AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL MARKINGS, SINGLE WATERMARK, ½D GREEN

Lot 250	[ O ]	Estimate: $500 Starting Price: $380 ½d Green Electro 2 variety 'Cracked Plate Through P of POSTAGE and Oval Above (R34), fine used with machine cancel clear of variety. BW 63(2)o. cat AU$1900
Lot 251	[ O ]	Estimate: $500 Starting Price: $380 ½d Green Electro 2 rejoined pair, right unit variety 'Crack Through P of POSTAGE' (R35) cancelled dated cds FE 17 17. Fine and rare. BW 63(2)o, cat AU$1900
Lot 252	[ O ]	Estimate: $500 Starting Price: $380 ½d Green Electro 2 variety 'Cracked Plate Through P of POSTAGE and Oval Above (R35) cancelled Holwell (Tas) cds, very fine. BW 63(2)o, cat AU$1900
Lot 253	[ O ]	Estimate: $1,300 Starting Price: $1,000 ½d Green Electro 3 variety 'Crack Through Left Wattles and USTRA' (L19), in used pair L19-20. L20 with blunt lower right corner, otherwise fine used cancelled Esk (Qld) cds dated 10 May 16. A very rare Electro 3 variety, absent from the Dr Andrew Johnston collection. BW 63(3)g, cat AU$3000
Lot 254	[ O ]	Estimate: $300 Starting Price: $230 ½d Green Electro 3 variety 'Crack Through S.W. Corner' (L59) fine used and cancelled by Sydney machine. BW 63(3)o, cat AU$1000
Lot 255	[ O ]	Estimate: $300 Starting Price: $230 ½d Pale Green Electro 3 variety 'Crack Through S.W. Corner' (3L58), a late state, fine used and cancelled Rockhampton machine. BW 63(3)o, cat AU$1000
Lot 256	[ O ]	Estimate: $500 Starting Price: $380 ½d Green Electro 3 variety 'Crack Through S.W. Corner', two used examples in differing shades, fine. BW0056(3)o, cat AU$2000 (2)
Lot 257	[ O ]	Estimate: $400 Starting Price: $300 ½d Green Electro 3 variety 'Clubbed Fraction Bar at Left' (R11), fine used with Melbourne machine cancel. BW 63(3)r, cat AU$1200
Lot 258	[ ** ]	Estimate: $1,000 Starting Price: $750 ½d Green Electro 4 block of 24 from base of sheet with JBC and CA monograms, showing BW varieties o, p and v. One unit with small mark on reverse, otherwise very fine MUH with no split perfs, an exceptional multiple. BW 63(4), the two monogram strips of alone cat AU$1800 for mounted (24)
Lot 259	[ O ]	Estimate: $450 Starting Price: $340 ½d Green Electro 5 variety 'Cracked Electro from Left Wattle to U' (5L46), an early state, with machine cancel which partially obscures flaw, large thin at base and short perf at top left corner. A very rare variety. BW 63(5)k, cat AU$5000
Lot 260	[ **/* ]	Estimate: $300 Starting Price: $230 ½d Green Electro 5 'CA' monogram strip of 5 from left corner of sheet, some perf reinforcement with right-hand unit partially separated, two small spots on L54, monogram units MUH. BW63(5)z, cat AU$1000 as monogram strip of 3
Lot 261	[ **/* ]	Estimate: $400 Starting Price: $300 ½d Green Electro 5 'JBC' monogram strip of 3 from right corner of sheet, very fine and mounted in selvedge only. BW 63(5)zb, cat AU$1000 for mounted
Lot 262	[ **/* ]	Estimate: $300 Starting Price: $230 ½d Green and ½d Orange matched blocks of 18 from Electro 6, Left Pane Nos. 1-18, including BW listed varieties d (6L1) and e (6L11). ½d Green block with perf reinforcement along lower row, ½d Orange block with a series of light diagonal bends, otherwise fresh and mostly MUH (36)
Lot 263	[ * ]	Estimate: $450 Starting Price: $340 ½d Cyprus Green bottom marginal block of 6 showing part Harrison two-line imprint, hinge reinforcement in selvedge otherwise fine. BW 63H, cat AU$1500
Lot 264	[ ** ]	Estimate: $300 Starting Price: $230 ½d Cyprus Green small group of listed plate varieties from Electro 6, comprising L11, L47, R45, and R54, also Electro 7, R24 (in pair), MUH, two with some toning. BW cat AU$900+ (6)
Lot 265	[ * ]	Estimate: $1,500 Starting Price: $1,150 ½d Very Yellow ('Cyprus') Green Electro 6 Harrison two-line imprint block of 4 with varieties 'Retouch to Crack Through King's Ear (6L54) and 'Eight Wattles at Right' (6R54). Gutter perfs reinforced with hinges and right-hand pair with toned gum, nevertheless a rare imprint. BW 63H(6)za, cat AU$15000
Lot 266	[ O ]	Estimate: $100 Starting Price: $75 ½d Cyprus Green with variety 'White Accent over P of HALFPENNY' Electro 7, R34), fine used. BW cat for this shade is AU$150, plus premium for variety
Lot 267	[ * ]	Estimate: $250 Starting Price: $190 ½d Very Yellow ('Cyprus') Green pair (partly separated) and singles (7), lightly mounted, couple with gum defects, but generally fine. BW 63H, cat AU$900 (9)