AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, LATE £SD ISSUES

Lot 255		Estimate: $50 1928 3d Kookaburra M/S with top margin removed and margin at base and top right corner creased. Stamps unmounted and of fine appearance SG 106a Cat £110
Lot 256		1934 No Wmk 1/6d Hermes selection of shades (1 mint, 8 used/CTO) and annotated
Lot 257		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $80 1934 No Wmk 1/6d Hermes 'John Ash' imprint block of four, few slight tones on reverse not affecting appearance, well-centred and unmounted
Lot 258		Estimate: $100 1934 No Wmk 1/6d Hermes 'John Ash' imprint block of four, few gum creases, fine mint
Lot 259		Estimate: $500 1937-49 1d QE Die I lower right block of four showing complete (though partially inked) Plate No. '7', BW 181zt. Fine, hinged on upper units only. Approx twelve examples known. Cat AU$750
Lot 260		Estimate: $80 1937-49 Perf 13½ x 14 6d Kookaburra 'John Ash' imprint corner blocks of four (3), two showing horizontal comb perforation from upper and lower sheets, one showing vertical comb perforation, minor gum blemishes
Lot 261		Estimate: $125 1937-49 Perf 13½ x 14 1/- Lyrebird 42.5mm 'John Ash' imprint strip of four from lower sheet, gum missing in places, fine appearance
Lot 262		Estimate: $400 1937-49 10/- and £1 Robes optd 'SPECIMEN', variable centring, œ1 with traces of disturbed gum, possibly unmounted
Lot 263		Estimate: $2,500 1937-49 Perf 15x14 ½d Kangaroo on 'Parish' FDC cancelled at G.P.O. Sydney, 28 JA 42. This is the date of issue quoted in the ACSC, which states that this stamp was first issued in coil form on that day, sheet stamps not appearing until the following month. An important and rare FDC. Cat AU$5000
Lot 264		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1937-49 2d Scarlet KGVI Die II and 1941 2½d on 2d Surcharge, each showing variety 'Medallion flaw', both fine used with cds cancel. A scarce matching 'pair'. Cat AU$450 (2)
Lot 265		Estimate: $1,000 1937-49 2d Scarlet KGVI Die II Sheet A gutter block of eight showing complete Plate No. '4' without dots, BW 188zc. Very fine, hinged in selvedge only. Approx eight examples known. Cat AU$2000
Lot 266		Estimate: $500 1937-49 3d Brown KGVI Sheet C gutter imprint block of eight showing virtually complete Plate No. '14' without dashes, BW 196zc, fine unmounted. Cat AU$500
Lot 267		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $95 1937-49 Perf 15x14 6d Kookaburra left corner 'No imprint' block of four showing plate crack in selvedge under L10/2, BW 203zk, diagonal crease not apparent on front. Cat AU$300
Lot 268		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1937-49 Perf 15x14 6d Kookaburra left corner 'No imprint' block of ten showing plate crack in selvedge under L10/2, BW 203zk. A more advanced state than the previous lot, hinged in selvedge and on three upper units, very fine. Cat AU$300+
Lot 269		Estimate: $50 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 6d Kookaburra, lower left corner 'No imprint' block of four, BW 203zj, minor crease in selvedge
Lot 270		Estimate: $5,250 Realised Price : $6,750 1937 2d NSW Sesquicentenary lower left corner block of four with gum slightly toned and showing full Plate No. '6'. BW 175ze, which states only one example has been recorded, Cat $AU5000
Lot 271		Estimate: $350 1937 NSW Sesqui 9d Purple 'John Ash' imprint block of 4, showing variety 'Roller shift to top and right frames', BW 177zb, fine unmounted
Lot 272		Estimate: $400 1948-56 Wmkd 2/- Aboriginal Art right marginal block of four showing a small portion of Plate No. '7', unlisted by BW. Some gum missing (mostly on selvedge), still probably the only recorded example
Lot 273		Estimate: $1,250 1948-56 No Wmk 2/- Aboriginal Art right marginal block of eight showing complete Plate No. '9', BW 264zc. Very fine, four (central) units unmounted. Cat AU$2500
Lot 274		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1949-50 Arms 'SPECIMEN' set, fine unmounted
Lot 275		Estimate: $100 1950-52 3d Scarlet KGVI Thin paper marginal block of four, BW 251a, centred left, fine unmounted. Cat AU$300
Lot 276		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1952-65 Wmkd 2/6d Aborigine lower left corner 'No imprint' blocks of four from upper and lower plates, fine unmounted
Lot 277		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $38 1946-48 B.C.O.F.: 1d Brown-purple, variety 'Blue-black opt', SG J2a, fine and fresh unmounted
Lot 278		Estimate: $100 1963-65 5d Red QEII Coil perf pairs (25), mostly in strips of four, BW 402bc, SG 354ca, unmounted. Cat AU$625
Lot 279		Estimate: $125 1954 3½d Red Cross lower left block of six showing complete Plate No. '2' with dashes, BW 312zd, hinged in selvedge and on two lower units
Lot 280		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $95 1954 3 ½d Red Cross lower right block of six showing complete Plate No. '2' with dashes, BW 312ze, hinged in selvedge and on three units
Lot 281		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1963-65 Navigators 10/- Flinders White paper marginal block of 12 (2x6), spots on three units, otherwise fresh unmounted
Lot 282		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $90 1963-65 Navigators 10/- Flinders White paper block of eight, fresh unmounted