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ACE STAMP AUCTIONS PUBLIC AUCTION No. 29 11.00am & 2.00pm Saturday 12th June 2021 10.00am & 2.00pm Sunday 13th June 2021 Cannington Exhibition Centre, Cnr Albany Hwy & Station St Cannington PO Box 1840 Ellenbrook, Western Australia, 6069 Telephone: + 61 (08) 9297 3040 or 0414929235 Email: [email protected] On-line Catalogue: www.acestampauctions.com ACE STAMP AUCTIONS SALE No. 29 Saturday 12th June 11.00am Coins & Banknotes 2.00pm Box lots, World & Australian Collections, Thematics & Literature Sunday 13th June 10.00pm Western Australia collections, stamps, postmarks & postcards 2.00pm Aust Kangaroo & KGV issues, pre-dec & decimals, States & Terrs, Great Britain, China & single Country Cannington Exhibition Centre, Corner Albany Highway & Station St, Cannington Auctioneers: Rob Mandanici, Sam Mannino, Mike McAndrew & Terry Finlayson Dear Collector Welcome to our second auction for 2021 with 2500 lots reserved at over $530,000 to be offered over 2 days with four auctioneers calling the action. As always, we are most grateful to our 81 vendors who have contributed an amazing array of material. We endeavour to provide lots for all budgets and to have a diverse cross section of material catering to as many collecting fields as possible including coins and banknotes. This auction is no different other than an increase in Western Australian material following our very successful March auction that had a 83% clearance rate with a total hammer price of nearly $300,000, and another strong section of China following Sale 27 in 2020. The start of the auction presents a perfect opportunity to invest in gold with a range of the Perth Mint 1986-1999 Nugget series of coins reserved conservatively at the current gold price followed by some sovereigns and banknote sets. The box lots are always popular and these should not be overlooked on this occasion as there are some worthwhile “Balance of Consignment” lots. Once again, the collections section contains over 570 collections including Australia, World volumes and thematics. The WA section on Sunday morning has been increased in size as per my earlier comments with the continuation of a specialised postmark collection that was assigned in January. The first half from “A” to “K” attracted huge interest and included a Balbarrup Post & Telegraph ORS cancel on a 1905 postcard selling for $4200 plus BP on a reserve of $100! We have been fortunate to have another lovely cross section of kangaroos and KGV, noting that these are continuing to obtain strong prices in auction and of late, are appearing on a regular basis on collectors wants lists. Many of you have indicated the desire to fill gaps in these areas of your collection, especially as there is no interest been paid on accumulated funds sitting in the bank! I have been energised of late to see so many returning to the hobby in these Covid times and certainly we have had far more interest from overseas collectors. In fact, recently we sold “archived” kangaroo and KGV lots to the value of $14,000 from collectors exploring past auctions online! I have tried to use the colour plates to illustrate the many highlights in this sale which extend into the pre-decimal and decimal areas of Australia as well as the Territories. Once again, I have separated early FDC’s & PNC’s following the increased interest in these at recent stamp shows here in WA. Our range of single world lots endeavours to cater to the collector who are seeking the “harder to obtain” high values especially in Great Britain with a gorgeous 1882 £5 orange superb used with central upright Belfast cds. (Lot 2061) The demand for China continues unabated and we have tried to meet this with a strong selection of lots, the highlight being the 1968 8f "The Whole Country is Red" cancelled to order with a neat part 1968 corner cds & full MUH gum (Lot 2208) Reserved at $25,000, this was purchased through John Bull in Hong Kong for nearly $50,000 in 2006. This is an excellent opportunity to secure this rarely seen issue. There is a choice of two 1980 Monkey singles plus a block of 4 with other high catalogued issues of that period also in blocks of 4 as well as a range of MUH Miniature Sheets in superb condition. Needless to say, there are too many lots to focus on individually here so please take your time to enjoy the catalogue and may I suggest you peruse this in combination with the website (www.acestampauctions.com) where there are an additional 1200+ images. I wanted to take this opportunity to update all our clients on my future plans with Ace Stamp Auctions. Our last “scheduled” auction will be held on 27th & 28th November which will be our 30th auction, a figure which when I started in 2008, I never thought we would achieve. By then, we will have offered over 50,000 lots with total pre- sale reserves of $8 million & almost $7 million in auction sales to 8000+ bidders on behalf of over 1500 vendors. As many of you know a brain bleed 18 months ago slowed me down & the subsequent 2 auctions have taken me considerably longer to prepare as I continue to recover my cognitive abilities. We have been very grateful for the ongoing support of so many of you during this time both as customers and vendors, not to mention the additional describing efforts of both John McPhee & Trevor Lacy. My thinking in moving forward is we WILL continue to have auctions but probably one a year and these will not be scheduled for a firm date but instead be announced when we have 2000-3000 lots ready to go for auction. I am more than happy to assist our strong vendor base with the sale of their lots but I can no longer guarantee a firm sale date or maintain the 3 actions per year. Both Christine and myself are truly grateful for all the support we have received especially from the local WA collecting community. We look forward to continuing organising the annual Perth Stamp & Coin Show and being actively involved in the local stamp “scene” and maybe even returning to 2-3 sales a year in the future but for now we are going to spend more time together enjoying our garden, playing golf and spoiling our 2 rescue dogs not to mention, even getting around to my own stamps! In closing, sincere thanks to you all and I look forward to seeing of many of you as possible at the auction. Ian Boulton CONDITIONS OF SALE BIDS The highest bidder shall be the purchaser. Where floor bids do not exceed the highest postal bid, that postal bidder will pay the reserve when no other floor or postal bids have been received or one bidding step over the second highest postal or highest floor bidder. BIDDING For those not attending the auction, bids can be placed by mail, telephone or email. We no longer accept bids by fax due to previous problems confirming safe receipt of them. Email bids are encouraged and will be acknowledged by return email. Such bids should be received in our offices no later than 8.00pm, WA time, on Friday 11th June for Parts 1 & 2 and 8.00pm, WA time, Saturday 12th June for Parts 3 & 4. Bids received that are not a bidding increment figure as below will be rounded down to the nearest increment. Thank you. BIDDING INCREMENTS Bidding shall progress in the following increments; Up to $50 bidding will rise in increments of $2 From $50 to $100 bidding will rise in increments of $5 From $100 to $300 bidding will rise in increments of $10 From $300 to $500 bidding will rise in increments of $20 From $500 to $750 bidding will rise in increments of $25 From $750 to $1,500 bidding will rise in increments of $50 From $1,500 to $3,000 bidding will rise in increments of $100 From $3,000 to $5,000 bidding will rise in increments of $200 From $5,000 to $10,000 bidding will rise in increments of $250 From $10,000 upwards at auctioneers discretion BINDING CONTRACT By placing bids in the auction, the bidder is entering into a binding contract to purchase all the lots he/she is awarded with the additional Buyers Premium. BUYER'S COMMISSION A Buyers Commission of 12.5% (plus GST for Australian Residents) will be added to the hammer price. DELIVERY shall be made to bidders upon receipt of payment. Postage & packing is at the purchaser’s expense and unless otherwise requested, lots will be mailed within Australia by ordinary mail and overseas lots by Airmail. Lots over $100 (incl of BP) will be posted by Registered Post and over $500 (incl of BP) by Platinum Express Post with any additional insurance, over and above Australia Post’s maximum payout for the respective service, to be requested by the successful bidder if required. After 12 years of auction business, we have never had any missing packages using the above Australia Post Registered, International Registered, Express or Platinum Post services. DISPUTES If any dispute arises as to the highest bidder the auctioneer shall have absolute discretion to determine the dispute and may put up again and resell the lot in respect of which the dispute arises. ESTIMATES The estimates are the reserves and thus bidding will begin at the estimated prices. Please Note: Bids under the estimate will not be accepted. Opening Prices will be shown on the website at least 72 hours before the auction.