Imperfs comprising London Printings 1d, 2d single & superb strip of 4 and 6d x6 including a rejoined strip of 3; Adelaide Printings 2d single & strip of 5 (a bit cut-into), 6d slate-blue & 1/- orange x2 (one with 1858 cds in blue), all but the second 2d strip with full margins & very fine, Cat £3200+.
(Qty 21)
Selection with London Printings 6d x2 and Adelaide Printings 2d & 1/- (cds in blue) all with full margins, Perf 10 1/- used strip of 3, Postage & Revenue 5/- & 10/-, and Thick 'POSTAGE' 6d to £1, a few minor problems, Cat £1900 approximately.
(Qty 18)
1855 London Printings imperforate plate proof blocks of 4 on ungummed unwatermarked paper comprising 2d in black, 6d in blue marginal from the left of the sheet, and 1/- in black marginal from the right of the sheet with a few wrinkles, one 1/- unit just shaved at the base otherwise with full margins. (3 blocks)
1860-69 Second Roulettes 'TEN PENCE' in Black on 9d yellow with the Surcharge Inverted SG 37a, 'GPO ADELAIDE/OC13/69/SA' cds, Cat £7500. An iconic stamp. [Nineteen examples - including one on cover & Peter Jaffé's pair - have been recorded. Most have significant faults. This is one of the finest examples of this most famous of South Australian errors]
1867-70 Perf 11½-12½xRoulettes 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d yellow Printed on Both Sides SG 59a, 'KADINA/ JU19/69/SA' cds, Cat £1300. Very scarce. [The 'Besancon' (I) example sold for SFr1028] Illustration above Lot 1434.
1871 V/Crown 4d dull lilac SG 111 horizontal strip of 3 with Watermark 'POSTAG...' across the three units, the central stamp with a Pre-Printing Paper Fold, 'GPO ADELAIDE/AP12/72/SA', Cat £975++. A rare multiple, especially with the marginal watermark.
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1439
Symbol: P/L
Cat No: 182 as 1
1883-99 Bantam ½d imperf plate proof in green affixed to a GPO memorandum (133x207mm) with printed date 'June 12th 1882' & stating '...five specimens of the new...Halfpenny Postage Stamps, which have been issued during the present month' & inscribed to "The Postmaster-General/Cuba", faint blemishes. [Gibbons give the release date of SG 182 as 1.3.1883. This advice indicates the issue was 9 months earlier] The illustration is above Lot 1435.
1883-99 Bantam Perf 10 ½d brown horizontal pair Imperf Between SG 182a additionally with evidence of Double Perfs at Left, rounded corner at L/L, large-part o.g., Cat £1500+. [The very fine 'Besancon' II pair sold for SFr1452]
1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £5 brown SG 205, very fine strike of 'GPO ADELAIDE/OC26/5 45P/S A - [S AUSTRALIA]' duplex (Type DpxT-24 with 25mm datehead; 'R' & Year slugs omitted), Cat £1100+ for CTO. A very rare stamp with postal cancellation (and almost certainly cancelled per favor). David Brandon Certificate (1992).
1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £15 silver SG 207a marginal block of 4 from the base of the sheet, CTO with the base of the Melbourne implement that is blank at the base, full unmounted o.g., Cat £10,000+. Superb! Ex Australia Post Archives Sale 1 (1987) & Ed Williams: sold at the Prestige auction of 26.1.2002 for $8400. [This was the highest denomination block released by Australia Post. It is highly unlikely any other blocks of this or the £20 exist]
1892 (c.) 2½d stamp-size original artwork in India ink & Chinese white on thin card (31x36mm) endorsed "Finis Coronat Opus" at the base. A beautiful & superb essay. ['Finis Coronat Opus' {= "the end crowns the work"} was the nom-de-plume of Melbourne artist Maximilian Tannenberg who worked for the printers Troedel & Co]
1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' Crown/SA 9d rose-red marginal single from the top of the sheet Imperforate at Top ACSC #S50b, indistinct cds cancellation, Cat $3000 (2004). [The ACSC states that only one example is recorded. It is illustrated in the ACSC and appears to adjoin the current stamp at left]
REVENUES: Duty Stamp range with KEVII including 2/- x2 2/6d 5/- 10/- 15/- & £1 and 1916-62 values to £2 plus £10 & a few Surcharges, Swine Stamp Duty x7 to 10/- & Cattle Stamp Duty x5 to 5/-; plus 'The Revenue Stamps of SA' by Martin Walker.
(Qty 52) (Image1)
