AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KGVI AND QEII COIL STAMPS

Lot 243		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $180 Coil test strips of 4 in Green (with coil join, few tone spots), and Scarlet (fine). BW cat AU$680 (8)
Lot 244		Estimate: $350 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 1d Green Queen Elizabeth coil perf (uniformly large holes) strips of 4 (2, one with coil join, other unit partly severed) and 3, also normal perfs coil join pair, and strip of 4 of the test coil in green. Mostly fine with some units MUH. BW 182bh, cat AU$750++ (17)
Lot 245		Estimate: $1,500 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 1d Green Queen Elizabeth with uniformly large holes, pair attached to 960 (£4) coil starter strip, fine and rare, this being the example illustrated in the BW catalogue. BW 182bi, cat AU$2500
Lot 246		Estimate: $1,400 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 1d Green Queen Elizabeth coil starter strip (960 £4 in green) with pair with uniformly large holes attached (some perf separation and end unit hinged). Very rare, BW 182bi, cat AU$2500
Lot 247		Estimate: $600 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 1d Green Queen Elizabeth Die II coil strip of 30 with normal perforations showing coil join after the first 20 stamps, several stamps with tone spots on perf tips, otherwise very fine. A rare proving piece exhibiting make-up from the 20-deep coil plate. BW 182bg, cat AU$2500 as pair attached to starter strip
Lot 248		Estimate: $1,750 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 1d Queen Elizabeth coil with uniformly large holes, block of 4 with john Ash imprint, from surplus sheets placed on counter sale. Very fine with lower pair MUH. BW 182zr, cat AU$3000
Lot 249		Estimate: $1,600 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 1d Green Queen Elizabeth coil block of 4 with uniformly large holes with John Ash imprint, small mark on gum of one unit, lower pair MUH and a rare imprint. BW 0182zr, cat AU$3000
Lot 250		Estimate: $700 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 2d Scarlet KGVI coil with uniformly large holes strip of 4 with coil join between second and third stamps, very fine MUH and rare with coil join. BW 188bh, cat AU$1000+
Lot 251		Estimate: $300 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 2d Scarlet KGVI coil pair with uniformly large holes very fine MUH. BW 188bh, cat AU$500
Lot 252		Estimate: $500 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 2d Scarlet KGVI vertical coil pair with uniformly large holes used with 3d KGVI and 6d Kookaburra on 1941 (3 Dec) airmail cover from Melbourne to India, with censor tape and diamond censor handstamp, plus triangular Indian censorship. Small cover defect at top left, but a very scarce usage of this coil on cover
Lot 253		Estimate: $2,000 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 2d Scarlet KGVI coil pair with uniformly large holes attached to '960 TWO PENNY STAMPS/VALUE, £8' coil starter strip printed in red on lemon-yellow paper. Thinning at end of starter strip and some toning of perf tips, otherwise fine. Unlisted in BW catalogue which mentions the existence of a coil starter strip on lemon-yellow paper without any printing. A coil rarity
Lot 254		Estimate: $1,200 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 2d Scarlet KGVI coil perf with uniformly large holes block of 4 from top left corner of sheet very fine MUH, from the surplus coil sheets placed on counter sale, very scarce and with 2001 RPSV Certificate. BW 188bk, cat AU$2000
Lot 255		Estimate: $1,400 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 2d Scarlet KGVI coil with large and small holes, strip of 8 with coil join between fourth and fifth units, very fine with only top unit hinged. BW 188bl, cat AU$2700
Lot 256		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 2d Scarlet KGVI coil pair with large and small holes used on 1941 (26 Sep) cover from Darwin to Chatswood (NSW), paying the 1d military concession rate + 3d airmail fee. Few tone spots on cover, but a rare usage predating the BW suggested date of introduction of October 1941
Lot 257		Estimate: $280 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 2d Scarlet KGVI coil with large and small holes strip of 3 (one pair detached) attached to '960 TWO PENNY STAMPS/VALUE £8' coil starter strip printed in red on white paper. Fine and scarce, BW 188bj, cat AU$450
Lot 258		Estimate: $4,000 Realised Price : $3,400 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 2d Scarlet KGVI coil plate block of 4 from top left corner of sheet showing large part Plate No. '4', normal perforations with flush perfs at both top and left, superb MUH, and from the surplus sheets printed from the special coil plates and placed on counter sale. A great rarity, with only two examples recorded. BW 188zp, cat AU$7500
Lot 259		Estimate: $1,200 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 2d Scarlet KGVI coil with uniformly large holes left corner block of 4 with John Ash imprint, from surplus sheets placed on counter sale, very fine and rare with lower pair MUH. BW 0188zqa, cat AU$2250
Lot 260		Estimate: $1,000 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 2d Scarlet KGVI coil perf with uniformly large holes, John Ash imprint block of 4 from left corner of sheet, from the surplus sheets placed on counter sale. MUH with light gum toning. BW 188zqa, cat AU$2750
Lot 261		Estimate: $650 1937-49 2d Scarlet George VI two blocks of 16 from left and right bottom sides of the coil plate with ordinary perforation, showing flush perforation at base and no imprint, and showing perforation guide under left-hand pair of stamp and right-hand pair of stamps respectively. From the surplus sheets printed from the coil plate placed on counter sale. The first block has several small tone spots on reverse, otherwise fine and all but a couple of units MUH. BW 188zs, cat AU$1100+ (32)
Lot 262		Estimate: $200 1937-49 Perf. 15 x 14 2d Scarlet KGVI block of 16 from left side of sheet with ordinary perforation showing flush perforation at base and no imprint, and with perforation guide under the first two stamps. From the surplus sheets printed from the coil plate and placed on counter sale. Very fine with most units unhinged. BW 188zs, cat AU$350
Lot 263		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $250 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 2d Scarlet KGVI block of 16 from the left side of the coil plate with ordinary perforation, showing flush perforation at base and no imprint, and with perforation guide under first two stamps. From the surplus sheets printed from the coil plate placed on counter sale. Very fine with stamps MUH. BW 186zs, cat AU$550
Lot 264		1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 2d Scarlet KGVI coil with uniformly large holes, trimmed gutter block of 4 with John Ash imprint, very fine MUH and rare, from the surplus sheets placed on counter sale. BW 188zsa, cat AU$2750
Lot 265		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1942-50 2d 'Gum Trees' KGVI coil perf strip of 4 with 960 coil starter strip attached, very fine. BW 228bg, cat AU$250
Lot 266		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 1959-66 3d Blue-green QEII coil perf block of 6 from left of sheet with Plate No. '3' no dashes, blocks of 8 from left and right of sheet with Plate No. '5' lines after, also another block of 8 from left of sheet with virtually unprinted Plate No. '5'. All very fine MUH, BW 350zb, zg, zh, cat AU$900 (30)