AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, 1913-14 ENGRAVED ISSUES

Lot 223		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $65 Plate I: 1d Pale Red, generally fine (13). Retail AU$180+
Lot 224		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $125 Plate I: 1d Pale Red upper left corner block of six with varieties 'Retouch to letters of value and base' and 'Retouched bottom frame', BW 59(1)d,e
Lot 225		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $80 Plate I: 1d Pale Red block of twelve with variety 'Weak entry and retouch to top frame', BW 59(1)h
Lot 226		Estimate: $80 Plate I: 1d Pale Red block of twelve with variety 'Retouched upper right frame', top row slight creasing, BW 59(1)i
Lot 227		Estimate: $100 Plate I: 1d Pale Red marginal block of ten with variety 'Retouch to bottom frame and right value tablet', BW 59(1)k
Lot 228		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $90 Plate I: 1d Pale Red corner block of 16 (2x8) with variety 'Re-entry and retouch at base', imprint at right on selvedge creased prior to printing with additional line of perfs adjacent to three units, minor toning and sensibly re-inforced, BW 59(1)m,zc
Lot 229		Estimate: $500 Plate I: 1d Pale Red, the four different positions of imprint in blocks of eight, the upper block with plate no., side blocks with slight crease and separation, BW 59(1)z-zc
Lot 230		Estimate: $150 1913 1d single with 'Double horizontal perforations at base', unused (stained) and mint block of nine showing 'ink stripping', few toned perfs
Lot 231		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $85 Plate II: 1d upper right corner block of twelve (3x4) with varieties 'No top line to crown' and 'Dash under "E" of ONE' on 1-4/9, mostly unmounted, BW 59(2)j,r
Lot 232		Estimate: $125T 1914 6d Kookaburra unmounted mint upper left corner single - faint gum bend and well centred hinge single
Lot 233		Estimate: $65 Realised Price : $60 1914 6d Kookaburra, mint and very fine used
Lot 234		Estimate: $50 1914 6d Kookaburra, CTO, beautifully centred
Lot 235		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,200 1914 6d Kookaburra 'COMMONWEALTH TREASURY MELBOURNE' imprint block of eight (4x2) from base of sheet, odd usual bend, BW 60zd. Very fresh
Lot 236		Estimate: $800 1914 6d Kookaburra, Plate N° '3' block of four, very fresh
Lot 237		Estimate: $100 6d Kookaburra + 3d Kangaroo + KGV 1d Red (corner dot) on piece cancelled at Sydney 14.11.14. Early use
Lot 238		Estimate: $3,000 Realised Price : $2,300 6d Kookaburra on 1915 (15th Jan) cover to Kentucky, tied by Melbourne cds and portion of straight-line 'PASSED' in violet, endorsed at base 'via S.S. Sonoma/sailing Sydney 16/1/15', U.S. cachet 'Supposed Liable to Custom Duty' applied at point of entry, minor blemishes. Probably the finest of the few known covers