AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAGE DUES, MONOCOLOURED ISSUES

Lot 778		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $190 1902 Blank Base ½d - 5/- Green Perf 11½-12, fresh and lightly mounted. BW cat AU$765, SG cat £475 (8)
Lot 779		Estimate: $1,200 1902 Blank Base ½d - 5/- Perf 11½-12 (1d and 4d with wmk inverted), 1d and 2d Compound Perf 11½-12 and 11 (2d with wmk inverted), and 1d Perf 11, all fine used and mostly dated examples, the rare 1d Perf 11 cancelled at Yaamba (Qld) AU 28 03. The complete set of all perfs and rarely offered as such. BW cat AU$2150+, SG cat £1485 (11)
Lot 780		Estimate: $180 Realised Price : $145 1902 Blank Base overprinted 'SPECIMEN' vertically (as used for Tasmanian U.P.U. distribution), range comprising ½d (2), 2d (2), 3d (2), 6d (2) overprint reading down, and 1d (2), 2d, 4d (2) and 8d (2) overprint reading up, six with extensive toning, mostly large part original gum, a useful group (15). BW cat AU$1500
Lot 781		Estimate: $600 1902 Blank Base 1d Emerald-green Perf 11, with manuscript indelible pencil cancel and part OG, a very fine example of this rare stamp. BW D4 cat AU$1250, SG D12 cat £900
Lot 782		Estimate: $850 1902-04 Completed Design ½d-5/- used, with virtually all perf varieties, comprising 1d, 3d (Wmk Inv), 5d, 10d, 1/-, 2/- Perf 11½,12 (lacking the 2d), ½d, 1d, 2d (Wmk Inv), 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d (Wmk Inv), 8d (Wmk Inv), 10d, 1/-, 2/-, 5/- (Wmk Inv), Cpd Perf 11½, 12 and 11, ½d, 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d, 1/-, 5/- Perf 11 (½d, 2d, 3d, 4d and 6d with Wmk Inv). All fine to very fine and mostly with cds cancels, many dated. Also 1909 With Stroke 1/- and 5/- fine used with Perth Post Restante cds. Rarely offered so complete, SG cat £1552 (29)
Lot 783		Estimate: $1,300 1902-04 Base Completed ½d - 20/- overprinted SPECIMEN (Type 2) complete with all variations, comprising Perf 11½,12 5d, 10d, 1/- and 2/-, Perf 11 x 11½,12 ½d, 1d (both Wmk Inv), Perf 11½,12 x 11 2d, 3d, 4d, 8d, 5/- (all Wmk Inv except 2d), and Perf 11 ½d, 1d, 6d (all Wmk Inv), 10/- and 20/-. All very fine with large part OG with a number MUH (incl 5/- and 20/-). Rarely offered in this quality (16)
Lot 784		Estimate: $1,500 1902-04 Base Completed 10/- Dull Green very fine with large part OG and lightly hinged, small gum stain apparently caused by hinge. SG D43, cat £2000
Lot 785		Estimate: $1,250 Realised Price : $950 1902-04 Complete Base Watermark Crown over NSW (inverted) Perf 11 10/- Dull Green cancelled 'PARCEL BRANCH/SYDNEY N.S.W.' cds, fine and very rare. SG D43. cat £1800
Lot 786		Estimate: $3,250 1902-04 Base Completed 20/- Dull Green very fine part OG with several light hinge remainders. SG D44, cat £4250
Lot 787		Estimate: $750 1906-08 Watermark Crown over Single-lined A ½d-6d Green Perf 11½,12 x 11. Very fine for this issue with large part OG (½d and 1d MUH), 3d slightly toned gum but also MUH. SG D45-50, cat £1000+ (6)
Lot 788		Estimate: $1,750 1906-08 Watermark Crown over Single-lined A 1d Dull Green Perf 11, part OG with two light hinge remainders, a rare stamp in this condition. BW D48 cat AU$4500, SG D51 cat £3000
Lot 789		Estimate: $350 1906-8 Watermark Crown over Single-lined A 3d Green typical pale shade for this, large part OG but with peripheral gum toning, a scarce stamp. SG D48, cat £700
Lot 790		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1907 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A ½d, 1d, 2d, 4d and 6d Dull Green (½d and 1d with Wmk Inverted), ½d with one short perf, 4d with some gum toning, others large part OG and generally very fine for this issue. SG D53-57, cat £1050 (5)
Lot 791		Estimate: $500 1907 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A ½d, 1d, 2d, 4d, and 6d Dull Green, all very fine with large part OG and lightly hinged (½d MUH) (5)
Lot 792		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1908-09 Stroke After Figure of Value 1/- and 5/- Dull Green, large part OG but both with some toning on gum. SG D58-59, cat £380
Lot 793		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $575 1908-09 With Stroke Added 2/- Dull Green large part OG and lightly hinged, an exceptional example of this scarce stamp
Lot 794		Estimate: $2,000 1908-09 Stroke After Figure of Value 10/- Dull Green very fine with large part OG and very lightly hinged, an exceptional example of this rarity. BW D64, cat AU$3750, SG D61, cat £2500