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Internet General Sale No. 69 |
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KING GEORGE VI ISSUES
Lot 762 | [ **/* ] |
1937-49 Perf 13½ x 14 KGVI 3d Blue Die I 'White Wattles' marginal strip of 3 MUH (selvedge largely detached, and two with black adhesions on reverse), 3d Blue Die I marginal block of 15 and single superb MUH, 3d Blue Die 1A mint, and 3d Blue Die II Thin Paper mint (21)   | ||
| Lot 763 | [ C ] |
1937-49 Perf 13½ x 14 4d Koala pairs x 2 on separate 1938 (with KGVI 3d Blue Die I) and 1945 covers, Melbourne and Sydney to U.S.A., paying for airmail service within U.S.A. only. Nice duo (2)  | ||
| Lot 765 | [ **/* ] |
1937-49 Perf 13½ x 14 Robes 5/- Thick Paper pairs (2), £1 Thick Paper Ash imprint block of 4 lower units MUH, and 10/- Thin Paper By Authority imprint block of 4 lower units MUH (12)  | ||
| Lot 766 | [ ** ] |
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 767 | [ C ] |
1937-49 Perf 13½ 5/- Robes Thick Paper unusual solo franking tied by Casino 'TELEPHONE/AND SAVE/PETROL' frugality slogan to 1940 (19 Nov) censored airmail cover to Canada via Transpacific Clipper service, an expensive overpayment as rate for that service was 3/11d per half oz  | ||
| Lot 768 | [ C ] |
1937-49 10/- Robes Chalky paper + 1/6d Hermes + 4d Koala tied by GPO Sydney cds to 1941 (5 Jun) censored cover to USA (11/10d triple clipper rate for 1/1½oz letter)  | ||
| Lot 769 | [ ** ] |
1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 ½d Kangaroo study with both C of A Wmk and No Wmk printings with most of the major plate varieties and their subsequent retouches in positional pieces (incl the 'Foggy Hills Retouch' in a block of 80), some with coil perf, also a few blocks with varieties or imprints from the Perf 13½ x 14 issue. Virtually all very fine MUH and an excellent basis for further expansion (approx 1000)        | ||
| Lot 770 | [ ** ] |
1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 and 1948-56 No Watermark ½d Kangaroo comprehensive study of the printing electros, mostly in panes of 80 also with a number of sheets of 160, all with plate varieties noted, coil perfs blocks and sheets, wmkd 720 and 960 (2) coil leaders, No Wmk coil perf sheet of 320, and No Wmk sheet of 160 miscut with almost complete imprint at top. Virtually all very fine and MUH, an ex John Heath (1000s)       | ||
| Lot 771 | [ **/* ] |
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 775 | [ ** ] |
1948-56 Coat-of-Arms 5/-, 10/- and £1 By Authority imprint blocks of 4, 10/- missing corner perf otherwise fine MUH (12)  | ||
| Lot 776 | [ S/**/* ] |
1948-56 Coat-of-Arms 10/-, £1 and £2 optd SPECIMEN, £2 with traces of hinge (3)  | ||
| Lot 777 | [ FDC ] |
1949-50 Coat-of-Arms £1 blue on 'Wide World' First Day Cover with typed address to U.S.A. cancelled 'GREENSLOPES REPAT HOSPITAL/28NO49/QLD-AUST' cds. BW 270y, cat AU$750  | ||
| Lot 780 | [ ** ] |
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 784 | [ **/O ] |
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)  | ||
