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Overseas buyers are exempt from paying this charge. - An * after the Starting Price indicates that the Lot is affected by Alternate, Limit or Tied bids.
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Online General Sale No. 88 Bidding closes at 5pm AEDT on Friday 4th December 2026 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL MARKINGS, C OF A WATERMARK
| Lot 187 | [ * ] |
6d, 9d, 2/-, 2/- Redrawn Die and 5/- large part OG and lightly hinged (5) | ||
| Lot 188 | [ CTO/O ] |
6d (2, one optd OS), 9d, 2/- (2, shades) and 5/- CTO no gum, 10/-, £1 and £2 fine used with cds cancels (9) | ||
| Lot 189 | [ ** ] |
9d Violet Plate 3 Ash imprint block of 4, First State, MUH but R49 with tone spot plus light gum toning. BW 29(3)z, cat AU$650+ | ||
| Lot 190 | [ **/* ] |
9d Violet Plate 4 John Ash imprint block of 4, second state showing the Die II substitution (R49), lower units MUH. BW 29(4)zb, cat AU$700 | ||
| Lot 191 | [ **/* ] |
2/- Maroon Cooke Plates Plate 2 block of 12 from lower left corner showing varieties 'White Flaw in Gulf of Carpentaria Retouched' (L39), 'Flaw on S of AUSTRALIA' (L45) and 'White flaw Under LI of AUSTRALIA' (L49), adhesion on two units; also two horizontal pairs and a vertical corner pairs, each with variety 'White Flaw Under LI of AUSTRALIA Retouched', the first two pairs MUH. BW 40(2)ha,j,k,ka, cat AU$1000+ (18) | ||
| Lot 192 | [ * ] |
10/- Grey and Pink very fine and well-centred with barest trace of hinge. BW cat AU$750 | ||
| Lot 193 | [ S/* ] |
10/- Grey and Pink overprinted SPECIMEN Type D misplaced to left, and with variety 'Broken Coast Near Sydney', lightly hinged. BW50x(D)d, cat for unoverprinted stamp AU$1450 | ||
| Lot 194 | [ S/* ] |
10/- Grey and Pink overprinted SPECIMEN Type D variety 'White Flaw at Top of Kangaroo's Arm', lightly hinged. BW 50x/(V)m, cat AU$1450 for unoverprinted variety | ||
| Lot 195 | [ S/* ] |
10/-, £1 and £2 Overprinted OS Type D, 10/- with tone spot on gum, £2 with patch of gum toning, all large part OG (3) | ||
| Lot 196 | [ */** ] |
£1 Grey top marginal and hinged in selvedge only, unfortunately with some gum toning. BW cat AU$3500 | ||
| Lot 197 | [ O ] |
£1 Grey centered lower right, fine used | ||
| Lot 198 | [ O ] |
£1 Grey neatly cancelled, centered to lower left. BW 54, cat AU$450 | ||
| Lot 199 | [ * ] |
£1 Grey variety 'Retouched Bottom Frame', mint hinged. BW 54l, cat AU$1900 | ||
| Lot 200 | [ S/**/* ] |
£1 Grey pair overprinted SPECIMEN Type D, right MUH unit variety 'Retouch in Lower Right Corner', BW54f/x, cat AU$1900 for unoverprinted variety, Scarce multiple | ||
| Lot 201 | [ O ] |
£2 Grey and Rose-crimson very light cancel, two slightly short perfs at lower right | ||
| Lot 202 | [ O ] |
£2 Grey-black and Rose-crimson cancelled Tennant Creek (NT) cds, couple of shortish perfs at base otherwise fine used. BW 58B, cat AU$900 | ||
| Lot 203 | [ O ] |
£2 Grey and Rose-crimson variety 'Colour Spot on Map North of Bight', fine used. BW 58(D)t, cat AU$1300 | ||
| Lot 204 | [ S/* ] |
£2 Grey and Rose-crimson overprinted SPECIMEN Type D, large part OG and lightly hinged | ||
| Lot 205 | [ S/* ] |
£2 Grey and Rose-crimson overprinted SPECIMEN Type D, variety 'Break in Lower Frame Under N of POUNDS', lightly hinged. BW58x/(D)o. Cat for unoverprinted stamp AU$7500 | ||
| Lot 206 | [ S/* ] |
£2 Grey ad Rose-crimson overprinted SPECIMEN Type D misplaced to left, and with variety 'Notch in Kangaroo's Snout', very lightly mounted. BW 58x/(V)i, cat for unoverprinted stamp AU$7500 | ||
| Lot 489 | [ * ] |
½d Orange overprinted 'OS' Electro 8 Ash imprint block of 4, large part OG. BW 69(OS)z, cat AU$300 | ||
| Lot 490 | [ CTO ] |
½d Orange overprinted 'OS' top right corner strip showing double perf horizontally at top, subsequently repaired with strip of 3 stamps inserted, cancelled-to-order | ||
| Lot 491 | [ **/* ] |
1d Green Plate 1 and Plate 3 Ash sans-serif imprint block of 4, both fine and mounted in gutter only. BW 82(1)z, (3)z, cat AU$200 (8) | ||
| Lot 492 | [ * ] |
1d Green Overprinted 'OS' variety 'Misplaced Overprint', sowing evidence of reverse of being a substituted stamp in a repaired sheet, some mild gum toning. The misplacement is very similar to that of the example illustrated in the catalogue. BW 82(OS)c, cat AU$275 | ||
| Lot 493 | [ **/*/CTO ] |
3d Blue Overprinted 'OS' accumulation, mostly multiples, on hagners, including mint blocks of 10 (2), 8, 6, 5 and 4, and Ash imprint block of 8 (partly severed in gutter), and CTO block of 8 and imprint block of 16, plus blocks of 8 and 6 including the 'Hollow S' variety. A small number of stamps with rust spots, generally fine and largely MUH or CTO with gum (70 M, 38 CTO) | ||
| Lot 494 | [ **/* ] |
3d Blue Overprinted 'OS' top right corner block of 8 from plate 1, and top right corner block of 6 from Plate 2, each with R17 showing variety 'Hollow S in Overprint', light gum toning on Plate 1 block, mounted in selvedge only. BW catalogue does not record the Hollow S variety from Plate 2. BW 109(OS)n, cat AU$200+ each (14) | ||
| Lot 495 | [ **/* ] |
4d Olive Plate 3 Ash imprint block of 4, lightly toned gum with lower units MUH. BW 117(3)z, cat AU$500 | ||
| Lot 496 | [ O ] |
5d Orange-brown variety 'Frame Missing Behind Kangaroo State I (3R60), fine used examples in pale and deep shades, the latter dated, a very scarce variety. BW 127(3)r, cat AU$600 (2) | ||
| Lot 497 | [ O ] |
5d Orange-brown variety 'Watermark Inverted' with bold 'OXFORD STREET/N.S.W.' cds dated 9 July 1934. Fine and rare, the catalogue states 11 examples are recorded. BW 127a, cat AU$10000 | ||
| Lot 498 | [ **/*/O ] |
5d Orange-brown overprinted 'OS' range on hagners, with M (43 incl blocks of 10 and 6 and imprint block of 4), and U (43 incl CTO blocks of 20 and 12, and CTO imprint block of 4 no gum), few plate varieties noted. Few stamps affected by toning, however mostly fine and high catalogue value (86 stamps) | ||
| Lot 499 | [ C ] |
5d Orange-brown Overprinted 'OS' used on 1933 (13 Apr) small OHMS cover in Melbourne, a little soiled (BW cat AU$1000 for solo franking) | ||
| Lot 500 | [ ** ] |
1/4d Greenish-blue variety 'Thick 1 at Right Retouched' (Right Pane, No. 57), bottom marginal, small tone spot on gum, MUH. BW 130na, cat AU$550+ | ||
| Lot 501 | [ * ] |
1/4d Greenish-blue variety 'Thick 1 at Right Retouched' (Right Pane, No. 57) fine with large part OG. BW 130na, cat AU$550 | ||
| Lot 502 | [ * ] |
1/4d Greenish-blue marginal with variety 'Retouched Thick 1 at Right' (1R57), very fine and lightly hinged. BW 131na, cat AU$350 | ||
| Lot 503 | [ * ] |
1/4d Greenish-blue Ash imprint pair, fine with large part toned OG. BW 131z, cat AU$1000 for block of 4 | ||
| Lot 504 | [ * ] |
1/4d Greenish-blue Ash imprint block of 4, few minor gum creases, large part OG. BW 131z, cat AU$1000 | ||
| Lot 505 | [ **/*/CTO ] |
OS Overprints: Range on hagner, with ½d mint imprint block of 4 and CTO blocks of 6 and 4 (3); 1d Ash imprint blocks of 4 (6) and mint block of 6, pairs (3), and singles (2); 2d mint block of 4, and 2d Small Multi Wmk mint block of 8. Few with small faults, but mostly fine with many MUH. BW cat AU$2080+ (54 M, 18 CTO) | ||
