RED OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Rouletted 1d green, rouletting except at top where cut from the sheet, indistinct cds. Rated R: unrecorded unused. The 'Tamiami' example sold for $215. [Date range 3.4.1868 to 11.9.1868]
RED OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Rouletted 1d green with Dropped 'P.' in 'G.P.', rouletting except at right where cut from the sheet well clear of the design, very fine GPO cds of JY10/68. Rated R+. An unusual variety of which this is the only recorded example.
RED OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Rouletted 2d bright vermilion, rouletting except at right where cut from the sheet well clear of the design, a couple of minor defects, GPO cds of JY17/68. Rated RRRR: unrecorded unused. The 'Besancon' example sold for SFr485. [Date range 13.5.1868 to 1.8.1868 only]
RED OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Rouletted 6d deep ultramarine, rouletting on all sides, very fine GPO cds of MY17/68. Rated RRR. Superior to the 'Besancon' example, that sold for SFr435. [Date range 15.5.1868 to 17.5.1869]
RED OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Rouletted 1/- red-brown on brownish tinted paper, rouletting on all sides, a couple of minor defects, large-part o.g. Rated RRR. RPSofV Certificate (1979). The very fine 'Besancon' example sold for SFr1330.
RED OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Rouletted 1/- red-brown horizontal pair, rouletting on all sides & between, tiny nick at the base of the left-hand unit otherwise superb, circle-in-bars cancels. Rated RR+.
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Rouletted 1d yellow-green, rouletting on all sides, a couple of minor separation faults, large-part o.g. Rated RRR. The very fine 'Besancon' example sold for SFr1090.
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Rouletted 1d yellow-green, rouletting on all sides, very fine GPO cds of FE1-/69. Rated R. The 'Tamiami' example sold for $155. [Date range 24.9.1868 to 25.6.1869]
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Rouletted 2d dull orange, rouletting on all sides, part-o.g. Rated RRRR. The 'Besancon' example sold for SFr530.
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Rouletted 2d dull orange, rouletting on all sides, very fine GPO cds of MY9/70. Superb. Rated RRRR. [Date range 5.1.1869 to 9.5.1870]
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on 6d deep ultramarine, rouletting at left & base and elsewhere cut from the sheet clear of the design, GPO cds of JY15/69. Rated RRRRR. [The only recorded dated example]
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on 1/- chocolate, rouletting on all sides & cut from the sheet to preserve the design at the base, part-GPO cds. Rated RRR: unrecorded unused. The 'Besancon' example sold for SFr485. [Date range 29.1.1872 to 10.3.1873]
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on 2/- carmine, rouletting except at left where cut from the sheet a little into the design, small concealed fault at the top, large-part characteristic brown o.g. with some gum-loss (not thinning). Rated RRRR.
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on 2/- carmine, rouletting remarkably clear of the design on all sides, fine GPO cds of DE8/68 and remarkably with large-part characteristic brown o.g. Rated R. [Date range 8.12.1868 to 20.9.1869]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Perf 11½-12½ 1d yellow-green, a huge stamp with a chunk of the adjoining unit at left, very fine GPO cds of JY10/69. Unlisted in this shade by Ron Butler. [Date range 9.7.1869 to 16.7.1869, suggesting this should probably be rated RRRRR]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Rouletted 1d deep bright green, rouletting except at left where cut from the sheet clear of the design, large-part o.g. Rated RRRRR.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Rouletted 1d deep bright green horizontal pair, rouletting at right, at the base & between, cut from the sheet clear of the design at top & right, GPO cds of DE21/69. Rated R+. [Date range 27.8.1869 to 18.3.1870]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 1d bright green, GPO cds of MY8/70. Rated R. [Date range 26.1.1870 to 8.5.1870 only, suggesting this stamp is significantly underrated]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 1d grey-green, very fine GPO cds of JU3/70. Rated R. [Date range 4.2.1870 to 26.8.1870 only, suggesting this stamp is significantly underrated]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Regular Compound Perf 11½-12½x10 1d bright green, unused. Unrecorded unused by Ron Butler & the only recorded example so it should be rated RRRRRR.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Perf 10 1d deep green, tied to entire wrapper by GPO cds apparently of DE20/71. Superb: one of the finest of all Departmental covers. The stamp is rated R. Number 3 in Anthony Presgrave's Census of only three 'G.P.' covers.
The addressee, Wilhelm Ottomar Gerke, arrived at Adelaide in 1847 aboard the German ship 'Hermann von Beckerath'. He must have been of some prominence to have been appointed Justice of the Peace.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Perf 11½-12½ 1d dull green with Dropped 'G' in 'G.P.', a few short perfs, GPO cds of OC25/72. A very scarce variety. [Date range for the normal stamp -.6.1872 to 4.7.1873]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Perf 11½-12½ 1d deep green Printed on Both Sides, a couple of irregular perfs & cut from the sheet clear of the design at the top, bold GPO cds of AU16/72. Rated RRRRR: unrecorded unused. Gary Diffen's example of DE27/72 - stated to be the finest of three recorded examples - estimated at £1500 was unsold. The similar variety on Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 1d in 'Tamiami' sold for $1916.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d red-orange, rouletting on all sides, very fine GPO cds of AP25/70. Rated RRRR: unrecorded unused. [Date range 25.4.1870 to 12.12.1870]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Rouletted 2d deep red-orange, rouletting on three sides & cut from the sheet just into the design at left, tied to OHMS cover with 'Government Printing Office/Adelaide ("29.12.1871")' imprint at L/L by GPO cds of JA2/72, to "Oulnina NE/Kooringa" with 'KOORINGA/JA3/72/S.A' arrival b/s, forwarded "c/o Levi & Co/Adelaide" with very fine 'P - O/ 2 /JA4/72/RAILWAY' b/s (Type UFM; rated RR) & further endorsed "Criterion Hotel" in blue, light overall soiling. The stamp is rated RRRR, making this one of the rarest Departmental frankings. Number 1 in Anthony Presgrave's Census of only three 'G.P.' covers, and illustrated by Ron Butler at page 93.
Philip Levi arrived at Adelaide in 1838 from England. He was a prominent businessmen with extensive land holdings in the Far North. Oulnina was one of the properties his company, Levi & Co, disposed of in 1870. In 1863, he had been a founder of the Adelaide Club. Levi's home Vale House was gifted to the Town of Walkerville in 1948. His Wikipedia entry states, with straight-faced irony, "He is remembered by Levi Caravan Park". Kirby's Criterion Hotel was established in 1857 as the Family Hotel at 137 King William Street, & was renamed the Criterion in 1867. It was demolished in 2010.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d red-orange, some toned perf tips, very fine GPO cds of SP1/73. Rated RR: unrecorded unused. [Date range 23.3.1872 to 11.5.1874]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 6d bright blue, a trifle aged, indistinct GPO cds. Rated RR: unrecorded unused. The very fine 'Tamiami' example sold for $383. [Date range -.10.1872 to 12.5.1874]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Regular Compound Perf 11½-12½x10 1/- red-brown on brownish tinted paper, indistinct GPO cds. Rated RRR: unrecorded unused. [Don Pearce's only recorded date was 27.2.1875]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Rouletted 2/- rose-carmine horizontal pair, rouletting on three sides & between and cut from the sheet at top just clear of the design, very fine GPO cds of JY17/68. Rated R+. [Date range 17.7.1868 to 20.4.1869. A remarkably early usage that predates the introduction of Blue Overprints circa September 1868]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Rouletted 2/- dull rose block of 4 from the right of the sheet with marginal vertical watermark lines at right, rouletting on all sides & between but apparently partly-imperf at the sides, light GPO cds of AP--/69. Rated R+. Ex Colonel Harry Napier (III) and John Griffiths: sold in 1992 for £550. Mentioned by Ron Butler at page 93 & illustrated by him on Plate IV and on the dust-jacket front cover.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Perf 11½-12½ 2/- crimson from the right of the sheet with marginal vertical watermark lines at right, GPO cds of JA31/71. Rated R. The 'Tamiami' example sold for $173. [Date range 26.1.1871 to 5.10.1872]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on Regular Compound Perf 11½-12½x10 2/- crimson, pulled corner perf at lower-left, light GPO cds. Rated R. [Don Pearce's only recorded date was 17.12.1872. That, & the fact this is the best example he could obtain, indicates that this stamp is significantly underrated]
