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Australian Area<br />

Australia<br />

Start CHF<br />

1473 <br />

AUSTRALIA, 1924, Kan ga roo and Map, £1 gray, 3rd wa ter -<br />

mark, o.g., never hinged and post of fice fresh, well cen tered<br />

with wide mar gins, tiny nat u ral gum in clu sion, Very Fine. SG 75;<br />

£2 250 (3 430 CHF) (Photo).<br />

Est. 900 - 1 000 CHF.<br />

900 CHF<br />

1474 <br />

AUSTRALIA, 1953-57, Queen Eliz a beth II definitives,<br />

3½d-2s6d, ten sets of 12 (com plete ac cord ing to Scott), o.g.,<br />

never hinged, Very Fine. SG 224e//282d. Scott 292-303; $679<br />

(640 CHF) (Photo).<br />

Est. 300 - 350 CHF.<br />

300 CHF<br />

1475 <br />

Start CHF<br />

AUSTRALIA / POW mail - Egypt, 1942 cover to Cairo-Egypt,<br />

bear ing on the front P.O.W. CAMP / MURCHISON, VIC,<br />

handstamp along side to boxed P.W. MIDLE / EAST 164 ca chet.<br />

Var i ous cen sor marks and la bels. Un usual des ti na tion (Photo).<br />

Est. 100 - 150 CHF.<br />

100 CHF<br />

1471 <br />

AUSTRALIA, 1919, First Ae rial Post Eng land-Aus tra lia, the<br />

so-called Ross-Smith vi gnette in dark blue, sheetlet with<br />

mar gins all around, o.g., never hinged and post of fice fresh, ab -<br />

so lutely pris tine white gum, un doubt edly the fin est pos si ble<br />

con di tion of this dif fi cult sheetlet (Photo).<br />

Est. 8 000 - 12 000 CHF.<br />

8,000 CHF<br />

1476 <br />

AUSTRALIA / POW mail, 1942 in com ing air mail cover from<br />

Milan-Italy to Victoria, free of post age, bear ing boxed cen sor<br />

mark along side P.O.W. MURCHISON - VIC handstamp. On re -<br />

verse Ital ian mil i tary cen sor la bel and cen sor handstamps. Un -<br />

usual (Photo).<br />

Est. 100 - 150 CHF.<br />

100 CHF<br />

According to Eustis, 576 examples of the vignette were<br />

printed, of these 125 were destroyed and another 364 were<br />

used on mail; of the remaining 87 mint examples about 20 had<br />

their margins removed in anticipation of being used on mails<br />

and further 25 (ca) are held in institutional collections around<br />

the world, leaving only 42 or so sheetlets available to private<br />

collectors.<br />

1473<br />

Ex 1474<br />

1475<br />

1472 <br />

AUSTRALIA, 1919, Kan ga roo and Map, £2 black & rose, 3rd<br />

wa ter mark, o.g., lightly hinged, well cen tered, fresh, cor ner perf<br />

crease at up per left, oth er wise Very Fine. SG 45; £4 000 (6 090<br />

CHF) (Photo).<br />

Est. 1 800 - 2 000 CHF.<br />

1,800 CHF<br />

1476<br />

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