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Online General Sale No. 83 Bidding closes at 5pm AEDT on Friday 7th February 2025 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAGE DUES, MONOCOLOURED ISSUES, 1902 BLANK BASE
Lot 603 | [ O ] |
1902 Blank Base ½d - 5/- Perf 11½-12 (1d and 4d with Wmk Inverted), 1d and 2d Compound Perf 11½-12 and 11 (2d with Wmk Inverted), and 1d Perf 11, all fine used and mostly dated examples, the rare 1d Perf 11 cancelled at Yaamba (Qld) AU 28 03. The complete set of all perfs and rarely offered as such. BW cat AU$2150+, SG cat £1485 (11)  | ||
| Lot 604 | [ (*) ] |
1902 Blank Base Watermark Crown over NSW ½d to 5/- unused blocks of 4 without gum, fine and a very difficult set to complete, the 8d being very scarce and the 5/- rare in blocks. BW cat AU$2900, SG cat £2400 (32)  | ||
| Lot 605 | [ S/* ] |
1902 Blank Base ½d, 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d and 8d overprinted SPECIMEN (18¼ x 2½mm) vertically as used for the Tasmanian U.P.U. distribution (1d, 3d, 4d and 6d with Watermark Inverted), part OG but 8d badly toned gum. BW cat AU$700 (7)  | ||
| Lot 606 | [ S/* ] |
1902 Blank Base ½d, 1d, 2d, 4d and 5/- handstamped seriffed SPECIMEN (22 x 3mm), being the mint stamps as supplied by Queensland for distribution to the U.P.U., the SPECIMEN being applied as a receiving handstamp to the stamps supplied to Bechuanaland. All with toned gum and some mild facial foxing, however a unique group unlisted by BW (5)  | ||
| Lot 607 | [ ** ] |
1902 Blank Base ½d Emerald Perf 11½-12 interpane block of 49 from top right corner of sheet demonstrating the secondary flaws found on each block of 30, very fine MUH. BW D1A, cat AU$980++  | ||
| Lot 608 | [ * ] |
1902 Blank Base Watermark Crown over NSW Perf 11½-12 3d Emerald sheet of 120 with Watermark Inverted, divided into left and right panes of 60 and permanently mounted on acid free paper, with descriptions of major secondary and tertiary plate flaw, very fine and the largest surviving multiples of this value. BW D7a, cat AU$7200, SG D4a cat £6000 (120)   | ||
| Lot 609 | [ * ] |
1902 Blank Base Watermark Crown over NSW Perf 11½, 12 6d Emerald sheet of 120 with Watermark Inverted divided into left and right panes of 60 and permanently mounted on acid-free paper with descriptions of major secondary and tertiary flaws, very fine and the largest surviving multiples of this value. BW D9a cat AU$9000, SG D6a cat £7200 (120)   | ||
