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

Lot 103		Estimate: $2,000 ½d Green Electro 2 'Crack through oval in front of face - early state', BW 63(2)k. Very rare. 2003 Drury Certificate
Lot 104		Estimate: $1,500 ½d Green Electro 3 'Crack through S.W. corner', BW 63(3)h. Very rare
Lot 105		Estimate: $5,000 ½d Green Electro 5 'Cracked electro left wattles to 'U' of 'AUSTRALIA' ', BW 63(5)h. Spectacular. Very rare
Lot 106		Estimate: $2,000 Smooth paper 1d Bright Red, BW 71B (G11) Die II, fresh unmounted. 2006 Drury Certificate
Lot 107		Estimate: $750 Smooth paper 1d Orange-Red 'WATERMARK INVERTED', BW 71Pa, fine unmounted. 2005 Drury and 2006 Dunkerley Certificates. Cat AU$1000 as mounted
Lot 108		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $750 1d Carmine-Rose Die I and bisected Die II tied by Sydney machine-cancel to 1918 (29 Nov) cover (flap fault) to Moree. Unauthorised bisect in response to War Tax increase in letter rate to 1½d on 28.10.1918. Possibly the only Die II utilised for bisecting
Lot 109		Estimate: $700 Realised Price : $750 1d Carmine-Red Die III block of four. Fresh unmounted
Lot 110		Estimate: $1,500T Realised Price : $1,200 1d Red Die III, corner 'CA' Monogram strip of three, BW 75zb, tiny inclusion in selvedge, stamps unmounted. Cat AU$3000 (mounted)
Lot 111		Estimate: $30,000 Realised Price : $32,000 1d Violet 'IMPERFORATE THREE SIDES', marginal single roughly removed from the adjoining units, machine cancel. This is the only used example of this error in existence. 1987 RPSV Certificate
Lot 112		Estimate: $750 1½d Green 'Cracked electro - through lower part of kangaroo', BW 88(12)m, unmounted. Rarely encountered mint
Lot 113		Estimate: $600 2d Orange Electro 1 'Cracked electro through right side - very early stage, behind emu's leg', BW 95(1)k
Lot 114		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 2d Orange Electro 1 'Cracked electro through right side - advanced stage, behind emu's leg', BW 95(1)k
Lot 115		Estimate: $750 2d Orange 'Cracked electro - through left hand value tablet to right value tablet', well centred, BW 95(9)e
Lot 116		Estimate: $1,250 2d Orange Unlocated Electro 'Cracked electro through right side', both early (slight thin) and very late stages, BW 95(U)m
Lot 117		Estimate: $500 2d Orange Unlocated Electro 'Cracked electro through right wattles to 'L' of AUSTRALIA', BW 95(U)o, clearly dated (20 NO 20)
Lot 118		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,200 2d Scarlet 'WATERMARK INVERTED' punctured 'OS', BW 96a,b, very lightly mounted. Premium stamp. Cat AU$2000
Lot 119		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $2,000 4d Lemon Yellow corner 'CA' Monogram block of four, BW 110D(1)zb, slight ageing, stamps unmounted. Retail for normal stamps unmounted AU$4500
Lot 120		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $600 4d Pale Orange-Yellow 'WATERMARK INVERTED', BW 110Ea, slight bend, still very rare. 2006 Drury Certificate
Lot 121		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $800 4d Orange 'WATERMARK INVERTED' block of four, with variety 'Line through 'FOUR PENCE', BW 110Ha(2)h
Lot 122		Estimate: $500 4d Violet punctured 'OS', variety 'Thin 'FOU' of ‘FOUR’ (retouch)', BW 111b(2)e, one blunt perf. Very rare with official puncture
Lot 123		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $2,000 4d Blue upper left corner block of four, [7] 'Left frame broken at top', BW 112(2)d, and [8] 'Large irregular crack' which appeared in the late printings only [see Davidson & Dix]. Very rare and seldom offered
Lot 124		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,400 5d Chestnut Single-line Perf 14 'JBC' Monogram corner block, CTO with gum 'MELBOURNE/MR 2/15', BW 122w,zf, lower pair unmounted. Beautifully centred and a premium block
Lot 125		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $550 5d Chestnut Comb Perf 14 'WATERMARK INVERTED', BW 123a, fine mint