AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, NEW SOUTH WALES, 1902-12 ISSUES

Lot 171		1902 Watermark Crown over NSW (III) Chalk-surfaced Paper 1d Carmine Die II block of 9 variety 'Double horizontal and Vertical Perforations', eight units MUH, one creased. BW N9ba, cat AU$450+ as hinged singles
Lot 172		Estimate: $600 1905-10 Watermark Crown over A largely mint range on hagners, some duplication, with Perf 12½ x 11 to 2/6d (2), incl 1d and 2d monogram blocks, Perf 11½ x 11 to 2/6d (2), a small group of 'OS' punctures (incl 1897 5/- Coin); 1903 and 1905 9d 'Commonwealth' Design M (14) and punctured 'OS' U; and 1907 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A provisional issue with ½d (8, incl block of 6), 1d (2), 2d, 2½d (3), 4d (3, incl pair), 6d (5), 8d (4), 10d, 1/- (18, incl two blocks of 4). Mostly very fine with part OG, high cat value (120 M, 10 U)
Lot 173		Estimate: $300 1905 Watermark Crown over A in Circle 20/- Cobalt-blue Perf 11 well-centred with large part OG and lightly hinged, very fine. SG 350, cat £375
Lot 174		Estimate: $150 1905 Watermark Crown over A in Circle 20/- Cobalt-blue Perf 11 CTO with SYDNEY/13' cds, 22 MR 11, large part OG from presentation set, scarce. SG 350
Lot 175		Estimate: $350 1905 Watermark Crown over A in Circle 20/- Cobalt-blue Perf 12 fine with large part OG. SG 350a, cat £400
Lot 176		Estimate: $400 1905 Watermark Crown over A in Circle 20/- Cobalt-blue Perf 11 x 12 well-centred and very fine MUH with full OG. SG 350b, cat £375+
Lot 177		Estimate: $3,000 1907 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A (Inverted) Emergency Printing 1/- Purple-brown Perf 11, part OG and a little heavily hinged otherwise fine, a great rarity of which only three or four used examples are recorded, and previously no mint example has been noted. SG 362a, unpriced mint, cat £1700 used