AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, OTHER £sd ISSUES

Lot 293		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $700 1/4d Greenish Blue, JOHN ASH imprint block of four, tiny separation, hinged in margin only. Very fresh and fine.
Lot 294		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1927-38 selection of First Day and commemorative covers, also 1930 registered cover bearing rare franking of perf OS 3d Airmail, 2d KGV, 1½d WA Centenary and 1½d Sturt tied by three strikes of Parliament House (F.C.T.) cds (19).
Lot 295		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $140 1928 3d Kookaburra M/S.
Lot 296		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $340 -: 1928 3d Kookaburra M/S autographed in selvedge by John Ash, Government Printer, and J. Byrnes, Postmaster. Scarce imprint.
Lot 297		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $220 1929 3d Airmail selection with Type A mint (2, one perf OS) and used (2, one perf OS), imprint blocks of four (2, one perf OS), Plate Nos. 1, 3 and 4 in blocks of four, and Type B (3, one perf OS mint), mint mostly unmounted (27).
Lot 298		Estimate: $95 -: 1929 3d Airmail neat FDC bearing additional frankings of KGV ½d (2) and Angel etiquette.
Lot 299		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $150 -: 1929 3d Airmail Type A and KGV 2d red perf OS tied by Perth machine cancel to 1930 (16th Dec) airmailed Official envelope to Melbourne. BW Cat $400 for 3d on cover.
Lot 300		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $110 1930 Surcharge 5d on 4½d on covers (2), one 1930 airmailed envelope Brisbane to Bowen, other 1935 registered envelope from Melbourne. Uncommon on cover.
Lot 301		Estimate: $150 1931 Kingsford Smith 2d and 3d optd OS unmounted, 3d minor gum tone
Lot 302		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $220 -: Kingsford Smith 2d and 3d opt OS.
Lot 303		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $160 -: Kingsford Smith 2d and 3d opt OS, four sets CTO, (8).
Lot 304		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $220 1931 6d Airmail JOHN ASH imprint blocks of six (2) in the scarcer grey-brown shade (unmounted) and dull brown optd OS (two units lightly mounted), (12).
Lot 305		Estimate: $95 -: 6d Airmail dull brown shade on Official envelope Sydney to U.S. and the scarcer grey-brown printing + 1/- Lyre on airmailed envelope Echuca (Vic) to London, (2).
Lot 306		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $145 1932 1/- large Lyrebird JOHN ASH imprint block of four, lower units unmounted. Fresh.
Lot 307		Estimate: $150 -: 1/- Lyrebird JOHN ASH imprint block of four (three units unmounted), unmounted single, and OS opts (mint and CTO), (8).
Lot 308		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $160 1932 Bridge set to 5/-, fine used (4).
Lot 309		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $120 -: 2d (both) and 3d including OS opts imprint blocks of four (5), unmounted ex 2d letterpress, (20).
Lot 310		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $200 -: 2d Engraved marginal pair from right showing Plate 2 dots, minor toning
Lot 311		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $460 : 2d marginal block of four showing 3 Plate dots from Plate 4.
Lot 312		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $700 -: 5/- Green, corner example, fresh unmounted.
Lot 313		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $600 -: 5/- tiniest of inclusion, otherwise very fresh and superb.
Lot 314		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $160 -: 5/- CTO.
Lot 315		Estimate: $875T -: 5/- Green, superb marginal block of four.
Lot 316		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $1,000 -: recess-printed set to 5/- tied by SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE N.E. PYLON/19MR32 cds to registered Mitchell commemorative cover. Attractive and fine.
Lot 317		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $145 1934 Victoria Centenary sets in both perfs, (6).
Lot 318		Estimate: $95 Realised Price : $95 1934-36 comprising Macarthur set (3) tied by hexagonal datestamp to 6th ANPEX souvenir envelope, and another of the envelope with meter slogan showing error Australasion, and S.A. Centenary set on neat illustrated FDC registered at Perth, (3 items).
Lot 319		Estimate: $300T Realised Price : $290 1934 No wmk 1/6d Hermes registered FDC additionally with Macarthur 2d and KGV 1d for airmail to U.K.
Lot 320		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $190 1935 ANZAC pair in Plate Nº blocks of four, unmounted (8).
Lot 321		Estimate: $190 1934-35 mint imprint blocks comprising Macarthur 2d and 9d (2, one lightly cancelled per favour) and Jubilee set (3), mint include unmounted (24).
Lot 322		Estimate: $80 1934 Macarthur 3d blue, fair/fine, (99).
Lot 323		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $230 1936 South Australia Centenary set in JOHN ASH imprint blocks of eight, (24).
Lot 324		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $300 1937-56 KGVI Definitives complete to 1/4d, P13½, P15x14 and No Wmk issues with 3d Blue Dies I, IA, II - both papers and III, mostly fine
Lot 325		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $280 -: Perf 13½ x 14 KGVI 3d blue Die I White Wattles (2, one slight gum-disturbance) and 3d blue Die II Thin paper imprint block of four, (6).
Lot 326		Estimate: $180 Realised Price : $170 -: FDCs comprising 6d Kookaburra FDC (J.H. Smyth generic envelope) registered at Ipswich, KGVI 3d blue Die I, 1938 KGVI 1½d red-brown and 9d Platypus (illustrated in sepia-brown) registered envelope, last two items unaddressed, (4).
Lot 327		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $135 1938-49 Robes Thick paper set to £1 (3).
Lot 328		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $260 -: Robes set in imprint blocks of four, 5/- thin paper, others thick paper, unmounted (12).
Lot 329		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $140 -: Thin paper set to £1 (3).
Lot 330		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $145 P15x14: ½d Kangaroo coil perf pair with part imprint from right pane, attached to coil starter inscribed in red 720/VALUE 30/-.
Lot 331		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $85 -: strip of four with part imprint from left pane, attached to coil starter inscribed in orange 960/VALUE £2.
Lot 332		Estimate: $75 -: strip of eleven with part imprint from left pane and join, attached to coil starter inscribed in orange 960/VALUE £2.
Lot 333		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $100 -: \\\"false\\\" coil perf strip of four with part imprint from right pane, attached to coil starter inscribed in orange 960/VALUE £2.
Lot 334		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $115 -: QM 1d and KGVI 2d on separate illustrated FDCs with the relevant Windsor cds. Topical Queen Mother item.
Lot 335		Estimate: $135 -: QM 1d Die II and KGVI 2d selection comprising R. Haslem types, one cancelled by relevant Windsor cds, Standard Stamp Co generic, and registered bearing also the outgoing Die I issues, (4).
Lot 336		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $1,600 -: KGVI 2d Scarlet coil perf strip of six (large and small holes) with coil join, four units unmounted.
Lot 337		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $600 -: KGVI 2d scarlet coil perf pair (uniformly large holes) with central coil join and Kangaroo ½d, which is also a coil stamp (shows sharp perforation teeth top and base), tied by Perth machine cancel to 1942 (1st Jun) airmailed envelope to Brisbane. Rare coil cover
Lot 338		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $625 -: KGVI 2d Purple coil perf strip of four Watermark Inverted with coil join.
Lot 339		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $260 -: KGVI 3d Brown gutter Ash imprint block of eight from base showing full Plate Nº14, stamps unmounted.
Lot 340		Estimate: $125T Realised Price : $95 1942-50 KGVI 2d bright purple marginal block of four tied by G.P.O. Melbourne cds to plain, unaddressed FDC.
Lot 341		Estimate: $400T Realised Price : $500 -: 2d Purple coil perf strip of four with part imprint from right pane, attached to coil starter inscribed in black 720/VALUE £6.
Lot 342		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 -: 2d Purple coil perf strip of four with part imprint from right pane, attached to coil starter inscribed in black 720/VALUE £6.
Lot 343		Estimate: $150 1946 Victory FDC selection without duplication including scarce to rare types, (24).
Lot 344		Estimate: $115 1948-56 1/6d Hermes selection of illustrated/inscribed types, one a rare type utilised for posthumous commercial use and not yet recorded as a FDC for this stamp, (8).
Lot 345		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $135 1949-50 Arms set to £2, (4).
Lot 346		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $440 -: in marginal blocks of four (2 x 10/- creased), unmounted (16).
Lot 347		Estimate: $325 Realised Price : $280 -: 5/- to £2 in Authority imprint blocks of four, lower units unmounted, marginal thins, (16).
Lot 348		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $120 -: £1 Blue, Authority imprint block of four.
Lot 349		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $525 - : £2 Green, corner Authority imprint block of four
Lot 350		Estimate: $95T -: 1949-57 Post Office Specimen stamps with KGVI and QE issues to 2/6d, Arms 5/-, 10/- to £2 opt SPECIMEN, hinged to album page, (22).
Lot 351		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $170 1946 Peace, 1200 sets in sheets, odd tone, (3600).
Lot 352		Estimate: $190 1950-52 selection of very scarce early Wesley FDCs (processed at Largs North P.O.) comprising KGVI 2½d scarlet, 4½d + 6½d brown, 6½d green and 7½d, and 8½d Aborigine, illustrated and plain envelopes for most, some in pairs or blocks of four, unaddressed (9).
Lot 353		Estimate: $115 1950-51 QM 1½d Postmaster-Generals Dept. envelope bearing 1½d x 2, and illustrated silk-screen envelope by E. William Ogden, unaddressed. Rare duo.
Lot 354		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $1,250 -: KGVI 3d green on green tinted paper, the so-called Experimental printing, BW 252a, in By Authority imprint left corner block of four, two units light crease. Scarce.
Lot 355		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $240 1952-65 2/6d Aborigine No Wmk Emergency printing, Authority imprint block of four.
Lot 356		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $85 1953 Food Production 3d and 3½d, irregular part sheets of 58 yielding three blocks of 9 and seven strips of 3, (116).
Lot 357		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $380 1953 Tasmania Sesqui, 80 sets in sheets, odd bend, (240).
Lot 358		Estimate: $105 1955-57 QEII Definitives selection of illustrated/inscribed types without duplication comprising 4d (6), 4d + 1/7d (8), 7½d (9), 10d (13), 1/0½d (21), and 1/7d (4), several scarce to rare types noted (61).
Lot 359		Estimate: $150 1957 7d Flying Doctor classic Offset, BW 337c, marginal example. Only one sheet (80) existed.
Lot 360		Estimate: $300T Realised Price : $320 1959-64 QEII Definitives third series extensive range of illustrated/inscribed types without duplication comprising QEII 1d and/or 4d (35, including 4d Booklet block of four), 2d (11), 3d (7), 3½d (16), 5d (14), Zoological 6d (25), 8d (20), 9d (16), 11d (10), 1/- (14), 1/2d (11), Flowers 1/6d (9), 2/- (11), 2/3d cream (11), white (5), 2/5d (10), 3/- (17), and 5/- Cattleman (7), many scarcer items noted, including Rivett and A.P.O. types, Maximum card, special or relevant cancels etc, (248).
Lot 361		Estimate: $380 1959-64 QEII Definitives third series extensive range of illustrated/inscribed types without duplication comprising QEII 1d and/or 4d (35, including 4d Booklet block of four), 2d (11), 3d (7), 3½d (16), 5d (14), Zoological 6d (25), 8d (20), 9d (16), 11d (10), 1/- (14), 1/2d (11), Flowers 1/6d (9), 2/- (11), 2/3d cream (11), white (5), 2/5d (10), 3/- (17), and 5/- Cattleman (7), many scarcer items noted, including Rivett and A.P.O. types, Maximum card, special or relevant cancels etc, (248).
Lot 362		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $80 -: 3d Green marginal coil perf block of twelve from left of sheet with full Plate Nº5 with lines below, perf pip repaired on gummed side by paper from Post Office, stamps unmounted.
Lot 363		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $105 1960 5d Girl Guides, \\\"Offset\\\".
Lot 364		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $44 1961-64 5/- Cattle, strip of ten.
Lot 365		Estimate: $175 Realised Price : $180 1963-65 Navigators set to £2, both papers of 10/- and £1, (8).
Lot 366		Estimate: $175 Realised Price : $175 -: another set of eight.
Lot 367		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $500 set of six in corner blocks of four, unmounted (24).
Lot 368		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $120 -: 7/6d and 10/-, vertical strips of ten, minor creasing affecting two, (20).
Lot 369		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $200 -: £1 Bass cream paper, marginal strip of six.
Lot 370		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $190 -: £2 King, marginal strip of four.
Lot 371		Estimate: $600T 1963-65 Navigators 7/6d to £2 opt SPECIMEN, both papers of 10/- and £1, fresh and fine unmounted.
Lot 372		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $120 1964-65 Birds selection of illustrated/inscribed types without duplication comprising 6d (12, some experimental duplex cancel), and various configurations of 9d (6), 1/6d (4) and 2/5d (6), and 2/- (7), 2/6d (7) and 3/- (7), (36).
Lot 373		Estimate: $250T 1964 Guillaux 5d, upper left corner block of 16, variety Re-entry to second \\\"A\\\" of AUSTRALIA and back of fuselage, ACSC 423d. [This variety seems only to be appear on sheets distributed in South Australia and is rare in positional pieces].