AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KING GEORGE VI ISSUES

Lot 551		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $380 1937-1965 duplicated range of coil perf pairs and blocks and booklet panes of 6 on hagners, with 1938 2d Scarlet Die 2 faked coil join pair, and genuine pair with large and small holes, then a virtually complete range of coil perf pairs up to 1965, together with a number of coil perf blocks; and booklet panes of 6 from 1938 2d KGVI to 1965 5d Red QEII complete. All fine and largely MUH (176)
Lot 552		Estimate: $450 1937-49 Robes 5/-, 10/- and £1 Ash imprint blocks of 4, 5/- and 10/- with faint gum bends, £1 very fine and all MUH (12)
Lot 553		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 1937-49 Robes 5/-, 10/- and £1 Thin Paper blocks of 4 superb MUH (12)
Lot 554		Estimate: $250 1937-49 10/- Robes Chalky paper + 1/6d Hermes + 4d Koala tied by GPO Sydney cds to 1941 (5 Jun) censored cover to USA (11/10d triple clipper rate for 1/1½oz letter)
Lot 555		Estimate: $600 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 2d Scarlet KGVI Die II Coil strip of 4 with large and small holes, coil join between second and third units, three units MUH. BW AU$1500+
Lot 556		Estimate: $40 Realised Price : $30 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 2d Mauve vertical block of 6, fourth unit with variety 'Medal Flaw' very fine MUH. BW 189e, cat AU$50+
Lot 557		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $55 1940 A.I.F. 1d McCracken imprint strip of 4 (hinged in margin), and 2d, 3d and 6d McCracken imprint blocks of 4 (MUH, 2d creases in selvedge) (16)
Lot 558		1946 Peace 2½d, 3½d and 5½d Die Proofs in Issued Colours in sunken mounts affixed inside blue folders, with Note Printing Branch cachets on reverse and numbered 1C, 1C and 36 respectively (presented to Sir Giles Chippendall, Assistant Director-General of the P.M.G.'s Department). Fine and very rare with only five sets of proofs prepared, one of which is in the Royal collection. Ex Williamson collection and absent from ther Arthur Gray collection. BW 236-8DP(1), cat AU$12000
Lot 559		Estimate: $90 1948-56 Coat-of-Arms 10/-, £1 and £2 optd SPECIMEN, £2 with traces of hinge (3)
Lot 560		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $160 1948-56 Coat-of-Arms 10/- optd SPECIMEN, abnormally also with CTO cancellation, unusual and scarce, unhinged
Lot 561		Estimate: $120 1950-52 3d Scarlet KGVI Booklet Sheet of 144, fine apart from a few small tone spots, mostly in upper selvedge. BW 251c, cat AU$360
Lot 562		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1950-52 No Watermark 2½d Chocolate KGVI tied by Momote (PNG) cds to 1953 (26 Nov) R.A.A.F. Service commercial airmail cover (opened three sides) to Sydney, concessional 1d per oz. airmail rate multiple, a rare solo franking
Lot 563		1951-52 6½d Brown KGVI horizontal strip of 4 error 'Imperforate at Right', actually a 'jumped perfs' variety on which the perfs at right have been trimmed (as on virtually all examples), very fine MUH. BW 255b, cat AU$1500
Lot 564		Estimate: $100 1952 2/6d Aborigine Wmkd block of 4 tied by Wentworth cds to 1955 (14 Dec) airmail cover to Austria, scarce franking for 2/- airmail rate x 5
Lot 565		Estimate: $60 1952-65 2/6d Aborigine No Watermark ordinary paper MUH (2), white paper MUH (2) and U (10), and Emergency Printing MUH pair and U. Also variety 'Weak entry Around POSTAGE' (R10/4) in used pair (ordinary paper) and the retouch in used pair (white paper) (21)
Lot 566		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1951-52 No Watermark 2/6d Aborigine scarce solo franking tied by Brisbane slogan cancel to 1960 (16 Aug) airmail cover to Panama, correct half oz. airmail rate to South America