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10208 image1876/1900: 2 s. rose-carmine, wmk. Broad Star, perf. 11½-12½, large holes, an unused block of four, marginal at right, fresh and fine, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. Gi = £ 160+. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10209 image1876/1900: 6 d. bright ultramarine, wmk. Broad Star, perf. 10 x 11½-12½, an unused horizontal pair with horizontal perf. 11½ at top and perf. 12½ at base, good colour and very fine appearance, large part og. Cert. RPSV (2014).rnProvenance: Collection Michael Blake, Prestige, Melbourne, 7 Feb 2014, ex lot 1323. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10210 image1902/04: 1 s. dark red-brown, wmk. Crown over SA, perf. 11½ -12½, an unused vertical strip of three, variety "Imperforate between Horizontally", fresh and very fine, large part og. An attractive and rare multiple Gi = £ 4'000. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10211 image1868/76: De La Rue Die Proof for the 2 d. value, printed in black on glazed white card, handstamped "AFTER STRIKING" in black and dated "10 FEB 80" in blue. Fresh and very fine.rnProvenance: Collection Ron Butler RDP., Spink, London, 22 Sept 2004, lot 1392.rn (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10212 image1876/1904: 2 d. orange, perf. 10, a used horizontal strip of three, on 1879 cover to West Virginia, USA endorsed "via California", tied by Adelaide cds's (Sept 5) in black. Underpaid and struck with circular "DUE / 5" in black and USA Postage Due 5 c. brown applied and cancelled in manuscript. Reverse with Adelaide cds and San Francisco transit cds (Oct 8) in red. A most appealing cover. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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10213 image1881: De La Rue Essay for proposed ½ d. value, small sized and hand-painted in shades of emerald-green with lettering picked out in Chinese white on small thin card (25 x 28 mm.) dated at top "18.NOV.81" in manuscript. Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 6039. This Essay, whilst initially rejected, nevertheless formed the basis for the 1883 bantam ½ d. adhesive. Delightful, superb and unique.rnProvenance: RL, Melbourne, 5 Aug 1976, lot 63; Collection Harry Napier, RL, London, 26 Sept 1979, lot 1229. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10214 image1885: De La Rue Essay for the proposed 3 d. value, unadopted design, hand-painted in pale green & green on card (38 x 31 mm.) with lettering at top, SOUTH AUSTRALIA and Duty Plate picked out in Chinese white, dated "1 JULY 85" in manuscript at top. Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 6041. Beautiful and very rare.rnProvenance: RL, Melbourne, 5 Aug 1976, lot 64; Collection "Besançon", Corinphila sale 221, Zurich, 23 Nov 2017, lot 6271. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10215 image1885: De La Rue Essay for the proposed 6 d. value, unadopted design, hand-painted in pale mauve & mauve on card (28 x 32 mm.) with lettering at top, SOUTH AUSTRALIA and Duty Plate picked out in Chinese white, dated "1 JULY 85" in manuscript at top. This is the proposal example not retained in the De La Rue archives - see "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP page 6041. Beautiful and very rare.rnrnrn (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10216 image1886/96: 'Long Stamp' De La Rue imperforate Plate Proof for 2 s. 6 d. value printed in violet with Duty Plate in blue, an upper left corner marginal block of twelve (6 x 2) showing Plate Number "1" in margin on unwatermarked wove paper, pinhole in top margin, superb unmounted og. Illustrated in the "De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 6053. Ex the De La Rue archives. Rare and spectacular. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10217 image1886/96: 'Long Stamp' De La Rue imperforate Plate Proof for the 5 s. value in carmine on rose-pink horizontally laid paper, a horizontal strip of three, perf. 11½-12½, "Imperforate between Vertically" and perforated at right, with horizontal row of perfs. (11½) above the Duty Plate, showing "FIVE / SHILLINGS" printed four times, unused without gum. A most unusual Proof.rn (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10218 image1886/96: 'Long Stamps' £ 1 blue (two examples) and £ 2 Venetian red (2), used on large part of 1900 linen Parcel tag to the Royal Mint in Melbourne also franked with 5 d. brown-purple, 1 s. brown and 2 s. rose-carmine all tied by "WALLAROO" squared circle datestamps (Dec 27) in black. The reverse showing "without letter from" endorsement and oval "Wallaro Smelting Work" oval. A truly remarkable Exhibition piece.rnNote: The maximum weight the Post Office would accept was 11 pounds. In excess of that weight, the letter rate was applied to the entire weight of the parcel: in this case, the postage of £6/3s./5d. represents an inter-Colonial letter rate of 2 d. per ½ ounce x 739 for a parcel weighing 23 pounds. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10219 image1886/96: 'Long Stamps' £ 5 brown, wmk. Crown over SA, perf. 11½-12½, an unused horizontal strip of five, overprinted "SPECIMEN" in black (15 mm.), well centred and of fine colour, unmounted og. Most attractive and extremely scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10220 image1886/1896: 'Long Stamp' £ 10 bronze, wmk. Crown over SA sideways, perf. 11½ x 12½, an unused example centred to right, of fresh colour, large part og. Some blunted perfs. at base but a fine example of a very rare stamp. Signed A. Diena. Cert. BPA (2002) Gi = £ 9'500. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10221 image1890: South Australia Stamp Design Competition, an Essay for the ½ d. value showing Kangaroo and surrounding corners with Ship, Pick, Shovel, Stoop etc., and vignette of the 'Proclamation Tree', hand-painted in shades of blue on card (69 x 77 mm.), marked "Geometry" (entrant's pseudonym) in pencil at base and in ink on reverse. Unique, superb and most attractive.rnProvenance: Collection Harry Napier, 1976; Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 13-15 July 2005, lot 1077. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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10222 image1894: De La Rue Essay for the proposed 2½ d. value, largely as accepted, stamp-size and hand-painted and drawn on thick card (23 x 27 mm.) in India ink with the Red Kangaroo in black ink and in pencil Queen's head in ink and the tablets SOUTH AUSTRALIA and the Duty Plate picked out in Chinese white. Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 6049. Delightul and unique.rnProvenance: RL, Melbourne, 5 Aug 1976, lot 81; Collection "Besançon", Corinphila sale 221, Zurich, 23 Nov 2017, lot 6282. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10223 image1892: De La Rue Essay for the proposed 5 d. value, hand-painted on tracing paper (56 x 84 mm.) with the Shield and Arms in black ink and in pencil, the Arms and SOUTH AUSTRALIA legend and Duty Plate picked out in Chinese white. Dated at top in manuscript "JULY 12th 92". Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 6049. A glorious example of the artist's handiwork. Unique.rnProvenance: Collection "Besançon", Corinphila, Zurich, 28-29 Nov 2018, lot 3346. (Image 1)

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10224 image1902/04: 'Long Stamps' 3 d. olive-green, thin POSTAGE, wmk. Crown over SA, perf. 11½-12½, an unused example, marginal at right, variety "Imperforate between Stamp and Margin", superb appearance, paper adherence in margin only, part og. A rare stamp.rn (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10225 image1902/04: 'Long Stamps' 8 d. ultramarine, thin POSTAGE, wmk. Crown over SA, perf. 11½-12½; a used example showing variety "EIGNT for EIGHT" (Row 2, stamp 9), fresh colour, lightly cancelled in black. A very scarce stamp. Cert. RPSV (2001) Gi = £ 3'000. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10226 image1902/04: 'Long Stamps' 1 s. brown, thin POSTAGE, wmk. Crown over SA, perf. 11½-12½, an unused vertical pair, marginal from base of sheet, variety "Imperforate between Horizontally" and "Imperforate between Stamp and Margin", fresh colour, fine large part og. An exceptional and scarce pair Gi = £ 2'750. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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10227 image1904: 'Long Stamps' Thin POSTAGE 3 d. olive and Thick POSTAGE 8 d. ultramarine, used on printed OHMS envelope from the Posts & Telegrpahs Dept., sent registered to the philatelic dealer H. L'Estrange Ewen in Norwood, London tied by "Registered Adelaide" squared circle datestamps (Sept 2) and by oval "R". London arrival on reverse (Oct 22). A scarce and attractive cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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