AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, QUEEN ELIZABETH II ISSUES

Lot 264		Estimate: $120 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 265		Estimate: $40 Realised Price : $30 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 266		Estimate: $50 1954 Royal Visit 3½d Carmine-red upper left corner block of 8 with variety 'Recut Lower Corners' on R4/1-2, fresh MUH, BW 308e
Lot 267		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 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 268		Estimate: $80 1959-64 8d Tiger Cat lower right corner block of 6, varieties 'Retouched Shading Right of Animal's Head' State III, and '8d Weak, with Shading Above Retouched', superb MUH, BW 358(II)sb,t, cat AU$175+
Lot 269		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 270		Estimate: $1,000 1959 5d Queensland Self-Government presentation die proof in issued colours liberated from sunken mount (45mm x 52mm), superb. Note that the violet colour of the jacaranda bush was typographed on the issued stamp, and this colour is handpainted on the proof. Nine die proofs were prepared, one of which is in the Royal Collection. BW 375DP(1), cat AU$2500
Lot 271		Estimate: $400 1962 5d John McDouall Stuart presentation die proof in issued colour in sunken frame with Note Printing Branch cachet on reverse endorsed '28.3.62/2' (for C.W. Davidson, Postmaster-General), badly stained by sellotape used for mounting proof, also with original envelope which contained the proof. Note that we have never seen a pristine example of this proof, all are apparently stained to some degree by the sellotape. Ten die proofs were prepared, one of which is in the Royal Collection. BW386P(1), cat AU$2500
Lot 272		Estimate: $700 1962 5d Country Women presentation die proof in issued colour in sunken frame with Note Printing Branch cachet on reverse endorsed '27.8.62/6' (for W.L. Russell, Stamp Advisory Committee), few stains on proofs and on frame. Ten die proofs were prepared, one of which is in the Royal Collection. BW 388DP(1), cat AU$2500
Lot 273		Estimate: $500 1962 5d Christmas presentation die proof in issued colour in sunken frame with Note Printing Branch cachet on reverse endorsed '17.10.62/5' (for B.F. Jones, Deputy Director-General of the P.M.G.s Department), significant staining of proof caused by sellotape used for mounting. Ten die proofs were prepared, one of which is in the Royal Collection. BW 389DP(1), cat AU$2500
Lot 274		Estimate: $700 1963 5d Christmas presentation die proof in issued colour in sunken frame with Note Printing Branch cachet on reverse endorsed '4.10.63/4' (for B.F. Jones, Deputy Director-General of the P.M.G.s Department), and with the envelope in which the proof was originally presented. Few stains around edges of stamp design where sellotape has been used for affixing proof, otherwise fine. Ten die proofs were prepared, one of which is in the Royal Collection. BW 410DP(1), cat AU$2500