AUSTRALASIA, AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAGE DUES

Lot 679		Estimate: $600 Selection on leaves including 1902 Blank at Base values to 8d (2) mint/used, 1902-04 to 5/- (2), 10d and 1/- unused, 1906-8 Crown single-lined A ½d, 1d, 2d, 4d and 6d used, ½d, 1d, 2d mint blocks of four, 1909-10 to 5/-, latter a block of four, various later mint and used to 5/-, mixed old-time condition (few 100)
Lot 680		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 1902 Blank at Base 5/- Emerald, BW D15, SG D8, fine used strip of three. Good perfs and excellent colour. A rare and attractive multiple
Lot 681		Estimate: $2,000 1902-04 Completed Design 10/- Dull Green, BW D50, SG D43, lovely centring and perfs, faintest trace of toning on two perfs. One of the key stamps of the early Commonwealth period
Lot 682		Estimate: $5,000 Realised Price : $3,800 1902-04 20/- Dull Green, SG D44, fresh and very lightly mounted. A fine example of this rare and underrated stamp
Lot 683		Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $600 1906-08 Wmk Crown over Single-lined A 3d Light Green perf 11½x11, BW D61, SG D48, a fine very lightly mounted example of this difficult stamp
Lot 684		Estimate: $500 1908-09 Stroke after Value 5/- Dull Green, SG D59, hinge remainder, fresh and well centred for this issue
Lot 685		Estimate: $3,000 Realised Price : $2,300 1908-09 10/- Dull Green, BW D74, SG D61 Inverted Watermark (as always found), a superb marginal example, very lightly mounted and rich colour
Lot 686		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $750 1909-10 Thick paper Wmk Crown over double-lined A, ½d to £1 (11)
Lot 687		Estimate: $2,000T 1909-10 2/- Rose-Red and Green, corner 'JBC' Monogram strip of three, BW 89zb
Lot 688		Estimate: $400 1909-10 10/- Rose-Red and Green, BW D91, SG D72, fine mint
Lot 689		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $1,900 1909-10 10/- Rose-Red and Green, BW D91, SG D72, fresh unmounted mint block of four, odd bend. One of the few known mint blocks
Lot 690		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1913-21 Thin paper 3d Carmine and Pale-Green, BW D100, SG D82, fresh unmounted
Lot 691		Estimate: $400 1913-21 4d Carmine and Yellow-Green perf 14, BW D101A, SG D83b. A very fine mint block of four, fresh and well centred for this issue
Lot 692		Estimate: $1,000 1913-21 4d Carmine and Pale Green WATERMARK SIDEWAYS, BW 101Ba, SG D83ba, fresh and lightly mounted. Scarce
Lot 693		Estimate: $1,250T 1913-21 £1 Scarlet and Yellow-Green, BW 104, SG D87, fresh and fine
Lot 694		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $480 1946-57 Redrawn Value Plate 1d 'Authority' imprint block of four with Plate No. 1 without dashes, BW 130z, lower units unmounted
Lot 695		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $525 1946-57 1d 'Authority' imprint block of eight with Plate No. ‘-1-‘ with dashes, BW 130za, lower units unmounted