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 £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$5,000
Currently Opening at...AU$3,800.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 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$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 703 |
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 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$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 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$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 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". Ex Don Pearce: sold for $898 (Sale 249 Lot 1373). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 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$1,200
Currently Opening at...AU$900.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 707 |
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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$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 1902-04 QV Tall Stamps with Thin 'POSTAGE' 1/- brown vertical pair from the base of the sheet Imperforate Between & at the Base
ACSC S30Bbb (SG 275b), characteristic rough perfs, hinge remainder at the top, Cat $2500 (£2750). Ex 'Dubois' Part I: sold for SFr1460. The ACSC states "Ten pairs exist; one is in the Royal Collection". Four of the pairs are in two blocks of 4.
Michael Blake's pair - rough perfs & small hinge remainder - sold for $2975. The 'Chartwell' pair sold for £1560. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 1902-04 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps Thin 'POSTAGE' Perf 11½-12½ 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: sold for $7015 (Sale 254 Lot 3248). 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. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$4,000
Currently Opening at...AU$3,000.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 1902-04 QV Tall Stamps with Thin 'POSTAGE' 1/- brown & brown-red SG 275c lower-right corner pair with Plate Number '1' ACSC
S30Azd, the left-hand unit with Broken 'N' in 'ONE' (very minor natural gum crease), very lightly mounted, Cat $4000+ (£2800+) as normal singles.
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Estimate AU$1,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 711 |
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 1902-04 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps Thin 'POSTAGE' Perf 12 3d deep olive-green vertical pair from the base of the sheet [Pos 46/56],
the upper unit with Misplaced 'POSTAGE' & 'THREE PENCE', the lower unit with 'POSTAGE' Omitted ACSC S19c/ca (SG 280a; Cat £4500), well-centred, full unmounted gum, Cat $6000+ for singles. Superb. One of the most outstanding errors of the Tall Stamps
and of State-Period Commonwealth of Australia. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2015) states "Great rarity...there were only ten examples of the POSTAGE Omitted error", most of which are in blocks of 4 or larger. The ACSC states "One sheet ... showed the
overprint plate misplaced upwards 4½mm ... The lower row is without 'POSTAGE' at all". Gary Diffen's block of 4 sold for £3840. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$2,000
Currently Opening at...AU$1,500.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 712 |
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 1902-04 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps Thin 'POSTAGE' Perf 12 9d dull rose SG 283 vertical strip of 3 from the upper-right corner of the
sheet with Plate Number '1', Value/Sheet Number '2d 780904' and complete Error of Watermark 'SUOTH' for 'SOUTH' ACSC S28aza, light bend in the side-margin, Cat $1500+ (£900+ for singles). Most examples of the 'SUOTH' errors are on corner pairs or
blocks of 4, and are thus missing the 'H' of 'SUOTH'. Ex John Boykett: sold at our auction of 24.4.2009 for $990 (Sale 144 Lot 468).
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 1906-12 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps Thick 'POSTAGE' Crown/A Watermark 3d olive SG 298 lower-right corner block of 4 with Watermark
Error '[A]USTRLAIA' in the Right-Hand Margin ACSC S35a, a couple of minor blemishes in the margins, very lightly mounted, Cat $500. Ex Gary Diffen: sold for £228. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 714 |
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 1906-12 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps Thick 'POSTAGE' Crown/A Watermark Perf 11 3d pale olive-green SG 298e corner block of 4 from the
lower-right of the sheet, the lower units with an Additional Row of Horizontal Perfs Misplaced above the Value Tablet and Corrected with Another Line of Perf 11 ACSC S37b, some minor perf separation/reinforcing, Cat $9000+ for singles (£4800+ for
normal singles). Ex Rev James Mursell and Don Pearce: sold for $4550 (Sale 249 Lot 1412). Only four such blocks were recorded, but the ACSC illustrates a lower pair, indicating that at least one of the blocks has been broken-up. Absent from the
Michael Blake, 'Besancon' and Gary Diffen collections. Ed Williams' two normal mint singles sold for $1415 and $2265 respectively.
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Estimate AU$2,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,900.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 715 |
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 1906-12 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps Thick 'POSTAGE' Crown/A Watermark Perf 12½ 9d deep dull rose SG 302 with an Additional Row of
Horizontal Perfs Misplaced above the Value Tablet and Corrected with Another Line of Perf 12 in the correct position at the base ACSC S52bc, hinge remainders, Cat $500. Rare: absent from Gary Diffen's collection. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $280 (Sale
249 Lot 1416). (Image1)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 716 |
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 1906-12 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps Thick 'POSTAGE' Crown/A Watermark Perf 12 9d dull lake corner block of 6 (3x2) from the lower-left
of the sheet comprising two horizontal strips of 3 Imperforate Between and at Left ACSC S52bb (SG 302aa), light vertical bend across the central units, ink-stain on the reverse at lower-left just shows through the face, Cat $10,000+ (£13,000+), for
two strips of 3. One of the great error pieces of the early Federal Period. The ACSC records only this block of 6 and a strip of 3 but Gary Diffen noted a second strip that is "badly toned". His strip of 3 - also with light vertical bend - sold for
£3840. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $6888 (Sale 249 Lot 1420). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$4,000
Currently Opening at...AU$3,000.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 'SPECIMEN' OVERPRINTS: 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 10 2/6d dull mauve to £20 dull red-violet SG 195-208 with 12½x2mm
Overprint, very fresh with large-part gum, Cat £1500. [The £5 brown was not issued with Perf 10]
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 718 |
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 'SPECIMEN' OVERPRINTS: 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ 2/6d violet to £20 claret SG 195a-208a reprints with 12½x2mm
Overprint, missing both Five Pounds, very fresh with large-part characteristically streaky gum.
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 SPECIMEN STAMPS: 1886-96 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ 2/6d bright violet to £20 claret SG 195a-208a
complete set with 12½mm-Long 'SPECIMEN' Overprint horizontal strips of 4, the £4 £10 £15 & £20 from the top of the sheets, the £10 & £15 with brilliant metallic sheen, separation faults affecting the 50/- & £3 strips and light crease across the £15
strip, otherwise very fine to superb with full unmounted gum. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $8685 (Sale 249 Lot 1331).
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Estimate AU$5,000
Currently Opening at...AU$3,800.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 RAILWAY PARCEL STAMPS: Ex-dealer's stock of State Railway issues, then STA items in bulk, Central Bus Station, Briscoes, ANR,
Silverton & Railway Tickets
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
