RED OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on Rouletted 2d bright vermilion, rouletting on all sides, GPO cds of JU9/68. Superb. Rated R: unrecorded unused. [Date range 30.4.1868 to 28.8.1868]
RED OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on Perf 11½-12½ 4d deep purple with Double Overprint, GPO cds of JU22/68. Unlisted by Ron Butler & only one other - defective - example recorded so it should be rated RRRRR. [Date range 23.4.1868 to 22.6.1868]
RED OVERPRINT: 'S.C.' (Error of Lettering) on Perf 11½-12½ 4d deep purple, minor perf defects & 12mm tear at upper-left, GPO cds of JY8/68. Unlisted by Ron Butler & the only recorded example so it should be rated RRRRRR.
RED OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on 6d ultramarine, rouletting on three sides & cut from sheet just clear of the design at the top, printing-ink smudge at centre-left, small separation faults at the base, large-part o.g. Rated RRRR. The 'Besancon' example - "shaved at left" - sold for SFr605.
RED OVERPRINT: 'S.G' on Rouletted 6d pale blue block of 4 being two rejoined vertical pairs, rouletting on all sides & between the units, parcel roller cancels of the GPO. Rated R+. The similar Colonel Harry Napier (III)/'Besancon' block of 6 (3x2) - "corner crease & a few imperfections" - sold for SFr605.
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d dull orange, rouletting on all sides but a little trimmed at the top, large-part o.g. Rated RRRR. RPSofV Certificate (1979). Superior to the 'Besancon' example - "trimmed at top" - that sold for SFr580.
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d dull orange, rouletting at the top & base and cut from the sheet shaving the design at left & just touching at right, GPO cds of OC13/68. Rated RR. The 'Tamiami' example sold for $311. [Date range 2.6.1868 to 23.5.1870]
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on Rouletted 4d deep purple rejoined horizontal pair, apparently Imperforate & cut from the sheet clear of the design except where both units are just touched at the top, 'S.G.' Offset on the Reverse, the left-hand unit with a couple of small faults, the right-hand unit is superb, GPO cds of SP25/68. Both varieties are unlisted unused or used by Ron Butler. Only one other single - also apparently imperforate - is recorded so they should be rated RRRRR: an extraordinary Double Error of extreme rarity. [Date range 25.9.1868 to 30.9.1868 only] Offered 'as is' in regard to the lack of rouletting.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'S.C.' (Error of Lettering for 'S.G.') on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 2d 10 dull orange, GPO cds of MR25/71. Superb. Rated RRR. [Date range 7.10.1869 to 5.11.1872]
For many years, Don Pearce & other advanced collectors stated that this stamp, which is listed by Ron Butler under 'Supreme Court', had to be an Error of Type 'S.C.' for 'S.G.'. Tony Presgrave established that the actual 'S.C.' on DLR 2d was issued only in 1873, indicating that any examples dated earlier than that must be the error. The matter was definitively resolved with the discovery of the 'Tamiami' 'S.C.'+'S.G.' setenant pair dated OC7/69 that sold for $27,554.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'S.C.' (Error of Lettering for 'S.G.') on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d red-orange, GPO cds of JA29/72. Superb. Rated RRR listed under 'Supreme Court'; see notes with previous lot. [Date range 21.3.1871 to 5.11.1872]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d dull orange, rouletting on all sides, GPO cds of JY27/69. Rated R. The 'Tamiami' example sold for $299. [Date range 26.2.1869 to 12.1.1871]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d dull orange horizontal pair from the right of the left-hand pane, rouletting horizontally & vertically including on both sides of the 'gutter', GPO cds of JA12/71. Rated R+. A very unusual marginal multiple. [Date range 27.7.1869 to 12.1.1871]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on De La Rue Star Wmk Rouletted 2d deep red-orange, rouletting on all sides, GPO cds of AU1-/69. Rated RR: unrecorded unused. [Date range -.8.1869 to 6.1.1870]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10xRouletted 2d dull orange, GPO cds of NO24/--. Rated RR: unrecorded unused. [Date range 27.6.1870 to 24.12.1870]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d dull orange & V/Crown Wmk Perf 10 2d deep dull orange (over-inked), GPO cds indistinct on the first & of FE8/72. Rated S & R: both unrecorded unused. [Date ranges 24.4.1871 to 9.1.1874 and 8.11.1871 to 31.8.1872 respectively]
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BLACK OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on De La Rue Perf 10 2d deep dull orange, tied by GPO cds of AU31/72 to OHMS cover with 'Surveyor-General's Office' imprint at lower-left, to "Mr JK Bishop/Port Lincoln" with very fine 'PORT-LINCOLN' arrival b/s of SP11/72, indicating a delay in sending by coastal vessel, repaired opening-tear across the flap, a few calculations front & back. The stamp is rated S. Number 6 in Anthony Presgrave's Census of seven 'S.G.' covers. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold at our auction of 8.10.2005 for $3030. [Brian Farmer's other similar cover sold for $4425]
Captain John Bishop arrived at Port Lincoln in 1839 in command of the 'Dorset'. Giving up his maritime career, Bishop established a general store in the new town, of which he was one of the landowners named in the Number One Special Survey. The 'Bishop Correspondence', that came onto the market in the 1970s, is one of the most important sources of early South Australian postal history.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on Perf 11½-12½ 4d deep dull purple with the Overprint Misplaced to Right & Part of the Stop from the Adjoining Unit at Left, a couple of pulled perfs at the base & some trimmed perfs at left, minor tonespots, large-part o.g. Rated RRRRR.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on 4d purple (shades) comprising 1) Perf 11½-12½, 2) Perf 10 and 3) Irregular Compound Perf 11½-12½x11½-12½x10x11½-12½; GPO cds of OC22/69 MY1/71 or MR23/74 respectively. Rated S S or R respectively: all unrecorded unused. [Date ranges 1) 15.6.1869 to 24.8.1870; 2) 4.11.1870 to 23.7.1873; and 3) 4.7.1873 to 26.9.1876] (3)
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on Perf 11½-12½ 4d deep dull purple with Pre-Printing Paper Fold at the base, a couple of short/pulled perfs at the top, GPO cds of JU15/69. Rated S+: unrecorded unused. A very unusual variety in the Departmentals.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on De La Rue Perf 11½-12½ 4d deep violet, an unusally tall & narrow stamp, tied by superb GPO cds of AU24/70 to OHMS cover with 'Surveyor-General's Office' imprint at lower-left, local double-rate usage, light vertical fold & a couple of small faults all well clear of the stamp & markings. The stamp is rated S. Ex AE Fryar. Number 1 in Anthony Presgrave's Census of seven covers, of which only two others are franked with a 4d. [The similar 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer) cover - large-part only - with Perf 10 4d sold at our auction of 8.10.2005 for $1340]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on De La Rue Perf 11½-12½ 4d deep dull purple, an unusally large & square stamp, minor separation fault at centre-left, tied by GPO cds of JA21/73 to large-part OHMS cover-front with 'Surveyor-General's Office' imprint at lower-left, local double-rate usage addressed to Walter J Atkin[son], creasing & associated minor peripheral tears at the top all clear of the stamp, unclaimed with superb 'DEAD LETTER/73/FE26/ADELAIDE' cds (inverted date slugs). The stamp is rated S. Ex AE Fryar. Number 4 in Anthony Presgrave's Census of seven covers, of which only two others are franked with a 4d.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on Perf 11½-12½ 6d Prussian blue, vertical repair at right, light GPO cds of -.11.1873. Rated RR: unrecorded unused. [The best example obtained by Don Pearce, and the only date recorded by him, suggesting it is significantly underrated]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'S.G.' on Perf 10 6d Prussian blue tied by GPO cds of DE10/72 to OHMS cover with 'Surveyor-General's Office' imprint at lower-left, to "HH Chamber/Canowie" with Kooringa transit b/s of DE11/72 & very fine 25mm 'CANOWIE/DE13/1873/S.A' arrival b/s (rated RRR), forward to "Mt Bryan/Kooringa" with two further strikes of the 'CANOWIE' cds & Kooringa arrival b/s of DE18/72, two vertical folds well clear of the stamp & markings and the flap partly-separated. The stamp is rated R. Number 3 in Anthony Presgrave's Census of seven covers, & the only one franked with a 6d.
