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Overprinted 'I.A.'

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

381

RED OVERPRINT: 'I.A.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 1d dull green SG DO275, rouletting on all sides, unused, Cat £2250. Rated RRRR; unrecorded used. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009) states "extremely rare". The 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer) superb mint example sold way back in 2005 for $10,715 (Sale 118 Lot 388). The Vestey, 'Besancon' and Don Pearce very fine mint examples sold for £1800, SFr1815 & $3830 (Sale 247 Lot 398) respectively. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$2,500

SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

382

RED OVERPRINT: 'I.A.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d bright vermilion SG DO276, rouletting at right & base but cut from the sheet to largely preserve the design (shaved at the top), a trifle oxidised, unused, Cat £2250. Rated RRRR. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009) states "extremely rare". The very fine Vestey and 'Besancon' and superb mint Don Pearce examples sold for £1080, SFr1570 & $3595 (Sale 247 Lot 399) respectively. NB: the only recorded used example - rated RRRRRR - is in the institutionalised collection formed by Sir George Murray, highlighting why Ron Butler should have ignored museum collections in setting his ratings. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

383

RED OVERPRINT: 'I.A.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 4d deep violet SG DO278, cut from the sheet at base to preserve the design & at top well clear of the design, unused, Cat £1500. Rated RRRR; unrecorded used. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009) states "extremely rare". The very fine mint Vestey example sold for £1440. Of superior appearance to the 'Besancon' and Don Pearce mint examples that sold for SFr1330 & $1915 (Sale 247 Lot 400) respectively. NB: Don Pearce's very fine used example - the only used 'I.A.' stamp in private hands - sold for $14,375. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$1,250

SOLD for AU$1,350.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

384

RED OVERPRINT: 'I.A.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d ultramarine SG DO277 from the right of the sheet with vertical watermark line at right, rouletting remarkably clear of the design on all sides, a few trimmed roulettes clear of the design at right, large-part gum, Cat £2250. Rated RRR; unrecorded used. Superb. Ex Brown and Colonel Napier (II). RPSL Certificate (1965). The very fine mint 'Besancon' and Don Pearce examples sold for SFr2660 & $3595 (Sale 247 Lot 402) respectively. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$2,400

SOLD for AU$1,800.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

Overprinted 'I.E.'

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

385

BLACK OVERPRINT: 'I.E.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d red-orange SG DO279, GPO cds of 'MR30/71', Cat £3000. Rated RRRR: unrecorded unused. Ex Don Pearce: sold for a curiously low $4550 (Sale 247 Lot 411). By contrast, the defective and unattractive 'Sir Humphrey' example sold to Rodney Attwood for $3725 (Sale 118 Lot 394), & in his sale for $4890 (Sale 168 Lot 397). The fine Vestey example sold for £3360. The very fine 'Tamiami' example sold for a relatively modest $5030 (Sale 236 Lot 621). Absent from 'Besancon'. [Date range 30.3.1871 to 8.4.1874] The only denomination recorded with 'I.E' Overprint, making it one of the keys to completing all the users. Something of an enigma. Despite 'I.E.' being generally accepted as having been allocated to (The Curator of) Intestate Estates, there is no official record of an allocation to this user. Notably, 'I.E.' is not included in the official audit listing of the stock-on-hand of the Departmentals made in October 1871. And, in 1892, MP Castle wrote to Charles Todd seeking clarification of some of the lettering combinations and Todd was unable to explain 'I.E.'. For these reasons, Don Pearce believes that 'I.E.' is an Error of Lettering for 'E.' of Engineer. It could also be an error for 'I.S.', but not for 'I.A' (for which only Red Overprints were provided). We do ask how such an obvious error could go uncorrected for at least the three years across which usage is recorded. Also, it would stand to reason that it should exist on the other five 'E.' denominations, but no examples on any of those values have been recorded. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$5,000

SOLD for AU$4,200.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

Overprinted 'I.S.'

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

386

RED OVERPRINT: 'I.S.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d bright vermilion SG DO280, rouletting on all sides, light & indistinct diamond-numeral cancel, Cat £3500. Rated RRRR. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $2635 (Sale 247 Lot 404). Absent from 'Besancon'. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$2,000

SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

387

RED OVERPRINT: 'I.S.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d dull ultramarine SG DO281, rouletting except at right but cut from the sheet except at top to preserve the design, part-gum, Cat £1000. Rated RRRR. Ex 'Hamilton'. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare...superb and fresh". More attractive than the very fine Vestey and superb 'Besancon' examples that sold for £1440 and SFr1025 respectively. Absent from the Don Pearce collection. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$1,400

SOLD for AU$1,050.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

388

RED OVERPRINT: 'I.S.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d dull ultramarine SG DO281 from the right of the sheet with vertical marginal watermark lines at right, rouletting except at top where cut from the sheet just shaving the design, small central writing-ink stain, light 'OVERLAND CORNER/SE8/[68]' cds, Cat £750. Rated RRRR. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $670. (Sale 118 Lot 389) The fine Don Pearce example sold for $1255 (Sale 247 Lot 405). Absent from 'Besancon'. [Date range 8.9.1868 to 12.9.1868 only] (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$950.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

389

BLACK OVERPRINT: 'I.S.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d pale orange SG DO283 from the lower-right of the sheet with the Watermark Reversed & 95% of an 'S' from the marginal sheet watermark, rouletting at top & base and cut from the sheet well clear of the design at the sides, unused, Cat £1500. Unlisted unused by Ron Butler and we know of only two other examples so it should be rated RRRRR. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009) states "extremely rare". The 'Besancon' mint but creased example - with 'T' from the marginal sheet watermark, so almost certainly the stamp adjoining this example to the right - sold for SFr1330. Absent from Don Pearce's collection. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate AU$2,500

SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

390

BLACK OVERPRINT: 'I.S.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d pale orange SG DO283, rouletting on all sides, GPO cds of 'NO6/69', Cat £450. Rated RRR. Ex Victor Bullock: sold for $870 (Sale 130 Lot 471). RPSV Certificate (2007). Don Pearce's similar example sold for $805 (Sale 247 Lot 406). Absent from 'Besancon'. [Date range 6.11.1869 to 25.6.1870] (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$625.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

391

BLACK OVERPRINT: 'I.S.' on QV De La Rue Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d red-orange SG DO283a, rouletting on all sides, light indistinct diamond-numeral cancel, grossly undercatalogued at £200. Rated RRR; unrecorded unused. Superb. Ex Frederick Hall: sold for $1980 (Sale 133 Lot 548). RPSV Certificate (2008). Superior to Don Pearce's example that sold for $4790 (Sale 247 Lot 407). The 'Besancon' example was defective. [Date range -.-.1871 to 18.3.1873] (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$2,500

SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

392

BLACK OVERPRINT: 'I.A.' on QV De La Rue Large Star Wmk Perf 10 2d red-orange SG DO286, a couple of short perfs & a few trimmed perfs at lower-left, shallow thin at the top, light 'PORT WAKEFIELD/MY7/1873/S.A' cds, Cat £500. Rated RRRR; unrecorded unused. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "very rare". Don Pearce's fine example sold for $895 (Sale 247 Lot 409). [Date range 7.5.1873 to 22.9.1875] (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$675.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

393

BLACK OVERPRINT: 'I.S.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 6d Prussian blue SG DO285, cut from the sheet at base well clear of the design & apparently partly imperforate at the sides with incomplete rouletting, unused and unpriced thus by Gibbons. Rated RRRRR. Superb. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009) states "extremely rare". A technically interesting stamp. More attractive than Lord Vestey's example that sold for £1560. Absent from the 'Besancon' and Don Pearce collections. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$4,000

SOLD for AU$3,000.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

394

BLACK OVERPRINT: 'I.S.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 6d Prussian blue SG DO285, cut from the sheet at right just into the design, GPO circle-in-bars cancel, Cat £450. Rated RR. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $535 (Sale 118 Lot 393). Les Munn's very fine example sold for $810 (Sale 110 Lot 847).The 'Besancon', 'Tamiami' and Don Pearce examples sold for SFr385, $1015 (Sale 336 Lot 620) and $715 (Sale 247 Lot 410). (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

Overprinted 'L.A.'

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

395

RED OVERPRINT: 'L.A.' on Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 1d bright yellow-green SG DO287, rouletting at top & right but cut from the sheet except at top to largely preserve the design, small separation fault at upper-right otherwise superb, unused, Cat £1300. Rated RRR. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009) states "extremely rare". The mint Vestey and 'Besancon' examples - both shaved on one side - sold for £1200 and SFr1330 respectively. The superior 'Tamiami' example sold for $1255 (Sale 236 Lot 635). Absent from Don Pearce's collection. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$850.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

396

RED OVERPRINT: 'L.A.' on Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 1d bright yellow-green SG DO287, rouletting except at the base where cut from the sheet a little into the design but with a chunk of the adjoining unit at left, small writing-ink stain at upper-left, indistinct GPO cds of 1874, Cat £800. Rated RRR. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $670 (Sale 118 Lot 419). Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare". Don Pearce's very fine example sold for $1375 (Sale 247 Lot 449). Absent from 'Besancon'. The remarkably late date range of 19.6.1874 to 9.10.1875 suggests this denomination was never used in the early period, probably because the Lunatic Asylum did not mail out Printed Matter items. It is a distinct possibility that all the recorded examples were used by the Government Printer to post the 'Government Gazette'. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

397

RED OVERPRINT: 'L.A.' on Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d bright vermilion SG DO288, rouletting on all sides but cut from the sheet at top well clear of the design, a little oxidised, superb large-part gum, Cat £1400. Rated RRRR. Ex Colonel Napier (II) and 'Hamilton'. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare". The very fine mint Vestey and 'Besancon' examples sold for a very modest £300 and a more appropriate SFr1575 respectively. Absent from Don Pearce's collection. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$850.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

398

RED OVERPRINT: 'L.A.' on Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d bright vermilion SG DO288, rouletting remarkably clear of the design on all sides, tiny separation faults at upper-left & upper-right, fine GPO cds of SP21/68, Cat £400. Rated RRRR. Ex Colonel Napier (III) and Don Pearce: sold for $685 (Sale 247 Lot 450). Absent from 'Besancon'. [The only date recorded by Don Pearce] (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

399

RED OVERPRINT: 'L.A.' on Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 4d dull violet SG DO291, cut from the sheet at the top just touching the design, large-part gum, Cat £1000. Rated RRR. Ex Les Munn: sold for $1415 (Sale 110 Lot 855). The very fine mint Vestey and 'Besancon' examples sold for £695 and SFr1150 respectively. Don Pearce's superb unused example sold for $1495 (Sale 247 Lot 451). (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$650.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

400

RED OVERPRINT: 'L.A.' on Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 4d dull violet SG DO291, shallow thin, untidy GPO cds, Cat £500. Rated RRRR. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $490 (Sale 118 Lot 420). Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare". Don Pearce's superb example sold for $895 (Sale 247 Lot 452). Absent from 'Besancon'. [Date range 3.6.1868 to 25.10.1868] (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$350

SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM

IMMIGRATION AGENT

(CURATOR OF) INTESTATE ESTATES

INSPECTORS OF SHEEP

LUNATIC ASYLUM