AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAGE DUES, 1902-04 DESIGN COMPLETED AT BASE

Lot 544		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $120 5/- Emerald perf 11, SG D42, fine used. Scarce and very underrated. Cat £110
Lot 545		Estimate: $3,000 Realised Price : $2,300 10/- Dull Green, BW D50, SG D43, Sc J21, very fresh and lightly mounted, showing marginal letters wmk from base of the sheet
Lot 546		Estimate: $2,500 10/- Dull Green, BW D50, SG D43, one of the key stamps of the early Commonwealth period
Lot 547		Estimate: $2,250 10/- Dull Green, BW D50, SG D43, faintest trace of toning on two perfs, very well centred
Lot 548		Estimate: $2,000T 10/- Dull Green, BW D50, SG D43, slight tone on two perfs, otherwise fine mint. 1994 APS Certificate
Lot 549		Estimate: $1,250 Realised Price : $950 10/- Dull Green, BW D50, SG D43, unusually cancelled by 'PARCELS BRANCH SYDNEY' cds in black. Cat £1400
Lot 550		Estimate: $7,500 Realised Price : $7,250 20/- Dull Green, BW D51, SG D44, Sc J22, exceptional marginal example (hinge remains on selvedge only). A premium stamp and the only unmounted example known to us
Lot 551		Estimate: $5,000 20/- Dull Green, BW D51, SG D44, fresh and very lightly mounted. A fine example of this rare early Commonwealth period stamp. Cat £3500