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Internet General Sale No. 69 |
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KING GEORGE VI ISSUES
| Lot 761 SOLD | [ ** ] |
1937-49 Perf 13½ x 14 ½d Kangaroo study of the plates with numerous McCracken and Ash imprint blocks, including seven sheets of 80, all with plate varieties noted, all very fine and virtually all MUH. An excellent chance to acquire a comprehensive study of this issue, ex John Heath (approx 1000)      | ||
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 764 SOLD | [ C ] |
1937-49 Perf 13½ x 14 1/4d Magenta very scarce solo franking tied by Sydney slogan cancel to 1946 (18 May) airmail cover with 'IN USA' noted alongside printed BY AIR MAIL detail (rate was 8d per half oz. x 2, additional surface rate to U.S.A. unpaid)  | ||
| 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 772 SOLD | [ C ] |
1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 1/- Lyrebird scarce solo frankings on 1944 and 1948 airmail covers, first Sydney to U.S.A. (censored) paid for airmail San Francisco - Chicago only, second Hobart to French India, underpaid (untaxed) as 1/- rate was to British India (corect rate was 1/6d). Fine duo for exhibit (2)  | ||
| Lot 773 SOLD | [ C ] |
1940 A.I.F. 6d + 5d Ram tied by Rylstone cds to 1940 (20 Oct) censored airmail cover (and enclosure) to Hong Kong, portion of address scored-over (apparently by censor), reverse with private receipt marking (Nov 12 1940). 11d half oz. airmail rate  | ||
| Lot 774 SOLD | [ **/* ] |
1942-50 Queen Elizabeth 1½d Green marginal block of 8 variety 'Misplaced Perforations', one unit mounted, others MUH, slight bend in one. BW 226bb, cat AU$2900  | ||
| 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 778 SOLD | [ O ] |
1948-56 Coat-of-Arms £2 Green used block of 4, very fine and a scarce multiple  | ||
| Lot 779 SOLD | [ C ] |
1948-56 No Watermark ½d Kangaroo solo usages on 1950 (5 Dec) cover from Melbourne to Adelaide, and 1956 (5 Oct) Tattersalls cover from Adelaide, both underpaid but without any evidence of deficient postage being collected. Scarce items (2 covers)  | ||
| 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 781 SOLD | [ C ] |
1950-52 King George VI 2½d Purple-brown solo franking on 1951 (29 May) unsealed cover used at Adelaide. Superb, and one of the rarest George VI solo frankings. BW cat AU$600  | ||
| Lot 782 SOLD | [ C ] |
1951 50th Anniversary of Commonwealth 5½d Blue scarce solo franking tied by 1951 (21 Jun) Jubilee slogan to neat Avicultural Society commercial cover to USA, foreign surface rate  | ||
| Lot 783 SOLD | [ C ] |
1952 2/6d Aborigine Wmkd block of 4 tied by Wentworth cds to 1955 (14 Dec) airmail cover to Austria, scarce franking for 2/- airmail rate x 5  | ||
| 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)  | ||
| Lot 785 SOLD | [ C ] |
1956 2/6d Aboriginal No Watermark solo franking (tear down left side) on 1964 (Sep) airmail cover to Hong Kong (representing the 2 x 1/3d double rate), tied by indistinct Lidcombe (NSW) cds, minor peripheral faults, a scarce usage of this stamp. BW cat AU$200 for solo usage  | ||
