1903 (Sep 15) Chief Secretary's Office printed 'CIRCULAR No 102' advising that from 1.10.1903, all official correspondence must be franked with stamps "perforated with the letters SA" and that any normal stamps in hand should be exchanged for punctured stamps. An important original document.
1902-04 THIN 'POSTAGE': 1/- brown marginal vertical strip from the upper-right corner of the sheet with complete Error of Watermark 'SUOTH' ACSC S30a, Plate Number '1' and Value/Sheet Number '1d 689887' in Vermilion, mounted in the margins but the stamps are unmounted, Cat $1500 for the watermark error plus a premium for the sheet number. The ACSC states that only two examples of the 'SUOTH' error have been recorded on the 1/-. [Most examples of the 'SUOTH' errors are missing the 'H' because they are corner pairs or blocks of 4 only]
1902-04 THIN 'POSTAGE': 1/- brown misperforated and with 'POSTAGE' and 'ONE SHILLING' Misplaced Downwards ACSC S30c, untidy Adelaide cancel, Cat $3000. The ACSC states that at least three used examples have been recorded, all punctured 'SA'. On the other two examples recorded by us, the displacement is less pronounced.
1905-12 CROWN/A SMALL FORMAT: Error of Watermark 'AUSTRLAIA' from the lower-right of the sheet 1) in full on 1d vertical strip of 4 (very scarce thus) ACSC S6a; and 2) large-part '[AU]STRLAIA' on 2d vertical strip of 3 S9a; Cat $400 but much scarcer than the similar but better-known 'SUOTH' errors.
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Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1525
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection
1905-12 CROWN/A SMALL FORMAT: Value/Sheet Number pieces comprising ½d yellow-green Plate Number '1' blocks of 4 with '½d 038879' in Blue or '½d 044303' in Vermilion; 1d pink vertical strip of 3 with 'SUOT[H]' Error of Watermark (thin in the margin) & '1d 711769' in Vermilion, 1d block of 6 from the Reinforced Plate with '1d 787717' in Vermilion, 1d block of 4 with solid jubilee line at the top with large-part '1d 316---' in Black; 2d violet Plate Number '3' strips of 4 with '2d 837225' in Vermilion or '2d 800176' in Black both with Double Punctures; and Tannenberg 5d brown-purple with '5d 004986' in Vermilion. A very scarce group.
(8 items)
1905-12 CROWN/A SMALL FORMAT: Lower-right corner blocks comprising 1) 1d rose-pink block of 30 (6x5) with 'jubilee' lines and 'target' perforation guide; 2) 1d carmine with the Watermark Inverted block of 30 with no 'jubilee' lines & 'CA' Monogram; and 3) 2d dull violet block of 18 (6x3) with 'jubilee' lines & 'JBC' Monogram; a few minor blemishes but all with most units unmounted. Very scarce multiples. [NB: the ACSC lists monograms in strips of three, implying that the 'CA' & 'JBC' are below the third stamp from the corner (as they are for Kangaroos); in fact, as seen here, they are below the second units]
(3 blocks)
1906-12 THICK 'POSTAGE' CROWN/A: 3d & 4d lower-right corner blocks of 4 both with large-part '[A]USTRLAIA' Error of Watermark ACSC S35a & S39a, the 3d with the lower units unmounted, the 4d superb with three units unmounted, Cat $1250.
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Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1529
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 302d
1906-12 THICK 'POSTAGE' CROWN/A: 9d dull red with 'NINE PENCE' 2½mm Apart Perf 12½ SG 302d (ACSC S50) block of 20 (10x2; being two complete rows without selvedge), the upper row with 'SA' Double on all units becoming more pronounced towards the right, the last unit on the upper row is damaged, most units are unmounted, Cat £1000+ ($1000++), for unpunctured mounted singles.
1906-12 THICK 'POSTAGE' CROWN/A: 9d bright rose Perf 12½ ACSC S53 (SG 302) on printed registration envelope with Education Department imprint at lower-left & boxed 'REGISTERED /No...' at upper-left, 'REGD ADELAIDE/30MY12/STH AUSTRALIA' cds and 'THEBARTON' squared-circle arrival backstamp of the next day, very minor blemishes. Another very scarce franking; unpriced on cover in the ACSC. The rate was 1d per ounce x6 + 3d registration fee.
