Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2

First Watermark 1913: Kangaroo 5 s. grey & yellow, Die II, first Crown over A wmk., perf. 12, an unused horizontal strip of three from lower right corner of the sheet, showing the "JBC" Monogram, second stamp showing "Break in Gulf of Carpentaria" (variety Dva) and third stamp with "Spencer's Gulf short" (variety Dj), of vivid fresh colour, well centred and of great beauty; minor pressed creases in margin only largely unapparent on face,...

First Watermark 1913: Kangaroo £ 1 brown & ultramarine, Die II, first Crown over A wmk., perf. 12, an unused example, marginal from base of sheet, showing "CA" Monogram in margin, monogram incomplete as usual (all known examples are found thus), of excellent fresh colour, well centred, large part og. Just 5 unused "CA" monogram examples are recorded, one of which was in the Chapman collection and is now housed in the Australia Post...

Engraved by T.S. Harrison 1913 (Dec 9): Engraved 1 d. carmine-red, no wmk. perf. 11, unused pairs (2) and a strip of three, with horizontal pair showing "Double Perforation" variety between the stamps, vertical pair showing "Double Perforation" variety at top and the strip of three with "Double Perforation" variety between the stamp and margin at right; generally fresh and fine group, large part or unmounted og. BW 59bi = $ 500+.rnrn 

Engraved by T.S. Harrison 1914 (Aug 26): Kookaburra 6 d. claret, no wmk., perf. 11, an unused block of four, marginal from top of sheet with part imprints, Plate "No. 3", with variety "Double Perforations" at top, fresh and fine, upper pair unmounted og. lower pair large part og. Rare, Brusden White states: "the only Plate Number block recorded is from Plate 3". Unique. BW 60b = $ 400++.rnProvenance: Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's...

1913: De La Rue Die Proof for the 1 d. value printed in black on stamp sized glazed thick card paper (27 x 32 mm.) with black surround, Stage 4, with design completed including addition of AUSTRALIA and POSTAGE with head on solid background, upper right corner yet to be completed. Rare and splendid Proof, Perkins Bacon sub-contracted the work to De La Rue (as apparent from these Proofs which were sold from their archives in 1976); this Proof...

Single Watermark 1916: Sideface ½ d. green, Electro 5, wmk. Crown over A, perf. 14¼ x 14, an unused block of four, well centred but for split perfs. between the stamps at top and now sensibly secured, fourth stamp showing Intermediate State of the variety "Cracked electro - from Wattles to Head of Kangaroo" (position 5L46), the variety unmounted og., hinge remnants on the other three stamps. A remarkable and scarce multiple Gi = £ 8'500+ / BW...

Single Watermark 1914/20: Sideface 1 d. carmine, Die I+Die II, wmk. Crown over A, perf. 14¼ x 14, on smooth paper, an unused top corner marginal horizontal strip of six with interpanneau margin at left, positions 2 and 3 being Die II, slight central bend through perfs. not detracting from the fine appearance, mounted in margin only, stamps unmounted og. Extremely scarce positional multiple and most attractive BW 71(1)ia = $ 3'000+....

Single Watermark 1914/20: Sideface 1 d. carmine-red, Die I, wmk. Crown over A, perf. 14¼ x 14, smooth paper, Plate 4, an unused block of eight divided by interpanneau margin, with two line "T. S. HARRISON" imprint at base (N over MP), with positional flaws on position 54 with 'Ferns' flaw, position 60 with "RA" of AUSTRALIA joined, the right hand block reinforced by hinges, left hand block unmounted og. Scarce BW 71(4)j+ia+zk = $ 1'750.

Single Watermark 1917 (Nov): Sideface 1 d. deep "salmon eosin", wmk. Crown over A, perf. 14¼ x 14, a used horizontal strip of three in this scarce shade, with "Brisbane - Queensland" machine cancellation (Nov 30). First stamp rejoined with hinge but believed to be the largest recorded multiple of this shade which fluoresces orange under a UV lamp (see Brusden White page 4/80 for a comprehensive discussion on the shade). Rare. Cert. SPRS (2001...

Single Watermark 1914/20: Sideface 4 d. dull orange, Single Crown over A wmk., perf. 14¼ x 14, Plate 2, an unused block of six, marginal from base of sheet, "Watermark Inverted", showing single line "T. S. HARRISON" imprint with manuscript date '30/4/20' below, fresh colour and very fine appearance, large part og. with five stamps unmounted og. Extremely rare. BW 110(2)azd = $ 9'000+.rnrnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 15 April 2005, lot 47...

Single Watermark 1914/20: Sideface 5 d. chestnut brown, Single wmk., Die I, line perf. 14¼ x 14, smooth paper, an unused corner marginal pair showing truncated "JBC" Monogram, position 1R59 with Retouched NE corner (State II) and 1R60 showing "Flawed "P" of PENCE" and flaw on '5' at left not so pronounced, some pencil in margins otherwise fine, unmounted og. Scarce BW 122zf = $ 1'500.