SOUTH AUSTRALIA OFFICIAL STAMPS - 'O.S.' Overprints - Thin 'O.S.'
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1469
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Cat No: O32a
1891-1902 CROWN/SA PERF 11½-12½: 1/- pale red-brown from the worn plate with No Stop after 'S ' SG O32a, misplaced vertical perforations so cut from the sheet at left & right to preserve the design, a few toned perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £100 used; unpriced unused. Absent from Gary Diffen's collection.
1891-1902 CROWN/SA PERF 11½-12½: 1/- red-brown from the worn plate with Double 'O.S.' SG O33a, lightly cancelled, Cat £1200. There are actually portions of three overprints. Gary Diffen recorded only four examples: his stamp was sold for £240, one of the bargains of the sale.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1471
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Cat No: Collection
1891-1902 CROWN/SA PERF 11½-12½: 1/- chocolate-brown SG O33 vertical pair, the lower unit with the Overprint Omitted (the barest traces at the base of the stamp), light squared-circle cancels, on small piece. Unlisted by Gibbons, absent from Gary Diffen's collection, and believed to be the only recorded example.
1891-1902 CROWN/SA PERF 11½-12½: 2/- crimson SG O34 block of 4 with Triple Vertical Perforations Between, GPO duplex cancels, Cat £60++, for normal singles. A remarkable postally used error.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1474
Symbol: G/F
Cat No: O34 block of 4
1891-1902 CROWN/SA PERF 11½-12½: 2/- crimson SG O34 block of 4, the upper-right unit with No Stop after 'S ' SG O34a, 'MARINE PO' cds. Listed by Gibbons but unpriced mint or used.
1895 CROWN/SA PERF 10x11½-12½: 2/- crimson SG O35 block of 15 (5x3) well centred, tied to thin card from a packet by light 'SHERINGA/MY--/97/SA' squared-circle cancels, Cat £150++, for singles. Used multiples of this size, of any denomination, are rarely seen.
1895 CROWN/SA PERF 10x11½-12½: 2/- crimson with Double Overprint SG O35b, well centred, virtually full o.g., Cat £950. Superb. Better centred than Gary Diffen's similar stamp - stated to be "the only unused example recorded" - that sold for £480.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1479
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Cat No: O54
1891 DE LA RUE PERF 10: 1d dull blue-green SG O54 block of 25, well centred, endorsed in indelible pencil on the reverse of three stamps "Recd/Sept 14/93", some minor perf separation/ reinforcing but most units are unmounted, Cat £1875++, for mounted singles.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1480
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Cat No: O54a mint
1891 DE LA RUE PERF 10: 1d dull blue-green with the Overprint Double SG O54a mint, and a second example tied to small piece by 'JAMESTOWN/MY22/93/S.A' cds, Cat £385.
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Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1481
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Cat No: Collection
1891 DE LA RUE PERF 10: 1d dull blue-green with the Overprint Double One Inverted SG O54b, faults but presentable. Listed by Gibbons but unpriced mint or used. Absent from Gary Diffen's collection, and believed to be the only recorded example.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1482
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Cat No: O55
1891 DE LA RUE PERF 10: 2d red-orange (not "orange-red" as in Gibbons) SG O55 block of 12 (6x2),well centred, large-part o.g. with most units being unmounted, Cat £780++, for mounted singles. Superb.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1483
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Cat No: Collection
1894 DE LA RUE PERF 15: 1d dull blue-green with the Overprint Double SG O56a with the two impressions almost coincident, light duplex cancel. Listed by Gibbons but unpriced mint or used. Absent from Gary Diffen's collection, and believed to be the only recorded example.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1484
Symbol: F
Cat No: Collection
1894 DE LA RUE PERF 15: 1d dull blue-green with No Stop after 'S ' SG O56b, light squared-circle cancel. Superb. Listed by Gibbons but unpriced mint or used. Absent from Gary Diffen's collection, and possibly the only recorded example.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1485
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Cat No: O58
1895-96 DE LA RUE PERF 13: 1d dull blue-green SG O58 marginal block of 30 (6x5) from the top of the sheet also overprinted in the margin, well centred, some minor perf separation/ reinforcing, large-part o.g. with most units being unmounted, Cat £1350++, for mounted singles.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1486
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Cat No: O59 gutter
1895-96 DE LA RUE PERF 13: 2d dull orange SG O59 gutter block of 48 (8x6) from the base of the left-hand pane plus the first two columns from the right-hand pane, well centred, missing the left-hand margin but with complete Value/Sheet Number '2d 622642' printed across Plate Number '3' and also with 'O.S.' Overprints in the margin, light vertical bend across the third column, large-part o.g. with most units being unmounted, Cat £2640++, for mounted singles.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1488
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Cat No: O63
1895 NEW DENOMINATIONS PERF 10x11½-12½: 'Bantam' ½d brown SG O63 block of 12 (6x2) Perf 10 horizontally with the vertical perfs alternating between 11½-12½ and 10, large-part o.g. with the lower units being unmounted, Cat £660++, for mounted singles.
1893-95 PERF 15: 4d lilac with 'O.S.' Double One Diagonal SG O66a horizontal pair, well centred, large-part o.g., Cat £1100+, for singles. A striking error. Superior to Gary Diffen's similar pair - the right-hand unit with rounded corner at upper-right - that sold for £480. Gary Diffen recorded only a block of 8, discovered in the late-1980s, later reduced to two singles and three pairs.
1893-95 PERF 15: 4d lilac with 'O.S.' Double One Diagonal SG O66a, GPO duplex cancel, Cat £500. Gary Diffen's similar stamp - stated by him to be the only recorded used example - sold for £300.
1896-99 NEW DENOMINATIONS PERF 13: 'Bantam' ½d pale brown with Overprint Triple Twice Sideways SG O68a horizontal pair, large-part o.g., Cat £1000+, for mounted singles. An extraordinary and attractive error. Gary Diffen recorded only two pairs & a strip of 4: his pair - described as "deep brown" as listed in Gibbons - sold for £480. The 'Chartwell' pair sold for £720.
1896-99 NEW DENOMINATIONS PERF 13: 4d lilac with 'O.S.' Double SG O69a, minor perf reinforcing, large-part o.g., Cat £2000+, for singles. Gary Diffen recorded only three mint examples: his single stamp sold for £288.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1495
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Cat No: O71
1891-95 SURCHARGES PERF 10: '2½d.' in Red on 4d green SG O71 corner block of 18 from the top of the left-hand pane, the first unit in the second row with '2' & '½' Closer Together SG O71a, well centred, large-part o.g. with most units unmounted, Cat £970++, for mounted singles.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1496
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Cat No: Collection
1891-95 SURCHARGES PERF 10: '2½d.' in Red on 4d green with Fraction Bar Omitted SG O71a, light ironed-out vertical crease, large-part o.g. Listed by Gibbons but unpriced mint or used. Ex Friedrich Krichauff. Not previously seen by us, absent from Gary Diffen's collection, and possibly the only recorded example. Note that this error occurred only in the first Perf 10 printing of the '2½d' on 4d stamps. Therefore, SG 229ba and 233a cannot exist, and should be deleted from the catalogue.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1497
Symbol: G
Cat No: Collection
1891-95 SURCHARGES PERF 10: '5D.' in Red on 6d red-brown with No Stop after '5D ' SG O72a, a few slightly trimmed perfs at upper-left, Port Augusta squared-circle, Cat £250 for mint; unpriced used. Absent from Gary Diffen's collection.
1891-95 SURCHARGES PERF 10: '5D.' in Red on 6d red-brown corner block of 9 from the upper-right of the right-hand pane with two examples of the No Stop after 'S ' SG O72ba on Row 2/6 and R3/4 (rounded corner at lower-left), a few faults in the margins, large-part o.g. which is a little aged, Cat £885++, for mounted singles. Ex Gary Diffen: sold for £348. Diffen stated that this is the only recorded piece that proves the existence of the No Stop in two positions.
1891-95 SURCHARGES PERF 10: '5D.' in Red on 6d red-brown SG O72 (Cat £20 x50+! on cover) + Perf 10 2d SG O55 x2 on printed OPSO cover with boxed 'REGISTERED/No...' at upper-left & 'Education Department/SA' imprint at lower-left, 'REGISTERED ADELAIDE/JU1/93/ S.A' squared-circles & 'HINDMARSH/SA' arrival backstamp (affected by repaired opening tear), vertical fold well clear of the stamps.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1501
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Cat No: O74 block of 9
1897-1901 TANNENBERG PERF 15: 5d brown-purple Coat of Arms SG O74 block of 9, well centred, some minor perf splitting/reinforcing, large-part o.g. with a few units being unmounted, Cat £1170++, for mounted singles.
1897-1901 TANNENBERG PERF 13: 2½d violet-blue Kangaroo SG O75 on OPSO cover with 'Post Office and Telegraph Department' imprint at lower-left, tied by very fine strike of the 'CORRESPONDENCE OFFICE/NO11/97/GPO' cds in red with another strike alongside, to Massachusetts with faint London transit backstamp of DE20/97 & 'BOSTON/DEC31/18 97/MASS - RECEIVED/ 6 ' arrival backstamp, the flap removed. A beautiful cover.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1503
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Cat No: O76 block
1897-1901 TANNENBERG PERF 13: 5d brown-purple Coat of Arms SG O76 block of 12 (3x4), well centred, a few faint tonespots, large-part o.g., Cat £1560++, for mounted singles.
