50th Auction Anniversary Auction - Day 5

Australien: 1937/1944 ca., ½d wallaro to 9d platypus definitives MARGIN IMPRINTS (SG ex164/203), gro
1937/1944 ca., ½d wallaro to 9d platypus definitives MARGIN IMPRINTS (SG ex164/203), group of 18 postally used covers franked with 21 mostly different margin imprints, comprising 'ASH', 'McCRACKEN' and 'AUTHORITY' imprints in pairs, blocks of 4 or larger multiples. Included are many attractive and unusual covers, i.a. ½d wallaro (SG 164) block of 12 with Ash imprint on registered cover from Parramatta to Czechoslovakia; 3d blue KGVI Die II (SG 168c) pair with Ash imprint (one stamp defective) together with Papua 5d black & slate-green (SG 136) on 2d KGVI pse used for airmail roundflight Australia-Port Moresby-Australia; 4d koala (SG 188) block of 4 with Authority imprint on reg. cover from Yarram to USA; 9d platypus (SG 173) corner pair with Ash imprint on airmail cover from Brisbane to England and further interesting items, mostly F/VF condition. Rarely offered!