AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KING GEORGE VI ISSUES

Lot 421		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $210 1937-49 Wmkd and 1948-56 No Wmk ½d Kangaroo large quantity of multiples in exercise book, mostly imprint pieces and including many listed varieties, also No Wmk three blocks of 20 from left side of sheet showing single or multiple (2) strikes of perforating comb in selvedge (1000++)
Lot 422		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $160 1937-49 Perf 13½ x 14 1½d Red-brown KGVI (2) tied by Sydney slogan cancel to 1939 (1 Jul) airmail postcard ('Koala' real photo - little soiled) to U.K., very scarce 3d EAMS airmail postcard rate
Lot 423		Estimate: $75 1937-49 Perf 13½ x 14 3d Blue KGVI Die II Thick and Thin papers tied to different editions of 'A.R.' card, also Perf 15 x 14 3d Brown KGVI similarly used, the last returned to sender (3)
Lot 424		Estimate: $500 1937-49 Robes 5/- Ash imprint blocks of 4 (4, each with gum creases and one with minor tone spots), 10/- Thick Paper Ash and By Authority imprint blocks of 4 and Thin Paper By Authority imprint block of 4 (all fine), and £1 Ash imprint blocks of 4 (both toned gum), MUH (36)
Lot 425		Estimate: $750 1937-49 Robes 5/-, 10/- and £1 Ash imprint blocks of 4, 5/- and 10/- with faint gum bends, £1 very fine and all MUH (12)
Lot 426		Estimate: $550 1937-49 Robes 10/- and £1 overprinted SPECIMEN, fine (2)
Lot 427		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $170 1937-49 selection of coil perforation singles (characteristic sharp horizontal perf teeth) on commercial covers, comprising Wmkd Kangaroo ('gripper' malfunction) + KGVI 2d Purple, KGVI 2d Scarlet Die II (scarce), QE 1d Maroon, ½d Kangaroo + KGVI 2d Mauve (join at base), ½d Kangaroo varied perf pair + KGVI 2d Purple, and No Wmk ½d Kangaroo varied perf pair + 1/6d Hermes on registered cover, elusive group, fine (6)
Lot 428		Estimate: $200 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 1d Green Queen Elizabeth Die II coil strip of 3 with uniformly large holes, very fine MUH
Lot 429		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 1d Green Queen Elizabeth Die II uniformly large holes coil pair (note also characteristic sharp horizontal perforation teeth) tied to cover (small flap fault) by Brisbane 1939 (11 Dec) 'Santa Claus' slogan cancel. Rare on cover
Lot 430		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 2d Scarlet Die II coil perforation single (characteristic sharp perforation teeth top and bottom) well tied by Brisbane 'BUY/WAR SAVINGS/CERTIFICATES' slogan cancel. Very scarce
Lot 431		Estimate: $700 1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 2d Scarlet KGVI Die II Coil strip of 4 with large and small holes, coil join between second and third units, three units MUH. BW AU$1500+
Lot 432		Estimate: $200 1937-49 Wmkd 1/6d Hermes commercial airmail covers, mostly solo frankings, comprising Thick (10) and Thin (8) papers, destinations including Aden, Czechoslovakia, (uncancelled), France, Germany (2, one American Zone), Holland (2, one registered 'A.R.'), Sweden Switzerland, censored (3) including 12/- triple 'clipper' rate, official use, odd fault, generally fine (18)
Lot 433		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $60 1940 A.I.F. 1d, 2d, 3d and 6d McCracken imprint blocks of 4, very fine with upper units only hinged (16)
Lot 434		Estimate: $120 1940 A.I.F. 1d McCracken imprint strip of 4 (hinged in margin), and 2d, 3d and 6d McCracken imprint blocks of 4 (MUH, 2d creases in selvedge) (16)
Lot 435		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1940 A.I.F. 1d, 2d and 6d in unusual composition for 1/6d airmail rate on commercial cover (small tear clear of stamps) to U.K., tied by Newcastle cds 1940 (7 Aug), and with Newcastle 'PASSED BY CENSOR/7' in violet
Lot 436		Estimate: $75 1940 A.I.F. 6d solo franking tied by Kingscote (SA) cds to 1941 (23 Apr) registered censored cover, overpaying by 1d registered British Empire rate to U.K., backstamped Melbourne
Lot 437		Estimate: $100 1942-44 KGVI 2½d Scarlet (2) plus ½d Kangaroo tied by Rockhampton slogan cancel to 1947 (4 Aug) airmail cover to South Australia, 2½d's showing good although not extreme examples of 'White Face' (BW 230c, cat AU$225 used), also imprint block punctured 'G/NSW' with two units showing 'Line Prolonged under AGE of POSTAGE' (BW 230f)
Lot 438		Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $90 1948-56 Coat-of-Arms 5/- By Authority imprint blocks of 4 (6), one with two stamps affected by light creases, others very fine MUH (24)
Lot 439		Estimate: $100 1948-56 5/- Coat-of-Arms standard-sized articles comprising 1956 and 1959 registered airmail covers to less usual destinations of Germany (French Zone) and Finland, rates of 7/3d (2/- airmail x 3 + 1/3d registration) and 6/6d (2/3d airmail x 2 + 2/- registration) (2 covers)
Lot 440		Estimate: $125 1948-56 10/- Coat-of-Arms with 2/- Aboriginal Art No Wmk (3) tied by Melbourne cds to 1959 (11 Jun) airmail cover to U.S.A. (16/- for 2/- airmail rate x 8)
Lot 441		Estimate: $110 Realised Price : $95 1948-50 Coat-of-Arms 10/-, £1 and £2 overprinted SPECIMEN, fine MUH (3)
Lot 442		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 1948-56 £1 Coat-of-Arms plus 2/- Aboriginal Art pair and 3d KGVI tied by Registered Perth cds to 1952 (22 Apr) registered parcel tag to Harvey, for carriage of precious metals by letter rate, in accordance with P.O. regulations (24/3d for 3½d for first oz. + 2½d each additional oz. x 112 + 9d registration fee)
Lot 443		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $75 1948-56 No Watermark ½d Orange Kangaroo By Authority imprint block of 20 from left side of sheet, the top seven rows showing varying degrees of ink stripping; also a block of 6 with one unit showing a printing ink flaw in front of the kangaroo. Fine, with most units MUH (26)
Lot 444		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $140 1948-56 No Watermark ½d Kangaroo coil perf in the distinctive Pale Orange-yellow (so-called 'Mellow-yellow'), BW 180C, MUH. Brusden-White Certificate (1997), only one sheet reported
Lot 445		Estimate: $150 1950-52 3d Scarlet KGVI Booklet Sheet of 144, fine apart from a few small tone spots, mostly in upper selvedge. BW 251c, cat AU$360
Lot 446		Estimate: $75 1952-65 2/6d Aborigine No Watermark ordinary paper MUH (2), white paper MUH (2) and U (10), and Emergency Printing MUH pair and U. Also variety 'Weak entry Around POSTAGE' (R10/4) in used pair (ordinary paper) and the retouch in used pair (white paper) (21)