AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH PRE-DECIMAL ISSUES
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH PRE-DECIMAL ISSUES :
Australia.
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Collection of better mint and used stamps from 1914 to 1965 including 1914 6d Claret Engraved Kookaburra, 1927-1930 Perf OS Commemoratives set FU, 1931 Kingsford Smith set O/P OS CTO without gum, 1931 6d Brown Air Mail and 6d Brown Air Mail O/P OS (2 of each, one of each without gum), 1932 6d Brown Kookaburra MUH, 1932 1/- Lyre Bird O/P OS VFU, 1932 5/- Green Sydney Harbour Bridge VFU, 1934 1/- Victorian Centenary MLH (1) and FU (4), 1934 Macarthur set MUH and FU, 1934 1/6 No Wmk Hermes MLH, 1935 Anzac set VFU, 1935 Silver Jubilee set MUH and FU, 1936 1/- S.A. Centenary MUH and FU, 1938 Robes set FU (2), 1949-50 Arms set FU (3), 1963-64 Navigators set FU, some blocks of 4 and more.
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1928 3d Blue Kookaburra M/S horizontal pair MUH with part blind perfs along top selvedge and light crease in selvedge at right.
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1928 3d Blue Kookaburra MUH marginal copy with double perforations in selvedge caused by paper fold, single perforated OS CTO, block of 4, plus single on piece with 1½d Red KGV, both cancelled with Red International Philatelic Exhibition cancellations, M/S MLH with faults and 1934 Australia to New Zealand First Flight cover, franked with block of 4.
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1928 3d Blue Kookaburra M/S MLH with faint mark in selvedge, another mint without gum with small thin and light vertical crease in selvedge at left and one VFU. All three lightly folded through central perfs.
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1928 3d Blue Kookaburra M/S cancelled by Red and Blue Exhibition postmarks. Lightly folded through central perfs.
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1929 3d Green Airmail MUH reasonably well centered Type A block of 4 from the booklet plate. ACSC 136. Catalogue Value $500.00.
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1929 3d Green Airmail Type A complete Plate No 2 sheet of 80 perf OS. Central perfs reinforced with hinges and some perf faults, 14 other units MVLH and 50 units MUH, 7 of which are creased. The Plate No 2 block of 4 is fine, lightly hinged on one unit and selvedge.
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1931 2d and 3d Kingsford Smith O/P OS MLH. 2d with gum ageing, the 3d centered to left. 2019 Ceremuga certificate stating genuine in all respects.
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1931 3d Kingsford Smith O/P OS with "Plane dropping mailbag" variety CTO without gum. A few short perfs at left. Rare. 2019 Ceremuga certificate stating genuine in all respects. ACSC 142(OS)d. Catalogue Value $750.00.
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1931 6d Brown Airmail well centered imprint block of 6 from Plate 1, lightly hinged on 2 units, remaining units MUH. ACSC 144zd.
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1931 6d Brown Airmail well centered imprint block of 6 from Plate 1, lightly hinged on 3 units, remaining units MUH. ACSC 144zd.
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1932 5/- Green Sydney Harbour Bridge MUH and reasonably well centered. Slight bluntish perfs at lower left.
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1932 5/- Green Sydney Harbour Bridge fine used and well centered. An attractive commercially used example.
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Collection of mint Pre-Decimal issues from 1914 to 1965 in Seven Seas Hingeless album with slipcase. Noted 1914 6d Claret Kookaburra MH, 1927 Canberra booklet MUH (toning blemishes), 1928 3d Blue Kookaburra M/S MUH, 1931 2d and 3d Kingsford Smith O/P OS CTO, 1932 1/- Lyrebird MH, 1932 1/- Lyrebird O/P OS MH, 1934 1/6 No Wmk Hermes MUH, 1934 Perf 11½ Victorian Centenary set MLH, 1934 Macarthur set MLH, 1935 Anzac set MLH, 1935 Silver Jubilee set MLH, 1937 3d Blue Die I White Wattles KGVI MLH, 1938 Thick Paper Robe set MLH, 1948-49 Thin Paper Robe set MUH, 1950 £2 Arms MLH, 1964 5/- White Paper Cattle MUH (lightly creased) and 1963-64 Navigator set of 8 MLH. Odd minor blemish.
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1934 Macarthur set of 4 in mint well centered Ash Imprint blocks of 4, the 2d Dark Hills and 9d value very lightly hinged on upper units only.
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1935 1/- Black Anzac matching Plate No 1 and Plate No 2 blocks of 4 MUH and well centered. The Plate 1 block is lightly hinged on selvedge, the Plate 2 block has a few bluntish perfs.
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1935 2/- Silver Jubilee in MUH well centered block of 4. Faint bend on one unit and slight perf separation.
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1935 Silver Jubilee set in MUH well centered blocks of 4. 2d hinged on upper units, 3d and 2/- marginal blocks hinged in selvedge.
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1935 2/- Silver Jubilee MUH imprint strip of 10, centered slight to right. Left corner unit with short perfs and slight gum ageing.
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1936 SA Centenary set in blocks of 4 and 1937 9d NSW Sesquicentenary strip of 3 MUH and well centered.
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1936 1/- SA Centenary strip of 4 and 1937 9d NSW Sesquicentenary marginal block of 12, lower left unit with rounded corner perf MUH and well centered.
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1937 9d Purple New South Wales Sesquicentenary in complete well centered sheet of 80, lightly hinged on outer selvedge, all stamps are MUH. The Ash imprint has variety "Roller shift to right frame, top frame over AU and 88".
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1937 3d Blue Die I "White Wattles" KGVI in well centered block of 4, lightly hinged on upper units. One slight blunt perf at base.
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1937 3d Blue Die I KGVI reasonably well centered imprint block of 8, MLH on one unit, remaining units MUH. Some perf separation. ACSC 191z.
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1938 3d Blue Die II Thin Paper KGVI marginal copy with ink striping (white face and leaves) MLH. ACSC 194c.
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1938 1d Green Die II Queen Mother, 1938 2d Scarlet Die II KGV, 1941 1d Red-Brown Queen Mother (2), 1941 2d Mauve KGVI, 1942 ½d Orange Wmk Kangaroo, 1943 1d Purple-Brown Queen Mother (11), 1944 2d Purple Wmk KGVI, 1948 2d Purple No Wmk KGVI, 1948 1d No Wmk Princess Elizabeth (2), 1949 ½d No Wmk Kangaroo (2), 1951 2d Green QEII (2), 1951 3d Scarlet KGVI (2), 1951 3d Green KGVI (2), 1953 3d Green QEII (2), 1962-65 2d Brown QEII Non Helecon (5) and Helecon (2), 1959-65 3d Green QEII Non Helecon (12) and Helecon (1), 1959 5d Blue QEII and 1965 5d Red QEII (5) coil pairs MUH. 1938 2d Scarlet Die II KGVI with large and small holes. ACSC Catalogue Value $2,220.00.
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1940 3d Deep Blue Die III Long Epaulettes in MUH full sheet of 160 with 2 Ash Imprints and lower perf pip. 2 units lightly creased and typical mixed centering.
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1938 1d Green Die II Queen Mother, 1938 2d Scarlet Die II KGV, 1941 1d Red-Brown Queen Mother (3), 1941 2d Mauve KGVI (3), 1942 ½d Orange perf 14¾ Kangaroo, 1943 1d Purple-Brown Queen Mother (5), 1948 2d Purple No Wmk KGVI (3), 1949 ½d No Wmk Kangaroo (2), 1951 3d Scarlet KGVI, 1951 3d Green KGVI and 1953 3d Green QEII coil pairs MUH. 1938 2d Scarlet KGVI MLH.
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1941 3d Brown KGVI Thin paper marginal block of 4, lightly hinged on 2 units and 2 units MUH. Hinge remainder in selvedge. ACSC 196a. Catalogue Value $600.00.
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1938 ½d Orange perf 13½ Kangaroo McCracken imprint block of 4 with cracked plate - later state (28mm long) MUH and well centered. ACSC 178zba. Catalogue Value $650.00.
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1938 5/- Authority imprint block of 4 MUH, 10/- imprint pair MUH and £1 imprint pair mint without gum Thick Paper Robes and 1948 5/- Thin Tinted Paper Robe, lightly hinged on top units and lower units MUH (faint tone spot in selvedge), plus imprint pair FU.
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1938 £1 Thick Paper Robes in MUH well centered Ash imprint block of 4. Barely visible faint gum tone on one unit and a few minute inking flaws.
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1938 Thick Paper Robes set in MUH well centered imprint blocks of 4. The 5/- value has a few short perfs and is lightly hinged on selvedge. The 10/- value is Authority imprint with tiny gum disturbance on one unit, the 5/- and £1 are Ash imprints.
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1938 £1 Thick Paper Robes O/P Specimen MVLH and well centered. 2019 Ceremuga certificate stating genuine in all respects. ACSC 216x. Catalogue Value $800.00.
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1938 10/- and £1 Thick Paper Robes O/P Specimen MUH and well centered, small mark on the gum of the £1 value. £1 with 2005 Ceremuga certificate stating genuine in all respects. ACSC 214x and 216x.
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1938 5/-, 10/- and £1 (5) Thick Paper Robes and 1949 5/- (2), 10/- (2) and £1 (3) Arms with Telegraph punctures. Four £1 Robes with Hexagonal punctures.
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1949 £1 Dull Blue Thin paper Robes in MUH Authority imprint block of 4, centered to lower left. Faint gum toning, but facially attractive.
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1941 2½d Scarlet KGVI No imprint gutter corner block of 4, lightly hinged on top units and lower units MUH. Only recorded from the left corner as ACSC 230zo. No imprint blocks are the result of ink stripping. Catalogue Value $1,000.00.
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1942 2½d Scarlet KGVI Black on Fawn cover booklet with inverted watermark MUH. ACSC B53Ba. Retail $150.00.
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Selection of 67 different Pre-Decimal low value stamps in MUH full and half sheets, a number with listed varieties, some with imprints. (5,814 stamps).
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1952 3/6 3½d Purple-Brown KGVI "Original text", 1953-57 3/6 3½d Carmine Red Wmk and No Wmk QEII, 1959 4/- 4d Lake QEII, 1960 5/- 5d Blue QEII "Coat of Arms" (2) and 1964 5/- 5d Green QEII booklets MUH. Slight marks on covers of some, panes are fine MUH. ACSC B56A, B57, B58, B61, B62Ae, B62Af and B67Pd. Retail of panes $310.00.
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1949 5/- Arms No imprint corner block of 4 MUH. Two diagonal creases in lower left corner of selvedge. ACSC 268zb. Catalogue Value $175.00.
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1949 £1 Arms marginal copy with diagonal pre-printing paper fold and £2 Arms O/P Specimen MUH and well centered.
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1949 £1 Arms Specimen with "IM" joined overprint error MLH. Extremely rare. (The ACSC states that the error occurred on Position (13) in the forme of 30 and were probably only on the first printings). 2019 Ceremuga certificate stating genuine in all respects. ACSC 270zb. Catalogue Value $5,750.00.
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1950 £2 Arms with Roller flaw below "E" of "Postage" variety MUH and well centered. Small faint crease. ACSC 271d. Catalogue Value $450.00.
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1949-50 Arms imprint corner blocks of 4 set MUH and well centered. £2 with Roller flaw below "E" of "Postage" varieties on 2 units. £1 Value lightly hinged on selvedge only.
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1950 £2 Arms Specimen with "IM" joined overprint error MUH. Extremely rare. (The ACSC states that the error occurred on Position (13) in the forme of 30 and were probably only on the first printings). 2019 Ceremuga certificate stating genuine in all respects. ACSC 271zb. Catalogue Value $7,500.00.
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1950 £2 Arms Specimen with "SPEOMIN" overprint error MVLH. Extremely rare. (The ACSC states that the error occurred on Position (19) in the forme of 30 and were probably only on the first printings). 2019 Ceremuga certificate stating genuine in all respects. ACSC 271zc. Catalogue Value $5,750.00.
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1951 2d Yellow-Green Queen Mother coil perf sheet of 160 with 2 imprints MUH and well centered. Catalogue Value $965.00.
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1959 3d Blue-Green Non Helecon QEII full Plate No 5 left side with lines after coil perf block of 8 MUH and centered to right. ACSC 350zg.
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1963 5d Green QEII Plate No 1 and Plate No 2 with dashes blocks of 6 from booklet sheet MUH. ACSC 400za and zb.
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1964 £1 Cream Paper Navigator in MUH well centered half sheet of 60.
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1966 Large part of cover addressed to Castrol Limited Marylebone Road, London with amazing franking of 1965 £1 White Paper Bass pair (perfs slightly creased at top), 1965 White Paper 10/- Flinders (6), 1964 5/- Dampier (10), 1957 2/6 No Wmk Aborigine and 6d Thornbill, tied by Sydney roller cancellations dated 11 Feb, 1966. The total franking of £7-13-0 represents 68 times the 2/3 Air Mail rate per ½oz, interestingly sent on the last business day prior to the introduction of Decimal currency.
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1963-65 Navigators set of 8 including Cream and White papers of the 10/- and £1 values in MUH mostly well centered blocks of 4.
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1964 Navigators set O/P Specimen MUH and reasonably centered. 10/- and £1 values on Cream Paper and £2 with lower right overprint setting.
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1964 Navigators set O/P Specimen MUH with mixed centering. 10/- and £1 values on Cream Paper and £2 with lower right overprint setting.
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Selection of 43 different Pre-Decimal low value stamps in MUH full and half sheets, a number with listed varieties, some with imprints. (3,004 stamps).
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1946 6d BCOF MUH marginal copy with "N" of "Japan" in wrong font variety. (R1/8). ACSC J4j. Catalogue Value $450.00.
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