Auction: 20010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1023
Australia
1913-53 mint and used collection in two albums, on pages etc. in a small box including a red Senator album consisting of a specialised collection of King George V Heads including 1913-14 1d. red with minor varieties as mint singles, pairs, blocks of four and as large as nine, 1914-20 1d. red mainly used selection with varieties and shades, other 1914-20 issues with shades and varieties, 1924-25 1d. sage-green mainly mint specialised collection with singles, pairs, blocks of four, six, nine, twelve, fifteen and eighteen, 1930 Surcharges with varieties, pairs, blocks etc., 1931-36 set of eight both mint and used, 1931-36 Kangaroo 6d. to 10/- mint and to £2 used (also some duplication), 1914-36 Kangaroo mint and used selection on pages with a few Official stamps mint and used, 1929-30 £2 black and rose used on a stockcard, a black Senator album including 1928 Melbourne Philatelic Exhibition miniature sheet (2 mint and one used by centrally struck Exhibition c.d.s.), 1929 Centenary 1½d. including block of eight from the foot of the sheet with imprint and signed in the margin by the stamp designer G. Pitt Morrison in black ink, also blocks of four with plate numbers (one of each 1-12) etc., 1931 Kingsford Smith's Flight with plate number blocks, 6d. violet block of sixteen, one with re-entry and a single example showing the same, 1932 Bridge to 5/- used, other commemorative issues in blocks of four, with plate numbers etc., 1937-49 set to £1 (2) mint and used, 5/- (2), 10/- and £1 mint marginal blocks of four, 1946 B.C.O.F. set to 5/- and also marginal blocks of four (light diagonal crease to 2/- and 5/- blocks) and ½d. orange complete sheet of one-hundred and sixty; an interesting collection in chiefly good condition, worthy of closer inspection
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Sold for
£1,800
Starting price
£1600