SOUTH AUSTRALIA continued...
OFFICIAL STAMPS - 'O.S.' Overprints - Thin 'O.S.' (Narrow Setting) continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1501 |
 / |
 1897-1901 TANNENBERG PERF 15: 5d brown-purple Coat of Arms SG O74 block of 9, well centred, some minor perf splitting/reinforcing,
large-part o.g. with a few units being unmounted, Cat £1170++, for mounted singles.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1502 |
 |
 1897-1901 TANNENBERG PERF 13: 2½d violet-blue Kangaroo SG O75 on OPSO cover with 'Post Office and Telegraph Department' imprint at
lower-left, tied by very fine strike of the 'CORRESPONDENCE OFFICE/NO11/97/GPO' cds in red with another strike alongside, to Massachusetts with faint London transit backstamp of DE20/97 & 'BOSTON/DEC31/18 97/MASS - RECEIVED/ 6 ' arrival backstamp,
the flap removed. A beautiful cover.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1503 |
/ |
 1897-1901 TANNENBERG PERF 13: 5d brown-purple Coat of Arms SG O76 block of 12 (3x4), well centred, a few faint tonespots, large-part
o.g., Cat £1560++, for mounted singles.
Grade A/B (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1504 |
F |
 1897-1901 TANNENBERG PERF 13: 5d brown-purple Coat of Arms with No Stop after 'S ' SG O76a, exceptional centring, light cds cancel,
Cat £300.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
OFFICIAL STAMPS - 'O.S.' Overprints - Thin 'O. S.' (Wide Setting)
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1505 |
/ |
 1899-1901 SMALL DESIGNS: ½d to 6d SG O80-85 blocks of 4, all but the 2½d are well centred, a few characteristic bends, most of the
lower units are unmounted, Cat £1200++, for mounted singles.
(6 blocks)Grade A/B (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$480.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1506 |
F |
 1899-1901 SMALL DESIGNS: ½d 1d 2d & 2½d (used) all with the Overprint Inverted SG O80a-83a, Cat £825.
Grade A (Image1)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$800.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1507 |
/ |
 1899-1901 SMALL DESIGNS: Post Office ½d bright yellow-green SG O80 marginal block of 30 (6x5) from the base of the right-hand pane,
the third unit on the last row [Pos 57] with No Stop after 'S ' SG O80b, a few faint tonespots, virtually full o.g. with most units being unmounted, Cat £825++, for mounted singles.
Grade A/B (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1508 |
/ |
 1899-1901 SMALL DESIGNS: 1d rosine SG O81 complete sheet of 120 (12x10) with Plate Number '2 at upper-left & upper-right and multiple
vertical lines in the left-hand margin from the plate having been reinforced, Value/Sheet Number '1d 621486' in Vermilion at upper-right, several units with Damaged 'O' or 'S', the fourth-last unit [Pos R57] with No Stop after 'S' SG O81c, most units
unmounted, Cat £3700++, for mounted singles. A rare survivor.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1509 |
/ |
 1899-1901 SMALL DESIGNS: 1d rosine SG O81 complete right-hand pane of 60 (6x10) with Plate Number '2 at upper-right and Value/Sheet
Number '1d 621189' in Vermilion at upper-right, Significant Displacement of the Overprints resulting in three units with 'O.' Only, several units with 'O. S. O.', several units with 'S. O. S.' and many with 'S. O.', well centred, most units
unmounted, Cat £1800++, for normal mounted singles. A remarkable pane. Gary Diffen's similar block of 24 (6x4) sold for £480.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$1,000.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1510 |
G/F |
 1899-1901 SMALL DESIGNS: 1d rosine with Misplaced Double Overprint SG O81b partial reconstruction of 19 singles from a 'block' of 36,
various squared-circle cancels including 'BLINMAN', 'MILANG', 'CHANDADA', 'YARDEA', 'MENINGIE' and 'THURINGA' all of March or April 1900, Cat £10,450 (£550 each). One of the most remarkable lots we have ever offered. Gary Diffen's single sold for
£168.
Grade A (Image1)
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Estimate AU$4,000
SOLD for AU$3,000.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1511 |
/ |
 1899-1901 SMALL DESIGNS: 2d bright violet, 4d deep violet & 6d deep blue SG O82 84 & 85 blocks of 30 (6x5) without margins, most units
are unmounted, Cat £5130++, for mounted singles.
(3 blocks)Grade A (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
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Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1512 |
|
 1899-1901 SMALL DESIGNS: 4d deep violet SG O84 horizontal pair (Cat £11 x50+ on cover) tied by 'REGISTERED ADELAIDE/SA' squared-circle
with 'CORRESPONDENCE OFFICE/GPO' cds alongside on printed cover for renowned French dealer A Forbin with Paris arrival backstamp, minor blemishes. Very attractive. The foreign letter rate was 2½d x2 + 3d registration. A very scarce franking.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1513 |
|
 1891 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' PERF 10: 2/6d pale violet SG O86, exceptional centring & freshness, large-part o.g., Cat £8500. Superb! Only
one sheet of 60 was issued. The 'Besancon' (II) example - "diagonal crease, one minor age spot, part o.g." - sold for SFr2660. The superb 'Yarramundi' example sold for $11,680.
Grade A+ (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$7,500
SOLD for AU$6,750.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1514 |
|
 1891 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' PERF 10: 5/- pale rose-pink SG O87, well centred & very fresh, light horizontal bends, large-part o.g., Cat
£9000. Only one sheet of 60 was issued. The very fine 'Besancon' (I) example sold for SFr8470.
Grade B (Image1)
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Estimate AU$5,000
SOLD for AU$5,500.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1515 |
TO |
 1891 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' PERF 10: 2/6d pale violet and 5/- pale rose-pink SG O86-87 lower-right corner pairs each with Plate Number
'1' and Value/Sheet Numbers '2/6 000055' in Green or '5/- 000050' in Violet, light horizontal bends, CTO with 'GPO ADELAIDE/ T4 / SE15/02/S.A' cds, Cat £28,000++, for normal singles. Only one sheet of 60 was issued. The very fine 'Besancon' (I) 5/- &
'Besancon' (III) 2/6d CTO singles sold for a combined SFr11,855.
These famous pairs are the only recorded multiples and, because only one sheet of each was printed, the only possible Value/Sheet Number examples. Ric Slade-Slade had pairs of both denominations. They passed into the 'Holding' collection but are
believed to have later been split into singles.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$30,000
SOLD for AU$23,000.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
OFFICIAL STAMPS - 'O.S.' Overprints - Block 'O.S.' (as used for Postal Stationery)
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1516 |
F |
 FIVE SHILLINGS: 5/- pale rose-pink, 'PARCEL PO ADELAIDE/SE3/91/[S.A]' cds. Unlisted by Gibbons. See 'The Empire in Australasia' at
page 146, and Ed Williams at pages 45-46, where this stamp is illustrated. For the reason for introducing this overprint, see page 14.
The is one of the great unrecognised rarities of Australian Colonies philately. It is believed that only 20 stamps were overprinted, of which four have survived, all of which exhibit similar centring, and all of which are cancelled in August or
September 1891.
There has been much (in our opinion unjustified) controversy in respect of this stamp. Its existence has been known of since the 1890s. Writing in Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal (Feb 1899 at page 127), the usually reliable commentator George Blockey
wrote that twenty stamps were overprinted with Block 'O.S.' in June 1890; that ten of them were issued in the same month; and the other ten were released in April 1891. If Blockey is correct, and we have no reason to doubt his veracity, the stamps
were overprinted 11 months before the Wide 'O. S.' 2/6d & 5/-.
In 'The Australian Philatelist' (Jan 1904), Blockey identified two postally used examples. In 'The Australian Stamp Journal' (Oct 1936), AE Fryar wrote "...The two stamps have since 1891 been in the possession of the same collectors...and were
acquired by me only a fortnight ago".
At the sale of the Fryar collection in 1955, the stamps were offered as a rejoined pair. 'The Empire in Australasia' (1962) listed the issue and stated "only two examples are known, both dated 13.8.91". They were priced at £30 each, compared with £25
for the Wide 'O. S.' 2/6d and 5/-, either unused or used. The pair is illustrated by Ed Williams at page 46. From Fryar, the pair was acquired by Henry Frenkle, and then by Peter Jaffé. At the Jaffé auction, the pair sold for $7865. The only other
recorded example, which has been expertised, was discovered after the publication of Williams' book. In 'Besancon' (III) it sold for SFr2300, and at our auction of 30.8.2020 for $4790.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$5,000
SOLD for AU$5,500.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
OFFICIAL STAMPS - Punctured 'OS'
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1517 |
|
 Selection comprising Thin 'POSTAGE' 3d 4d 8d 10d & 2/6d, being all the punctured denominations; Thick 'POSTAGE' Crown/SA 6d to £1 (ex
the 8d & unrecorded 10/-), being all the punctured denominations, plus a second shade of the 5/-; and Thick 'POSTAGE' Crown/A 3d x2 shades, 4d x2 shades, 6d, 9d x3 shades & 1/-, being all the punctured denominations except for the 2/6d; mostly
lightly mounted & generally very fine, Cat $2060. Jeff Harris' example of the £1 only sold for $640.
(23)Grade A/A- (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$2,200.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1518 |
|
 Thick 'POSTAGE' Crown/SA 8d dull ultramarine ACSC S47b on OHMS cover with PMG's Department imprint at lower-left, very worn
'REGISTERED ADELAIDE/MY30/14' cds & red/white R label (damaged), to Austria, unusually with no transit or arrival backstamps, pinholes at upper-left & a small nick at the base. Unpriced on cover in the ACSC, which prices the unpunctured stamp on
cover at $750. Punctured 'OS' is much scarcer.
Grade B55 (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1519 |
|
 Thick 'POSTAGE' Crown/A 4d dull orange on OHMS cover with PMG's Department imprint at lower-left, 'REGD ADELAIDE/18AU14/STH AUSTRALIA'
cds and red/white registration label (damaged), to Yorkshire with oval 'REGISTERED/26SP14/LONDON' transit backstamp, 'HULL' and 'BURSTWICK' arrival backstamps of the next day, minor blemishes. [The late use suggests that this may be from the final
printing on Thin Pre-Gummed Paper ACSC S41ba, Cat $125. However, it may be S40b, Cat $40; neither issue is priced on cover]
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
OFFICIAL STAMPS - Punctured 'SA'
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1520 |
D |
 1903 (Sep 15) Chief Secretary's Office printed 'CIRCULAR No 102' advising that from 1.10.1903, all official correspondence must be
franked with stamps "perforated with the letters SA" and that any normal stamps in hand should be exchanged for punctured stamps. An important original document.
Grade A (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
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