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    FINE AND RARE STAMPS 2008, AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KANGAROO ISSUES, 1913 FIRST WATERMARK

    Lot 258
    Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $90

    ½d Green punctured large 'OS', block of four, well centred, unmounted

     

    Lot 259
    Estimate: $5,000

    1d Red Die I block of four, variety 'WATERMARK SIDEWAYS' (Crown pointing to left), well centred, minor imperfections. Very few blocks exist

     

    Lot 260
    Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75

    2d Grey, five strips of three used on piece, four cancelled by Sydney/65 cds, one by mss. crosses, few faults (15)

     

    Lot 261
    Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115

    2½d Indigo punctured large 'OS', BW 9ba

     

    Lot 262
    Estimate: $400

    2½d Indigo punctured small 'OS', marginal example hinged in selvedge only, BW 9bb. Cat AU$750

     

    Lot 263
    Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $160

    3d Olive Die I punctured small 'OS'

     

    Lot 264
    Estimate: $175 Realised Price : $210

    5d Chestnut block of four, one unit unmounted, small corner crease and added perf

     

    Lot 265
    Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $320

    6d Ultramarine, variety 'Retouched second 'E' of 'PENCE' ', BW 17Ae. few blemishes, still a reasonable example of this rare stamp. Cat AU$1250

     

    Lot 266
    Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460

    1/- Emerald, fresh unmounted. Premium stamp

     

    Lot 267
    Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $220

    1/- Emerald 'WATERMARK INVERTED', BW 30Aa. Very scarce commercially used

     

    Lot 268
    Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $1,150

    1/- Emerald 'WATERMARK INVERTED', lower left pane corner block of four, CTO (no gum), with two strikes of 'MELBOURNE DE 3/13'. A very rare multiple

     

    Lot 269
    Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $1,500

    2/- Brown, 1/- Emerald (3, one uncancelled), 6d Blue and 1d Red (4) on 1914 (18 Feb) cover-front used Sydney to Germany. Remarkable franking

     

    Lot 270
    Estimate: $500

    5/- Grey and Yellow, faint bend otherwise fine mint

     

    Lot 271
    Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $1,050

    5/- Grey and Yellow gutter pair from base of sheet, right unit variety 'White flaw off NSW coast', BW 42(D)p, CTO at 'Melbourne DE 3 13', large part full gum. The only gutter pair we have seen

     

    Lot 272
    Estimate: $750

    10/- Grey and Pink, neatly cancelled at Melbourne. Rarely seen commercially used

     

    Lot 273
    Estimate: $5,000

    10/- Grey and Pink punctured large 'OS', marginal example, faintest trace of tone, unusually well centred. Premium stamp

     

    Lot 274
    Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $600

    £1 Brown and Blue handstamped 'Specimen', lightly mounted, fresh. Premium stamp

     

    Lot 275
    Estimate: $2,000

    £2 Black and Rose, well centred, strong colour, minor corner crease

     

    Lot 276
    Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $2,300

    £2 Black and Rose handstamped 'Specimen', fresh unmounted. Virtually impossible to obtain in this condition

     

    Lot 277
    Estimate: $400

    £2 Black and Rose, telegraph puncture

     

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