FINE AND RARE STAMPS 2008, AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, DECIMAL ISSUES

Lot 453		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1966 Decimals 1c to $4 original set of 22 values in Post Office folder, edition 'C.258/66', 75c to $4 optd 'SPECIMEN', other values CTO
Lot 454		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $60 1966 Navigators 75c to $4 optd 'SPECIMEN', unmounted (4)
Lot 455		Estimate: $65 Realised Price : $50 1966 Navigators $1 Flinders Perf 14.75
Lot 456		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $150 1967-73 Coil starters without stamps QEII 3c $30 (9), 4c $40 (2), 5c AU$50 (4), Floral types 2c $20 (12), 5c AU$50 (1), 7c $35 (1), 7c AU$70 (15), also PNG 2c $20 (total 45 starters)
Lot 457		Estimate: $1,250 1968 5c Christmas, error 'Gold omitted', BW 494ca, SG 431ca, fresh unmounted
Lot 458		Estimate: $850 1969 Christmas 5c, vertical strip of four from upper pane with marginal lines, top two units 'Yellow partly omitted, the second unit largely so'. Striking
Lot 459		Estimate: $300T 1971 Floral coil 7c Sturt's Desert Pea vertical strip of four, error 'Buff omitted and green misplaced downwards', BW 535ce, SG 468bb. 2001 RPSV Certificate
Lot 460		Estimate: $500 1971 Floral coil 7c Sturt's Desert Pea vertical strip of five, error 'Buff and Green (leaves) omitted', BW 535cg, SG 468bc. Spectacular
Lot 461		Estimate: $2,250 Realised Price : $1,700 1972 Rehabilitation 18c strip of five, error 'Orange (inscription and value) partly omitted on two', BW 597cc. Spectacular, with third unit colour almost completely missing. Cat AU$3500 [A similar strip in our General Sale No. 30 realised AU$2990
Lot 462		Estimate: $1,250 Realised Price : $1,000 1973 Metric 7c Volume marginal example, error 'Olive-Brown omitted', BW 623cb, SG 533a [An example in our General Sale No. 26 realised AU$1955]
Lot 463		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $625 1973 7c W.H.O. colour bar positional block of ten (5x2), 'Blue misplaced' due to pre-printing paper crease, tone spot on one unit, BW 626c. Cat AU$750
Lot 464		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $130 1973-74 Marine Life 1c Fiddler Crab, upper right corner block of four, variety 'Black misplaced to left', BW 635ce. Cat AU$300. [This is far scarcer than the normally seen downwards misplacement]
Lot 465		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $575 1973-74 Gemstones 7c Agate vertical strip of ten, lower units 'Black completely omitted, adjoining six units black partly omitted', BW 642ca variant. The first such strip we have offered
Lot 466		Estimate: $500 1973-74 Gemstones 8c Opal marginal example, error 'Ultramarine omitted', BW 644cd. Cat AU$750. [Only twenty examples are recorded]
Lot 467		Estimate: $3,000 1973 Architecture 40c Como positional strip of five, error 'One pink omitted, one partly omitted, others normal, BW 656cb, SG 558a. Insignificant tiny tones as always found. Cat AU$4000 or £1600+. [Only ten strips are recorded]
Lot 468		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $60 1974 U.P.U. 7c and 35c, corner blocks of ten optd 'SPECIMEN', fresh unmounted
Lot 469		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $46 1975 10c International Women's Year KP6T paper, marginal block of four showing perforations misplaced 2½mm downwards, as illustrated in ACSC 'Decimals I', BW 691b. Cat AU$120
Lot 470		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $90 1975 Prime Ministers 10c Lyons, variety 'Printed on gummed side', BW 694c, SG 591a. [One sheet of 100 recorded]
Lot 471		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $270 1975 45c Wildflower marginal block of four with 'Black misplaced upwards' on all units and upper pair with 'Green-Grey (background) partly omitted on upper pair. Unlisted
Lot 472		Estimate: $1,750 1976 18c Nationhood upper left corner block of four, error 'Gold (shield and star) omitted', BW 733c, SG 614b unmounted. Cat £1100
Lot 473		Estimate: $1,750 1976 Scenes 35c Wittenoom Gorge marginal example with error 'Purple omitted', BW 749c, with normal for comparison. Cat AU$4000
Lot 474		Estimate: $1,250 1976 Famous Australians 18c Thomas Laby, marginal example with error 'Orange-Brown omitted', BW 758c, SG 638a, with normal for comparison
Lot 475		Estimate: $600 1977 Silver Jubilee 45c Imperforate Plate Proof marginal strip of four on thick, gummed paper, BW 766PP(1). Cat AU$2000
Lot 476		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1978-79 Birds 20c Little Grebe showing error 'Yellow (beak and eyes) omitted', BW 805cb, SG 673a. Thematic appeal
Lot 477		Estimate: $800 1978-79 Birds 20c Little Grebe marginal block of four, error 'Yellow (beak and eyes) omitted', BW 805cb, SG 673a. Cat AU$1000 or £720. Thematic appeal
Lot 478		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $1,900 1978-79 Birds 20c Little Grebe upper left corner block of 25, the ten upper units with 'Black partly omitted', BW 805cg variant, minor gum disturbance. A rare and impressive multiple, without doubt the largest surviving multiple of this variety. Strips of ten cat AU$10000
Lot 479		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $400 1978 20c National Stamp Week Imperforate Proof marginal horizontal pair printed in Red, Green, Pale Green and Dark Blue, BW 823PP(1). Cat AU$1000
Lot 480		Estimate: $250 1978 20c National Stamp Week block of 15 (3x5) from right hand pane, showing 'Misplaced (horizontal) perforations' on 9th row (five units), BW 823b. Cat AU$500+
Lot 481		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $180 1978 15c Christmas block of four showing 'Perforations misplaced upwards', BW 825ba
Lot 482		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,350 1979 20c Waterfalls lower right corner block of eight (4x2), the four units at right showing variety 'Se-tenant pairs, Imperforate except at left', BW 843b, SG 718ab. Cat AU$2500 or £1600
Lot 483		Estimate: $2,500 1980 22c National Stamp Week upper left corner block of four, error 'Imperforate (between stamp and margin) at left', BW 874b. Perhaps the only surviving block
Lot 484		Estimate: $2,000 1981-85 Endangered Species 24c Thylacine marginal block of four, variety 'Imperforate (between stamp and margin) at top', BW 903b. Cat AU$3000. Only ten such imperforates are recorded
Lot 485		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,150 1981 24c International Year of the Disabled Persons marginal block of four, error 'Completely Imperforate'. [A NEW DISCOVERY, to be listed in the next ACSC edition]
Lot 486		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $750 1982 Whales 60c Trial printing, 'Solid greenish blue background', BW 930E(1), SG 841a, marginal block of four
Lot 487		Estimate: $2,000 1982 Amphibians 3c Corroboree Frog marginal strip of three, error 'Imperforate at left', BW 934b. Only ten such strips are recorded
Lot 488		Estimate: $1,000 1986 Christmas 36c positional block of ten (2x5) with portion of colour controls at top, variety 'Misplaced perforations' resulting in portion of design being void on top unit, lower units with portion of design from base at top. To be listed in the next ACSC edition
Lot 489		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1988 Living Together original printings 1c to $1, the 27 values in unfolded colour control gutter blocks of four (108)
Lot 490		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $50 1988 Australia Post Year album. Retail AU$125
Lot 491		Estimate: $400 1993 Counter-Printed Perforated Trial stamps on waxed backing paper depicting a candle in Scarlet $1.00 value, and in Black (inverted) 60c pair and $1.20 single (4)
Lot 492		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $550 1994 $9 Automatic Teller Machine sheetlet Trial printing, 'Kangaroo facing left', BW 1784E(1), with normal for comparison
Lot 493		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,150 1994 45c Automatic Teller Machine Trial printing, 'Kangaroo facing left', BW 1784E(1), the three different examples together with 10c Sailboarding (3) uprating 20c Envelope, paying the single certified letter rate on 1995 (20 Dec) cover Bexley to Hurstville, arrival backstamp. [Previously only two covers were known bearing a single value, used in 1996 and 1997. This new find is the earliest known example and the only cover bearing the three different colour backgrounds]
Lot 494		Estimate: $1,500 1995 45c Medical Scientists, Type 1 and 2 gutter blocks of ten from Sheet C showing incorrect sequences, BW 1881ze and zh. Rarely offered as a matching pair. Cat AU$2000. [A single gutter block realised AU$970 in our General Sale No. 20]
Lot 495		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,100 2000 Australian Legends (4th series) $4.50 booklet, error 'Gold omitted on the two Alec Campbell adhesives', BW 2280c or B250c, SG 1951ab. Cat AU$2000 or £1000