RARITIES SALE, AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, DECIMAL ISSUES
Lot 124
Estimate: $1,500T
1966-71 QE2 7c Purple Type 6 \\\'Recut shading across top of stamp\\\', BW 447(1)me, the so-called \\\"lino square\\\" retouched, referred to in \\\'The 7c Queen Elizabeth II Definitive\\\' as \\\"A14\\\". [Six or seven examples recorded]
Lot 125
Estimate: $1,500
7c \\\'\\\"Violent corner\\\" recut in lower corner - State 1\\\' BW 447(1)o. [Four or five examples recorded]
Lot 126
Estimate: $1,500
7c \\\"Violent corner\\\" - State II, BW 447(1)oa. [Four or five examples recorded]
Lot 127
Estimate: $7,000
Realised Price : $8,000
1966 Birds, 13c Avocet, positional strip of five, top two units with error \\\"Red (head colour) omitted\\\", SG 392a, BW 454cb [Ten such strips recorded]. Spectacular item which would enhance any \\\'Bird\\\' exhibit. A similar strip sold for $8000+ in our Sale Nº1.
Lot 128
Estimate: $3,000T
Realised Price : $2,800
30c Ibis, marginal horizontal strip of four, error on left hand unit \\\"Red omitted\\\", SG 397a, BW 459cb
Lot 129
Estimate: $10,000T
1966 4c Christmas, marginal pair, both with \\\"Olive-green\\\" background colour partly omitted, resulting in \\\"4c\\\" omitted, SG 407a, BW 471ca. [This is superior to the pair we sold for $11,500+ in our Sale Nº1]. One of the rarest errors of Decimal Australia
Lot 130
Estimate: $7,500
Realised Price : $7,000
1966 4c Hartog, vertical strip of four, error \\\"Orange omitted on one and one partly omitted\\\", BW 472ca. A classic error.
Lot 131
Estimate: $20,000T
Realised Price : $16,000
1967 5c Christmas, vertical marginal pair, error \\\"IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY\\\", SG 415a, BW 478b. [Four such pairs recorded]. The most sought after Decimal Australia error
Lot 132
Estimate: $2,500
Realised Price : $1,900
1968 20c Weather Watch marginal pair from left pane, one showing \\\"Red largely omitted\\\", BW 480cc. [Two such pairs recorded]
Lot 133
Estimate: $1,500T
Realised Price : $1,500
1969 Christmas 5c, positional strip of five, error \\\"Magenta omitted\\\" on one and one partly omitted\\\", SG 444a, BW 507ca [Ten such strips recorded].
Lot 134
Estimate: $3,000T
Realised Price : $2,600
NEW DISCOVERY 1970-73 Floral coil, 7c Sturt\\\'s Desert Pea, strip of six, error \\\"Black and buff completely omitted on one, three with buff omitted and black partly omitted, two with buff omitted\\\". All showing green misplaced downwards, SG 468ba. BW 535cd variant. [This piece arrived too late to be listed as a new format in 2002 Brudsen-White catalogues].
Lot 135
Estimate: $1,000T
Realised Price : $800
7c Sturt\\\'s Desert Pea vertical strip of four \\\"Buff (shadows on leaves) omitted\\\" and \\\"Green misplaced downwards\\\",additionally showing varieties, \\\'Top of \\\"DE\\\" of DESERT missing\\\', BW 535ce,g, SG 468bb. Cat £800++
Lot 136
Estimate: $500T
Realised Price : $420
7c Sturt\\\'s Desert Pea vertical strip of four \\\"Buff and Green omitted\\\", additionally showing varieties, \\\'Top of \\\"DE\\\" of DESERT missing\\\', BW 535cg, g. (Not illustrated)
Lot 137
Estimate: $3,000T
Realised Price : $3,200
1971 6c R.A.A.F., error \\\"Black omitted\\\", SG 489a, BW 558c. Spectacular. [An example of this error sold for $3000 in our Sale Nº1]
Lot 138
Estimate: $1,000T
Realised Price : $900
1971 Aboriginal Art 25c, error \\\"Black omitted\\\" marginal example, SG 495a, BW 565c
Lot 139
Estimate: $1,500T
Realised Price : $1,350
35c marginal pair with sheet number, error \\\"Black completely omitted\\\" and one partly omitted, SG 497a, BW 570ca variant
18c Hinkler, vertical pair, error \\\"Imperf between stamp and margin\\\", BW 791bb.
Lot 154
Estimate: $5,000T
1979 Locomotives 20c \\\'THE GHOST TRAIN\\\' error ‣Black omitted”. Unique and the first time offered for what must surely be one of the most spectacular colour omission errors of Australia
Lot 155
Estimate: $1,500T
1981 24c Fungi, corner strip of four, error \\\"Imperf between stamp and margin\\\", BW 912b. [Ten such imperfs recorded].
Lot 156
Estimate: $1,200T
Realised Price : $900
1982 Whales 60c, marginal block of four, \\\'Solid greenish blue background\\\', from the Trial printing.
Lot 157
Estimate: $1,000T
Realised Price : $1,600
1987-88 Aboriginal Crafts 15c (Basket) Perf 14.8 (rather than 15.5) x imperf, BW 1245 (2002 edn), tied by Preston Mail Centre cancel to 1991 (8th Jul) commercial cover. The only cover found amongst a small number of used recorded (similarly at Preston). One of Australia\\\'s rarest non-error stamps
Lot 158
Estimate: $4,000
Realised Price : $4,000
1995 $8 Christmas Booklet, the twenty 40c units error \\\'IMPERFORATE\\\', BW 1901b. [Three known – a modern rarity]
Lot 159
Estimate: $1,750T
Realised Price : $1,400
2000 Australian Legends - 4th series $4.50 Booklet with error, \\\"Gold omitted on the two Alec Campbell adhesives\\\", SG 1951ab - unpriced, BW 2278bb.