Datestamps and other Town Markings continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2481 |
 |
 Penwortham (2): Mordan-type 'PENWORTHAM/JU8/1858/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA=' (rated RR; the only recorded example on cover) largely very fine
strike on cover to England with Perkins Bacon London Printing 6d deep blue SG 3 (three margins, a little cut-into at left) tied by indistinct Diamond Numeral '81' cancel, GPO transit backstamp of the next day, light London arrival cds of AU14/58 on
the face, light overall soiling/toning. PO 1.1.1856.
Grade C A1- (Image1)
(Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 3] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$240.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2482 |
= |
 Pichi Richi: framed 23mm 'PICHI RICHI/JA18/79/S-A' (rated RRRRR; ERD) very fine strike on piece. PO 1.4.1878; closed 31.8.1879. Open
for only 17 months but the cds is recorded for only seven months. [Located on the most difficult section of the North-South Railway, through the Flinders Ranges. Today the Pichi Richi Railway is a popular tourist attraction]
Grade A A1 (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2483 |
|
 Point Pass: unframed 20mm 'POINT PASS/JY4/76/S-A' (rated C, but only one other recorded example on cover) very fine strike on cover to
Adelaide with Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ 6d Prussian blue (faults) tied by illegible Diamond Numeral '289' cancel, curved 'REGISTERED/No ("287")' handstamp & light 'RAILWAY/ JY4/76/S-A' (F1-5; RR) transit backstamp, minor faults. PO 1871. [The
addressee, Charles Whitmore Babbage, was an artist & early photographer]
Grade B A1- (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2484 |
|
 Port Elliot: Mordan-type 'PORT-ELLIOT/SP9/1857/=STH-AUSTRALIA=' (rated R) fine strike on large-part outer to Adelaide with Perkins
Bacon Adelaide Printing 2d blood-red (margins just touching - at upper-right - to good) tied by fine Diamond Numeral '70' cancel, GPO arrival backstamp of SP10/1857, light filing fold across the cds. PO 1.5.1852.
Grade A- B1 (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$120
SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2485 |
|
 Port Germein: manuscript "Pt Germein" between pen-stroke 'bars' tying De La Rue 2d violet & Tall Stamps Thin 'POSTAGE' 3d olive-green
to Tatts cover to Hobart, superb curved 'REGISTERED/No ("207")' handstamp, Hobart arrival backstamp of AU14/1903, repaired spike-hole. The only recorded example: illustrated in the Handbook.
Grade (A-) A1 (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2486 |
|
 Port Lincoln: unframed 21mm 'PORT-LINCOLN/MY27/64/S,A' largely very fine strike on cover to "Park Side/near Adelaide", Perkins Bacon
Rouletted 2d orange with very fine Diamond Numeral '80', GPO backstamp but no Parkside arrival despite the PO having opened in 1859.
Grade B A1- (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2487 |
= |
 Prince Alfred Mine: framed 23mm 'PRINCE ALFRED MINE/..../73/S-A' (faint date; rated RRRRR) light but wholly legible strike on piece
with Perkins Bacon Irregular Compound Perf 11½-12½x10x11½-12½x11½-12½ 1d deep green tied by indistinct Diamond Numeral '199' cancel (rated RR). PO 13.7.1872; PO 1.4.1876. Numeral '199' had previously been used at Dashwood's Gully 1863-67. [Copper
mining]
Grade A B1 (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$725.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2488 |
|
 Quorn: framed 'Q U O R N/DE1/80/S[A]' with Round 'Q' & 'O' and Wide 'R' & 'N' (rated RRRRR; the later of only two recorded strikes)
largely very fine large-part strike on De La Rue 2d orange on cover with 'PORT AUGUSTA' arrival backstamp, light horizontal bend crosses the stamp. PO 1.8.1878.
Grade B A2- (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2489 |
S |
 Railway: unframed 25mm 'P.O. RAILWAY/JY18/1864/ 3 /S . A' (UF3-2; rated RRRR) very fine almost complete strike & a lesser overlapping
strike on Perkins Bacon Rouletted 2d vermilion pair (minor separation faults). Service commenced 1.9.1863.
Grade B A2 (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2490 |
= |
 Rapid Bay (1): Mordan-type 'RAPID-BAY/MY5/1859/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA=' (rated RRR) largely very fine strike on large piece to Adelaide with
Perkins Bacon Rouletted 2d orange (base eaten-away by silverfish) tied by very fine Diamond Numeral '76' cancel (RR), horizontal filing fold across the cds. PO 1.3.1854; closed 5.1.1860, and the numeral transferred to Roseworthy where it is recorded
until 1868, so usage at Rapid Bay must be much scarcer.
Grade B A1- (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$1,350.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2491 |
= |
 Redbanks: unframed 21mm 'REDBANKS/MR10/00/S-A' (rated RRR) superb strike on piece with De La Rue 1d pink & 2d violet x2 tied by
well-worn '272' cancels (RR). PO 1.11.1868.
Grade A A1+ (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2492 |
|
 Redruth: unframed 24mm (not 25mm as in the Handbook) 'REDRUTH/JY20/1870/=S.A=' (rated RRR; LRD) largely very fine strike on cover to
Adelaide with De La Rue Perf 10 2d orange tied by very fine Diamond Numeral '187' (RRR; the only recorded example on cover), largely very fine unframed 20mm 'P - O/ 2 /JY20/70/RAILWAY' transit backstamp (RR), significant repaired tear at the base. RH
1858; PO 1863; closed 30.9.1905. An exceptional cds/numeral 'tie': illustrated in the Handbook. Ex John Bell: sold at our auction of 14.11.2014 for $623.
Grade (B) A1 (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$1,300.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2493 |
S |
 Rice's Creek: framed 20mm 'RICES [CRE]EK/OC17/78/S-A' (rated RRRRR; the only recorded strike) light but clear strike on De La Rue Perf
10 2d orange (faults). PO 1.9.1872; closed 1.2.1879.
Grade C A2- (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$250.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2494 |
S |
 Road Mail North-East (1): unframed 25mm 'ROA[D M]AIL N EAST/FE15/1868/ 2 /S.A' (rated RRRRR; the only recorded strike) largely very
fine strike on Perkins Bacon Rouletted 2d vermilion. Stagecoach service, commenced 1.1.1867; terminated 1870. An exciting recent discovery, not recorded in the Handbook.
Grade A A2- (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2495 |
|
 Road Mail North-East (2): framed 23mm (not 24mm as in the Handbook) 'N.E.ROAD MAIL/FE18/75/S-A' (rated RRRR; recorded two years only)
two very fine strikes on cover to Adelaide with De La Rue Perf 10 2d orange, to "Loyal Albion Lodge" with very fine GPO arrival backstamp of the same date. Stagecoach service between Adelaide & Mount Pleasant from 1.1.1867 until 1870. Apparently
re-opened circa 1873 with dates recorded OC-/73 to OC1/75. This is the strike illustrated by Martin Walker & in the Handbook. One of the most desirable datestamp covers of South Australia.
Grade A A1 (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$850.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2496 |
S |
 Road Mail South: unframed 25mm '[ROAD] MAIL SOUTH/NO25/1867/S.A' (rated RRRR) largely very fine strike on Perkins Bacon Rouletted 2d
vermilion. Stagecoach service, commenced 23.3.1864; terminated circa 1878.
Grade A A2- (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2497 |
|
 Robe: Mordan-type 'ROBE/NO12/1861/=SOUTH AUSTRALIA=' cds (rated RR) very fine strike & almost as fine Diamond Numeral '58' tying
Perkins Bacon Rouletted 2d pale red to cover to "Richd Hicks/City Chambers/Adelaide" endorsed "per Overland Mail", unusually with no arrival cds but docketed "Recd 21.11.61" at left. Renamed from Guichen Bay -.6.1847. [Established in 1840, the City
of Adelaide was the first municipal authority in Australia. The only reference we could find to a "Richard Hicks" was to a delinquent debtor, so the addressee was probably not the Town Clerk]
Grade A A1 (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$175
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2498 |
S |
 Rockford (2): squared-circle 'ROCKFORD/JU25/--/S-A' (rated RRRR) very fine large-part strike on De La Rue Perf 15 2d orange. PO
23.5.1892; renamed Mylor 9.5.1894.
Grade A A2 (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2499 |
|
 Roseworthy: unframed 25mm 'ROSEWORTHY/FE11/1868/S . A' (rated RRRRR; ERD; the only recorded example on cover) light but obvious strike
on front from an entire with Perkins Bacon Rouletted 2d orange (oxidised) tied by illegible Diamond Numeral '76' cancel. TO 1861; PO 1862. Numeral transferred from Rapid Bay. [A far superior strike to that illustrated in the Handbook]
Grade A- B1- (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
| 2500 |
= |
 Sandergrove (1): unframed 25mm 'SANDERGROVE/NO23/1859/S-A' (rated RRRR; ERD; recorded 13 months only) largely fine complete strike on
piece. PO 1.1.1858; closed 22.12.1897.
Grade A- B1 (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-05, 06:00 PM |
