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: 35<br />
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - First Day Covers (continued)<br />
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A<br />
71 C A<br />
Lot 71 Lot 72<br />
1937-49 Definitives Perf 13½x14 3d blue Die Ia + 6d Kookaburra & 1/- Lyrebird tied to KGV 2d<br />
Envelope by very fine 'GPO MELBOURNE/ 3 /2AU37/VIC-AUST' cds BW #192y, Cat $1500. Unusual.<br />
72 C A+ - 3d blue Die II Thin Paper tied to plain cover by very fine 'GPO MELBOURNE/ 3 /21DE38/VIC-AUST'<br />
cds BW #192y, superb 'FIRST DAY COVER' handstamp, Cat $1250. Superb! [The ACSC states that<br />
the issue date was 20th December, but Frank Pauer has confirmed that this is an error]<br />
1,500<br />
1,250<br />
73 C A-<br />
Lot 73 Lot 74<br />
1937-49 Definitives Perf 15x14 2d coil pair (uniformly large holes) - + 1d green Die II - tied to<br />
commercial airmail cover to England at the Empire Rate by Townsville slogan cancellation of<br />
24APR/1939 being the earliest recorded use of the coil stamps, minor wrinkles, Cat $400 for a coil pair<br />
on cover. [The ACSC doesn't record First Day Covers for the coil stamps. At page 6/70, it is stated that<br />
this stamp was "issued about May 1939"]<br />
74 C B - 3d purple-brown plus War Tax '2½d' on 2d tied to plain cover by 'CROW'S NEST/10DE41/<br />
NSW-AUST' cds BW #196y, endorsed "First day of Issue/..." at upper-left, a few minor tonespots<br />
mainly confined to the reverse, Cat $500+ (the Surcharge is unpriced as a solo franking on First Day<br />
Cover).<br />
1,000<br />
500<br />
Lot 75 Lot 76<br />
75 C A - 1d brown-purple & 1½d green tied to plain cover by 'NEDLANDS PARK/10DE41/WESTN AUST' cds<br />
(the date a little indistinct) BW #183y & 185y, endorsed "1st day Cover/Change colour/War tax" at<br />
upper-left, Cat $500 for either value but unpriced for the two values on a single cover.<br />
500