AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KING GEORGE V ISSUES, 1926-30 SMALL MULTIPLE WMK PERF 13½ X 12½

Lot 135		Estimate: $5,000 Realised Price : $4,400 1½d Red, manuscript endorsement '2d.,/Paid/PM/LHI' tied to 1930 (20 Sep) cover Lord Howe Island to Sydney, minor cover faults. Possibly as few as six covers are recorded bearing the KGV stamp and they are far more rare on cover than the provisional endorsement on the 1½d Sturt. 1987 BPA Certificate
Lot 136		Estimate: $4,000 2d Golden Scarlet Die II Imperforate Plate Proof block of four on unwatermarked white wove paper, faint blue score lines as always found, BW 100PP(1). The only larger multiple is a block of twelve [A similar block in our 2006 Rarities Sale Part II realised AU$4800+]
Lot 137		Estimate: $25,000 3d Blue Die II punctured 'OS' 'WATERMARK INVERTED', BW 108a, marginal example strengthened between stamp and selvedge, light even toning. One of the great mint KGV watermark errors of Australian Commonwealth, with only two mint examples known
Lot 138		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $625 4d Olive overprinted 'OS' + 1d Green punctured 'OS' on 1932 (1 Jul) OHMS (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) cover to Brock's Creek (N.T.), Brisbane transit backstamp. Very rare combination on cover. Cat AU$800+