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May 24, 2008<br />

<strong>Prestige</strong> <strong>Philately</strong> - The Sixth International Rarities Auction Page: 23<br />

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A<br />

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - KGV - Single Watermark<br />

63 G A A1<br />

Lot 63 Lot 64<br />

Single-Line Perforation 1d carmine-red Die II BW #70(1)f, exceptional centring, neat Melbourne<br />

machine cancellation, Cat $4000.{Page 23.1}<br />

64 W B B1 Comb Perf Smooth Paper 1d scarlet 'CNE PENNY' BW #71(4)p, slightly soiled, unused, Cat $10,000<br />

(mint). Simon Dunkerley Certificate (2008) states "early state with less than half of the right stroke of<br />

'O' missing". One of the most visual and popular flaws in the entire Georgian Heads series. [The ACSC<br />

states "several mint examples exist"]{Page 23.2}<br />

3,000<br />

5,000<br />

65 G A C1<br />

Lot 65<br />

4d olive Watermark Inverted BW #114a, neat Spencer Street (Melbourne) cds, Cat $25,000. A new<br />

discovery, and the finest of the four known examples.<br />

The ACSC states "Only three examples with watermark inverted have been recorded, all with<br />

undecipherable parcel cancellations. The variety was first reported in 1946."{Page 23.3}<br />

25,000

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