Album of mostly ordinary covers & Postal Stationery but including several Imperf 2d frankings (two with 'TOO LATE' h/s), 1875 to Scotland with 9d violet pair, 1891 (May 19) pre-UPU 2½d rate to Wales, 1892 registered to London with 1d x3 & Perf 10 2½d on 4d pair, 1891 uprated 1d Postal Card to Germany, 1898 OHMS with 'O.S.' 1d Perf 15 pair, etc, condition rather mixed. (95)

Estimate AU$500

1856 coastal shipping cover to Port Lincoln "Per Bandicoot" with London Printing 2d rose-carmine SG 2 (slight bend at upper-right otherwise very fine), dumb cancel & 'PAID/JA21/1856/=ADELAIDE SA=' cds in red, no arrival b/s. A neat little First Issue cover.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1862 (Sep 29) entire with Rouletted 1d pair (folded-over the top of the cover) & 'PORT-AUGUSTA' cds, 'MELROSE' b/s & light 'UNCLAIMED' h/s, with the Adelaide Dead Letter Office 'RETURNED PAID LETTER' Envelope in which it was sent back to the sender, minor blemishes. (2 items)

Grade B/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1867 cover to Scotland "Via Marseilles" with scarce franking of Rouletted 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d orange-red SG 35 tied by GPO cds, unusually fine.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1899 (Nov 6) OPSO cover with 'Police Commissioner's Office' imprint at lower-left, to British Guiana with rare franking of Perf 10 '5D.' on 6d brown overprinted 'O.S.' SG O72 (Cat £18 x50+ on cover) tied by GPO cds, 'VICTORIA/BC' squared-circle transit b/s & 'GEORGETOWN/DEC29/B.GUIANA' arrival b/s, central fold & minor repaired tears at the top well clear of the stamp. Ex Anthony Presgrave. A remarkable destination & stated to be one of only three covers recorded with this stamp.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1910 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau OHMS mourning cover to Melbourne with Long Type 4d punctured 'OS' paying 2d per ½oz rate x2 tied by Adelaide cds of SE6/10, Melbourne Letter Carrier Room arrival b/s.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

POSTMARKS: Diamond-Numeral '260' of Franklin Harbour very fine strike on apparently Imperf 6d slate-blue. Rated RRRR. [Considering that Franklin Harbour opened only in 1867 & Roulettes were introduced from 1858, this stamp has almost certainly had roulettes trimmed-off]

Grade A? A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Collection on Scott pages with London & Adelaide Printings sets, Second Roulettes 1d & 6d both apparently unused, 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' 2/6d & 5/- mint plus 15/- & £1 CTO, Thin 'POSTAGE' mint to 10/- plus £1 CTO x2, Thick 'POSTAGE' mint set to £1, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (160+)

Estimate AU$1,500

Old-time collection with a page of Imperfs including London Printing 1d green pair mostly cut-into, range of Roulettes, very fine '3-PENCE' in Red on 4d, 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' 2/6d x3 & 5/-, Thin 'POSTAGE' to 5/-, Thick 'POSTAGE' to 2/6d x3 plus mint 5/-, Bantam ½d brown mint block of 10 with Printing Flaw across Six Units etc, a few better postmarks including Numeral '7' & '21' large 'ORRIE COWIE' cds & superb 'WOODCHESTER' cds. (280 approx)

Estimate AU$600

Useful collection with some earlies including Second Roulettes 2d & 4d unused & 2/- mint, '3-PENCE' in Red on 4d (possibly unused), then mostly mint including 50/- £4 & £15 with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, Thin 'POSTAGE' to 5/-, Thick 'POSTAGE' to 5/- x2, 'O.S.' Overprints to 2/-, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (140+)

Estimate AU$800

Surcharges selection on exhibit pages with '8 PENCE' on 9d various printings x6 plus two covers to GB, 'HALF/PENNY' on 1d mint block of 18 (6x3) & rare usage on Wrapper front to London (stated only four covers recorded), '2½d' on 4d range including Closer Fraction in Perf 10 & 15 mint blocks of 4, '5D' on 6d pair + 2d on 1892 stained cover to Melbourne, etc, also some 'O.S.' Overprints including '2½d' on 4d pair on registered Education Department cover, condition a bit mixed. Ex Anthony Presgrave, as are most of the other Surcharged stamps offered in this section. (69 + 6 covers)

Estimate AU$750

1855-59 Imperforates comprising London Printings 1d dark green x13 including two pairs (one pair on part-outer to which it doesn't belong), 2d red x43 including three pairs (one with major Re-Entry, on piece) & major Pre-Printing Paper Fold, and 6d deep blue x44 - one apparently unused but cut very close - including a pair; Adelaide Printings 1d yellow-green x5 (one apparently unused but 'played-with'), 2d red/orange-red x17, 2d blood-red x7, 6d slate-blue x10 (one a superb example but with 1865 cds so almost certainly with roulettes trimmed-off) & 1/- orange x9 (some of which have probably had roulettes trimmed-off), condition variable but many are fine to very fine with full margins, some Diamond-Numeral cancels including '14' (rated RR), '54' (R) & '109' (R), Cat £30,000+ (not including the 'unused' Penny). (130)

Estimate AU$5,000

1855-59 Imperforates London Printings 1d x3, 2d x5 (one with cancel removed), 6d x7 & 1/- violet with 'REPRINT' Overprint; Adelaide Printings 1d x2 (both dubious), 2d shades x24 - one apparently unused - including a strip of 3, 6d x3, 1/- red-orange & 1/- orange x2; a few numeral cancels, condition rather mixed, Cat £7000+ (not including the SG 5/6 duo). (48)

Estimate AU$750

1855 London Printings 1d dark green SG 1 horizontal pair, margins close to good, Diamond-Numeral '1' cancel of Port Adelaide, Cat £1000+.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$550

1858-69 Rouletted Issues First Roulettes 1d x3, 2d x6 (one with superb '123' cancel), 6d x2 & 1/- x3; Second Roulettes 1d unused x4 & used x32 including two pairs, 2d unused & used x50 approximately, 4d x7 including a pair, 6d x34, 9d grey-lilac unused x6 & used x4 including with a Pre-Printing Paper Fold, 'TEN PENCE' on 9d red-orange unused & used x14, 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d yellow x3 & in Black on 9d yellow x2, 1/- yellow x7, 1/- brown x11 & 2/- x3, condition variable but many are fine to very fine, Cat £6000 approximately. (190 approx)

Estimate AU$1,500

1860-69 Second Roulettes 1d yellow-green SG 19, 2d pale vermilion SG 25, 4d dull violet SG 27, 9d grey-lilac SG 34, 'TEN PENCE' on 9d orange-red SG 35 & 1/- yellow SG 38, mostly with large-part o.g., Cat £2500.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1860-69 Second Roulettes 'TEN PENCE' on 9d orange-red, in Blue on 9d yellow & in Black on 9d yellow SG 35-37 complete reconstructions of the six sub-types of the overprint, a few minor problems but generally fine to very fine, Cat £960++. A very difficult group to assemble. (18)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1860-69 Second Roulettes 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d orange-red SG 35 with Defective Surcharge ('[ ]EN PENCE' Error), light GPO cds of 67/MR29. A striking error that we have not previously encountered.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1860-69 Second Roulettes 'TEN PENCE' in Black on 9d yellow Surcharge Inverted (at Top) SG 37a, rouletting on all sides (slightly into the design at places), very fine GPO cds of OC--/69 clear of the surcharge, Cat £7000. An attractive example of this famous error of which Shilling Violet No 16 (Sep 1989) noted the existence of a mere 15 examples (not including Peter Jaffé's unique pair). RPSofL Certificate (1934). [The Frazer/Lionheart example - with the overprint obscured by the Adelaide cds - sold in 2005 for $4945. Harry Lower's example with small thin & professionally repaired sold at the Prestige auction of 12.5.2007 for $5750. Michael Blake's very fine but poorly centred example sold at the Prestige auction of 7.2.2014 for $10,350]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

1860-73 Ten Pence Surcharges Rouletted on 9d orange-red with Broken 'T' of 'TEN', Perf 11½-12½xRouletted on Yellow, Perf 11½-12½ on Yellow on Crown/SA Watermark SG 78a (cut-into at top: a rare & underrated stamp), and Perf 10x11½ on Yellow with Double Perfs at the Top, Perf 10x11½ on 1881 cover to France ('enhanced' address), minor blemishes, Cat £1800+ plus the cover. (4 + cover)

Estimate AU$600

1867-70 Perf 11½-12½xRoulette 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d yellow SG 59, 1868-79 Perf 11½-12½ in Blue and in Black SG 78 & 79, and Perf 10x11½-12½ in Black SG 107 (one a huge stamp) complete reconstructions of the six sub-types of the overprint, a few minor problems but generally fine to very fine, Cat £1260++. Another very difficult group to assemble. (24)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1868-79 Perf 11½-12½ 1d SG 64, '3-PENCE' on 4d SG 68, 9d SG 76 77 & an intermediate shade, 1/- SG 82 & 2/- SG 87, large-part o.g., Cat £1140. (7)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1868-79 Perf 11½-12½ 1d x5, '3-PENCE' on 4d x4, 4d x4, 6d x5 (one a striking Double Print), 9d x6, 'TEN PENCE' on 9d yellow x4, 1/- x7 & 2/- x6 including SG 85; Perf 10 1d, '3-PENCE' in Red on 4d x5 (one unused, a bit aged) & in Black on 4d x5, 4d x2, 6d x3 & 1/-; and Perf 10x11½-12½ etc 1d x13 (one unused), '3-PENCE' on 4d x2, 4d x7, 6d x13 (one unused), 'TEN PENCE' on 9d x7 (one unused & one mint) & 2/- x3, generally fine to very fine, Cat £5000 approximately. (103)

Estimate AU$1,250

1868-79 Perf 11½-12½ '3-PENCE' on 4d Prussian blue SG 66, tiny thin spots, superb 'GAWLER/FE7/71/SA' cds, Cat £850.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1868-79 Perf 11½-12½ '3-PENCE' on 4d Prussian blue SG 66, well centred, indistinct cancel, Cat £850.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500