Auction No 151 - Prestige Philately

Oct 24, 2009
Prestige Philately - Auction No 151 Page: 21
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - First Watermark - Official Stamps (continued)
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A
77 ** A Perforated Small 'OS': 1d red Die II, 3d olive Die I & 6d ultrmarine marginal vertical pairs from the left
of the sheets, variable centring, unmounted, Cat $2080+.{Page 20.3}
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - Second Watermark
1,500
Ex Lot 78
Ex Lot 80
Ex Lot 79
78 */** A/B Selection including 2d & 9d **, 2½d Scratch Below S.W. Coast of Western Australia & 6d both
regummed plus 2/- (gum abrasion) lightly mounted; perf 'OS' 2d 6d 2/- & 5/- (the perfins on the two
higher values look highly doubtful); majority are well centred, high catalogue value.{Page 21.1} (9)
79 * A/A- 2d to 2/- complete, all well centred but some minor aging/toning, the 9d & 1/- with hinge remainders,
Cat $1725.{Page 21.3} (6)
80 */** A/A- 6d deep ultramarine BW #18B very lightly mounted and 9d violet BW #25A with a tiny gum blemish but
unmounted, Cat $1750. {Page 21.2} (2)
81 W* A- 9d violet BW #25A, unusually well centred, regummed & possibly reperforated; and 1/- emerald BW
31A, exceptional centring, faint bend at upper-left, very lightly mounted; Cat $450. [These are
notoriously difficult stamps to obtain well centred] (2)
750
1,000
1,000
150
82 O B C2
Lot 82
Lot 83
Lot 84
9d violet Watermark Inverted BW #25a, some short perfs & a small closed tear, 1917 'PARCEL
POST/BRISBANE' postal cancel, Cat $4000. [ACSC states "About two dozen used examples are
known...(but) about half have non-postal markings." Postal usage is recorded at Aramac, Childers,
Clifton and Emu Vale, but Brisbane is not listed] {Page 21.4}
83 ** A+ A1 1/- emerald BW #31A, exceptional centring, unmounted, Cat $1250.{Page 21.5}
1,500 T
84 * A B1 5/- grey & yellow BW #43A, well centred, Cat $1250. Advertised retail $1375.{Page 21.6}
1,000
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - Third Watermark
750
Ex Lot 85
85 */** A/B Selection including 2d Watermark Inverted and 2½d Islands South of W.A. **, 6d brown Broken Leg in
pairs (2 *, one perf 'OS'), 1/- Watermark Sideways **; also 2d & 6d brown (gum toning) blocks of 4 */**,
1/- Die IIB pair *, 2/- & 5/- * and 10/- (no gum); perf 'OS' 3d to 2/- maroon mostly ** including 6d blue
Die IIB, condition mostly fine, Cat $2800 approx (excluding 10/-). {Page 21.7} (35)
1,250