Adelaide GPO: Beaded CDS 'GPO ADELAIDE/JU9/82/S-A' largely very fine strike on ½d Wrapper front with 'OS' overprint to Naracoorte, a few tonespots. Previously unrecorded: rated RRRRR. As Handbook #F2 & stated to be the only recorded example with dateslugs. [The Handbook illustration is partial only, indicating that this is an extremely rare marking in any state]

Grade C A1- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Adelaide Railway: squared-circle 'A[DE]LAIDE RLY STN/AU16/02/SA' very fine strike on Small 6d blue. This pattern is unrecorded in the Handbook: rated RRRRR.

Grade A A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Caurnamont: squared-circle 'CAURNAMONT/AP13/14/S.A' (ERD) very fine strike on 1d Kangaroo. Rated RRR. PO 1.3.1881; closed 30.6.1927.

Grade B A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Longwood: 'LONGWOOD/DE20/[10]/S-A' Squared Circle arrival on PPC from Renmark. Rated RRRR. PO 2.4.1898; RO c. 1911; PO 1.7.1927.

Grade A A1- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

New Luxemburg: squared-circle 'NEW LUXEMBURG/SE9/95/S.A' very fine strike on 2d orange & another slightly doubled-strike alongside on front to Woodside, minor blemishes. Rated RRR. PO 1.8.1895; closed 22.10.1896. [Goldmining]

Grade B A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

No 2 Lock: 'No 2 LOC[K]/20JE27/SA' (RO period) superb strike on 1½d Canberra. Underrated at R. RO 7.10.1924; PO 1.7.1927; closed 24.12.1927. [A very fine 1926 example sold at the Prestige auction of 12.6.2010 for $268]

Grade A A2+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

No 3 Lock (1): 'No 3 LOCK/4JL24/SA' (LRD) very fine strike on KGV 1½d red. Underrated at R: recorded for only 18 months. RO only 1.8.1922; closed 13.9.1924. [A very fine 1926 example sold at the Prestige auction of 12.6.2010 for $244]

Grade A A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Parrotts Hill: 24mm 'PARROTTS HILL/AU-/1869/S.A' largely very fine strike on 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d yellow SG 59. Rated RR. PO 1.5.1867; closed 1.4.1880.

Grade A A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Tod River: 'TOD RIVER/2MR22/S.A' untidy but obvious strike on KGV 2d orange. Rated RRRR. PO 2.2.1920; closed 14.11.1922. [Reservoir construction site 28km N of Port Lincoln. NB: Not to be confused with Todd River in the Northern Territory]

Grade A B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Yalpara: manuscript "Received from/Yalpara/24.11.07" across 1d & 2d pair on Shierlaw front. Rated RRRRR: unrecorded in the Handbook.

Grade B A1+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1908 Scenic Issue 1d 'CHAMPION/SHORTHORN' (bull) in purple-brown used at Adelaide with message from a sick child "...Doctor was wheeling me on the path...I tumbled out and hurt my foot..." The Holy Grail of South Australian postal stationery: only five examples recorded & only the second example we have offered in 40 years. [Nelson Eustis' used example sold in 2003 for $1165]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1908 Scenic Issue 1d 'WORLD'S RECORD 1992lbs DRESSED' (bull) in grey-blue, message headed "Temora School" & used with 'MONARTO' cds. Scarce. [Nelson Eustis' used example sold in 2003 for $333]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Imperfs comprising London Printings 1d, 2d single & superb strip of 4 and 6d x6 including a rejoined strip of 3; Adelaide Printings 2d single & strip of 5 (a bit cut-into), 6d slate-blue & 1/- orange x2 (one with 1858 cds in blue), all but the second 2d strip with full margins & very fine, Cat £3200+. (Qty 21)

Grade A-/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,400

Selection with London Printings 6d x2 and Adelaide Printings 2d & 1/- (cds in blue) all with full margins, Perf 10 1/- used strip of 3, Postage & Revenue 5/- & 10/-, and Thick 'POSTAGE' 6d to £1, a few minor problems, Cat £1900 approximately. (Qty 18)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1855 London Printings imperforate plate proof blocks of 4 on ungummed unwatermarked paper comprising 2d in black, 6d in blue marginal from the left of the sheet, and 1/- in black marginal from the right of the sheet with a few wrinkles, one 1/- unit just shaved at the base otherwise with full margins. (3 blocks)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1860-69 Second Roulettes 2d bright vermilion horizontal pair Imperf Between SG 26a, tiny & insignificant separation tear at U/L, 'NAIRNE/JY10/68/SA' cds, Cat £950.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1860-69 Second Roulettes 'TEN PENCE' in Black on 9d yellow with the Surcharge Inverted SG 37a, 'GPO ADELAIDE/OC13/69/SA' cds, Cat £7500. An iconic stamp. [Nineteen examples - including one on cover & Peter Jaffé's pair - have been recorded. Most have significant faults. This is one of the finest examples of this most famous of South Australian errors]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$7,000

1867-70 Perf 11½-12½xRoulettes 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d yellow Printed on Both Sides SG 59a, 'KADINA/ JU19/69/SA' cds, Cat £1300. Very scarce. [The 'Besancon' (I) example sold for SFr1028] Illustration above Lot 1434.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$850

1870-71 Perf 10 '3-PENCE' on 4d pale ultramarine SG 92, virtually full o.g., Cat £600. Superb!

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1871 V/Crown 4d dull lilac SG 111 horizontal strip of 3 with Watermark 'POSTAG...' across the three units, the central stamp with a Pre-Printing Paper Fold, 'GPO ADELAIDE/AP12/72/SA', Cat £975++. A rare multiple, especially with the marginal watermark.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1883-99 Bantam ½d imperf plate proof in green affixed to a GPO memorandum (133x207mm) with printed date 'June 12th 1882' & stating '...five specimens of the new...Halfpenny Postage Stamps, which have been issued during the present month' & inscribed to "The Postmaster-General/Cuba", faint blemishes. [Gibbons give the release date of SG 182 as 1.3.1883. This advice indicates the issue was 9 months earlier] The illustration is above Lot 1435.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1883-99 Bantam Perf 10 ½d brown horizontal pair Imperf Between SG 182a additionally with evidence of Double Perfs at Left, rounded corner at L/L, large-part o.g., Cat £1500+. [The very fine 'Besancon' II pair sold for SFr1452]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £5 brown SG 205, very fine strike of 'GPO ADELAIDE/OC26/5 45P/S A - [S AUSTRALIA]' duplex (Type DpxT-24 with 25mm datehead; 'R' & Year slugs omitted), Cat £1100+ for CTO. A very rare stamp with postal cancellation (and almost certainly cancelled per favor). David Brandon Certificate (1992).

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £10 bronze SG 206a, characteristic rough perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £9000. A very rare stamp.

Grade A B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$6,000

1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £15 silver SG 207a marginal block of 4 from the base of the sheet, CTO with the base of the Melbourne implement that is blank at the base, full unmounted o.g., Cat £10,000+. Superb! Ex Australia Post Archives Sale 1 (1987) & Ed Williams: sold at the Prestige auction of 26.1.2002 for $8400. [This was the highest denomination block released by Australia Post. It is highly unlikely any other blocks of this or the £20 exist]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$7,500