Auction No 169 - Prestige Philately

Nov 19, 2011
Prestige Philately - Auction No 169 Page: 25
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - Second Watermark (continued)
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A
149 F B A2
9d violet Watermark Inverted BW #25a, excellent centring, some light toning and a few short perfs at base, 'CAIRN
(S)/26AP17/QUEENSLAND' postal cds, Cat $4000. [The ACSC states "Approximately...24 used examples are
known. All used stamps have Queensland cancels of April-May 1917: about half have non-postal...markings". A
similarly centred example sold for $2605 in our sale of 24/4/2009]{Page 22.7}
150 * A C1 PERFORATED 'OS': 6d blue BW #18ba, lightly mounted, Cat $375. Advertised retail $675.{Page 22.8}
350
151 * A A1 9d violet BW #25ba, remarkably well centred, lightly mounted, Cat $1250.{Page 22.10}
750
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - Third Watermark
1,500 T
Ex Lot 152
152 * A/B 2d to 10/- (minor stain at upper-left & large hinge remainder), the 1/- with the Watermark Inverted, a couple may
have been reperforated on one side, generally well centred and lightly to very lightly mounted. Advertised retail
$1600 + $850 for the 10/-.{Page 25.1} (11)
153 V A A1 10/- grey & deep aniline pink, excellent centring, CTO BW #48Bw without gum, Cat $600. {Page 22.11}
500
154 V A A1
10/- grey & aniline pink with Break in Shading under 'N' of 'TEN', excellent centring, faint Melbourne CTO cds BW
#48Cw, Cat $600. {Page 22.12}
155 * A- B1 £1 chestnut & blue BW #52B (SG 44a) minor wrinkles, Cat $2500 (£2500). Advertised retail POR.{Page 22.13} 1,750
156 * A- B1 £1 grey, very lightly mounted, Cat $750 (£550). Advertised retail $875.{Page 22.14}
600
157 V B A2 £1 grey, well centred, some short/nibbled perfs, CTO BW #53w with large-part o.g., Cat $750.{Page 22.15}
500
158 V A- B1 £1 grey, well-centred, faint gum wrinkles, with CTO at Melbourne BW #53w with full unmounted o.g., Cat $750.
Most high values from presentation sets and collectors' sets were overprinted 'SPECIMEN'.{Page 22.16}
159 ** A C1 £1 grey overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type D BW #53xf, unmounted, Cat $350. Advertised retail $425.{Page 22.17} 350
750
600
500
Lot 160
160 ** A+ A1 £2 black & rose-crimson BW #56B (SG 45a) marginal example from left of the sheet, perfectly centred, unmounted,
Cat $8500 (£3500 mounted). Advertised retail POR. Ex Greg Pope: acquired for $12,320 at our auction of
24/1/2004. A quite exceptional stamp: one for the connoisseur.{Page 25.2}
12,500
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