Prestige Philately - General Public Auction 200
Mar 05, 2015
Lot
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Type Grading Description
Est $A
1932 LARGE LYREBIRD
549
**/*V
A
Ex Lot 549
Selection with Chambon Essay in red (very lightly mounted), 1/- green unmounted, CTO x3, overprinted 'OS' mint &
CTO both unmounted & block of 4 perf 'VG' unmounted, 1/- yellow-green unmounted & CTO, etc, Cat $1500 + the
'VG' block. (14)
600
1953-58 QEII ISSUES
628
**
A B1
Lot 628
1956 Olympic Games 3½d carmine-lake BW #332E(1), very well centred, unmounted, undercatalogued at $5000
(2006). Ex Australia Post Archives. An internationally important item for an Olympic Games collection. With a normal
4d stamp for comparison.
4,000
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1953-58 QEII ISSUES (continued)
Lot
Type Grading Description
629
**
A B1
Est $A
Lot 629
- 3½d carmine-lake BW #332E(1) marginal block of 4 from the left of the sheet, unmounted, undercatalogued at
$20,000 (2006). Ex Australia Post Archives.
Although the ACSC characterises this item as an "essay", it is more correctly an unissued stamp. 27,000,000
booklet stamps had been printed when the decision was made to raise the basic postage rate to 4d. The Post Office
destroyed all but a few sheets. At the two Archival Sales conducted in 1986 & 1987, a total of 40 stamps were sold,
comprising 4 singles - one sold for $12,075 at the Prestige auction of 22/4/2006 - 4 booklet panes of 6, and a plate
number block of 12 - sold for $109,250 at the Prestige auction of 25/5/2008. We expect that most of the "panes" of 6
have been reduced to singles.
20,000
Prestige Philately - General Public Auction 200
Mar 05, 2015
Lot
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Type Grading Description
Est $A
1959-65 DEFINITIVES
633
?
A/A-
Ex Lot 633
1959-63 Animals 6d to 1/2d watercolours by Eileen Mayo on thin card (150x185mm or slightly larger) being copies
by her of the designs as approved for the six Animal stamps, each signed "Eileen Mayo", a few minor blemishes still
a very attractive display. [Eileen Mayo produced ten copies of the artwork for the 6d 8d & 9d but only five each of the
10d 11d & 1/2d. The 10d Platypus was issued as the 1/- in the series. The necessary changes made to that design
prompted her to publicly rebuke the Post Office for amending and degrading her artwork. With a couple of
background articles] (6)
500T