21st CENTURY AUCTIONS

AUSTRALIA PRE-DECIMAL

 

APD8703) Australia 1931 6d Airmail BW 144, fresh MUH, Cat $50, Price $39

APD8701) Australia 1932 1/- Green Lyrebird BW 145, centred slightly low MUH, Cat $140, Price $109

APD8725) Australia 1932 1/- Green Lyrebird BW 145, very lightly hinged Mint, Cat $50, Price $39

APD8726) Australia 1932 6d Kookaburra BW 150, Faint gum wrinkle MUH, Cat $40, Price $24.99

APD8741) Australia 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge, mint with lightest hinge touch. Well centred, slightly fluffy perfs at base. Light even gum toing. Much nicer than usually seen. Cat. $550. $429

APD8742) Australia 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge, postally used with partial cds cancel. Centred left and with light diagonal crease to left, still an attractive stamp with reasonable perfs. Cat. $400. Great value at $215

APD8743) Australia 1932 5/- green Sydney Harbour Bridge, commercially used with parcel cancel. Well centred and near full perfs. Cat. $400, $285

APD8943) Australia 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge, postally used with two partial cds cancels. Well centred but stained and thin where hinge has been removed. Good perfs. Cat. $400. Great value at $185

APD8692 Australia 1935 3d Jubilee, lower left corner block of 4, the upper left unit variety ‘Strong retouch under ‘U’ and ‘POSTAGE’’ BW 167e, there also appears to be an unlisted retouch at the top of the upper right unit, light bend affecting lower left unit, all stamps MUH, attractive positional block, Cat $116, Price $79

APD8728) Australia 1937 9d NSW Sesquicentenary BW 177, on ‘Commonwealth of Australia/PARCEL POST’ parcel label (P.P.1) with pre-printed ‘Office of Posting/Branch Parcels/Office, Sydney’, adhesive tied by parcel cancel, attractive & scarce, 9d Cat $750 on solo franking cover, $200 on multi franking cover, Price $299

APD8712) Australia 1938 thick paper Robes set BW 212,214 & 216, the £1 unusually well centred MUH Cat $225, Price $189

PD8738) Australia 1941 Surcharged 5½d on 5d with Surcharge misplaced, BW #224c, Cat $225. Plus uncatalogued 2½d on 2d Misplaced. Both with 1 normal stamp & 1 partially misplaced for comparison. (6) Cat. $600 for the 2 misplaced stamps. $449

APD8739) Australia 1941 (SG.200b) KGVI Surcharged 2½d on 2d scarlet variety "Medallion Flaw", faint gum bend, fine mint overall; BW:222d - Cat. $375. $279

APD717) Australia 1942 KGVI 2½d Red. Three fresh mint unhinged blocks of 4 showing progressive ink stripping. The third block being the most extreme. Cat. at $275 each for the extreme examples. Price $995
 
APD8695) Australia 1942 5½d Emu Authority imprint block of 4 with variety ‘Retouched clouds above emu-Type II’ BW 232zc, lower units including variety are MUH, Cat $150, Price $129

APD8723) Australia 1949 No watermark ½d Orange kangaroo gutter corner block of 16, lower right unit variety ‘Coloured flaw under lower branch’ BW 180f, MUH Cat $60, Price $49

APD8717) Australia 1949 No watermark ½d Orange kangaroo right margin block of 6, unit four variety ‘Foggy hills retouch’ BW 180ga MUH, Cat $135, Price $109

APD8718) Australia 1949 No watermark ½d Orange kangaroo right margin block of 6, unit four variety ‘Foggy hills retouch’ BW 180ga MUH, Cat $135, Price $109

APD8690) Australia 1949 No watermark 1½d Green Queen Elizabeth Authority imprint block of 4 with ‘Re-entry’ varieties BW 227zh MUH, Cat $150, Price $129

APD700) Australia 1949 £2 Arms THIN PAPER, very fine used with light cds cancels. ACSC 271a, unpriced for used. (Mint unhinged is $1750, hinged $1250) Supplied with normal for comparison, price $1125
 
APD157) Australia 1949 5/- Arms variety ‘Thin paper’ BW 268a, upper right corner block of 4 with normal single for comparison, Cat $1000, Price $799

APD8714) Australia 1949-50 Arms set of 4 BW 268-271, 10/- with faint gum bend MUH, Cat $345, Price $269

APD8710) Australia 1949-50 Arms 10/- to £2 overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ BW 269x-271x MUH, Cat $275, Price $249

APD8731) Australia 1953 QEII 3½d definitive 90mm x 110mm Press photo in black & white with large oval ‘’NEWS & INFORMATION BUREAU/Australian/Official Stamp? Photograph/DEPt. OF THE INTERIOR’ cachet in violet on the reverse. Distributed to newspapers etc for the publicity of new stamp issues, interesting & unusual, Price $69

APD8730) Australia 1957 QEII 10d definitive 85mm x 105mm Press photo in black & white with straight line ‘POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT/Reproduction of this photograph should be in/black and white at least 1¼ the times the size of the/actual stamp. If actual stamp size, the block/should be defaced by a line across the face of /the design./ Actual stamp size is……….’  cachet in violet on the reverse. Distributed to newspapers etc for the publicity of new stamp issues, interesting & unusual, Price $69

APD8729) Australia 1957 QEII 1/7d definitive 85mm x 105mm Press photo in black & white with straight line ‘POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT/Reproduction of this photograph should be in/black and white at least 1¼ the times the size of the/actual stamp. If actual stamp size, the block/should be defaced by a line across the face of /the design./ Actual stamp size is……….’  cachet in violet on the reverse. Distributed to newspapers etc for the publicity of new stamp issues, interesting & unusual, Price $69

APD8694) Australia 1961-64 5/- Cattle both cream & white papers BW 373B & C, MUH Cat $155, Price $129

APD8719) Australia 1963-65 Navigators set of 6 BW 404-06, 407A-08A & 409, the 10/- & £1 being cream paper MUH, Cat $223, Price $169

QEII Pre-decimal simplified Australia in year groups face different. Does not include white papers, helicon stamps or imperf. edge booklet stamps. These can be supplied at an additional cost.
 
Prices are for mint unhinged, fine used with light circular cancel available at the same price.. Good Average used or mint hinged available at half price.
 
1953/54                                        28 Stamps              $35.00
1955/56                                        18 Stamps              $45.00
1957/58                                        16 Stamps              $25.00
1959/62                                        36 Stamps              $65.0
1963/65                                       37 Stamps              $245.00
 
Complete collection as above arranged on Hagner Pages in Australia Post Padded Album, $395 ($20 below the stamp cost alone)