Lot 24 Australia (C) SG#153-b, 156, 160 1/6d - 3d Dull Purple - Blue Hermes - Submarine Telephone Link, 1934-1936 Hermes - Submarine Telephone Link Issues, 8 Very Good/Fine/Very Fine Used Singles, SON & Partial CDS Cancels

8 very good/fine/very fine used singles of the 1/6d - 3d dull purple - blue Hermes - Submarine Telephone Link from the 1934-1936 Hermes - Submarine Telephone Link Issues, SON & partial CDS cancels.

The town cancels include Cairns, QLD, Ship MailRoom; Tenterfield, Ryde, Geelong, VIC, Brooween, QLD, Waga Waga NSW & Mittago NSW. The tenterfield cancel is included because despite the short perfs it usually sells for $20. The ship mail room cancel can ring $70 - $160, the rest are $3-5.

Gibbons doesn't list these varieties, so we estimate them at $82. The stamps offered here grade between 60 and 80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 30/60, 35/60, 40/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 0/10, 5/10, 10/10

Cancellation: 10/10