AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAGE DUES, BICOLOURED ISSUES, 1953-59 NEW DESIGN FOR SHILLING VALUES

Lot 422		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $280 1953-59 New Design for Shilling Values, mint and used accumulation of 1/-, 2/- and 5/-, various printings represented (few of the very scarce 2/- Carmine e and Deep Green noted), many multiples including 2/- block of 24 M, 5/- block of 16 M, 1/- blocks of 48, 32 and 24 U, and 5/- two used panes of 60. Great material for research (approx 500)
Lot 423		Estimate: $100 1953-59 New Design for Shilling Values 1/- Carmine and Deep Green By Authority imprint block of 8, very fine with only two units hinged. BW D139C, cat AU$175
Lot 424		Estimate: $1,200 1953-59 New Design for Shilling Values 2/- Carmine and Deep Yellow-green sheet of 120 with minor perf separation in places in selvedge, otherwise very fine MUH. BW D140b, cat AU$3600 plus premium for imprint
Lot 425		Estimate: $250 1953-59 New Design for Shilling Values 2/- Carmine and Yellow-green By Authority imprint block of 8 superb MUH. BW D140Az, cat AU$325 for block of 4
Lot 426		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $270 1953-59 New Design for Shilling Values 2/- Carmine and Deep Green superb MUH example of this scarce shade. BW D140C cat AU$900, SG D130a cat £300
Lot 427		Estimate: $4,500 1953-59 New Designs for Shilling Values 2/- Carmine and Deep Green vertical block of 10 from upper left corner of sheet, superb MUH and with '25 Sheets No . . . ' accounting handstamp in violet on reverse, a rare multiple from this scarce printing. BW D140C cat AU$9500, SG D130a cat £3000
Lot 428		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $525 1953 C of A Watermark New Designs for Shilling Values 5/- Die II Bright Brown-red and Deep Green block of 4 from lower right corner of sheet, three units showing medium strength offset of value. Very fine with lower units MUH, believed to be the only recorded examples, this being the block illustrated in the BW catalogue. BW D142c, cat AU$750