AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY

Lot 641		Estimate: $4,000 Realised Price : $3,000 1957 2/- Blue block of 8 from right side of sheet with Plate No. '2' followed by five 'X's. Superb MUH and a very desirable Antarctic piece, this being the only plate number recorded for any of the engraved stamps, and one of only two or three examples known. BW AAT1z, cat AU$5000
Lot 642		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $1,900 1966 Decimal Definitives 1c to $1 (no 5c) Perforated Colour Separation Proofs, four for each value together with the issued stamps, superb and a spectacular assembly, ex Australia Post archival sales of 1986/87. Rare, with only six complete sets released and rarely offered (40 proofs + 10 stamps)
Lot 643		Estimate: $2,500T Realised Price : $1,900 1911 Antarctic Expedition: 1911 (23 Dec) cover addressed to Sandy Bay (Tas) with Tasmania 1d Pictorial cancelled Hobart machine cancel and also tied by fine strike of double circle 'LOOSE SHIP LETTER/POSTED AT/MACQUARIE ISLAND/S.Y. AURORA/A.A.E', very fine