Stamps and Postal History (#47MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 201-300 of 322. Previous|1234|Next Lot #525 PENNY HALFPENNY: Upper-Left Corner Blocks of 4 with Plate Numbers: 1½d lake with almost complete Plate Number '1' BW #132z, well centred, minor blemish on the reverse of the third unit, unmounted, Cat $4000 (mounted). [More attractive than the similar block - '1' only 50% present - that sold at the Prestige auction of 17/8/2012 for $2415] The plate numbers were usually guillotined-off and most that survive are only partial numbers. Of Plate Number '1' the ACSC states that only five blocks are Symbol**Gradea/a- View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,800StatusSold Lot #526 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with light but complete Plate Number '2' BW #132za, well centred, characteristic rough perfs & quite insignificant gum-bends, unmounted, Cat $2500 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '2' the ACSC states that ten blocks are recorded. '2' was absent from Barry Gribble's set and from the set in the Prestige auction of 17/8/2012] Symbol**Gradea b2 View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #527 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with light but complete Plate Number '3' BW #132zb, creased at upper-left before guillotining, unmounted, Cat $2500 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '3' the ACSC states that nine blocks are recorded. Superior to the unmounted block - '3' almost complete - that sold at the Prestige auction of 17/8/2012 for $1322] Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$1,250Price Realized$950StatusSold Lot #528 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with complete Plate Number '4' BW #132zc, well centred, a few irregular perfs otherwise superb, unmounted, Cat $3750 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '4' the ACSC states that only five blocks are recorded, making this and Number '1' - the rarest of the twelve numbers. Superior to the unmounted block - large-part '4'- that sold at the Prestige auction of 17/8/2012 for $2415] Symbol**Gradea-/a+ View details Estimate$2,500StatusUnsold Lot #529 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with complete Plate Number '5' BW #132zd, unmounted, Cat $3000 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '5' the ACSC states that only seven blocks are recorded] Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold Lot #530 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with light but complete Plate Number '6' BW #132ze, the third unit lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $1750 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '6' the ACSC states that 15 blocks are recorded] Symbol**/*Gradea c1 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #531 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with the lower-half only of Plate Number '7' BW #132zf, the third unit very lightly mounted otherwise superb unmounted, Cat $2000 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '7' the ACSC states that 12 blocks are recorded] Symbol**/*Gradea+ c1 View details Estimate$450Price Realized$340StatusSold Lot #532 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with complete Plate Number '8' BW #132zg, well centred, gumbends, the third unit very lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $2000 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '8' the ACSC states that 12 blocks are recorded] Symbol**/*Gradeb b1 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #533 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with almost complete Plate Number '9' BW #132zh, the last unit lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $1250 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '9' the ACSC states that 35 blocks are recorded] Symbol**/*Gradea b2 View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #534 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with the lower-half of Plate Number '10' BW #132zi, the lower units lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $1250 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '10' the ACSC states that 25 blocks are recorded] Symbol**/*Gradea c1 View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #535 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with almost complete Plate Number '11' BW #132zj, well centred, the last unit very lightly mounted otherwise superb unmounted, Cat $1000 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '11' the ACSC estimates that about 50 blocks are recorded. Superior to the lightly mounted block that sold at the Prestige auction of 17/8/2012 for $575] Symbol**/*Gradea/a+ View details Estimate$400Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #536 PENNY HALFPENNY: 1½d lake with light but complete Plate Number '12' BW #132zk, well centred, a few characteristic rough perfs, unmounted, Cat $750 (mounted). [Of Plate Number '12' the ACSC estimates that about 150 blocks are recorded] Symbol**Gradea b2 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot #537 MINIATURE SHEET: M/S from right of the sheet, well centred, central Exhibition cds of 29OC28 (the Opening Day) in green BW #133MSwa, CTO with full unmounted o.g., undercatalogued at $500. For many years the ACSC listed the cds in red or "green", with no reference to blue cancels. Consequently, the common blue impressions were routinely, and erroneously, called "green". The 1994 edition of the ACSC was the first to list all three colours. Examples of the genuine green cancels are very scarce w SymbolvGradea b1 View details Estimate$600Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #538 MINIATURE SHEET: Marginal examples from the top or base of the larger sheets each with central strike of the 'INTERNATIONAL PHILATELIC/EXHIBITION MELBOURNE' cds of 30OC28 in red or 1NO28 in blue, both with full unmounted o.g., Cat $650 (without gum). SymbolvGradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #539 DIE PROOF: 3d die proof in green struck on thick handmade paper (215x167mm) with deckled edges BW #134DP(2), Cat $12,500. Superb! Ex Derick Ray. [The ACSC states that 11 proofs were presented, one of which is in the Australia Post Archives. Only four others have been accounted for. Lord Vestey's example - reduced to 166x130mm, with the deckled edges trimmed off - sold at auction in October 2014 for £4560] GSTex GSTSymbolPGradea+ View details Estimate$7,500Price Realized$7,000StatusSold Lot #540 BOOKLET STAMPS: 3d green Long Wing BW #136d being the lower unit in a vertical pair, the normal unit with a few short perfs & a hinge remainder, the variety is very lightly mounted, Cat $560+. RPSofV Certificate (1984). Symbol*Gradeb/a a1 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #541 BOOKLET STAMPS: 3d green Long Wing BW #136d being the third unit in a complete booklet pane of 4, the upper units lightly mounted, the lower units - including the variety - are unmounted, Cat $1200+. Symbol*/**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #542 PERFORATED 'OS': 1½d red upper-left corner block of 4 with Plate Number '2' and Strong 100% Offset on All Units, a couple of very minor thin spots in the upper margin, the lower units very lightly mounted & the upper units unmounted. Unlisted in the ACSC. Symbol**/*Gradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #543 PERFORATED 'OS': 1½d red upper-left corner pair with Plate Number '3' and Misplaced 'OS', unmounted. Offered "as is". Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$100Price Realized$120StatusSold Lot #544 PERFORATED 'OS': 1½d red upper-left blocks of 4 with Plate Numbers '1', '2', '4', '5', '8', '10' & '11', a few very minor imperfections, unmounted, Cat $2450+ (mounted). A rare & desirable group that are necessarily offered "as is". (7 blocks) Symbol**Gradea/a- View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #545 Range including 2d Plate Number '7' single commercialy used, 3d with Plane Dropping Mailbag CTO, 6d with Extra Islands CTO & in unmounted corner block of 6, 6d with unlisted Re-Entry on 'FO' of 'KINGSFORD' CTO, 6d imprint block of 8 with Re-Entry on 'T' of 'AUSTRALIA' lightly mounted, 'OS' 2d & 3d CTO; also Air Mail 6d sepia imprint block of 6 & 'OS' imprint block of 6 both with most units unmounted, etc. (43) Symbol**/*vGradea View details Estimate$250Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #546 THREEPENCE: 3d blue upper-left corner block of 6 (2x3) with Plate Number '3', the fifth unit with Plane Dropping Mailbag, unmounted, Cat $175+. Symbol**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$100Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #547 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 2d red & 3d blue BW #141(OS) & 142(OS) (SG O123-4), unmounted, Cat $1025 (£325, mounted). Advertised retail $875 including expertising. Symbol**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #548 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 3d blue with Plane Dropping Mailbag BW #142(OS)d, CTO, Cat $600 SymbolvGradea c1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #549 Selection with Chambon Essay in red (very lightly mounted), 1/- green unmounted, CTO x3, overprinted 'OS' mint & CTO both unmounted & block of 4 perf 'VG' unmounted, 1/- yellow-green unmounted & CTO, etc, Cat $1500 + the 'VG' block. (14) Symbol**/*vGradea View details Estimate$600Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #550 TWO PENCE: 2d red marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet with Three Plate Dots BW #146zc, Cat $500. Symbol*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$200Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #551 FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- green with Retouch over Centre of Bridge BW #148d, hinge remainder, Cat $800. Symbol*Gradea- c1 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$360StatusSold Lot #552 FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- green with Retouch over Centre of Bridge BW #148d, well centred, CTO with large-part o.g., Cat $750. SymbolvGradea b1 View details Estimate$450StatusUnsold Lot #553 FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- green with Retouch over Left-Centre of Bridge BW #148e, well centred, very lightly mounted, Cat $800. Symbol*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #554 FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- green with Retouch over Left-Centre of Bridge BW #148e, CTO, Cat $750. SymbolvGradea b1 View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot #555 FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- green corner example from the upper-left of the sheet with Plate Dot BW #148z, exceptional centring, lightly mounted, Cat $3000. Symbol*Gradea a1 View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold Lot #556 1934-48 Hermes selection with No Watermark Imprint Block of 4 BW #161z (two units very lightly mounted, others unmounted) & an unmounted imprint pair, Watermark mostly mint group of Re-Entries and Retouches, four different imprint pairs & Thin Paper imprint block of 20 (5x4, mostly unmounted), etc, generally very fine. (64) Symbol*/** View details Estimate$350Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #557 1935 ANZAC Commemoration 1/- black Perf 13½x12½ BW #165PP(1), unmounted, Cat $2500 (£1200 - mounted - in a footnote below SG 155). Unissued: the issued stamp is Perf 11. [The ACSC states it is a "plate proof". Only one sheet of 120 was printed but only part of that sheet survived. Examples sold for $1610 & $1552 at the Prestige aucrions of 11/7/2008 & 19/11/2011] Symbol**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #558 1935 Silver Jubilee 2/- violet upper-left block of 4 with Plate Number '1' BW #168z, well centred, unmounted, Cat $550. Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$240Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #559 1936 South Australia Centenary 2d red with Smoking Chimney Retouch in an imprint block of 4 BW #171za, well centred, the upper units with a couple of minor imperfections, the lower units - including the variety - are unmounted, Cat $2500+. Symbol*/**Gradea/a- View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,800StatusSold Lot #560 1936 South Australia Centenary 2d red with Retouch below 'AU of 'AUSTRALIA' in an imprint block of 4 BW #171zb, unmounted, Cat $325. Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$150Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #561 Mostly mint collection of the Portrait Types apparently complete with all 3d Dies including Die I with White Wattles x2 (one CTO with gum) etc, varieties in blocks including 1d pane of 60 & 2d block of 36, 3d Die II Thick Paper imprint blocks of 4 x2 and Thin Paper White Face single (very dramatic) & imprint block of 4, 1/4d imprint block of 4 with Flaw on 'A' & Retouched Cigarette Flaw, a few minor problems noted but generally very fine. (230 approx) Symbol*/**o View details Estimate$600Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Lot #562 Mostly mint collection the Zoological Types with lots of varieties notably a specialised study of the ½d all printings, also Perf 13½x14 including ½d McCracken Imprint pair with Crack through Imprint (Late State) CTO, ½d imprint strips of 4 x2 & block of 6 each with Measels below Imprint, 1/- 42½mm Imprint pair x2 & 38mm Imprint pair; Perf 15x14 including ½d block of 4 with minor part-imperf at right, 4d Imperf single (Dunkerley Certificate), 4d with Strong Offset, 5d imprint block of 4 with Abe Symbol*/**o View details Estimate$800Price Realized$2,000StatusSold Lot #563 HALFPENNY KANGAROO: ½d orange McCracken Imprint block of 4 with Cracked Imprint (Advanced State; the crack is 26mm long) BW #178zba, unmounted, Cat $450. Symbol*/**Gradea a1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #564 HALFPENNY KANGAROO: ½d orange McCracken Imprint block of 4 with Cracked Imprint (Late State; the crack is 30mm long) BW #178zba, the upper units lightly mounted, the lower units unmounted, Cat $600. Symbol*/**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #565 ONE PENNY QUEEN MOTHER: 1d green Die I upper-left corner single with complete Plate Number '2', unmounted, Cat $1500 (for a mounted block of 4). Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #566 TWO PENCE KING GEORGE VI: 2d scarlet Die I lower-left corner block of 4 with complete Plate Number '1', the lower units are unmounted, Cat $500. Symbol*/**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$200Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #567 THREE PENCE KING GEORGE VI: 3d blue Die I "White Leaves" imprint block of 4 BW #190za, 'IPSWICH/ 11OC37/QUEENSLAND' cds, Cat $800 mint but much scarcer used. Symbolv/fGradea c1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Lot #568 ONE SHILLING LYREBIRD: 1/- green marginal Imperforate Horizontal Pair from the left of the sheet, lightly mounted, Cat $750. [See the ACSC at page 6/29] Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #569 ONE SHILLING FOUR PENCE KING GEORGE VI: 1/4d bright magenta imprint block of 4 with Cigarette Flaw BW #211zb on the second unit, the lower units are unmounted, Cat $500. Symbol*/**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$200Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #570 Mostly mint collection of the Portrait Types including 2d red Medallion Flaw used x3, 3d purple-brown with Double Perfs at Left and with Grossly Misplaced Perfs (unlisted in the ACSC) both used, many imprint blocks of 4 or larger including 1d green with Flush Perfs, 3d purple-brown block of 8 with Imprint at the Top (**) & imprint block of 8 with Plate Number ' 14 ', Coils including test strip of 4 in green **, 1d green pair (**) & 2d red strip of 3 (RPSofV Certificate) both with Uniform Large H Symbol**/*o View details Estimate$800Price Realized$2,200StatusSold Lot #571 THREE HALFPENCE KING GEORGE VI: 1½d green Authority Imprint corner & centre blocks of 4 with Cracked Plates BW #185zc (unmounted) & zg (the lower units are unmounted), Cat $700. Symbol**/*Gradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #572 TWO PENCE KING GEORGE VI: 2d scarlet Coil Perforations (Uniformly Large Holes) BW #188bh Ash Imprint block of 4, three units unmounted, Cat $1000 (mounted). [See ACSC Note 5] Symbol**/*Gradea c1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #573 TWO PENCE KING GEORGE VI: 2d scarlet Medallion Flaw BW #188e being the second-last unit in a block of 8 (4x2), the variety is unmounted; and 2d mauve same variety in an unmounted corner block of 12 (4x3), Cat $340+. (2 blocks) Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$200Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #574 TWO PENCE KING GEORGE VI: 2d scarlet gutter block from the top of the sheet with complete Plate Number ' 4 ', mounted in the margins only otherwise unmounted, Cat $2000. Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #575 THREE PENCE KING GEORGE VI: 3d purple-brown with Ink Stripping (White Face) BW #196c Authority imprint block of 4, unmounted, Cat $300++. With a normal imprint block for comparison. Symbol**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$200Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #576 FOUR PENCE KOALA: 4d green on Thin Paper block of 8 from the base of the sheet with Authority Imprint, very well centred, unmounted. Unlisted in the ACSC for this issue. With a normal imprint block for comparison. Symbol**Gradea a1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #577 SIX PENCE KOOKABURRA: 6d brown upper-left corner block of 16 (4x4), the ninth unit with the famous "Top Hat" Variety BW #203o, well centred, hinge remainders in the upper margin & a couple of upper units mounted, other units - including the variety - are unmounted, undercatalogued at $400+. [Stuart Hardy's unmounted block of 9 sold for $1322] Symbol**/*Gradea View details Estimate$600Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Lot #578 ONE SHILLING LYREBIRD: 1/- olive-green on Thin Paper block of 6 from the base of the right-hand pane with Authority Imprint, well centred, unmounted. Unlisted in the ACSC for this issue. With a normal imprint block of 4 for comparison. (2 blocks) Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #579 ONE SHILLING LYREBIRD: 1/- green vertical corner strip of theree from the lower-left of the sheet with an Extra Comb of Perforations in the Gutter at Left resulting in partial Horizontal Double Perfs on all units, the top stamp very lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $700+. Symbol**/*Gradea View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot #580 ONE SHILLING LYREBIRD: 1/- green block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet with complete Plate Number '- 3 -' BW 209z, well centred, folded in the gutter, mounted in the margins only with all units being unmounted, Cat $5000 (mounted). Unique: one of the great rarities of Australian Plate Numbers. [The "Pericles" block with large-part Plate Number '- 6 -' at the base - also the only recorded example - sold for $8050. With such a large upper margin, this block is visually superior to the Plate 6 Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$7,000StatusSold Lot #581 Selection including used varieties 2d Dry Ink x2 (unlisted), Man with Tail x2 (one in block of 6 with 'ANTECHAMBER BAY/SA' - Kangaroo Island - cds) & Retouch x2, Pantaloon Flaw x3 states (Ex Chas Dunn) and 9d Roller Shift BW #177d x2 (one in unmounted imprint block), also 2d unlisted Re-Entry at Upper-Right in unmounted pair. (12 items) Symbol*/**oGradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #582 TWO PENCE: 2d red with Re-Entry to Upper-Left Frame BW #175d being the first unit in a horizontal pair, unmounted, Cat $750+. Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #583 TWO PENCE: 2d red lower-left corner block of 25 with Man with Tail BW #175e, Pantaloon Flaw (state?) #175fa (?) & central imprint, unmounted, Cat $1750++. A rare & desirable positional piece. Symbol**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Lot #584 TWO PENCE: 2d scarlet lower-left imprint block of 4 with complete Plate Number '1', the lower units are unmounted, Cat $600. Symbol*/**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$340StatusSold Lot #585 '2½d' on TWO PENCE: '2½d' on 2d scarlet with Misplaced Surcharge BW #196c with the misplacement upwards (light machine cancel) or to the left (light cds), Cat $300. Very scarce. Symbolg/fGradea b1 View details Estimate$200Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #586 '2½d' on TWO PENCE: '2½d' on 2d scarlet with Misplaced Surcharge BW #196c with the misplacement to the left imprint block of 4, Cat $1600++. Unpriced thus by the ACSC and a key item for the collector of imprint blocks. Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$800Price Realized$2,400StatusSold Lot #587 TWO PENCE HALFPENNY: 2½d scarlet Imperforate Block of 4 from the lower-right corner of the sheet, unmounted, Cat $1000+. [See ACSC at pp6/28-29] Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #588 TWO PENCE HALFPENNY: 2½d scarlet Imperforate Imprint Block of 4 from the lower-left corner of the right-hand pane, characteristic light fold in the gutter, unmounted, Cat $2000+. [See ACSC at pp6/28-29; unpriced as an imprint block] Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$3,600StatusSold Lot #590 TWO PENCE HALFPENNY: 2½d scarlet gutter strip of 4 from the base of the sheet with the last unit Imperforate on All Sides and Authority Imprint, very lightly mounted. A wonderful item for the collector of this series or of imprints. [This is a different error from BW #230b - Cat $7500 - where the imperforate unit is from the last column in the right-hand pane. In this instance, it is from the second column in the right-hand pane] Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$4,200StatusSold Lot #591 TWO PENCE HALFPENNY: 2½d scarlet upper-left corner block of 20 (4x5), the first two left-hand units are Partly Imperforate because of a paper fold, unmounted. A spectacular exhibition piece. Rare & unlisted in the ACSC. [The similar error on the 1½d green is priced at $750 for a single] Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$750Price Realized$2,600StatusSold Lot #592 1946 Peace 2½d carmine with No Watermark block of 4 with Authority Imprint, unmounted, Cat $600 as singles (see the ACSC at page 6/29); unpriced as an imprint block. [Stuart Hardy's similar imprint block of 4 - noted as "possibly only four known" - sold for $661] Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #593 1946 Sir Thomas Mitchell 2½d carmine Imperforate block of 4 from the lower-right corner of the sheet, unmounted, Cat $600 as singles (see the ACSC at page 6/29); unpriced as an imprint block. [Stuart Hardy's upper-right corner block of 4 sold for $747] Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot #594 1947 Newcastle Sesquicentenary 2½d Lt Shortland corner pair from the upper-left of the right-hand pane Imperforate Vertically, unmounted, Cat $1250 (see the ACSC at page 6/29). Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$850StatusSold Lot #595 1947 Newcastle Sesquicentenary 2½d Lt Shortland corner block of 4 from the upper-right of the right-hand pane, the upper pair Imperforate Vertically, lightly mounted, Cat $1250++ (see the ACSC at page 6/29). [This is a very scarce item that in our opinion is significantly undercatalogued] Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,200StatusSold Lot #596 1947 Newcastle Sesquicentenary 2½d Lt Shortland marginal Imperforate block of 4 from the right of the sheet, unmounted, Cat $2000+ (for two pairs). [Absent from Stuart Hardy's collection] Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,800StatusSold Lot #597 1947 Newcastle Sesquicentenary 2½d Lt Shortland marginal block of 4 from the left of the sheet, the left-hand units with Misplaced Perfs as a result of a paper fold, unmounted. [Absent from Stuart Hardy's collection] Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$1,050StatusSold Lot #598 TWO PENCE HALFPENNY: 1950 KGVI 2½d scarlet gutter block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet with 55% of Plate Number '-3-', mounted in the margin only otherwise unmounted, unlisted & unpriced in the ACSC: enough of the number is evident to confirm that it is a '3' and not a '5'. Apparently the first recorded example. [The ACSC lists only Plate Number ' 2 ' (without Dashes) from the base of the sheet, of which "several examples are recorded", Cat $2500. A block with large-part '2' - minor blemis Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$3,200StatusSold Lot #599 THREE PENCE: 1951 KGVI 3d dark green imprint block of 4, the third unit Partly Imperforate because of a paper fold. Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #600 THREE PENCE: 1951 KGVI 3d dark green gutter block of 8 (4x2) with Authority Imprint and large-part Plate Number ' 5 ' BW #252zh, the upper units lightly mounted, the lower units unmounted, Cat $3500 (mounted). Absent from both Stuart Hardy's and "Pericles" Collections. [The ACSC states "several examples have been recorded"] Symbol*/**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$1,250Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #601 THREE PENCE HALFPENNY: 1951 KGVI 3½d brown-purple block of 12 (4x3) with three units affected by a stray sliver of paper having been present during printing resulting in two variants of the King with Bandaged Head, the upper units with a hinge remainder otherwise unmounted. Striking! Symbol**/*Gradea/a- View details Estimate$100Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #602 THREE PENCE HALFPENNY: 1951 KGVI 3½d brown-purple horizontal pair Imperforate Between BW #253b (SG 247a), each unit with a vertical crease (more evident on the right-hand unit), lightly mounted, Cat $15,000 - in 2006 - (£17,000). One of the most exceptional rarities of the entire KGVI reign. The ACSC states "Three examples are known, which originally comprised a vertical block of 6, the lower pair of which - illustrated in the ACSC - was damaged [at the base]. The block is believed to have been Symbol*Gradeb View details Estimate$10,000Price Realized$17,000StatusSold Lot #603 THREE PENCE HALFPENNY: 3½d brown-purple with Grossly Misplaced Perforations BW #253bb but cut from the sheet at right to preserve the design, Victorian cds of 16JL52, grossly undercatalogued at $500. With an old Australian Stamp Monthly extract that states "...the best example of misplaced perforations we have seen for some time". [This is a very scarce variety of which even mint examples - Cat $400 * & $500 ** - are rarely seen. This example is identified by the ACSC as the only recorded used e SymbolgGradea View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Lot #604 SIX PENCE HALFPENNY: 6½d brown horizontal strip of 3 from the right of the pane apparently imperforate at right because of Misplaced (Jumped) Perforations BW #255b, unmounted, Cat $1250. [The ACSC states "One sheet was issued...Most...have had the vertical perforations at right trimmed-off to resemble an Imperforate at Right error. The catalogue value is for this format"] Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #605 ONE SHILLING & SIX PENCE: 1948 1/6d black Hermes marginal block of 8 (2x4) from the left of the sheet with complete Plate Number '- 2 ' BW #261zb, well centred, unmounted, Cat $500 (mounted). [Better centred & more attractive than the similar "Pericles" block that sold for $529] Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$450Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #606 TWO SHILLINGS & SIX PENCE: 2/6d Aborigine Thin Paper lower-left corner block of 4 with No Imprint BW #265z(var), unmounted. This denomination is unlisted on Thin Paper. Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #607 TWO SHILLINGS & SIX PENCE: 2/6d Aborigine with the Watermark Sideways Inverted (Top of Crown Facing to the Left as seen from Behind) BW #265a (SG 253aw), Cat $5000 (£5500). Simon Dunkerley Certificate (2007). One of the more attractive used examples. SymbolgGradea b1 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot #608 TWO SHILLINGS & SIX PENCE: 2/6d Aborigine marginal block of 8 (2x4) from the left of the sheet with large-part Plate Number 'XXXXX 2 ' BW #266z, two units very lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $3000 (mounted). [The ACSC states "several examples are recorded". The "Pericles" strip of 4 with similar appearance of the crosses & numeral sold for $2185] Symbol*/**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$1,400StatusUnsold Lot #609 TWO SHILLINGS & SIX PENCE: 2/6d Aborigine Emergency Printing on Whiter Paper lower-left corner block of 12 (4x3) with No Imprint BW #267za, exceptional centring, unmounted, Cat $500++. Symbol**Gradea a1 View details Estimate$150Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #610 1948-56 ARMS: 5/- carmine Thin Paper BW #268a Authority Imprint block of 4, unmounted, Cat $1000 (mounted). Very scarce: absent from the Stuart Hardy and "Pericles" Collections. Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #611 1948-56 ARMS: 5/- carmine to £2 green (both right-hand units with Roller Flaw below 'E' of 'POSTAGE' BW #271d) lower-left No Imprint corner blocks of 4 BW #268zb, 269za, 270za & 271ze, 10/- upper units & £1 one unit lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $2425. Very scarce and rarely offered as a set. [Stuart Hardy's unmounted set of blocks - the £2 without the Roller Flaws - sold for $1840. The "Pericles" £2 block with the Roller Flaws - upper units mounted - sold for $1207] (4 blocks) Symbol**/*Gradea View details Estimate$1,250Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #612 1948-56 ARMS: 5/- red on Thin Paper BW #268a No Imprint block of 4, unmounted, Cat $600++ as singles. Unlisted in the ACSC. With a normal block of 4 (*/**) for comparison [The catalogue prices the 5/- Thin Paper imprint block of 4 at $1000, but overlooks the No Imprint variant] Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #613 1948-56 ARMS: 10/- purple, £1 blue & £2 green with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint each with 'IM' in 'SPECIMEN' Joined BW #269xc, 270xb & 271xa unmounted, Cat $6000. Separate Chris Ceremuga Certificates (2009). The ACSC states that this variety occurred at position [13] in the sheet of 60 & was quickly corrected. Examples are extremely rare and this is the only "set" known to us. Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$9,000StatusSold Lot #614 HALFPENNY KANGAROO: ½d orange Dry Ink Authority Imprint block of 4, small-part of a second reversed & inverted (offset?) imprint at the base, unmounted. Neither variety is listed in the ACSC. Symbol**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #615 HALFPENNY KANGAROO: ½d orange gutter block of 8 (4x2) with Authority Imprint and complete Plate Number ' 4 ' at the base BW #180zd, unusually well centred, light vertical fold in the gutter, unmounted, Cat $3500+ (mounted). [The ACSC states "There are several examples recorded"] Symbol**Gradea a1 View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot #616 ONE SHILLING LYREBIRD: 1/- green lower-left corner No Imprint block of 12 (4x3), the third unit in the second row [R9/3] with the rare "Green Mist" Retouch BW #210g (SG 230da), two normal units lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $2000 (£3500). One of the most extensive retouches on an Australian stamp. Ex JP Meara - long-time editor of the ACSC - with his album page & an extract from Gibbons Stamp Monthly (June 1960) crediting Meara with the discovery of this dramatic recut. [Absent from S Symbol**/*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,600StatusSold Lot #617 ONE SHILLING LYREBIRD: 1/- green lower-right corner pair, the second unit with an interesting "Kiss Print" of the Upper Portion of the Design in the margin, minor blemishes. Symbol*Gradea- c1 View details Estimate$150Price Realized$170StatusSold Lot #618 TWO SHILLINGS ABORIGINAL ART: 2/- brown vertical strip of 4 from the right of the sheet with almost complete Plate Number '9', the central units are unmounted, Cat $2500. Symbol*/**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #619 1949 Henry Lawson 2½d die proof in brown-red (not "red-brown", as stated in the ACSC) recessed in the original presentation mount (75x89mm) BW #275DP(1), 'CBA/NOTE PRINTING/BRANCH' cachet on the reverse of the mount endorsed " 24 / 2-6-49", Cat $3500. [The ACSC states that eight die proofs were distributed, #24 being given to Sir Ernest Daryl Lindsay in his capacity as a member of ther Stamp Advisory Committee. Sir Daryl was the brother of Sir Lionel Lindsay whose portrait of Lawson was used for SymbolPGradea View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot #620 1950 Stamp Centenary 2½d maroon se-tenant gutter block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet with large-part Plate Number ' 4 ' BW #279zc, folded in the gutter, unmounted, Cat $2000 (mounted). Absent from both Stuart Hardy's and "Pericles" Collections. Symbol**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #621 1953-56 QEII Definitives 3d green with Strong 100% Offset BW #295c block of 4, unmounted, Cat $800+. Striking! Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot #622 1953-56 QEII Definitives 3d deep green Coil Perf block of 12 (6x2) from the base of the sheet with complete Plate Number ' 1 ' at the base BW #295za, Aberrant Perfs in the Margin, excellent centring, three units very lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $2500. Symbol**/*Gradea a1 View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #623 1953-56 QEII Definitives 6½d orange marginal horizontal pair from the right of the sheet, the second unit Imperforate at Right BW #298ba, unmounted, Cat $2500. [Stuart Hardy's example in a strip of 4 sold for $1840] Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$1,250Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #624 1953 Young Farmers Clubs 3½d red-brown & green with minor downward misplacement of the vignette & another with Major Downwards Misplacement BW #303c, both unmounted, Cat $500+. With a normal example (*) for comparison. Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$200Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #625 1954 Royal Visit 3½d red Sheet D block of 40 (4x10) with Major Recut to Duke's Forehead (State II) BW #308ja plus the three units with Extended Left-Hand Frame at Top, Coloured Spur on Queen's Right-Hand Shoulder and Re-Entry to Right-Hand Frame BW #308k L & m, unmounted, Cat $840++. Symbol**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$440StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1234|Next Previous 1234 Next Previous 1234 Next
