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Lot# : 245 Australia
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Competition Essays 1911 (May 31, closing date): Stamp size photographic Essay, 30 x 24 mm., applied to letter dated April 3, 1911, addressed to the Postmaster General's Department in Melbourne, with the competition entry showing Coats of Arms of the individual States with 'Australia' at top and 'Postage Two Pence' in lower tablet, the vignette of an allegorical 'Australia Fair' with a young lady clutching a scythe. Sent in by one Howard Davie of Surbiton, England. The letter with two pinholes at top and numbered on reverse 35 in pencil. A marvellous and extremely rare document and Essay.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 246 Australia
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1913: 3 d. Kangaroo, Die, an imperforate Proof, marginal at top with horizontal black line, large margins all round, printed in black on blued granite thick safety paper. Scarce.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 170 CHFLot# : 247 Australia
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1914/20: 4 d. pale orange-yellow, Plate 1, an unused block of four, marginal from base of sheet with "JBC" monogram, minor gum bend otherwise fresh and fine with large part og. BW11OE(1)g/z = $ 1'200.rnProvenance: Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 13-15 July 2005, lot 527; Collection 'Fordwater', Spink, London, 9 Nov 2011, lot 206Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 550 CHFLot# : 248 Australia
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1915 (Jan-July): Kangaroo 6 d. bright blue, second wmk., a fine unused example of good colour. large part og. Gi = £ 425.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 250 Australia
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1924 (Aug 18)/1926: 1 d. sage green, no wmk., a fine block of 18 divided by interpanneau margin with T. S. HARRISON imprint, together with October 1926 1 d. sage-green in two marginal interpanneau pairs, one with A. J. MULLETT imprint (with "RA" joined in AUSTRALIA variety on left stamp), and the other, perforated through, with JOHN ASH imprint. Fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. Gi = £ 250+.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 100 CHFLot# : 251 Australia
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1926/30: 4 d. yellow-olive, Multiple Crown & A Watermark, perf. 14, a fine unused block of eight, marginal from base of sheet and divided by interpanneau margin, showing full JOHN ASH imprint perforated through, fresh and very fine, large part og. with lower four stamps unmounted og. Scarce and most attractive Gi = £ 440+/BW 115z.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : 380 CHFLot# : 252 Australia
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1929/30: Typographed by J. Ash, wmk. Multiple Crown & A, 10 s. grey & pink, Die II, a fine well centred corner marginal block of four from upper left of sheet, fresh and fine, large part og. Gi = £ 1'900/BW 49.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 1,300 CHFLot# : 253 Australia
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1955 (Oct): South Australia Stamp Centenary 3½ d. green, Die Proof on white wove paper mounted in sunken card frame (88 x 115 mm.), just eight Die Proofs were prepared for presentation purposes. This is numbered "50" and dated in manuscript "12.9.55" on reverse. With letter (addressee's name excised) from PMG's office dated 18 October 1955. The Proof with stain at top but very rare BW 330DP(1) = $ 3'000.1 / 1Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 254 Australia
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1914/20: 5 d. brown, perf. 14¼ x 14, second wmk., an unused block of four, fresh and very fine, unmounted og., Kangaroo 1923 6 d. chestnut in an unused top marginal block of four with second stamp showing "Leg of Kangaroo Broken" variety, unmounted og., and 1928 Philatelic Exhibition 3 d. blue sheetlet of four with large margins all round, mounted in margin, stamps unmounted og. Gi = £ 475+.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 255 Australia
1 / 1Australian Area 1855/1921: Lot eight stamps used/unused and proofs as well as two covers incl. New South Wales 1850 Entire letter from Launceston to London, struck with LAUNCESTON despatch cds (Jan 21) in black and rated '4' (pence) prepaid in red manuscript, reverse with step-type FALMOUTH / SHIP LETTER in blue and charged '8' (pence) for this service; 1860/72 1 d. scarlet, perf. 12, a horizontal pair, marginally imperforate at left, used on 1861 letter sheet to Sydney, tied by 'Raymond Terrace' datestamps (Oct 28), reverse with 'Limeburner's Creek' cds (same day) and Sydney arrival cds; South Australia 1855 Perkins Bacon 2 d. Plate Proof in dull carmine-lake, on medium wove paper without watermark, sheet marginal at left; Perforation Experiments / Emergency Issue 1868/71 1 s. chestnut red-brown, wmk. Large Star, rouletted issue perforated 11½-12½, lightly used example showing significant 'Double Impression' variety, especially prominent on the SOUTH AUSTRALIA tablet, cancellation leaving the variety very clear; 1876/1904 1 d. deep green, wmk. Crown SA, perf. 10, a used example with variety "Double Impression", with slight central stain of no significance as this example is the discovery copy which resulted in the Stanley Gibbons listing, matched with an unused normal example for comparison; Australia 1916 d. carmine-red, Plate 2, perf. 14¼ x 14, used examples (2), each showing the "Rusted Cliché" variety, positions 34-35 on the right pane; Third Watermark 1921 £ 2 black & rose, Die II, unused example of good strong colour overprinted SPECIMEN in black (Type B), showing variety "Broken Tail to Kangaroo"; and Papua New Guinea 1901/05 Lakatoi 2½ d. black & blue, wmk horizontal, thick paper, line perf. 14 in unused condition with large part og. Two certs.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 256 Australia
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Officials 1913 (Jan-April): Part set eleven values from ½ d. green to 2 s. brown, wmk. crown / A, punctured 'O.S.' (Type 1), fine unused examples with fresh colours, large part og. Some perforation irregularities, but an appealing assembly. Eight certs. Ceremuga (2018) Gi = £ 2'800.1 / 2Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 1,200 CHFLot# : 257 Australia
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Officials 1913 (Jan-April): 5 s. grey & yellow, wmk. crown / A, punctured 'O.S.' (Type 1), a fine unused example with fresh colours, superb large part og. Few nibbed perfs at left, still a desirable stamp, very rare. Cert. Ceremuga (2018) ACSC 42ba / Gi = £ 1'700.1 / 1Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 600 CHFLot# : 258 Australia
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Officials 1913 (Jan-April): £1 brown & ultramarine, wmk. crown / A, punctured 'O.S.' (Type 1), small tear in upper right corner otherwise a fine unused example with fresh colours, superb large part og. Extremely rare, signed Champion; cert. Ceremuga (2018) ACSC 51b / Gi = £ 11'000.1 / 1Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 3,200 CHFLot# : 259 Australia
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General Officials 1897/1901: 5 d. brown-purple, perf. 13, overprinted O. S. in black, a fine unused example of good colour, centred to right, variety "No Stop after S", large part og. A very rare stamp Gi = Listed but unpriced.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 320 CHFLot# : 260 Australia
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Officials 1914/28: Lot twelve mint Officials comprising 1914 part set ½ d., 1 d. red in all three dies, 2 d., 3 d., 5 d. to 9d., wmk. crown / A, punctured small 'O.S.' in upper position (Type 2), fine unused example with fresh colours, superb large part og., the three top values unmounted og; 6 d. ultramarine wmk. narrow Crown showing variety wmk inverted, light toning; also 1928 Melbourne national Stamp Exhibition punctured in type 2 (2). A fine group, five certs. Ceremuga (2018) Gi = £ 1'700+.1 / 2Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 550 CHFLot# : 261 Australia
1 / 21932: “O S” overprint on KGV 2 d. scarlet, Die III, small multiple “crown /A” with very rare variety: watermark inverted, a very fine used example with machine slogan cancellation. Cert. Ceremuga (2020) Gi = £ 3'500.1 / 1Starting bid : 900 CHFHammer price : 900 CHFLot# : 1104 Australia
1 / 141934/36: Various rocket experiments by the Australian Rocket Society, interresting selection with 17 envelopes, five photographs and 23 unused labels (partly in blocks of four), good quality and arranged on album pages.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 460 CHF -
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