Great Britain and British Commonwealth Official Stamps - Departmental Overprints
Sale No: 1
Lot No: 1287
Symbol: F
BARRACKS DEPARTMENT: Red 'B.D.' on Rouletted 6d ultramarine, small separation fault at lower-left & shallow thin, GPO cds. [Sir Humphrey's very fine example sold for $460]
BARRACKS DEPARTMENT: Red 'B.D.' on Rouletted 1/- brown, light GPO cds of NO11/68. Rated RR. [The Barracks Department used only the 2d 6d & 1/- all overprinted in red]
DESTITUTE BOARD: Red 'D.B.' on Rouletted 1/- brown, badly defective, large-part o.g. Rated RRRR. An inexpensive 'specefiller'. [The very fine 'Besancon' example sold for $1815]
MANAGER OF RAILWAYS: Black 'M.R.' on Wmk Star Rouletted 4d, unusually with large unframed 'PORT WAKEFIELD' cds. Rated R+. [The short line at Port Wakefield was officially designated a tramway]
MARINE BOARD: Red 'M.B.' on Rouletted 4d dull purple cut from the sheet (not square at upper-left) & apparently imperforate. Rated RRRR+. Ex Vic Bullock: sold at the Prestige auction of 14.11.2014 for $489.
TREASURY: Black 'T.' on Rouletted 2/- rose-carmine with the Overprint Misplaced resulting in 'T' Overprinted Twice, minor fault at U/L, untidy GPO cds. Rated RR+. Nice little 'freak'.
