RARITIES SALE, AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, DECIMAL ISSUES

Lot 124		Estimate: $1,500T 1966-71 QE2 7c Purple Type 6 \\\'Recut shading across top of stamp\\\', BW 447(1)me, the so-called \\\"lino square\\\" retouched, referred to in \\\'The 7c Queen Elizabeth II Definitive\\\' as \\\"A14\\\". [Six or seven examples recorded]
Lot 125		Estimate: $1,500 7c \\\'\\\"Violent corner\\\" recut in lower corner - State 1\\\' BW 447(1)o. [Four or five examples recorded]
Lot 126		Estimate: $1,500 7c \\\"Violent corner\\\" - State II, BW 447(1)oa. [Four or five examples recorded]
Lot 127		Estimate: $7,000 Realised Price : $8,000 1966 Birds, 13c Avocet, positional strip of five, top two units with error \\\"Red (head colour) omitted\\\", SG 392a, BW 454cb [Ten such strips recorded]. Spectacular item which would enhance any \\\'Bird\\\' exhibit. A similar strip sold for $8000+ in our Sale Nº1.
Lot 128		Estimate: $3,000T Realised Price : $2,800 30c Ibis, marginal horizontal strip of four, error on left hand unit \\\"Red omitted\\\", SG 397a, BW 459cb
Lot 129		Estimate: $10,000T 1966 4c Christmas, marginal pair, both with \\\"Olive-green\\\" background colour partly omitted, resulting in \\\"4c\\\" omitted, SG 407a, BW 471ca. [This is superior to the pair we sold for $11,500+ in our Sale Nº1]. One of the rarest errors of Decimal Australia
Lot 130		Estimate: $7,500 Realised Price : $7,000 1966 4c Hartog, vertical strip of four, error \\\"Orange omitted on one and one partly omitted\\\", BW 472ca. A classic error.
Lot 131		Estimate: $20,000T Realised Price : $16,000 1967 5c Christmas, vertical marginal pair, error \\\"IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY\\\", SG 415a, BW 478b. [Four such pairs recorded]. The most sought after Decimal Australia error
Lot 132		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $1,900 1968 20c Weather Watch marginal pair from left pane, one showing \\\"Red largely omitted\\\", BW 480cc. [Two such pairs recorded]
Lot 133		Estimate: $1,500T Realised Price : $1,500 1969 Christmas 5c, positional strip of five, error \\\"Magenta omitted\\\" on one and one partly omitted\\\", SG 444a, BW 507ca [Ten such strips recorded].
Lot 134		Estimate: $3,000T Realised Price : $2,600 NEW DISCOVERY 1970-73 Floral coil, 7c Sturt\\\'s Desert Pea, strip of six, error \\\"Black and buff completely omitted on one, three with buff omitted and black partly omitted, two with buff omitted\\\". All showing green misplaced downwards, SG 468ba. BW 535cd variant. [This piece arrived too late to be listed as a new format in 2002 Brudsen-White catalogues].
Lot 135		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $800 7c Sturt\\\'s Desert Pea vertical strip of four \\\"Buff (shadows on leaves) omitted\\\" and \\\"Green misplaced downwards\\\",additionally showing varieties, \\\'Top of \\\"DE\\\" of DESERT missing\\\', BW 535ce,g, SG 468bb. Cat £800++
Lot 136		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $420 7c Sturt\\\'s Desert Pea vertical strip of four \\\"Buff and Green omitted\\\", additionally showing varieties, \\\'Top of \\\"DE\\\" of DESERT missing\\\', BW 535cg, g. (Not illustrated)
Lot 137		Estimate: $3,000T Realised Price : $3,200 1971 6c R.A.A.F., error \\\"Black omitted\\\", SG 489a, BW 558c. Spectacular. [An example of this error sold for $3000 in our Sale Nº1]
Lot 138		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $900 1971 Aboriginal Art 25c, error \\\"Black omitted\\\" marginal example, SG 495a, BW 565c
Lot 139		Estimate: $1,500T Realised Price : $1,350 35c marginal pair with sheet number, error \\\"Black completely omitted\\\" and one partly omitted, SG 497a, BW 570ca variant
Lot 140		Estimate: $1,750T Realised Price : $1,500 1972 Pioneer Life, 10c Water Pump, error \\\"Black completely omitted\\\", BW 608c
Lot 141		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $750 10c Pump pair, error \\\"Black partly omitted\\\" - almost completely on upper unit
Lot 142		Estimate: $1,500T Realised Price : $1,400 15c Food, error \\\"Black (Australia, value, inscription, etc) completely omitted\\\", normal for comparison, BW 610c
Lot 143		Estimate: $1,500T Realised Price : $1,300 80c Commerce, strip of five with error \\\"Black completely omitted on one, partly omitted on two\\\", SG 529ab, BW 619ca
Lot 144		Estimate: $1,500T Realised Price : $1,150 1973 Metric Conversion, 7c Volume error \\\"Pink completely omitted\\\", BW 623c.
Lot 145		Estimate: $1,500T Realised Price : $1,450 7c Volume, error \\\"Olive-brown completely omitted\\\", SG 533a, BW 623cb.
Lot 146		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $750 1973-74 Gemstones, 10c Star Sapphire, corner strip of six, upper three units \\\"Black completely omitted, adjoining partly omitted\\\", others normal, SG 552ab, BW 648ca variant. (Not illustrated).
Lot 147		Estimate: $3,000T Realised Price : $2,300 1974 Animals, 30c Brushtail Possum, error \\\"Red omitted\\\", SG 563a, BW 662c. A great rarity. [An example in our Sale Nº1 realised $3400+]
Lot 148		Estimate: $1,500T Realised Price : $1,150 1974 Sport, 7c Tennis error \\\"Light Brown omitted\\\", BW 674c
Lot 149		Estimate: $4,500 Realised Price : $4,200 1976 Scenes, 70c Great Barrier Reef, error \\\"Purple Omitted\\\", BW 749c. Only three examples recorded
Lot 150		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $2,100 1977-84 Paintings, $5 Mentone upper right corner pair, error \\\"Imperf at top\\\", BW 781b
Lot 151		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $380 1978 Aviators, 18c Hinkler pair, error \\\"Completely imperf\\\", SG 659a, BW 791b.
Lot 152		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $380 18c Hinkler, marginal vertical pair error, \\\"Imperf upper unit\\\", BW 791ba.
Lot 153		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $750 18c Hinkler, vertical pair, error \\\"Imperf between stamp and margin\\\", BW 791bb.
Lot 154		Estimate: $5,000T 1979 Locomotives 20c \\\'THE GHOST TRAIN\\\' error ‣Black omitted”. Unique and the first time offered for what must surely be one of the most spectacular colour omission errors of Australia
Lot 155		Estimate: $1,500T 1981 24c Fungi, corner strip of four, error \\\"Imperf between stamp and margin\\\", BW 912b. [Ten such imperfs recorded].
Lot 156		Estimate: $1,200T Realised Price : $900 1982 Whales 60c, marginal block of four, \\\'Solid greenish blue background\\\', from the Trial printing.
Lot 157		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $1,600 1987-88 Aboriginal Crafts 15c (Basket) Perf 14.8 (rather than 15.5) x imperf, BW 1245 (2002 edn), tied by Preston Mail Centre cancel to 1991 (8th Jul) commercial cover. The only cover found amongst a small number of used recorded (similarly at Preston). One of Australia\\\'s rarest non-error stamps
Lot 158		Estimate: $4,000 Realised Price : $4,000 1995 $8 Christmas Booklet, the twenty 40c units error \\\'IMPERFORATE\\\', BW 1901b. [Three known – a modern rarity]
Lot 159		Estimate: $1,750T Realised Price : $1,400 2000 Australian Legends - 4th series $4.50 Booklet with error, \\\"Gold omitted on the two Alec Campbell adhesives\\\", SG 1951ab - unpriced, BW 2278bb.