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

Lot 555		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 556		Estimate: $900 Realised Price : $675 1953 New Design for Shilling Values 1/- Carmine and Deep Green gutter block of 8 from top of sheet showing complete Plate No. '-1-' with dashes, superb MUH and very rare. BW D139z, cat AU$1250
Lot 557		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 558		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 559		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 560		Estimate: $350 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 561		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 562		Estimate: $500 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
Lot 563		1953-59 New Design for Shilling Values 5/- Carmine and Yellow-green By Authority imprint block of 4 (one unit hinged) and 5/- Brown-red and Deep Green By Authority imprint block of 8 (two units hinged), both very fine. BW D141Aza, D141Eza, cat AU$550+ as imprint blocks of 4