Collection with strength in the early issues with London Printings 1d (cut-into at upper-left), 2d x2 (one very fine) & 6d (margins just clear to good) plus another on 1856 piece (just touched at right), Adelaide Printings 2d x2 plus a pair (touched at top; cut-into ar right) on part-entire, 6d very fine on piece & 1/- orange x2 (one cut-into on 1859 piece with 2d x2) plus 1/- red-orange (margins close to touching; small thin), 1859 First Roulettes 1d, 2d (light 'PENWORTHAM' cds) & one apparently unused (a little oxidised), 6d (on piece with Receiving House '1' Numeral) & 1/- used, 1860 Second Roulettes unused 1d, 2d (thin) and 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d orange & on 9d yellow plus a used selection, 1867 Roulette x Perf used group including 4d violet, later Perkins Bacon issues including Perf 11½-12½ 9d mauve mint, Perf 10 1d unused and '3 PENCE' in Red on 4d used & in Black, Perf 10x11½-12 'TEN PENCE' in Black on 9d unused (aged), then De La Rue issues predominantly mint including Thick 'POSTAGE' Crown/SA Wmk 6d 8d 10d 1/- & 2/6d; also 'OS' Overprints used selection including Type 1 '2½d' on 4d x2, Type 2 '2½d' on 4d & '5D' on 6d and 4d with No Stop After 'S', etc; potential further variety & postmark interest, condition variable as noted, the later issues generally fine to very fine, Cat £8500+.  (200+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

Perkins Bacon Issues annotated in heavy plastic stock-pages with First Roulettes 1d 2d & 1/-, Second Roulettes including 1d x6 (three unused), 4d x2 (one unused), 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d orange-red & in Black on 9d yellow x4, 1/- yellow x2 & 2/- x2, Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 6d, 'TEN PENCE' on 9d & 1/-, Perf 11½-12½ including 1d grey-green, '3-PENCE' on 4d unused and 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d x3 & in Black, 1870-71 Perf 10 1d unused, '3-PENCE' on 4d in Red (aged) & in Black and 1/-, Compound Perf including '3-PENCE' on 4d, 'TEN PENCE' on 9d x4 (one unused Perf 10x12½x11x12½, aged; Chris Ceremuga Certificate), Broad Star including '3-PENCE' on 4d x3 (one unused), 1/- with Small Holes unused/mint x4 & used with a Pre-Printing Paper Fold and 2/- mint x2, etc, also 'REPRINT' Overprints, generally fine to very fine. Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. An excellent basis for development.  (160+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Basic collection with a sound 6d SG 3, several apparently unused Classics with Rouletted 1d yellow-green, Perf 11½-12½ '3-PENCE' on 4d, 4d, 9d & 2/-, 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' 2/6d & 5/- both very fine mint, Thick 'POSTAGE' mint to 10/- + £1 punctured 'SA', Thin 'POSTAGE' set to £1 mint (ex 10/-), some 'O.S.' Overprints mint to 2/-, plus Stamp Duty KEVII used to £1, condition variable but many are fine to very fine.    (82) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Oddments comprising 1853 very fine entire with light Mordan-type 'NOORLUNGA' cds, 1859 to Port Lincoln with First Roulettes 2d, 1863 outer to 'KOORINGA' (backstamp) with 'TOO-LATE' handstamp, and 'P.' (Police) Departmentals x11 on various DLR 2d issues.  (4 + 11 stamps) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1855-58 Imperfs comprising London Printings 2d x2 (one with Receiving Office '1' cancel) & 6d x2 and Adelaide Printings 2d orange-red x3, 2d blood-red pair (margin shaved at left) and 2d red x4 including a pair (one superb, with Peter Holcombe Opinion), and 6d slate-blue x3, and a 2d 'REPRINT', full margins close in places, cancels include Diamond-Numerals '38' of Mount Remarkable (rated RR), '70' of Port Elliot & '71' of Goolwa, fine to very fine, Cat £1600+. Ex Wolfgang Kielmann.   (17)

Grade A-/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1855 London Printings 1d deep green SG 1, marginal example from the top of the sheet, margins just clear - at lower-right - to huge with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left, light '1' cancel of Port Adelaide, Cat £500. An unusually fine example. 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1855 London Printings 2d posthumous uncleared die proof of the defaced die in black on wove paper (66x82mm). A beautiful proof & exceptional exhibit item. Ex Dr Don Pearce. Several impressions were taken in 1931. This die was rejected because of the "Knitting Needle" flaw through the Queen's Brow. Harry Lower’s & Michael Blake's similar proofs sold for $3220 & $3375 respectively.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

1855 London Printings 2d Plate 2 imperforate plate proof in dull carmine-lake, vertical strip of 3 on ungummed unwatermarked paper, margins close to good. Ex Dr Don Pearce. Harry Lower's marginal pair sold for $1320 & Michael Blake's marginal strip of 5 sold for $2910.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1855 London Printings Perkins Bacon reprinted die proofs of the 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. Ex Dr Don Pearce. Beautiful & superb. Harry Lower's eleven similar proofs across the three styles sold for an average of $300 each.  (9)

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

1855 London Printings Large Star Wmk 2d rose-carmine SG 2, margins close to good, unused, Cat £1500.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1855 London Printings 2d rose-carmine SG 2 horizontal pair, margins just touching - at lower-left of the second unit - to good, part original gum, Cat £3000+, for unused singles. Ex Dr Donald Pearce: sold for $1375.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

1855 London Printings 2d rose-carmine SG 2 horizontal pair [R4/2-3] the right-hand unit with Defective First 'E' in 'PENCE', margins just clear - at right - to good, large-part original gum, Cat £3000+, for normal unused singles. Superb. Ex Dr Donald Pearce: sold at our auction of 9.11.2022 for $1795.  

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1855 London Printings 2d rose-carmine SG 2, margins close to good, two superb part-strikes of the Perkins Bacon 'CANCELLED' handstamp, Cat £15,000. This is Position 3 from the original block of 6: see 'CANCELLED by Perkins Bacon' by Peter Jaffé  at page 64, where Position 3 is not recorded. Ex Dr Donald Pearce - the front cover item: sold at our auction of 9.11.2022 for $11,380. Six similarly defaced stamps from many Colonies were gifted by Perkins Bacon to Rowland Hill's nephew Ormonde Hill. This egregious error of judgment saw Perkins Bacon lose their stamp-printing contracts. According to our records, with the exception of the Trinidad 6d & 1/-, this appears to be the only other Ormonde Hill 'CANCELLED' stamp, of the 75 known, for which all six positions are now recorded. Peter Jaffé's two examples - Positions 2 & 5 - sold for $14,950 & $19,805 respectively. The 'Besancon' (I) example - Position 1 - sold for €8400.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$12,000

1855 London Printings 6d deep blue SG 3, margins just clear - at lower-right - to good, almost imperceptible crease in the margin at upper-right, unused, Cat £5500. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2010) "extremely rare".

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

1855 London Printings 6d deep blue SG 3 block of 4 (scarce), margins just shaved in a few places to large, ironed-out horizontal crease between the rows, circle-in-bars cancels of the GPO, Cat £720+, for singles.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1856-58 Adelaide Printings 1d yellow-green SG 6, margins close to good, minor blemishes, Cat £800. RPSofV Certificate (2007) as the then SG 5. Larger than Don Pearce's dated example that sold for $366. [We are pleased to see that Gibbons have now combined SG 5 & SG 6 - "green" & "yellow-green" - into a single entry, there being little difference in shade. Note also, that most examples in the market are, or are likely to be, SG 13 or 14 (now also amalgamated, as SG 13) with the roulettes trimmed-off. This situation means that genuine examples of the Imperf Adelaide Penny are much scarcer than the catalogue value would suggest]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1856-58 Adelaide Printings 1/- orange SG 12 horizontal strip of 3, margins just clear to good, diamond-numeral '1' cancels of Port Adelaide, Cat £1350+. A very scarce multiple. Ex Michael Blake. RPSofV Certificate (2024).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1858-59 First Rouletted 1d yellow-green SG 13 with rouletting on all sides, unused, Cat £1100. A very attractive example of this scarce stamp, that was absent from Don Pearce's collection. Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. RPSofV Certificate (2006). Note that, as with SG (5) & 6, Gibbons have now amalgamated SG 13 & 14 because the shades are very difficult to distinguish.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1858-59 First Rouletted Issue 1d yellow-green SG 13 with rouletting clear of the design on all sides, unused, Cat £1100. A very scarce stamp, that was absent from Don Pearce's collection. Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. RPSofV Certificate (1997), this one as the then SG 14. 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1858-59 First Rouletted Issue 1/- yellow-orange Printed on Both Sides SG 18a with the misplaced impression on the 'reverse' - portions of four units - orientated upright relative to the 'face', small separation fault at left, Cat £2500. Ex Dr Don Pearce. At least the equal of Gary Diffen's example, that sold for £1320.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1860-69 Second Rouletted Issue 1d deep green SG 23 with rouletting clear of the design on all sides, unused, Cat £750. A very scarce stamp. Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. RPSofV Certificate (2005). 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1860-69 Second Rouletted Issue 2d pale red, 4d dull violet & 6d violet-blue SG 24a 27 & 28, all with rouletting on all sides, on the 4d wholly clear of the design, unused, Cat £1000. Ex Wolfgang Kielmann. (3) 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1860-69 Second Rouletted Issue 2d pale vermilion SG 25 block of 4 being two rejoined horizontal pairs, full rouletting, large-part original gum, Cat £640+, for unused singles. Ex Dr Don Pearce. Michael Blake's superb mint block of 4 of SG 26, also Cat £640+, sold for $5125.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1860-69 Second Rouletted Issue 4d dull violet SG 27, well centred with rouletting clear of the design on all sides, virtually full original gum, Cat £225. Superb. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2014) states "superb example".

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1860-69 Second Roulettes 'TEN PENCE' in Black on 9d yellow with the Surcharge Inverted at the Top SG 37a with Overprint Sub-Type 3 ('T' of 'TEN' almost horizontal & 'N' of 'TEN' close to vertical), full rouletting and one of the few well centred examples, a little aged, 'G.P.O/NO10/69/ADELAIDE' cds largely clear of the surcharge, Cat £7500. Ex Dr Don Pearce. An attractive example of this famous error of which 'Shilling Violet' No 16 (Sep 1989) recorded a mere 15 known (not including Peter Jaffé's unique pair). More attractive than Michael Blake's off-centre example - the surcharge misplaced & partly off the stamp - that sold for $10,485.  

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500