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- Lots with a "T" after the Estimate are subject to GST of 10% on the Hammer Price.
Overseas buyers are exempt from paying this charge. - An * after the Starting Price indicates that the Lot is affected by Alternate, Limit or Tied bids.
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Online General Sale No. 83 Bidding closes at 5pm AEDT on Friday 7th February 2025 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, GENERAL
Lot 238 | [ E ] |
1902(?) Perkins, Bacon & Co. artist's handpainted stamp-size 1d essay showing King Edward VII, mounted in sunken frame (87 x 75mm) with Perkins, Bacon & Co. cachet on reverse. Perkins Bacon first made contact with the Australian Post Office in 1902, submitting two essays for a uniform issue. These were returned with the explanation that no uniform issue could be made at that time. However ,the firm subsequently re-submitted essays for the 1911 Stamp Design Competition. It is believed that this essay is one of those submitted in 1902. A highly significant essay from the 1901-12 period, superb and beautiful. BW E78, cat AU$6000  | ||
| Lot 239 | [ C ] |
1902(?) Perkins, Bacon & Co. artist's handpainted stamp-size 1d essay showing a seated female figure, mounted in sunken frame (86 x 74mm) with Perkins, Bacon & Co. cachet on reverse. Perkins Bacon first made contact with the Australian Post Office in 1902, submitting two essays for a uniform issue. These were returned with the explanation that no uniform issue could be made at that time. However, the firm subsequently re-submitted essays for the 1911 Stamp Design Competition. It is believed that this essay is cone of those submitted in 1902. A highly significant essay from the 1901-12 period, superb and beautiful. BW E80, cat AU$6000  | ||
| Lot 240 | [ O ] |
1913-65 used collection on Seven Seas pages, with Kangaroos 1st Wmk to 1/-, 2nd Wmk to 2/-, 3rd Wmk to 5/-, etc, George V Heads, 1014 6d Kooka CTO, 1928 Exhibition M/sheet cancelled in red and green, 1931 KSmith OS ops CTO, all 1930s commems incl 5/- Bridge CTO, Robes thick and thin papers, Navigators, etc. Generally very fine (380)           | ||
