AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, QUEEN ELIZABETH II ISSUES

Lot 693		Estimate: $180 Realised Price : $220 1953-1965 varied assortment of definitive issues on hagners, with 1953 block of 4 on PMG FDC, 1954 3d on service rate airmail covers (2), 1953 3½d publicity photo of artwork, 1955-57 issue various blocks including varieties, publicity photos, 1963 5d Green part imperf pieces from booklet plate, 1965 5d Red large quantity of blocks, panes and sheets including plate varieties. Virtually all mint and generally very fine (many 100s plus 6 covers)
Lot 694		Estimate: $200 Group of Post Office Publicity Cards, all with faults and/or staining, comprising 1953 1d QEII, 1953 3d Tasmanian Stamp Centenary, 3½d Red Cross Centenary, 1954 Cobb & Co (2) and 1955 3½d YMCA Anniversary. BW cat AU$1200
Lot 695		Estimate: $3,500 1953 Produce Food 3d and 3½d se-tenant strips of 3 presentation 'die proofs' in issued colours (actually imperforate stamps) in sunken mounts, with Note Printing cachets on reverse endorsed '6/23-1-53' (presented to Sir Daryl Lindsay of the Stamp Advisory Committee). Eight pairs of die proofs were prepared, one pair of which is in the Royal Philatelic Collection. A few tone spots on 3d Beef, otherwise fresh and superb and a rarely offered set. BW 287/8/9DP(1) and 290/1/2/DP(1), cat AU$18000 (2)
Lot 696		Estimate: $75 1953 Food Production 3½d Scarlet upper right corner MUH block of 18 with variety 'Colour Spur at Top of B of BEEF' and 'Retouch Beneath Milking Cup on Cow' Types II, III, V, VI, VII and VIII, BW 290 and 292 groups, cat AU$280+
Lot 697		Estimate: $500 1953-56 3½d Brown-red QEII Definitive reconstructed booklet plate of 576 in two panes on 288 (each comprising four panels of 48 - A to F at left and G to L at right), mounted (hinged) on two large boards. The reconstruction is based on the sequence of panes in booklets as supplied in packs to post offices. Very few such reconstructions exist (576)
Lot 698		Estimate: $40 Realised Price : $30 1954 Royal Visit set on plain First Day Cover (fault on reverse), 3½d with variety 'Re-entry in ROYAL VISIT, 3½d, etc', BW 308i
Lot 699		Estimate: $1,500 1954 3½d Red Cross Centenary accumulation of plate number blocks, with Nos. '1' left (5), '1' with dashes left (2), '1' with dashes right, '2' left, '2' with dashes left, '2' with dashes right (2), '3' with dashes left (3), '3' right, '4' left, '4' with dashes left (4), '4' with dashes right, and plate dot clocks - one dot left, one dot right (2), two dots left, two dots right (2). Largely MUH (one block used), few with tone spots but generally very fine. BW 312z-zq, cat AU$7100
Lot 700		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $160 1955-57 4d Claret QEII Definitive booklet pane of 6 used with 1958 3½d Christmas on 1959 (9 Jan) cover from Melbourne to London, overpaying the 2/3d airmail rate by ½d. Booklet pane on cover cat AU$200 by BW
Lot 701		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $800 1955 Presentation Booklet 'With the Compliments of the Director-General Posts and Telegraphs' containing 19 leaves (bound with cord) with printed descriptions of each stamp issue from 1952 2/6d Aborigine to 1955 2/- Green Olympic Games Publicity (similar, but of smaller format, to the Post Office Publicity Cards), and each with stamps affixed, mostly in pairs. Not seen by us before
Lot 702		Estimate: $30 Realised Price : $22 1956 Olympic Games 7½d vertical pair with QEII 4d tied by Katoomba cds to 1957 (11 Nov) registered commercial cover, upper unit of former variety 'Weak entry in Top Left Corner', BW 333f
Lot 703		1957 7d Flying Doctor variety 'Offset' (strong) fresh MUH, with normal stamp for comparison. BW 337c, cat AU$750
Lot 704		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $280 1958 5½d War Memorial se-tenant pair used on certified mail cover from Collingwood (Vic) to rosewater (SA), fine. BW cat AU$250 for solo use on cover
Lot 705		Estimate: $450 1959-63 5d Blue QEII Definitive reconstructed booklet plate of 576 in two panes of 288 (each comprising six panels of 48 - A to F at left and G to L at right) mounted (hinged) on two large boards. The reconstruction has been assembled from 1963 NSW booklet editions, based on the sequence of booklets as supplied in packets to post offices. Very few such reconstructions exist (576)
Lot 706		Estimate: $80 1959-64 6d Banded Anteater solo franking on Radio Australia postcard from Melbourne to Indonesia, undeliverable and with various Indonesian instructional marks, plus D.L.O. Melbourne pointing finger and boxed 'RETURN TO SENDER' in red. Very attractive, and a scarce solo franking. BW cat AU$150
Lot 707		Estimate: $30 1959-94 1/2d Tasmanian Tiger used on 1962 (8 Dec) picture postcard from Mascot (NSW) to Dundee, Scotland tied by machine cancellation. Few tone spots, a scarce solo usage
Lot 708		1959-64 1/- Platypus and 2/3d Wattle on 'Royal' FDC, the 2/3d variety 'Oblique Line Through Right Side of T of WATTLE', BW 368f cat AU$400 as stamp. Very rare on cover
Lot 709		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $42 1962 Perth Games 2/3d on 1963 double airmail rate commercial covers (2) to U.K., comprising pair and combination with 2/3d Royal Visit, scarce and attractive duo (2)
Lot 710		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $675 1963 5d Blue Mountains Die Proof in issued colour on thick paper (66mm x 53mm) with cut corners, fine and superb. This does not appear to be printed on stamp paper and may not therefore be a 'liberated' presentation die proof, but rather a previously unrecorded proof from a different source.
Lot 711		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1963-65 Navigators 4/- to £2 including 10/- and £1 both papers, fine used (8)
Lot 712		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $1,200 1964-65 Birds 1/6d Galah pair punctured 'VG' tied to 1966 (date unclear) 'Museum Specimens Only' packet from Melbourne to USA, paying very scarce 30c (3/-) other articles per 2oz. by airmail rate, exceptional £sd usage within decimal era, minor blemishes not detracting