AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIES COLLECTORS SETS
Lot 576
Estimate: $100
Realised Price : $130
c1957 Australian Territories Collector's Specimen Set in cellophane pockets in grey folder with red-brown printing (C.2604/56 imprint at lower right on back), comprising Nauru 1954 ½d - 5/-, Norfolk Island 1947 ½d - 2/- Ball Bay, 1953 3½d - 5/- Pictorials and 1956 Pitcairners 3d and 2/-, and PNG 1952 ½d - £1 Definitives (3½d Carmine-red) and 1957 4d, 7d Surcharges, all CTO except PNG 10/- and £1 optd 'SPECIMEN'. Fine (37 stamps)
Lot 577
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $115
c1963 Australian Territories Collector's Specimen Set in cellophane pockets in grey folder (C.2604/56 imprint at lower right on back), comprising Christmas Island 1958 2c - $1 Definitives, Nauru 1954 ½d - 5/- and 1963 5d, 8d Definitives, Norfolk Island 1960-62 1d - 10/- Definitives, 1962-63 6d - 1/6d Fish, and PNG 1958-60 2/5d, 5/-, 1961-62 1d, 3d, 1/-, 2/-, 3/-, 1963 5d, 6d, 10/- and £1, and 1963 8d and 2/3d, all CTO except 10/- Norfolk (opt lower right) and PNG 10/- and £1 (15½mm) optd 'SPECIMEN'. Fine (52 stamps)
Lot 578
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $115
Early 1964 (?) Australian Territories Collector's Specimen Set in cellophane pockets in grey folder with red-brown printing (C.2604/56 imprint at lower left on back), comprising Christmas Island 1963 2c - $1, Nauru 1954 ½d - 5/- and 1963 5d, 8d, Norfolk Island 1960-62 1d - 10/-, and 1962-63 6d - 2/3d Fish, PNG 1958-60 5/-, 1961-62 1d, 1/-, 2/-, 3/-, 1963 5d, 6d, 10/-, £1, 1963 8d, 2/3d all CTO except Norfolk Island 10/- (opt upper left) and PNG 10/- and £1 (13½mm opt) optd 'SPECIMEN'. This pack would seem to date to early 1964 with the inclusion of the Christmas Island 1963 set and Norfolk Island 2/3d Fish; however, the PNG contents would seem to be incomplete. Fine (51 stamps)
Lot 579
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $170
1964 Australian Territories Collector's Specimen Set in glassine envelopes in grey folder with black text (C.11842/63 imprint at lower right on back), comprising Christmas Island 1963 2c - $1, Nauru 1954 ½d - 5/- and 1963-65 3d, 5d, 8d 10d, 2/3d, Norfolk Island 1960-62 1d, 2d, 3d, 10d, 1/1d, 2/-, 2/5d, 2/8d, 5/-, 10/-, 1962-63 6d - 2/3d Fish, 1964 5d, 8d, 9d Views, PNG 1961-62 1d, 3d, 2/-, 3/-, 1963 5d, 6d, 10/-, £1, 1963 8d, 2/3d, 1964 11d, 2/5d, 2/6d, 5/- Artefacts all CTO except Norfolk Island 10/- (opt at upper left), PNG 10/- and £1 (15½mm opt) optd 'SPECIMEN'. This folder must date from mid-1964 before the inclusion of the Norfolk Island 10d View and PNG 10/- Bird opt SPECIMEN. Fine (57 stamps)
Lot 580
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $115
1965 Australian Territories Collector's specimen set in glassine envelopes in grey folder with black text (C.11842/63 imprint at lower left on back), comprising Christmas Island 1963 2c - $1, Nauru 1954 ½d - 5/- and 1963-65 3d, 5d, 8d, 10d and 2/3d, Norfolk Island 1960-62 1d, 2d, 3d, 1/1d, 2/-, 2/5d, 2/8d, 5/-, 10/-, 1962-63 6d - 2/3d Fish, 1964 5d, 8d, 9d, 10d Views, PNG 1961-62 1d, 3d, 2/-, 3/, 1963 5d, £1, 1963 2/3d, 1964 10/- Bird and 11d, 2/5d, 2/6d, 5/- Artefacts, all CTO except Norfolk Island 10/- (opt bottom centre), PNG 10/- and £1 (13½m opts) optd 'SPECIMEN'. The final make-up for this Specimen set, which was withdrawn in February 1965. Fine (55 stamps)
