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

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

541

NINE PENCE: 9d dull rosy lake vertical pair from the base of the sheet Imperforate Between & at Base (with Jubilee Line) ACSC S52b (SG 302a) Second Variant block of 4, characteristic minor bends, hinge remainder at the top, Cat $6000+, for two pairs. The ACSC states "... a mint block of 4 and vertical pair have been recorded". The recorded block is ex Dr Don Pearce; this a a different block, there now being two known.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$2,000

Currently Opening at...AU$1,500.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

542

NINE PENCE: 9d bright rosy lake Perf 11 ACSC S54 (SG 302f), excellent centring, largely indistinct GPO cds of DE21/09, Cat $3500 (£1500). The ACSC states "Six used examples have been recorded", and no mint examples. Ex JRW ('Bill') Purves. Absent from Michael Blake's, 'Besancon' and Don Pearce's collections.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$2,000

Currently Opening at...AU$1,500.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

543

ONE SHILLING: 1/- grey-brown horizontal pair from the top of the sheet Imperforate Between ACSC S59b (SG 303a), the margin largely separated/rejoined, characteristic minor bends, Cat $4500 (£4250). Ex Friedrich Krichauff and 'Chartwell': sold for £1320+. Don Pearce's pair sold for $2755. The ACSC states at least 14 pairs have been recorded including three in a vertical block of 6.

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Estimate AU$2,000

Currently Opening at...AU$1,500.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

544

Punctured 'SA' Issues on exhibit pages with many mint multiples across both watermarks with an array of shades, noted 4d lower-right block of 4 with Watermark Error 'USTRLAIA', block of 4 with Triple 'SA' on Lower Units; 6d pair with 'SA' Inverted, block of 4 with Double 'SA' on Upper Units; 9d blocks of 4 x3 (one with Watermark Error 'USTRLAIA'), vertical pair both with partial-Double 'SA', block of 10 (5x2) the upper row with Double 'SA' Diagonally; 1/- with Inverted Watermark block of 4; 2/6d bright violet pair with Double 'SA', bright purple block of 4; 5/- singles x4 (one with Triple 'SA'); and £1 singles x2 (one without gum); etc, generally fine to very fine but for some hinge remainders, many units in blocks are unmounted. A fascinating collection, but nothing has been expertised so necessarily offered 'as is'. (177) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13)

Estimate AU$1,000

Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

545

Punctured 'OS' Issues on exhibit pages including 3d with Double Perfs at Top on large OHMS piece, 6d mint pair & used block of 4, 8d used x2 (one with Value Closer; not recorded mint), 9d mint x4 including a corner pair & Inverted Wmk (used), 1/- mint single & Value/Sheet Number Pair, 2/6d used x4 (one in bright purple), 5/- mint x2 & used x2, £1 mint (faults), etc, generally fine to very fine, Cat $5000+. Scarce & underrated material but nothing has been expertised so necessarily offered 'as is'. (69) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

Official Stamps

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

546

DEPARTMENTALS: Selection from various towns with cds comprising GPO x3, Glenelg, Kingston, Noarlunga, Port Adelaide x3, Port Macdonnell, Port Pirie, Robe x3 (one with constant variety Cracked 'C'), Semaphore & Wallaroo x2, also '6'-in-circle, many are small-part to part-strikes only, condition good to very fine. Rated S x8; R x10; and RR x1. Ex Don Pearce (I): sold for $2395. Four items - Goolwa & Victor Harbor x3 - were removed by our vendor, otherwise re-offered intact. (18)

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Estimate AU$750

Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

547

THICK 'O.S.' OVERPRINT: 1874-76 Perf 11½-12½x10 1d deep green as SG O2 from the left of the sheet Imperforate at Left, minor separation fault at upper-left, 'GPO ADELAIDE/FE13/74/S-A' cds, Cat £475+. A rare error. Ex Dr Don Pearce.

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

548

THICK 'O.S.' OVERPRINT: 1876-85 Broad Star Perf 11½-12½ 6d bright blue SG O18 lower-left corner block of 36 (6x6) comprising the last row of the overprinting forme plus the complete overprinting forme of 30 (6x5), several different Damaged 'O's, '6d.' printed in the margin at the lower-left corner, horizontal crease across the second row, iron-spots affecting four units (and evident from the face) & light gum blemishes, some minor perf separation/reinforcing, large-part original gum with many units being unmounted, Cat £5760+, for mounted singles. A remarkable piece, being one of the largest surviving multiples with Type 1 'O.S.' Overprints. Ex Rodney Perry auction of 6.12.1979 and Dr Don Pearce. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$2,000

Currently Opening at...AU$1,500.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

549

THIN 'O.S.' NARROW SPACING OVERPRINT: 1891-1902 Crown/SA Perf 11½-12½ 1/- red-brown from the worn plate with Double 'O.S.' SG O33a, lightly cancelled, Cat £1200. There are actually portions of three overprints. Ex Dr Don Pearce. Gary Diffen recorded only four examples: his stamp was sold for £240.

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Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

550

G/F

THIN 'O.S.' WIDE SPACING OVERPRINT: 1899-1901 1d rosine with Misplaced Double Overprint SG O81b partial reconstruction of 19 singles from a 'block' of 36, various squared-circle cancels including 'BLINMAN', 'MILANG', 'CHANDADA', 'YARDEA', 'MENINGIE' and 'THURINGA' all of March or April 1900, Cat £10,450 (£550 each). Ex Dr Don Pearce. Gary Diffen's single sold for £168.

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Estimate AU$2,000

Currently Opening at...AU$1,500.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

Postal Stationery

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551

ESSAY: Skilfully executed elaborate artwork for a 2d design in India ink on a postcard-size piece of thin card, the numeral '2' in Chinese white, endorsed at lower-left "Finis Coronat Opus" (the pseudonym of Maximilian Tannenberg, whose designs for the 2½d & 5d stamps were adopted). A superb essay. While it might appear that this was an essay for a Postal Card, it is believed to have been submitted for a proposed Envelope issue. Sold at our auction of 25.3.2021 for $1005.

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Estimate AU$600

Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

552

ESSAY: 1896 Post Office Design Competition entry by "Kangaroo" of a Wrapper ½d Coin design with very elaborate (and consequently unsuitable) header incorporating numerous design elements including a train & a spear-toting aborigine, expertly executed in reddish purple & Chinese white on thin card (315x246mm) with a number of marginal endorsements including "Prize divided" as well as "take out newspaper only", suggesting the design might have been considered for a Postal Card, for which it was clearly more suitable; plus an apparent voting sheet showing this as the most popular entry. A stunning exhibition item that was absent from the Walker/Eustis Collection. Sold at our auction of 25.3.2021 for $3775.

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Estimate AU$2,000

Currently Opening at...AU$1,500.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

553

PSE

POSTAL CARDS: 1d scenic issues 'FAT BULLOCKS' to Cornwall with French 'TOULON' cds & small 'PAQUEBOT' handstamp, and 'HIILL RIVER/PRIZE MERINO RAM' to Egypt, 'OHMS' Overprint on surfaced stock to Sydney (a bit aged), and 'O. S.' Overprint on Surfaced Stock locally used, the last two with different Railways advices. (4)

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Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

Postal History

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Estimate in AU$'s

554

Parcel Post articles comprising 1) 1904 large-part 'PARCEL POST' label with Thin 'POSTAGE' 10d (rare on cover) tied by very fine 'RUNDLE STREET' squared-circle; 2) piece removed from a cardboard tube with 1d x2 and 2d single & block of 10 (5x2); 3) FH Faulding & Co Dispensing Chemists parcel tag to Tarcoola with 1d & 2d x4 tied by 'PARCEL PO ADELAIDE' cds with no year slug; and 4) 1914 parcel tag to Victoria with 1d pair & block of 12 (3x4) tied by 'ALDGATE' cds, minor creasing. The large multiples are very scarce. (4)

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

555

Mostly inter-colonial mails including 1891 with Perf 15 2d pair & GPO duplex; 1892 1d Postal Card Murray Bridge to Hochkirch (Victoria) uprated with 1d & missent (?) first to Melbourne; 1892 overweight to Melbourne with 2d orange & Perf 10 '5D.' on 6d vertical pair tied by 'MURRAY BRIDGE' cds; Tatts covers with 2d with 'KOORINGA' squared-circle & largely superb 'T4D'-in-capsule, with Thin 'POSTAGE' 4d & 'RED HILL' squared-circle, Thin 'POSTAGE' 6d with Adelaide cds and Thick 'POSTAGE' 4d with 'MOUNT GAMBIER' squared-circle; and 1901 'SPECIAL/POST CARD' locally used with GPO ½d pair; fine to very fine. (9)

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Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

556

PSE

De La Rue frankings on overseas mails including 1885 'KNIGHTSBRIDGE' to India with 2d x3 with various Bombay backstamps & redirected to 'KHANDALA'; 1893 to Switzerland with 2d x2 & 6d; 1889 ½d Wrapper + ½d brown to Wales; 1889 to London with Perf 10 6d; 1898 to Surrey per RMS Oceania with 2½d violet-blue x3; 1893 1d Postal Card to Italy uprated with ½d brown; 1898 to Transvaal with ½d x5; 1899 to NZ with 4d & scribble-cancel; 1899 to Massachusetts with 3d olive (½d convenience overpayment); 1900 return usage of German 10pf+10pf reply card uprated with GPO ½d; 1900 to France with PO ½d x5; 1909 1d Postal Card (Kookaburras) to Germany with PO ½d; 1912 very scarce usage of 1d Envelope to Saxony with PO ½d & 1d carmine added; 1913 PPC to Germany with Thick 'POSTAGE' 3d (1½d + 1½d late fee?); etc, fine to very fine. (23) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

Estimate AU$750

Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

557

Attractive advertising group with imprints on flap x4 (one registered), imprints on the face handstamped x2 or printed x4, with advertising x3 for Matters & Co Auctioneers (1881), for Australian Stamp Co to Holland (1898), and illustrated on both sides for Shearer's Stump Jump Ploughs (1911, opened-out for display), generally fine to very fine. (13) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

Estimate AU$350

Currently Opening at...AU$270.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

558

Registered mail to interstate destinations with scarce frankings including 3d Perf 10, 3d Perf 13, 4d Perf 10, '5D.' on 6d Perf 10, Thin 'POSTAGE' 3d & 4d and Thick 'POSTAGE' 3d, cancels include squared-circles of 'IRON KNOB', 'JAMESTOWN', 'KADINA' (Shierlaw front, to Adelaide), 'PETERSBURG', 'PORT AUGUSTA' (to Adelaide), 'WAUKARINGA' with huge 'R' handstamp, 'WILLIAMSTOWN' and 'WIRRABARA'. (15) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$600

Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

559

Registered mail to overseas destinations comprising double-rate to New Zealand x2 with Thin 'POSTAGE' 3d & 4d or 1d & Thick 'POSTAGE' 6d; 1896 to Fiji with ½d brown block of 10 (2x5); 1900 to Surrey with 2½d & Small 3d olive; 1890 to Ireland with 4d & Perkins Bacon 6d; 1899 to France with 5d 6d & Perkins Bacon 1/-; 1891 1892 1893 & 1895 to Germany at 5½d with all-different frankings; 1898 to Switzerland with 1d 3d & 5d (overpaid 1d); and USA 1902 with ½d 2d & 3d or 1907 with ½d & 1d x5; generally fine to very fine. (13) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$800

Currently Opening at...AU$600.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM

560

1841 (Nov 29 annotation) folded outer to England endorsed "per 'Marys' to Hobart Town" and "Paid/6" in another hand for the outward ship letter rate with a largely fine strike of the by-now badly worn 'POST OFFICE/ADELAIDE' handstamp with the inner ring & central ornament almost completely omitted, on arrival rated "8[d]" for an inwards shipletter with 'SHIP-LETTER' handstamp, London transit & 'NORTH SHIELDS/ MY11/1842' arrival backstamps, minor blemishes & horizontal file fold affecting the Adelaide marking. A most unusual routing via Tasmania, presumably to catch an earlier ship than would have been available from Adelaide, indicating just how infrequent direct sailings to England were in the early days of the Colony.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM