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SOUTH AUSTRALIA continued...

1902-04 De La Rue Thin 'POSTAGE' continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

521

ONE SHILLING: 1/- brown vertical pair Imperf Between & at the Base ACSC S30bb (SG 275b), lightly mounted, Cat $4000 (£2750). More attractive than Michael Blake's pair - irregular perfs - that sold for $2975.

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Estimate AU$1,250

SOLD for AU$950.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

522

ONE SHILLING: 1/- brown upper-right corner pair with Plate Number '1' and Value/Sheet Number '1s 000703' in Bright Violet ACSC S30Bza (SG 275), lightly mounted. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $900. JRW (Bill) Purves had not seen Value/Sheet Number pieces from either portion of the First Printing, and the ACSC states "Only one pair is recorded", making this one of the rarest such items in the series.

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Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

523

THREE PENCE: Perf 12 3d olive-green with the Duty Plate 'POSTAGE/THREE PENCE' Significantly Misplaced Resulting in the Tablets being Blank ACSC S19c (SG 280a variation), Cat $1000.

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

524

NINE PENCE: Perf 12 9d rosy lake ACSC S28 (SG 281) marginal block of 6 (3x2) from the base of the sheet, very well centred, light vertical bend across the right-hand units does not affect the very fine facial appearance, four units are unmounted, Cat $1200+ (£900+), for mounted singles. From one of only two positions on the sheet where all six sub-types of the value tablet are arranged in a block of 6, making this a technically significant item.

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

525

Punctured 'SA' selection on exhibit pages with mint 4d & 6d pairs, 1/- block of 4 & 2/6d single, used with 1/- strip of 4, 2/6d x2 & 5/- x2 plus Double Perfins 3d x3 (one both Inverted) and 4d x2 & Triple Perfin, Cat £560+, for normal singles; and Punctured 'OS' 3d, 4d x2, 8d x2 (one with a thin), 10d x2 & 2/6d and used 8d (not recorded or priced used), 10d x2 & 2/6d x2, and a few others, generally fine to very fine, Cat $1300, plus the used 8d. Nothing has been expertised, so offered strictly 'as is'. (60)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

1904-11 De La Rue Thick 'POSTAGE' Watermark Crown/SA

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

526

The balance of the Thick 'POSTAGE' Issues across both watermarks on exhibit pages with numerous scarce items including 3d used blocks of 4 & 8 (4x2) and Thin Paper block of 15 (5x3), 6d Value/Sheet Number Pair, Sheet Number Pair, Imperf at the Base (no gum & minor thin), Double Perfs at Right, Perf 12½ with the Watermark Inverted ACSC S44a, 8d Value Closer x10 (six used), Value/Sheet Number Single & Pair, Double Perfs at Base (used), 9d corner block of 4 in deep rose, Value/Sheet Number single, 1911 Late Crown/SA Printing corner block of 6 (2x3) & a used single (underrated), 10d strip of 5 from the base of the upper pane, Imperf at Top (margin reduced, used), 1/- very scarce used marginal block of 6 (3x2), Inverted Watermark pair, Value/Sheet Number single & pair, 2/6d bright violet block of 4, Crown/A dull violet marginal block of 4, Inverted Watermark x2 (one used), Thin Paper bright purple singles x2 (one used & very scarce thus) and corner pair, 5/- Crown/SA singles x4, used single on linen-backed piece & marginal block of 4, 1910 Late Crown/SA Printing x3 plus postally used & CTO singles, and £1 mint x2 (one with no gum), postally used x2 & CTO x2, many units/multiples have been plated, generally fine to very fine but for some hinge remainders, many units in blocks are unmounted, Cat $20,000+. (340 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36) (Image37) (Image38) (Image39) (Image40) (Image41) (Image42) (Image43) (Image44) (Image45) (Image46) (Image47) (Image48) (Image49) (Image50) (Image51)

Estimate AU$4,000

SOLD for AU$3,000.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

527

Value/Sheet Number pieces across both watermarks comprising 3d pair & block of 6, 4d pair & block of 4, 6dsingle, pairs x3 & block of 4, 8d single pair & block of 4, 9d pairs x 6 including Consecutive Numbers '05650' & '05651' and one with the number stated to have been officially excised, 10d single & pair, 1/- single, pairs x2 & block of 4, 2/6d single, 5/- single & pair (thinned in the margin), 10/- single & £1 single, very fresh but many with hinge remainders, Cat $7500+, for pairs. A very scarce group & difficult to assemble. (28 items)

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Estimate AU$1,500

SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

528

TEN PENCE: 10d brown-orange singles Imperforate at Left, Imperforate at Top and Imperforate at Right ACSC S57bc bb & bd, all with the imperf margins somewhat reduced, characteristic minor bends or light creases, Cat $5000. An unusual opportunity to acquire the 'set' of similar errors. The ACSC records the following: Imperf at Left mint x5; Imperf at Top mint block of 4, vertical pairs x3 & a single; and Imperf at Right mint vertical pair & singles x3 (one in a horizontal strip of 3), and used defective single. There is also a used single Imperf at Top, which is not recorded in the ACSC: see Lot 526. (3)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

529

ONE SHILLING: 1/- grey-brown vertical pair from the base of the upper pane Imperforate Between & at the Base creating a Wide Wing-Margin ACSC S58bb (SG 288a variant), perfs at the base timmed-off, Cat $3500 (£3000). Absent from Don Pearce's collection. The ACSC states "Three mint vertical pairs & a block of 4 are recorded".

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

530

TEN SHILLINGS: 10/- grey-green ACSC S72 (SG 291) Inter-Panneau ('Gutter') Pair, well centred and very fresh, unmounted, Cat $1400+ (£900+), for mounted singles. Superb. A rare and unusual multiple.

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

531

TEN SHILLINGS: 10/- grey-green ACSC S72 (SG 291) horizontal pair, well centred, untidy 'REGD ADELAIDE/ ----13/STH AUSTRALIA' cds, Cat $500+ (£350+). A rare postally used multiple.

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

532

TEN SHILLINGS: 10/- light olive-green ACSC S72 (SG 291) unlisted shade mint, postally used and CTO (with virtually full original gum) singles, the mint & CTO stamps with old hinge remainders, Cat $900 (£565) for the normal shade. This is a controversial stamp. Bill Purves at pages 185-186 discusses the discovery of four examples and inclines towards them being an "error of colour", printed in the same shade as the 3d. However, others have questioned this. In a footnote, the ACSC states "There is still some controversy...but it is generally considered that the stamp is a colour changeling". We have observed that the mint stamp is in a paler and more yellow shade, and that stamp may indeed be a colour changeling. Necessarily offered "as is". (3)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

533

TEN SHILLINGS: 10/- sage-green ACSC S68 (SG 291) plus 6d & 1/- x2 pairs - probably all from the Crown/A issue - & 1d rosine tied to parcel piece by 'REGD ADELAIDE/STH AUSTRALIA' cds with largely indistinct 1912 date. A very rare franking, being the only postal article known by us franked with the 10/-. The 6d is Cat $400 on cover, but the 1/- & 10/- are both unpriced on cover. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $688. The item has been franked a total of 14/7d (presumably including 3d registration). The highest recorded parcel rates at the time were 5/8d for an interstate parcel or 7/- for a parcel to Britain, parcels being limited to items weighing no more than 11lb (pounds). However, rates to foreign countries, while largely unknown, were much higher. We believe, therefore, that it was sent to a foreign destination, probably Germany or the United States. This, of course, is conjecture and we would welcome any suggestions based on knowledge of the actual rates.

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

534

ONE POUND: £1 blue De La Rue Paper SG 292 mint (hinge remainder), postally used and CTO singles, plus £1 deep blue Detmold Paper (Small Holes) SG 292a mint, postally used & CTO (not listed in the ACSC) singles, Cat $2300. A scarce 'set'. (6)

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Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

1906-12 De La Rue Thick 'POSTAGE' Watermark Crown/A

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

535

Large mint multiples comprising 3d deep olive block of 10 (5x2) from the upper-right of the sheet, 3d olive-green on Thin Paper lower-right corner block of 20 (4x5) with Substituted (20mm) Values at Pos [R2/10 & R3/10], 4d bright orange block of 10 (5x2), 4d orange-red block of 12 (6x2) from the top of the pane with Split Frame on Pos [R/1], 8d dull blue block of 15 (5x3) from the top of the pane with Value Closer on Three Units Pos [R1/3] [R2/2] & [R2/4], 1/- brown on Thin Paper with Long Value (17½mm) on the First Unit Pos [R4/1], and 2/6d bright purple on Thin Paper horizontal strip of 6 from the top of the sheet with Split Frame on Pos [R/1], some hinge remainders but generally very fine with many units being unmounted, Cat $4800++, for mounted singles, plus the unlisted varieties. A very scarce group & difficult to assemble. (8 items)

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Estimate AU$1,400

SOLD for AU$1,050.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

536

THREE PENCE: 3d olive horizontal pair Imperforate Between ACSC S35b (SG 298a), exceptional centring, folded between the units but mercifully not separated, 'JAMESTOWN/MY6/07/S.A' squared-circle, Cat $10,000 (£5500). Ex Colonel Harry Napier and JRW ('Bill') Purves: see his book at page 141. One of the great errors of the State Issues in the Commonwealth Period: one other pair is recorded, in the institutionalised Amy Vickery Collection in Sydney. Not recorded unused/mint. It is also worth noting that this is the only imperforate between error in the 3d value across the three issues.

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Estimate AU$3,000

SOLD for AU$3,800.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

537

THREE PENCE: 3d pale olive-green Perf 11 ACSC S37 (SG 298e), characteristic centring, two part-strikes of the Cowell cds, Cat $1500 (£750). Better centred than Don Pearce's pair, that sold for $1795.

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

538

THREE PENCE: 3d pale olive-green Perf 11 ACSC S37 (SG 298e), characteristic centring, part-strike of the boxed 'LATE FEE' handstamp of Adelaide, Cat $1500 (£750). Better centred than Don Pearce's pair, that sold for $1795. The only recorded used example not cancelled at Cowell.

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

539

SIX PENCE: 6d blue-green vertical pair Imperforate Between and at the Top ACSC S44b(variant), fine 'WALLAROO/5MY13/STH AUSTRALIA' cds, Cat $4500. Ten vertical pairs - one in the Royal Collection - & a block of 4 all mint have been recorded: Don Pearce had only a defective pair. This is the only recorded used pair.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$1,500

SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

540

NINE PENCE: 9d dull rosy lake vertical pair from the base of the upper pane Imperforate Between & at Top of the Interpanneau 'Gutter' ACSC S52b (SG 302a) First Variant, characteristic minor bends & a light crease across the upper unit, Cat $3000. The ACSC states "...several pairs are recorded".

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM