Adelaide: framed 27mm (not 28mm as in the Handbook) 'MOO ADELAIDE/MR25/13/S.A' superb strike on stampless OHMS cover with PMG's Department imprint at L/L, registered to Victoria with red/white R label. Not rated in the Handbook, but only one date is recorded, making this the ERD. [NB: F1-2 & F1-3 are definitely the same implement]

Grade A A1+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Alberton: Mordan-type 'ALBERTON/JA22/1861/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA=' (rated RRRR; ERD) very fine strike on piece with Perkins Bacon Rouletted 2d pale red tied by very fine Diamond Numeral '4' cancel. PO c.1855. The only recorded cds/numeral 'tie'.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Athelstone: irregular (25x26mm; not 27mm as in the Handbook) 'ATHELSTON/FE5/1865/S . A' (inscriptional error with the second 'E' omitted; rated RRRR; ERD) superb strike on large-part outer to Adelaide with Perkins Bacon Rouletted 2d bright vermilion tied by indistinct Diamond Numeral '180' cancel (RRR; the only recorded usage on cover), GPO arrival backstamp of the same date, light horizontal fold across the cds & some staining/toning. PO 19.3.1863.

Grade C A1+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Auburn: Mordan-type 'AUBURN/NO2/1860/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA=' (rated RRR) largely very fine strike & Perkins Bacon Adelaide Printing 2d irregularly cut from the sheet tied by largely very fine Diamond Numeral '34' (R) to cover to Adelaide. PO replaced Kercoonda 21.8.1851.

Grade A- A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Aubwin: Mordan-type 'AUBWIN/FE11/1858/=STH AUSTRALIA=' (rated RRRR) light but very fine strike on piece. Replaced Kercoonda 1.9.1851; renamed Auburn 1858. [Both the Handbook and Martin Walker state that 'AUBWIN' is an inscriptional error for 'AUBURN'. However, it seems almost inconceivable that the Post Office in the 1850s would have allowed such an error to remain uncorrected for some eight years]

Grade A A1- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Baker's Gully: unframed 25mm 'BAKERS GULLY/AU12/1873/S-A' (no apostrophe; rated RRRRR; ERD & almost certainly the only recorded usage on cover) very fine strike on cover to Shropshire, Perkins Bacon Perf 10 6d indigo (small fault at the top) with very fine strike - but difficult to read on the dark blue stamp - of Diamond Numeral '263' cancel (R, but the only recorded usage on cover), GPO transit & 'SHREWS[BURY]/OC8/73' arrival backstamp, minor blemishes. Both markings illustrated in the Handbook. PO 1.9.1867; closed 31.3.1908. Ex 'Sherwood' (John Forrest): sold in 2011 for £468. A real enigma: the Handbook records the cds LRD as MY22/1906 (30+ years of use) but it is rated RRRRR. The numeral is recorded for just six years but is rated R only, and this strike is apparently the best available to illustrate.

Grade B A1- (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Bald Hills (1): unframed 21mm 'BALD-HILLS/DE8/68/S.A' (rated RRRR; LRD; illustrated in the Handbook) largely very fine strike on piece. PO 1.1.1856; closed 1875.

Grade A- A1- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Balhannah (3): Mordan-type 'BALHANNAH/JY24/1861/=SOUTH AUSTRALIA=' (rated RRRR; LRD) largely very fine strike & legible Diamond Numeral '47' (rated C, but only three covers recorded) just tying Perkins Bacon Second Roulettes 2d pale red strip of 3 to mourning cover to Sussex, GPO transit of the same day & 'UCKFIELD/SP20/61' arrival backstamp, minor blemishes. PO 1.10.1852; renamed Oakbank 1861, probably on 19.8.1861, the day Balhannah (4) opened. ['47' is common because it continued in use at Oakbank until 1880. It must be very scarce used at Balhannah. NB: to confuse matters, Balhannah (4) was allocated '147']

Grade B A1- (Image1)

Estimate AU$450

Barossa Goldfield (1): 'BAROSSA GOLDFIELD/AP6/69/S.A.' (underrated at R) two very fine large-part backstamps on cover from Adelaide to Mount Pleasant with De La Rue Rouletted 2d tied by GPO cds, the reverse also with 'MT PLEASANT/JA2' cds (rated RRRR) where endorsed on face "Try Reedy Creek", then 'PALMER/JA--' & 'TUNGKILLO/JA28' arrival (rated R), part-'TUNGKILLO/MR4' and 'UNCLAIMED' handstamp twice on the face, returned to 'GPO/AP5' & endorsed on face "Try Barossa/Goldfield" with 'GAWLER/AP5' (rated R) plus another strike of MY20, returned via 'GAWLER/MY20' & 'P O/MY20/RAILWAY' (UFM; rated RR), finally with 'DEAD LETTER/69/MY22/ADELAIDE' cds (date inverted) on the face, opened-out for display & slightly truncated. Barossa Goldfield (1) 1868; closed 1.7.1876. The second office of that name opened -.4.1877; closed 31.12.1907. The cds is recorded across both periods to 1899, but must be much scarcer in the first period. Mount Pleasant PO 1850. Reedy Creek (1) 2.10.1848; renamed Tungkillo (1) 1850. Tungkillo (2) 9.5.1861; replaced by South Petherton 1870. Palmer PO 1.11.1868. 

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Beautiful Valley: unframed 25mm 'BEAUTIFUL VALLEY/JU18/1867/S . A' (rated RRRR; ERD) light but largely fine strike (far superior to the part-strike illustrated in the Handbook) on Perkins Bacon Rouletted 2d vermilion pair. PO 1865; renamed Wilmington 18.10.1878.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Beautiful Valley: framed 23mm 'BEAUTIFUL VALLEY/AP25/77/S.A' (rated RR) two very fine strikes on cover to "Police/Adelaide" with De La Rue Perf 10 2d orange, superb 'RAILWAY/ 4 /AP26/77/S-A' transit backstamp (F1-6; rated RRR). PO 1865; renamed Wilmington 18.10.1878.

Grade A- A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Belalie East (1): framed 23mm 'BELALIE EAST/AU20/75/S-A' (rated RRRR) largely very fine strike on piece. PO 11.6.1873; closed 2.5.1876. Illustrated in the Handbook.

Grade A A1- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Black Springs (2): unframed 21mm 'BLACK-SPRINGS/JU29/66/S.A' cds (rated RRR; the only recorded cover) largely fine strike on cover to "Main Streat/Kapundr" [sic] with Perkins Bacon Rouletted 2d (corner fault) tied by a light but legible strike of Diamond Numeral '114', very fine 21mm 'KAPUNDA/ 3 /JU29/66/S.A' arrival backstamp (R). PO circa 1864.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Black Springs (2): framed 21mm 'BLACK SPRINGS/SE13/95/S.A' cds (rated RR) very fine strike on cover to "Walton/near Greenock" with De La Rue Rouletted 2d tied by a light but fine strike of Diamond Numeral '114', very fine 21mm 'KAPUNDA/ 3 /JU29/66/S.A' arrival backstamp (R), the reverse with 'EXPRESS RAILWAY' cds plus squared-circles of 'DAVEYSTON' (R), 'SADDLEWORTH', 'FREELING' (R) & 'GREENOCK' arrival all of SE10/95. PO circa 1864. [Walton is 6km SW of Greenock. It never had a post office. Today it is the site of the Walton Hill Winery]

Grade A A1- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Blanchetown: Mordan-type 'MOORUNDE/NO24/1858/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA=' (rated RRRR; ERD & the only recorded usage on cover) light but complete strike unusually cancelling Adelaide Printings 2d red (margins just touched, at lower-left, to large), with a superior strike on the reverse of cover to Adelaide, minor blemishes. Replaced Moorunde 1858. [The date-range for the cds given in the Handbook is fully after the transfer to Blanchetown, which Martin Walker notes received official approval 20.10.1857. Usage at the original office is thus unrecorded]

Grade B B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Blinman irregular unframed 23x25mm 'BLINMAN/FE19/1871/S . A' (rated RRR) largely very fine strike on cover to " ? /North East" & another strike tying De La Rue Perf 10 2d orange, 'KOORINGA' backstamp, minor toning on the reverse. PO 1.9.1862. Illustrated in the Handbook.

Grade B A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Blinman framed 22mm 'BLINMAN/JA21/78/S-A' (rated RRRR) largely very fine strike on De La Rue Perf 10 2d orange. PO 1.9.1862. Illustrated in the Handbook.

Grade B A2- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Blumberg: Mordan-type 'BLUMBERG/JA18/1859/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA=' (rated RRR) largely very fine strike on piece. PO 1.6.1855; renamed Birdwood 1.7.1918 because of anti-German sentiment during WWI.

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Blyths Plains: framed 23mm 'BLYTHS PLAINS/S-A' (rated RRRR) very fine strike with indistinct date on De La Rue Perf 10 2d orange (stained on reverse). PO 1.1.1867; closed 13.6.1881.

Grade B A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Bramfield: unframed 25mm (not 27mm as in the Handbook) 'BRAMFIELD/JU8/63' (rated RRRRR) very fine strike on cover to Port Lincoln with Perkins Bacon Rouletted 2d vermilion (minor separation fault at upper-right) tied by very fine Diamond Numeral '171' cancel (R, but only two recorded usages on cover), indistinct arrival backstamp, minor imperfections. Illustrated in the Handbook. The cds has no lower inscription. PO 15.8.1862. (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

Brimpton Lake (1): 27mm 'BRIMPTON LA[KE]/4MY12/[STH AUST]' (rated RRRR; ERD) very fine large-part strike on 1d red. RO 13.5.1909; PO 1911; RO 16.6.1917; closed 1.3.1922. 

Grade A A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Broad Creek (1): framed 23mm 'BROAD CRE[EK]/SE30/82/S.A' (rated RRRRR) legible large-part strike on De La Rue Perf 10 2d. Renamed from Telowie (1) 1.8.1878; closed 28.2.1883.

Grade A B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Brompton Park: framed 23mm 'BROMPTO[N PARK]/S.A' (rated RRRRR) fine part-strike on De La Rue Perf 10 2d orange. PO 1.7.1879; closed 30.6.1885. The only recorded example: illustrated in the Handbook.

Grade A B3 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Broughton: framed 23mm 'BROUGHTON/JY18/73/S-A' (rated RRRR) largely very fine strike on piece. PO 26.9.1875; renamed Red Hill 1.4.1874. Illustrated in the Handbook.

Grade A A1- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Buckmaroo: squared-circle 'BUCKMAROO/FE11/89/[S.A]' (rated RRRRR) very fine large-part strike on De La Rue Perf 10 2d orange. PO 1.11.1888; renamed New Year Mine 5.2.1889. Illustrated in the Handbook.

Grade A A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400