Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1326
Symbol: CTO
Cat No: 206a
TEN POUNDS: £10 copper-brown SG 206a, CTO with Melbourne cds with the dateslugs removed, Cat £1400. Michael Blake's superb unmounted example sold for $2355.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1327
Symbol: CTO
Cat No: 207a
FIFTEEN POUNDS: £15 silver SG 207a, CTO with Melbourne cds with the dateslugs removed, large-part o.g., Cat £2500. Superb. An example sold at our auction of 14.8.2004 for $2490. Michael Blake's superb unmounted example sold for $2725.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1329
Symbol: *
Cat No: 195a-208a
SPECIMEN OVERPRINTS: 2/6d bright violet to £20 claret SG 195a-208a complete set with 12½mm-Long Overprint (the £5 brown with 15mm-Long Overprint, as always), an unusually fine set with little of the mottled gum characteristic of what Ed Williams referred to as "special printings", large-part o.g. Very fine to superb, and probably the finest set we have seen.
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Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1330
Symbol: *
Cat No: 195a-208a
SPECIMEN OVERPRINTS: 2/6d bright violet to £20 claret SG 195a-208a complete set with 12½mm-Long Overprint (the £5 brown with 15mm-Long Overprint, as always), lightly tacked to printed presentation page on thick laid paper (270x340mm) headed 'SPECIMEN/SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REVENUE STAMPS/WITH THE DATE OF ISSUE', the stamps are unusually fine and fresh, the sheet folded for single-page display with some concealed separation along the folds that has been repaired with archival tape.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1331
Symbol: **
Cat No: 195a-208a
SPECIMEN OVERPRINTS: 2/6d bright violet to £20 claret SG 195a-208a complete set with 12½mm-Long Overprint horizontal strips of 4, the £4 £10 £15 & £20 from the top of the sheets, the £10 & £15 with brilliant metallic sheen, separation faults affecting the 50/- & £3 strips and light crease across the £15 strip, otherwise very fine to superb with full unmounted o.g. Peter Jaffé's similar strips of 4 sold for $4895.
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TWO SHILLINGS & SIXPENCE: 2/6d bright violet SG 195a upper-left corner pair with Plate Number '1' and Value/Sheet Number '2/6 000469' in Green, large-part o.g. with both units being unmounted, Cat £220++, for mounted singles. Superb. The only recorded '2/6' value/sheet number piece: see Ed Williams at page 24 & illustrated by him at page 15. [The sheet number proves it is from the first printing; the Gibbons listing suggests this shade is from a later printing]
TWO SHILLINGS & SIXPENCE: 2/6d dull violet SG 195a lower-left corner pair with Plate Number '1' and Value/Sheet Number '1d 595003' in Vermilion, a few separated/reinforced perfs at left, large-part o.g., Cat £220++, for normal singles. The only recorded '1d' value/sheet number piece: see Ed Williams at page 24. [This is from the third printing; the Gibbons listing suggests this shade is from an earlier printing]
TWO SHILLINGS & SIXPENCE: 2/6d violet SG 195a plus 3d SG 192a on cover to Germany with 'REGD ADELAIDE/25MA09/STH AUSTRALIA' cds & very early usage of provisional registration label with manuscript "Adelaide", central fold small fault at the base & minor blemishes. Rare albeit philatelic franking, unusually for registered mail with no backstamps. [Ed Williams at page 27 states that from 24.10.1902 Postage & Revenue stamps were "demonetised only for fiscal use. They were not demonetised for postal use..."]
FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- bright rose-pink SG 196 marginal single from the left of the sheet with an Extra Line of Perforations below the 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Tablet and with an official repair behind, large-part o.g., Cat £130++, for a normal stamp.
FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- dull pink SG 196b upper-left corner pair with Plate Number '1' and Value/Sheet Number '5/- 000398' in Violet, large-part o.g., Cat £240++, for normal singles. Ed Williams at page 24 states that only three value/sheet number pieces have been recorded. His lower-left corner pair sold for $960.
FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- pink SG 196a plus De La Rue 3d olive x3 & 6d blue x2 on complete black/white 'PARCEL POST' label affixed to a slightly larger piece from the parcel, 'PARCEL PO ADELAIDE/SE22/95/S.A' cancels, rate of "6/9" confirmed at upper-right, light soiling & minor wrinkles across the stamps still fine for such items. An extremely rare and probably unique franking. Ed Williams recorded only three 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' covers: this item, illustrated by him at page 52; a full cover to England (our Lot 1318); and a large parcel piece without address (Ex Michael Blake: sold for $5950 at our auction of 29.6.2016).
Ed Williams states that "In 1896, this would have sent a 6lb [pounds] parcel to eleven destinations; an 8lb parcel to three destinations; or a 9lb parcel to two destinations".
TEN SHILLINGS: 10/- deep dull green SG 197a upper-left corner pair with Plate Number '1' and Value/Sheet Number '5/- 000465' in Violet, large-part o.g., Cat £500++, for normal singles. Ed Williams at page 24 states that only two value/sheet number pieces have been recorded.
ONE POUND: £1 blue SG 199a lower-left corner single with Plate Number '1', large-part o.g., Cat £500+. Illustrated by Ed Williams at page 26. Jeff Harris' example - without the lower margin - sold for $930.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1342
Symbol: CTO
Cat No: 200a
TWO POUNDS: £2 Venetian red SG 200a, pulled perf at lower-right, CTO with Melbourne cds with the dateslugs removed, large-part o.g., Cat £600. Superior to Michael Blake's example without gum that sold for $520.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1343
Symbol: CTO
Cat No: 201a
TWO POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS: 50/- dull-red SG 201a, CTO with Melbourne cds with the dateslugs removed, large-part o.g., Cat £750. Michael Blake's similar example sold for $865.
FIVE POUNDS: £5 brown SG 205, CTO with Adelaide cds, exceptional centring, Cat £1100. Superb. Michael Blake's example with Melbourne cds sold for $1985. Examples of any denominations with the Adelaide cds are much scarcer than those with the Melbourne 'mute' cds.
