Handy selection with 'O.S.' Overprints including 6d SG O10 mint pair (creased), 4d SG O17 unused, '5D' on 6d SG O72 mint, Wide Spacing 2d 2½d 4d & 6d all mint; Punctured 'SA' including mint  2½d Plate '1' pair & 5d, 9d, 1/- & £1; Punctured 'OS' including mint 4d & 10d; generally fine to very fine with a few being unmounted including the Pound.  (96) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

OVERPRINTED 'O.S.' THICK TYPE: 1876-85 Perf 11½-12½ 6d Prussian blue as SG O25 but Imperforate, from the left of the sheet with margins close to huge & a fragment of the adjoining unit above, lightly cancelled. Unlisted by Gibbons. Absent from Gary Diffen's collection. Larger than Don Pearce's example with good even margins, believed then to be the only recorded example, that sold for $898. Necessarily offered "as is".

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

COMMISSARIAT OFFICE: Black 'C.O.' on Rouletted 2/- carmine with full roulettes, the overprint is very faint but obvious, characteristic aging caused by the 'black-boy' gum used, very fine 'GPO ADELAIDE/AP26/69/ S-A' cds. Rated RRR+. Don Pearce's similar single sold for $399.

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

LAND TITLES: Red 'L.T.' on Rouletted 4d slate-violet, rouletting at the base & otherwise cut from the sheet to preserve the design, light 'GPO ADELAIDE/MR22/69/S-A' cds. Unrecorded by Ron Butler so it should be rated RRRRRR. Absent from Don Pearce's Collection.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

MANAGER OF RAILWAYS: Black 'M.R.' on Perf 11½-12½ 4d slate-violet, unused. Unrecorded unused by Ron Butler so it should be rated RRRRRR. Absent from Don Pearce's Collection.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000