AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, OTHER KING GEORGE ISSUES

Lot 466		Estimate: $500 1929 3d Green Air Mail handstamped diagonal 'SPECIMEN' (18 x 2.75mm) in violet, surface thin at base and no gum. Used for display purposes at G.P.O. Melbourne and very rare, with only three or four recorded. BW No. 134x, cat AU$1500
Lot 467		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1931 Kingsford Smith 2d and 3d optd 'OS' mounted mint, 2d with couple of shortish perfs (2)
Lot 468		Estimate: $40 1931 Kingsford Smith 2d and 3d optd 'OS' CTO, fine lightly hinged with gum (2)
Lot 469		Estimate: $700 Realised Price : $525 1931 6d Sepia Air Mail handstamped diagonal 'SPECIMEN' (18 x 2.75mm) in violet, light toning at perf tips and on reverse, and with offset of Commonwealth Audit Office handstamp on back. Used for display purposes at the G.P.O. Melbourne and very rare, with only three of four examples recorded. BW No. 144x, cat AU$1500
Lot 470		Estimate: $300 1934 Macarthur Centenary 2d (Dark Hills), 3d and 9d Ash imprint blocks of 4, mounted in gutter only, fine (12)
Lot 471		Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $600 1934 1/6d Air Mail No Watermark Perf 11 with diagonal 'SPECIMEN' handstamp (18 x 2.75mm) in violet, no gum otherwise fine. Used for display purposes at the G.P.O. Melbourne, and very rare, with only three or four examples known. BW No. 161x, cat AU$1500
Lot 472		Estimate: $400 1935 Silver Jubilee 2d Carmine-red block of 4 from bottom right corner of sheet showing 'Misplaced Partial Offset', also with '25 Sheets' handstamp in selvedge on reverse. Fine with large part original gum, mounted on upper units only. BW 166ca, cat AU$1500 for mint