SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1876-1904 Crown over Narrow 'SA' Watermark
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1267
Symbol: **
Cat No: 167
PERF 10: 1d blue-green SG 167 marginal block of 18 (6x3) from the top of the left-hand pane with wing-margins at right, Value/Sheet Number '1d 213255' in the upper margin, a couple of minor tonespots otherwise superb with full unmounted o.g., Cat £810++, for mounted singles.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1268
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
PERF 10: 2d SG 168/c group, horizontal strip of 3 from the top of the sheet with part-Value/Sheet Number '2d 123470' (?), on cover to Yorkshire with 'WOODSIDE/FE17/83/S-A', GPO transit & 'BEVERLEY/MR27/83' arrival backstamp. An extraordinary franking.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1269
Symbol: F/G
Cat No: Collection
PERF 10x11½-12½: 2d dull orange as SG 170 horizontal pair Imperforate Between, 'MELROSE/SP18/78/ SA' cds. Unlisted by Gibbons. Absent from 'Besancon' and from Gary Diffen's exceptional collection of Errors.
PERF 11½-12½: 2d brown-orange SG 172 marginal horizontal pair from the right of the sheet, characteristic rough/blind perfs, vertical crease across the second unit, large-part o.g. A very rare multiple: unpriced unused by Gibbons.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1271
Symbol: *
Cat No: 175 marginal
PERF 13: 1d blue-green SG 175 marginal vertical pair from the base of the sheet normally perforated at top & the sides but with Grossly Misplaced Horizontal Perforations through the centre of both stamps & Imperf at Base, rust spot on the lower unit & creased. An unusual error. Gary Diffen's fine pair sold for £240.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1272
Symbol: F
Cat No: 175 marginal
PERF 13: 1d blue-green SG 175 marginal vertical pair from the base of the sheet normally perforated at top & the sides but with Grossly Misplaced Horizontal Perforations through the centre of both stamps & Imperf at Base with Plate Number '2', GPO duplex cancel. A marvellous & rare postal usage of a significant error.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1273
Symbol: *
Cat No: Collection
PERF 13: 1d carmine-pink SG 176/b group (ACSC S5 group) corner vertical strip of 4 from the upper-right of the sheet with full 'SUOTH' for 'SOUTH' Watermark Error and Value/Sheet Number '1d 685249' in orange-red. [The ACSC does not record the well-known 'SUOTH' errors in relation to the small-format stamps. On the Tall Stamps, they are priced from $750]
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1274
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 177a
PERF 13: 2d red-orange SG 177a complete right-hand pane of 60 (6x10) with Plate Number '3' at lower-right, unusually well centred, some minor perf reinforcing in the upper margin & the first two units thinned, otherwise very fine with virtually full unmounted o.g., Cat £1440++, for mounted singles.
