Auction No 171 - Prestige Philately

Page: 28 Website: www.prestigephilately.com Feb 17, 2012
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - First Watermark (continued)
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A
Lot 148
Ex Lot 149
148 * B 10/- £1 and £2 optd 'SPECIMEN' Type A, a few short perfs, hinge remnants, Cat $1725. {Page 28.1}
500 T
149 * B B2 10/- to £2 optd 'SPECIMEN' Type A, the £2 being characteristically off-centre, few short perfs, creasing on 10/- &
£2, lightly mounted, Cat $1725.{Page 28.2} (3)
150 * A B1 £1 brown & blue BW #51A, well-centred, Cat $3000. Advertised retail $3750.{Page 26.7}
2,000
151 V B C2
£2 black & rose BW 55A, quite well centred, nibbled perfs in left margin, faked corner cds, Cat $3500. Advertised
retail "Price on Request". Apex Certificate (2005) states "genuine", but doesn't acknowledge the faked cancel
(another example of why we will not send Australian items to overseas expertisers). {Page 26.8}
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - First Watermark - Official Stamps
500
1,000
Lot 152
Lot 154
152 ** B B2 PERFORATED LARGE 'OS': 2½d blue Plate 2 'JBC' Monogram single BW #9zc, with Broken Value Circle below
'2', light toning in the margin and at the top of the stamp, one short perf, unmounted, Cat $750 (mounted). Rare:
absent from Arthur Gray's collection. Ex Lord Cornwallis: acquired for $1840 at our auction of 7/7/2007.{Page
28.3}
153 F A A1 - 5/- grey & chrome BW #42ba, excellent centring, 'MARKET STREET/MELBOURNE' cds, Cat $500. Advertised
retail POR + 50% premium for the centring!{Page 26.9}
154 */** A C1 PERFORATED SMALL 'OS': 2d grey marginal block of 6 (3x2) from the right of the left-hand pane, a couple of very
minor bends, two units very lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $1150+ (as singles). Advertised retail
$1800+ (as singles).{Page 28.4}
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - Second Watermark
155 V A- C2
9d violet with the Watermark Inverted BW #25a, a couple of nibbled perfs, Brisbane telegraphs cds, Cat $2250 with
telegraph cancel. [The ACSC states "...two dozen used examples are known. All have Queensland cancellations
...about half have non-postal markings"]{Page 26.10}
156 ** A C1 PERFORATED 'OS': 6d ultramarine BW #18Aba, unmounted, Cat $750.{Page 26.11}
400
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - Third Watermark
157 G A C1
6d blue with Bite out of the Kangaroo's Left Leg BW #19f, Brisbane cds clear of the variety, undercatalogued at
$1250. Ex Lord Cornwallis. [A very fine example sold for $2760 at our auction of $10/4/2010]
1,750
250
800 T
750
John Bozic, writing in the BSAP "Bulletin" (Aug 2004) recorded only 4 mint examples (one in the Australia Post
collection) & 8 used (2 with Australia Post) and concluded "I place this variety in the same class of rarity as the 2½d
Missing Fraction", which is catalogued at $30,000 mint & $12,500 used. Given that the so-called "Missing Fraction"
is an ink-clogging variety and the "Bite" is a major plate flaw, we believe that this item should be rated higher than
the more famous stamp. {Page 29.1}
1,750