AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAGE DUES

Lot 461		Estimate: $300 1902 Blank at base set ½d to 5/- with additional 3d, the 2d used and 5/- unused, fresh (9)
Lot 462		Estimate: $3,000 1902-04 Completed Design 10/- Dull Green, BW D50, SG D43, lovely centring and perfs, one of the key stamps of the early Commonwealth period
Lot 463		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $80 1906-08 Wmk Crown over A 4d Green, faint bend, otherwise very fresh unmounted
Lot 464		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $750 1908-09 Stroke after Value 2/- Dull Green, BW D73, SG D60. A fresh example of this elusive value, couple of thin perfs at top mentioned for accuracy, barest hinge trace
Lot 465		Estimate: $1,500T 1909-10 Watermark Crown over double-lined A Thick Paper, ½d to £1 (11). Fine and attractive set
Lot 466		Estimate: $250 1913-21 Watermark Crown over double-lined A Thin Paper Perf 14 ½d to 1/- with shades of ½d and 1d, small stain on 4d (8)
Lot 467		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $115 1913-21 Thin Paper Perf 14 2d Scarlet and Pale Yellow-Green, 'CA' Monogram single, BW D99zc, some perf separation has been sensibly reinforced, very scarce
Lot 468		Estimate: $12,000 Realised Price : $10,000 1913-21 Thin Paper 3d Carmine and Pale Green, WATERMARK SIDEWAYS, BW D100a, SG D82a. The 3d Wmk Sideways is one of the great Postage Due rarities of the world, with less than 12 examples known to exist mint or used. This stamp is believed to be the only surviving unmounted example, deriving from the block of four that was tragically split up more than a decade ago. A superb stamp
Lot 469		Estimate: $5,500 Realised Price : $7,250 1913-21 Thin Paper 3d Carmine and Pale Green, WATERMARK SIDEWAYS, BW D100a, SG D82a, cancelled 9th June 1922 in New South Wales. One of the two used examples noted in Brusden-White. A great rarity and companion to the preceding lot
Lot 470		Estimate: $1,000 1913-21 Thin Paper 4d Carmine and Pale Green WATERMARK SIDEWAYS, BW D101Ba, SG D83ba, fresh and lightly mounted. Scarce
Lot 471		Estimate: $1,250 1913-21 Thin Paper £1 Scarlet and Pale Green, BW D104, SG D87, few tiny perf tones, otherwise unmounted mint. A rare stamp, with only 708 issued
Lot 472		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $140 c.1919 Proof of Third Wmk impression, block of twelve (6x2) showing 'COM' in margin, minor blemish
Lot 473		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $75 1922-30 Third Watermark Perf 14 ½d to 6d set with 1d and 2d shades, also Perf 11 4d, BW D105-12, SG D91-98 (10)