AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KING GEORGE V SIDEFACE ISSUES, C OF A WATERMARK

Lot 528		Estimate: $160 Realised Price : $120 ½d - 1/4d complete and superb MUH (8)
Lot 529		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 2d Red overprinted 'OS' significantly misplaced to left tied by Darwin cds to 1933 (29 Aug) official cover to USA, underfranked for foreign letter and taxed accordingly
Lot 530		Estimate: $175 3d Blue small collection on hagners with Plate 8 Ash imprint block of 4 MUH (few wrinkles in lower selvedge), M (3) and U (2) shades, OS overprint M pair, and a range of plated stamps, including listed varieties on 7R35, 7R55, 7R58, 8L11 and 8R1, few with small faults or toning but generally good (10M and 26U)
Lot 531		Estimate: $120 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 532		Estimate: $140 3d Blue Plate 8 Ash imprint block of 4, one unit with stain on reverse, mounted in selvedge only. BW 109(8)z, cat AU$350
Lot 533		Estimate: $75 4d Greenish-olive solo franking for 1-2oz letter tied by 'RELIEF STAMP/JAN 7-PM/1935/N.S.W.' repeater cancel, a little reduced at right, attractive
Lot 534		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 5d Yellow-brown overprinted 'OS' solo on 1934 (2 Jun) first flight Mundubbera to Brisbane cover. BW cat AU$750 for commercial cover
Lot 535		Estimate: $1,000 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