South Australia continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3238 |
P |
 1868-76 De La Rue 1d perforated colour trial on gummed unwatermarked paper in blue-green (close to the approved colour) complete pane
of 60 (6x10) from the right of the sheet, a couple of minor blemishes in the margin at lower-right otherwise superb, full unmounted original gum. Ex Dr Don Pearce.
Grade A/A+ (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3239 |
P |
 1883-99 New Denominations 3d in black on highly-surfaced card (91x60mm), handstamped '16OCT85' & 'BEFORE/HARDENING'. Rare and superb.
Ex Peter Jaffé: sold for $1395, and Dr Don Pearce.
Grade A+ (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3240 |
P |
 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Imperforate undenominated plate proof in lilac lower-left corner block of 10 (5x2) on gummed unwatermarked
paper with Plate Number '1' at lower-left, virtually full original gum with most units being unmounted. Superb. Ex Dr Don Pearce. Jeff Harris' lower-right block of 8 (4x2) sold for $830. Ed Williams states only two sheets (120 units) were printed.
This block is illustrated by him at page 6.
Grade A+ (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$800
SOLD for AU$675.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3241 |
P |
 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' 5/- in carmine-pink on ungummed pink laid paper with the Value Printed Five Times (Three Times in the
Tablet, and Twice Inverted at the Top), Perf 11½-12½ on three sides & imperforate at right. Almost certainly a trial by the printer, who had not previously used the keyplate process, to correctly align the duty plate. Ex Dr Don Pearce. Ed Williams at
page 8 "About ten copies are known to the writer, including one pair and a strip of 3". Jeff Harris' example sold for $875. An example imperf on both sides sold at our auction of 14.8.2004 for $1415.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3242 |
P |
 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' 5/- in carmine-pink on ungummed pink laid paper with the Value Printed Four Times (Three Times in the
Tablet, and Once Inverted at the Top), Perf 11½-12½ at top and base & imperforate at the sides with an Additional Horizontal Line of Perforations below the 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Tablet, minor blemishes. Ex Dr Don Pearce. Ed Williams' similar example
but with the additional perforations above the value tablet sold for $622.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3243 |
E |
 1884-96 Tannenberg original handpainted stamp-size essay by Maximilian Tannenberg for the Coat of Arms design in India ink with
Chinese white highlights on thin card (24x27mm), closed tear intrudes on the top of the Queen's head. Beautiful & unique. Ex Dr Don Pearce. Illustrated in 'The De La Rue Collection' at page 6049. The similar 'Besancon' (I) artwork for the 2½d value
sold for SFr1800.
Grade (A-) (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3244 |
 |
 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 8d ultramarine with 'EIGNT' for 'EIGHT' in upper-right corner block of 4 with Plate Number '1' ACSC S26cza (SG
272a), a few split/reinforced perfs in the upper margin, lightly mounted, Cat $4000 (£2500+) in a footnote. Ex Julian Beresford and Dr Don Pearce. Michael Blake's - ink notation in the margin - and Gary Diffen's blocks of 4 sold for $2475 & £1680
respectively.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 272a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3245 |
G |
 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 8d ultramarine with 'EIGHT PENCE' 16½mm Long and 'EIGNT' for 'EIGHT' ACSC S26c (SG 272a),
'ANGASTON/AP26/04/[SA]' squared-circle cancel well clear of the error, Cat $3000 (£3000). Ex Dr Don Pearce. This famous error occurred on [Pos 19; R2/9] in the sheet. The Post Office stated that some 50 examples had been sold before the error was
noted. The offending unit was then removed from the remaining sheets, which were issued with [Pos 19] blank & a normal single lightly tacked in the margin! The intercepted errors were officially incinerated.
The ACSC states "it is much rarer used than mint, with probably less than 10 examples known". Gary Diffen recorded 12 used examples: his very lightly cancelled stamp sold for £1200. William Frazer's example sold for £2520. Jeff Harris' stamp sold for
$2795, & another example sold at our auction of 10.4.2010 for $2990. The two examples in the 'Yarramundi' Collection sold for $4790 and an extraordinary $8385 respectively.
Grade A (Image1)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3246 |
 TO |
 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 8d ultramarine with 'EIGHT PENCE' 16½mm Long and 'EIGNT' for 'EIGHT' ACSC S26c (SG 272a), CTO with large-part
original gum, Cat $3000 (£3000). Ex Henry Harvey, Michael Blake and Dr Don Pearce. RPSofL Certificate (1926) signed by "ED Bacon" states "...apparently obliterated as a specimen copy".
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3247 |
|
 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 9d bright reddish pink (aniline) vertical pair Imperforate Between ACSC S27ba (SG 273a), lightly mounted, Cat
$3000 (£3750). Ex Dr Don Pearce. Absent from Gary Diffen's exceptional collection of Errors: he has recorded five pairs plus another in the Royal Collection. Michael Blake's pair sold for $6200. [This error is from a different sheet from the
Imperforate Between & at Base error ACSC S27bb]
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3248 |
/ |
 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 1/- brown with 'POSTAGE' & 'ONE SHILLING' in Brown-Red SG 275c lower-left corner block of 4 with Plate Number
'1' ACSC S30Azc, the lower units are unmounted, Cat $8000+ (£5600+), for mounted singles. Superb. Ex Dr Don Pearce. JRW (Bill) Purves recorded only three mint multiples: a block of 4 (Ex Ed Williams, sold 20 years ago for $9055, and again Ex Ron
Butler, sold for £6960); a block of 12 (almost certainly now dismembered); and this plate number block.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 275c] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$7,500
SOLD for AU$5,750.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3249 |
|
 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 1/- brown vertical pair from the base of the sheet Imperforate Between & at the Base ACSC S30Bbb (SG 275b),
faint diagonal bend, lightly mounted, Cat $2500 (£2750). Ex Dr Don Pearce. The ACSC states "Ten pairs exist; one is in the Royal Collection". In fact, four of the pairs are in two blocks of 4. Michael Blake's pair - rough perforations & small hinge
remainder - sold for $2975. The 'Chartwell' pair sold for £1560.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 275b] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3250 |
|
 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' 6d blue-green SG 284 marginal horizontal pair from the base of the sheet Imperforate at Base ACSC S42b,
ironed-out horizontal crease, lightly mounted, Cat $4000+, for singles. Ex Ric Slade-Slade and Dr Don Pearce. The ACSC states that only a mint pair (and no used examples) has been recorded.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3251 |
G |
 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' 6d blue-green SG 284 marginal single from the base of the sheet Imperforate at Base ACSC S42b, 'VICTOR
HARBOR/JY--/07/S.A' squared-circle cancel, Cat $2000, for mint; unpriced used. Ex Dr Don Pearce. The ACSC states that only a mint pair (and no used examples) has been recorded. This stamp is more attractive than Gary Diffen's example that sold for
£385.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3252 |
|
 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' 9d brown-red SG 286 marginal horizontal pair from the top of the sheet Imperforate at Top ACSC S50b, very
lightly mounted, Cat $6000+, for two used singles; unpriced unused. Superb. Ex Dr Don Pearce. The ACSC records only one used (and no unused) example. Gary Diffen's mint single sold for £840.
Grade A+ (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 286] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,800
SOLD for AU$1,350.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3253 |
G |
 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' 9d brown-red SG 286 marginal single from the top of the sheet Imperforate at Top ACSC S50b, indistinct cds,
Cat $3000. Ex Dr Don Pearce. Stated by the ACSC to be the only recorded used example, and illustrated there. Sold at a Sydney auction of 22.10.2003 for $2035.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 286] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3254 |
|
 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' 10d brown-orange SG 287 vertical interpanneau pair with the lower unit Imperforate at Top ACSC S53bb, Cat
$1500+, for just the lower single. Ex Dr Don Pearce. Gary Diffen stated that only one pair and a single were recorded. The Ed Williams/Gary Diffen pair sold for £385.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 287] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3255 |
/ |
 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' 10d brown-orange SG 287 corner vertical pair from the lower-right of the sheet Imperforate at Right, the lower
unit is unmounted. Unlisted in the ACSC. Superb. Ex Dr Don Pearce. Gary Diffen's mounted single - minor blemishes - sold for £455. Gary Diffen stated that only three examples have been recorded.
Grade A+ (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 287] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3256 |
G |
 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' 10d brown-orange SG 287 marginal single from the right of the sheet Imperforate at Right, roughly separated
largely clear of the jubilee line, largely indistinct DE2/09 cds. Ex Dr Don Pearce. Unlisted in the ACSC and absent from Gary Diffen's collection.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 287] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$350
SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3257 |
|
 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' 10d brown-orange SG 287 marginal single from the left of the sheet Imperforate at Left S53bc with full sheet
margin, tiny black mark on the face, Cat $2000. Ex Dr Don Pearce. The ACSC states "...has been recorded but no details are available". Gary Diffen states that five examples have been recorded. His truncated example - trimmed just left of the jubilee
line - sold for £420.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia (South Australia) 287] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
