AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, DECIMAL ISSUES

Lot 368	[ ** ]	Estimate: $750 Purchase Price : $670 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 369	[ ** ]	Estimate: $1,500 Purchase Price : $1,340 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 371	[ **/O ]	Estimate: $90 Purchase Price : $82 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 377	[ ** ]	Estimate: $600 Purchase Price : $536 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 385	[ CTO ]	Estimate: $750 Purchase Price : $670 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 386	[ ** ]	Estimate: $2,500 Purchase Price : $2,214 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 388	[ ** ]	Estimate: $200 Purchase Price : $175 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 389	[ ** ]	Estimate: $800 Purchase Price : $699 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 391	[ ** ]	Estimate: $350 Purchase Price : $315 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 392	[ ** ]	Estimate: $300 Purchase Price : $268 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 393	[ ** ]	Estimate: $320 Purchase Price : $280 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 394	[ ** ]	Estimate: $270 Purchase Price : $245 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 397	[ ** ]	Estimate: $200 Purchase Price : $175 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 398	[ ** ]	Estimate: $150 Purchase Price : $134 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 400	[ B ]	Estimate: $1,500 Purchase Price : $1,340 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 401	[ B ]	Estimate: $1,200 Purchase Price : $1,049 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 402	[ B ]	Estimate: $400 Purchase Price : $350 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 403	[ B ]	Estimate: $220 Purchase Price : $199 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 404	[ B ]	Estimate: $400 Purchase Price : $350 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 405	[ ** ]	Estimate: $220 Purchase Price : $199 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 406	[ ** ]	Estimate: $100 Purchase Price : $88 1992 Threated Species Self-adhesive Sheetlet of 5 error 'Punch Hole at Bottom of Sheetlet', superb. BW 1567b, cat AU$200
Lot 407	[ ** ]	Estimate: $80 Purchase Price : $70 1992 Threatened Species Self-adhesive sheetlet of 5 trial printing with 'All-over Helecon'. BW 1328c, cat AU$150
Lot 408	[ ** ]	Estimate: $250 Purchase Price : $222 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 409	[ ** ]	Estimate: $75 Purchase Price : $70 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 410	[ C ]	Estimate: $100 Purchase Price : $88 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 411	[ B ]	Estimate: $1,400 Purchase Price : $1,224 1995 Christmas 40c Self-adhesive Booklet error 'Imperforate', very fine. BW 1901Ab, which states three complete booklets exist, cat AU$3500
Lot 412	[ ^ ]	Estimate: $900 Purchase Price : $787 1995 40c 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