AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KING GEORGE V SIDEFACE ISSUES, SINGLE WATERMARK, 1½D

Lot 681		Estimate: $750 1½d Chocolate variety 'Cracked Electro Through Top of Left Value Tablet' (BW 85(7)l) tied by Geelong machine cancel to 1920 (29 Apr) cover to Melbourne, possibly unique on cover
Lot 682		Estimate: $400 1½d Chocolate variety 'Right Side of Cliché Damaged by Many Flaws' (BW 85(7)m, subsequently substituted) tied by indistinct Victoria cds on 1920 (11 May) cover to Melbourne
Lot 683		Estimate: $60 1½d Purple-brown pair (8L52-53), second unit variety 'No top to Crown' (BW 85(8)j), tied by Surat cds to 1920 (25 Sep) cover to U.S.A.
Lot 684		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $480 1½d Red mint collection mounted on pages, with shades including Pink and Pale Pink, Thin Paper (x 2), Watermark Inverted blocks of 4 (x 3), and a range of plate varieties from Electros 21 to 24, some in multiples. Very fine and fresh, with some units in blocks MUH (67)
Lot 685		Estimate: $75 1½d Red unusually deep shade + 3d Violet-blue punctured 'OS' tied by Registered Perth cds to 1926 (30 Apr) unclaimed official locally addressed cover, various associated misadventure markings
Lot 686		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460 1½d Scarlet vertical strip of 3 variety 'Printed on Gummed side' (Wmk Inverted and Punctured OS as always), left perfs out of register, fine mint. A rare multiple. SG 80wa, cat £1125; BW 89c, cat AU$1500