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Online Sale No. 68 |
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, DECIMAL ISSUES
| Lot 603 |
'Printed on the Gum' varieties, comprising 1973 7c Christmas, 1974 10c Star Sapphire, 1975 10c Road Safety, 1975 Prime Ministers (Joseph Lyons) and 1975 10c Edith Cowan, superb MUH. BW cat (2002) AU$950 (5)  | |||
| Lot 604 |
1966 4c Red QEII from left of sheet with error 'Imperforate at Left', two small tone spots on reverse otherwise very fine MUH. Only ten examples recorded from the only sheet found. BW 439bn, cat AU$4000 (2001)  | |||
| Lot 605 |
1967 5c Blue QEII double strip of 20, with Columns 3 to 10 'Double Perforation', believed to be the result of an attempt to correct sheets which showed the first two columns imperforate. Several units hinged, otherwise fine MUH. BW 444bc, cat AU$1200+  | |||
| Lot 606 |
1966 5c Blue and 6c Orange QEII each in corner block of 4 showing strong Offset varieties, very fine MUH (8)  | |||
| Lot 607 |
1971 7c Purple QEII Plate No. '14' block of 10 and strip of 20 from Sheet D, and '-14' strip of 10 and block of 16 from Sheet E. Some tone spots, mostly in selvedge, otherwise fine MUH (56)  | |||
| Lot 608 |
1966 Navigators 75c to $4 optd 'SPECIMEN', the 75c and $1 with 15.5mm opt, very fine MUH (4)  | |||
| Lot 609 |
1966 Navigators 75c, $1, $2 and $4 optd SPECIMEN, plus additional 75c and $1 with scarce 15.5mm overprint, very fine MUH (6)  | |||
| Lot 610 |
1966 75c Navigator optd SPECIMEN error 'Overprint Double' (almost coincident) superb MUH and very rare with only a small number of examples discovered so far. With 2003 Ceremuga Certificate. BW 462xa, cat AU$750 (2002)  | |||
| Lot 611 |
1970 Cook imperforate strip of 5 (from miniature sheet) + 5c Floral Coil tied by Cook Bicentenary Celebrations/Kurnell special cancel to 1970 (29 Apr) cover (opened at left), correct 30c airmail rate to U.K., very scarce usage  | |||
| Lot 612 |
1971 7c Sturt's Desert Pea Coil error 'Buff Omitted and Green Misplaced' strip of 6 fine MUH. BW 535ce, cat AU$1800 (2002), SG 468bb, cat £1350  | |||
| Lot 613 |
1971-74 7c Sturt's Desert Pea coil pair and single with 'Buff Omitted' (BW 535ce), and pair and single with 'Buff and Green Misplaced' (BW unlisted), fine MUH. Cat AU$900+ in 2002 (6)  | |||
| Lot 614 |
1971 7c Sturt's Desert Pea Coil strip of 4, upper pair error 'Buff Omitted and Green Misplaced', lower pair 'Buff and Green Omitted', fine MUH and a rare combination. BW 535cf, cat AU$1125+ (2002), SG 468bb,bc, cat £610+  | |||
| Lot 615 |
1971 7c Sturt's Desert Pea Coil error 'Buff Omitted and Green Misplaced' strips of 5 and 3, and single, all fine MUH. BW 535ce, cat AU$2700 (2002), SG 468bb, cat £2025  | |||
| Lot 616 |
1971 7c Sturt's Desert Pea Coil error 'Buff and Green Omitted' strip of 3, fine MUH. BW 535cg, cat AU$375 (2002), SG 468bc, cat £240  | |||
| Lot 617 |
1972 Munich Olympic Games set in matching Perth FDI cancelled blocks of 4 on Post Office 'Wattle' long generic FDCs (4), unaddressed, very scarce   | |||
| Lot 618 |
1972 Munich Olympic Games 7c Rowing upper left corner block of 4 showing varieties 'Retouch to Munich 1972' (1/2) and 'Retouch to tral of Australia' (2/1), superb MUH and rarely offered. These varieties were on the first black cylinder and were very short-lived. BW 602d,f, cat AU$600 (2002)  | |||
| Lot 619 |
1973 7c Metric Conversion (Volume) error 'Olive-brown Omitted' affecting drink and man's shorts, MUH from right of sheet, toning in selvedge and on perf tips, and officially defaced with black crayon line. BW 623cb, cat AU$2000 (2002) for undefaced  | |||
| Lot 620 |
1973 Famous Australian 7c Dame Mary Gilmore Die Proof in Black on wove paper backed onto thin card (73mm x 57mm) showing horizontal and vertical guidelines on all sides, very fine. Four die proofs exist in private hands, unlisted by BW  | |||
| Lot 621 |
1973-80 7c Gemstone error 'Black Omitted' from right of sheet, superb MUH  | |||
| Lot 622 |
1973-80 Gemstones 10c Star Sapphire block of 4 'Printed on Gummed Side', one unit toned on reverse otherwise fine MUH. BW 648ci cat AU$400 in 2002; SG 552ae cat £200  | |||
| Lot 623 |
1975 18c Helichrysum error 'Black Omitted', superb MUH  | |||
| Lot 624 |
1975 18c Helichrysum Definitive error 'Black Omitted' MUH. BW 725c, cat AU$60 (2002)  | |||
| Lot 625 |
1975 18c Helichrysum Definitive error 'black Omitted' MUH. BW 725c, cat AU$60 (2002)  | |||
| Lot 626 |
1975 45c Callistemon vertical strip of 4 from bottom of sheet, second unit error 'Dull Yellow-green omitted', third unit partly omitted, superb MUH. BW 727ce, cat AU$750 (2001)  | |||
| Lot 627 | 1978 Famous Australian Aviators 18c Hinkler block of 4 from top left corner of sheet error 'Upper Pair Imperforate' superb MUH. BW 791ba, cat AU$3000  | |||
| Lot 628 |
1978 Famous Australian Aviators 18c Ulm block of 4 from right side of sheet error 'Perforations Misplaced 4mm to Right', superb MUH. Uncatalogued by BW  | |||
| Lot 629 |
1978-84 Australian Birds 20c Eastern Yellow Robin horizontal strip of 5 from lower right corner of sheet error 'Yellow Omitted' (affecting bird's eye and beak), and showing diagonal colour bars in right selvedge with yellow omitted, superb MUH. BW 806cb cat AU$1250, SG 673a cat £950  | |||
| Lot 630 |
1986 Christmas 36c Three Wise Men block of 10 from right side of sheet showing 'Misplaced Perforations' 5mm upwards, superb MUH. BW 1178ba var  | |||
| Lot 631 |
1986 Christmas 36c Three Wise Men block of 4 showing 'Misplaced Perforations' 3mm to left, superb MUH from base of sheet  | |||
| Lot 632 |
1998 Champagne Roses Greetings Stamp self-adhesive booklet of 10 error 'Imperforate and Non-helecon', usual wrinkles on stamps as are found with all examples of this error, otherwise very fine BW 2085b, cat AU$750  | |||
