AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KING GEORGE V ISSUES, C OF A WATERMARK
Lot 397
Estimate: $120
Realised Price : $90
½d Orange Electro 8 Ash imprint blocks of 8, 4 (2) and pair, one block of 4 with variety 'Lower End of Left Fraction Bar Thickened', others showing make-ready corrections to this variety. Also block of 12 8R1-12, gum a little toned. Generally fine with most units MUH (30)
Lot 398
Estimate: $250
Realised Price : $210
½d Orange optd 'OS' mint range on hagners, mostly multiples, including plate varieties, 'Hollow S' variety, two Electro 8 imprint blocks, also CTO block of 4 showing Die 1a variety clear of opt (scarce), few small faults including some toning, one block with horizontal crease, mostly fine and largely MUH (85 M and 4 CTO)
Lot 399
Estimate: $500
Realised Price : $675
½d Orange overprinted 'OS' pair used on OHMS cover from Small Arms Factory at Lithgow (NSW) to Dundas, tied by Lithgow cds, 30 OC 33. Franked for the 1d printed matter (unsealed) rate, and a rare genuine commercial usage of this stamp
Lot 400
Estimate: $160
3d Blue Plate 7 Ash imprint block of 4, 4R55 with variety 'White Flaw Below Kangaroo's Paw', gum thins in lower selvedge, and gum slightly toned. BW 109(7)z, cat AU$400
Lot 401
Estimate: $200
3d Blue Plate 8 Ash imprint block of 4, one unit with stain on reverse, mounted in slevedge only. BW 109(8)z, cat AU$350
Lot 402
Estimate: $450
Realised Price : $340
3d Blue Plate 8 Ash imprint block of 4 variety 'Thin Paper', fine with large part OG and lower pair MUH. A scarce combination, BW 109(a)za, thin paper cat AU$150 each for mounted
Lot 403
Estimate: $160
Realised Price : $160
3d Blue Optd 'OS' Plate 8 CTO Ash imprint block of 8, very fine with full OG and unhinged
Lot 404
Estimate: $250
5d Orange-brown Plate 3 Ash imprint block of 4 punctured 'WA', R55 with variety 'Flawed Pearl in Crown at Left', fine with large part OG, BW cat AU$325 unpunctured
Lot 405
Estimate: $1,500
1/4d Deep Turquoise, a striking shade cancelled with Launceston South cds 17 AU 34, with the '7' officially altered to '6' in manuscript. Missing perf at right, otherwise fine. This stamp is clearly from a different sheet to that discussed in the BW footnote, sold in 1938 in Queensland. BW 131c, cat AU$6250
