General Public Auction #185

with Single Wmk œd to 1/4d including 1d Die III & 4d lemon; SMult Wmk Perf 14 œd to 1/4d (2d & 4œd **); SMult Wmk 13œx12œ œd to 1/4d including 1d green Die II (unused), 4d (**) & 4œd Die II (CTO); Officials 5d optd 'OS'; a few problems but generally fine, Cat $2100+.

1932 2/- (CofA 2d) with Revised Text (registration instructions in five lines) BW #B46E, only four stamps remain, minor aging, Cat $1000 complete. [See also Lot 159]

1917 'War Savings Stamps/Booklet' with Perf 11 6d x6 affixed within, a couple of minor blemishes but far & away the finest World War I example we have seen. [Stamps to the value of 17/6d could be affixed. The card would then be exchanged for a War Savings Certificate that was redeemable three years later for One Pound]

1œd red block of 24 (4x6) on Translucent Paper BW #91Baa, off-centre, one unit torn at lower right, unmounted, Cat $3000+.

FIVE/PENCE' on 4œd violet BW #125 marginal block of 4 from the top of the sheet, the lower right unit with unlisted 'FIVF' for 'FIVE' variety, some characteristic rough perfs, a little aged, unmounted. An unlisted variety not previously seen by us.

Large Hagner album with an array of mostly low denomination blocks, noted Produce Food blocks of 9 & 18, 1965 Anzac 12 sets in blocks of 4, some imprints, mostly unmounted.

Balance of an extensive KGVI collection on Godden linen-hinged pages virtually complete mint & used with lots of shades & some varieties. We noted 3d blue Dies including White Wattles mint & Die II Thick Paper imprint block of 4 (*/**), Perf 13œx14 9d Platypus block of 18 used, 2d scarlet coil pair with coil perforation mint, Robes Thick Paper 10/- imprint block of 4 (*/**), NSW Sesqui 2d Man with Tail used, 1942 2d coil pairs *...

1937-52 collection of all-different imprint blocks of 4 including 3d blue Dies I Ia II (both papers) & III, 1/- Lyrebird with 43mm Imprint (strip of 4), Robes Thick Paper 5/- x2, 10/- x2 (one with tonespots) & £1, Thin Paper 5/- to £1 (**), NSW Sesqui & AIF sets, Arms set, etc, generally very fine and many/most blocks with two units unmounted. A good lot.

1œd lake block of 4 with large-part Plate Number '10' BW #132zi, mounted in the top margin otherwise unmounted, Cat $1000 (mounted).

5/- green, 'REGISTERED/BRISBANE' cds, Cat $500. [Commercially used examples are much scarcer than the ubiquitous CTO stamps, Cat $300]

1d green Die I marginal block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet, the four right-hand units affected by a major Doctor Blade Flaw that gives the impression of an unlisted Dry Ink Printing, two units lightly mounted otherwise unmounted. Dramatic!