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Online General Sale No. 84 Bidding closes at 5pm AEDT on Friday 1st August 2025 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KING GEORGE V SIDEFACE ISSUES, SMALL MULTIPLE WMK PERF 13½ X 12½
Lot 614 | [ **/* ] |
½d Orange Electros 8 and 9 Ash imprint blocks of 4, Electro 8 block tone spot on one unit, both blocks with lower pairs MUH. BW 68(8) and (9)z, cat AU$200 (8)  | ||
| Lot 615 | [ * ] |
1d Green pair punctured 'OS', Pane VI Nos 21-22, with varieties 'Dot Before 1 Retouched' and 'Thin Left Frame', lightly hinged and fine. BW 81(3)nb, cat AU$200  | ||
| Lot 616 | [ **/* ] |
1d Green upper left corner single with variety 'Secret Mark Retouched' (Pane VII/1), toned gum, and similar for C of A Wmk, fine, both mounted in selvedge only. BW 81(4)da, 823(4)da, cat AU$90+ (2)  | ||
| Lot 617 | [ **/* ] |
1d Green block of 4 with varieties 'Wattle Line State II Re-entry' (Pane VII/31), 'Nick Near Top of Left Frame' (Pane VII/32) and 'Flaw Under Neck State IV 2nd Re-entry' (Pane VII/37), lower units unmounted but with some gum toning. BW 81(4)fb,g,hc, cat AU$130+  | ||
| Lot 618 | [ * ] |
1d Green variety 'Ferns' (Pane VII/54), three short or missing perfs, large part OG. BW 81(4)ia, cat AU$350  | ||
| Lot 619 | [ (*) ] |
1d Green block of 4 with varieties 'White Spot in S.E. Corner' (Pane VIII/54) and 'Run N - 3rd State (Pane VIII/60), block with no gum. BW 81(4)s,vc, cat AU$90+  | ||
| Lot 620 | [ ** ] |
1d Green Plate 4 John Ash imprint block of 8 (N over N setting), including varieties 'Ferns' (Pane VII/54) and 'RA Joined Retouched' (Pane VII/60). Slight perf separation at top of central gutter, otherwise very fine MUH. BW 80(4)zb, cat AU$250 as mounted imprint block of 4  | ||
| Lot 621 | [ ** ] |
1d Green coil strip of 7 variety 'Watermark Inverted', split and rejoined between the fourth and fifth stamps, and showing coil join between the third and fourth stamps. Light toning on right side of the lower two units, otherwise fine MUH and scarce in a piece of this size. BW 81a, cat AU$1225+  | ||
| Lot 622 | [ **/* ] |
1d Green coil strip of 4 variety 'Watermark Inverted', two MUH but with toned gum. BW 81a, cat AU$550  | ||
| Lot 623 | [ **/* ] |
1½d Red Die II Plates 1 to 4 plate dot blocks of 4 from top right corner of sheet, Plate 4 toned gum, others fine and mostly MUH. BW cat AU$600 (16)  | ||
| Lot 624 | [ **/* ] |
1½d Red Die II Plate 2 Mullett imprint strip of 4 (fine MUH), 2L59 showing Fifth Correction to Void Corner and Ash imprint (N over N setting) strip of 4 (fine and hinged in central gutter only) showing subsequent deterioration. BW 92(2)zb, zd, cat AU$700 as blocks of 8 (8)  | ||
| Lot 625 | [ **/* ] |
1½d Red Die II Plate 2 Mullett imprint block of 8 with varieties 'Scratch in Front of King's Forehead' (2L54) and 'Void Corner - Fifth Correction' (2L59), very fine with lower units MUH. BW 92(2)zb, cat AU$400  | ||
| Lot 626 | [ **/* ] |
1½d Red Die II 1½d Plate 2 Mullett imprint block of 8 with varieties 'Scratch in Front of King's Forehead (2L54) and 'Void Corner' (Fifth Correction, 2L59), very fine with lower units MUh. BW 92(2)zb, cat AU$400  | ||
| Lot 627 | [ **/* ] |
1½d Red Die II Ash imprint (N over N setting) block of 12 from plate 4 showing 4L47 'Re-entry Behind Kangaroo' and 4L53 'Second Re-entry' (reversion to Type A), and 4L60 'Nick on Inside of Right Frame Opposite Emu's Neck'. Slight perf separation at top and mounted in central gutter only, a very scarce positional piece, the 4L60 variety was quickly corrected  | ||
| Lot 628 | [ * ] |
1½d Red horizontal pair, left unit variety 'Type B Re-entry with Compartment Line at Left (4R27) fine and lightly mounted. BW 92(4)lb, cat AU$150  | ||
| Lot 629 | [ * ] |
1½d Red Die II coil strip of 3 (straight edge down right side) with coil leader attached printed in black on pink paper '800 THREE HALFPENCE STAMPS/VALUE £5'. Perfs reinforced with hinges, however the only recorded example and a major coil stamp rarity illustrated in the BW catalogue. BW 92bb, cat AU$6000  | ||
| Lot 630 | [ * ] |
1½d Red Die II coil pair (from top of sheet with Plate 3 dots) attached to perforated strip of pink paper and the thin cardboard core around which the coil was wound. Some perf reinforcement, however the only such example of this we have seen in the George V issues  | ||
| Lot 631 | [ **/*/O ] |
1½d Red Die II study of the booklet plates, including panes of 6 (x 14) and smaller multiples (a few are Perf 14, and there are a few used stamps), and two 2/3d booklets with incomplete contents, all with plate flaws identified, mostly MUH. A difficult group to replicate. BW 92c, the intact booklet panes (3 wmk upright and 11 wmk inverted) alone catalogue AU$5300 (129)          | ||
| Lot 632 | [ C ] |
2d Red-brown Die II Ash imprint blocks of 4 from Plates 1 and 2, fine with stamps MUH. BW 99(1)z and 99(2)z, cat AU$600 (8)  | ||
| Lot 633 | [ ** ] |
2d Golden Scarlet Die II blocks of 4 from the left and right corners of the top of the same sheet showing comb perf misplaced to right in top row, fine MUH (8)  | ||
| Lot 634 | [ O ] |
2d Golden Scarlet Die II overprinted 'OS' variety 'Watermark Inverted' cancelled Cordalba cds, few short perfs, from the original find of this variety. With 1999 Ceremuga Certificate. BW 102(OS)a, cat AU$500  | ||
| Lot 635 | [ **/* ] |
2d Red Die III Overprinted 'OS' Ash imprint block of 4, fine with lower units MUH. BW 102(OS)z, cat AU$225  | ||
| Lot 636 | [ ** ] |
3d Dull Blue Die 1a variety 'Watermark Inverted' block of 4, 3 x Type A and 1 x Type B, MUH toned gum. BW 107a/aa, cat AU$2250+  | ||
| Lot 637 | [ O ] |
3d Deep Blue punctured 'OS' vertical pair variety 'Dry Ink', a scarce used multiple. with 2023 Drury Certificate. BW 108Bc, cat AU$300  | ||
| Lot 638 | [ **/* ] |
3d Blue Die II Ash imprint block of 4, perf separation in central gutter, mounted in central gutter only. BW 108z,cat AU$400 for mounted block of 4  | ||
| Lot 639 | [ ** ] |
3d Blue Die II Ash imprint block of 4 fine MUH, gum tone spot on lower right unit. BW 108z, cat AU$400+  | ||
| Lot 640 | [ ** ] |
4d Olive Plate 3 Ash imprint block of 4 very fine MUH. BW 116(3)z, cat AU$500++  | ||
| Lot 641 | [ **/* ] |
4d Olive Plate 4 Punctured 'OS' Ash imprint block of 4 including variety 'Diagonal White Line on King's Cheek (4R55), very fine and mounted in central gutter only. BW 115(4)ba/z, cat AU$550+  | ||
| Lot 642 | [ **/* ] |
4d Olive Overprinted 'OS' Plate 4 Ash imprint block of 4 including variety 'Diagonal White Line on King's Neck' (4R55), slight gum toning, lower units MUH. BW 117(OS)(4)z, cat AU$600  | ||
| Lot 643 | [ **/* ] |
4½d Violet Die I Punctured 'OS' Ash imprint block of 8 including variety 'Deformed Left Bottom Frame (1R55), perfs split down central gutter, otherwise very fine and mounted in central gutter only. BW 120ba/z, cat AU$1000 as mounted block of 4 (8 x MUH 'OS' stamps cat AU$6400), a rare block  | ||
| Lot 644 | [ **/* ] |
5d Orange-brown Plate 2 Ash imprint block of 4, fine with lower pair MUH. BW 126z, cat AU$600  | ||
| Lot 645 | [ **/* ] |
1/4d Greenish-blue Ash imprint block of 4, fine and fresh, mounted in central gutter only. BW 130z, cat AU$3250  | ||
| Lot 646 | [ **/* ] |
'TWO/PENCE' on 1½d Red Plates 1 to 4 plate dot blocks of 4, Plate 1 block with perf separation in left selvedge, otherwise fine and mounted in selvedge only. BW 101(1)-(4)z, cat AU$300 (16)  | ||
| Lot 647 | [ **/* ] |
'FIVE/PENCE' on 4½d Violet Plate 3 Ash imprint block of 4 (N over N setting), gum toning and mounted in central gutter only. BW 125za, cat AU$150  | ||
