AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, DECIMAL ISSUES

Lot 458		Estimate: $50 1966 Photogravure Coil 'P.M.G./DEPT.' test coil in Black strip of 11. BW cat AU$88
Lot 459		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1966 1c Deep Red-brown QEII extensive mint and used study on pages, mostly comprising positional pieces and including many of the listed plate varieties and with perf pip pieces, a fine lot (895 M, 68 U)
Lot 460		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1966 2c Olive-green QEII small mint study on pages including a number of the listed varieties (159 M, 8 U), and a similar more extensive study of the 3c Slate-green QEII including most of the listed plate varieties, also a non-helecon M block of 4 (435 M, 8 U). A fine lot (594 M, 16 U)
Lot 461		Estimate: $750 1966 4c Red Queen Elizabeth II large mint specialised study, mostly mounted on pages and largely comprising positional pieces, covering most of the listed plate varieties, with many perf pip and plate number blocks, also the different paper types, and all with copious notes identifying the various plates. Also a used range of the 5c on 4c booklet stamp with plate varieties. An exceptional lot that would form a significant basis for a specialised exhibit of this interesting issue. All very fine to superb and virtually all MUH (approx 2500)
Lot 462		Estimate: $1,500 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$3500
Lot 463		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $90 1967 5c Blue QEII study on album pages with mint positional pieces (incl sheet of 100) and used stamps, including many of the listed plate varieties, also a page of used booklet stamps with plate varieties. A useful lot (232 M, 93 U)
Lot 464		Estimate: $2,500 1966-71 Queen's Head Definitives 6c Die Proof in Orange (issued colour) in sunken frame (95mm x 100mm), superb. Only three die proofs are recorded in private hands, two of which are in the issued colour. BW446DP(1), cat AU$3000
Lot 465		Estimate: $90 1970 6c Orange QEII small mint and used study on pages including positional pieces and with a number of the listed plate varieties (80 M, 98 U)
Lot 466		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1966-71 Queen's Head Definitives 6c Orange lower left corner block of 4 showing medium strength 'Offset', superb MUH. BW 446c, cat AU$500
Lot 467		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $38 1966 $1 Matthew Flinders Plate No. 3 at top blocks of 4 (2) and Plate No. 3 at bottom block of 12 (tone spot on one perf), MUH (20)
Lot 468		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $280 1972 Primary Industries 25c Rice used on 1972 (23 July) cover from Melbourne to Manila, Philippines, paying the Zone 3 air mail rate. A scarce solo franking of the key stamp in the 1972 Primary Industries set
Lot 469		Estimate: $1,600 Realised Price : $1,600 1976 Olympic Games 40c horizontal strip of 5, fourth and fifth units error 'Black Omitted', fresh MUH, only ten strips exist. BW 745ca, cat AU$3000
Lot 470		Estimate: $1,100 Realised Price : $850 1977 Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II 18c block of 30 error 'Imperforate' showing colour control markings in lower selvedge, heavy horizontal and vertical creases affect ten stamps, and with a few other minor blemishes. From the uncut sheet said to have gone astray at Tullamarine Airport en route to the Note Printing Branch for perforation. BW 765b, cat AU$3000
Lot 471		Estimate: $2,200 Realised Price : $1,700 1977 Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II 18c pane of 50 error 'Imperforate', few minor wrinkles and one stamp with mark on reverse otherwise fresh MUH. From the printer's sheet said to have gone astray at Tullamarine Airport en route to the Note Printing Branch for perforation. Almost certainly the largest surviving multiple. BW 765b, cat AU$5000
Lot 472		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $320 1977 Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II 18c variety 'Offset of Blue and Black' superb MUH block of 4. BW 765c, cat AU$1000
Lot 473		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460 1977 Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II 45c Imperforate Plate Proof gutter block of 8 on thin card showing colour control markings in gutter. One uncut printers sheet of 200 reached the market. BW 766PP(1), cat AU$1200+
Lot 474		Estimate: $80 1977 18c Parliament House Anniversary on Australia Post FDC cancelled at Grenfell Street Adelaide, showing error 'Illustration at Left Omitted', with normal FDC for comparison
Lot 475		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $80 1978 National Stamp Week 20c Miniature Sheet in Presentation Pack showing error 'Blue Printing Omitted from Front Cover', with normal for comparison, not seen by us before
Lot 476		Estimate: $300 1980 National Stamp Week 22c right-hand pane of 50, fourth row with paper join variety through all units. this and the following lot (from the same sheet) are the only recorded examples. Couple of tone spots in selvedge, otherwise fine. BW 878ba, cat AU$400+
Lot 477		Estimate: $200 1980 National Stamp Week 22c left-hand pane of 50 with all selvedge removed, the fourth horizontal showing a paper join variety affecting all units. From the same sheet as the previous lot. Light tone spots on some units including the variety stamps. BW 878ba, cat AU$400+
Lot 478		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 1981 24c International Year of Disabled Persons top marginal block of 4 error 'Imperforate' superb MUH. It is believed that a pane of 50 may have been found. BW 916b, cat AU$1000+
Lot 479		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1985 30c Australia Day ('The Walls of China' design) error 'Misplaced Perforations 5mm to the left' fine used with machine cancel, the only recorded example known. BW 1087b, cat AU$200
Lot 480		Estimate: $60 1986 36c Wildlife Definitives strip of 10 from base of sheet showing wide selvedge with colour control circles and 'MODULE 4', fresh MUH. BW 1153z, cat AU$150 as a block of 20
Lot 481		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $380 1987 Christmas 30c se-tenant pair from the right side of the sheet, the left-hand unit error 'Imperforate' and the right-hand unit with misplaced perforations, superb MUH and very rare, with only several examples recorded. BW 1252b, cat AU$1000
Lot 482		Estimate: $750 1989 Sports Definitives 39c Fishing in $3.90 booklet (Leigh-Mardon Scoresby printing on CPL paper Perf 13.33 x 13.60) error 'Misguillotined Booklet' resulting in booklet pane 'zig-zag' effect with no stamps complete. BW 1374cb, cat AU$2000
Lot 483		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 1990-2013 range of limited edition overprints, both private and Australia Post productions, for philatelic exhibitions on booklets (10), miniature sheets (17), sheetlets (5, two cancelled), and 1993 45c Heritage blocks of 4 (3). Also Tamworth 2000 Slim Dusty, 2004 Swan River Stampshow (2), Australia 2013 Genesis of the Kangaroos and 1913-14 Unissued Stamps, and 2015 ACCC of NSW Anniversary personalised stamp sheetlets, and 1998 Johnny O'Keefe limited edition frame (34 items)
Lot 484		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 1995 Australian National Trust $1 and $2 single colour proofs in Deep Olive-green marginal from left of sheet, with normals for comparison. These proofs were part of the composite $1/$2 printing plates but were intended to be guillotined off and discarded. BW 1841/2PP(1), cat AU$600
Lot 485		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 1995 Australian National Trust $1 and $2 single colour proofs in Deep Olive-green marginal from right of sheet, with normals for comparison. These proofs were part of the composite $1/$2 printing plates but were intended to be guillotined and discarded. BW 1841/2PP(1), cat AU$600
Lot 486		Estimate: $100 1995 'The World Down Under' 45c Giant Trevally design error 'Misplaced Die-cuts 6mm to the right' used on small piece with machine cancel. Believed to be from a booklet rather than a roll, and showing a small portion of a marginal inscription to the right that is normally trimmed off the booklet panes. Rare, it is not certain that any other examples survive. BW 1894b, cat AU$100
Lot 487		Estimate: $900 1995 45c Christmas from $8 booklet error 'Die-cuts Omitted' block of 4 on small piece cancelled at Toowoomba (Qld), May 1996. Minor wrinkles on lower units, otherwise very fine and the only recorded used examples. BW 1901Ab, cat AU$3200
Lot 488		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $270 1997 Creatures of the Night 45c Spotted-tailed Quoll horizontal strip of 3 self-adhesive roll stamps error 'Imperforate'. As the roll stamps were arranged vertically, this strip must from an uncut printer's sheet and not issued in the normal way. the only example of this error so far reported. BW 2061b, cat AU$500
Lot 489		Estimate: $2,200 2000 Australian Olympic Games Gold Medallists: 45c Grant Hackett digitally-printed sheetlet of 10 error 'Printing Inverted' resulting in gross misplacement of perforations (the printing was made on pre-perforated sheets), fresh MUH and very rare. BW 2356b, cat AU$3000