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Prestige Philately - The Sixth International Rarities Auction May 24, 2008
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - KGV - Single Watermark (continued)
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A
66 P A-
Lot 66 Lot 68
PERFORATED 'OS': 1d carmine perforated plate proof on gummed watermarked pink paper BW
#70PP(5), a couple of minor surface marks, full unmounted o.g., Cat $7500. Simon Dunkerley
Certificate (2008). [The ACSC states "...it is believed to be a proof prepared by the contractor who
manufactured the 'OS' puncturing head. At least one pair and two singles are known..." The centring of
the stamp and position of the perfin are identical to the example illustrated at page 4/55 of the ACSC,
to which we have been able to have access]{Page 24.1}
5,000
Lot 67
67 * A C1 Rough Paper 1d carmine-rose block of 6 with units 4 & 5 being the Die II & Die I Substituted Clichés
BW #72Qbb(2)ia & ij, the left-hand units have been neatly rejoined, Cat $3000++. Sydney Philatelic
Research Service (Drury) Certificate (2006). [This block is particularly fresh, with none of the aging of
the gum often found on mint examples of these major varieties]{Page 24.3}
68 V A B1
1½d scarlet Electro 17 Major Cracked Electro (from Roo's tail to R/H Frame below Emu's Feet)
#89(17)m, well centred and very lightly cancelled, Cat $500 (see note 4 on page 4/173). A really
impressive flaw.{Page 24.2}
3,000
400