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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAGE DUES, BICOLOURED ISSUES, 1931-1937 C OF A WATERMARK
Lot 821 | [ **/* ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark Perf 14 1d N over A and 2d N over N Deep Carmine and Yellow-green Ash imprint blocks, 1d with varieties 'Left Frame of Value Tablet Broken at Base' (L9/1) and 'Left Frame of Value Tablet Buckled in Centre, and Scratch in Lower Left Corner' (R10/1), fine with large part OG, 2d without variety 'RA Joined' on R55 (tone spots in gutter). BW D114Az, D116z, cat AU$425 (8)  | ||
| Lot 822 | [ **/* ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark 1d Deep Carmine and Yellow-green John Ash (N over A setting) imprint block of 4 with variety 'Left Frame of Tablet Buckled and Broken and Scratch at Lower Left' (R55), very fine with large part OG, lower units MUH. BW D114z, cat AU$225  | ||
| Lot 823 | [ **/* ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark 2d Carmine and Yellow-green, and Red and Yellow-green Perf 14 John Ash (N over N setting) imprint blocks of 4, the first with varieties 'Break in Frame Over U of AUSTRALIA' (L60) and 'RA of AUSTRALIA Joined' (R55), the second with R55 corrected by makeready, both very fine with lower units MUH. BW D116z,za, cat AU$450 (8)  | ||
| Lot 824 | [ ** ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark ½d Carmine and Yellow-green John Ash imprint block of 8 with varieties 'Break in Frame Over U of AUSTRALIA' (L60) and 'RA of AUSTRALIA Joined' (R55), fresh and fine MUH. BW D113, cat AU$250++  | ||
| Lot 825 | [ **/* ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark 1d John Ash (N over A setting) imprint pair, with variety 'Left Frame Buckled and Broken and Scratch at Lower Left' (R55); John Ash (N over N setting) imprint block of 4 with same variety retouched; and John Ash (N over EA setting) imprints blocks of 4 (2), both with same variety retouched, from Frame Plates 1 and 2. All fine mint with large part OG, lower units of blocks MUH, a nice group. BW D115z, za, zb, zc, cat AU$425 (14)  | ||
| Lot 826 | [ **/* ] |
1931-37 C of Watermark 2d John Ash (N over N setting) imprint pairs, two shades from Frame Plate 1 with varieties 'Break in Frame Over U of AUSTRALIA' (L60), and 'RA of AUSTRALIA Joined' (R55), and CTO pair from Frame Plate 2, fine with two of the pairs MUH. BW D117z,za, cat Au$350 as mint imprint blocks of 4 (6)  | ||
| Lot 827 | [ **/* ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark 2d Perf 11 Carmine and Yellow-green Ash imprint blocks of 4 (2) and pairs (2), each showing varieties 'Break in Frame over U of AUSTRALIA' (L60) and 'RA of AUSTRALIA Joined' (R55). Each block has one unit with tone spot, and another spot in selvedge of one pair, large part OG. BW D117z, cat AU$125 for block of 4 (10)  | ||
| Lot 828 | [ ** ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark Perf 11 2d Carmine and Yellow-green John Ash (N over N setting) imprint block of 4 showing varieties 'Break in Frame over U of AUSTRALIA' (L60) and 'RA of AUSTRALIA Joined' (r55), very fine MUH. BW D117z, cat AU$125+  | ||
| Lot 829 | [ **/* ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark 3d Carmine and Yellow-green Ash imprint (N over N setting) block of 4, with variety 'Break in Frame Over U of AUSTRALIA' (L60), the 'RA' Joined variety on R55 corrected by makeready and not apparent. Large part OG with lower units MUH, very fine and a very scarce imprint. BW D118z, cat AU$1400  | ||
| Lot 830 | [ **/* ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark 3d Carmine and Yellow-green John Ash (N over EA setting) imprint block of 4 with varieties 'Break in Frame Over U of AUSTRALIA' (L60) and 'RA of AUSTRALIA Joined' (R55). Very fine with large part OG and lower units MUH, a very scarce imprint. BW D118za, cat AU$1500  | ||
| Lot 831 | [ **/* ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark Perf 11 3d Carmine and Yellow-green Ash imprint (N over EA setting) block of 4, tone spot in lower selvedge, large part slightly toned gum with lower units MUH, a very scarce imprint. BW D118za, cat AU$1500  | ||
| Lot 832 | [ ** ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark 3d Carmine and Yellow-green John Ash (N over EA setting) imprint block of 12 showing varieties 'Break in Frame over U of AUSTRALIA' (L60) and 'RA of AUSTRALIA Joined' (R55), very fine MUH. An exceptional imprint, possibly the largest block known, and a major rarity of this issue. BW D118za, cat AU$1500 as a mounted imprint block of 4 (the MUH stamps alone cat AU$3900)  | ||
| Lot 833 | [ **/* ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark 4d Carmine and Yellow-green John Ash (N over EA setting) imprint block of 4, with variety 'Break in Frame Over U of AUSTRALIA' ?(L60), R55 with 'RA Joined' variety corrected by makeready, very fine with lower units MUH. BW D119zb var, cat AU$140  | ||
| Lot 834 | [ **/* ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark 4d Carmine and Yellow-green John Ash (N over N setting) imprint blocks of 4 from Frame Plates 1 with variety Notch in Top Frame 1mm from Left Corner (R55), and from Frame Plate 2 with varieties 'Break in Frame Over U of AUSTRALIA' (L60) and 'RA of AUSTRALIA Joined' (R55). Both very fine with large part OG and lower units MUH. BW D119z,za, cat AU$260 (8)  | ||
| Lot 835 | [ **/* ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark 4d John Ash (N over EA setting) imprint blocks of 6 and 4 (2), one block of 4 from Frame Plate 1 with varieties 'Break in Frame Over U of AUSTRALIA' (L60) and 'RA of AUSTRALIA Joined' (R55), and blocks of 6 and 4 (shades) from Frame Plate 2, each with variety 'Notch in Top Frame 1mm from Left Corner' (R55), all very fine and each with lower units MUH. BW D119zb, zcv, cat AU$380 (12)  | ||
| Lot 836 | [ **/* ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark 4d Carmine and Yellow-green John Ash (N over N setting) imprint block of 4 with varieties 'Break in Frame over U of AUSTRALIA' (L60) and 'RA of AUSTRALIA Joined' (R55), very fine with lower pair MUH. BW D111z, cat AU$200  | ||
| Lot 837 | [ C ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark 6d Carmine and Yellow-green Ash imprint block of 8, very fine with almost full OG, lower units MUH, imprint setting left edge of tablet over space between 'JOHN' and 'ASH'. The only recorded imprint block of 8 of this stamp and a key piece of this issue. BW D120z, cat AU$5750 for a mint imprint block of 4  | ||
| Lot 838 | [ **/* ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark 6d Carmine and Yellow-green Ash imprint block of 4, very fine with a suspicion of a hinge, possibly MUH. The imprint setting differs from the block of 8, with the left frame of tablet in line with 'AS' of 'ASH'. Only three imprint blocks of 4 of this rare stamp are recorded. BW D120, cat AU$5750+  | ||
| Lot 839 | [ O ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark 6d Carmine and Yellow-green block of 8 cancelled Warragul (Vic) cds, 11OC37. Very fine other than a couple of shortish perfs at left and the largest used multiple recorded. An important piece of this famous stamp. BW D120, cat AU$3200++  | ||
| Lot 841 | [ O ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark 1/- Carmine and Yellow-green sheet of 120 divided into left and right panes (gutter missing) and cancelled 'PRIVATE BOX ROOM/MELBOURNE' cds 2 AU 34. Three or four tone spots and several stamps affected by mild crease, however a rare survivor. BW D121, cat AU$3000   | ||
| Lot 842 | [ ** ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark 1/- Carmine and Yellow-green Ash imprint (N over A setting) with varieties 'Break in Frame over U of AUSTRALIA' (L60) and 'RA Joined' (R55), very fine MUH. BW D121za, cat AU$475+  | ||
| Lot 843 | [ **/* ] |
1931-37 C of A Watermark 1/- Deep Carmine and Yellow-green Ash imprint block of 8 with varieties 'Break in Frame over U of AUSTRALIA' (L60) and 'RA of AUSTRALIA Joined' (R55), patches of light gum toning, lower units MUH. BW D121z, cat AU$475 as mint block of 4  | ||
