OFFICIAL STAMPS - 'O.S.' Overprints - Thin 'O.S.' (Narrow Setting) continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1481 |
G |
 1891 DE LA RUE PERF 10: 1d dull blue-green with the Overprint Double One Inverted SG O54b, faults but presentable. Listed by Gibbons
but unpriced mint or used. Absent from Gary Diffen's collection, and believed to be the only recorded example.
Grade C (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1482 |
 / |
 1891 DE LA RUE PERF 10: 2d red-orange (not "orange-red" as in Gibbons) SG O55 block of 12 (6x2),well centred, large-part o.g. with
most units being unmounted, Cat £780++, for mounted singles. Superb.
Grade A+ (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1483 |
G |
 1894 DE LA RUE PERF 15: 1d dull blue-green with the Overprint Double SG O56a with the two impressions almost coincident, light duplex
cancel. Listed by Gibbons but unpriced mint or used. Absent from Gary Diffen's collection, and believed to be the only recorded example.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1484 |
F |
 1894 DE LA RUE PERF 15: 1d dull blue-green with No Stop after 'S ' SG O56b, light squared-circle cancel. Superb. Listed by Gibbons but
unpriced mint or used. Absent from Gary Diffen's collection, and possibly the only recorded example.
Grade A+ (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$500.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1485 |
/ |
 1895-96 DE LA RUE PERF 13: 1d dull blue-green SG O58 marginal block of 30 (6x5) from the top of the sheet also overprinted in the
margin, well centred, some minor perf separation/ reinforcing, large-part o.g. with most units being unmounted, Cat £1350++, for mounted singles.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$625.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1486 |
/ |
 1895-96 DE LA RUE PERF 13: 2d dull orange SG O59 gutter block of 48 (8x6) from the base of the left-hand pane plus the first two
columns from the right-hand pane, well centred, missing the left-hand margin but with complete Value/Sheet Number '2d 622642' printed across Plate Number '3' and also with 'O.S.' Overprints in the margin, light vertical bend across the third column,
large-part o.g. with most units being unmounted, Cat £2640++, for mounted singles.
Grade A-/A+ (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$1,300.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1487 |
F |
 1891-94 PERF 10: 6d blue with No Stop after 'S ' SG O62a, light duplex cancel, Cat £500. Gary Diffen's mint example sold for £360.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1488 |
/ |
 1895 NEW DENOMINATIONS PERF 10x11½-12½: 'Bantam' ½d brown SG O63 block of 12 (6x2) Perf 10 horizontally with the vertical perfs
alternating between 11½-12½ and 10, large-part o.g. with the lower units being unmounted, Cat £660++, for mounted singles.Grade A
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$1,100.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1489 |
|
 1893-95 PERF 15: 4d lilac SG O66 block of 9, well centred, some minor perf separation/ reinforcing, large-part o.g., Cat £900+, for
singles.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$350
SOLD for AU$675.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1490 |
|
 1893-95 PERF 15: 4d lilac with 'O.S.' Double One Diagonal SG O66a horizontal pair, well centred, large-part o.g., Cat £1100+, for
singles. A striking error. Superior to Gary Diffen's similar pair - the right-hand unit with rounded corner at upper-right - that sold for £480. Gary Diffen recorded only a block of 8, discovered in the late-1980s, later reduced to two singles and
three pairs.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$1,050.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1491 |
F |
 1893-95 PERF 15: 4d lilac with 'O.S.' Double One Diagonal SG O66a, GPO duplex cancel, Cat £500. Gary Diffen's similar stamp - stated
by him to be the only recorded used example - sold for £300.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$625.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1492 |
|
 1893-95 PERF 15: 6d blue SG O67 block of 9, minor perf reinforcing, large-part o.g., Cat £500+, for singles.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1493 |
|
 1896-99 NEW DENOMINATIONS PERF 13: 'Bantam' ½d pale brown with Overprint Triple Twice Sideways SG O68a horizontal pair, large-part
o.g., Cat £1000+, for mounted singles. An extraordinary and attractive error. Gary Diffen recorded only two pairs & a strip of 4: his pair - described as "deep brown" as listed in Gibbons - sold for £480. The 'Chartwell' pair sold for £720.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$850.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1494 |
|
 1896-99 NEW DENOMINATIONS PERF 13: 4d lilac with 'O.S.' Double SG O69a, minor perf reinforcing, large-part o.g., Cat £2000+, for
singles. Gary Diffen recorded only three mint examples: his single stamp sold for £288.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1495 |
/ |
 1891-95 SURCHARGES PERF 10: '2½d.' in Red on 4d green SG O71 corner block of 18 from the top of the left-hand pane, the first unit in
the second row with '2' & '½' Closer Together SG O71a, well centred, large-part o.g. with most units unmounted, Cat £970++, for mounted singles.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1496 |
|
 1891-95 SURCHARGES PERF 10: '2½d.' in Red on 4d green with Fraction Bar Omitted SG O71a, light ironed-out vertical crease, large-part
o.g. Listed by Gibbons but unpriced mint or used. Ex Friedrich Krichauff. Not previously seen by us, absent from Gary Diffen's collection, and possibly the only recorded example. Note that this error occurred only in the first Perf 10 printing of the
'2½d' on 4d stamps. Therefore, SG 229ba and 233a cannot exist, and should be deleted from the catalogue.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1497 |
G |
 1891-95 SURCHARGES PERF 10: '5D.' in Red on 6d red-brown with No Stop after '5D ' SG O72a, a few slightly trimmed perfs at upper-left,
Port Augusta squared-circle, Cat £250 for mint; unpriced used. Absent from Gary Diffen's collection.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1498 |
|
 1891-95 SURCHARGES PERF 10: '5D.' in Red on 6d red-brown with No Stop after 'S ' SG O72b, very lightly mounted, Cat £250. Superb!
Grade A+ (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$170.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1499 |
|
 1891-95 SURCHARGES PERF 10: '5D.' in Red on 6d red-brown corner block of 9 from the upper-right of the right-hand pane with two
examples of the No Stop after 'S ' SG O72ba on Row 2/6 and R3/4 (rounded corner at lower-left), a few faults in the margins, large-part o.g. which is a little aged, Cat £885++, for mounted singles. Ex Gary Diffen: sold for £348. Diffen stated that
this is the only recorded piece that proves the existence of the No Stop in two positions.
Grade B/C (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$500.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1500 |
 |
 1891-95 SURCHARGES PERF 10: '5D.' in Red on 6d red-brown SG O72 (Cat £20 x50+! on cover) + Perf 10 2d SG O55 x2 on printed OPSO cover
with boxed 'REGISTERED/No...' at upper-left & 'Education Department/SA' imprint at lower-left, 'REGISTERED ADELAIDE/JU1/93/ S.A' squared-circles & 'HINDMARSH/SA' arrival backstamp (affected by repaired opening tear), vertical fold well clear of the
stamps.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$260.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
