RED OVERPRINT: 'I.A.' on Rouletted 1d bright green, rouletting remarkably clear of the design on all sides, large-part o.g. Rated RRRR: unrecorded used. Superb. RPSofV Certificate (1979). The 'Sir Humphrey' example sold in 2005 for $10,715. More attractive than the 'Besancon' example that sold for SFr1815.
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 399
Symbol: *
Cat No: Collection
RED OVERPRINT: 'I.A.' on Rouletted 2d bright vermilion, rouletting on three sides & cut from the sheet well clear of the design at left, large-part o.g. Superb. Rated RRRR. Ex Rev James Mursell. RPSofV Certificate (1979). The 'Besancon' example sold for SFr1570. [The only recorded used example is in the institutionalised collection formed by Sir George Murray]
RED OVERPRINT: 'I.A.' on Perf 11½-12½ 4d dull purple, some trimmed perfs & cut from the sheet well clear of the design at top, large-part o.g. Rated RRR: unrecorded used by Ron Butler. Ex Lt-Col Harry Napier. RPSofL Certificate (1965). The similar 'Besancon' example - trimmed perfs at left - sold for SFr1330.
RED OVERPRINT: 'I.A.' on Perf 11½-12½ 4d dull purple, Port Adelaide cds of 70/SP1. Unlisted by Ron Butler & the only recorded example so it should be rated RRRRRR.
RED OVERPRINT: 'I.A.' on Rouletted 6d bright ultramarine, rouletting on three sides & cut from the sheet clear of the design at the top, part-o.g. Rated RRR: unrecorded used by Ron Butler. Ex EB Lye and Lt-Col Harry Napier. RPSofL Certificate (1965). The 'Besancon' example - with a gum-bend - sold for SFr2660.
