Overprinted 'D.B.' continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 241 |
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 RED OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d dull blue SG DO176, rouletting on all sides & cut from the
sheet at the base to preserve the design, large-part gum, Cat £1750. Rated RRR. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $2995 (Sale 247 Lot 252). More attractive than the 'Besancon' example that sold for SFr1150. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,600.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 242 |
# |
 RED OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d dull blue with Double Overprint SG DO176a from the left of
the sheet with vertical sheet-watermark lines at left, rouletting on three sides but cut from the sheet on three sides to preserve the design, unused, Cat £3000. Unlisted by Ron Butler and only one other example has been recorded so it should be
rated RRRRR. Superb. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009) states "great rarity". Don Pearce's very fine mint example sold for $4550 (Sale 247 Lot 253). Absent from 'Besancon'. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$3,000
SOLD for AU$2,500.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 243 |
F |
 RED OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d dull blue SG DO176, remarkably with rouletting clear of the
design on all sides, GPO cds of 'AP9/69', Cat £1250. Rated RRRRR. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $2755 (Sale 247 Lot 254). Absent from 'Besancon'. The only dated example recorded by Don Pearce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,400
SOLD for AU$1,800.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 244 |
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 RED OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 1/- red-brown SG DO177, rouletting except at right where cut
from the sheet to preserve the design, large-part gum, Cat £1900. Rated RRRR. Ex Colonel Napier: sold at a London auction in 2013 for £1364. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare". Superior to the 'Besancon' example - cut from the
sheet at the top shaving the design - that sold for SFr1815. Absent from Don Pearce's collection. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$2,500
SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 245 |
G |
 RED OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 1/- red-brown SG DO177 horizontal pair from the right of the
sheet with full rouletting, GPO cds of 'AU9/68', Cat £1500+ for singles. Rated RRRR+. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $2755 (Sale 247 Lot 255). 'Besancon' didn't have a used example. An extremely rare & desirable multiple. [Date range 9.8.1868 to
11.12.1869] (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,800.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 246 |
# |
 BLUE OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV De La Rue Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d dull orange SG DO179a, rouletting at top & left but cut from the
sheet except at top to preserve the design, unused, unpriced unused by Gibbons; Cat £1300 used. Unlisted by Ron Butler & the only recorded example so it should be rated RRRRRR. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga
Certificate (2009) states "extremely rare". Absent from the 'Besancon' and Don Pearce collections. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO179a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$5,000
SOLD for AU$4,600.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 247 |
F |
 BLUE OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d red-orange SG DO179 with the Watermark Reversed, apparently
Imperforate with no trace of rouletting, GPO cds of 'SP23/69', Cat £325+. Rated RR+. Superb. Ex Victor Bullock: sold for $373. The 'Besancon', 'Tamiami' and Don Pearce rouletted stamps sold for SFr605 $525 (Sale 236 Lot 590) and $525 (Sale 247 Lot
256) respectively. [Date range including for the normal stamp 15.10.1868 to 23.9.1869] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 248 |
F |
 BLUE OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d red-orange SG DO179 with 'D.B.' Offset on the Reverse, rouletting
on three sides & cut from the sheet clear of the design at left & right, very fine GPO cds of 'MR19/69'. Superb. Rated RR+. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $503 (Sale 247 Lot 258). Absent from 'Besancon'. The presence of 'D.B.' on the reverse proves that the
overprinting was done before the sheets were gummed. [Date range for the normal stamp 15.10.1868 to 23.9.1869] (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 249 |
F |
 BLUE OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 4d slate-violet SG DO181, unusually well-centred, untidy GPO
cds of SP18/69. Cat £4250. Unlisted by Ron Butler & the only recorded example so it should be rated RRRRRR. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $7485 (Sale 247 Lot 259). Absent from 'Besancon'. (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO181] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$6,000
SOLD for AU$4,600.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 250 |
F |
 BLUE OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d dull blue SG DO180, remarkably rouletted clear of the design
on all sides, tiny corner repair at upper-right, fine GPO cds of 'OC6/70', Cat £550. Rated RR. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer) - sold for $670 (Sale 118 Lot 326) - and Frederick Hall: sold for $725 (Sale 133 Lot 527). RPSV Certificate (2008). More
attractive than Don Pearce's example that sold for $895 (Sale 247 Lot 260). Absent from 'Besancon'. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$650
SOLD for AU$700.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 251 |
# |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 1d bright yellow-green SG DO183, misplaced perfs so cut
from the sheet at left (slightly trimmed perfs) and base to preserve the design, unused, Cat £2250. Rated RRRRR. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009) states "extremely rare". Don Pearce's superb
example sold for $3830 (Sale 247 Lot 261). Absent from 'Besancon'. (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO183] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 252 |
F |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 1d bright yellow-green SG DO183, misplaced vertical perfs
at left so cut from the sheet to preserve the design, fine GPO cds of 'NO7/73', Cat £550. Rated RRR. Ex Victor Bullock: sold for $315 (Sale 130 Lot 431). Don Pearce's superb example sold for $1675 (Sale 247 Lot 262). Absent from 'Besancon'.
Apparently a very late addition to the denominations for this user: date range 7.11.1873 to 31.10.1874 only. (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO183] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 253 |
F |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d dull orange SG DO182 with the Watermark Reversed, rouletting on
all sides, very fine GPO cds of 'NO10/69', Cat £110+. Rated R+. Ex Victor Bullock: sold for $314 (Sale 130 Lot 432). More attractive than Don Pearce's very fine example that sold for $162 (Sale 247 Lot 263). [Date range -.10.1869 to 28.7.1870] (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO182] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$120
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 254 |
G |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 2d dull orange SG DO184 from the left of the right-hand pane with
marginal vertical watermark line at left, the Vertical Perforations Grossly Misplaced through the Design and with a second strike at right to correct the error, straight-edge clear of the design at the top, bold GPO cds of 'MR4/71', Cat £200+. Rated
RR+. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $359 (Sale 247 Lot 267). A major perforating error, of which only one other example - of 15.11.1871 - has been recorded. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 255 |
# |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d deep red-orange SG DO186 from the left of the pane with vertical
marginal watermark line at left, small thin at lower-left, unused, grossly under-catalogued at £225. Rated RRRRR. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare". Absent from the 'Besancon' and Don Pearce collections. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO186] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$2,500.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 256 |
F |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d dull orange SG DO186 with the Watermark Reversed, an unusually
large example, GPO cds of 'NO15/71', Cat £225+. Significantly underrated at R+. Ex 'Novocastrian' (Warwick Nott): sold at our auction of 14.11.2014 for $620 (Sale 198 Lot 2079). RPSV Certificate (2015). (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO186] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 257 |
F |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Irregular Compound Perf 10x10x10x11½-12½ 2d pale orange SG DO189, an unusually
large stamp with some minor trimmed perfs, GPO cds of 'JU6/71', Cat £130. Rated RR. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $134 (Sale 118 Lot 328). (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO189] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$125.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 258 |
# |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 4d slate-purple SG DO185, remarkably well-centred but with
the perfs at right slightly trimmed, unused, Cat £1250. Unrecorded unused by Ron Butler and believed only one other example recorded so it should be rated RRRRR. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate
(2009) states "extremely rare". Absent from the 'Besancon' and Don Pearce collections. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO185] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$5,000
SOLD for AU$3,800.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 259 |
V |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 4d slate-purple SG DO185, remarkably well-centred, a few
minor short perfs, a bit aged, small-part GPO cds, Cat £800. Rated RRRR. Ex Les Munn: sold for $198 (Sale 110 Lot 828). Don Pearce's very fine example sold for $1375 (Sale 247 Lot 269). [Date range 19.1.1871 to 10.6.1872] (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO185] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 260 |
F |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 10 4d pale slate-purple SG DO187, small fault at left, GPO cds of
'JA19/71', Cat £550. Rated RRRR; unrecorded unused. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $280 (Sale 118 Lot 329). Don Pearce's fine example sold for $895 (Sale 247 Lot 268). Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "very rare". Absent from
'Besancon'. [Date range 23.8.1870 to 10.6.1872] (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO187] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$350
SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
