REPRINTED DIE PROOFS: Perkins Bacon original design with incomplete value tablet, in vermilion, claret, yellow-green or bright violet on thin card. Beautiful & superb. Harry Lower's eleven similar reprinted die proofs across the three styles sold for an average of $300 each.
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REPRINTED DIE PROOFS: Perkins Bacon original design with blank value tablet, in scarlet, claret, red-brown, ultramarine, grey-green & black on stout card. Beautiful & superb. Harry Lower had eleven similar reprinted die proofs across the three styles, that sold for an average of $300 each.
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REPRINTED DIE PROOFS: Perkins Bacon original design with ornaments in the value tablet a) on thick wove paper in black; b) on stout card in claret, red-brown, ultramarine, grey-green & grey-black; or c) on thick card in vermilion, dull purple or dull blue-green. Beautiful & superb. Harry Lower had eleven similar reprinted die proofs across the three styles, that sold for an average of $300 each.
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SPECIAL PRINTINGS FOR UPU DISTRIBUTION: Perkins Bacon all-different array on Crown/SA paper with Imperfs x11 to 1/- violet & 1/- yellow plus an aberrant 2/-; Rouletted x16 to 2/-; and Perforated x17 to 2/- including '3-PENCE' in Red on 4d ultramarine, a few without gum otherwise large-part o.g. and generally very fine to superb. A colourful array.
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SPECIAL PRINTINGS FOR UPU DISTRIBUTION: Perkins Bacon designs on ungummed Crown/SA paper comprising Imperf 6d violet-blue block of 15 (5x3) & 2/- carmine block of 9, and Rouletted 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d pale brown marginal block of 9 including a complete forme of the six sub-types of the overprint [4-6/1-3/4-6]. Superb.
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SPECIAL PRINTINGS FOR UPU DISTRIBUTION: Perkins Bacon all-different strips of 3 on Crown/SA paper with Imperf 2d dull red; Rouletted x10 to 1/- yellow & 1/- brown; and Perforated x13 to 2/- including '3-PENCE' in Red on 4d ultramarine, '8 PENCE' on 9d pale brown & 'TEN PENCE' in Black on 9d yellow, a few separation faults otherwise generally very fine to superb with large-part o.g. Scarce & attractive multiples.
(24 strips) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Nov-08-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1431
Symbol: R
SPECIAL PRINTINGS FOR UPU DISTRIBUTION: De La Rue 'Bantam' ½d brown large-part sheet of 228 (19x12; missing the first column & left-hand selvedge) on ungummed Crown/SA watermark paper with underinked Plate Number '1' at upper-right & lower-right, 'REPRINT' Reading Upwards, Aberrant Row of Perforations through the Second Row of Stamps and Double Perforations at Right, a few very minor blemishes but generally very fine to superb. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Nov-08-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1432
Symbol: R
SPECIAL PRINTINGS FOR UPU DISTRIBUTION: De La Rue 'Bantam' ½d brown two blocks of 64 (16x4) on ungummed Crown/SA watermark paper with 'REPRINT' Reading Downwards, the first block with Aberrant Row of Perforations through the Top Row of Stamps and the second block with the top row - 16 units - Imperforate at Top, both blocks with Double Perforations at Right, the first block with some trimmed perfs at the top otherwise generally very fine to superb.
(2 blocks) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Nov-08-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1433
Symbol: *#
PRESENTATION PAGES: 'REPRINTS/OF/SOUTH AUSTRALIAN POSTAGE STAMPS/...' in black on white (209x260mm) with printer's imprint '500-23-4-84' indicating a print-run of 500 copies in April 1884, with various Perkins Bacon issues to 2/-, & a few De La Rues, all overprinted 'REPRINT' and tacked/affixed to the page, a few of the stamps roughly separated & the page with a central tear, the whole affixed to backing-paper of the same size, generally very fresh & colourful. Bill McCredie's similar page sold for $725.
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Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 440.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Nov-08-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 1434
Symbol: *
PRESENTATION PAGES: 'REPRINTS AND SPECIMENS/OF/SOUTH AUSTRALIAN POSTAGE AND REVENUE STAMPS/...' in blue on white (260x360mm), with various Perkins Bacon issues to 2/- x2 including 1/- violet, and De La Rue to 6d, overprinted 'REPRINT' x35 or 'SPECIMEN' x16 and tacked to the page, the lower-half affixed to slightly larger backing-paper, very fresh & colourful. Bill McCredie's similar page - with six fewer stamps - sold for $640.
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