AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, DECIMAL ISSUES

Lot 493		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $1 1968-80s range of CTO/FU gutter pairs or blocks including Soil Science/Medical (3), various other odd values; Living Together booklet panes 37c (12), 30c (4), 41c (3), 43c (10), etc. Useful lot for reseller or Ebay (few 100s)
Lot 494		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1980s to 2000s duplicated range of Australian and Territories issues with printed cancellations, including blocks, four packets as purchased containing approx 3,000 stamps
Lot 495		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1966 Decimal set to $4 including coils on unaddressed plain covers serviced at Philatelic Bureau Russell St. Melbourne, additionally with outgoing QEII 1d corner block (with 'Re-entry Through RALIA and corner ornament' - BW 347h!), Birds 9d and 2/5d, and 2/6d Aborigine Emergency Printing affixed and cancelled Moonee Ponds same day as decimal set. Unusual initiative (2)
Lot 496		Estimate: $200 1966-93 Decimal errors selection comprising QEII 5c Blue and 6c Orange 'Offset', 1971 7c Sturt's Desert Pea coil 'Buff Omitted (green misplaced downwards)', 1975 18c Wildflower 'Black Misplaced Downwards', 10c IWY 'Misplaced Perfs' and 1993 $4.50 Threatened Species booklet 4K reprint 'Printed on Backing Paper'. All fine MUH
Lot 497		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $1 1966-73 QEII 5c Blue positional block of 20 (10 x 2) with vertical perforations misplaced 3mm to right resulting in perforations through '5c' and 'AUSTRALIA'. Spectacular and giving the appearance of imperf vertically. Unlisted in BW, ex Morgan
Lot 498		Estimate: $4,000 Realised Price : $3,800 1966-73 6c Orange Queen Elizabeth II die proof in issued colour on thin card (95 x 90mm) affixed in sunken mount which opens to show the full proof. Very fine and unrecorded by Brusden-White, it is believed that three proofs exist in private hands, and a very rare die proof of an Australian Commonwealth decimal issue
Lot 499		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $850 1966-73 50c Red-brown William Dampier MUH block of 4 from top of sheet showing a very fine offset, much stronger than the catalogued variety, for which Brusden-White notes that 'Offsets on this stamp are not particularly prominent'. BW 461c (2002), cat AU$500+
Lot 500		Estimate: $250 1966-73 Navigators 75c to $4 optd 'SPECIMEN', the 75c and $1 with 15.5mm opt, very fine MUH (4)
Lot 501		Estimate: $150 1969 Prime Ministers Booklet 5c J.C. Watson variety 'Non Helecon Paper' used on piece with machine slogan cancellation. Very scarce, with 1974 BSAP Certificate. BW 511ab (2002), cat AU$100
Lot 502		Estimate: $180 1971-74 7c Sturt's Desert Pea coil pair and single with 'Buff Omitted' (BW 535ce), and pair and single with 'Buff and Green Misplaced' (BW unlisted), fine MUH. Cat AU$900+ in 2002 (6)
Lot 503		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $38 1972 35c Olympic Games complete sheet of 100 with the three listed varieties, odd tone otherwise fresh MUH. BW 604d-f, cat £366
Lot 504		Estimate: $40 Realised Price : $1 1973-75 Gemstones 10c Star Sapphire marginal variety 'Printed on Gummed Side' MUH. BW 648ci (2002) cat AU$100, SG 552ae cat £50
Lot 505		Estimate: $150 1973-75 Gemstones 10c Star Sapphire block of 4 'Printed on Gummed Side', one unit tone on reverse otherwise fine MUH. BW 648ci cat AU$400 in 2002; SG 552ae cat £200
Lot 506		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $1 1975 Prime Ministers 10c Lyons variety 'Printed on Gummed Side', MUH. BW 694c (2002) cat AU$250
Lot 507		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $1 1975 45c Wildflower marginal block of 4 variety 'Dull Vermilion Misplaced Upwards into Australia', BW 727cj variant (2002), cat AU$320
Lot 508		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $1 1982 Whales 60c essay with solid blue-green background, fresh MUH. BW 930E(1) (2002) cat AU$350, SG 841a cat £250
Lot 509		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 1995 Fifty Years of National Trust $2 Perforated Plate Proof in Deep Olive-green, marginal from right of sheet, superb MUH. BW 1842PP(1) (2002), cat AU$400