THIN 'POSTAGE' PUNCTURED 'SA': Annotated pages with mint to 5/- & used to 2/6d, plus errors comprising Double Perfin mint 3d, 4d & 1/- pair, Inverted 6d used, Double Perfin One Inverted 2/6d mint, also some low values including 2½d used block of 4, generally fine to very fine. (58)

Estimate AU$400

THICK 'POSTAGE' PUNCTURED 'SA': 1904-11 Crown/SA 5/- SG 290 horizontal strip of 5, four strikes of 'ARLTUNGA/SA' squared-circle. Rare usage from what soon became a ghost town in the Northern Territory.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

THICK 'POSTAGE' PUNCTURED 'SA': 1906-12 Crown/A annotated pages with mint to 2/6d shades x3 & 5/- and used to 2/6d shades x2 including 3d strip of 3, 6d strip of 4 & 1/- strips of 3 x2, plus Double Perfins 4d & 9d mint and 1/- used, papers & shades identified, also 1905 Low Values including three errors, generally fine to very fine. (98)

Estimate AU$400

PUNCTURED 'OS': Annotated pages with Thin 'POSTAGE' mint 4d 8d & 10d and used 2/6d; Thick 'POSTAGE' Crown/SA mint 6d x2, 8d, 9d x2, 10d, 1/-, 2/6d & 5/- shades x2, used 5/- x2; Crown/A mint 3d x2, 4d x2, 9d, 1/- x3 & 2/6d (aged), and used including 1/- block of 4; generally fine to very fine, Cat $1500+. (60)

Estimate AU$500

1888-1913 Official mail mostly with 'O.S.' Overprints including 1888 with 2d & 4d to the Governor of Victoria, 1889 with 6d pale ultramarine pair to GB, 1898 with 2½d violet-blue pair & 'Imperial Pension Office' imprint to Chelsea Hospital in GB, 1913 front with Long Tom 4d punctured 'SA', etc; Education Department covers 1893 with 2d & '5D' on 6d, 1895 with '2½d.' on 4d pair and 1909 with punctured 'SA' 2d & 5d; stampless items with 'CORRESPONDENCE OFFICE/GPO' cds x2, or 'SECRETARY GPO/SA' cds, 1902 'RETURNED PAID LETTER' envelope with DLO cds (opened-out); condition rather mixed but most are good to very fine. (19)

Estimate AU$800

1890 cover endorsed "From Gunner J Woolley RMA [= Royal Marines Artillery] HMS Curacoa Australia" & counter-signed "IMRG" (Lieut Ian MR Grant), to London with South Australian 2d tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/ JY9/90/SA - S.AUST' duplex, 'LONDON-SE/ 10 /AU13/90' arrival b/s in red, repaired flap fault. Rare: the only sailor's letter from South Australia that we have offered.

Grade B

Estimate AU$1,000

1901 (July 13) Boer War usage of British 2d Registration Envelope to Largs Bay endorsed "From/Lt [?]/IBC" at upper-left, ORC 1d & 6d Surcharges tied by 'HEILBRON/ORC' cds, 'Passed Censor' h/s in violet, Cape Town transit & Adelaide arrival b/s of AU20/01, repaired flap fault. Boer War covers to South Australia are very scarce.

Grade (B) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

POSTAL CARDS: c.1891 skilfully rendered essay in India ink & China white for a proposed 2d issue, artist's pseudonym 'Finis Coronat Opus' at L/L, the reverse with a rough sketch for a different design & 'South Australia/POST CARD' heading slightly affected by a surface abrasion where removed from a backing page. Delightful! [Most so-called postal stationery essays from South Australia are amateurish efforts that can best be described as rubbish. This is an entirely different standard of work, offered at what should prove to be a very conservative estimate]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Box of covers mostly Tatts mail & Shierlaw fronts but many from other sources & lots of PPCs & Postal Cards (and a very fine 1d Envelope to Switzerland), apparently all-different CDS & squared-circles including a good number of scarce strikes, condition variable. Ex 'Tamiami'. (250+)

Estimate AU$1,000

Extensive collection in eight expensive Lighthouse binders with strength in material rated to RRR but including a good number of RRRRs & a few RRRRRs some of which are light or incomplete, mostly 1890s to 1912 but lots of earlier material as well, some duplication including on better stamps (noted a Postage & Revenue £1), condition variable. Ex 'Tamiami'. (1000s)

Estimate AU$4,000

Cannawigra: 'CANNAWIGRA/13DE36/SA' cds on KGV 2d red on piece. Rated RRRR. RO 10.9.1911; PO 1.7.1927; renamed Cannawigara PO circa 1941; closed 31.1.1947.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

DIAMOND NUMERALS: Annotated pages with many better including rated RR '16', '17', '21', '24', '34', '35', '38', '39', '86', '90', '93', '97', '99', '101', '104', '113', '119', '131', '143', '156', '158', '171', '181', '199' & '295' (all of these are very fine to superb strikes); RRR '84' (superb!), '111', '115', '147', '192', '207', '278', '286', '290', '299', '301' & '308'; RRRR '200', '220', '[2]30' & '282'; and RRRRRR apparent strikes of '194', '221' & '270'; some better stamps noted. A very good basis for expansion. Ex 'Tamiami'. (195)

Estimate AU$2,000

Attractive collection on Scott leaves with London Printings 2d & 6d, Adelaide Printings 1d 6d x3 & 1/-, 1868-79 4d mint pair, 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' 2/6d to £1 mint - the 15/- is Perf 10 - plus Perf 10 Original Printings set to £20 with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, Thin 'POSTAGE' mint to £1, Thick 'POSTAGE' mint to £1, Crown/A mint to 5/-, etc, a few problems in the earlies but then generally fine to very fine. (120+)

Estimate AU$2,500

High quality range of Perkins Bacon issues with Imperfs comprising London Printings 2d x3 (one an enormous stamp) & 6d, and Adelaide Printings 1d (superb!), 2d x13 including orange-red strip of 3 and blood-red singles x2 (both Ex Burrus) & superb strip of 3, two pages of First Roulettes including 1d x3, 6d pair & 1/- pairs x3, colourful Second Roulettes including 1/- brown rare block of 6, some later issues including 'OS' Overprints, and five reprinted die proofs in various colours, a few numeral cancels, generally very fine to superb! (140 approx)

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,750

Two volume mostly used collection with many pickings including a page of Imperfs, lots of Roulettes including better values, 1869 cover to GB with 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE/FINE' h/s & GB 'MORE/+ TO-PAY +' h/s, good range of Surcharges, 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' fiscal usages of 2/6d x4, 5/- x3, 10/- x5, 15/- & £1, Thick 'POSTAGE' to £1, many 'SA' & 'OS' punctures including Thin 'POSTAGE' 2/6d with Double 'SA', a page of plate proofs, selection of 'REPRINT' Overprints including 1/- violet & a few 'SPECIMEN' Overprints, etc, then an array of 'O.S.' Overprints including some varieties, postmark interest, condition variable but much is fine to very fine. (1000+)

Estimate AU$1,000

1855 London Printings 1d dark green SG 1, large even margins with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left, neat '1' cancel of Port Adelaide, Cat £500. Superb! BPA Certificate (1989).

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1855 London Printings 2d posthumous uncleared die proof of the defaced die in black on wove paper (67x81mm). A beautiful proof & exceptional exhibit item. [This die was rejected because of the "Knitting Needle" flaw through the Queen's Eye. Several impressions were "pulled" in 1931. Harry Lower's & Michael Blake's similar proofs sold for $3220 & $3335 respectively]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1870-71 Perf 10 '3-PENCE' in Red on 4d ultramarine SG 91, unusually well centred for this issue, unused, Cat £1600. A rare stamp unused. David Brandon Certificate (1992).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' page of 'SPECIMEN' Overprints from both perfs & with variations in size of the overprint comprising 2/6d x4, 5/- x5, 10/- x5, 15/- x4, £1 x6, £2 x3, 50/- x7 including a pair, £3 x4, £4 x5, £5 grey x6 (one with 'SPECIMEN' Inverted, & one with manuscript "Specimen", both rare), £5 brown x3, £10 x4, £15 x4 & £20 x4, condition variable but most are fine to very fine with large-part o.g. & the metallic colours are generally strong. An excellent study lot. (64)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 10 2/6d (no gum) to £20 complete with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint 12½x2mm, large-part o.g. & unusually fresh, Cat £1400. Ex 'Chartwell'. [These are original printings, not the reprints that were prepared for UPU distribution purposes & overprinted 'SPECIMEN'. NB: the £5 brown was not issued Perf 10] (13)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1906-12 Thick 'POSTAGE' Crown/A range to 5/- mint x4 including 3d Perf 11 ACSC #S37 (SG 298e) pair (a rare multiple, a little aged, Cat $4000+/£2000+) & 1/- horizontal pair with Double Perfs Between, some 'SA' punctures to 2/6d mint & used including 4d with Double 'SA', also 1/- punctured 'OS' mint & with commercial perfin 'DWM/LTD' used, etc, generally fine to very fine. Ex 'Chartwell'. (116)

Estimate AU$1,500

DEPARTMENTALS: Page of mostly black overprints for various users, some rated to RRR, condition variable. (35)

Estimate AU$500

REPRINTS: Perkins Bacon design with variations of the blank or filled value tablet in black x3 or vermilion. (4)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400