'C.' selection from various towns with cds comprising GPO x3, '6'-in-circle, Glenelg, Goolwa, Kingston, Noarlunga, Port Adelaide x3, Port Macdonnell, Port Pirie, Robe x3 (one with constant variety Cracked 'C'), Semaphore, Victor Harbor x3 (one with BN '176') & Wallaroo x2, many are small-part to part-strikes only, condition good to very fine. Rated S x9; R x11; and RR x2.
(Qty 22)
RED OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Rouletted 1d green, rouletting at top & significantly misplaced at left, cut from the sheet at top & right to preserve the design, 'WAL[LAROO]' cds of SP28/68 (the only recorded dated example). Rated RRRR.
RED OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Rouletted 1d green apparently with a Second almost Coincidental Overprint in Black resulting in the 'C' appearing as an 'O', rouletting except at right where cut from the sheet to preserve the design, indistinct numeral cancellation. Rated RRRR+. [An extraordinary stamp. The initial overprint is definitely in red: it is clearly evident from the reverse]
RED OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Rouletted 2d vermilion, rouletting on all sides, tied to a slightly larger piece by light 'PORT AUGUSTA' cds of 1869. Rated RRRR: unrecorded unused by Ron Butler. The 'Besancon' example - described as superb with "slight aging" - sold for SFr338. [Date range 23.7.1868 to 6.4.1869]
RED OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Perf 11½-12½ 4d dull purple, light 'PORT....' cds. Unrecorded used by Ron Butler & the only recorded used example so it should be rated RRRRRR.
RED OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Rouletted 6d deep ultramarine, cut from the sheet at the top & base to preserve the design. Rated RR. The 'Besancon' example sold for SFR650. [Date range 30.4.1868 to 8.12.1869]
RED OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Rouletted 1/- red-brown, rouletted except at the top where cut from the sheet clear of the design, GPO cds of JU20/68. Rated RRRRR. More attractive than the 'Besancon' example that sold for SFr410. [Date range 20.6.1868 to 29.3.1871]
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Rouletted 1d yellow-green, rouletted except at the base where cut from the sheet clear of the design, unused. Rated RRRR: unrecorded used by Ron Butler. More attractive than the 'Besancon' mint example with separation fault that sold for SFr1150.
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'C.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Rouletted 2d red-orange, rouletted on all sides with fragment of the adjoining unit at left, large-part o.g. Rated RRR. RPSofV Certificate (1979). More attractive than the 'Besancon' example with separation fault that sold for SFr1150.
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'C.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Rouletted 2d red-orange with the Watermark Reversed, rouletting on all sides, Port Adelaide cds of JU1/69. Rated RRRR+. [Date range 1.6.1869 to 2.6.1870]
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Rouletted 4d grey-purple, rouletting at top & right otherwise cut from the sheet clear of the design, large-part o.g. Superb. Rated RRRR: unrecorded used by Ron Butler. More attractive than the 'Besancon' example that sold for SFr1150.
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Rouletted 4d grey-purple, rouletting at top & left otherwise cut from the sheet clear of the design, tiny scissor-cut at left, Port Adelaide cds of DE--/68. Unrecorded used by Ron Butler & the only recorded example so it should be rated RRRRRR. Ex Colonel Harry Napier (III).
Because the overprint is well off-centre to the right, it might be thought that it coud be from another user, with the second letter omitted. However, it is not a marginal stamp and, so any 'missing letter' would be present at left. In addition, it is cancelled at Port Adelaide, from where most used Customs stamps originate.
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Rouletted 6d dull blue, rouletting at top & right otherwise cut from the sheet clear of the design, very fine Port Adelaide cds of JU1/69. Unrecorded used by Ron Butler and only one other example has been recorded so it should be rated RRRRR. [Date range 1.6.1869 to 4.12.1869]
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Rouletted 1/- bright brown, rouletting at base & right otherwise cut from the sheet clear of the design, unused. Rated RRRR. The 'Besancon' mint example sold for SFr2660 and the 'Tamiami' example with part-o.g. sold for $2875.
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Rouletted 1/- bright brown, rouletting on all sides, small separation fault at lower-left, light Port Adelaide cds of MY4/69. Rated RRRRR. Ex Ric Slade-Slade. [Date range 31.3.1869 to 17.8.1869]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Rouletted 1d yellow-green, rouletting except at the base where cut from the sheet clear of the design, late usage with Port Adelaide cds of AP1/(7)5. Rated RR: unrecorded unused. [Date range 4.10.1872 to 1.4.1875]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Irregular Compound Perf 11½-12½x10x10x10 1d deep green, Port Adelaide cds of OC30/73. Rated R: unrecorded unused. [Date range 30.10.1873 to 15.9.1874]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d orange-red, rouletting on three sides & cut from the sheet at L & R to preserve the design, unused. Rated RRRRR.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d orange-red, rouletting on all sides, part-Port Adelaide cds. Rated RRR. [Date range 8.12.1869 to -.6.1870]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10xRouletted 2d orange-red, rouletting & perfs clear of the design & cut from the sheet at the top, large part-o.g. Rated RRRRR.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10xRouletted 2d orange-red, unusually with GPO cds of SP7/70. Rated R. [Date range 21.7.1870 to 11.10.1871]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10xRouletted 2d orange-red, most unusually with Sheet Number Printed on the Face, small fault at L, Port Adelaide cds of FE3/71. Rated R+. [The only such error we have seen on a Departmental stamp]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.' on De La Rue V/Crown Perf 10 2d orange-red, Port Adelaide cds of OC16/72. Rated R: unrecorded unused. [Date range 12.10.1872 to 9.7.1873]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Irregular Compound Perf 10x10x11½-12½ x10 2d orange-red, lightly cancelled. Rated RR: unrecorded unused. [Date range 2.8.1873 to 3.10.1874]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Perf 11½-12½ 4d dull purple, cut from the sheet at right clear of the design, light indistinct cds. Rated RRR: unrecorded unused. [We are aware of only one other used example]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Rouletted 6d Prussian blue, rouletting on three sides & cut from the sheet at top well clear of the design, light cds. Rated RR: unrecorded unused. [Date range 14.11.1870 to -.1.1871 only]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 1/- red-brown, Port Adelaide cds of AP21/71. Rated R: unrecorded unused. [Date range 23.5.1870 to 5.4.1872]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Perf 11½-12½ 1/- red-brown, light cds. Rated R: unrecorded unused. [15.8.1873 is the only date recorded by Don Pearce, suggesting this stamp is significantly underrated]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Rouletted 2/- rose-carmine, large-part o.g. that is a little aged. Rated RRRR. Superior to the 'Besancon' example that sold for SFr1090.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'C.' on Rouletted 2/- rose-carmine, small defects & ironed-out vertical crease, GPO cds of 1868. Rated RRRR. [Date range -.-.1868 to 16.9.1874]
