AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, DECIMAL ISSUES

Lot 487		Estimate: $350 1966-71 QEII 5c Blue, lower left corner block of nine, strong 'Offset' on reverse, BW 444c. Cat AU$675
Lot 488		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $240 1966 Navigators 50c Dampier, positional block of 20 (2x10) from right of sheet with Plate Nº 2 (inverted), BW 461zb
Lot 489		Estimate: $325 Realised Price : $270 1966-71 Navigators $1 Flinders Perf 14¾ x 14 gutter block of four from top of sheet showing Plate Nº 3, BW 464z
Lot 490		Estimate: $8,000 1966 Christmas 4c marginal pair, both with "Olive-green" background colour partly omitted, resulting in "4c" omitted, SG 407a, BW 471cc. [This is superior to the pair which sold for AU$11,500+ in our General Sale No.1]. One of the rarest errors of Decimal Australia. Cat AU$10,000
Lot 491		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $950 1969 Christmas 5c marginal pair, error 'Magenta (robes colouring and window shading) completely omitted on one and partly omitted on other', BW 507cc, SG 444a. Spectacular
Lot 492		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $145 1969 Primary Industry, 75 sets (300). Retail AU$525
Lot 493		Estimate: $150T 1970 Royal Visit, Japanese edition P.O. Pack (10). BW Cat AU$500
Lot 494		Estimate: $150 1971-74 Floral coil 7c, 'Buff omitted' in pair, BW 535ce
Lot 495		Estimate: $2,500T Realised Price : $1,900 1971 Aboriginal Art 20c, error 'Horizontal strip of five - one sepia omitted', BW 563ca. Cat AU$3500
Lot 496		Estimate: $700T 1971 Aboriginal Art 20c, error 'Blue omitted', BW 563cd. Cat AU$1000
Lot 497		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $38 1971 Christmas blocks of seven (4), odd blemish
Lot 498		Estimate: $2,500T 1972 Rehabilitation 18c strip of five, error 'Orange (inscription and value) partly omitted on two', BW 597cc. Spectacular due to third unit being almost completely omitted. Cat AU$3500
Lot 499		Estimate: $1,500T 1972 Pioneer Life 15c Food, error "Black completely omitted", SG 525a, BW 610c. Cat AU$4000
Lot 500		Estimate: $300T 1973-75 Marine Life 1c Shrimp, upper left corner block of eight (2x4) six units with 'Black partly omitted', more pronounced on upper four units
Lot 501		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 1973-75 Gemstones 8c Opal, error 'Black omitted', BW 644c, SG 551a. Cat £275
Lot 502		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $170 1973-75 Gemstones 10c Star Sapphire, 'Black partly omitted - 10c, AUSTRALIA and background colouring' in vertical pair with normal, from top of sheet. Unlisted in Brusden-White
Lot 503		Estimate: $800T Realised Price : $600 1973-75 Gemstones 10c Star Sapphire marginal strip of six, upper three units "Black completely omitted, adjoining unit partly omitted", others normal. SG 552ab, BW 648ca
Lot 504		Estimate: $250T Realised Price : $190 1974 Animals 30c Possum, variety 'Grey doubly printed', BW 662cc
Lot 505		Estimate: $1,500T 1974 Sport 7c Tennis, error 'Light Brown omitted', BW 674c
Lot 506		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $200 1974 Christmas 35c, Plate 4 gutter block of four from right, BW 681ze
Lot 507		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $48 1975 10c International Women's Year strip of three, 'Misplaced perforations', BW 691b
Lot 508		Estimate: $200T 1975 Prime Ministers 10c Lyons, variety 'Printed on gummed side', BW 694c. [One sheet of 100 recorded]
Lot 509		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $85 1975 Wildflowers 18c block of four, unlisted variety, 'Black misplaced downwards'
Lot 510		Estimate: $400 1975 Wildflowers 18c positional strip of ten, error 'Black omitted on eight units and partly on one', BW 725ca. [This format of the error first appeared in 2002 and only ten such strips are recorded]
Lot 511		Estimate: $400T 1975 Wildflowers 45c strip of four, error 'Dull Yellow-Green (leaves) completely omitted' on one, two partly so, other normal. BW 727ca
Lot 512		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $95 1976 Montreal Olympics, 100 sets in sheets (400)
Lot 513		Estimate: $1,000T 1976 Famous Australians 18c Laby, error 'Orange-Brown omitted', BW 758c, SG 638a
Lot 514		Estimate: $1,000 1977 Silver Jubilee 18c Imperforate block of 50, BW 765b. Cat AU$5000
Lot 515		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $190 1977 Silver Jubilee 18c, variety 'Offset of blue and black', BW 765c. The most striking of decimal offsets
Lot 516		Estimate: $1,000T 1978 Aviators 18c Hawker vertical marginal pair, upper unit 'Imperforate horizontally', BW 790b. Cat AU$1500
Lot 517		Estimate: $450T 1978 Aviators 18c Hinkler pair, error 'Completely imperf', SG 659a, BW 791b
Lot 518		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $380 1978 Aviators 18c Hinkler marginal vertical pair, error 'Imperforate upper unit', BW 791ba. Cat AU$1000
Lot 519		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 1978 Aviators 18c Kingsford Smith, Imperforate block of four from upper left corner of sheet, BW 792b, with matching normal block (8)
Lot 520		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 1978-79 Birds 20c Little Grebe, error 'Yellow (beak and eyes) omitted', SG 805cb, SG 673a. Thematic appeal
Lot 521		Estimate: $700 1978 20c Stamp Week, Imperforate chemical Proof marginal pair in red, green, pale green and dark blue, BW 823PP(1). Cat AU$1000
Lot 522		Estimate: $1,000T 1981 24c Fungi corner strip of four, error 'Imperf between stamp and margin', BW 912b. [Ten such imperf errors recorded]. Cat AU$1500
Lot 523		Estimate: $1,250 1979 20c Waterfalls marginal setenant strip of four, error 'Imperforate pair except at left', BW 843b, SG 713ab. Cat £750
Lot 524		Estimate: $600T Realised Price : $460 1980 Aircraft 22c Wackett, positional strip of five with misplaced perforations, resulting in left unit imperf between stamp and margin, and partly imperf horizontally, BW 883b
Lot 525		Estimate: $300T Realised Price : $230 1982 Whales 60c Trial printing - 'Solid greenish blue background', BW 930E(1), SG 841a
Lot 526		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $250 1983 27c Australia Day setenant pair, variety 'Printed on gummed side - black doubly printed', BW 988cc, SG 879ab
Lot 527		Estimate: $1,500 1984-86 Marine Life 55c Bennett's Nudibranch, error 'Cyan (inscription) omitted' tied to maximum card by Gladstone (Qld.) pictorial datestamp as are all recorded examples. Eight cards are believed to exist, SG 930a
Lot 528		Estimate: $175T Realised Price : $135 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, 158 sets, including sheets (474)
Lot 529		Estimate: $250T Realised Price : $190 1987 Technology 37c Bionic Ear, variety '"AUSTRALIA" at base rather than top due to misplaced perforations', BW 1224b
Lot 530		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $170 1988 Living Together 1c to $1, the 27 values in unfolded gutter blocks of 20 (540)
Lot 531		Estimate: $150T 1988 Seoul Olympics, 65 sets, including sheets (195)
Lot 532		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $270 1991 Waterbirds 100 sets in sheets (400)
Lot 533		Estimate: $200 1991 Sydney 'Across Town' labels, unopened pack of 50
Lot 534		Estimate: $150T Realised Price : $115 1992-94 $2.25 Threatened Species sheetlet, error 'Punch hole at bottom of sheetlet', BW 1567b
Lot 535		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $170 1994 Counter-printed Stamps, Kangaroo and Koala, strip of six with error 'Denomination and literal omitted', BW 1827ca
Lot 536		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $625 1995 45c Medical Scientists gutter block of ten showing incorrect sequences of sheet layout for Type I sheet, BW 1881ze