Page: 32 Website: www.prestigephilately.com Feb 17, 2012 Lot 210 - Wmk Sideways Inverted Lot 197 - Crack Ex Lot 214 Lot 247 Lot 192 - Exceptional Positional Block Ex Lot 213 Lot 198 - Die Ia with Watermark Inverted
Feb 17, 2012 <strong>Prestige</strong> <strong>Philately</strong> - <strong>Auction</strong> <strong>No</strong> <strong>171</strong> Page: 33 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - KGV - Single Watermark - Official Stamps (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 194 Lot 196 196 */** A - 4d orange Harrison One-Line Imprint block of 4 BW #110(1)zd, a few split perfs at upper-right neatly reinforced otherwise unmounted, Cat $7500 (mounted). A rarity. Ex Lord Cornwallis. [Very few blocks are recorded & there was no example in the "Ayres" (John Sussex) collection. Perf 'OS', this may be a unique combination]{Page 33.2} COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - KGV - Large Multiple Watermark 197 O B 1½d brown Plate 2 with Cracked Electro Through Crown BW #86(U)j, rough perfs, untidy NSW cds, Cat $500.{Page 32.2} COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - KGV - Small Multiple Watermark P14 198 ** A Plate 1a 1½d red with Watermark Inverted Mullett Imprint strip of 4 BW #91(1a)za(v), light creasing, mounted in the margin only, Cat $1000++ (mounted). Rare: our vendor, a 1½d specialist, states that he has some ninety Plate 2 imprint blocks, none of which have the watermark inverted.{Page 32.6} 199 */** A/A- 4½d violet marginal block of 4 from the base of the sheet, one unmounted unit with a tonespot, three units unmounted, Cat $540++. Advertised retail $525++. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Other Pre-Decimals 200 201 202 203 */**O */**O */**O */**O Used array including Engraved Kooka, 5/- Bridge CTO, Macarthur, Robes £1 Thin Paper, BCOF set, commemoratives, heaps of perfins including high values, pre-decimal multiples including Imprint blocks and plate singles, Cat $800+. (100+) Useful array including Engraved Kooka *, Kooka M/S *, 1/- Lyrebird * plus another optd 'OS' **, Kingsford Smith 2d & 3d optd 'OS' *, 1934 Centenary *, 1934 Macarthur *, 1935 Silver Jubilee **, 1937 Sesqui *, Robes 5/- to £1 x2 * (one set Thin Paper) plus 10/- & £1 optd 'SPECIMEN' (£1 with faults), Arms to £2 * plus 10/- to £2 optd 'SPECIMEN' (*, £1 creased), Navigators to £2 including 10/- & £1 White Paper **, BCOF Overprints **, 1970 ANPEX Cook M/S, mixed condition, Cat $2200. (300+) Used array including Engraved Kooka, Kooka M/S with red Exhibition cds, Kingsford Smith 2d & 3d optd 'OS' CTO, 5/- Bridge commercially used, 1/- Lyrebird optd 'OS', Robes to £1, Navigators to £2, plus Postage Dues, mint pre-decimal and decimal material, AAT & Cocos Islands, Cat $1000+.{Page 26.15} (1000+) 1914-65 largely complete & mostly mint on Seven Seas album pages with Engraved Kooka 6d * & used, Kooka M/S, Kingsford Smith 'OS' 2d (CTO) & 3d (creased), 5/- Bridge well centred CTO, KGVI Die I 3d "White Wattles" (**), Robes Thick & Thin Papers, Arms, 5/- Cattle White Paper, Navigators set plus White Paper 10/- & £1, BCOF set, toning issues throughout so modest estimate applied.{Page 26.16} (few 100s) 7,500 250 1,250 250 T 400 750 400 500 Lot 204 Lot 206 Lot 205 204 * A B1 1938-49 Robes Thick Paper £1 bluish slate overprinted 'SPECIMEN' BW #216x (SG 178s), lightly mounted, Cat $500 (£650, unmounted). RPSofV Certificate (2011).{Page 33.3} 205 ** A C1 - another example, unmounted, Cat $900 (£650). RPSofV Certificate (2011).{Page 33.5} 600 T 206 G A B1 - £1 perf 'G/NSW', unusually well centred. Very scarce.{Page 33.4} 100 400 T