AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, DECIMAL ISSUES

Lot 556 (Withdrawn)	[ C ]	1966 25c Bird, 1968 25c Floral Emblem and 1969 25c Primary Industries solo frankings on small 1969-70 Special Delivery envelopes, first a trifle toned (3)
Lot 559 (Withdrawn)	[ ** ]	1966 Navigators $1 Flinders Perf 14.78 x 14.10, fresh MUH
Lot 560	[ P ]	Estimate: $1,200 Purchase Price : $1,049 1968 Famous Australians 5c Edgeworth David Die Proof in Black on white wove paper with pale green litho tint affixed to thin card (54mm x 52mm), fine and the only recorded example in this shade. BW 496DP(1)C, cat AU$2000
Lot 561	[ P ]	Estimate: $700 Purchase Price : $612 1968 5c Macquarie Lighthouse Die Proof in Black on Buff tinted paper affixed to thin card (37 x 39mm) in Unadopted Design showing vertical lines at each side, very fine. Six examples are recorded of this essay die proof on various tinted papers. BW 499DP(1)C, cat AU$1500
Lot 562	[ P ]	Estimate: $1,200 Purchase Price : $1,049 1972 Prime Ministers W.M. Hughes Die Proof in Black on Pale Blue unevenly tinted wove paper affixed to thin card (82 x 83mm) with unissued 6c denomination. Fine and one of four recorded 6c die proofs in private hands on various tinted papers. BW588(DP)2C, cat AU$2000
Lot 569	[ ** ]	Estimate: $3,500 Purchase Price : $3,146 1990 43c Skateboarding Self-adhesive Roll Stamps letterpress-printed by Pemara, six strips of 3 of the 4 Koala Reprint showing progressive defective cyan printing, with eight stamps showing significant omission of the colour, four with only small traces. Believed to derive from an uncut waste sheet. One strip is that illustrated in the BW catalogue. BW 1383Ec, cat AU$1500 for each stamp showing significant omission