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Australian Kangaroo and Map Series continued...

FIRST DAY COVERS continued...

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

#2y, 1p Red, Die I, fresh single tied to rare First Day Cover by unusually clear "Sydney, N.S.W./JAN 2 1913/5:30 PM" machine cancel, cover prepared by prominent Sydney stamp dealer Frederick Hagen and addressed to a Mr. Arthur Whiting in Windsor, Victoria, cover is also quite fresh and clean, with only minor wrinkling at left, very fine and choice; among the finest quality examples of this First day Cover available, as most are found with indistinct cancels and/or with cover faults; approximately eleven First day Covers recorded, two of which are in the Australia Post archival collection and one in the Royal Collection (A$12,500). (Image)

Est. 7,500-10,000

SOLD for $8,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

#2y, 1p Red, Die I, single tied to rare First Day Cover by uncommonly clear "Sydney, N.S.W./JAN 2 1913/5:30 PM" machine cancel, cover prepared by prominent Sydney stamp dealer Frederick Hagen and addressed to a Mr. F.R. Carrick in Carlisle, England (paying the 1p British Empire rate), manuscript "Issued Jan 2nd 1913" on reverse, cover bit reduced at left and with minor tone spots, fine; approximately eleven First day Covers recorded, two of which are in the Australia Post archival collection and one in the Royal Collection (A$12,500). (Image)

Est. 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

#2y, 1p Red, Die I, single tied to another rare First Day Cover by clear "Sydney, N.S.W./(JA)N 2 1913/5:30 PM" machine cancel, the letters "JA" of "JAN" being incomplete, cover prepared by prominent Sydney stamp dealer Frederick Hagen and addressed to A.M. Whiting Esq. in Windsor, Victoria, manuscript "Issued Jan 2nd 1913" on reverse, some minor edge toning at top, still very fine; approximately eleven First day Covers recorded, two of which are in the Australia Post archival collection and one in the Royal Collection (A$12,500). (Image)

Est. 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $5,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

#2y, 1p Red, Die I, single and a horizontal pair, tied to neat and clean cover self-addressed to well known collector A. M. Whiting in Windsor, Victoria by clear "Melbourne/4.JAN.13" machine cancel, this being the first day of issue in Melbourne, very fine; one of only three such Melbourne first day of issue covers known; all the recorded Melbourne first day usages were prepared by Mr. Whiting, who also received a number of the January 2, 1913 Sydney covers prepared by Frederick Hagen. (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

FIRST WATERMARK ISSUE STAMPS

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

1/55

#1/55, ½p to £2 First Watermark issue cplt., the entire set of eighteen stamps on an exhibition page, includes all three Die types of the 1p and the two Die types of the 3p, all with strong fresh colors, centering for the most part is quite attractive, o.g., just a few with minor h.r., mostly l.h. and a couple n.h., (including the 5p and 9p, £2 with just the faintest trace of gum toning), fine-very fine (A$10,078). (Image)

Est. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1/30

#1/30, ½p to 1/- First Watermark issues cplt. in postally used blocks of four (the 1p in a used block of 18), all commercially used with various cancels, fresh colors, as would be expected there are some blocks with minor usage flaws or separated perforations, overall a fine-very fine and difficult group to assemble (for used singles A$838+). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

1w/55x

#1w/55x, ½p to £2 First Watermark issue, "collector's set", a wonderful complete set of all 15 different values in horizontal pairs, the 1/p to 5/- values cancelled-to-order (c.t.o.) with central "Melbourne/DE 3 13" postmarks, the 10/- to £2 with "Specimen" handstamps (these values are seen more frequently with "Specimen" handstamps rather than with c.t.o. postmarks), such sets were prepared and sold by the Australian Post Office to meet the high collector demand for sets, however multiples such as these are are seldom encountered, in fact this set of pairs may be the only surviving complete set, all without gum except the 10/- (which is n.h. and especially rare thus) and the £2, overall fine-very fine (for two sets of singles A$8,210+). (Image)

Est. 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $5,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1w/55w

#1w/55w, ½p to £2 First Watermark issue, special 1924 Stockholm U.P.U. Congress Presentation set, a complete set of all 15 values, each being a single example with Melbourne c.t.o. postmarks believed to be dated December 5, 1913 (the 10/- to £2 values are much more elusive c.t.o. rather than with the more typical "Specimen" handstamps seen on collector's sets), this set was prepared for presentation to the delegates at the 1924 Stockholm U.P.U. Congress, being the first such presentation made by the Australian Post Office, accompanied by the original gold stamped presentation folder (which at one time also included a set of George V stamps), all without gum except a few values including the £1, all mostly fine-very fine, with the scarce £2 being particularly choice (as c.t.o. singles A$8,380+). (Image)

Est. 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $7,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1 var.

#1 var., ½p Green coil, two scarce coil join vertical strips of of four, one including a CA monogram as the paste-up, fresh, o.g., l.h., fine-very fine. (Image)

Est. 100-150

SOLD for $270.00
Will close during Public Auction

#1a, ½p Green, watermark inverted, fresh mint block of four, nicely centered, bright color, o.g., top pair with minor h.r., bottom pair n.h., very fine (for hinged A$400+). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

1a/z

#1a/z, ½p Green, watermark inverted, a remarkable horizontal margin CA monogram block of twelve, being the bottom two rows of the left-hand pane with margins on three sides, attractively centered, o.g., nine stamps n.h., some minor creasing, overall very fine; an exceedingly rare multiple, believed to be the largest of three recorded CA monogram blocks with an inverted watermark; terribly undercataloged as this block realized A$6,325 (including premium) in the July 2005 sale of the Sir Gawaine Baillie collection; ex-Baillie (A$1,500+). (Image)

Est. 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $5,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

1a/zb

#1a/zb, ½p Green, watermark inverted, bottom right corner JBC monogram strip of three, marvelously well centered, bright and fresh, o.g., stamps n.h., minor h.r. in right sheet selvage only, couple of separated perfs. at top between second and third stamps, very fine and exceedingly choice; monogram pieces with watermarks inverted are extremely rare, in fact, this is the only JBC monogram piece recorded (A$2,500). (Image)

Est. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $4,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1aa

#1aa, ½p Green, watermark sideways, crown pointing to left (when viewed from the face), used, Melbourne machine cancel, some faults including irregular perforations and a thin creating a tiny hole, fine appearance; one of the great rarities of the Kangaroo series, as only two copies are recorded, both of which according to the ACSC are machine cancelled and "imperfect" (A$20,000). (Image)

Est. 10,000-15,000

SOLD for $17,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1ab

#1ab, ½p Green, watermark sideways, crown pointing to right (when viewed from the face), attractively centered and margined, neat portion of "(T)oorak, (Vic.)/11.NO.13" c.d.s., very fine; a fabulous rarity of not only Australia, but of the entire British Commonwealth, as this is the sole recorded example; recent auction realizations for important watermark errors of the British Commonwealth have routinely been realizing impressive prices, often well in excess of their current catalog values in either Stanley Gibbons or in their corresponding specialized catalogs; 1989 BPA certificate (A$30,000). (Image)

Est. 20,000-30,000

SOLD for $37,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

#1b, ½p Green, imperforate at base, bottom right corner margin block of four, bottom two stamps being the error, typical irregular perforations, bright color, o.g., neatly folded along vertical row of perforations between right stamps and sheet selvage, diagonal crease in bottom sheet selvage well away from stamps, fine-very fine; an important error multiple; ex-Rasmussen, Cato and McNess (A$10,000+). (Image)

Est. 5,000-7,500

SOLD for $6,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

1b/z

#1b/z, ½p Green, imperforate at base, a highly important bottom left corner margin CA monogram block of six, the bottom three stamps being the error, as they are completely imperforate between the stamps and sheet selvage, o.g., couple of minor h.r.'s (in top stamps and in bottom sheet selvage, the three error stamps are n.h.), lightly folded along center row of horizontal perforations, fine-very fine; of the four CA monogram pieces of this error, only two remain in private hands, the block of six offered here from the Gray collection and a block of twelve which realized A$74,500 (including premium) in the July 2005 sale of the Sir Gawaine Baillie collection (A$20,000; clearly undercataloged as evidenced by the Baillie realization). (Image)

Est. 20,000-30,000

SOLD for $32,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1b var.

#1b var., ½p Green, imperforate at top, used horizontal pair, apparently being imperforate between stamps and partial sheet selvage, neat 1914 machine cancel, fine-very fine; the only recorded example of this error; whether or not this imperforate error was the result of a true lack of perforations between the stamp and selvage, or is the result simply of jumped perforations, cannot be verified, nonetheless the size of the margin at top without any perforations would suggest this is a true error, and is unlisted thus in the ACSC. (Image)

Est. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $725.00
Will close during Public Auction

1bb

#1bb, ½p Green, double perforations, vertical pair with bottom stamp displaying double perforations on three sides (normal at bottom), o.g., light toning mainly visible on the reverse, very fine (A$400+). (Image)

Est. 150-200

SOLD for $60.00
Will close during Public Auction

1bb

#1bb, ½p Green, double perforations, horizontal pair, with double perforations around all four sides, most striking and especially scarce thus, bright and fresh, o.g., l.h., very fine; ex-Legge. (A$400+). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

100

1bb/zd

#1bb/zd, ½p Green, double perforations, bottom right corner margin no monogram strip of three from Plate 1, with all three stamps displaying double perforations on all four sides, being the only recorded no monogram piece with double perforations on all four sides, unused, without gum, couple of trivial selvage flaws and mild bend in left stamp, still very fine and striking; a unique variety in a no monogram strip; a perfect exhibition piece; it is likely that this no monogram strip and the horizontal pair offered in the previous lot come from the same sheet; ex-Legge (catalogs A$600 as singles alone, unpriced as a no monogram unit). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction