SOUTH AUSTRALIA continued...
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
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 1886-96 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £4 lemon-yellow SG 203a, characteristic rough perfs, minor crease
at upper-right, CTO with GPO Adelaide cds, Cat £1400. David Brandon Certificate (1984). Stamps with Adelaide cds are much scarcer than those CTO at Melbourne. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$650.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 422 |
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 1886-96 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £5 brown SG 205, a few characteristic irregular perfs, large-part
gum with a hinge remainder, Cat £6000. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$3,000
SOLD for AU$2,300.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 423 |
TO |
 1886-96 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £5 brown SG 205, CTO with Melbourne cds with the dateslugs
removed, full unmounted gum, Cat £1100. Superb. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$850
SOLD for AU$650.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 424 |
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 1886-96 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £10 bronze SG 206a with strong metallic sheen, characteristic
rough perfs, large-part gum, Cat £9500. A very rare stamp. Sold at our auction of 30.8.2020 for $6290 (Sale 242 Lot 1442). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$5,000
SOLD for AU$3,800.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 425 |
TO |
 1886-96 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £10 bronze SG 206a with strong metallic sheen, CTO with Melbourne
cds with the dateslugs removed, large-part gum with a minor hinge remainder otherwise superb, Cat £1400. Superior to Don Pearce's example that sold for $1255 (Sale 249 Lot 1326). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 426 |
TO |
 1886-96 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £15 silver SG 207a with strong metallic sheen, characteristic
rough perfs, CTO with Melbourne cds with the dateslugs removed and the Second 'E' of 'MELBOURNE' Evident (and rare thus), Cat £2500. Don Pearce's similar example with 'normal' cds sold for $2395 (Sale 249 Lot 1327). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,750
SOLD for AU$1,350.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 427 |
TO |
 1886-96 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £15 silver SG 207a block of 4 with strong metallic sheen block of
4 from the base of the sheet, CTO with Melbourne cds with the dateslugs removed, full unmounted gum, Cat £10,000+ for singles. Superb. Ex Australia Post Archives Sale 1 (1987) & Ed Williams - sold in 2002 for $8400 - and at at our auction of
30.8.2020 for $7790 (Sale 242 Lot 1443). This was the highest denomination block released by Australia Post. It is highly unlikely any other blocks of this or the £20 exist in private hands. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$7,500
SOLD for AU$5,750.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 428 |
TO |
 1886-96 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £20 claret SG 208a, CTO with Melbourne cds with the dateslugs
removed, full unmounted gum, Cat £2750. Superb. Ed Williams' similar example sold at our auction of 26.1.2002 for $2375. An example with a hinge remainder sold at our auction of 25.6.2025 for $3050 (Sale 260 Lot 1185). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,700.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 429 |
F |
 1891-93 QV De La Rue Surcharges Perf 10 '2½d.' on 4d green vertical pair Imperf Between and apparently Imperf at Right SG 229bd,
light 'VIRGINIA/DE21/97/S-A' squared-circle, Cat £5500. The only recorded example, and all the more remarkable for being postally used. Ex AE Fryar (1955), William Frazer and Gary Diffen: sold for £3600 and at our auction of 5.8.2021 for $5030 (Sale
245 Lot 562). (Image1)
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Estimate AU$4,000
SOLD for AU$3,000.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 430 |
P |
 1894-1906 QV Tannenberg Designs Crown/SA Watermark 2½d (one unit creased) and 5d imperforate plate proof blocks of 4 in black on
thin card. Ex De La Rue Archives. Much scarcer than the colour trials, and absent from Don Pearce’s collection. (2 blocks) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 431 |
P |
 1894-1906 QV Tannenberg Designs Crown/SA Watermark 2½d x6 (all marginal) and 5d x4 imperforate colour trial blocks of 4 in a range
of colours on gummed unwatermarked paper, unmounted. Beautiful and superb. Ex De La Rue Archives.
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 432 |
P |
 1894-1906 QV Tannenberg Designs Crown/SA Watermark 2½d perforated colour trial singles in a range of colours on gummed
unwatermarked paper, one creased, lightly mounted. Ex De La Rue Archives. Much scarcer than the imperforate colour trials, and absent from Don Pearce’s collection.
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 433 |
E |
 1899 (circa) neatly-executed stamp-size original artwork for a ½d Kangaroo design in bright blue ink on thin card (48x57mm) with
Sheep, Shipping, Sheaf of Wheat and Mining Tools at the corners, endorsed "Geometry" on the reverse. A beautiful piece, and an exceptional introductory item for the iconic 'Kangaroo & Map' series. Ex Greg Pope's CofA Kangaroo & Map Collection: sold
at our auction of 24.1.2004 for $2945 (Sale 108 Lot 14). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,750
SOLD for AU$1,350.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
| 434 |
O |
 1902-04 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps Thin 'POSTAGE' 3d to £1 SG 268-283 with extras mint including 3d strip of 4, 3d with the Watermark
Inverted, 4d x10, 8d x3, 8d 'EIGNT PENCE' (hinge remainder), 9d x4, 10d x4 (one punctured 'OS'), 1/- x3 (two with Bearded Queen), 2/6d x2 and 5/- plus Value/Sheet Number blocks of 4 of the 4d x3, 8d (pair only), 9d & 10d, and used to 5/- including
1/- Bicolour x2 (minor blemishes, cancelled at Adelaide or Port Darwin) and 2/6d punctured 'OS', good range of shades & minor varieties, generally fine to very fine, Cat £6500+. Ex John Boykett. A very desirable lot.
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Estimate AU$3,000
SOLD for AU$2,700.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1902-04 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps Thin 'POSTAGE' skilfully annotated and largely intact collection identifying the various
printings, papers & shades to 2/6d, Sub-Types identified along with many plate varieties and a fascinating group of mostly singles showing Change of Perf Gauge, mostly used but with a good number of mint examples to 2/6d x5 including a pair and 3d
single & pair with different styles of Value/Sheet Number, generally fine to very fine. An exceptional specialised study, believed to be on Ric Slade-Slade's pages. Ex John Boykett.
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1902-04 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps Thin 'POSTAGE' all-different selection of Value/Sheet Number Pieces comprising 3d 1st Ptg '3d
001640' pair, 2nd Ptg '1d 657538' block of 4, 3rd Ptg '3d 002603' pair and 4th Ptg Perf 12 '3d 004429' block of 4; 4d 2nd Ptg '1d 658154' block of 4 with Error of Watermark 'SUOT[H]' for 'SOUTH', 4th Ptg Perf 12 4d 010003' pair, 5th Ptg '4d 011102'
block of 4 and 6th Ptg '3d 006808' block of 4; 6d 1st Ptg '2d 737344' block of 4; 8d 1st Ptg '1d 619416' block of 4 and 2nd Ptg '1d 658923' pair; 9d 2nd Ptg '2d 736427' block of 4 and 3rd Ptg '2d 780772' and '9d 002375' pairs; 10d 1st Ptg '1d 647210'
block of 4 and 2nd Ptg '1d 659059'; 1/- 1st Ptg (bicolour corrected) '1s 00......' in Bright Purple single CTO, 2nd Ptg '1d 659581' block of 4 and 3rd Ptg '1d 689970' pair; 2/6d 1st Ptg (pale violet) '1d 619083' pair and 2nd Ptg (bright violet) '1d
661010' block of 4; and 5/- '1d 619222' pair (small thin in the margin); generally very fine with some units being unmounted. Almost impossible to replicate: Ex Don Pearce: sold for $4550 (Sale 249 Lot 162). Michael Blake had no value/sheet number
pieces above 10d.
Many of these items are scarce to rare: for example, of the 4d 4th Ptg only one other piece has been recorded; the 1/- 1st Ptg is not recorded by Bill Purves or the ACSC; of the 2/6d 1st Ptg and 2nd Ptg only two other pieces from each have been
recorded; of the 5/- only one other piece has been recorded.
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Estimate AU$4,000
SOLD for AU$3,000.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1902-04 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps Thin 'POSTAGE' Perf 11½-12½ 4d orange-red SG 269 upper-right corner block of 6 (2x3) with Plate
Number '1', Value/Sheet Number '1d 658305' and complete Error of Watermark 'SUOTH' for 'SOUTH' ACSC S20aza, five units are unmounted, Cat $1350+ (£240+ for normal mounted singles). Most examples of the 'SUOTH' errors are on corner pairs or blocks of
4, and are thus missing the 'H' of 'SUOTH'. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $455 (Sale 249 Lot 1366). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1902-04 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps Thin 'POSTAGE' Perf 11½-12½ 8d ultramarine with 'EIGHT PENCE' 19mm Long as SG 271 but Irregular
Compound Perf 11½x12½x11½x11½, light indistinct squared-circle cancel. An unrecognised rarity that is unlisted in Gibbons and in the ACSC. Ex Maxwell and JRW (Bill) Purves, who states at pp76-77 that the variety was caused by one side being
imperforate & corrected with the Perf 12½ machine. From the First Printing, he recorded "two or three" examples, including this stamp, & from the second printing "again, only two or three copies". Ex Don Pearce: sold for $898 (Sale 249 Lot 1373). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1902-04 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps Thin 'POSTAGE' Perf 11½-12½ 8d ultramarine with 'EIGNT' for 'EIGHT' being the lower-left unit in
an upper-right corner block of 4 (no margin at top) with Plate Number '1' ACSC S26cza (SG 272a), very lightly mounted, Cat $4000 (£2500+) in a footnote. Don Pearce's similar block with upper margin sold for $3235 (Sale 249 Lot 1369). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
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 1902-04 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps Thin 'POSTAGE' Perf 11½-12½ 8d ultramarine with 'EIGHT PENCE' 16½mm Long as SG 272 but Irregular
Compound Perf 12½x11½x11½x11½, also with prominent 'Bearded Lady' variety, large-part gum. An unrecognised rarity that is unlisted in Gibbons and in the ACSC. Ex JRW (Bill) Purves - who states at pages 76-77 that the variety was caused by one side
being imperforate & corrected with the Perf 12½ machine - and Don Pearce: sold for $898 (Sale 249 Lot 1374). From the Second Printing, Purves recorded "only two or three" examples, including this stamp, and from the first printing, again "only two or
three copies". (Image1)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-22, 07:30 PM |
