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LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

141

POSTAL HISTORY: 1858 (Feb 24) large-part Morteton Bay District entire to "Wangaratta/Ovens River/Victoria" with New South Wales Laureates 2d blue x3 singles with variable margins (the middle unit with four huge margins & frame-lines on three sides) tied by poor Rays '86', fair 'GAYNDAH/NSW' b/s alongside very fine 'SHIP LETTER/FREE/MA*12/1858/G.P.O.VICTORIA' transit and largely fine Crowned-Oval 'WANGARATTA' arrival b/s, a few light aging marks. The treaty rate was 6d per 1oz.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

142

POSTAL HISTORY: (March 22) cover to Italy with First Sidefaces 1d 2d pair & 6d tied by four strikes of Rays ‘165’ of Charters Towers with superb cds at lower-left & equally fine ‘REGISTERED/CHARTERS TOWERS’ handstamp in red at upper-left, Italian ‘AMBUL BOLOGNA/POTEBAN’ TPO, ‘CASABSA BELLA DELIZIA’ & ‘PILIMBERCO’ transit backstamps, light overall toning/aging that could be improved. The rate was 8d + 3d registration.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

143

POSTAL HISTORY: 1907 (July 3) to “US Collector of Customs/Honolulu/Hawaii" with 4-Corners 2½d violet/blue tied by Brisbane duplex, Honolulu machine arrival backstamp of AUG22/1907, a couple of minor blemishes. Scarce destination.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

South Australia

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144

Oddments with 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' £15 & £20 (with the Watermark Inverted) each with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, Thick 'POSTAGE' Crown/SA 9d with the Watermark Inverted mint single & used strip of 3, 1d Envelope fine unused, covers including 1879 'ROBE' to Yorkshire with Perf 10 Perkins Bacon 4d & De La Rue 2d, 1894 to New Caledonia, 1895 uprated Postal Card to Austria forwarded to Wurttemberg, 1903 from Germany with boxed 'REBUTS' h/s in red & returned with two German resealing wafers, etc. (12 items) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

145

1856-58 Perkins Bacon Adelaide Printing 6d slate-blue SG 10, margins good to very large at top (marginal?), light bars cancel, Cat £200. Superb: almost the equal of Don Pearce's example that sold for $679 in our sale of 9.11.2022 and superior to Harry Lower's large example - graded 'A' - that sold for $1630. This is a perennially underrated stamp, yet it is priced by Gibbons at only £20 more than the much more often-seen London Printing 6d deep blue SG 3. Our experience suggests that the ratio between surviving examples of SG 3 & SG 10 is at least 10:1.

Grade A+ (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 10] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

146

1868-79 Perf 11½-12½ '3-PENCE' on 4d deep ultramarine (unused), 4d slate-violet, 6d prussian blue, 9d bright mauve, 9d red-purple, 9d rose-lilac, 1/- red-brown & 2/- crimson between SG 68 & 86, large-part o.g., Cat £1390. (7)

Grade A/A- (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 68 & 86] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

147

1876-1900 Broad Star Perf 11½-12½ '8 PENCE' on 9d dull pale brown vertical pair Imperforate Between SG 120a from the right of the sheet with marginal vertical watermark lines, characteristic rough perfs, a couple of minor bends, large-part o.g., Cat £9500. Unique! Ex Gary Diffen: sold for £5400. RPSofV Certificate (2001). [It was stated in the Diffen catalogue "...this is the only major error not to feature in any of the great collections of South Australia". This pair was discovered in 1916 & listed by Gibbons from 1917]

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 120a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate AU$10,000

SOLD for AU$7,500.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

148

1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 14 plate proofs in lilac with 'TWO SHILLINGS/AND SIXPENCE' in bright blue or 'FIVE/SHILLINGS' in red lower-right corner blocks of 6 (3x2) each with Plate Number '1' on gummed unwatermarked paper, the 5/- with a patch of light toning at lower-right corner just intrudes on the corner stamp, full unmounted o.g. Superb. Ed Williams at page 7 states only one sheet of 60 units was printed for each denomination. Don Pearce's upper-right corner blocks of 4 - upper units lightly mounted - sold for $1795. (2 blocks)

Grade A-/A+ (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$1,250

SOLD for AU$950.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

149

1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 10 2/6d (short perfs at base) to £20 SG 195-208 with 12½mm 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, a few short perfs otherwise very fine & fresh, large-part o.g. & most are very lightly mounted. [This set is from the original printings. Much scarcer than the later printings that were reprinted specifically for overprinting 'SPECIMEN'] (13)

Grade A/A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 195-208] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate AU$800

SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

150

1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' 1/- brown vertical pair Imperforate Between ACSC S58ba (SG 288a),very lightly mounted, Cat $3500 (£3000+). Superb. Gary Diffen recorded eight pairs in private hands & stated "one is damaged and most exhibit slight imperfections". His pair sold for £1440. Ric Slade-Slade had a block of 4 but it has probably been split into pairs, and included in Gary Diffen's census.

Grade A+ (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 288a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate AU$1,500

SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

151

1906-12 Thick 'POSTAGE' CROWN/A: 9d brown-lake vertical pair Imperforate Between ACSC S52ba (SG 302a), lightly mounted, Cat $3000 (£2500). Ex William Frazer and Gary Diffen: sold for £1440. [The ACSC states ten such pairs have been identified, including in two blocks of 4 & a block of 8, which leaves only two others]

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 302a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate AU$2,000

SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

152

BOOKLETS: 1907 2/- (Post Office ½d two blocks of 6 & QV 1d rosine block of 18) ACSC B6(S)C (SG SB4), the first ½d block with the upper-right unit Officially Substituted (a variety rarely seen in booklets), minor blemishes on the covers, Cat $6000 (£7000). Absent from Dr Don Pearce's exceptional South Australia collection.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) SB4] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate AU$3,000

SOLD for AU$2,300.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

Postal History

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153

1905 (Nov 10) 'Port Victor, Adelaide' [sic] pictorial envelope (railway & jetties), to New York "via Sydney" with GPO ½d & 2d tied by 'GOODWOOD/SA' squared-circle, Adelaide & New York b/s, re-directed to Minnesota, a couple of minor edge faults.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

154

1909 (May 17)cover with Luth.[eren] Synod in Australia imprint at upper-left, to Germany with Tall Stamps 4d orange pair & ‘EUDUNDA/S.A’ squared-circle, scarce red/white R label endorsed “273/Eudunda”, Chemnitz ’arrival backstamp of 21.6.09, a couple of minor blemishes. The foreign letter rate was 2½d per ½oz x2 + 3d registration.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

Tasmania

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155

1853 Couriers 1d blue Early Imprssions as SG 2 but on unlisted Pelure Paper horizontal strip of 4, margins just clear to good with complete outer framelines at the base, minor faults that barely detract from the very fine facial appearance, light BN '59' cancels, Cat £6000+ (for singles). A rare multiple.

Grade A-/B (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [Australia (Tasmania) 2] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate AU$4,000

SOLD for AU$3,400.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

156

1863-71 Experimental Separations Perf 12 6d slate-violet SG 75 horizontal strip of 3, and 1/- vermilion SG 77 block of 8 (4x2), apparently unused but manuscript cancellations have been removed still scarce & attractive multiples. Separate RPSofV Certificates (2022) both state "cleaned". (2 items)

Grade (A) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Get Market Data for [Australia (Tasmania) 75] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

157

1870-71 Sidefaces Numeral Watermark De La Rue 'dummy' stamp in dull claret block of 4 on photocopied piece from the printers' ink recipe ledger inscribed "Tasmania Red", the last unit with a stain.

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

158

1891 Sidefaces 'TAS'-in-Bars Watermark ½d orange marginal Imperforate Pair SG 172a from the left of the sheet, large-part original gum, Cat £325.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [Australia (Tasmania) 172a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$160.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

159

1902-04 Pictorials V/Crown Wmk 2d violet Perf 12½ Imperforate at Base ACSC T30bb (SG 239 variety), roughly separated at the base, light crease, 'BURNIE/FE7/06/TASMANIA' cds, Cat $2000.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [Australia (Tasmania) 239 variety] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

160

1905-11 Crown/A Typographed 6d dull carmine Dilston Falls Perf 12½x11 ACSC T63 (SG 254b), well centred, the lower units are unmounted, Cat $3200++ (£1800++) for mounted singles. A rare multiple. (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [Australia (Tasmania) 254b] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate AU$850

SOLD for AU$650.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

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