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abacus auctions Sale: 250

Great Britain and British Commonwealth
South Australia
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 920
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

image Neat collection on Utile pages with London Printings 1d & 6d, Adelaide Printings 1d & a huge 6d, First Roulettes set, Second Roulettes to 2/- plus extra shades, Perf 11½-12½xRoulette set plus extra shades, Large Star Perf range to 2/- x2 including '3-PENCE' in Red & in Black x4 and 'TEN PENCE' in Blue & in Black, Broad Star group to 2/- x4, De La Rue issues including Thin 'POSTAGE' to 5/- & Thick 'POSTAGE' set to £1, Crown/A set to 5/-, and a selection of 'O.S.' Overprints, generally fine to very fine.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1500

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 921
Symbol: #*O
Cat No: 7

image Selection of Imperfs with 2d London & Adelaide Printings both VFU, an apparently unused (?) but aged 2d SG 7 & an unusually large 6d SG 3 used, Rouletted 1d SG 19 with large-part o.g. & 6d greenish blue used, and Broad Star mint 9d shades x2 1/- pair & 2/- shades x2 all with large-part original gum. (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 320.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 320

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 922
Symbol: F
Cat No: 2

image 1855 London Printings 2d rose-carmine SG 2 horizontal strip of 5, margins close - at left - to good, three very fine to superb strikes of Numeral '33' of Saddleworth, Cat £475+, for singles. An exceptional First Issue multiple, superior to Dr Don Pearce's strip of 5 that sold for $525.

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 675.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 675

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 923
Symbol: G
Cat No: 5-6 group

image 1856-58 Adelaide Printings 1d yellow-green SG 5-6 group, an unusually large example with good even margins, part-numeral cancel largely clear of the Queen's face, Cat £600. Superb!: perhaps the finest example we have handled. Our experience suggests that SG 5 & 6 should be treated as a single entry, there being little difference in shade across the many examples we have handled. Note also, that most examples in the market are, or are likely to be, SG 13 or 14 with the roulettes trimmed-off. This situation means that genuine examples of the Imperf Adelaide Penny - such as here - are much scarcer than the catalogue value would indicate.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 650.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 650

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 924
Symbol: F
Cat No: 9

image 1856-58 Adelaide Printings 2d red SG 9 horizontal strip of 3, margins close (at right) to large, scarce Receiving Office '3' cancel, Cat £126++, for singles.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 260

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 925
Symbol: V
Cat No: 9a with

image 1856-58 Adelaide Printings 2d pale red Printed on Both Sides SG 9a with the original light impression upright relative to the 'face', margins just touched - at upper-left - to large, part-'PAID' cds of the GPO in blue, Cat £2500. A very rare error in the imperforate issues. Significantly superior to Dr Don Pearce's example - graded B - that sold for $685. Gary Diffen's examples with the original impression upright, as here, was unsold, and with the original impression inverted sold for £1440.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 926
Symbol: V
Cat No: 10

image 1856-58 Perkins Bacon Adelaide Printing 6d slate-blue SG 10, margins good to very large at top (marginal?), light bars cancel, Cat £200. Superb: almost the equal of Don Pearce's example that sold for $679 in our sale of 9.11.2022 and superior to Harry Lower's large example - graded 'A' - that sold for $1630. This is a perennially underrated stamp, yet it is priced by Gibbons at only £20 more than the much more often-seen London Printing 6d deep blue SG 3. Our experience suggests that the ratio between surviving examples of SG 3 & SG 10 is at least 10:1.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 380

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 927
Symbol: F
Cat No: 26

image 1860-69 Second Roulettes 2d bright vermilion horizontal pair as SG 26 with rouletting at the top & for only half the depth between and otherwise apparently imperforate, GPO cds of 67/JU21, Cat £3500 for a wholly imperf between pair.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 380

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 928
Symbol: #
Cat No: 42

image 1860-69 Perkins Bacon Second Rouletted Issue 1/- lake-brown SG 42, cut from the sheet on three sides to preserve the design, unused, Cat £250.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 929
Symbol: *#
Cat No: 68 & 86

image 1868-79 Perf 11½-12½ '3-PENCE' on 4d deep ultramarine (unused), 4d slate-violet, 6d prussian blue, 9d bright mauve, 9d red-purple, 9d rose-lilac, 1/- red-brown & 2/- crimson between SG 68 & 86, large-part o.g., Cat £1390.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 930
Symbol: G
Cat No: 87a with

image 1868-79 Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ 2/- deep carmine Printed on Both Sides SG 87a with the original impression on the 'reverse' showing portions of two units & inverted relative to the 'face', rich colour, GPO cds of JY12/[70], Cat £800. Superior to Harry Lower's example - "a bit stained" - that sold for $1165 and the Colonel Harry Napier/Dr Don Pearce example that sold for $960.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 600

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 931
Symbol: #
Cat No: 93

image 1870-71 Perf 10 '3-PENCE' on 4d bright ultramarine SG 93 marginal example from the left of the sheet Imperf at Left SG 93var, unused, Cat £375+. 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 932
Symbol: F
Cat No: 102

image 1868-79 Perkins Bacon Compound Perfs '3-PENCE' on 4d ultramarine as SG 102 but with the Overprint in Red and Irregular Compound Perfs 11½x10x10x10, well centred, light 'MANNUM' cds. Unlisted by Gibbons with the Red Overprint. Offered 'as is'.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 130.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 130

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 933
Symbol: *
Cat No: 112

image 1876-1900 Broad Star Perf 11½-12½ '3-PENCE' in Black on 4d bright ultramarine SG 112 horizontal pair, large-part o.g., Cat £380++.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 934
Symbol: *
Cat No: 121 block of 4

image 1876-1900 Broad Star '8 PENCE' on 9d grey-brown SG 121 block of 4, large-part o.g., Cat £900+, for singles.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 600

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 935
Symbol: V
Cat No: 167bb

image 1876-1904 De La Rue Small Designs Crown/Narrow SA Watermark Perf 10 1d deep green Printed Double SG 167bb, off-centre with the design cut at top and part of the adjoining stamp showing at base, uneven perfs at top & base, very lightly cancelled, Cat £400. The doubling is most evident along the right-hand side where there is a complete second frame ½mm outside the other, and in the letters of 'SOUTH AUSTRALIA' & 'ONE PENNY'. Ex Gary Diffen. Rare: only two examples recorded. RPSV Certificate (2010).

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 380

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 936
Symbol: F
Cat No: 176a

image 1876-1904 De La Rue Small Designs Crown/Narrow SA Watermark 1d scarlet Perf 13 SG 176a with Major Cracked Electro from Frame above First 'A' of 'AUSTRALIA' to Frame below 'N' of 'ONE', light squared-circle cancel largely clear of the crack. Rare. An extraordinary variety, the equal of the famous 'Big Crack' on the Kangaroo 1d. [Absent from Dr Don Pearce's collection]

Grade A- C2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 190

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 937
Symbol: F
Cat No: 182a

image 1882-99 De La Rue New Denominations Crown/Narrow SA Watermark ½d brown Perf 10 horizontal pair Imperforate Between SG 182a, small-part '[S. AUST]RALIA' in bars duplex cancel, a few perf irregularities, Cat £1500. Ex William Frazer & Gary Diffen. Rare: the only example recorded.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,250

Opening AU$ 950.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 950

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 938
Symbol: P

image 1886-96 De La Rue Long Stamps 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' 5/- Imperforate Plate Proof in lilac with the value in red, marginal single with small-part guideline on gummed unwatermarked paper from the left of the sheet, full original unmounted gum with just the slightest trace of even aging. Ed Williams at page 7 states only one sheet of 60 units was printed.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 170.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 170

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 939
Symbol: *
Cat No: 279

image 1902-04 De La Rue Long Stamps Thin 'POSTAGE' £1 blue SG 279, well centred, Cat £500.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Opening AU$ 250.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 460

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 940
Symbol: G
Cat No: 287

image 1901-11 De La Rue Long Stamps Thick 'POSTAGE' Crown/SA 10d brown-orange SG 287 marginal single Imperforate at Right, marginal horizontal & vertical watermark lines show that it is from the L/R corner of the sheet, largely indistinct Adelaide cds. Unlisted in the ACSC and absent from Gary Diffen's collection.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 380

Sale No: 250
Lot No: 941
Symbol: *
Cat No: 195-208

image 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 10 2/6d (short perfs at base) to £20 SG 195-208 with 12½mm 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, a few short perfs otherwise very fine & fresh, large-part o.g. & most are very lightly mounted. [This set is from the original printings. Much scarcer than the later printings that were reprinted specifically for overprinting 'SPECIMEN']

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 942
Symbol: P

image REPRINTS: c.1950s posthumous die proof of the Perkins Bacon 2/- struck from the worn die on wove paper (70x92mm).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00


Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 115
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