AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, DECIMAL ISSUES

Lot 782	[ CTO ]	Estimate: $80 Starting Price: $60 1970s to 2000s Cancelled-to-order with Philatelic Sales Centre Sydney and G.P.O. Melbourne datestamps. Some minor duplication, and including blocks of 4 and many 'better' stamps (700+)
Lot 783	[ FDC ]	Estimate: $30 Starting Price: $22 Range of early decimal FDC's, in particular 1967 Lions (26), 1967 Obstetrics (7), 1967 YMCA (7), 1967 Christmas (8) with a diverse range of cover makers (some duplication), also a quantity of pre-decimals FDC's. All addressed, and some with tone spots (88)
Lot 784	[ CTO ]	Estimate: $240 Starting Price: $180 1988-2003 accumulation of CTO sheets and large blocks, including 1988 Living Together 1c, 53c, 63c and 68c in blocks of 40, 1992 Space, Vineyards, Australia Day, 1993 Christmas Island, World Heritage, Parliament, 1994 Bunyip, IYOF, 1995 Australia Day, 1996 Christmas Island, Planes, World Heritage, 1999 AAT, Polly Woodside, Small Pond, 2002 Thai Joint Issue, Christmas Island, 2003 Rugby, etc. Of great use for research into the Australia Post CTO products (41 sheets/panes/large blocks)
Lot 785	[ ** ]	Estimate: $2,800 Starting Price: $2,100 1966-2021 mint decimal collection arranged on hagners, virtually complete with some duplication, including miniature sheets and sheetlets, self-adhesive roll stamps but no booklets. Denominations range up to $20, with large quantities $1 and above. Face value approx AU$5980
Lot 786	[ ** ]	Estimate: $2,900 Starting Price: $2,200 1992-2020 self-adhesive booklets virtually a complete collection (excluding Koala reprints), some duplication, denominations 40c to $1.10. Face value AU$6150
Lot 787	[ ** ]	Estimate: $950 Starting Price: $725 2001-2020 International Stamps more or less complete arranged on hagners, including all peel and stick booklets and sheetlets, denominations 50c to $20. Face value AU$2350+
Lot 788	[ O ]	Estimate: $300 Starting Price: $230 1966-2021 used decimal collection arranged on hagners in six 2-ring folders, virtually complete including self-adhesive issues, but without most miniature sheets. The later period with a considerable proportion CTO. Considerable duplication in places, including multiples especially of higher denominations, and with a significant showing of punctured officials, especially from NSW. Weight 9.5kg (1000s)
Lot 789	[ ** ]	Estimate: $50 Starting Price: $38 1966-71 1c to 7c QEII MUH range including multiples showing the various UV paper reactions, a few stamps are foxed. A useful lot that would take some effort to assemble (332)
Lot 790	[ ** ]	Estimate: $80 Starting Price: $60 1967 5c Blue Queen Elizabeth II marginal horizontal pair variety 'Offset', a spectacular example of this type of variety, fresh MUH. BW 444c, cat AU$150
Lot 791	[ O ]	Estimate: $500 Starting Price: $380 1971 7c Purple QEII variety 'Recut Shading Across Top of Stamp' Type 6, fine used with machine cancel. The most extensive of this series of rare recuts, with only several used examples recorded. BW 447(I)me, cat AU$1500
Lot 792	[ O ]	Estimate: $1,250 Starting Price: $950 1971 7c Purple QEII variety 'Violent Corner Retouch' States I and II (extensive recutting to the lower left quarter of the stamp), both fine used with machine cancels. These two stamps are amongst the most heavily recut stamps of Australia, with very few examples recorded, and rarely offered for sale. BW 447(I)o,oa, cat AU$3000 (2)
Lot 793	[ **/CTO ]	Estimate: $40 Starting Price: $30 1970 Captain Cook Bicentenary Miniature Sheet overprints, comprising Anpex 70, Opening of Tullamarine Airport, 40th Eucharistic Congress (2, one with special postmark), and Holy Dollar, also rouletted and perforated sheets, all very fine (7)
Lot 794	[ CTO ]	Estimate: $650 Starting Price: $500 1970-75 Floral Coils 7c Sturt's Desert Pea block of 4 cancelled by wavy line machine cancellation 19 NOV 74 and with full OG. Only several such blocks are recorded, and an explanation for their existence has not been forthcoming and the status is uncertain. BW 535b, cat AU$1200
Lot 795	[ ** ]	Estimate: $200 Starting Price: $150 1970-71 7c Sturt's Desert Pea Coil error 'Buff Omitted and Green Misplaced' strips of 5 and 3, and single, all fine MUH. BW 535ce, cat AU$2700 (2002), SG 468bb, cat £2025
Lot 796	[ ** ]	Estimate: $300 Starting Price: $230 1971 7c Sturt's Desert Pea Coil three strips of 3, one normal, one 'Buff Printing Misplaced' (6mm downwards), and one 'Buff Printing Omitted' (and Green Printing misplaced), all very fine MUH, the last strip BW 535ce, cat AU$900 (9)
Lot 797	[ ** ]	Estimate: $2,250 Starting Price: $1,700 1970-75 Floral Coils 7c Sturt's Desert Pea strip of 6 all with error 'Buff Omitted and Green Misplaced', stamps 3, 4, and 5 additionally with error 'Black Omitted' (partial on stamp 5), superb MUH. The rarest of all the 7c missing colour errors, with 12 strips recorded. BW 535cd, cat AU$3500
Lot 798	[ ** ]	Estimate: $150 Starting Price: $115 1970-75 Floral Coils 7c Sturt's Desert Pea strip of 4 with upper pair error 'Buff and Green Misplaced', and lower pair error 'Buff and Green Omitted', superb MUH. BW 535cg, cat AU$250+
Lot 799	[ ** ]	Estimate: $600 Starting Price: $460 1970-75 Floral Coils 7c Sturt's Desert Pea strip of 6 with error 'Buff Omitted and Green Misplaced', and a second strip of 6 with top two 'Buff and Green Misplaced', third stamp 'Buff and Green Misplaced with Buff Partly Omitted', and lower three 'Buff Omitted and Green Misplaced', both strips superb MUH, the second with 1998 RPSV Certificate. BW 535ce, cat AU$2700 (12)
Lot 800	[ ** ]	Estimate: $200 Starting Price: $150 1970-71 Floral Coil 7c Sturt's Desert Pea pair error 'Buff Omitted - Green Misplaced', with normal pair for comparison, fresh MUH. SG 468bb cat £450, BW 535ce cat AU$600
Lot 801	[ ** ]	Estimate: $1,100 Starting Price: $850 1972 Pioneer Life 80c Wiggins Teape paper horizontal strip of 5 with error 'Black Omitted' on one unit and partly omitted from two units, superb MUH. Only two such strips can exist. BW 618ca, cat AU$1750
Lot 802	[ ** ]	Estimate: $175 Starting Price: $135 1975 10c Star Sapphire Definitive variety 'Printed on Gummed side' block of 4 from right of sheet, also single MUH. BW 648ci, cat AU$500
Lot 803	[ ** ]	Estimate: $40 Starting Price: $30 1975 18c Helichrysum error 'Black Omitted' superb MUH. A well-known and affordable missing colour. BW 725c, cat AU$60, SG 608a, cat £42
Lot 804	[ ** ]	Estimate: $120 Starting Price: $90 1975 Wildflower 45c block of 4, variety 'Green-grey Misplaced' 2mm downwards, fresh MUH. BW 727ci, cat AU$320
Lot 805	[ ** ]	Estimate: $200 Starting Price: $150 1975 45c Callistemon definitive vertical strip of 5 from base of sheet, error 'Dull Yellow-green Omitted' from third unit, with slight omission from unit above. BW 727ce, cat AU$500
Lot 806	[ ** ]	Estimate: $200 Starting Price: $150 1975 45c Callistemon Definitive vertical pair from left of sheet, lower unit error 'Dull Yellow-green Omitted' with slight omission from upper unit. BW772cd, cat AU$500
Lot 807	[ ** ]	Estimate: $160 Starting Price: $120 1981 Australian Aircraft 22c Wackett positional block of 10 (5 x 2) showing variety 'Offset', completely on five units and small part on another two, fresh MUH. BW 883c, cat AU$375++
Lot 808	[ ** ]	Estimate: $400 Starting Price: $300 1981 Australian Aircraft 22c Wackett block of 6 from lower right corner of sheet error 'Yellow Partly Omitted' from the fourth unit, affecting the body and wing of the plane, and second unit with similar error affecting lower right corner of stamp, superb MUH. This type of variety is believed to be caused by the presence of cleaning fluid left on the printing plate which prevents proper inking. A new discovery unrecorded in the BW catalogue
Lot 809	[ ** ]	Estimate: $400 Starting Price: $300 1981 Australian Aircraft 22c Wackett vertical strip of 4 from right side of sheet, the lower unit showing error 'Yellow Partly Omitted', affecting the body and wing of the plane, and second unit with similar error affecting lower right corner of stamp, superb MUH. The error is probably on the same unit as that in the preceding lot, and caused by the presence of cleaning fluid on the printing plate. A new discovery of which this and the previous lot are the only examples known
Lot 810	[ ** ]	Estimate: $2,250 Starting Price: $1,700 1990 43c Skateboarding Self-adhesive Roll Stamps letterpress-printed by Pemara, six strips of 3 of the 4 Koala Reprint showing progressive defective cyan printing, with eight stamps showing significant omission of the colour, four with only small traces. Believed to derive from an uncut waste sheet. One strip is that illustrated in the BW catalogue. Most strips with some toning on reverse. BW 1383Ec, cat AU$1500 for each stamp showing significant omission
Lot 811	[ C ]	Estimate: $90 Starting Price: $70 1995 'The World Down Under' 45c Giant Trevally design error 'Misplaced Die-cuts 6mm to the right' used on small piece with machine cancel. Believed to be from a booklet rather than a roll, and showing a small portion of a marginal inscription to the right that is normally trimmed off the booklet panes. Rare, it is not certain that any other examples survive. BW 1894b, cat AU$100