AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, DECIMAL ISSUES

Lot 538		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $160 1966-70 Definitives Presentation Pack, scarce
Lot 539		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $38 1966 QEII 1c Brown, variety 'Offset', BW 436c
Lot 540		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $95 1966 QEII 4c Red Booklet panes, set of six slogans
Lot 541		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $260 1966 Navigators selection comprising 40c (8), 50c (8), 75c (48, incl plate block), $1 (78), $2 (32), $4 (28), all in blocks, odd variety, majority fine (202). FV AU$297
Lot 542		Estimate: $70 Realised Price : $75 1966 $1 Flinders Perf 14¾
Lot 543		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $130 1966 Presentation Folders (2) with set to 50c (17) CTO and Navigators set (4) optd ‘SPECIMEN’ unmounted, plus another set without folder (63)
Lot 544		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $210 1966 Decimal set to 50c CTO and Navigators optd 'SPECIMEN', the 75c and $1 being the scarce 15mm types (21)
Lot 545		Estimate: $200 1968 5c Soil/Medical, six unfolded gutter blocks of 20 (10x2) with thick lines yielding 60 gutter pairs, one unit in each block with 'Needle in thumb' variety (120). Retail AU$600
Lot 546		Estimate: $500 1968 5c Soil/Medical, 13 unfolded gutter blocks of 20 (10x2) with other multiples and a further 26 gutter pairs, mostly thin lines, with FDI 'RELIEF No. 26' cancel in selvedge (156 gutter pairs). Retail AU$1560
Lot 547		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $60 1970 Cook Miniature Sheet 'ANPEX' opt (9). Retail AU$180
Lot 548		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 1970 Cook Miniature Sheet unofficial opt for Opening of Tullamarine Airport, unmounted (67)
Lot 549		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1970 Cook Miniature Sheet unofficial opt for Opening of Tullamarine Airport with Tullamarine or Philatelic Bureau cds 1 JY 70 [opening day] (21), and 40th International Eucharistic Congress (some misplaced overprint!) with the special pictorial postmark dated on three various days during the week of the Congress (24), (45 items)
Lot 550		Estimate: $300T Realised Price : $230 1971-74 Floral coil 7c Sturt's Desert Pea strip of four, error 'Buff (shadows on flowers) omitted and green misplaced downwards', BW 535ce, SG 468bb. 2001 RPSV Cert
Lot 551		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1971-74 Floral coil 7c Sturt’s Desert Pea, error 'Buff omitted' in pair, BW 535ce
Lot 552		Estimate: $40 Realised Price : $65 1971 Christmas blocks of seven (4), odd blemish
Lot 553		Estimate: $500T 1973-74 Gemstones 8c Opal, marginal example with error 'Ultramarine omitted', BW 644cd
Lot 554		Estimate: $600T 1973-74 Gemstones 10c Star Sapphire, corner strip of six, upper three units 'Black completely omitted, adjoining partly omitted', others normal, SG 552ab, BW 648ca
Lot 555		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $90 1974 U.P.U. 7c and 35c, corner blocks of ten optd 'SPECIMEN', fresh unmounted
Lot 556		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1975 10c International Women's Year KP6T paper vertical block of ten from right of sheet showing perforations misplaced 2½mm downwards, illustrated in ACSC, BW 691b. Cat AU$300
Lot 557		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $180 1975 Famous Women 10c Edith Cowan 'Printed on gummed side', BW 719c, with normal for comparison. Scarce
Lot 558		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $80 1975 Wildflowers 18c block of four, unlisted variety, 'Black misplaced downwards'
Lot 559		Estimate: $500 1975 45c marginal block of four, varieties 'Green-Grey (background) partly omitted’ on upper pair and 'Black misplaced upwards' all units. Previously unlisted
Lot 560		Estimate: $300 1976 18c Nationhood Die II error 'Gold omitted', BW 733c, SG 614b
Lot 561		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $270 1977 Silver Jubilee 18c 'COMPLETELY IMPERFORATE' lower left corner block of ten (5x2) with portion of colour bars, minor gum wrinkles, BW 765b. Cat AU$1000
Lot 562		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $1,800 1977 Imperforate Plate Proof on thick gummed paper, gutter block of 16 with colour bars between, tiny wrinkle on one, BW 76PP(1). Cat AU$4000+
Lot 563		Estimate: $100T Realised Price : $75 1977 18c Parliament House, variety 'Bluish Grey misplaced', BW 773cd
Lot 564		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $300 1978 Aviators 18c Kingsford Smith vertical marginal strip of nine, error 'Top unit imperforate, one partly imperforate, one double perf through centre, BW 792bc variant, hinged in selvedge only
Lot 565		Estimate: $250 1978-79 Birds 20c Little Grebe, marginal block of ten (5x2), variety 'Yellow misplaced 3mm to right'. Unlisted
Lot 566		Estimate: $200 1978-79 20c Little Grebe, error 'Yellow (beak and eyes) omitted', BW 805cb, SG 673a. Thematic appeal
Lot 567		Estimate: $1,250T Realised Price : $950 1978-79 20c Little Grebe, corner strip of ten, upper two units with error 'Black partly omitted', BW 805cg. Cat AU$2000
Lot 568		Estimate: $400 1978 20c National Stamp Week block of 15 (3x5) from right hand pane showing 'Misplaced (horizontal) perforations' on 9th row, BW 823b
Lot 569		Estimate: $2,000 1979 20c Waterfall upper right corner se-tenant block of eight, error 'Imperforate four sides' on marginal units, adjoining units 'Imperforate three sides', others normal, BW 843b, SG 713ab
Lot 570		Estimate: $300 1982 Whales 60c 'Solid greenish blue background', from Trial printing, BW 930E(1)
Lot 571		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460 1986 Christmas 36c, positional strip of five with portion of colour controls at top, showing 'Misplaced perforations' resulting in portion of design being void on top unit, lower units with portion of design from base at top. A new discovery and to be listed in the next edition of the ACSC
Lot 572		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $500 1993 Counter-Printed Perforated Trial NPC1 stamps affixed to waxed backing paper undenominated and uninscribed depicting a candle in black (inverted) and in scarlet, denominated 45c in black (inverted) and 75c in scarlet (4)
Lot 573		Estimate: $600 1993 Counter-Printed Perforated Trial NPC1 stamps affixed to waxed backing paper undenominated and uninscribed values depicting a candle in black (inverted) and in scarlet, denominated 60c in black (inverted) and 55c in scarlet (4)
Lot 574		Estimate: $300 1993 Counter-Printed Perforated Trial NPC1 stamps affixed to waxed backing paper undenominated depicting a candle in black (inverted) and denominated 45c in black (2)
Lot 575		Estimate: $300 1993 Counter-Printed Perforated Trial NPC1 stamps in affixed to waxed backing paper undenominated depicting a candle in black (inverted) and denominated 60c in black (2)
Lot 576		Estimate: $300 1993 Counter-Printed Perforated Trial NPC1 stamps in affixed to waxed backing paper undenominated depicting a candle in black (inverted) and denominated $1 in black (2)
Lot 577		Estimate: $80 1994 45c Kangaroo Imperforate marginal block of four with colour bars at top and portion of two adjoining units, on Cambec backing paper, soiling, crease and tear
Lot 578		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $125 2000 Olympics $4.50 Gold Medallist sheetlets of ten, complete set of 16 for both Digital (Sydney) and Offset-litho (original) printings on hagners in printed binder (32 sheetlets)
Lot 579		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $190 2007 Ashes PNC stamp and $1 coin covers consecutively numbered 7135-7136. Quickly becoming scarce