Great Britain and British Commonwealth NEW SOUTH WALES Specimen Stamps - Reprints
Sale No: 237
Lot No: 142
Symbol: P
1854 Perkins BaconQueen-on-Throne design as for Victoria reprinted die proofs with blank tablets in deep green on wove paper & in purple on thin card. Beautiful. [Produced by De La Rue for the 1872 South Kensington Exhibition]
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1871 Imperf Diadems 2d from the Worn Plate with Type 4 'SPECIMEN' irregular block of 7 (4x2, missing the last unit), margins just clear to good, large-part o.g. Ex 'Alvarado': cost £840. [240 were printed, of which 120 were overprinted. This is probably the largest-surviving multiple]
1892 for UPU Distribution selection comprising 'REGISTERED' (6d), Diadem 8d yellow, 5/- Coin, De La Rue 1d 2d 4d 6d & 1/- (overprint in red), 'POSTAGE' in Black 5/- or in Blue £1, and ½d on 1d grey (overprint in blue), large-part o.g.
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1892 for UPU Distribution 'REGISTERED' (6d) Perf 10 No Watermark complete sheet of 50 (10x5), generally well centred, full unmounted o.g. Superb! Ex Australia Post Archives. Ex John Bell: sold for $990. [Bill McCredie's similar sheet sold for $1207]
'O S' OVERPRINTS: 1894 Special Printing for Collectors' Sets 'POSTAGE' in Black on Perf 12 £1 lilac & claret with Seriffed 'O S' (not issued thus) from the L/L corner of the sheet imperf at left & base with traces of the Current Number at Left, Large Type 7 'SPECIMEN', large-part o.g. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2013) states "Total of 100 printed (2 sheets; 10x5) so only 2 such examples from L/L corner existed".
'O S' OVERPRINTS: 1894 Special Printings for Collectors' Sets comprising 5/- Coin in purple-black, 'POSTAGE' in Black on Perf 12 5/- & £1 with Seriffed 'O S' (neither issued thus) & 5/- Map with 'O S' in Red (no gum), all CTO with 'NSW'-in-Concentric -Ovals, large-part o.g. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2010 or 2011) for the first & last. Of 900 sets printed, only 158 sets were sold.
