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Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
1133		S.G. #137	S.G. #137, 1935 £1 Gray, quite fresh, well centered, o.g., l.h., choice very fine (Scott #128; $450.00). (Image)	£425 Closed or SOLD for $280.00 Closing..Sep-15-2000, 05:00 PM
1134		S.G. #137	S.G. #137, 1935 £1 Gray, quite well centered, o.g., choice very fine (Scott #128; $450.00). (Image)	£425 Closed or SOLD for $250.00 Closing..Sep-15-2000, 05:00 PM
1135		S.G. #138	S.G. #138, 1934 £2 Black and rose, deep luxuriant colors on fresh paper, o.g., barest trace of hinging, nearly very fine for this key high value (Scott #129; $2,000.00). (Image)	£1,600 Closed or SOLD for $1,150.00 Closing..Sep-15-2000, 05:00 PM
1136		S.G. #138	S.G. #138, 1934 £2 Black and rose, a showpiece bottom margin interpanneau horizontal pair showing a complete "John Ash" imprint, particularly fresh and bright, with strong colors, attractively centered, o.g., very fine; one of approximately only thirty such "Ash" imprint interpanneau pairs known; a wonderful addition to either a specialized collection of Australia or to an important collection of British Commonwealth stamps; 1998 BPA certificate (Scott #129; $4,000.00 as two singles). (Image)	£3,200+ Closed or SOLD for $4,000.00 Closing..Sep-15-2000, 05:00 PM
1137		S.G. #143	S.G. #143, 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge, quite fresh, o.g., l.h., very fine (Scott #132; $350.00). (Image)	£375 Closed or SOLD for $130.00 Closing..Sep-15-2000, 05:00 PM
1138		S.G. #224a-24d	S.G. #224a-24d, 1949-51 5/- to £2 Coat of Arms cplt., fresh set of mint marginal blocks of four, each well centered, o.g., typically lightly hinged in selvages only, although two 10/- and two £1 values l.h., rest n.h., very fine (Scott #218-21; $800.00 as four sets of singles). (Image)	as singles £661 Closed or SOLD for $270.00 Closing..Sep-15-2000, 05:00 PM
1139		S.G. #D1/141	S.G. #D1/141, The exceptionally comprehensive postage due collection balance of 105 different stamps, being one of the most complete collections of these extraordinarily difficult and elusive issues we have ever offered, basically missing only the high value rarities which have been offered as individual lots, plus there is a nice run of the many perforation varieties found on the 1902-04 issues and some inverted watermark varieties as well, centering generally is far better than typically encountered on these often poorly centered issues, all with o.g., an occasional small fault is noted, but most are fine-very fine; an unusual opportunity to acquire many of the most elusive stamps of Australia in a single lot (Scott #J1/95; $5,750.00+).	£4,987 Closed or SOLD for $4,750.00 Closing..Sep-15-2000, 05:00 PM
1140		S.G. #D43	S.G. #D43, 1902-04 10/- Emerald green postage due, a marvelously fresh and choice example of this truly rare stamp, with bright color on clean paper, exceptionally well centered, especially when compared to most existing examples of these notoriously difficult postage dues, o.g., lightly hinged, very fine; signed H. Bloch (Scott #J21; $2,750.00). (Image)	£1,600 Closed or SOLD for $2,500.00 Closing..Sep-15-2000, 05:00 PM
1141		S.G. #D44	S.G. #D44, 1902-04 20/- Emerald green postage due, a most remarkable quality mint example of this extraordinarily difficult and rare stamp, possessing far better centering than typically encountered, plus it is wonderfully fresh and bright, clean o.g., very fine and exceedingly choice; a seldom seen stamp in any quality, but an example this lovely is almost never found offered at auction (Scott #J22; $4,000.00). (Image)	£3,250 Closed or SOLD for $3,750.00 Closing..Sep-15-2000, 05:00 PM
1142		S.G. #D60	S.G. #D60, 1909 5/- Dull green postage due, brilliantly fresh mint example, with strong color and impression on bright paper, quite well centered, o.g., l.h., very fine; an especially elusive stamp so choice (Scott #J35; $1,100.00). (Image)	£850 Closed or SOLD for $850.00 Closing..Sep-15-2000, 05:00 PM
1143		S.G. #D61	S.G. #D61, 1909 10/- Dull green postage due, watermark inverted, a fabulously fresh top right corner sheet-margin mint single, possessing an overall brilliance few of these challenging postage due issues possess, gorgeous color and impression on bright paper, attractively centered, full clean o.g., lightly hinged, very fine; an especially desirable example of a truly rare stamp (Scott #J37; $1,900.00). (Image)	£2,000 Closed or SOLD for $2,000.00 Closing..Sep-15-2000, 05:00 PM
1144		S.G. #D62	S.G. #D62, 1909 20/- Dull green postage due, an incredibly choice mint example of this key rarity of Australia, possessing far superior centering than typically found on the few existing copies, strong fresh color on clean crisp paper, o.g., relatively lightly hinged, very fine; one of the finest mint 1909 20/- postage dues to come on the market in quite some time (Scott #J38; $5,250.00). (Image)	£5,000 Closed or SOLD for $5,000.00 Closing..Sep-15-2000, 05:00 PM

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