AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KANGAROO ISSUES, FIRST WATERMARK

Lot 193	[ **/* ]	Estimate: $750 Purchase Price : $670 ½d Green (ragged perfs at right), 1d Red Die II, 2d Grey (MUH), 2½d Blue, 3d Olive Die 1, 4d Orange, 5d Brown (toned gum), 6d Blue, 9d Violet, and 1/- Green, all large part OG and generally fine. 6d with 2021 Scott Starling Certificate. BW cat AU$2320 (10)
Lot 194	[ ** ]	Estimate: $90 Purchase Price : $82 First Watermark ½d, 1d Die II fine MUH, and 2½d, 3d Die I regummed, plus Third Watermark 2d Die I fine MUH.(5)
Lot 195	[ **/* ]	Estimate: $120 Purchase Price : $105 ½d, 1d Die II, 2d (diagonal crease), 3d Die I fine MUH, plus 2½d large part OG (5)
Lot 196	[ O ]	Estimate: $80 Purchase Price : $70 ½d to 2/- used including 1d Die I, II, IIA and 3d Dies I and II, selected copies with cds cancels (except 3d Die II machine cancel), fine (14)
Lot 197	[ O ]	Estimate: $250 Purchase Price : $222 Punctured Large 'OS': ½d Green (2), 1d Die I, 2d Grey, 3d Olive die d, 4d Orange, 5d Brown, 6d Blue, 9d Violet, 1/- Green and 2/- Brown, generally fine used. BW cat AU$800 (11)
Lot 198	[ O ]	Estimate: $100 Purchase Price : $88 ½d Green variety 'Watermark Inverted, three used examples in the listed shades of Green, Deep Green and Pale Green (short perf at right). BW 1a, cat AU$300 (3)
Lot 199	[ P ]	Estimate: $8,000 Purchase Price : $6,990 1d Die I Imperforate x Roulette 6½ Plate Proof in Green on unwatermarked paper, comprising a whole unit cancelled by two horizontal pen lines, with part units above and below, believed to have been used for coil experiments. Fine, and the only recorded piece. BW 2PP(2), cat AU$17,500
Lot 200	[ O ]	Estimate: $60 Purchase Price : $54 1d Red Die I variety '1 Flaw West of Tasmania' (Plate B L40, second state), fine used. BW 2(B)fa, cat AU$150
Lot 201	[ O ]	Estimate: $50 Purchase Price : $45 1d Red Die I variety '1 Flaw West of Tasmania' (Plate B, L40 second state), slight bend otherwise fine used. BW 2(B)fa, cat AU$150
Lot 202	[ O ]	Estimate: $120 Purchase Price : $105 1d Kangaroo small group of used plate varieties, with Die I, Plate B L24 ('White Scratch in Bight'), Plate C L38 ('White Flaw in Gulf of Carpentaria'); Die II, Plate E L25 ('Two Tasmanias' State II), L55 ('White Flaw Left of P of Postage State II), Plate F R6 (White Flaw on Right Side of A of AUST'); Die IIA, Plate G R37 ('Break in Right Frame Opposite Tasmania'), R48 ('Vertical Scratch Through Last A of AUSTRALIA'), Plate H L33 ('Break in Right Side of Value Circle'), Plate K L38 ('White flaw Under U of AUST'). Couple of stamps with rounded corners, mostly good to fine. BW cat AU$535
Lot 203	[ O ]	Estimate: $170 Purchase Price : $152 1d Red Die II variety 'Watermark Sideways' (top of crown pointing right) cancelled 630 (?) Queensland numeral. BW 3aa, cat AU$500
Lot 204	[ O ]	Estimate: $200 Purchase Price : $175 1d Red Die II variety 'Watermark Sideways' (top of crown pointing right), fine used with machine cancel and with 'SB' perfin. We do not recall seeing this stamp with a perfin before. BW 3aa, cat AU$500
Lot 205	[ O ]	Estimate: $120 Purchase Price : $105 2d Grey variety 'Watermark Inverted' rejoined vertical pair with varieties 'Scratch from First E of PENCE to Map' and 'Scratch from Value Circle Through Map to T of POSTAGE' (2L28/34), one short perf at right but a scarce combination. BW 5a, cat AU$200 plus premium for plate varieties
Lot 206	[ O ]	Estimate: $150 Purchase Price : $134 2½d Indigo and Light Bluish-indigo punctured Small 'OS', the first with rounded top right corner. BW 9A,Bba, cat AU$700 (2)
Lot 207	[ O ]	Estimate: $70 Purchase Price : $65 2½d Indigo Punctured Small 'OS', light horizontal crease otherwise fine. BW 9bb, cat AU$350
Lot 208 (Withdrawn)	[ C ]	3d Olive used with 2d Grey on 1914 (2 Jun) cover (minor blemishes) from Sydney to Switzerland. BW cat AU$600
Lot 209	[ O ]	Estimate: $40 Purchase Price : $35 3d Olive Die I Punctured Large 'OS' fine used. BW 12Aba, cat AU$125
Lot 210	[ O ]	Estimate: $350 Purchase Price : $315 3d Olive-green and 3d Olive Die II, both variety 'Watermark Inverted' with cds cancels, latter one short perf. BW 12Ca, 12Baa, cat AU$1225 (2)
Lot 211	[ O ]	Estimate: $120 Purchase Price : $105 3d Olive Die II Punctured Small 'OS', couple of shortish perfs at upper left, otherwise fine. BW 12Bbd, cat AU$500
Lot 212	[ ** ]	Estimate: $200 Purchase Price : $175 4d Orange light horizontal bend and small mark adjoining Queensland coast, MUH. BW cat AU$1000
Lot 213	[ O ]	Estimate: $300 Purchase Price : $268 4d Punctured Small 'OS' examples on Deep Orange, Orange and Pale Orange shades, very fine with cds cancels. BW 15A,C,Dbb, cat AU$900 (3)
Lot 214	[ O ]	Estimate: $120 Purchase Price : $105 5d Punctured Small 'OS' examples in Chestnut, Pale Chestnut and Deep Chestnut shades, fine used with cds cancels. BW 16A,B,Cbb, cat AU$375 (3)
Lot 215	[ ** ]	Estimate: $60 Purchase Price : $54 6d Blue fine but regummed. BW 17C, cat AU$325
Lot 216	[ * ]	Estimate: $60 Purchase Price : $54 6d Blue large part OG, one perf at top short
Lot 217 (Withdrawn)	[ N ]	NO LOT
Lot 218	[ O ]	Estimate: $750 Purchase Price : $670 6d Blue Punctured Small 'OS' variety 'Watermark Inverted' cancelled Mt. Gambier cds, trimmed perfs along base a little short at right, otherwise fine and rare. BW 17a/bc, cat AU$4000 (see footnote 3)
Lot 219 SOLD	[ O ]	Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $135 6d Blue Punctured Small 'OS' vertical block of 6 cancelled Perth cds, 31DE14. Cancellation ink has caused some staining on reverse, otherwise a fine and scarce multiple. BW17bc, cat AU$330+
Lot 220	[ * ]	Estimate: $100 Purchase Price : $88 9d Violet large part OG, slightly toned gum
Lot 221	[ * ]	Estimate: $50 Purchase Price : $45 1/- Green fine with large part OG
Lot 222 SOLD	[ * ]	Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1/- Green variety 'Watermark Inverted' part OG and with horizontal crease through lower half of stamp. BW 30a, cat AU$3500
Lot 223 SOLD	[ O ]	Estimate: $180 Realised Price : $135 1/- Green variety 'Watermark Inverted' a very scarce commercially used example (much more often seen CTO), fine and cancelled Melbourne cds. BW 30a, cat AU$500
Lot 224	[ ** ]	Estimate: $1,200 Purchase Price : $1,049 2/- Brown centered upper left, fine MUH. BW cat AU$2750
Lot 225	[ * ]	Estimate: $220 Purchase Price : $199 2/- Brown large part OG, couple of shortish perfs at left. BW cat AU$650
Lot 226	[ O ]	Estimate: $90 Purchase Price : $82 2/- Brown Punctured Large 'OS' fine used with cds cancel, and another with defective corner. BW 35, cat AU$500 (2)
Lot 227 SOLD	[ O ]	Estimate: $280 Realised Price : $210 2/- Brown Punctured Small 'OS' horizontal pair cancelled Melbourne cds 28MY15, fine. BW 35bb, cat AU$800
Lot 228	[ CTO ]	Estimate: $100 Purchase Price : $88 2/- Brown CTO DE 3/13 for collectors' sets, fine with large part OG. BW 35wc, cat AU$300
Lot 229 SOLD	[ (*) ]	Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 5/- Grey and Chrome, light wrinkling and regummed
Lot 230 SOLD	[ O ]	Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460 5/- Grey and Yellow Punctured Large 'OS', couple of shortish perfs at lower right otherwise fine and scarce. BW 42ba, cat AU$1500
Lot 231 SOLD	[ O ]	Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $42 10/- Grey and Pink cancelled Port Pirie (SA) cds 7FE16, horizontal crease and two perfs added. BW 47A, cat AU$1100
Lot 232	[ CTO ]	Estimate: $2,200 Purchase Price : $1,981 £1 Brown and Blue cancelled-to-order with MELBOURNE cds DE 5/13 quarter cancel for Federal Parliamentary sets, fine with no gum. BW 51wc, cat AU$4500