AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, OTHER KING GEORGE V ISSUES
Lot 381
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $240
Range of CTO issues on hagner, with 1½d Canberra, 3d Kooka, 1½d WA Centenary, 3d Airmail, 1½d, 3d Sturt, 2d, 3d, 6d Kingsford Smith, 6d Sepia Airmail, 1/- Lyrebird, 6d Kooka, 2d (2), 3d, 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge, 2d, 3d, 1/- Vic Centenary, 1/6d Hermes, 2d, 3d, 9d Macarthur, also Punctured 'OS' 3d Kooka, 1½d, 3d Sturt, and optd 'OS' 2d, 3d Kingsford Smith, 1/- Lyrebird, 2d, 3d Sydney Harbour Bridge. Bridge set without gum, others full OG and mostly unmounted (32)
Lot 382
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $190
Range of CTO issues on hagners, with 1½d Canberra, 3d Kooka, 3d Airmail, 1½d WA Centenary, 1d, 3d Sturt, 2d, 3d, 6d Kingsford Smith, 6d Sepia Airmail, 1/- Lyrebird, 6d Kooka, 2d (2), 3d, 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge, 2d, 3d, 1/- Vic Centenary, Punctured 'OS' 1½d Canberra, 3d Airmail, 1½d WA Centenary, 1½d, 3d Sturt, Optd 'OS' 2d, 3d Kingsford Smith, 2d, 3d Sydney Harbour Bridge. Mostly full OG and unmounted (5/- Bridge hinged). Also 1½d WA Centenary, 2d typo Bridge blocks of 4, and 2d typo (2, one imprint), 3d imprint Bridge blocks of 4 CTO with SE Pylon cds (all no gum)
Lot 383
Estimate: $50
Realised Price : $55
1927 1½d Canberra range of different CTO cancels, 'CANBERRA/F.C.T.' large cds block of 4, pairs (3) and single, 'CANBERRA/F.C.T.' small cds blocks of 4 (2), 'PARLIAMENT HOUSE CANBERRA/F.C.T.' cds blocks of 4 (2) and pair, 'PARLIAMENT HOUSE/VIC' cds single, all dated 9 May 1927, also CTO block of 4 and single from Collector's Set. Mostly fine, and all but five with full OG (35)
Lot 384
Estimate: $40
Realised Price : $42
1927 1½d Canberra sheet of 80 CTO with 'CANBERRA/F.C.T.' cds 9 MY 27, five units with spots on reverse, otherwise fine
Lot 385
Estimate: $80
1928 3d Kookaburra Miniature Sheet MUH with several tone spots on reverse
Lot 386
Estimate: $350
Realised Price : $340
1929 3d Green Air Mail handstamped diagonal 'SPECIMEN' (18 x 2.75mm) in violet, surface thin at base and no gum. Used for display purposes at G.P.O. Melbourne and very rare, with only three or four recorded. BW 134x Cat AU$1500
Lot 387
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $115
1931 Kingsford Smith 2d and 3d optd 'OS', lightly hinged and fine (2)
Lot 388
Estimate: $30
Realised Price : $22
1931 Kingsford Smith 2d and 3d optd 'OS' CTO, fine lightly hinged with gum (2)
Lot 389
Estimate: $30
Realised Price : $22
1931 Kingsford Smith 2d and 3d optd 'OS' CTO, full OG and unmounted (2)
Lot 390
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $150
1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge CTO set of 2d (x 2), 3d, 5/- plus 2d, 3d 'OS' opt, fine full OG and unmounted (6)
Lot 391
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $150
1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge CTO set of 2d (x 2), 3d, 5/- plus 2d, 3d 'OS' opt, fine full OG and unmounted (6)
Lot 392
Estimate: $300
Realised Price : $230
1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 2d Engraved right marginal block of 4 CTO with N.E. Pylon cds 19MR32, and showing three plate dots in right selvedge, full OG with the usual few gum creases, very fine. BW 146zc Cat AU$500 for mint
Lot 393
Estimate: $75
Realised Price : $60
1937-49 1/6d Hermes chalk-surfaced paper, corner 42.5mm Ash imprint block of 4, lower units MUH, BW 172za Cat AU$125
1935 Silver Jubilee 2d Carmine-red block of 4 from bottom right corner of sheet showing 'Misplaced Partial Offset', also with '25 Sheets' handstamp in selvedge on reverse. Fine with large part original gum, mounted on upper units only. BW 166ca Cat AU$1500 for mint
Lot 396
Estimate: $4,500
Realised Price : $3,600
1942 navy blue leather presentation folder of 'CURRENT POSTAGE STAMPS/ALSO SPECIMENS OF EARLIER AND COMMEMORATIVE ISSUES', frontispiece inscribed 'Souvenir/of/Commonwealth Telegraph Conference'. Contains 16 leaves with set of Commonwealth stamps all mint (as complete as archives would permit) hinged in place. The Kangaroo issues comprise 6d Chestnut and £2 Third Wmk (latter fluffy perfs, otherwise fine), 10/- Small Multiple Wmk, 9d, 2/-, 5/- £1 C of A Wmk. The KGV issues are either Small Multiple or C of A Wmk; the 4½d has been removed as it was the Die 2 variety. Very fine and rarely offered, includes the original envelope in which the folder was enclosed. The Kangaroo high values alone catalogue AU$8925 (87 stamps)
