AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KANGAROO ISSUES, FIRST WATERMARK

Lot 248		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $1,100 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		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 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		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $160 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		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $340 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		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 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		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $170 ½d Green coil pair with coil join showing 'CA' monogram, very fine and lightly hinged
Lot 254		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $230 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		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 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		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460 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		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $800 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		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $270 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		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $125 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		Estimate: $90 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		Estimate: $60 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		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $1,900 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		Estimate: $500 6d Ultramarine Punctured Small 'OS' variety 'Watermark Inverted', few small stains at upper left. BW 17a, cat AU$4000 (in footnote)