SOUTH AUSTRALIA Datestamps and other Town Markings
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1463
Symbol: PS
Adelaide GPO: Beaded CDS 'GPO ADELAIDE/JU9/82/S-A' largely very fine strike on ½d Wrapper front with 'OS' overprint to Naracoorte, a few tonespots. Previously unrecorded: rated RRRRR. As Handbook #F2 & stated to be the only recorded example with dateslugs. [The Handbook illustration is partial only, indicating that this is an extremely rare marking in any state]
Adelaide Railway: squared-circle 'A[DE]LAIDE RLY STN/AU16/02/SA' very fine strike on Small 6d blue. This pattern is unrecorded in the Handbook: rated RRRRR.
New Luxemburg: squared-circle 'NEW LUXEMBURG/SE9/95/S.A' very fine strike on 2d orange & another slightly doubled-strike alongside on front to Woodside, minor blemishes. Rated RRR. PO 1.8.1895; closed 22.10.1896. [Goldmining]
No 2 Lock: 'No 2 LOC[K]/20JE27/SA' (RO period) superb strike on 1½d Canberra. Underrated at R. RO 7.10.1924; PO 1.7.1927; closed 24.12.1927. [A very fine 1926 example sold at the Prestige auction of 12.6.2010 for $268]
No 3 Lock (1): 'No 3 LOCK/4JL24/SA' (LRD) very fine strike on KGV 1½d red. Underrated at R: recorded for only 18 months. RO only 1.8.1922; closed 13.9.1924. [A very fine 1926 example sold at the Prestige auction of 12.6.2010 for $244]
Parrotts Hill: 24mm 'PARROTTS HILL/AU-/1869/S.A' largely very fine strike on 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d yellow SG 59. Rated RR. PO 1.5.1867; closed 1.4.1880.
Tod River: 'TOD RIVER/2MR22/S.A' untidy but obvious strike on KGV 2d orange. Rated RRRR. PO 2.2.1920; closed 14.11.1922. [Reservoir construction site 28km N of Port Lincoln. NB: Not to be confused with Todd River in the Northern Territory]
