FINE AND RARE STAMPS 2008, REST OF THE WORLD, NAURU

Lot 737		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $360 1916-35 selection comprising 'NAURU' 12½mm opt ½d (29), 1d (15), 2d (13), 2½d (24), 3d (21), 4d (8), 5d (9), 6d (9), 9d (13), 1/- (7) and 13½mm opt ½d (14), 1d (3), 1½d (7) and 2d (7). Also Ships 1d, 1½d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 5d and 9d (greyish paper), 5d and 6d (white paper), Jubilee 2d and 1/- all in blocks of four, toning in places, many fine. Cat £1350
Lot 738		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1916-23 KGV 12½mm opt ½d Yellow-Green, variety 'Double overprint, one albino', SG 1b, unmounted corner example
Lot 739		Estimate: $700 1916-23 KGV 12½mm opt 1½d Brown, SG 3, lower left corner Control No. 'U23' block of six, lower units unmounted, tone spot in left selvedge
Lot 740		Estimate: $600 1916-23 KGV 12½mm opt 2d Orange Die II, SG 5, upper left corner block of four, stamps fresh unmounted, hinged in selvedge only. Key value
Lot 741		Estimate: $1,250 1916-23 KGV 10/- Indigo-Blue Waterlow printing optd 'SPECIMEN', SG 18s, very lightly hinged
Lot 742		Estimate: $25,000 Realised Price : $18,000 1924 Ships 2½d, 4d, 5d, 6d, 9d, 1/-, 2/6d, 5/- and 10/- Die Proofs in Deep Green on unwatermarked wove paper, odd blemish. Unique as a group [A few individual values have been long held in private collections]
Lot 743		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $320 1936 (Jul) registered cover to Natal with Rough paper Ship 1/- Brown-Lake (SG 36A) corner single tied by 'NAURU/CENTRAL PACIFIC' datestamp, red registration label, Melbourne transit backstamp
Lot 744		Estimate: $150 1979 Radio Committee set Imperforate horizontal pairs, together with five matching pairs of colour separation proofs for each of the three denominations (18 pairs)