RED OVERPRINT: 'C.Sgn.' (seriffed font) on Rouletted 2d pale vermilion, rouletting on all sides, very fine GPO cds of MY27/68. Rated RRRR: unrecorded unused. Ex Colonel Napier (III). RPSofL Certificate (1965). Superior to the 'Besancon' example that sold for SFr1330. [Date range 27.5.1868 to 23.10.1868 only]
RED OVERPRINT: 'C.Sgn.' (hybrid overprint with Block 'C.S' & Seriffed 'gn') on Rouletted 2d vermilion, rouletting at left & right and Grossly Misplaced Horizontally through the middle of the stamp so cut from the sheet to preserve the design at the top & base, minor oxidisation, very fine GPO cds of SP16/68. Unlisted by Ron Butler & only two other examples recorded so it should be rated RRRRR. [The 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer) example - also with misplaced roulettes - sold for $2680]
Ron Butler records the hybrid overprint only in black & only on the DLR Rouletted 2d: see Lot 120. This caused him to assert that it appeared in the 1870s & was therefore 'Type II'. However, the discovery of this Perkins Bacon stamp & the similar 6d in Lot 119 suggests that both overprint variants were probably on the same sheet, and therefore issued at the same time. The extreme rarity of these stamps might indicate that the hybrid overprint occurred on only one position in the forme. If that is correct, it might be seen as having been an error by the typesetter. This overprint on the later DLR 2d is a remarkable anomaly that, again, is probably a random typesetting error: see Lot 120.
RED OVERPRINT: 'C.Sgn.' (seriffed font) on Perf 11½-12½ 4d dull purple, cut from the sheet well clear of the design at the base, minor blemishes, Gambierton cds of MR31/69. Rated RRRR. RPSofL Certificate (1965). The 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer) example sold for $1165. [Date range 16.12.1868 to 31.3.1869]
RED OVERPRINT: 'C.Sgn.' (seriffed font) on Rouletted 6d bright ultramarine, rouletting on all sides, large-part o.g. Superb. Rated RRRR. Ex Ric Slade-Slade. Superior to the 'Besancon' example - some aging/soiling & separation fault at L/R - sold for SFr1575.
RED OVERPRINT: 'C.Sgn.' (seriffed font) on Rouletted 6d bright ultramarine, a large stamp with rouletting on all sides with fragments of three adjoining units, very fine GPO cds of MR30/69. Rated RRRR. Ex Colonel Napier (III). [This is the only dated example recorded by Don Pearce]
RED OVERPRINT: 'C.Sgn.' (hybrid overprint with Block 'C.S' & Seriffed 'gn') on Rouletted 6d ultramarine, rouletting except at the base where cut from the sheet well clear of the design, the apparent separation fault at U/L is actually outside the roulettes, a little aged, light GPO cds of MY27/68. Unlisted by Ron Butler & the only recorded example so it should be rated RRRRRR. [See comments with Lot 115]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.Sgn.' (hybrid overprint with Block 'C.S' & Seriffed 'gn') on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d red-orange with the Watermark Reversed, rouletting on all sides, a couple of small separation faults & an ironed-out minor crease at U/R that is not evident from the face, Gambierton cds of JU23/69. Not listed used by Ron Butler and the only recorded example so it should be rated RRRRRR.The 'Besancon' fine mint example - rated RRRR - sold for SFr6655. [See notes at Lot 115]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.Sgn.' (seriffed font) on De La Rue Star Wmk Rouletted 2d red-orange, rouletting largely clear of the design on all sides, very fine GPO cds of NO24/69. Superb. Rated RRRRR: not recorded unused. Superior to the 'Besancon' example that sold for SFr1330. [Date range 24.11.1869 to 18.7.1870]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.Sgn.' (seriffed font) on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 11½-12½ xRouletted 2d red-orange, rouletting on all sides, minor imperfections, GPO cds of JU19/69. Rated RRRR: not recorded unused. [Date range 19.6.1869 to 13.7.1869 only]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.Sgn.' (seriffed font) on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d red-orange with partial Double Overprint with 'm.' from the adjoining unit at left, rouletting largely clear of the design on all sides, light GPO cds of JA29/71. Rated RRR+: not recorded unused. The 'Tamiami' example sold for $1557. [Date range 28.9.1869 to 1.3.1871]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.Sgn.' (seriffed font) on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d red-orange with the Watermark Reversed, GPO cds of SE6/71. Superb. Rated RRRR: not recorded unused. [Date range 24.3.1871 to 6.9.1871]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.Sgn.' (seriffed font) on Perf 10 4d deep bright mauve from the right of the sheet with vertical marginal watermark line at right, ironed-out minor crease at upper-right, GPO cds of FE19/73. Rated RRRR: not recorded unused. The 'Besancon' example - extra central row of vertical perfs - sold for SFr1575. [Date range 2.11.1872 to 15.1.1874]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.Sgn.' (seriffed font) on Irregular Compound Perf 11½-12½x10x10x10 4d deep bright mauve, a couple of tiny blemishes, part-Gambierton cds. Rated RRRR: not recorded unused. [No dates of usage recorded]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.Sgn.' (seriffed font) on Perf 11½-12½ 4d dull purple with part second overprint at right ('C' from the adjoining unit), cut from the sheet at top, GPO cds of JA8/74. Rated RRRR: not recorded unused. [The only dated example recorded by Don Pearce]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.Sgn.' (seriffed font) on Perf 11½-12½ 6d bright blue, cut from the sheet at top with a fragment of the adjoining unit above, untidy GPO cds of DE12/71. Rated RRRR: not recorded unused. The 'Besancon' example sold for SFr1575. [The only dated example recorded by Don Pearce]
