2017 British Commonwealth SG Catalogue 1840-1970 inc perfs, specimens, wmks & varieties. 638pgs. Few marks. GC. New retail is $220.
Stamps & Covers Public Auction 356
By: Status International
Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 356
Status International - Sale 356 - December 12th, 2019.
Auction 356 has 3,730 lots, catering for all types of collectors & dealers - from bulk accumulations and intact collections to desirable single items. This auction offers a huge range of material, with special emphasis on lotting stamps to cater for collectors with varying types of interests and budgets. Items range from $30 to $80,000 so there's something for everybody. This auction offers strong representation of Australia & Colonies, strong British Empire material of all areas & periods, as well as General Foreign including small and large collections. There are over 300 lots of Australian Collections (Lots 44-374 and 500 lots of World collections (Lots 375-811). Following on there is almost 1300 lots of Australia which consist of singles, sets and covers including Australian colonies (Lots 889 - 2220). The Australian lots cover all periods, from the Kangaroo issues up to Decimal and contains numerous number of mint & used £1 & £2 top values. This auction includes a Third Watermark 5/- Kangaroo Grey & pale yellow, error WATERMARK SIDEWAYS, showing full 'crown A' (crown to right looking from back), with marginal wmk line & small portions of marginal letters. Superb U appearance with neat 1918 cds, partial telegraph punch extremely well repaired & basically invisible. Excellent centring, perfect perfs & nice colour. ACSC 44d cat $125,000. SG 42ba cat £85,000 = A$150,000. This is the 2nd known example & an important new discovery that was found in Europe this year. (The other known example was in the Arthur Gray collection, & despite having a badly smeared cancel & short perfs sold for US$96,000 in 2007). Great rarity of the Kangaroo issues & an important error stamp of Australia & of the British Empire. 2019 Ceremuga AIEP photo-cert. (Lot 1139). There are over 1,500 lots of World stamps, covers and single country collections (Lots 2221-3730).
Numerous other British Empire, European, The Americas and Asian rarities.
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Lot #29 - accumulations LITERATURE & REFERENCE BOOKS
2018 British Commonwealth SG Catalogue 1840-1970 inc perfs, specimens, wmks & varieties. 638pgs. Few marks. GC. New retail is $220.
Lot #30 - accumulations LITERATURE & REFERENCE BOOKS
2019 SG British Commonwealth Catalogue 1840-1970 inc wmks, perfs, specimens, varieties etc, 660 colour pgs. New. Retail $185.
Lot #31 - accumulations Accessories
Australia: 1966-83 Seven Seas hingeless albums, 2 sets in original binders. Both in VG condition. New retail around $400. Always in demand.
Lot #32 - accumulations LITERATURE & REFERENCE BOOKS
Australian Commonwealth Specialists' Catalogue - Kangaroos: (2017) latest edition comp revised & updated inc details on CTO cancels ex Specimen sets, FDC, proofs & essays. Expanded section on plate varieties, inc positions -some yet to be plated (many cat nos changed or reorganised). Price revisions (nearly all UPWARD), especially MNH & OS perfins, reflecting current collecting trends. Profusely illustrated. Essential must-have...
Lot #33 - accumulations LITERATURE & REFERENCE BOOKS
- KGV Current 2018 latest Edition, 470pgs & full colour illustrations ½d to 1/4. Variety section expanded on previous edition inc additional listings in the ever-popular 1914-36 1d section inc CNE errors in violet & green, & red NO WMK variety sect
Lot #34 - accumulations LITERATURE & REFERENCE BOOKS
- KGVI New 2019 Edition with 232 full colour pgs in A4 format, fully revised inc additions & illustrations. Cover prices re-assessed with separate value for solo or for mixed frankings. The relevant time frame (1936-52). Also same period Postage Dues inc
Lot #35 - accumulations LITERATURE & REFERENCE BOOKS
- QEII 1953-65 New 2019 Edition with 276 colour pgs in A4 format, fully revised inc additions & illustrations. Cover prices re-assessed with separate value for solo or for mixed frankings. Also Postage Dues for period now added inc valuations on cover. Es
Lot #36 - accumulations LITERATURE & REFERENCE BOOKS
- Decimals I, II, III, 1966-2001. Covers everything inc varieties, proofs, marginal markings, framas, missing colours etc. 1465 pgs. Latest editions. New. Original retail $280. Reserve reduced. (3)
Lot #37 - accumulations LITERATURE & REFERENCE BOOKS
Australia: KGV One Penny Check list pub BSAP 1979 400 pgs, illustrated throughout. The Essential One Penny Reference Work, used good condition. Commercial Perfins of Australia by Grant & Matthews 1992 Edition. Australian booklets, The Arthur Gray Collection. 173 illustrated pgs pub APF 2018. Tasmania Imperf Stamps from 'Courier to Chalon Head' the Koichi Sato collection, illustrated in colour throughout pub APF 2015. Arthur Gray KGV...
Lot #38 - accumulations LITERATURE & REFERENCE BOOKS
Australia: New South Wales & ACT Post, Receiving, Telegraph & Telephone Offices (4 vol set) by Hopson & Tobin. Listing the various datestamps in use from pre-stamp era (before 1850) to late 1980s. NSW & ACT POs by Hopson, pub 1986. Alphabetical listing with opening dates, name changes, closure dates & location, inc now long gone settlements. Essential reference & a good companion group to Freeman's 'NSW Numeral Cancels...
Lot #39 - accumulations LITERATURE & REFERENCE BOOKS
Australia - NSW: The Numeral Cancels of, by H Freeman, 2017 2nd edition with 375 pgs in colour. Updated throughout, new discoveries inc 191 (3 diff), & other formerly NNR numerals, plus 437 type 4B sm digits (formerly NNS) & some new ties inc 2094 for Weston. New.
Lot #40 - accumulations LITERATURE & REFERENCE BOOKS
Australia: Tasmanian Hand Cancellations 1913-1988 by Avery & Hardinge, 2 vol set. POs of Tasmania - Openings & Closures 1912-1995. The Courier (Journal of the Tas Philatelic Soc) comp set 1-51, plus 5 others to No.59, with a wealth of information in Tas philately not available elsewhere. Also Australian Philatelic near comp set of (120 1987-1991. All not easy to find, mostly near new condition.
Lot #41 - accumulations LITERATURE & REFERENCE BOOKS
Australia - Victoria The Barred Numerals (1856-1906) Illustrated with rarity ratings by Hugh Freeman, 2nd Edition pub 2018. 484 pgs with all known cancels illustrated in full colour & rarity ratings from 'C' to RRRRR for the extremely rare (1-3) known examples inc listings of the diff Duplex cancels again with rarity ratings up to RRRRR for comp examples. New, the definitive work on this subject.
Lot #42 - accumulations LITERATURE & REFERENCE BOOKS
Ausralia - Victoria: The Numeral Cancellations (1850-1906) by Freeman & White pub RPSV 2001 with 1850 Butterflies, 1851-55 Barred Ovals, 1856-1906 Numeral Cancels inc Duplex Types, all listed inc rarity - ratings. 420pgs, plus 8 colour plates. Near new sl worn DJ. Note that the current edition does not inc the Butterfly & Barred Oval Cancels.
Lot #43 - accumulations LITERATURE & REFERENCE BOOKS
New Zealand: The Postage Stamps of, Vols 2 & 6, pub RPSNZ 1949 & 73. Near 900pgs in total with coverage of QV Chalons, 1936 Pics, 1940 Centennial, other Pic/Commonwealth to decimal era, Officials, Postal History & Stationery, postage Dues, Fiscals, Railway stamps & others. Some sl foxing mainly on the end papers & page edges. Both Fine.
Lot #44 - COLLECTIONS & LOTS Australia
1850s-1960s Pre-decimal accumulation with Aust States (500) inc Qld 1860s Small Chalons (15) inc 1860 6d green wmk Large Star (SG 6 cat £70) (6d) registered & 4d violet G-FU. 1890 QV Solid Background Sideface 1d orange IMPERF (SG 187a cat £150), 1/- violet blk of 4 (£50) & 2/- brown (2, £100) Mint. Tasmania 1855 QV 1d imperf Chalon M (SG 29 cat £375). Kangaroos (54) inc 5d brown perf OS, 5/- 3rd wmk (2) & CofA (5), 10/- CofA wmk...
Lot #45 - COLLECTIONS & LOTS Australia
1860s-1970s collection with Australian States (200) strength in Tasmania inc 1850s-60s Chalons (18) to 1/- inc 1855 1d brown pelure paper & 1868 1d carmine serrated perf 19, both m/s cancels, SG cat £1000, plus empty UN Seven Seas pages for all states. Aust Commonwealth with kangaroos (37) to 2/- brown inc 5d perf OS. KGV (90) to 5d brown inc 1d red perf OS/NSW wmk INVERTED, 1930s commems inc 1934 Vic Cent sets to 1/- (2), 1940 AIF to 6d...
Lot #46 - COLLECTIONS & LOTS Australia
1913-1949 accumulation (110) with kangaroo (65) to 5/-, 4d (3) inc perf OS/NSW, 2/- brown perf OS (2) & selection of NSW cds pmks. KGV (35) to 5d. 1934 Vic Cent 1/-, 1938 Robes £1 Slate, 1949 Arms set to £2. WWII Forces pmks on piece (25) & Forces Mail (20), Fair to Good condition, most with YMCA logs at UL. 1950s Pics/commems (750) MNH in part sheets inc Crocodile 2/- No Wmk (59, retail $700), 1953 Royal Visit to 2/- (38, $75) &...
Lot #47 - COLLECTIONS & LOTS Australia
1913-1965 Comprehensive collection in Seven Seas hingeless album with Kangaroos (100) inc 1st ½d, 4d, 5d, 6d & 2/-CTO (ACSC cat $650), ½d Coil join strip of 4 & 1d ACSC listed varieties (12, cat $720) inc 'extra island' 2 Tasmanias (cat $400) & 'white flaw off Vic coast' (2, $180). 2nd Wmk 2d pr, 6d, 1/-, plus 2/- 1st ($225). 3rd Wmk to 10/-, CofA 5/- CTO & 10/-, £1, £2 opt SPECIMEN, plus Officials (30) inc perf OS 1st wmk (7...
Lot #48 - COLLECTIONS & LOTS Australia
1913-1965 Collection in Seven Seas hingeless album with Kangaroos 1st wmk ½d, 2d, 3d, 3rd 2d & SM 1/-. KGV (38) inc SM perf 13½x12½ (11) to 4d F-VFM inc 3d Die I. Then comp from 1931 KGV CofA wmk to 1/4, then to 1965 Christmas mostly F-VF MNH inc KGV OS opt set, 1914 Kookaburra 6d Engraved (MLH), 1928 Kookaburra 3d M/sheet. 1931-32 OS opt set of 6 inc Kingsford Smith 2d, 3d, 6d & Lyrebird 1/-. 1932 Bridge set to 5/- w/c MNH. 1934...
Lot #49 - COLLECTIONS & LOTS Australia
1913-1965 M/MNH collection in older style Seven Seas hingeless album with kangaroos 1st wmk 2½d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 1/- & 2/- (retail $1050); 2nd wmk 2d, 2½d, 3rd 2/- maroon ($550) & SM wmk 6d & 2/- ($250). KGV (60) with Single wmk near comp (17) to 1/4 inc 1d red Die II M & Die III MNH, 4d orange, lemon, violet, blue, violet & 5d brown (retail $1700). SM wmk perf 14 1½d to 1/4 ($650), perf 13½ x 12½ comp (ex 1d, 4½d Die II) to 1...
Lot #50 - COLLECTIONS & LOTS Australia
1913-1965 Collection in Seven Seas hingeless album. Kangaroos 1st wmk (9) to 9d, 2nd wmk 2d, 9d, 2/-. 3rd wmk set to 2/- maroon, SM & CofA wmks to 2/-. KGV (66) with Single wmk to 1/4 inc 1d Die III & 4d lemon, LM wmk 1d, carmine, SM & CofA wmks to 1/4 & OS opt set to 5d, plus 4d orange blk of 11 with light 'Chief Parcel Office' pmk. 1914 Kookaburra 6d engraved VFU. 1931 Kingsford Smith set of 7 inc 2d, 3d, 6d opt OS, 1934 Vic...
Lot #51 - COLLECTIONS & LOTS Australia
1913-1965 Older-style Seven Seas hingeless album with Kangaroos (37) to £2 inc 1st wmk set to 1/- with extra 4d orange-yellow, 3rd comp (10) to 5/-. SM to 5/-, CofA to £1, plus £2 opt SPECIMEN & 6d OS opts (both) variable G-FU retail $2130. KGV (52) to 1/4 inc 1d red Die III, 4d lemon, 4d blue, SM wmk to 1/4 inc 4d olive perf 14 & OS opt set of 7 to 5d (retail $300). 1914 Kookaburra 6d Engraved. 1931 Kingsford Smith to 6d brown inc 2d...
Lot #52 - COLLECTIONS & LOTS Australia
1913-1965 Mint/MNH collection in Seven Seas hingeless album with kangaroos (12) to 5/- inc 1st wmk 2d grey MNH (ACSC cat $375), 2nd wmk 2½d blue, 3rd wmk 2d, 2½d, 3d (MNH) & 6d brown (cat $300), plus 6d blue perf OS ($150), SM wmk 9d violet MNH ($375) & CofA wmk 5/- UN - total ACSC cat $1350, plus 10/-, £1, £2 CofA wmk opt SPECIMEN (retail $200). KGV (58) with single wmk (18) to 5d inc 1½d green, 2d orange, 3d blue, 4d orange, 4d blue...
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