 4d Orange, right pane lower corner block of thirty (6x5) showing 'No Monogram' and unit [48] 'White scratch from "G" of POSTAGE' to map, BW 15d,ze. Very fine and fresh, twenty eight units fresh unmounted, two lightly hinged. One of the best 'No Monogram' multiples in existence. An item for the connoisseur
Lot 283		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 2/- Brown, mint
Lot 284		Estimate: $25,000 5/- Grey and Yellow, THE UNIQUE CORNER 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. [A single example of the 10/- recently realised AU$28750 and an example of the same variety on the Second Wmk 5/- (of which four are recorded) realised AU$24000 in 2007]
Lot 285		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $200 Punctured Large ‘OS’: 6d Blue, mint. Retail AU$350