AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KING GEORGE V ISSUES, SMALL MULTIPLE WATERMARK PERF 13½ X 12½

Lot 392		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $320 1d Green Die II with ½d and 3d Airmail tied by Hobart cds to 1929 (30 May) cover to Perth, 4½d combined airmail rate, very scarce stamp on commercial cover
Lot 393		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460 1½d Golden Scarlet Plate 2 sheet of 120 showing varieties 2L19 and 2L59 (1st correction to Void Corner), other plate flaws corrected. Toning affecting R6, otherwise very fine and unhinged
Lot 394		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460 1½d Golden Scarlet Plate 3 sheet of 120, Ash imprint N over N setting, a late printing showing most plate varieties corrected, very fine and unhinged
Lot 395		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $575 1½d Golden Scarlet Plate 3 Punctured 'OS' sheet of 120 (Ash imprint N over A setting), showing varieties 3R30, 54 and 59. Some damage in lower selvedge and some perf separation in gutter and selvedge, otherwise very fine, hinged in selvedge only. High cat value (BW AU$75 each MUH)
Lot 396		Estimate: $700 Realised Price : $525 1½d Golden Scarlet Plate 3 Punctured 'OS' sheet of 120 showing varieties on 3R30, 54 and 59. Vertical crease through last two columns of right pane, perf separation in lower two rows of sheet, otherwise very fine and hinged in selvedge only. High cat value, BW AU$75 each for MUH
Lot 397		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 1½d Golden Scarlet Plate 4 sheet of 120 showing varieties on 4L1, 47, 55 and 4R27, and cancelled-to-order with faint Melbourne International Philatelic Exhibition (1928)cds. Some perf separation in left pane and overall gum toning, but of fine appearance
Lot 398		Estimate: $250 1½d Red blocks of 12 from the top left and top right corners of the Left Pane of Plate 3 with 'Watermark Inverted', 3L6 with variety 'White Flaw over Emu's Back'. Part OG with most units unmounted, some gum toning and a few units with stains on reverse, blocks with some wrinkles. Scarce large multiples, BW 92a, cat AU$720 as mint
Lot 399		Estimate: $200 1½d Salmon distinctive shade (now merged with 'Pink', BW 92C) punctured 'OS' pair and single tied by Registered Perth cds to 1927 (30 Dec) registered official cover to Coogee, where unclaimed, couple of small stains not unduly detracting from a very scarce franking
Lot 400		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $95 1½d elusive Pink shade (BW 92c) + perf 14 3d Blue punctured 'OS' tied by Registered Perth cds to 1927 (13 Dec) locally addressed official cover, unclaimed and with associated markings, very scarce shade on cover
Lot 401		Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $600 1½d Red-brown Punctured OS Plate 1 sheet of 120 showing listed varieties on 1L23, 31, 35, 50 and 1R1, 7, 19, 26, 31, 59 and 60. Overall gum toning and with minor peripheral faults. Fine appearance and unhinged, BW cat for 'OS' puncture MUH is AU$200 each
Lot 402		Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $600 1½d Red-brown Punctured 'OS' Plate 3 sheet of 120, 3R58 showing the 'Thick 1' re-entry. Overall gum toning and several units with perfs reinforced by hinges, fine appearance. BW cat for 'OS' puncture is AU$200 each
Lot 403		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 2d on 1½d Golden Scarlet Plate 1 sheet of 120 showing listed varieties on 1L23, 31, 35, 50 and 1R5, 19, 26, 31 and 60. Vertical crease through 4th column of right pane, and perf separation between 5th and 6th rows of right pane, otherwise very fine and unhinged
Lot 404		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 2d on 1½d Golden Scarlet Plate 2 sheet of 120 showing varieties 2L19, 2L59 (4th correction to Void Corner) and 2R35. Very fine and unhinged
Lot 405		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $270 2d on 1½d Golden Scarlet Plate 4 sheet of 120 showing varieties on 4L1, 47, 55 and 4R27. Some perf separation re-inforced with hinges and a couple of minor tone spots in selvedge, otherwise very fine
Lot 406		Estimate: $360 Realised Price : $270 2d Red-brown Electro 16 lower right corner strip of 3, R58 and R59 being varieties 'Lower Frame Missing', and R60 'White Flaw on Emu's Body' State II, large part OG, some perfs reinforced and some toning on R60. BW 97(16)s,t,ua, cat AU$900+
Lot 407		Estimate: $100 2d Red-Brown variety 'White Flaw on Emu's Body' (16R60) State II showing additional white flaws on lower portion of stamp, slightly toned OG and centred lower right. BW 97(16)ua, cat AU$300
Lot 408		Estimate: $2,800 2d Golden Scarlet Die III variety 'No Watermark' very fine large part OG and lightly hinged, with 2005 Drury Certificate. BW 102aa, cat AU$4000
Lot 409		Estimate: $3,400 3d Blue Die I variety 'Watermark Inverted', very fine cancelled Narrabri cds 19 JE 28. Very rare, several mint sheets were found with watermark inverted, but only about half a dozen used examples known. BW 107a, cat AU$7500
Lot 410		Estimate: $100 3d Blue Die II Ash imprint block of 4, lower pair MUH and with mildly toned gum. BW 108z, cat AU$275
Lot 411		Estimate: $140 3d Blue Die II Ash imprint block of 4, fine with lower pair MUH. BW 109z, cat AU$275
Lot 412		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $340 4d Olive overprinted 'OS' extremely rare commercial solo franking tied to 1932 (14 Jul) official 'COMMERCIAL PAPERS' cover, 'SYDNEY.12' handheld obliterator, some tolerable handling faults, consistent with weight for this rate being 6-8oz
Lot 413		Estimate: $220 4d Olive Optd 'OS' Ash imprint pairs from Plates 3 (N over A setting) and 4 (N over N setting), latter with selvedge trimmed diagonally, large part OG and hinged in gutter only (4)
Lot 414		Estimate: $100 4d Olive overprinted 'OS' + 3d Airmail first flight from Melbourne to Adelaide via Mt. Gambier cover (blemishes), BW cat AU$800 for commercial cover
Lot 415		Estimate: $600 4½d Violet Die II CTO (29), all but four without gum, range of shades and variable centering, cat AU$3625
Lot 416		Estimate: $100 5d Orange-brown punctured 'OS', unusually well-centred, tied by Registered Perth cds to unopened 1934 (11 Apr) unclaimed locally addressed registered cover