AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, DECIMAL ISSUES

Lot 279		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $42 1966 Photogravure Coil 'P.M.G./DEPT.' test coil in Black strip of 11. BW cat AU$88
Lot 280		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $575 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 281		Estimate: $1,400 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 282		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 283		Estimate: $9,000 Realised Price : $6,750 1967 5c Christmas vertical pair from right side of sheet error 'Imperforate Three Sides' superb MUH. One of the most important decimal errors, of which eight examples (four pairs) were found in a sheet sold at Toowoomba. BW 479b, cat AU$20000 (2002)
Lot 284		Estimate: $600 1970-75 Floral Coils 2c Sturt's Desert Rose strip of 7 of which five units are trimmed diagonally and showing error Imperforate', the lower three units showing portions of three normally perforated stamps to the left. Between the fifth and sixth units appear short overlapping colour bars which do not exist on the issued stamps. These imperforate stamps are believed to represent an extra column of stamps that was on the printing plate but was normally trimmed off and discarded. Probably of 'printer's waste' status but nevertheless of considerable technical interest; the BW catalogue illustrates a similar strip of 3. BW 530ce, cat AU$1000
Lot 285		Estimate: $750 1970-75 Floral Coils 7c Sturt's Desert Pea block of 4 cancelled by wavy line machine cancellation 19 NOV 74 and with full OG. Only several such blocks are recorded, and an explanation for their existence has not been forthcoming and the status is uncertain. BW 535b, cat AU$1200
Lot 286		Estimate: $250 1970-71 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 287		Estimate: $2,500 1970-75 Floral Coils 7c Sturt's Desert Pea strip of 6 all with error 'Buff Omitted and Green Misplaced', stamps 3, 4, and 5 additionally with error 'Black Omitted' (partial on stamp 5), superb MUH. The rarest of all the 7c missing colour errors, with 12 strips recorded. BW 535cd, cat AU$3500
Lot 288		Estimate: $200 1970-75 Floral Coils 7c Sturt's Desert Pea strip of 4 with upper pair error 'Buff and Green Misplaced', and lower pair error 'Buff and Green Omitted', superb MUH. BW 535cg, cat AU$250+
Lot 289		Estimate: $800 1970-75 Floral Coils 7c Sturt's Desert Pea strip of 6 with error 'Buff Omitted and Green Misplaced', and a second strip of 6 with top two 'Buff and Green Misplaced', third stamp 'Buff and Green Misplaced with Buff Partly Omitted', and lower three 'Buff Omitted and Green Misplaced', both strips superb MUH, the second with 1998 RPSV Certificate. BW 535ce, cat AU$2700 (12)
Lot 290		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $230 1974 Marsupials 75c Feather-tailed Glider solo usage on 1975 (14 July) Messenger Delivery cover from Parramatta to Sydney, fine and very scarce
Lot 291		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 1974-77 Paintings $2 'Blue Gums' solo frankings on three covers, with 1977 paying registration only with postage unpaid, 1979 express air mail to U.S.A., and 1979 Messenger delivery Priority Paid in New South Wales, odd minor toning but a very scarce trio
Lot 292		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 1975 45c Callistemon Definitive vertical strip of 5 from lower left corner of sheet, error 'Dull Yellow-green Omitted' from third unit, fourth unit with partial omission, superb MUH. BW 727ce, cat AU$750
Lot 293		Estimate: $250 1975 45c Callistemon definitive vertical strip of 5 from base of sheet, error 'Dull Yellow-green Omitted' from third unit, with slight omission from unit above. BW 727ce, cat AU$500
Lot 294		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 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
Lot 295		Estimate: $220 1975 45c Callistemon Definitive vertical pair from left of sheet, lower unit error 'Dull Yellow-green Omitted' with slight omission from upper unit. BW772cd, cat AU$500
Lot 296		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 297		Estimate: $150 1984 Frama Barred Edge Design strip (238mm) of unprinted paper with audit label printed in black at top, few minor blemishes. BW 1023PP(4)z, cat AU$500
Lot 298		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 299		Estimate: $1,500 1992 45c Thinking of You Booklet error 'All Printing on Stamp Pane Omitted', very fine and one of two recorded examples, with 2000 RPSV Certificate. BW B190Ac, cat AU$4000
Lot 300		Estimate: $1,200 1992 Threatened Species Self-adhesive Booklet Original Printing error 'All Printing (except helecon) Omitted', very fine, with normal booklet for comparison. BW 1564ca, which states about five booklets have been recorded, cat AU$3000
Lot 301		Estimate: $400 1992 Threatened Species Self-adhesive Booklet first reprint (1 Koala) variety 'Misplaced Die-cuts 6mm Downwards and 5mm to Left', very fine and probably the most spectacular of all the various misplacements found on these booklets. BW 1565ba, cat AU$750
Lot 302		Estimate: $220 1992 Threatened Species Self-adhesive Booklet (second reprint with 2 Koalas) error 'Die-cuts Omitted', very fine, approximately 20 recorded. BW 1566(1)b, cat AU$450
Lot 303		Estimate: $400 1992 Threatened Species Self-adhesive booklet sixth reprint (1 Kangaroo 1 Koala) error 'Helecon Omitted', very fine and rare, BW 1566(5)c which states four booklets exist, cat AU$1000
Lot 304		Estimate: $220 1992 Threatened Species Self-adhesive Sheetlet of 5 with overprint for World Columbian Stamp Expo error 'Imperforate', superb. It is believed that 48 sheetlets (an uncut printer's sheet) were issued thus. BW 1328cb, cat AU$500
Lot 305		Estimate: $100 1992 Threated Species Self-adhesive Sheetlet of 5 error 'Punch Hole at Bottom of Sheetlet', superb. BW 1567b, cat AU$200
Lot 306		Estimate: $80 1992 Threatened Species Self-adhesive sheetlet of 5 trial printing with 'All-over Helecon'. BW 1328c, cat AU$150
Lot 307		Estimate: $250 1994 45c Kangaroos and Koalas Definitives se-tenant block of 6 error 'Misplaced Perforations 6mm upwards' superb MUH, with normal block for comparison. BW 1722ba, cat AU$500 (12)
Lot 308		Estimate: $75 1994 Kangaroos and Koalas Definitives sheetlet of 5 with error 'Punch Hole at bottom of Sheetlet' superb mint. BW 1752b, cat AU$150 (2002)
Lot 309		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 310		Estimate: $1,400 1995 Christmas 45c Self-adhesive Booklet error 'Imperforate', very fine. BW 1901Ab, which states three complete booklets exist, cat AU$3500
Lot 311		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 312		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 2356c cat AU$3000