AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH
Auction # 143
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH : AUSTRALIAN PRE-DECIMAL ISSUES
AUSTRALIAN PRE-DECIMAL ISSUES
Australia.
229
1914 6d Claret Kookaburra marginal block of 9 MUH and centered to left, minor faults affecting 5 units.
400
600
sold
230
1914 6d Claret Kookaburra MLH and centered to right.
50
35
sold
231
1914 6d Claret Kookaburra CTO and centered to right.
30
25
sold
232
Largely complete mint Pre-Decimal collection from 1914 to 1965 in Seven Seas Hingeless album with slipcase, including 1914 6d Claret Kooka MUH, 1928 3d Blue Kookaburra M/S MVLH, 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge MLH (faint crease), 1932 1/- Lyrebird MUH, 1932 1/- Lyrebird O/P OS MUH, 1934 Perf 10½ Victorian Centenary set MLH, 1934 1/- Perf 11½ Victorian Centenary MLH, 1934 9d Macarthur MLH, 1935 1/- Anzac MUH, 1935 Silver Jubilee set MUH, 1937 3d Blue Die I White Wattles MLH and Die 1A KGVI MLH, 1938-49 Thick and Thin Paper Robe sets MLH, 1949-50 Arms set MUH, 1961-64 5/- Cream and White Paper Cattle MUH and 1963-64 Navigator set MUH. Odd minor fault.
800
900
sold
233
1931 6d Brown Airmail imprint strip of 3 MUH and well centered.
80
75
sold
234
1932 6d Brown Kookaburra MUH imprint block of 4.
40
55
sold
235
1932 1/- Green Lyrebird imprint block of 4 MUH and centered to base.
150
160
sold
236
1932 5/- Green Sydney Harbour Bridge MLH and well centered.
300
250
sold
237
1934 1/6 No Wmk Hermes block of 4 MUH and well centered. Left units with gum disturbance.
100
85
sold
238
1935 1/- Anzac Plate No's 1 and 2 corner blocks of 4 MUH. Plate No 1 lightly hinged in selvedge and Plate No 2 with few short perfs at base.
500
375
sold
239
1937 3d Blue Die I KGVI lower right corner block of 32 MUH and centered to left. Faint toning affecting several units.
500
550
sold
240
1937 3d Blue Die 1A KGVI MVLH and reasonably centered.
40
32
R
241
1938 3d Blue Die II Thick Paper KGVI imprint pair MUH and well centered.
50
60
sold
242
1937 1/- Perf 13½ Lyrebird 42.5mm Ash imprint block of 8 well centered. Lightly hinged on top left and top right units and remaining units MUH. ACSC 208zc.
200
425
sold
243
1937-38 Perf 13½ Zoological set MUH and reasonably well centered.
50
35
sold
244
1938 Thick Paper Robes set in MUH well centered blocks of 4. 5/- and £1 values with imprints and 5/- lightly hinged on top units.
350
300
sold
245
1949 10/- Thin Paper Robes in MUH well centered corner block of 8. One unit lightly hinged and 2 units with minor wrinkling.
200
150
sold
246
1942 2½d Scarlet KGVI Black on Fawn cover booklet with inverted watermark MUH. ACSC B53Ba. Retail $150.00.
90
80
sold
247
1946 2½d Carmine Peace unwatermarked MUH and well centered. The ACSC states unwatermarked paper emanates from material stolen from the Note Printing Branch during the 1940's. Catalogue Value $150.00.
50
50
sold
249
1955 2/- Green Olympics Publicity in MUH well centered sheet of 80.
100
80
sold
250
1957 10d Grey-Blue QEII top right corner block of 56 MUH with "CENTRE OF WORK" engraved in reverse on the selvedge at top right from sheet D. Inscription partly cut away. ACSC 322za. Also New Zealand 1973 4¢ Locomotive with slight colour shift, 1976 20¢ Shell with doctor blade flaw and 1979 14¢ QEII O/P with double surcharge MUH.
80
64
R
251
1962 2d Brown Non Helecon QEII coil perf marginal block of 24 MUH and well centered. (10). Retail $900.00.
100
80
sold
252
1962 2/3 Perth Games, 1963 2/3 Royal Visit, 1963 2/3 Cable, 1964 2/3 Airmail, 1965 2/3 Anzac and 1965 2/3 ICY MUH and well centered. (50 of each).
250
250
sold
253
1963 2/3 Royal Visit sheet of 120 and 1963 2/3 Cable sheet of 48 with Broken line to "E" of "Cable" and Retouch under "RA" of "Australia" varieties MUH and well centered.
160
140
sold
254
1964 £2 Navigator MUH well centered block of 10.
500
450
sold
256
1964 Navigators set O/P Specimen reasonably well centered. 7/6 and £2 values MVLH and 10/- and £1 values MUH on White Paper. £2 lower right overprint setting.
250
300
sold
257
1964-65 Birds set of 8 including both papers of 2/5 value in MUH well centered sheets of 60.
600
600
sold
258
1946 BCOF set MUH and well centered. Includes additional 1d value with Blue-black overprint and 5/- Thick and Thin Papers.
250
300
sold
POSTAGE DUES
AUSTRALIA
259
Accumulation of 117 unused and used Postage Due issues from 1902 to 1923, with a few varieties noted and numerous duplicates. Odd fault and most unused stamps without gum. Catalogue Value $4,936.00.
150
150
sold
260
1913 ½d perf 12.4, 1914 ½d perf 11 Upright and Sideways Wmk, 1914 1d perf 11 Upright and Sideways Wmk, 1914-21 ½d, 1d (2 different), 2d (2 different) and 1/- perf 14 Red and Green Victorian Design Crown over Double-Lined A Wmk Thin paper Postage Dues MUH. ACSC D93, D94, D94a, D95B, D96, D96a, D97B, D97D, D99A, D99C and D102. Retail $540.00.
150
120
R
261
1922-30 3rd Wmk Red and Green Victorian Design Postage Due set, the 4d value both perf 14 and perf 11 MUH. Retail $335.00.
90
72
R
262
1931-37 6d Carmine and Yellow-Green perf 11 C of A Wmk Postage Due MUH marginal copy. ACSC D120.
400
300
sold
263
1931-37 C of A Wmk Red and Green Victorian Design Postage Due set excluding 6d value, the 1d and 2d values both perf 14 and perf 11 MUH. Retail $700.00.
225
150
sold
264
1938 C of A Wmk Red and Green Victorian Design new Intaglio Frame Plate Postage Due set MUH and well centered. Retail $645.00.
200
160
R
265
1946-1956 C of A Wmk Red and Green Victorian Design Postage Due set with redrawn value tablets including all Die variations and 1953-1959 C of Wmk 1/- Carmine and Yellow-Green and Carmine and Deep Yellow-Green, 2/- Carmine and Yellow-Green and Carmine and Deep Yellow-Green and 5/- Carmine and Yellow-Green Die I and 5/- Bright Brownish Red and Deep Green C of A Wmk New Design Postage Dues MUH and mostly well centered. Retail $363.00.
100
80
R
266
1958-1963 No Wmk Postage Due set including 5d Die II (2) and both dies of ½d, 1d, 4d, 8d and 1/- values MUH and well centered. Retail $420.00.
130
104
R
267
Accumulation of many hundreds used Postage Dues from 1902 to 1960 including watermark, perforation and die variations in small box. Includes values to 5/-, with varying duplication and some multiples. Variable condition with some pen cancels.
250
180
sold
AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL ISSUES
Australia.
268
1966 3¢ QEII complete coil of 1000 MUH with coil wrapper.
40
70
sold
269
1966 4¢ Red QEII Helecon Ink set of 6 booklets MUH. "Post Early" Helecon Paper.
150
120
R
270
1966 4¢ Red QEII set of 6 booklets MUH. "Send Money Securely" and "9 x 4in" Helecon Paper, others Helecon Ink.
200
250
sold
271
1967 5¢ Blue QEII $1.00 "stapled remake" booklet MUH. Edition No G68/2. Unrecorded in specialist catalogue.
100
170
sold
272
1966 50¢ Dampier pair with oval ink blob in margin between both units and 75¢ Cook part Plate No 3 corner block of 8 with Hooked "¢" of "75¢" and Recutting at base state IV varieties MUH. ACSC 461 and 462d and fc.
75
60
R
273
1967 5¢ on 4¢ Red QEII set of 6 50¢ booklets MUH.
75
55
sold
274
1968 5¢ Blue QEII Defence Forces booklet MUH.
40
32
R
275
1966 Fish set (35), 1966 Bird set (60), 1966 Navigator set (14), 1967 25¢ Christmas (160), 1968 20¢ Weather Watch (100), 1968 25¢ Intelsat (90), 1968 Flower set (45), 1968 Soil and Medical unfolded gutter pair (35), 1968 25¢ Mexico Games (215), 1969 Primary Industries set (25), 1969 25¢ Christmas (35), 1969 Flight strip of 3 (50, inc 8 blocks of 9), 1970 30¢ Royal Visit (45), 1970 30¢ Cook (75), 1971 Asia set (10), 1971 RSPCA set (10), 1971 Christmas set (30), 1972 Primary Industries set (45), 1972 35¢ Munich Games (70), 1972 35¢ Christmas (80), 1973 Metric set (10), 1973 Famous Aust block of 4 (20), 1973 National Development set (25) and 1973 30¢ Christmas (55) MUH and well centered. Very high retail value.
750
850
sold
276
1971 7¢ Sturt's Desert Pea pair (3), strips of 3 (2), 4 (2), 7 (2) and 8 (6), plus 6 fine used single copies, all with missing Buff and misplaced Green colours. (88 stamps). ACSC 535ce. Catalogue value of MUH copies $24,600.00.
500
375
sold
277
1971 Christmas block of 7 MUH. (40). Mixed Cream and White paper.
200
170
sold
278
1972 35¢ Christmas sheet of 100 MUH and well centered, with all major listed varieties.
200
180
sold
279
1973 7¢ Christmas MUH marginal block of 15 from right pane of the sheet, top right corner unit entirely imperforate at top and partly imperforate at right with adjoining unit partly imperforate in top right corner, caused by paper fold. Unlisted in the ACSC.
500
600
sold
280
1975 18¢ Wildflower marginal strip of 3 with Black colour omitted MUH and centered to left. Centre unit with minor gum disturbance. ACSC 725c. Also 1979 55¢ Fishing pair MUH, left unit with smudged and partly omitted "55".
75
70
sold
281
1977 $10.00 Painting lower left corner block of 4 MUH with large black ink transfer on top left unit and partially on top right unit. Striking inking flaw.
200
150
sold
282
1992 45c Threatened Species (2) with Die Cuts (perforations) misplaced downwards by 3mm on used piece, causing Australia and 45¢ to be omitted, as well as being imperforate at base and 1995 40¢ Christmas Peel and Stick with misplaced Die Cuts [perforations], 5mm to left and 2mm upwards FU.
100
80
R
283
Selection of 33 different Prestige booklets from 1997 to 2012. Cost Price $392.00. Includes stamps with a Face Value of $337.00.
200
225
sold
284
Selection of 16 different Prestige booklets, all with special limited edition overprints from 1998 to 2011. Includes 2004 Railways in Australia O/P 2004 S.A.P.C. Salisbury Congress and 2009 Parks & Gardens O/P Melbourne Stampshow 09 200 Club. Retail $1,375.00.
300
300
sold
285
1999 Polly Woodside Ireland joint issue M/S and 1999 Marco Polo Canada joint issue M/S MUH. (50 of each). Retail $500.00.
100
80
R
286
1999 A Selection of the Engraved Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia limited edition book containing 28 Classic Proof Issues printed from the original stamp dies. Also range of miscellaneous items including 1990 South Australia, 1990 Queensland, 1990 Victoria, 1991 New South Wales, 1991 Western Australia, 1991 Tasmania, 1991 Northern Territory and 1991 Canberra Phonecard packs and 2000 Australian Olympic Heroes Medallion collection in special album.
90
85
sold
287
2001 Federation A Selection of the Engraved Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia limited edition book containing 30 proofs printed from the original stamp dies.
75
110
sold
288
2007 Australian Architecture Limited Edition uncut sheet of 12 imperforate miniature sheets MUH, with certificate of Authenticity. No 1141/2000 from the left pane.
50
100
sold
DECIMAL FACE VALUE BULK LOTS
289
Collection of MUH Decimal issues from 1984 to 2000. Face Value $365.20.
200
200
sold
290
Collection of MUH stamps from 1966 to 2000, mostly in blocks of 4. Face Value $1,307.00.
700
700
sold
291
Selection of 178 P Stamps and SES sheets from 2000 to 2006 including 2002 and 2003 AFL Football Team sets. Several duplicates. Very high retail value. Face Value $1,461.50.
750
800
sold
292
Complete MUH Decimal collection from 1966 QEII set to 1989 Christmas set, including some optional extra items in Seven Seas Hingeless album in 2 binders. Excludes 1971 Christmas block of 25. Face Value $500.00.
250
300
sold
293
Collection of MUH Decimal issues from 1981 to 2014. Face Value $1,989.00.
1000
1150
sold
294
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues. Face Value $670.00.
350
350
sold
295
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues. Face Value $991.00.
550
525
sold
296
2000 45¢ Sydney Olympics set of 16 sheetlets MUH. (3 sets). Face Value $216.00.
100
110
sold
297
Collection of MUH Decimal issues from 1981 to 2007. Face Value $1,390.00.
750
725
sold
298
Selection of MUH Decimal issues from 2006 to 2010. Face Value $489.65.
250
275
sold
299
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues from 1c to $1.00 values. Face Value $1,242.00. Some toning. Also range of over 500 MUH Pre-Decimal issues and used Foreign stamps in old album.
600
600
sold
300
Selection of MUH Decimal issues (Face Value $130.00), plus accumulation of official unaddressed FDC's from 1980 to 1995 (Face Value $726.00). Also USA 1982 State Birds and Flowers sheet of 50 MUH.
120
145
sold
301
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues including AAT, Christmas Is and Cocos (Keeling) Is Australia and several booklets. Face Value $1,017.00.
500
525
sold
302
Accumulation of MUH Decimal stamps including booklets and miniature sheets. Face Value $2,356.00.
1200
1200
sold
303
Collection of MUH Decimal issues from 1979 to 2006 including AAT in 4 Seven Seas Hingeless albums. Face Value $1,139.00.
550
650
sold
304
Collection of MUH Decimal issues from 1966 to 1998. Face Value $1,124.00.
550
650
sold
305
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues. Face Value $1,867.00. Some hinged.
900
950
sold
306
Selection of MUH Decimal issues. Face Value $236.00. Also 1943 Khaki and Green with the Australian Army at Home and Overseas published by Australian War Memorial, Canberra, A.C.T.
120
120
sold
307
Collection of MUH Decimal issues from 1975 to 2014 on Hagner sheets in 4 binders. Face Value $5,744.00.
2800
3000
sold
308
Collection of MUH Decimal issues, including many P & S sheets, Olympic Games sheetlets and range of booklets. Face Value $1,440.00.
700
725
sold
309
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues. Face Value $800.00. Also range of Official unaddressed FDC's, all with faulty backs caused by photo album, plus Franklin Mint 1976 Christmas collection of 12 commemorative covers in special album.
425
400
sold
310
Collection of MUH Decimal issues from 1981 to 2007. Face Value $1,162.00.
600
600
sold
311
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues. Face Value $440.00.
200
225
sold
312
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues. Face Value $441.00.
225
250
sold
313
Collection of MUH Decimal issues from 1996 to 2011. Face Value $964.00.
475
525
sold
314
Selection of MUH Decimal issues from 1969 to 1981, mainly in sheets. Face Value $647.40.
325
400
sold
315
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues including some AAT and Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australian issues. Some toning or minor faults. Face Value $542.00.
250
275
sold
316
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues from 1981 to 2003. Face Value $1,877.00.
950
925
sold
317
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues. Face Value $834.00.
425
425
sold
318
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues. Face Value $1,373.00.
700
725
sold
319
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues. Face Value $305.00.
150
170
sold
320
Accumulation of MUH Decimal stamps including booklets and miniature sheets. Face Value $3,064.00.
1600
1550
sold
321
Accumulation of MUH Decimal stamps. Face Value $1,122.00. Also range of mostly MUH low value Pre-Decimal issues.
550
600
sold
322
Accumulation of MUH Decimal stamps. Face Value $570.00. Also a selection of First Day Covers (Face Value $175.00), plus various PSE's mint and cancelled on FDI and other miscellaneous items.
350
350
sold
323
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues. Face Value $325.00.
150
170
sold
324
Collection of MUH Decimal issues, mainly from 1990 to 2005, including AAT, Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Island Australia issues. Face Value $975.00.
475
500
sold
325
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues, mainly from the 1980's in singles, pairs, blocks and sheets. Face Value $2,002.00.
1000
950
sold
326
Accuumulation of MUH Decimal issues including some booklets. Face Value $375.00.
200
190
sold
327
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues from 1966 to 2001, including Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Island Australia issues. Face Value $2,921.00.
1450
1500
sold
328
Accumulation of MUH Decimal stamps including numerous miniature sheets and P stamp sheets. Face Value $1,420.00.
700
700
sold
329
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues. Face Value $803.00.
400
425
sold
330
Selection of MUH Decimal stamps from 1981 to 2014. Face Value $3,701.00.
1900
1950
sold
331
Selection of MUH Decimal stamps. Face Value $1,725.00.
850
850
sold
332
Collection of MUH Decimal issues from 1966 to 2011 in Lighthouse stockbook. Face Value $1,586.00.
750
850
sold
333
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues. Main strength in letter rate issues. Face Value $4,474.00.
2200
2200
sold
334
Collection of MUH stamps with main strength from 1994 to 2010. Face Value $1,113.00.
550
600
sold
335
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues from 1966 to 2008 including Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Island Australia issues. Face Value $2,562.00.
1250
1250
sold
336
Collection of MUH booklets from 1982 to 2008. Face Value $1,224.20.
500
650
sold
337
Accumulation of MUH Decimal issues. Face Value $1,402.00.
700
700
sold
338
Collection of MUH Decimal issues from 1981 to 2001. Face Value $781.50.
400
400
sold
339
Collection of MUH Decimal issues. Face Value $1,467.00.
750
725
sold
340
Collection of MUH Decimal issues, mainly from 1980's to 2010, including Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Island Australia issues in loose leaf album. Face Value $1,298.00. Some MLH content and small range of used Pre-Decimal and Decimal issues. Also collection of Maximum cards from 2007 to 2010, plus range of modern postmarks and miscellaneous items in loose leaf album.
600
650
sold
DECIMAL MINT WITHOUT GUM
341
Accumulation of stamps on piece, mint without gum, with values from 5¢ to 70¢, including 55¢ x 260, 60¢ x 634 and 70¢ x 268. Face Value $845.00.
300
325
sold