Auction No 145 - Prestige Philately
Auction No 145 - Prestige Philately
Auction No 145 - Prestige Philately
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Jun 13, 2009<br />
<strong>Prestige</strong> <strong>Philately</strong> - <strong>Auction</strong> <strong>No</strong> <strong>145</strong> Page: 17<br />
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A<br />
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - Third Watermark<br />
Lot 22 Lot 25<br />
22 ** A- A1 2/- brown, excellent centring, a couple of faint bends, unmounted, undercatalogued at $900.<br />
1,000<br />
Lot 24<br />
Lot 23<br />
23 **/* A C1 2/- maroon Harrison Two-Line ('N' over 'MP') Imprint block of 4 BW #38zc, three units unmounted, Cat<br />
$1250 (mounted).<br />
24 ** A B1 5/- grey & yellow marginal example from the upper-right corner of the left-hand pane - horizontal &<br />
vertical watermark lines are obvious - with Elongated Spencer's Gulf [L6] BW #44Df, additionally with<br />
unlisted vignette variety Roo with Crew-Cut & Paintbrush Tail, unmounted, Cat $700++. An intriguing<br />
Kangaroo variety.<br />
25 ** A+ A1 10/- grey & deep ("aniline") pink with 'SPECIMEN' Type B Overprint BW #48x, excellent centring,<br />
unmounted, Cat $600. Advertised retail $675 but this is a GEM! [Photograph above Lot 22]<br />
1,000<br />
1,000<br />
800<br />
Lot 26 Lot 27<br />
26 ** B B2 £1 chocolate & dull blue BW #52A, well centred, a few short perfs, unmounted, Cat $7000.<br />
4,000<br />
27 * A C1 £1 chestnut & blue BW #52B, the faintest evidence of having been mounted, Cat $2500.<br />
1,750<br />
Lot 28<br />
Lot 29<br />
28 ** A- A2 £1 grey marginal example from the upper-right corner of the pane - horizontal & vertical watermark<br />
lines are obvious - the perfs somewhat 'cleaned-out' still a bit rough in places, unmounted, Cat $1750.<br />
29 ** A B1 £1 grey BW #53A, well centred, unmounted, Cat $1750.<br />
1,500<br />
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1,000