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Prestige Philately - The Sixth International Rarities Auction May 24, 2008
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postage Dues
Lot 149
149 * A B1 1908-09 High Values with Stroke 20/- green BW #D75, lightly mounted, Cat $7500 (1999). [ACSC
characterises all values as being in "dull green". This stamp might be "pale green" but it is decidedly
bright and fresh]{Page 50.1}
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Revenues
8,000
Ex Lot 150
150
P
Entertainment Tax: 1942 Adapted Design with Lined Background bicoloured die proofs comprising 6d
green & stone, 5/- red & grey-green, 15/- black & blue and £1 ultramarine & chocolate (echoes of the
original £1 Kangaroo!) on separate pieces of thin glazed paper (57x62mm), neat endorsements at
lower-left "No 2", "No 12", "No 22" or "No 32" respectively, plus initials & the date "14/4/42". Although it
was two years later that the uniform Commonwealth tax stamps were introduced, these proofs, with no
State name, suggest that moves for a national approach were afoot during the War. These are the only
such proofs known to us and would be a major enhancement to any collection.{Page 50.2} (4)
4,000