AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KING GEORGE V ISSUES, 1914-24 SINGLE WATERMARK
Lot 320
Estimate: $1,250
½d Very Yellow ("Cyprus") Green, BW 63H, together with 1d violet, 1½d red and 1½d green tied to 1925 (21 Jul) cover carried on first aerial mail Broken Hill to Mildura (AAMC 89a). Attractive four colour franking - only three covers recorded bearing the "Cyprus" printing
Lot 321
Estimate: $10,000
Realised Price : $7,500
1d Perkins, Bacon and Co. Die Proof [State 2 - 'Head on lined background. The King's nose has been improved, and the hair is lightened'] in Black on thin glazed card cut-down (110x55mm), Perkins, Bacon cachet on reverse, endorsed 'State 2' at top right and 'First State' at lower right. Previously unrecorded, BW 70DP(12)Aa variant. Cat AU$20000
Lot 322
Estimate: $7,500
Realised Price : $6,000
1d Perkins, Bacon and Co. Die Proof [State 2 - 'Head on lined background. The King's nose has been improved, and the hair is lightened'] in Black on thin glazed card (125x95mm) without endorsements, slight crease to right, BW 70DP(12)Ac. [Four recorded]. Cat AU$15000
Lot 323
Estimate: $8,500
Realised Price : $6,500
1d Perkins, Bacon and Co. State 3 Die Proof (125x95mm) in Black - 'King's nose is straight, and the lined background is slightly modified', Unmasked and printed on thin white wove paper, without endorsements, slight toning and creasing, BW 70DP(13)Aa. [Four recorded]. Cat AU$17500
Lot 324
Estimate: $150
1d Dull Red Rough paper tied by Launceston machine cancel to 1918 postcard to U.S., censored at Melbourne when 'PASSED' handstamp had 'SS' and 'D' attached to forme by rubber bands (!), and 1d green pair tied to Brisbane local cover by two clear strikes of the cds clearly dated '15 MR 21', more than three years before issue. Novel duo
Lot 325
Estimate: $400
Realised Price : $320
1d Deep Violet (aniline), BW 75G, used strip of three. Scarce multiple
Lot 326
Estimate: $500
1½d Scarlet, variety 'Substituted cliche - deformed right frame', BW 89(15)ib, clearly date stamped at Sydney NO 10/1924. Cat AU$750
Lot 327
Estimate: $50
Realised Price : $38
2d Dull Orange punctured 'OS', BW 95ba
Lot 328
Estimate: $300
Realised Price : $290
2d Dull Orange punctured 'OS', block of six, some separation, centred left, BW 95ba, very fresh unmounted. Retail AU$900
Lot 329
Estimate: $250
2d Die I varieties on cover selection (13), comprising 2d brown-orange unlisted scratch upper left corner, 2d red shades ACSC-listed 96(8)d, (8A)i (2, one in pair), (10)d (2), (11)e, h and k, (12)i, unlisted red flaw lower right and "AUSTRALIA" letters largely joined (2), also 1½d red shades Die I various listed and unlisted varieties (7), including a nice scratch through right wattle
Lot 330
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $115
3d Blue Die 1a, corner block of four, one unit being Type B, one toned, BW 105,c
Lot 331
Estimate: $600
Realised Price : $500
4d Violet upper right corner block of six, varieties 'Thin 'FOU' of 'FOUR' (retouch)' and 'Weeping '4' at right' (lightly mounted), other units unmounted, BW 111(2)e,f, becoming separated, still a scarce positional piece
