1868-79 Large Star Watermark - Perf 11½-12½ continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1141 |
F |
 THREE PENCE: '3-PENCE' on 4d bright ultramarine as SG 68 but with Major Double Print that is obvious across the entire design,
thinned, part-cds. Unlisted by Gibbons. Ex Baron Ferrari de la Renotiere Seventh Sale 13-15.6.1923, part (!) of Lot 106, illustrated on Plate 3. Only one unused and four used examples have been recorded. This stamp is far more striking than Peter
Jaffé's and Michael Blake's very fine examples that sold for $719 and $2445 respectively.
There are many examples of South Australian stamps that exhibit 'kiss print' characteristics, and Gibbons state "we no longer list these". However, in de-listing these, Gibbons have also removed a few genuine 'Double Prints' - from sheets that
actually passed through the printing press twice - from their listing. This is one such stamp that should be reinstated.
Grade C (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1142 |
F |
 THREE PENCE: '3-PENCE' on 4d bright ultramarine as SG 68 but Rouletted, rouletting on three sides & cut from the sheet at right
largely clear of the design, indistinct Receiving Office numeral cancel. An extremely rare stamp that is listed in error by Gibbons as SG 67b 3d 'sky-blue' (Cat £1400). BPA Certificate (1965), which repeats the error.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$1,700.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1143 |
F |
 THREE PENCE: 4d deep ultramarine with '3-PENCE' in Black Surcharge Omitted SG 68c, minor separation faults at right largely clear of
the design, light 'WATERLOO/SA' cds, Cat £55,000. Ex WE Lyle, AE Fryar, Brigadier DAK Redman, Julian Beresford and Laurie Malin. BPA Certificate (1959). Gary Diffen's very fine example sold for £44,000.
One of the Crown Jewels of Australian Colonies philately!
The 4d with Surcharge Omitted is the great rarity of South Australia. Only three unused examples (one in the Royal Collection) and eleven used examples - four in institutions - have been recorded: see Geoff Kellow's illustrated census in 'Sydney
Views' (Nov 2011), where this stamp is listed as 'U6'. That leaves only two unused & seven used examples potentially available to collectors. This makes it significantly rarer than Western Australia's fabled 'Inverted Frame', Cat £180,000. To quote
Geoff Kellow: "If the Inverted Frame is Australia's classic & most famous stamp error, then following close behind is the South Australia '3-PENCE' on 4d with the Surcharge Omitted...[which] created the 4d ultramarine Error of Colour."
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$50,000
SOLD for AU$38,000.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1144 |
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 THREE PENCE: '3-PENCE' on 4d ultramarine SG 68 two singles on mourning cover to "Digby/Victoria", Port Adelaide cds of SP17/72,
Melbourne transit of SP20/72, 'HEYWOOD' transit of SE23/72 & part-'DIGBY' arrival backstamp of the same date, a couple of minor peripheral tears and a small cosmetic repair at upper-right (clear of the stamps, that have some lightly toned perfs). A
rare franking paying double the scarce 3d inter-colonial shipletter rate. [A 'scenic route' cover. Heywood is only 28km north of Portland, which is roughly equi-distant between Adelaide and Melbourne. Digby is 40km NNW of Heywood. The cover probably
returned by sea from Melbourne to Portland]
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1145 |
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 THREE PENCE: '3-PENCE' on 4d bright ultramarine SG 68 two unusually well centred singles on cover to Cornwall, GPO cds of OC4/77 &
very fine 'PENRYN/NO26/77' arrival b/s. Most attractive. Ex Wise (1943).
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1146 |
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 THREE PENCE: '3-PENCE' on 4d deep ultramarine SG 68 plus 6d indigo SG 74 on cover to Shropshire "via Brindisi", light '64' (inverted)
cancels & 'CLARENDON/MY20/73/S.A' cds, GPO transit & 'SHREWSBURY/ JL8/73' arrival backstamps. Very attractive: iIllustrated on the front cover of 'South Australian Numeral Cancellations' by Hugh Campbell & Don Pearce.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$480.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1147 |
P |
 FOUR PENCE: 4d plate proof in black Perf 11½-12½ on ungummed unwatermarked paper, corner block of 36 from the upper-right of the
sheet, generally very well centred, a few light bends and minor blemishes. A rare survivor & the first time we have encountered this proof, which is not recorded in 'The Empire in Australasia' by Robson Lowe. Our first thought was that this was a
perforation trial for the new Perf 11½-12½ machine. However, that may not be the case: the perfs are quite rough, indicating that the pins were significantly worn.
Grade A/A- (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1148 |
F |
 FOUR PENCE: 4d dull purple SG 70 from the base of the sheet with large Imperforate Margin at the Base, tiny thin spot, GPO cds of
MY25/68. Rare: absent from Gary Diffen's exceptional collection of Errors. RPSofL Certificate (2004).
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1149 |
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 FOUR PENCE: 4d dull purple SG 70 on double-rate cover, 'GPO/MR10/69/ADELAIDE' cds & part-'KAPUNDA' arrival b/s of the same day,
repaired opening tear across the flap. Solo 4d frankings are very scarce. Ex Harry Lower: sold for $256. [Kapunda was the site of a significant copper discovery in 1842]
Grade (A-) (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1150 |
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 FOUR PENCE: 4d deep dull purple SG 70 on double-rate cover to "Bishop & Warburton/Port Lincoln", small unframed 'G. P. O/ G
/SP10/72/ADELAIDE' cds & large 'P' handstamp found only on mail to Port Lincoln, arrival backstamp of SP11/72, part of the flap missing otherwise very fine.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$500.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1151 |
# |
 SIX PENCE: 6d bright pale blue SG 72, unused, Cat £700. A very scarce stamp. Superior to Michael Blake's unused example - "a little
soiled" - that sold for $490.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$3,200.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1152 |
G/F |
 SIX PENCE: 6d bright pale blue SG 72 block of 9, quite well centred, the upper-right unit with a small closed tear at the top
otherwise remarkably fine, Adelaide parcel-roller cancels, Cat £99++. A beautiful block that is the largest recorded used multiple. Ex Rev James Mursell and Colonel Harry Napier.
Grade A/B (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$4,200.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1153 |
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 SIX PENCE: 6d bright pale blue SG 72 with Grossly Misplaced Perfs and cut from the sheet at left & base to preserve the design, light
toning around the stamp, on mourning cover to "Portland/Victoria" endorsed "Via Melbourne", 'PORT ADELAIDE/AP14/69/SA' cds, Melbourne transit of AP17/69 & 'PORTLAND' arrival b/s of AP20/69, repaired opening tear across the flap just intrudes onto the
face. Only one other cover with SG 72 has been recorded: see the next lot. [The scenic route. Portland Bay is almost equi-distant between Adelaide & Melbourne but the coastal vessel presumably did not stop there]
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1154 |
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 SIX PENCE: 6d bright pale blue SG 72 plus De La Rue Rouletted 2d dull orange-red SG 153 x2 on cover to England "via Marseilles",
'ANGASTON/MR3/69/S.A' cancels, GPO transit backstamp & London arrival cds in red on the face, minor blemishes. An attractive mixed issue franking. Only one other cover with SG 72 has been recorded: see the previous lot.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$2,100.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1155 |
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 SIX PENCE: 6d Prussian blue SG 73, misplaced perfs at right resulting in an oversize stamp, large-part o.g., Cat £400.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$1,000.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1156 |
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 SIX PENCE: 6d Prussian blue SG 73 marginal example from the left of the sheet Imperf at Left plus Perf 10 1/- red-brown (weak corner
perf) on double-rate cover to England with 'VIA MARSEILLES' capsule amended by hand to "Brindisi", GPO cds of MR1/71 and 'KINGSTON- ON-THAMES/AP15/71' arrival backstamp, minor toning. Gary Diffen's example on 1874 double-rate long sea route cover (6d
x2) sold for £288.
Grade C (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1157 |
F |
 NINE PENCE: 9d bright mauve Printed on Both Sides SG 76a, the original impression on the 'reverse' is quite faint & upright relative
to the 'face', GPO cds of SP1-/7[3], Cat £900. Usage at the GPO between September & November 1873, and at Port Adelaide between October & November 1873, coupled with the difference in the quality of the original printings, indicates that at least two
sheets were affected. The faint 'Adelaide' impressions are significantly scarcer than the more obvious 'Port Adelaide' inpressions. Peter Jaffé's similar GPO example sold for $860.
Grade A (Image1)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1158 |
F |
 NINE PENCE: 9d bright mauve Printed on Both Sides SG 76a, the original impression on the 'reverse' is well-defined & upright relative
to the 'face', Port Adelaide cds of 73/OC10, Cat £900. Peter Jaffé's two similar Port Adelaide examples sold for $860 & $975 respectively. Harry Lower's similar stamp of the same date sold for $1395.
Grade A (Image1)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$900.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1159 |
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 NINE PENCE: 9d bright mauve Printed on Both Sides SG 76a, the original impression on the 'reverse' is quite faint & upright relative
to the 'face', on cover to London "via Brindisi" with GPO cds of NO5/73, three different London b/s all of DE22/73, the stamp has been lifted & hinged in place. A rare and truly remarkable franking. Ex Henry Frenkle.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
| 1160 |
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 NINE PENCE: 9d claret SG 75 on 1872 cover to Greenwich; 9d bright mauve SG 76 plus 6d Prussian blue for late fee on 1873 cover to
Gloucestershire with part-'MA[RINE PO]/ S-AUSTRALIA' transit & 'MORETON-IN-MARSH' arrival b/s, minor repaired tear; and 9d red-purple SG 77 pair on 1875 double-rate outer to Ayrshire with light 'ELDER SMITH & CO/ADELAIDE' cachet at lower-left & poor
'GREENOCK SORTING TENDER' transit backstamp; all endorsed "via Brindisi". Attractive trio, with the three listed shades.
(3)Grade A/B (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-08, 06:00 PM |
