RARITIES SALE, AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KANGAROOS, FIRST WATERMARK

Lot 1		Estimate: $3,500T Realised Price : $3,800 1/2d Green marginal, \\\'Imperforate at base\\\', BW 1b.
Lot 2		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $750 ½d Green interpane block of 18 from base of sheet with (partly trimmed by guillotine) \\\'CA\\\' and \\\'JBC\\\' Monograms, fresh unmounted
Lot 3		Estimate: $750T Realised Price : $700 ½d Green + N.S.W. 1d + Queensland 1d, S.A. 1d pair + Victoria ½d, 1d, 1½d and 3d, on 1913 (15th Jan) registered cover South Melbourne to France, cacheted for stamp dealer \\\'Howard Davis\\\', odd adhesive fault. Very early use of ½d Green on cover with the earliest recorded date being 14th January 1913.
Lot 4		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $380 ½d Green + 1d Red both perf \\\'OS/NSW\\\' on 1915 (22nd Apr) OHMS sent from Director of Botanic Gardens in Sydney to his counterpart in Sweden with Uppsala arrival datestamp
Lot 5		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $380 ½d Green + Tasmania 1½d on 5d + Victoria 1d on 2d + W.A. 1d on 2d on 1914 (19th May) registered cover Fremantle to England, arrival backstamps. Attractive four colour franking.
Lot 6		Estimate: $750 1d Red Die I \\\'Double perforation\\\' \\\'CA\\\' Monogram pair officially repaired by Post Office. [Provenance: Kilfoyle].
Lot 7		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $1,700 1d Red Die I perf small OS Plate C - \\\'Large coloured flaw S.W. of Tasmania\\\' in block of four, BW 2o, cancelled by \\\'REGISTERED BENDIGO/JE 23 14\\\'. A single of this variety sold for $1350+ in our Sale Nº1. [Provenance: Kilfoyle].
Lot 8		Estimate: $1,000 1d Red Die I Plate B, double gutter block of 16 (8x2) showing \\\'No Monograms\\\', at L57 and R58, BW 2zd,ze. [Provenance: Kilfoyle].
Lot 9		Estimate: $1,000 1d Red Die IIA Plate H, corner \\\'CA\\\' Monogram strip of six, BW 4z. Corner cut to effect diagonal placement on album page. [Provenance: Kilfoyle].
Lot 10		Estimate: $1,250 Realised Price : $950 1d Red Die IIA Plate H, corner \\\'JBC\\\' Monogram strip of six showing variety \\\'White scratches through words of value\\\', BW 4zb. Corner cut to effect diagonal placement on album page. Companion to Lot 9. [Provenance: Kilfoyle].
Lot 11		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,200 1d Red \\\'Forgery of the Double Print\\\' with photocopy of an extract from A.A. Rosenblum\\\'s 1928 Handbook. [Provenance: Kilfoyle].
Lot 12		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $550 2d Grey \\\'CA\\\' Monogram single, BW 5za.
Lot 13		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $550 2d Grey \\\'JBC\\\' Monogram single, jumped perf at base, BW 5zc.
Lot 14		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $525 2d Grey + 2½d Indigo on 1914 (5th Apr) coloured PPC used Perth to Germany with Munchen arrival cds. Attractive combination of 1½d postcard rate + 3d registration.
Lot 15		Estimate: $750T Realised Price : $1,700 2½d Indigo on 1916 (17th Jan) envelope Perth to Korea with Hong Kong and Japanese transit and Korea arrival backstamps. Possibly a unique destination.
Lot 16		Estimate: $750T Realised Price : $600 2½d Indigo perf large OS on 1914 (14th Dec) OHMS cover - reduced at left, used Brisbane to USA, censor cachet on reverse. Very rare on cover.
Lot 17		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $950 3d Olive marginal pair Dies I and II superb unmounted
Lot 18		Estimate: $1,250 Realised Price : $1,050 3d Olive Inverted Watermark, Die II and I pair, BW 12da variety
Lot 19		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $650 3d Olive \\\'CA\\\' Monogram single, BW 12za.
Lot 20		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $900 3d Olive \\\'JBC\\\' Monogram single, BW 12zc
Lot 21		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $3,600 4d Orange \\\'JBC\\\' Monogram single, BW 12za . Scarce
Lot 22		Estimate: $2,250 Realised Price : $4,600 4d Orange \\\'CA\\\' Monogram single, BW 12zc. Superb and scarce
Lot 23		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $380 4d Orange perf large OS on 1915 (13th Feb) registered OHMS cover for Naval Staff Office used at Sydney with black and red registration label. [Most 4d perf OS covers are used from Perth and covers from other cities are seldom seen]
Lot 24		Estimate: $1,800 Realised Price : $1,700 5d Chestnut interpane block of 24 fresh unmounted
Lot 25		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $750 5d Chestnut + 2½d Indigo - the latter perfin \\\'F G/&CO\\\' in reverse tied to 1915 (12th Mar) Felton Grimwade & Co. cover to USA by \\\'LATE FEE/SPENCER ST\\\' datestamps. Rare combination.
Lot 26		Estimate: $1,750 Realised Price : $1,800 6d Ultramarine \\\'Retouched second \\\"E\\\" of PENCE\\\', blunt perf at top, SG 9a, BW 17e
Lot 27		Estimate: $750 6d Ultramarine \\\'Defective second \\\"E\\\" of PENCE\\\', faint crease, very fine appearance, BW 17g. [Much scarcer than Retouched \\\"E\\\"; it is possible this unit was substituted as it the variety does not appear on the later watermarks]
Lot 28		Estimate: $1,250 Realised Price : $1,150 6d Ultramarine \\\'JBC\\\' Monogram single, few blunt perfs, BW 17zc
Lot 29		Estimate: $600T Realised Price : $440 6d Blue + 1d Red (damaged) + ½d Green tied by two strikes of \\\'LOOSE LETTER/WELLINGTON/N Z\\\' datestamps to 1914 (15th Sep) cover to USA. Attractive make-up for triple rate cover
Lot 30		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $2,200 9d Violet \\\'CA\\\' Monogram single, few pulled perfs and slight crease, BW 24za. Much scarcer than \\\'JBC\\\'. [An example recently sold for $5000+ at an auction in Sydney]
Lot 31		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $3,200 9d Violet \\\'JBC\\\' Monogram strip of three, very fresh and well centred, BW 24zc
Lot 32		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $5,500 9d Violet Perf large OS, Watermark Inverted, BW 24a, odd blunt perf. [Six examples recorded all perf large OS. Cancelled at Armidale, NSW, all previously recorded examples with legible cancellations have been at Queanbeyan].
Lot 33		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $3,100 1/- emerald \\\'CA\\\' Monogram single, faint bend, BW 30za
Lot 34		Estimate: $6,000 Realised Price : $7,750 2/- Brown \\\'JBC\\\' Monogram single, BW 35zc
Lot 35		Estimate: $1,250 Realised Price : $1,000 2/- Brown + 1/- Emerald (3, one uncancelled) + 6d Blue + 1d Red (4) on 1914 (18th Feb) cover-front Sydney to Germany. Remarkable franking
Lot 36		Estimate: $3,000T Realised Price : $2,600 2/- Brown perf large OS, fresh block of four with lower units unmounted
Lot 37		Estimate: $30,000T 5/- Grey and Yellow, single with \\\'JBC\\\' Monogram, BW 44zc. [Only five JBC singles are recorded. A newly discovered corner strip of three realized $54,000+ in London when sold in March 2002]
Lot 38		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $650 5/- Grey & Yellow perf large OS, rich colour and unusually well centred for these difficult issues
Lot 39		Estimate: $3,000T Realised Price : $2,700 10/- Grey and Pink, superb unmounted mint example 1994 Raybaudi Certificate. [The 10/- is much harder to find unmounted than the £1]
Lot 40		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $2,500 10/- Slate and Pink fresh unmounted
Lot 41		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $440 10/- Grey and Pink, well centred
Lot 42		Estimate: $800T Realised Price : $600 10/- Grey & Pink, beautifully centred example, minor inking variety below \\\"A\\\" of AUSTRALIA
Lot 43		Estimate: $800T Realised Price : $725 10/- Grey & Pink, beautifully centred example, variety \\\'Broken tail on kangaroo\\\', BW 47d
Lot 44		Estimate: $12,500 Realised Price : $10,000 10/- Grey and Pink, superb block of four, few perfs reinforced. Very rare multiple with perhaps only three blocks recorded. 2001 RPSL Certificate [Provenance: Ex Her Majesty\\\'s Royal Philatelic Collection]
Lot 45		Estimate: $1,250 Realised Price : $1,800 £1 Brown and Blue, very fine example
Lot 46		Estimate: $3,500 Realised Price : $3,400 £2 Black and Rose lightly mounted and exceptional example
Lot 47		Estimate: $2,750 Realised Price : $2,000 £2 Black and Rose almost imperceptible perf tone otherwise superb
Lot 48		Estimate: $7,500T Realised Price : $8,000 £2 Black and Rose handstamped \\\'Specimen\\\', overprint double, one inverted, BW 55xb. A new discovery, the second example now recorded which coincidentally adjoins the first discovered (to its immediate right)
Lot 49		Estimate: $5,000 Realised Price : $4,600 £2 Black and Rose Sperati forgery postmarked at Adelaide together with photographic prints comprising the Kangaroo only (2, one a negative print) and without kangaroo, each with handstamp on reverse in violet \\\'SPERATI/REPRODUCTION\\\'. The stamp is that illustrated at p.348 of Robson Lowe’s ‘The Empire in Australasia’.