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Internet General Sale No. 75 |
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KANGAROO ISSUES, FIRST WATERMARK
| Lot 248 SOLD | [ * ] |
½d to 1/- (3d Die I) large part OG (3d no gum), several values with small tone spots. Also 10/- C of A Wmk part OG (disturbed gum) and £1 Light Brown and Pale Blue Third Wmk part OG with small thin and a couple of short perfs (12)  | ||
| Lot 249 SOLD | [ **/* ] |
½d Green coil strip of 6 with coil join (MUH, but tone spot on one unit), and coil pair with coil join with 'CA' monogram (fine), 1d Red Die I coil strip of 6 with coil join affixed at top (fine MUH but perfs trimmed at right), and strip of 3 (perfs trimmed at right), a scarce group (17)  | ||
| Lot 250 SOLD | [ * ] |
½d Green and 1d Red Die I pairs with coil joins showing 'CA' and 'JBC' monograms respectively, upper unit of 1d pair with vertical perfs severely trimmed, otherwise large part OG and fine (4)  | ||
| Lot 251 SOLD | [ ** ] |
½d Green coil strips of 8 (coil join between fifth and sixth stamps) and 7 (coil join between fifth and sixth stamps), former shows some units with trimmed perfs down left side. Both strips from Plate I, with minor plate varieties noted, fine MUH (15)  | ||
| Lot 252 SOLD | [ ** ] |
½d Green coil strip of 11 (perfs a little trimmed down left side), coil join between first and second stamps, and with variety 'ROSTAGE' State 2 (2L12), and tenth stamp showing 'Weakness off Queensland Coast', very fine; another coil strip of 11 with coil join between bottom two stamps, toned gum, and another coil strip of 4, also gum toned (25)  | ||
| Lot 253 SOLD | [ * ] |
½d Green coil pair with coil join showing 'CA' monogram, very fine and lightly hinged  | ||
| Lot 254 SOLD | [ C ] |
½d Green showing characteristic coil perforation (perfs trimmed at left) used on small mourning cover from Geelong to Bunninyong, 15 DEC 14. Fine and a very scarce usage  | ||
| Lot 255 SOLD | [ */O ] |
1d Red group showing perfs characteristic of coils, comprising mint vertical pairs Die I and Die II (2), Die IIA used with CA monogram, and Die I used with horizontal cuts (2), one with coil join attached, mostly fine (6 M and 3 U)  | ||
| Lot 256 SOLD | [ **/* ] |
1d Red Die I, two coil strips of 10 each showing some degree of trimmed perfs down left side, the first strip from Plate B showing coil join between second and third stamps, the eighth stamps showing 'Retouch over RA' (L34), and the ninth stamp '1 Flaw S.W. of Tasmania' State 2; the second strip showing coil join between seventh and eighth stamps. All but a couple of units MUH and of fine appearance (20)  | ||
| Lot 257 SOLD | [ ** ] |
1d Red Die I pair from coil machine (virtual straight edge right side) affixed to opened-out cardboard core of the coil roll. Very unusual and believed to be unique  | ||
| Lot 258 SOLD | [ C ] |
1d Red Die I showing characteristics of coil perforations, used with Victorian 1d and tied by Stock Exchange 'LATE/FEE' duplex on 1913 (11 Jun) cover to Wellington, NZ. Very fine  | ||
| Lot 259 SOLD | [ C ] |
1d Red Die I vertical pair showing characteristic coil perforation (right side trimmed) used from Perth to Bunbury (WA), 9 MAY 21. Few tone spots on cover and small portion of back flap missing, a scarce usage  | ||
Lot 260 | [ C ] |
1d Red Die II showing straight edges at top and bottom, indicative of use in a stamp affixing machine, used on 1914 (1 May) window envelope, very fine  | ||
| Lot 261 | [ C ] |
1d Red Die II (possibly from a coil) used with ½d Green KGV and Tasmania ½d Pictorial on 1920 (6 Dec) cover from Melbourne to Birmingham, light vertical fold, otherwise fine  | ||
| Lot 262 SOLD | [ ** ] |
1d Red Die IIA punctured Small OS coil strip of 27 showing two coil joins, one stamp folded and a couple with small tone spots, perfs trimmed down right side of strip but the general condition of a piece of this size is excellent. Punctured OS stamps were made into coils for use in stamp affixing machines purchased by Government Departments. A very scarce piece, catalogue of the stamps in normal sheet form alone is AU$6075  | ||
| Lot 263 | [ O ] |
6d Ultramarine Punctured Small 'OS' variety 'Watermark Inverted', few small stains at upper left. BW 17a, cat AU$4000 (in footnote)  | ||
