AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, QUEENSLAND, 1899 ½D WIDOWS WEEDS

Lot 388		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $750 1899 ½d 'Widow's Weeds' Watermark Crown over Q ()II) Perforated Plate Proof block of 4 in Green with white spaces in lower left and right corners following removal of dates, fine with lower pair unmounted. According to Brusden-White, a block of 40 was printed of which a strip of 10 in in the White Collection in the Mitchell Library, Sydney. Very scarce. BW Q1(PP)1, cat AU$2000
Lot 389		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $90 1899 ½d 'Widow's Weeds' No Watermark Perforated Proof in Green in issued design. BW Q1(PP)2, cat AU$250
Lot 390		Estimate: $750 1899 ½d 'Widow's Weeds' Watermark Crown over Q (II) Perf 12 mint blocks of 4 (2, both MUH), mint pairs (2) and singles (4) all fine to very fine, also Perf 12½,13 mint (3) and used (2). A scarce perforation especially in multiple form. BW Q3, cat AU$3200