AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KGVI ISSUES

Lot 451		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $320 1937-49 £1 Robes Thick Paper block of 8 and two singles used with 2/- Kangaroo on portion of airmail parcel front (165 x 180mm), cancelled G.P.O. Sydney cds 15 May 1945. A fine and scarce multiple
Lot 452		Estimate: $150 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 3d Brown KGVI bisected diagonally and used for 1½d rate on 1950 (11 Feb) window envelope ('Government Printing Office' on inside) tied by Sydney machine cancel, printed return address GPO Box 3999 (used by State Government Insurance Office), unauthorised by surprising use, minor fault
Lot 453		Estimate: $100 1948-50 Coat of Arms 5/- Carmine used accumulation mostly bundled into 100's and including a quantity of used pairs. Rarely if ever seen in such quantity (approx 1,500)
Lot 454		Estimate: $300 1948-50 Coat-of-Arms 5/- and £1 used with 2/- Aboriginal Art and 2d Queen on c1951 Millar's Timber & Trading Co. Ltd parcel tag to the firm's branch in Harvey (WA), tied by slightly indistinct Perth Registered cds, a couple of bends not affecting the top values
Lot 455		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 1948-56 No Watermark ½d Orange Kangaroo handstamped large 'O.S.' in red, used on 2½d Red KGVI stamped-to-order window envelope (228 x 98mm) for the N.S.W. Irrigation Commission, and tied by Finley cds, 5 JL 51. This handstamp was used for a short time in 1951 by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture during a shortage of G/NSW punctures. See Note 18 on page 6/35 of the BW catalogue, cat AU$300 for used, unpriced on cover and rare
Lot 456		Estimate: $200 1951 3d Scarlet KGVI Booklet Plate sheet of 144 comprising three panels of 48 as issued to post offices after decision not to issue booklets. BW 251c, cat AU$360
Lot 457		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $60 1950-52 3d Scarlet KGVI Definitive marginal block of 4 spectacular forgery showing a misplaced double print