AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAGE DUES, BICOLOURED ISSUES

Lot 448		Estimate: $900 1909-10 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A Thick Paper ½d to £1 including both dies of 1d and 2d, very fine with large part OG and lightly hinged. BW cat AU$1720 (13)
Lot 449		Estimate: $500 1909-10 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A Thick Paper ½d - £1 cancelled-to-order with MELBOURNE cds for U.P.U. distribution, lightly hinged and with large part OG. BW D76-92w, cat AU$940 (11)
Lot 450		Estimate: $1,000 1909-10 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A Thick Paper ½d Rose-red and Green block of 30 from lower left corner of sheet with JBC monogram under No. 10/3, superb with full gum, 18 units cancelled oval 'REGISTERED/PERTH W.A.' ds 7 JA 14. An exceptional monogram piece, BW D76z, cat AU$875 as a mint monogram strip of 3
Lot 451		Estimate: $900 1909-10 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A Thick Paper ½d Rose-red and Green block of 30 from lower right corner of sheet with CA monogram under No. 10/10, cancelled-to-order with oval 'REGISTERED/PERTH W.A.' ds 6 DE 12 and with full OG. Two small black marks on gum of one unit, otherwise superb and a fine and scarce monogram piece. BW D76zb, cat AU$875 as a mint monogram strip of 3
Lot 452		Estimate: $400 1909-10 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A Thick Paper 1d Die II rose-red and Green 'JBC' monogram block of 8, lower row gum toned, however very fine facial appearance with large part OG, lower row MUH. BW D78z, cat AU$600 as mint strip of 3
Lot 453		Estimate: $400 1909-10 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A Thick Paper 1d Die II Rose-red and Green 'CA' monogram block of 6 cancelled oval 'REGISTERED/PERTH W.A.' ds 9 MR 14, with virtually full OG, minor gum creasing otherwise very fine. BW D78zb, cat AU$600 for mint strip of 3
Lot 454		Estimate: $700 Realised Price : $525 1909-10 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A Thick Paper 1/- Rose-red and Green very fine top left corner block of 18 with only one unit mounted. A very scarce multiple. BW D88, cat AU$1300, SG D69, cat £540++
Lot 455		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $38 1909-190 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A Thick Paper 5/- Rose-red and Green block of 4 cancelled 'POSTE RESTANTE PERTH/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds (4 AUG 13), with large part gum, slightly toned
Lot 456		Estimate: $500 1913-23 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A Thin Paper ½d Rose-red and Green Watermark Sideways matching blocks of 30 from the lower left and lower right of the sheet showing No Monogram. Superb MUH and a fine and rare pair. BW D94z,za, cat AU$550++ (2014) (60)
Lot 457		Estimate: $650 1913-21 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A Thin Paper ½d Carmine and Deep Yellow-green T.S. Harrison one-line imprint block of 8, small gum thin on one unit, few split perfs in bottom selvedge, otherwise fine MUH. BW D95zb, cat AU$750 for mounted strip of 4
Lot 458		Estimate: $750 1912-23 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A Thin Paper 4d Carmine and Pale Green variety 'Watermark Sideways' fine mint with large part OG, rare. BW D101a cat AU$1500, SG D83b cat £1000
Lot 459		Estimate: $850 1922-30 Third Watermark range of imprint blocks, with 1½d T.S. Harrison block of 8, 1d A.J. Mullett block of 4 and 1½d A.J. Mullett block of 12, and 1d, 1½d (2), 3d, 4d and John Ash blocks of 4 and 4d John Ash pair. Generally very fine with all but a few units MUH. A very scarce group, BW cat AU$2850+ (54)
Lot 460		Estimate: $250 1922-30 Third Watermark 1d Carmine and Pale Green block of 48 from lower left corner of sheet showing part T.S. Harrison imprint, minor perf separation otherwise fine and with most units MUH, a scarce multiple. BW D106A, cat AU$240 as mounted mint
Lot 461		Estimate: $250 1922-30 Third Watermark 1d Carmine and Yellow-green John Ash (N over A setting) imprint block of 12 showing varieties 'Left Frame of Value Tablet Broken at Base (R9/1) and 'Left Frame of Value Tablet Buckled in Centre' (L10/1), very fine with only two units hinged. BW D106zb, cat AU$175 as mounted imprint block of 4
Lot 462		Estimate: $120 1922-30 Third Watermark 1d Carmine and Yellow-green John Ash (N over A setting) imprint block of 8 with varieties 'Left Frame of Value Tablet Broken at Base (L9/1) and 'Left Frame of Value Tablet Buckled at Centre (L10/1), some perf separation down gutter, otherwise fine with lower units unmounted. BW D106zb, cat AU$175 for block of 4
Lot 463		Estimate: $300 1922-30 Third Watermark 1½d three blocks of 4 with Harrison, Mullett and Ash imprints. Harrison block with second line of imprint slightly trimmed and lower units MUH, Mullett block with hinge reinforcement, and both with bands of gum toning; Ash imprint very fine MUH. BW D107z,za,zb, cat AU$1025 (12)
Lot 464		Estimate: $600 1922-30 Third Watermark 3d Carmine and Pale Green (Harrison printing) block of 36 from top left corner of sheet, very fine with most units MUH and a scarce multiple. BW D109A, cat AU$540 as mounted mint
Lot 465		Estimate: $600 1922-30 Third Watermark 6d Carmine and Pale Green (Harrison printing) gutter block of 20 from top of sheet, few split perfs, very fine MUH other than for a few marks on gum of several units, a scarce multiple. BW D112A, cat AU$1500+
Lot 466		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $270 1931-37 C of A Watermark 3d Carmine and Yellow-green left marginal block of 10 cancelled by Murrumbeena (Vic) cds 26 MY 37. Full OG with light toning, but rare in a multiple of this size. BW D118, cat AU$800+
Lot 467		Estimate: $800 1931-37 C of A Watermark 3d Carmine and Yellow-green John Ash (N over N setting) imprint block of 4 with varieties 'Break in Frame over U of AUSTRALIA' (L60) and 'RA of AUSTRALIA' joined (R55), cancelled Glebe (NSW) cds 28 DE 37. Several short perfs otherwise very fine and scarce. The R55 variety is normally corrected by makeready on this stamp, but is very clear on this block. BW D120z, cat AU$1400 for a mint imprint block
Lot 468		Estimate: $2,200 1931-37 C of A Watermark 3d Carmine and Yellow-green John Ash (N over EA setting) imprint block of 12 showing varieties 'Break in Frame over U of AUSTRALIA' (L60) and 'RA of AUSTRALIA Joined' (R55), very fine MUH. An exceptional imprint, possibly the largest block known, and a major rarity of this issue. BW D118za, cat AU$1500 as a mounted imprint block of 4 (the MUH stamps alone cat AU$3900)
Lot 469		Estimate: $120 1931-37 C of A Watermark 4d Carmine and Yellow-green John Ash (N over N setting) imprint block of 4 with varieties 'Break in Frame over U of AUSTRALIA' (L60) and 'RA of AUSTRALIA Joined' (R55), very fine MUH. BW D119z, cat AUS140+
Lot 470		Estimate: $120 1931-37 C of A Watermark 4d Carmine and Yellow-green John Ash (N over N setting) imprint block of 4 with varieties 'Break in Frame over U of AUSTRALIA' (L60) and 'RA of AUSTRALIA Joined' (R55), very fine with lower pair MUH. BW D111z, cat AU$200
Lot 471		Estimate: $800 1938 C of A Watermark Original Value Plates group of Ash imprints, comprising No Dot Plate ½d, 1d, 3d, 6d and 1/- blocks of 4 and 4d block of 8, and Dot Plate 1d, 2d blocks of 4 and 6d block of 8, very fine with most units MUH. BW cat AU$1860++ (44)
Lot 472		Estimate: $250 1946-57 C of A Watermark Redrawn Value Plates John Ash imprint blocks of 8, comprising 1d and 3d from Dot Plate, and 2d, 5d and 1/- from No Dot Plate, all very fine and only several units mounted. BW D130zc, 131za, 132zc, 134za and 138zb, cat AU$565 as imprint blocks of 4 (40)
Lot 473		Estimate: $600 1946-57 C of A Watermark Redrawn Value Plates By Authority imprint blocks of 8, comprising Dot Plate 1d, 3d, 5d, 1/-, No Dot Plate 3d, 4d, 6d and McCracken Plate 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d, 7d, 8d, 1/-. Very fine with all but a few units MUH. BW cat AU$1195++ (112)
Lot 474		Estimate: $100 1953-59 New Design for Shilling Values 1/- Carmine and Deep Green By Authority imprint block of 8, very fine with only two units hinged. BW D139C, cat AU$175
Lot 475		Estimate: $250 1953-59 New Design for Shilling Values 2/- Carmine and Yellow-green By Authority imprint block of 8 superb MUH. BW D140Az, cat AU$325 for block of 4
Lot 476		Estimate: $4,500 1953-59 New Designs for Shilling Values 2/- Carmine and Deep Green vertical block of 10 from upper left corner of sheet, superb MUH and with '25 Sheets No . . . ' accounting handstamp in violet on reverse, a rare multiple from this scarce printing. BW D140C cat AU$9500, SG D130a cat £3000