1868-76 Small De La Rue Issues continued...
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 421 |
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 1868-76 Wmk Large Crown/SA Perforated 1d selection on exhibit pages with plate proofs in black on thin card single & block of 4 and
in shades of green imperf pair & block of 4 and Perf 14 blocks of 12 (3x4) & 25 (5x5), Perf 11½-12½ used singles x2 (one overprinted Thick 'O.S.') and pair, Perf 10 mint block of 6 (3x2, minor tonespots), and Thick 'O.S.' single, Perf 11½-12½x10 x2
and Perf 10x11½-12½ with wing-margin, generally very fine, Cat £1050+ plus the proofs.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
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 1868-76 Wmk Large Crown/SA Perf 10 2d brick-red SG 159 block of 8 (4x2, with wing-margin at right), well centred, minor perf
reinforcing at right, large-part original gum, Cat £520+, for singles. A very scarce multiple.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 423 |
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 1871 V/Crown 2d orange (shades) SG 166 singles unused & used x2 plus used pair & strip of 3 with wing-margin at left, Cat £550+,
for singles; and a very fine single on Captain Bishop cover with 'PORT LINCOLN' arrival backstamp, Cat £50 x5+ on cover. A very scarce group.
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Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 166] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 424 |
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 1876-1904 Wmk Narrower Crown/SA 1d die proof in black on highly-surfaced card (91x60mm), with handstamps 'BEFORE/STRIKING' at
upper-right and '8DEC96' in blue at upper-left. Superb (not even hinged on the reverse). Rare: absent from Don Pearce's collection. Not to be confused with die proofs dated in 1894, after cleaning the original die. The term 'Before Striking'
indicates the proof was taken from a new die.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
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 1876-1904 Wmk Narrower Crown/SA 1d blue-green (shades) selection on exhibit pages with Perf 10 blocks of 18 (6x3) & 24 (6x4) both
with most units unmounted, Perf 11½-12½ used singles x2 Perf 11½-12½x10 mint x3 & used pairs x5, unlisted 1890 Comb Perf 10 mint pair & block of 4 and used pair plus Thin 'O.S.' Narrow Setting blocks of 4 mint & used x2 plus Missing Stop after 'S '
x2, Perf 15 mint & used blocks of 4 plus Thin 'O.S.' Narrow Setting block of 9, and Perf 13 Plate Number '2' blocks of 4 with Value/Sheet Number '1d 506302' and 12 (6x2) plus Double Perfs vertical & horizontal pairs and Aberrant Misplaced Perfs mint
& used singles; and 1882 'HALF-/PENNY' on 1d SG 181 mint block of 24 (6x4, most units unmounted), used strip of 4 apparently cancelled DE31/81 which is one day earlier than Gibbons' ERD, but the year could be '91'), single uprating ½d Wrapper front
to London, mint & used singles with the rare Short Bar through 'E PENNY' Only, and with Thick 'O.S.' Overprint mint x3 (one with Surcharge Misplaced with Bar at the Top) plus strip of 5 & block of 4 being the largest & equal-second largest recorded
multiples, and vertical block of 10 (2x5) with faint 'REPRINT' Overprint in Red; and a few others, generally very fine, Cat £4000+ plus the wrapper & reprints. This lot could be developed into an excellent One Frame exhibit.
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Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 181] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
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 1876-1904 Wmk Narrower Crown/SA Perf 13 1d green vertical pair Imperf Between & with Jumped Vertical Perfs SG 175b, the lower unit
with a crease that doesn't affect the facial appearance, very lightly mounted large-part o.g., Cat £3500. Ex Gary Diffen: sold for £2160. [Property of another vendor]
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Estimate AU$3,500
Currently Opening at...AU$2,700.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
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 1876-1904 Wmk Narrower Crown/SA 2d orange (shades) selection on exhibit pages with Perf 10 mint pair and blocks of 4 & 6 (with Perf
Pins Omitted; stained) and SG 168c mint strip of 4 (creased), a remarkable used block of 48 (6x8) from lower-left of the sheet with Plate Number '2' and with Thin 'O.S.' Overprint; Irregular Compound Perfs 10x10x10x11½ mint x2 & used x2, and used
Perf 10x10x11½x10 x3, Perf 10x11½x10x10 x2 (one with Thick 'O.S.' Overprint) and Perf 11½x10x10x10 with Thick 'O.S.' Overprint mint x2 & with No Stop after 'S ' used x2; very scarce Perf 11½x12½ 2d used x2; Perf 15 mint block of 4 and Major
Perforation Errors mint & used x6 including a remarkable strip of 3; and Perf 13 mint blocks of 4 in both shades and pair with Grossly Misplaced Perfs; and a few others, generally very fine, Cat £2000+. An underrated and very desirable group.
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Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 168c] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
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 1876-1904 Wmk Narrower Crown/SA Perf 10 (Line) 2d pale dull orange SG 168c block of 12 (4x3, with wing-margin at right), variable
centring, and Comb Perf 2d dull red-orange block of 6 (3x2, minor gum blemishes), both blocks with large-part original gum and most units are unmounted, Cat £570+, for mounted singles. NB: A new Perf 10 Comb Perforator was introduced in 1890. Gibbons
do not list the comb perf stamp. It should be added as SG 168d.
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Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 168c block] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 429 |
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 1899-1904 New Colours selection on exhibit pages with 1d rose-pink block of 54 (6x9) from the right-hand pane, a used pair with
Major Cracked Electro and CTO pair with 'ULTRAMAR' Handstamp in blue, 2d violet block of 36 (6x6) from the top of the right-hand pane and strip of 5 with Plate Number '3' and Aberrant Perfs affecting All Units, Thin 'O.S.' Overprint Wide Setting 1d
mint & used blocks of 6, block of 4 with Value/Sheet Number '1d 564974' in Vermilion, block of 24 (3x8) from the lower-right of the right-hand pane and 'No Stop after 'S ' x2 (one used) and Double Overprint (faults); generally very fine, Cat £2800+.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 430 |
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 1882-99 New Denominations 'Bantam' ½d with two impressions in black on highly-surfaced card (92x60mm) handstamped '30JAN82' in blue
& 'BEFORE HARDENING' in black. Superb. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $560. [Modelled on the Victorian 'Bantam' ½d designed by William Bell; two impressions of the stamp - Types A-B setenant - were engraved on a single die which, combined, was the same size
as the De La Rue 1d and 2d values, but laid-down horizontally]
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 431 |
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 1882-99 New Denominations 'Bantam' ½d with two impressions in black on highly-surfaced card (92x60mm) handstamped '1FEB82' in blue
& 'AFTER HARDENING' in black. Superb. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $610.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
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 1882-99 New Denominations 'Bantam' ½d plate proofs in blue-green on gummed unwatermarked paper comprising Imperf block of 96 (16x6,
minor thin affects two units, most units unmounted) with Plate Number '1' at upper-left and part-Imperf superb interpanneau block of 16 (4x4, unmounted); also Overprinted Sans-Serif 'SPECIMEN' small type x2 & large type block of 4, or seriffed
'REPRINT' x2.
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 433 |
/O |
 1882-99 New Denominations 'Bantam' ½d brown selection on exhibit pages mostly mint including Perf 10 blocks of 4 x2 and a rare used
strip of 9, Perf 11½-12½ block of 6 (3x2); Perf 10x11½-12½ block of 6 (3x2); Perf 15 block of 27 (9x3) & corner block of 66 (11x6, minor defects) and mint & used pairs Perf 11½-12½ Between SG 188c; and Perf 13 blocks of varying sizes in a range of
shades; plus Thin 'O.S.' Overprints Perf 10 used group including a rare strip of 8, No Stop after 'S ' SG O60b & unlisted varieties Vertical Block for Stop x4 and Comma for Stop; Perf 10x11½-12½ three used strips of 8 (shades), Perf 11½-12½ mint
single & used strip of 8 (the equal-largest recorded multiple); Perf 15 mint x4 including a pair, Perf 13 mint pair, etc; and a few others, generally very fine, Cat £4500+. The basis for a One Frame exhibit.
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Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 188c;] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,800
Currently Opening at...AU$1,350.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 434 |
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 1882-99 New Denominations 3d selection on exhibit pages with die proof reduced to stamp-size on small piece from the De La Rue day
book, gummed unwatermarked plate proofs Imperf block of 4 & Perf 14 block of 6; then mostly mint with Perf 10 block of 8 (4x2) with Plate Number '1' and upper-left strip of 4 with Plate Number & Value/Sheet Number '4d 003167' in Vermilion and an
unlisted bronze-green single; and Perf 13 marginal block of 20 (4x5), blocks of 6 8 & 12 each with Plate Number '1' and the first of them also with Value/Sheet Number '2d 685486' in Black and a very scarce used block of 4; and a few others, generally
very fine, Cat £1000+ plus the proofs.
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
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 1883-99 New Denominations 3d in black on highly-surfaced card (91x60mm), handstamped '16OCT85' & 'BEFORE/HARDENING'. Rare and
superb. Ex Peter Jaffé: sold for $1395.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 436 |
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 1882-99 New Denominations 3d die proof in black on highly-surfaced card (91x60mm), handstamped '22OCT85' & 'AFTER/HARDENING'. Rare
and superb (not even hinged on the reverse). Don Pearce's equally fine proof sold for $1095.
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
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 1882-99 New Denominations 4d selection on exhibit pages with die proof reduced to slightly larger than stamp-size, imperf plate
proofs blocks of 6 in black on thin card & in dull violet on gummed unwatermarked paper; then mostly mint with Perf 10 strips of 3 x2 (one the unlisted Comb Perf) and Perf 15 block of 8 (4x2); and Perf 13 block of 8 (4x2) and superb marginal block
of 15 (3x5) in bright violet, and a very scarce used strip of 4 on parcel piece also with 2d 5d & 2/- strip of 3; etc; also Thin 'O.S.' Narrow Setting including Perf 10 block of 6 (3x2; Ex 'Besancon' Part III), Perf 15 block of 4, Perf 13 singles x4
(two used) & a block of 4, and Wide Setting x2 plus used with No Stop after 'S '; fine to very fine, Cat £2600+ plus the proofs.
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Estimate AU$1,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
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 1882-99 New Denominations 4d in black on highly-surfaced card (91x60mm), handstamped '16JUL89' and 'AFTER/HARDENING' and with
initials "C.W." below the impression. Rare and superb. Don Pearce's example - but without the initials - sold for $1095.
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 439 |
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 1882-99 New Denominations 6d selection on exhibit pages with die proof reduced to stamp-size on small piece from the De La Rue day
book, plate proof block of 12 (6x2) on gummed unwatermarked paper (light toning); then mostly mint with Perf 10 block of 4 and the unlisted Comb Perf two singles; Perf 15 pair; and Perf 13 blocks of 4 x2 & 6 (2x3); and a few others; also Thin 'O.S.'
Narrow Setting including Perf 10 with No Stop after 'S ' SG O62a, Perf 15 single, Perf 13 x2 (one with very heavy, possibly double overprint) and with No Stop after 'S ' used x2, Wide Setting x4 including a pair and used 'O' & 'S' both Broken x2,
etc; generally very fine, Cat £2000+ plus the proofs.
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Estimate AU$1,200
Currently Opening at...AU$900.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
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 1882-99 New Denominations Perf 10x11½-12½ 'Bantam' ½d deep red-brown SG 186 marginal block of 108 (18x6) from the top of the sheet,
generally well centred and very fresh, the upper-left unit damaged and a thin in the margin impacts the second-last unit on the first row, some characteristic light bends, virtually full original gum with most units unmounted, Cat £3780+, for mounted
singles. A rare block. Don Pearce's block of 78 (13x6) sold for $915. [All the horizontal rows are Perf 10. However, the vertical rows alternate between Perf 10 and Perf 11½-12½, creating irregular compound perfs across the sheet]
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Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 186 marginal] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$850
Currently Opening at...AU$650.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
