AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KING GEORGE V SIDEFACE ISSUES, SINGLE WATERMARK
Lot 413
Estimate: $40
Realised Price : $115
1d Red (5), 2d Orange (2), 2d Red and 4d Violet, all with 'Tin Shed' Flaws, mostly fine (9)
Lot 414
Estimate: $250
Realised Price : $440
Range of CTO stamps with various types of datestamp, comprising ½d Green, ½d Orange, 1d Green, 1d Violet, 1½d Black-brown, 1½d Brown, 1½d Green, 2d Orange, 2d Red, 2d Red-brown, 3d Blue, 4d Orange (Wmk Inverted), 4d Violet, 4d Blue, 4d Olive, 4½d Violet, and 5d Brown. All with large part OG and some unmounted, and generally very fine. The 1924 issues (1d Green, 2d Red-brown, 3d, 4d Olive, 4½d) are very scarce in CTO condition (17)
Lot 415
Estimate: $40
Realised Price : $30
½d Green, 4d Orange and 5d Brown CTO with MELBOURNE cds with blank base, from Collectors' Set, ½d part OG, 4d and 5d no gum (3)
Lot 416
Estimate: $100
Realised Price : $240
½d Green vertical block of 6 from base of sheet CTO with MELBOURNE with blank base datestamp, MR 2 15, superb full OG and unmounted
Lot 417
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $115
½d Orange Harrison imprint block of 8 from Electro 6 variety 'Watermark Inverted' and with varieties 'Retouch to Crack Through King's Ear' (6L54) and 'Eight Wattles at Right'(6R49). Some perfs separated between stamp and central gutter at top otherwise fine MUH. BW cat AU$250
Lot 418
Estimate: $1,600
Realised Price : $1,200
1d Salmon Eosin (G27) variety 'Thin Left Frame' (Pane VI/22) with machine cancellation, centred to top and very fine, scarce with plateable variety. With 2015 Drury certificate. BW 71S(3)n, cat AU$3500
Lot 419
Estimate: $350
Realised Price : $380
1d Carmine-red CTO with portion of 'G.P.O. MELBOURNE/2' datestamp, large part OG and lightly hinged. Rare in CTO condition, believed to have been used only for 1924 Stockholm U.P.U. Congress folders and for a short period in Collectors' Sets in 1928. BW No. 71w, cat AU$500
Lot 420
Estimate: $100
Realised Price : $130
1d Violet block of 4 CTO 'G.P.O./MELBOURNE' datestamp JL 22S (day blocked out), very fine with full OG and MUH
Lot 421
Estimate: $100
Realised Price : $160
1d Violet block of 4 from top right corner of Plate 4 CTO with 'G.P.O./MELBOURNE' datestamp (JL 22, day blocked out). Faint diagonal crease through top right unit and some perf separation at top, otherwise superb full OG and MUH
Lot 422
Estimate: $750
1d Green horizontal pair from top of sheet showing strong 'Offset' on reverse affecting 90% of left unit and small portion of right unit, plus the marginal lines above. Very fine with full OG and mounted in selvedge only. BW No. 77ca, cat AU$1000 for mounted
Lot 423
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $115
1½d Black-brown small group of plate varieties from Electros 1-4 on hagners, including listed flaws 1R45, 1R50, 2L27, 2R7, 2R34, 3L22, 3L26, 3L49, 4L60 (in M imprint pair, one with tone spot) and 4R60. Few small faults, but generally fine (2M, 19U)
Lot 424
Estimate: $50
1½d Brown 'Watermark Inverted' mint, large part OG, and punctured 'OS' fine used (2)
Lot 425
Estimate: $300
Realised Price : $400
1½d Green collection of plate varieties on hagners, all used and partly duplicated, and including listed varieties 11L17, 49, 51, 11R2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 32, 12L9, 34, 58, 60, 12R5, 6, 11, 13, 24, 33, 59, 13L40, 13R54, 56, 14L3, 6, 8, 35, 51, 15L38, 15R12, 59, 16L1, 7, 56, 16R30, 17L7, 39 and 17R48. Some small faults including toning, but condition generally good (127)
Lot 426
Estimate: $12,000
Realised Price : $20,000
1½d Green 'Watermark Inverted', centred left otherwise fine used and cancelled by Wichitella (Vic) cds, 6 NO 23. This stamp is a new discovery, and shows a line watermark indicating it to be from the bottom right corner of a pane. One of the rarest of all George V inverted watermark varieties, Bw No. 88aa, where it is stated that 'possibly only three examples . . . are recorded', cat AU$25000
Lot 427
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $290
1½d Intense Deep Green vertical pair punctured 'OS', part toned OG, lower unit MUH, a very distinctive and scarce shade. BW No. 88Dba, cat AU$550
Lot 428
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $180
1½d Green block of 4 (R49-50/55-56) with part Harrison imprint CTO with 'G.P.O./MELBOURNE' 27mm datestamp. Small tone spot at top of R49, otherwise very fine with full OG and unmounted
Lot 429
Estimate: $100
Realised Price : $190
1½d Green block of 4 CTO with 'G.P.O./MELBOURNE' 27mm datestamp, 24 MR 23. Superb full OG and unmounted
Lot 430
Estimate: $250
1½d Red Electro 13 duplicated collection of plate varieties identified on hagners, mostly used, and including listed varieties L1, L13 (3), L40 (3), R27 (3, including one mint), R54 (2), R56 (7), plus other unlisted minor flaws. Also stamps showing worn upper frames characteristic of this electro (14 plus one mint). Few stamps with faults, but generally fine (3M and 43U)
Lot 431
Estimate: $200
1½d Red Electro 14 duplicated collection of plate varieties identified on hagners, all used, and including listed varieties L3 (6), L6, L35 (4), L8 (2, one in block of 4), L21, L35 (4), L51, R46 (2), R50 (3), R58 (5), R59, plus other unlisted minor flaws. Few stamps with faults, but generally fine (34)
Lot 432
Estimate: $250
1½d Red Electro 15 duplicated collection of plate varieties identified on hagners, mostly used, and including listed varieties L14 (14), L38 (4, including mint (2)), R39 (6), R59 (7), R60, plus other minor unlisted flaws. Few stamps with faults but generally fine (9M and 49U)
Lot 433
Estimate: $250
Realised Price : $190
1½d Red Electro 16 duplicated collection of plate varieties identified on hagners, mostly used, including listed varieties L1 (25), L7 (2), L22 (8), L37, L56 (17), R30 (3), plus other unlisted minor flaws. Few stamps with faults, but generally fine (2M and 100U)
Lot 434
Estimate: $350
Realised Price : $290
1½d Red Electro 17 duplicated collection of plate varieties identified on hagners, mostly used, and including listed varieties L7 (4), L16, L20 (7), L30, L37, L39, L58 (3), R1, R3 (16 including mint (2)), R6, R19 (7), R22 (3, including one mint), R24 (2), R26 (2), R27, R28(5), R43 (12 including both states), R48 (23), R49 (12, including one mint), also other unlisted minor flaws. Few stamps with faults, but generally fine (10M and 142U)
Lot 435
Estimate: $250
Realised Price : $190
1½d Red Electro 18 duplicated collection of plate varieties identified on hagners, mostly used, and including listed L2 (3), L8 (4), L13 (4), L14 (7), L24 (8 including mint (2)), L25 (5, including one mint), L57 (2), R5, R18, R20 (2), R30 (2), R42 (5), R56 (3), plus other unlisted minor flaws. Also No Watermark MUH block of 9 (L4-6/10-12/16-18). Few with faults but generally fine (13M and 74U)
Lot 436
Estimate: $350
1½d Red Electro 19 duplicated collection of plate varieties identified on hagners, all used, and including listed varieties L31 (2), L51, R5, R18, R20, R24 (2), R32 (3), R36 (9), R48 (2), also unlisted flaws on L3, L10, L18, L57, R10, R26 (3), R43 and R46. Few stamps with small faults but generally fine, and a good representation from this scarce electro, BW cat AU$1630 (33)
Lot 437
Estimate: $300
Realised Price : $230
1½d Red Electro 21 duplicated collection of plate varieties identified on hagners, all used, and including listed varieties L1 (4), L4 (2), L5, L6 (3), L10 (4), L19 (2), L29 (12), L38 (2), R9 (8), R24 (20, two states), R27, R51, R55, plus other minor unlisted flaws. Few stamps with faults, but generally fine (96)
Lot 438
Estimate: $400
1½d Red Electro 22 duplicated collection of plate varieties identified on hagners, mostly used, and including listed L1 (7), L6 (10), L7 (8), L13 (3), L19 (3) L22 'HALEPENCE' (16, including mint (6) and in mint block of 4), L28 'Thin RAL' (19, including mint (6)), L42, L43 (10), L45 (8), L57 (8), R3, R6 (15), R30 (3), R44 (18, all states including one mint), R45 (11), R50, R51 (18, including mint (3)), plus other unlisted minor flaws. Few with faults, but generally fine (23M and 200U)
Lot 439
Estimate: $350
1½d Red Electro 23 duplicated collection of plate varieties identified on hagners, mostly used, and including listed varieties L2 (6, including mint (2), L6 (10, including mint (3)), L11 (2), L12, L14 (9), L18, L35 (15), R2 (15), R23 (11, including in mint pairs (3)), R29 (8, including one mint), R58( (8), R60 (9), plus other unlisted minor flaws. Few stamps with faults, but mostly fine. (15M and 134U)
Lot 440
Estimate: $200
1½d Red Electro 22 duplicated collection of plate varieties identified on hagners, mostly used, and including listed varieties L7 (11), L14 (3), L37, R8 (11), R16 (8), R21, R32 (3), R34 (18), R41 (6), R42 (2), R56, plus other minor unlisted flaws. Few stamps with faults, but mostly fine. (1M and 100U)
Lot 441
Estimate: $250
Realised Price : $190
1½d Red Electros 25-28, duplicated collection of plate varieties identified on hagners, mostly used, with both master plate varieties occurring on all electros and secondary varieties, including L26 (10), 27 L42 (6), 27L52 (3), L55 (3), 26L55, 28L55, 28L56, 28L57, R29 (5), R30 (15), 26R42 (5, including mint (2)), 27R49 (2), 28R58, plus other minor unlisted varieties. Also unpositioned constant varieties (33). Few stamps with faults, but generally fine (5M and 111U)
Lot 442
Estimate: $300
Realised Price : $230
1½d Red Electro 29 duplicated collection of plate varieties identified on hagners, all used, and including listed varieties L11, L30 (4), R7 (3), R50, plus other minor unlisted varieties (L15, L18, L42, L49, L52, R17, R20, R26, R42, R45, R55). Few stamps with minor faults but generally fine, and a good representation from this very difficult electro (33)
Lot 443
Estimate: $275
1½d Scarlet Punctured 'OS' 'Printed on Gummed Side' with 'Watermark Inverted', centred left and with one short perf at right, very scarce. BW 89c cat AU$500, SG O80wa cat £375
Lot 444
Estimate: $100
2d Red-brown variety 'Large White Flaw in Left Value Tablet' (Electro 16, L4), large part OG and very lightly hinged. BW No. 97(16)f, cat AU$200
Lot 445
Estimate: $120
Realised Price : $290
4d Orange block of 4 CTO with 'MELBOURNE' datestamp with blank base, JA 21 15 and showing 'Watermark Inverted', superb with full OG and MUH
Lot 446
Estimate: $250
Realised Price : $190
4d Orange CTO with portion of BRISBANE cds, full OG, unmounted and superb
Lot 447
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $115
4d Violet CTO with portion of BRISBANE cds, full OG unmounted and superb
Lot 448
Estimate: $300
Realised Price : $230
4d Violet horizontal pair CTO with portion of BRISBANE cds, full OG unmounted and superb
Lot 449
Estimate: $120
Realised Price : $90
4d Blue CTO with portion of Brisbane datestamp full OG and unmounted, but with even gum toning which has slightly toned the paper
Lot 450
Estimate: $200
4d Olive used with ½d Orange on 1924 (3 May) registered cover from Sydney to Whitton, backstamped two days after date of issue for the 4d
Lot 451
Estimate: $500
Realised Price : $380
5d Chestnut Single Line Perf block of 4 (R53-54/59-60) with 'JBC' monogram, incl varieties 'White Flaw on Kangaroo's Neck' (L54), 'Retouched NE Corner' State II (L59), and 'Flawed P of PENCE' (L60), lower selvedge reinforced between units, part OG and of fine appearance. BW No. 122zg, cat AU$1000 for pair
Lot 452
Estimate: $14,000
5d Very Dark Chestnut Comb Perf block of 4, very fine with large part OG and mounted on upper units only. The colour of this block is somewhat lighter than the catalogued 'Intensely Dark Brown' (BW 123F), but is nevertheless a very rare (and uncatalogued) shade. With 2012 Ceremuga Certificate
Lot 453
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $190
1/4d Turquoise CTO with portion of BRISBANE cds, two faint gum bends and several slightly short perfs at top left, otherwise full OG and unmounted