Sale No: 247
Lot No: 411
Symbol: F
Cat No: Collection
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BLACK OVERPRINT: 'I.E.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10, GPO cds of MR30/71. Rated RRRR: unrecorded unused. The defective 'Sir Humphrey' example sold to Rodney Attwood for $3725, & in his sale for $4890. The very fine 'Tamiami' example sold for a relatively modest $5030. [Date range 30.3.1871 to 8.4.1874]
The only value recorded with 'I.E' Overprint, making it one of the keys to completing all the users.
Something of an enigma. Despite 'I.E.' being generally accepted as having been allocated to (The Curator of) Intestate Estates, there is no official record of an allocation to this user. Notably, 'I.E.' is not included in the official audit listing of the stock-on-hand of the Departmentals made in October 1871. And, in 1892, MP Castle wrote to Charles Todd seeking clarification of some of the lettering combinations and Todd was unable to explain 'I.E.'
For these reasons, Don Pearce believes that 'I.E.' is an Error of Lettering for 'E.' of Engineer. It could also be an error for 'I.S.', but not for 'I.A' (for which only Red Overprints were provided).
Playing devil's advocate, we would ask how such an obvious error could go uncorrected for at least three years? Also, it should then exist on all of the other five 'E.' denominations, but no examples on any of those values have been recorded. [See also discussion regarding the enigmatic 'VA.' overprint: Lot 835]
Grade A (Image1)
Estimate AU$5,000
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Opening AU$ 3,800.00
Sold...AU$ 3,800.00
Closed..Apr-25-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 3800
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