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2d. yellow with watermark upright, cancelled by part c.d.s., fine. BW W22aa, $500;
S.G. 136a, £350. Photo £100-120
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5d. pale olive-bistre, a top right corner block of twelve (4x3), the odd minor gum crease otherwise fine mint. S.G. 143, £348 £100-120
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1d. block of four, pairs (2, both with watermark upright) and singles (3, two with watermark upright), 2d. block of four, pair and singles (5), 3d. blocks of four (2, one with watermark reversed), pair and singles (2, one with watermark reversed), 5d. blocks of four (3), pair and singles (2), and 9d., good range of shades, most fine mint. S.G. 151-153, 155, 157; £2250+ £600-800
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1d. (3, two with watermark upright), 2d. (3), 3d. (3, one with double perfs at top), 4d. (2, both perf "OS"), 5d. (12 including a pair), 9d. orange-yellow (2, one perf "OS"), 9d. yellow-orange and 9d. red-orange (8), good range of shades, all used, mostly with c.d.s., generally fine. BW cat. $4550; S.G. 151-157, £2900+ £800-1,000
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4d. yellow-brown perf "OS", fine used. BW W37Ab, $400; S.G. 154a, £275. Photo £70-90
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4d. yellow-brown perf "OS", cancelled by large part Perth c.d.s. for July 1906, one corner perf creased otherwise fine. BW W37Ab, $400; S.G. 154, £275. Photo £70-90
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9d. orange with watermark upright, clearly cancelled by Geraldton c.d.s. for 29 March 1913, fine. Rare. BW W52D, $1000. S.G. 157b, £900. Photo £300-400
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9d. orange with watermark upright inverted, lightly cancelled with 1912 datestamp, light diagonal bend otherwise fine. Rare. S.G. 157b, £900. Photo £300-400
| Mixed single line perf. 12 1/2 and single line perf. 11 | |
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1/2d. green perf 12 1/2 vertical pair showing additional perf 11 row at foot, some gum thinning at top due to hinge removal otherwise fine mint. Unlisted in Brusden White and Stanley Gibbons. Photo £250-300
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3d. brown perf 12 1/2 horizontal pair with part margin at top, showing additional perf 11 row at top, clearly cancelled by Day Dawn c.d.s. for 11 February 1910, a few shortish perfs in places otherwise fine. Very rare. BW W30, $6000; Unlisted in Stanley Gibbons. Photo £500-600
| Mixed single line perfs 12 1/2, 12 and 11 | |
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1d. rose-pink perf 12 1/2x12 horizontal strip of three showing additional perf 11 row at foot, cancelled by Bunbury "B" duplex for 2 April 1909, fine. Unlisted by Brusden White and Stanley Gibbons. Photo £500-600
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1d. rose-pink block of four with watermark upright showing perf 11x12 1/2x11x12 1/2, unused with some original gum, severed vertically and rejoined, fine. Rare. BW W15, $5000; S.G. 161, £4800. Photo £1,500-1,800
Provenance: John Gartner, April 1979
Mike Brachi
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1d. rose-pink with watermark upright, showing perf. 11x12 1/2x11x12 1/2, unused with part original gum, fine. BW W15, $1250; S.G. 161, £1200. Photo £300-400
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1d. rose-pink with watermark upright, perf. 11x12 1/2x11x12 1/2, unused with part original gum, fine. BW15, $1250; S.G. 161, £1200. Photo £250-300
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1d. rose-pink with watermark upright, perf. 11x12 1/2x11x12 1/2, unused with part original gum, fine. BW15, $1250; S.G. 161, £1200. Photo £300-400
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3d. brown vertical pair, perf 11x12 1/2x12 1/2x12 1/2 with perf 12 1/2 between, the upper stamp with gum thin at top due to hinge removal otherwise fine. Very rare. BW W29, unpriced mint; S.G. 163, unpriced mint. Photo £250-300
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3d. brown, perf. 12 1/2x12 1/2x12 1/2x11, lightly cancelled by part Fremantle c.d.s., fine. Rare. BW W29, $2000; S.G. 163, £1200. Photo £400-500
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1d. carmine-pink with watermark sideways, perf 11x12x11x12, unused with large part original gum, fine. Rare. Unlisted in Brusden White; S.G. 161a, unpriced mint. Photo £500-600
| Compound comb perf. 12 1/2x12 and single line perf. 11 | |
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1d. carmine-pink with watermark sideways, perf. 12 1/2x11x12 1/2x12, fine used. Unlisted in Brusden White; S.G. 161a, £800. Photo £250-300
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1d. carmine-pink with watermark sideways, perf. 12 1/2x12x11x12, lightly cancelled, fine. Unlisted in Brusden White; S.G. 161a, £800. Photo £250-300
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2d. yellow, perf. 12 1/2x11x12 1/2x11, unused with part original gum, centred to right, fine. Rare. BW W25, unpriced; S.G. 162, £1100. Photo £300-400
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2d. yellow, perf. 12 1/2x11x12 1/2x11, unused with part original gum, centred to right, fine. Rare. BW W25, unpriced; S.G. 162, £1100. Photo £300-400
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2d. yellow, perf. 12 1/2x11x12 1/2x11, unused with part original gum, centred to right, small stain on reverse at lower right and the odd tiny black speck on face, otherwise fine. Rare. BW W25, unpriced; S.G. 162, £1100. Photo £200-250
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2d. yellow, perf. 12 1/2x11x12 1/2x12, fine used. BW W25, $750; S.G. 162, £550. Photo £150-180
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2d. yellow, perf. 12 1/2x12x11x12, fine used. BW W25, $750; S.G. 162, £550. Photo £150-180
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1906 (7 May) envelope (Kalgoorlie Municipal Council crest on flap) locally addressed at Kalgoorlie, bearing 1d. tied by unframed c.d.s., showing light "unknown in...walk" h.s. in red, unframed "not known by letter carrier" and framed "unclaimed", another Kalgoorlie c.d.s. (7.6) and, on reverse, Dead Letter Office Perth c.d.s. (8.6). Photo £80-100
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1906 envelope (tear across top left corner) to Queensland, bearing 2d. tied by two strikes of straight-line "loose ship letter" h.s. with Largs Bay, SA (11.6) datestamp alongside and arrival d.s. (14.6) on reverse; 1907 (20 May) mourning envelope (part flap torn away) to Germany, bearing 2d. tied by Fremantle c.d.s. and unframed "loose ship letter", the latter ringed by blue crayon with manuscript "10" and Tax h.s. alongside. An interesting pair of covers £100-120
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1906 (25 Aug.) OHMS envelope from Perth to Kalgoorlie, bearing 2d. perf "OS" tied by machine d.s.; 1912 (17 Jan.) OHMS envelope from Perth to Switzerland, bearing 1d. perf "OS" tied by machine d.s., showing Tax h.s. and with Swiss Postage Due 30c. applied and cancelled on arrival, some light tone spots £80-100
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1906 and 1907 picture postcards to Belgium and to Switzerland, both bearing 1d. and with arrival Postage Due; 1907 (24 June) envelope (spiked) registered from Davyhurst to Hobart bearing 2d. and 3d.; 1907 (1 Oct.) envelope (spiked) registered from Donnybrook to Hobart bearing 1d. (5) and 2d.; 1909 (9 Aug.) registered envelope from Perth to Dunedin uprated with 3d.; 1910 (9 July) picture postcard from Bunbury to England bearing 1d.; and 1912 (26 Oct.) Peet & Co. Ltd. Auctioneers advertising envelope from Perth to Ireland bearing 1d. A good lot £200-250
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6d. bright violet block of four, pair and singles (5, three used) and 1/- sage-green block of four (some light tone spots on reverse) and singles (7, four used), generally fine mint. S.G. 168-169, £547 £100-120
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6d. bright violet top left and lower left corner blocks of four and 1/- sage-green lower left corner block of four, all with plate number, fine mint. BW W43z, W43za, W56;
S.G. 168-169 £200-250
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1/- sage-green vertical pair cancelled by M.O.O. Sandstone c.d.s. for 10 June 1912, the lower stamp creased otherwise fine. Very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). BW W57, $3000; S.G. 169a, £7000. Photo £2,500-3,000
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1/- sage-green cancelled by M.O.O. Sandstone c.d.s. for 10 June 1912, fine used.
BW W57, $1500; S.G. 169a, £3500. Photo £1,200-1,500
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1/- sage-green cancelled by Fremantle c.d.s. for July 1912, fine. BW W57, $1500;
S.G. 169a, £3500. Photo £1,200-1,500
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1/- sage-green cancelled by Maninga Marler c.d.s. with unclear date, small black mark on reverse at left otherwise fine. BW W57, $1500; S.G. 169a, £3500. Photo £1,000-1,200
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1/- sage-green showing double perfs at foot, cancelled by M.O.O. Sandstone c.d.s. for 24 June 1912, fine. BW W57, $1500+; S.G. 169a, £3500+. Photo £1,500-1,800
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Three blocks of four, one with interpanneau margin at foot, fine mint. S.G. 170, £840 £250-300
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A block of six (3x2) and a single, fine used. S.G. 170, £525 £150-180
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A block of four with watermark upright, the odd very light tone spot on reverse, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 170a, £760 £150-180
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A top left corner block of six (3x2) showing double perfs in top row, blocks of four
(4, one with watermark upright and one with watermark upright inverted - both of these with some stains on reverse), a pair with watermark upright and singles (2, one with watermark upright inverted), fine mint. Also three used singles, one with double perfs at top. BW W67, $400+; S.G. 172/172a, £113+ £60-80
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Perf. 12 1/2x12x11x12, unused with part original gum, fresh and fine. BW W68, $600;
S.G. 173, £700. Photo £200-250
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Perf. 12 1/2x12x11x12, unused with large part original gum, fresh and fine. BW W68, $600; S.G. 173, £700. Photo £200-250
Provenance: R. Slade Slade
M. Brachi
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Perf. 12 1/2x11x12 1/2x11, unused with small part original gum, a few shortish perfs at left otherwise fine. BW W68, $750; S.G. 173, £700. Photo £150-180
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Perf. 12 1/2x11x12 1/2x11, cancelled by Wagin c.d.s. for 24 January 1913, fine. BW W68, $600; S.G. 173, £425. Photo £150-180
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1879 1/2d. (2, one without hyphen in value) and 1d. (2), each handstamped "specimen" (Type WA1), and 1d. used from Fremantle to England showing "more to pay" oval h.s. and London "1d/f.b.", 1892 1 1/2d. on 3d. (3) used from Coolgardie to England (2) and from Fremantle to Germany, and 1912 1d. on 2d. to Germany uprated 1d. A fine lot £120-150
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1879 1d. die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm.) dated "Dec 6 1878", fine. Photo £250-300
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1879 1d. die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm.), marked "before hardening" and dated "Dec 13 1878", fine. Photo £250-300
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1879 1/2d. to Salonika bearing Turkey 1897 5a. in red on 10pa. and 5pa. in black on 10pa., both tied by "brousse" c.d.s. (18 Jan. 1912 with transposed year date) and showing arrival datestamp on reverse. A most unusual usage. Photo £80-100
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1902 2d. to USA uprated with 1906 perf 12 1/2x12 3d. and cancelled by light "widge mooltha/western australia" (16 July 1909) and showing arrival datestamp on reverse; some minor peripheral wear. Very scarce. Photo £350-450
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1881 CC 1d. (2, one with pulled perf at right), 2d. block of four, 3d. block of four
(light gum creases) and single, 6d. and 1/-, fine mint. Barefoot 5-9 £150-180
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