AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KING GEORGE VI ISSUES, GENERAL

Lot 252		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $55 c1937 Waterlow essay featuring a full-face portrait of King George VI without inscriptions, generally ascribed to Australia, imperf and perf singles in violet on gummed unwatermarked paper, fine (2)
Lot 253		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $850 1937-44 range of Queen Elizabeth and King George VI definitive issues on hagners, all but a few mint, and largely MUH, comprising mostly imprint or positional blocks of 4 or larger, with Perf 13½ x 14 1d QE Die 1 (68, plus a 'bisect' used on piece), 1½d KGVI (22), 2d KGVI Die 1 (95), 3d KGVI Die 2 chalky imprint block of 4 (toned), 1/4d KGVI (31), 5/- (8), 10/- (6), £1 (6) Robes, mostly with toning faults; Perf 15 x 14 1d Green QE Die 2 (45), 1d Maroon QE (13), 1½d Red-brown KGVI (49), 1½d Green KGVI (61), 2d Scarlet KGVI Die 2 (23), 2d Mauve KGVI (160, incl two blocks with medallion flaw), 3d Brown KGVI (121); 1941 Surcharges 2½d on 2d (93), 3½d on 3d (19), 5½d on 5d (21); 1942-44 1d QE (65), 1½d QE Wmkd (21) and No Wmk (35, one block showing part imprint at top), 2d KGVI Wmkd (29) and No Wmk (98), 2½d KGVI (211), 3½d KGVI (84). Some toning faults here and there, but generally very fine and with some useful pickings (1388 stamps)
Lot 254		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 1937-49 Perf 13½ x 14 Zoological Issue M/MUH range, mostly imprints, with ½d (12),4d (17), 5d (17), 6d (43), 9d (17), 1/- (7, with two Ash imprint pairs, and pair and single showing parts of the marginal perforation guide marks), generally fine and high catalogue value (113 stamps)
Lot 255		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $850 1937-56 Zoological Definitives Perf 15 x 14 accumulation on hagners, mostly mint and largely MUH and comprising mostly imprint or no imprint blocks of 4, with Wmkd ½d, 4d (37 5d (20), 5½d (113), 6d (115), 9d (52), 1/- (141) and No Wmk ½d (92), 4d (20), 6d (22), 9d (8), 1/- (12). Generally very fine, with many plate varieties identified (639 stamps)
Lot 256		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $145 1937-1951 accumulation of commemorative issues on hagners, virtually all MUH and mostly imprint blocks, with 1937 NSW Sesqui 2d (28), 3d (5), 9d (2); 1940 AIF 1d (8), 2d (12), 3d (9), 6d (10); 1945 Gloucester 2½d (38), 3½d (37), 5½d (30); 1946 Peace 2d (32), 3½d (49), 5½d (21); 1946 Mitchell 2½d (29), 3½d (37), 1/- (21); 1947 Newcastle 2½d (97), 3½d (25), 5½d (17); 1948 Farrer (24); 1948 Scout (17); 1948 Von Mueller (32); 1949 Lawson (40); 1949 UPU (28); 1949 Forrest (28); 1950 Stamp Centenaries (72); 1951 Commonwealth 3½d (106); 5½d (41), 1/6d (42); 1951 Gold/responsible Govt (100). Few with small tone faults, but largely very fine (1,037 stamps)
Lot 257		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $240 1938-52 range of coil stamps on hagners, with dummy coils in green (pair and single), red (pair and single), also photogravure dummy coil pair; 1938 1d Green QE Die 2 large holes coil paste-up strip of 4 (some toning) and strip of 3, and 'false coil' paste-up pair; 2d Mauve KGVI Die 2 strip of 4 and pairs (3); 1d Maroon QE pairs (2); ½d Kangaroo Wmkd strip of 3 and pairs (2). Later issues in quantity incl some coil perf blocks, with ½d Kangaroo No Wmk (136), 1d Brown-purple QE (48), 1d Princess (54), 2d QM (23), 3d Scarlet KGVI (52), 3d Green KGVI (33). Generally fine, and largely MUH (388 stamps)
Lot 258		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $95 1938-52 small group of Type 1 perforation pip blocks of 8, mostly from base of sheet, with 1938 1d Green Die 2 (3, one from top), 2d Scarlet Die 2, 1942-44 1d Brown-purple, 1950-52, 1½d, 2d (2, one coil perf) Queen Mother, 2½d Scarlet, 3d Green, 3½d, 4½d, 6½d Brown, 6½d Green, 7½d (2, one from top) KGVI, all very fine and with one or two units hinged (128 stamps)
Lot 259		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $575 1947-52 Definitives accumulation on hagners, all but a few MUH and mostly imprint blocks of 4 or larger, with 1947 1d Princess Wmkd (12) and No Wmk (36), 1½d QM (66), 2d QM (90), 2½d Scarlet KGVI (68), 2½d Chocolate KGVI (61), 3d Scarlet KGVI (48, incl thin paper two blocks of 4), 3d Green KGVI (42, incl pair with trimmed jumped perf), 3½d KGVI (186, including three blocks with additional marginal perfs), 4½d KGVI (48), 6½d Brown KGVI (116, incl block of 4 with trimmed jumped perfs), 6½d Green KGVI (124), 7½d KGVI (310, incl sheet of 160), 8½d Abo (126), 1/0½d KGVI (49), 1/3d Bull (28), 1/6d Hermes (66), 2/- Abo Art (30), 2/6d Abo (31), 5/- Arms (10), 10/-, £1, £2 Arms (latter MUH), No Wmk 1/6d (13), 2/- (4), 2/6d (2). Also BCOF three sets (2 x 5/- thick MUH, 1 x thin). Some toning on a few blocks but generally very fine, a range of plate varieties are identified and with other pickings throughout (1,615 stamps)