AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KING GEORGE V ISSUES, 1914-24 SINGLE WATERMARK

Lot 901		Estimate: $180 Realised Price : $150 Cover selection comprising 1d Violet, 1d Green, 1½d Green single, 3 on registered from Roma, 1½d Red (3) on airmail Carnarvon to Perth, 2d Orange single, pair, 2d Brown single on card to Europe, 3d Blue (2 covers), 4½d Violet, fair to fine, few long covers folded over, some good British Empire exhibition slogans (12 covers)
Lot 902		Estimate: $100T Realised Price : $105 ½d Bright Green Electro 1 'CA' Monogram block of four, toning on reverse, BW 63(1)zb, missing side margin
Lot 903		Estimate: $125 ½d Orange (2) and 1d Green (2) Wmk Inverted, 1½d Bright Red-Brown block of four, 5d pair, few minor tones (10)
Lot 904		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $145 Punctured 'OS': ½d Orange, 1d Green, 1½d Green, Red, 2d Orange, Red, Brown, 4d Olive pair, 5d Brown (with variety 'damaged NE corner'), (10)
Lot 905		Estimate: $160T Realised Price : $160 Smooth paper Single-line Perf 14 1d Carmine-Red marginal pair (stamps **) showing extensive compartment lines and block of four (minor separation, well centred)
Lot 906		Estimate: $2,000T Realised Price : $2,500 Smooth paper Single-line Perf 14 1d Carmine-Red Die II, BW 70(1)f. Rare
Lot 907		Estimate: $100T Smooth paper Comb Perf 14 1d Carmine-Red Die II Wmk Inverted, BW 71(1)f variety
Lot 908		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $220 Smooth paper Comb Perf 14 1d Carmine-Red, variety 'White line under right value tablet', BW 71(2)g, minor toning, slight adhesion
Lot 909		Estimate: $120 Smooth paper Comb Perf 14 1d Carmine-Red Wmk Inverted marginal block of four, yellowish gum, mounted in margin only
Lot 910		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $90 Smooth paper Comb Perf 14 1d Scarlet-Red punctured 'OS', BW 71Gbb, block of four, light crease at top, Drury Cert
Lot 911		Estimate: $150T Realised Price : $130 Smooth paper Comb Perf 14 1d Carmine-Red marginal single Wmk Inverted, variety ' 'RA' joined', BW 71(4)j
Lot 912		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $130 Smooth paper Comb Perf 14 1d Red shades punctured 'OS', two creased, odd minor blemish, (13)
Lot 913		Estimate: $250T Realised Price : $290 Smooth paper 1d Carmine-Red single and diagonally bisected half tied to 1918 (23 Nov) envelope by Melbourne machine cancel, accepted to pay 1d postage + ½d war tax (introduced in October), an attractive example of these scarce unauthorised bisects
Lot 914		Estimate: $150T Realised Price : $170 Smooth paper 1d Carmine-Red coil pair with join, scissor cut top and bottom, lower unit plated as V/1, 1d Green coil pair with join, upper stamp plated as VI/59, scarce (2 pairs)
Lot 915		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $145 Semi-surfaced paper 1d Reddish Pink punctured 'OS' block of four on long 1916 (17 Mar) OHMS registered cover from Perth with DLO markings, BW 71F, attractive
Lot 916		Estimate: $125 Rough paper 1d Deep Scarlet (Aniline), watermark misplaced so only line and top half of crown showing, crease
Lot 917		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $150 Rough paper 1d Rosine punctured 'OS' fresh unmounted
Lot 918		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $260 Rough paper 1d Carmine-Red punctured 'OS' strip of five, first two units Die II (spur on one hidden by postmark) on DL size 1920 (26 Nov) Perth registered cover, BW 72(1)c. Cat AU$300+ on cover
Lot 919		Estimate: $1,200T Realised Price : $900 Rough paper 1d Rose-Red (Aniline) punctured 'OS' Plate 3 upper right corner block of 16 showing double perfs on middle eight units, officially repaired to reinforce, includes varieties 'Dot before right '1'and 'Thinned left frame', BW72Db,(3)f-g. A spectacular block
Lot 920		Estimate: $750T Realised Price : $900 Rough paper 1d Pink Die I punctured 'OS', 'Substituted cliche', BW 72Gbbja, fine
Lot 921		Estimate: $150T Realised Price : $160 1d Carmine-Red Die III, varieties 'Break in upper frame at right', 'White scratch below right wattle stem' and 'White flaw in left wattles', BW 75l,n,r
Lot 922		Estimate: $250T Realised Price : $250 1d Carmine-Red Die III commercially used block of four, variety 'Thinned 'US' first state with thinned oval and white flaw in U', BW 75m, cancelled 5.8.1918. Early use
Lot 923		Estimate: $1,500T 1d Red Die III corner 'CA' Monogram strip of three, BW 75zb, tiny inclusion on selvedge, stamps unmounted
Lot 924		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $80 1d Deep Violet (2) used with Kangaroo ½d vertical pair and 2 singles on 1922 (4 Nov) cover (minor fault) Narrogin, WA, to Holland, a colourful example of the short lived 4d rate
Lot 925		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $190 1d Green punctured 'OS' Plate 4 upper left corner block of 12 with varieties 'Secret mark', 'Break in top frame .. 4th pearl at left joins line', BW 77ba(4)o,d,e
Lot 926		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $170 1d Green punctured 'OS' plate 4 marginal block of 12 with varieties 'Distorted 'ONE PENNY' and 'Thin 'ONE PENNY' (retouch)', BW 77ba(4)k,l
Lot 927		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $80 1d Green punctured 'OS' Plate 4 'T.S. HARRISON' (N over P) with varieties 'Ferns' and 'RA' joined', BW 77(4)o,z
Lot 928		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $480 1½d Green Electro 17 'Cracked electro', BW 88(17)m
Lot 929		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1½d Red Electro 15, variety 'Moustache flaw, additionally with cracked electro' (later state), BW 89(15)ia
Lot 930		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $750 1½d Scarlet punctured 'OS', vertical pair variety 'Printed on gummed side, Wmk Inverted', BW 89c. Scarce multiple
Lot 931		Estimate: $300T Realised Price : $525 2d Orange 'Cracked electro vertically through right side', BW 95(U)l, early state with crack not evident from emu's head to wattles'
Lot 932		Estimate: $350 2d Orange punctured 'OS' Wmk Inverted showing marginal wmk line, BW 95aba
Lot 933		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $400 2d Orange 'Dry ink' punctured 'OS', very light diagonal crease, fresh
Lot 934		Estimate: $800 2d Dull Orange punctured 'OS' lower left corner block of 16 (4x4), fresh unmounted
Lot 935		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $160 2d Dull Orange punctured 'OS' vertical strip of three, variety 'White flaws on 'T' and after last 'A' of ASTRALIA', BW 95(8A)i
Lot 936		Estimate: $1,000 2d Dull Orange punctured 'OS' marginal block of 16 (4x4), varieties 'Broken top to crown, and notches in left and lower frames' and 'Retouched N.E. corner', BW 95(8A)j,k
Lot 937		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,450 2d Dull Orange punctured 'OS' 'T.S. HARRISON' imprint block of eight from Electro 8A, minor separation not affecting block of four. Very fresh unmounted
Lot 938		Estimate: $175 Realised Price : $170 2d Red punctured 'OS' block of four, some separation, light mounted in upper units, heavy inking on lower left unit such that much of 'O' of 'TWO' and half of 'C' of 'PENCE' missing
Lot 939		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $240 4d Orange Wmk Inverted block of four, CTO at Melbourne 'JA 21/15'
Lot 940		Estimate: $180 4d Pale Orange-Yellow punctured 'OS' used with LM Wmk ½d Green on 1918 (6 Nov) OHMS Perth registered cover (WA coat of arms on flap), unclaimed and re-registered for return
Lot 941		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $480 4d Lemon-Yellow Plate 2'JBC' Monogram single, BW 111Dza, slightly blunt corner perf. 2005 Drury Certificate
Lot 942		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $95 4d Violet, CTO at Brisbane 4.11.21. 2003 Drury Certificate
Lot 943		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 4d Olive Plate 4 punctured 'OS' block of four very lightly mounted, one unit showing variety 'Diagonal white line on King's Neck', BW 114ba,(4)k
Lot 944		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $85 4½d Pale Violet and 5d Orange-Brown upper marginal blocks of four, off-centre, minor separation in latter
Lot 945		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $160 4½d Pale Violet punctured 'OS' block of four, centred left, reinforced, scarce multiple
Lot 946		Estimate: $250 5d Chestnut Smooth paper Single-line Perf 14 block of four, CTO at Melbourne 'MR 2/15'
Lot 947		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $360 5d Chestnut Smooth paper Comb Perf 14 punctured 'OS', superb centring unmounted
Lot 948		Estimate: $1,500 5d Chestnut Comb Perf 14 'T.S. HARRISON' imprint pair, pin-hole in first S of imprint, otherwise fine and without the usual reinforcements and separation that normally accompany this imprint. Rare
Lot 949		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $260 1/4d Greenish Blue punctured 'OS', selection of shades on leaves comprising varieties 'Flaw in crown' (2, one in pair), 'Thick '1' at right' (3, two in pairs), few unlisted flaws, etc, some parcel cancels, fair/fine (33)
Lot 950		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1/4d Greenish Blue punctured 'OS' marginal block of four, variety ' Thick '1' at right', CTO at Melbourne, centred left
Lot 951		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 1931 (24 Apr) flight cover bearing 1/4d + SM Wmk 2d strip of three + 1d Green, all punctured 'OS', few minor tones. The 1/4d is scarce on any cover