Great Britain and British Commonwealth South Australia
Sale No: 7
Lot No: 601
Symbol: #?
Cat No: 2
1855 Large Star London Printings Imperf 2d rose-carmine SG 2, margins good to large, apparently unused with large-part o.g., Cat £850 (£90 for used). This stamp has been assessed by the RPSofV who concluded that it has had a cancellation removed. Offered "as is".
1855 Large Star London Printings Imperf 6d dark blue SG 3, 3½ margins, apparently unused, Cat £5500 (£180 used). This stamp has been assessed by the RPSofV who concluded that it has had a "fiscal" cancellation removed, which would be very odd in this period. Offered "as is".
1856-58 Adelaide Printings 1/- orange SG 12, margins just touching (at lower-right) to large, unusual All-Over Kiss Print, dumb cancel of Adelaide, Cat £500+. Ex Harry Lower.
1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £5 brown SG 205, minor repair at U/R, CTO with Melbourne quarter-circle as usual, large-part o.g., Cat £1100 for CTO. [No postally used examples have been recorded]
OFFICIALS - OVERPRINTED 'O.S.' Thin Type Narrow Setting: 1891-99 Perf 10 6d blue with No Stop after 'S ' SG O62a, minor defects, light GPO cds of SE19/92, unpriced by Gibbons.
SPECIMEN STAMPS: 1887-99 Small Format Issues comprising 1893 DLR 3d 4d & 6d reprints with 12½x2mm Overprint, Surcharges '2½d.' on 4d & '5D.' on 6d both with 18½x2½mm Overprint, 2½d violet-blue, 2½d deep blue & 5d purple-brown, Crown/SA ½d Post Office, 1d rose-pink & 2d violet all with 15x2mm Overprint, a few minor blemishes, large-part o.g.; and DLR Perf 10 3d olive & 6d blue SG 183a & 185a with 12½x2mm Overprint vertical strips of 3, full unmounted o.g., Cat £240++ (for mounted singles).
(Qty 17)
REPRINTS: 1891 reprints of obsolete stamps blocks of 4 comprising Imperf 1d dark green & 6d blue/blued, Rouletted 1/- yellow (the watermark striking through the face), and Perf 11½-12½ '3-PENCE' in Red on 4d, 4d, 6d, 1/- brown & 2/- (with Pre-Printing Paper Fold), mostly without gum. Rare multiples. [Bill McCredie had only several pairs plus strips of 3 of the Imperf 1d & 2d]
(Qty 8 blocks)