SOUTH AUSTRALIA continued...
Official Stamps continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
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 OVERPRINTED THIN 'O.S.' NARROW SETTING: 1891-96 QV De La Rue Perf 13 2d orange SG O59 block of 12 (4x3), well-centred, large-part
gum and the two central columns are unmounted, Cat £660+ for mounted singles. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$450
Currently Opening at...AU$340.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 OVERPRINTED THIN 'O.S.' NARROW SETTING: 1891-99 QV De La Rue Perf 13 4d violet with the Overprint Double SG O69a, very
well-centred, tiny central thin-spot, large-part gum, Cat £1000. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2023) states "extremely rare". (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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 OVERPRINTED THIN 'O.S.' WIDE SETTING: 1899-1901 ½d yellow-green Post Office with the Overprint Inverted SG O80a, lightly mounted,
Cat £200. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$125
Currently Opening at...AU$95.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 OVERPRINTED THIN 'O.S.' WIDE SETTING: 1899-1901 2d violet No Stop after 'S ' SG O82c being the lower-left unit in a marginal block
of 6 (3x2) from the base of the sheet, large-part gum & the lower units are unmounted, Cat £300+ for mounted singles. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$240
Currently Opening at...AU$180.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 745 |
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 OVERPRINTED THIN 'O.S.' VERY WIDE SETTING: 1891 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 10 2/6d pale violet and 5/- pink
SG O86-87, the 2/6d with a light horizontal bend at the base which is a characteristic of these stamps and the 5/- with two faint horizontal creases at left none of which affect the very fine facial appearance, CTO with unframed 'GPO ADELAIDE' cds,
Cat £14,000. The 2/6d is Ex 'Besancon' (III): sold for SFr3415 and the 5/- is Ex 'Besancon' (I) sold for SFr8470, a combined SFr11,885. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2018) for the 2/6d. Only one sheet of 60 of each was issued. In our experience, and
despite the relative Gibbons valuations, CTO examples are much scarcer than mint stamps. (2) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$7,500
Currently Opening at...AU$5,750.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 PUNCTURED 'SA': Mounted QV De La Rue Tall Stamps collection with Thin 'POSTAGE' used to 2/6d & 5/- x2 plus 3d block of 6 & 4d block
of 4, Thick 'POSTAGE' mint 2/6d x14 including bright violet block of 4 & red-violet pair, 5/- x5 including a pair & £1 x2 and used to 2/6d x5 & 5/-, etc, also a page of Perfin Errors to 5/- x2, generally fine to very fine. A very difficult group to
assemble.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 PUNCTURED 'SA': 1902-04 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps Thin 'POSTAGE' 1/- brown marginal vertical strip from the upper-right corner of
the sheet with complete Error of Watermark 'SUOTH' ACSC S30a, Plate Number '1' and Value/Sheet Number '1d 689887' in Vermilion, mounted in the margins but the stamps are unmounted, Cat $1500 for the watermark error plus a premium for the sheet
number. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $976 (Sale 254 Lot 3277). The ACSC states that only two examples of the 'SUOTH' error have been recorded on the 1/-. [Most examples of 'SUOTH' errors are missing the 'H' because they are corner pairs or blocks of 4
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 748 |
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 PUNCTURED 'SA': 1905-12 QV De La Rue Small Format Crown/A Wmk selection with mint including 2d block of 4 with Double 'SA' on the
Upper Units, 2½d block of 4 with Double 'SA' on the Lower Units and 5d Plate Number '1' block of 4 with Double 'SA' on the Upper Units and in the Upper Margin, etc, also punctured 'OS' ½d x3 (one mint), 1d x5 (one mint) & 2½d mint.
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 PUNCTURED 'SA': 1905-12 De La Rue Small Format Crown/A Wmk Value/Sheet Number pieces comprising Post Office ½d yellow-green Plate
Number '1' blocks of 4 with '½d 038879' in Blue or '½d 044303' in Vermilion; QV 1d pink vertical strip of 3 with 'SUOT[H]' Error of Watermark (thin in the margin) & '1d 711769' in Vermilion, 1d block of 6 from the Reinforced Plate with '1d 787717' in
Vermilion, 1d block of 4 with solid jubilee line at the top with large-part '1d 316---' in Black; 2d violet Plate Number '3' strips of 4 with '2d 837225' in Vermilion or '2d 800176' in Black both with Double Punctures; and Tannenberg 5d brown-purple
with '5d 004986' in Vermilion. A very scarce group. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $778 (Sale 249 Lot 1525).
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 PUNCTURED 'OS': 1905-12 QV De La Rue Tall Stamps Thick 'POSTAGE' selection comprising mint QV 3d 6d 9d x3 & 5/- x3 and used 3d x2,
4d x11 including a pair, 6d x7, 8d, 9d x4 one with the Watermark Inverted, 1/- x5 and 2/6d x3, Cat $2600+ minimum for singles. Nothing has been expertised so necessarily offered 'as is'.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
Postal History
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 751 |
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 1848 unstamped envelope from Wales enclosing original letter headed "Swansea 2 October 1848" plus copy letter headed "... 27
September 1848", to "JC Coke Esq, Adelaide" endorsed "p Candahar" with a largely fine strike of 'JB WILCOCKS/AGENT FOR GOVERNMENT/EMIGRATION/PLYMOUTH' unframed-oval handstamp on the face, carried per favor and placed into the mails on arrival at
Adelaide where rated "6"[d] postage due and largely very fine Adelaide 'G.P.O./FE*12/49/SOUTH AUSTRALIA' crowned cds alongside, minor edge bends from bulky contents. The 'Candahar' brought 205 emigrants from London and 32 from Plymouth, departing
Plymouth 16.10.1848, arriving Adelaide 11.2.1849. James B Wilcocks was one of the more successful agents attracting paying immigrants to South Australia, for which he received a stipend from the South Australian government. See also the next lot and
Lot 845 under Victoria. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 1850 unstamped entire letter from Wales headed "Taibach Jany 23 1850" enclosing Jones & Younghusband Bill of Lading with Impressed
Duty 6d for "Three hundred & nine bars of iron wg. eight tons ten hunderdweight", largely fine strike of 'JB WILCOCKS/ AGENT FOR GOVERNMENT/EMIGRATION/ PLYMOUTH' unframed-oval handstamp on the face, carried per favor and placed into the mails on
arrival at Adelaide where rated "9"[d] postage due and largely fine Adelaide 'G.P.O./11*JE/50/SOUTH AUSTRALIA' crowned cds in blue alongside, a couple of minor blemishes. Taibach ('Little Houses' in English) is a hamlet in South Wales, developed
early in the 19th century as housing for coalminers. James B Wilcocks was the most successful of seven emigration agents in Plymouth. His efforts, funded by the South Australian government, contributed to the disproportionately high levels of
migration from Devon & Cornwall. See also the previous lot and Lot 845 under Victoria.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 1855 (July 13) envelope to London endorsed "p Havilah via Melbourne' with Perkins Bacon London Printings QV 2d rose-carmine SG 2
horizontal strip of 3 (very fine with large margins except at right where a little cut-into) tied by Numeral-in-Diamond '1' cancels and fair 'PORT-ADELAIDE/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA=' unframed cds at lower-left, very fine
'AUSTRALIAN/PAID/LIVERPOOL/OC20/55/=PACKET=' cds and London Tombstone arrival datestamps both in red on the face, minor blemishes. A very attractive First Issue cover. Ex John Barwis: sold at our auction of 24.10.2009 for $1265 (Sale 151 Lot 351).
Carried by coastal steamer 'Havilah' to Melbourne, then trans-Pacific by White Star Line 'Mermaid' and around Cape Horn, making a call at Pernambuco, Brazil after taking on water. (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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 1856 (July 25) outer to "Hobarton/Tasmania" endorsed "Per Steamer Havilah" with London Printings 6d dark blue SG 3 horizontal pair
(full margins except where a little cut-into at upper-right) tied by circle-in-bars cancels of the GPO with very fine 'PAID/=ADELAIDE SA=' cds & straight-line 'REGISTERED No' handstamp both in red, very fine Inwards Ship Letter datestamps of
Launceston of '4AU4/1856' & of Hobart of the next day, light filing folds clear of the stamps. A very attractive First Issue cover. RPSV Certificate (2025).
Early registered mail from South Australia is rare. Don Pearce had only four pre-stamp items, and none with First Issue frankings. His earliest stamped registered item was of 1859 (Sale 254 Lot 2510). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,000
Currently Opening at...AU$1,500.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 755 |
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 1857 (June 10) address-portion of an entire letter to "Huggins Esq/Solicitor/Kapunda" franked with London Printings 1d deep green
SG 1 horizontal pair with virtually full margins (a little cut-into at the base of the first unit & just clear at the base of the second unit, scissor-cut in the margin only at lower-left) tied by Diamond-Numeral '36' with Mordan-pattern
'CLARE/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA=' cds & similar 'GAWLER' cds of the next day. RPSV Certificate (2025).
Most of the major collections, including Griffiths, Butler, Jaffé and 'Besancon' have lacked an SG 1 cover. The attractive Rev James Mursell, Colonel Harry Napier, Don Pearce cover sold for $7670 (Sale 249 Lot 1013). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,250
Currently Opening at...AU$950.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 756 |
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 1871 (Aug 14) double-rate cover to "Marysville Marshall County Kansas" with Perf 10 Perkins Bacon 4d pair & De La Rue 2d strip of 4
(one damaged upon opening) tied by GPO cds, London transit of '7OC71' in red on the face but no American markings, minor imperfections. RPSL Certificate (2023). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 757 |
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 1884 (Oct 20) envelope to San Francisco USA with QV Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½x10 QV 6d Prussian blue with indistict numeral cancel
and largely very fine 'SEMAPHORE' framed cds alongside, Adelaide GPO transit backstamp and 'SAN FRANCISCO CAL/DEC 2/REC'D' arrival cds (tying the stamp) where very fine 'U.S. CHARGE/TO COLLECT/5 CENTS' applied on the face for the incoming steamship
charge, and US Postage Due 5c affixed tied to the reverse by concentric rings cancel, minor blemishes & soiling on the reverse. Ex John Barwis. From -.2.1874, the trans-Pacific rate was reduced from 8d to 6d per ½oz, but the incoming charge remained
(except for Colonies such as New South Wales that made specific treaties to abolish it. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
Datestamps and other Town Markings
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 758 |
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 Untidy collection with many better items noted including 1880s-90s cds from 'COLLINGSFIELD', 'GREENS PLAINS', 'KNIGHTSBRIDGE',
'LANCELOT', 'TEMPLERS' & 'TEMPLETON', squared-circles including 'CUSTON', 'ISLINGTON', 'KULPARA', '[MT BA]RKER JUNCTION', 'YALLUNDA FLAT' & 'YUDNAPINNA', Commonwealth cds including 'HESSO', 'KUITPO COLONY', 'LAKE VIEW', '[MU]LJARRA', '[EW]
PLATELAYERS CAMP', etc, also small straight-line 'GOOLWA' on 1d Kangaroo; and some Northern Territory including 1952 'MARANBOY/NT-AUST', etc. A fine basis for expansion.
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 759 |
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 'A' to 'Y' collection of commercial registered covers with strength in KGVI to Pre-Decimal QEII but with numerous KGV period
usages, many scarce cds including 1942 'ARWAKURRA', 1962 'ATHENNA', 'BRIGHTON SOUTH', 'BUMBUNGA', 'CARALUE' on registered telegram envelope!, 1952 rubber 'CLOVELLY PARK' (rated RRRR), 'COOLCHA', 'COPPERHOUSE', 'GREENS PLAINS', 'HARBEN VALE', 'RELIEF/
8 ' used at Kidman Park (not in the Handbook), 'KOOLYMILKA', 'KOONGAWA', 'KOPPIO', 1970 'KULDE', 1958 'MALTEE' (RRRR), 'RELIEF NO 17' used at Maralinga', 1962 'MOILONG', 'RUNDLE STREET - 2/14JY61' (SDL; the only recorded date), 'ST PETERS/--11SE62'
(SDL; the only recorded date), 'WHYALLA GEORGE AVENUE', 1937 'WAARACHIE', 1965 'WARRADALE/ 2 ', 1940 'WOKURNA', etc, many early provisional & makeshift R labels, mostly to large mail order companies with a high percentage opened-out. An exceptional
basis for expansion.
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Estimate AU$2,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,900.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 Late-1950s to mid-1960s covers mostly to John Martin Department Store from numerous smaller towns & suburban offices - many of
which had their names changed in this period - with lots of scarce usages including 'ELIZABETH NORTH/12SE59/...' with small Decade Wheel (unlisted), 'HARBEN VALE' (RRR), 1959 'MT BENSON' (RRR), 'PENOLA/24SE60/...' with 12mm arcs (ERD by 9 years),
'POORAKA/[SDL]/STH AUST' (recorded 4 months only & underrated at R), 'SELLICKS HILL/STH AUST' (RR; ERD by 2 years) and 'TICKERA/STH AUST' (RRR), etc, plenty of fine to very fine datestamps & many record dates, a few with provisional R labels, mostly
opened-out.
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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