AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAGE DUES

Lot 337		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $105 1902-04 Design Completed at Base Perf 11 6d Emerald, BW D37, SG D40. Retail AU$250
Lot 338		Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $650 1906-08 Wmk Crown over Single-Lined A Inverted Perf 11, 1d Light Green, BW D55a, SG D51aw, one slightly nibbed perf, used. Rare stamp
Lot 339		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $270 1907 Wmk Crown over double-lined A ½d to 6d, BW D66-70, SG D53-57, mixed condition. Retail AU$1500+
Lot 340		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $60 1908-09 Stroke after Value 1/- Dull Green, BW D71, SG D58, owner's handstamp on reverse, fine mint. Retail AU$225
Lot 341		Estimate: $7,500T 1913-21 Thin Paper 3d Carmine and Pale Green, 'WATERMARK SIDEWAYS', BW D100a, SG D82a, faintest trace of hinge. One of the great Postage Due rarities of the world, with less than 12 examples known to exist mint or used. [An unmounted example realised AU$11500 and a used example AU$8336 in our April 2004 auction]
Lot 342		Estimate: $175 1922-30 Third Wmk 'JOHN ASH' imprint pairs 1d (bend) and 2d, 3d block of four
Lot 343		Estimate: $250 1922-30 Third Wmk 1½d Harrison (trimmed), Mullett (reinforced) and Ash imprint blocks of four
Lot 344		Estimate: $2,000T 1922-30 Third Wmk 2d Carmine and Yellow-Green pair, error 'IMPERFORATE AT LEFT (from gutter)', BW D108b, right unit unmounted, fine and very fresh. One of three known examples. Ex Larson
Lot 345		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1931-37 CofA Wmk Perf 14 1d Carmine and Yellow-Green 'JOHN ASH' imprint block of four, BW D114z with 'make ready' correction to ' 'RA' joined'
Lot 346		Estimate: $200 1931-37 CofA Wmk Perf 11 ½d Carmine and Yellow-Green 'JOHN ASH' imprint block of four, BW D112zb, lower units unmounted
Lot 347		Estimate: $75 1946-56 Redrawn Value Plates 1d Carmine and Green 'JOHN ASH' (with dot) imprint block of eight, BW D130zc, six units unmounted
Lot 348		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $110 1946-56 Redrawn Value Plates 1d Carmine and Green 'By Authority' (with dot) imprint block of eight, BW D130ze, unmounted
Lot 349		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,150 1954 (17 Feb) New Value Plate, 1/- Carmine and Yellow-Green unaddressed FDC by Arthur Bergen, stamp tied by 'TRANS AUST RAILWAY/1/PAY TRAIN' cds (another strike on reverse). An extremely rare FDC (with perhaps as few as 10 prepared), unlisted in BW