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Overprinted 'T.' continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1855 |
F |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'T.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d dull blue SG DO562, rouletting on all sides, GPO cds of
'NO15/71', Cat £1500. Rated RRRR. The Colonel Napier (III)/'Besancon'/James Halliday example - a trifle aged - sold for SFr605 & $1140 (Sale 262 Lot 748). Don Pearce's very fine example sold for $2875 (Sale 247 Lot 825). All these have similar
centring & separation characteristics. Absent from the Vestey and 'Tamiami' collections. [Date range 4.3.1871 to 23.11.1871] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1856 |
F |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'T.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2/- rose-carmine SG DO563 with Misplaced Overprint resulting in
Double Overprint, rouletting on all sides, small defects at upper-left, doubled GPO cds, Cat £95+; the error not listed by Gibbons. Rated R+; the error not recorded by Ron Butler. A striking error, absent from the 'Besancon', Gary Diffen, Don Pearce
and James Halliday collections. [Date range for the normal stamp 17.8.1868 to 23.5.1870] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
TITLES REGISTRATION
Overprinted 'T.R.'
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1857 |
F |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'T.R.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d dull orange SG DO576, an unusually large example with wide margin
at left, very fine GPO cds of 'SP9/74', Cat £600. Rated RRRR; unrecorded unused. Far superior to the 'Besancon' example - cut-into the design at right - sold for SFr121, Don Pearce's defective example - graded 'C' - sold for $955 (Sale 247 Lot 798)
and the Les Munn/James Halliday example - trimmed perfs at right & base - sold for $453 (Sale 110 Lot 914) & $1380 (Sale 262 Lot 755). [Date range 10.6.1873 to 9.9.1874] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1858 |
G/F |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'T.R.' on QV De Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 6d with rough perfs at the sides and 1/- with small tear
at the top SG DO574 and DO575, and Irregular Compound Perf 10x11½-12½x11½-12½x11½-12½ 4d SG DO577, each with GPO cds, Cat £975. (3)
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
VOLUNTEERS
Overprinted 'V.'
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1859 |
 |
 RED OVERPRINT: 'V.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d bright ultramarine SG DO579, rouletting on all sides, a couple
of very minor blemishes, part-gum, Cat £4500. Rated RRRR; not recorded used (but Don Pearce had an example). The Vestey, 'Besancon' and 'Tamiami' examples sold for £1320, SFr6050 and $5510 (Sale 236 Lot 702) respectively. The superb unused Baron von
Ferrary/James Halliday example sold for $2040 (Sale 264 Lot 551). Absent from Don Pearce's collection. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,000
Currently Opening at...AU$1,500.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1860 |
|
 RED OVERPRINT: 'V.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 1/- bright red-brown SG DO580, rouletting at top & left and cut
from the sheet just shaving the design at right & the base, part-gum, Cat £4500; unpriced used. Rated RRRR; not recorded used. The 'Besancon' and Don Pearce unused examples sold for SFr5565 and $3835 (Sale 247 Lot 838) respectively. Absent from the
Vestey and 'Tamiami' collections. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1861 |
 |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'V.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Rouletted 2d deep dull red-orange SG DO581 (very fine with rouletting on all sides, Cat
£500) tied by GPO cds of 'JY20/70' to plain cover endorsed "OHMS" & used locally, the address beginning "Sergt Major" partly erased resulting in a central fault, light overall soiling. The stamp is rated RR. Ex Rev James Mursell and Don Pearce: sold
for $1475 (Sale 247 Lot 840). Number 3 in Anthony Presgrave's Census of five 'V.' covers, and illustrated by Ron Butler at page 148.
The long 'Tamiami' cover, with the stamp inverted & the address partly erased, sold for $1377. The two 'Besancon' covers - the first with address similarly defaced - sold for SFr905 & SFr1205 respectively. The source of the covers with erased
addresses is hinted at by Rev Mursell's pencil endorsement on the reverse: "Fry Wirrega SA/Jan 1934". Wirrega is a railway stopping place 20km NW of Bordertown. (Image1) (Image2)
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Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1862 |
|
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'V.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Rouletted 2d pale orange SG DO581 (Cat £500; Rated RR; unrecorded unused), tied to OHMS
cover with 'Volunteer Military Force Staff Office/Adelaide' imprint at lower-left by GPO cds of 'NO11/69', used locally to "Sergeant [name neatly abraded]/Adelaide Artillery", two vertical folds. Ex Rev James Mursell. Number 1 in Anthony Presgrave's
Census of five 'V.' covers. The two 'Besancon' covers - the first with address similarly defaced - sold for SFr905 & SFr1205 respectively. Don Pearce's similar cover sold for $1475 (Sale 247 Lot 840). The long 'Tamiami' cover, with the stamp inverted
& the address partly erased, sold for $1355 (Sale 236 Lot 703).
Fun fact: Anthony Presgrave has advised that this was the first Departmental cover he obtained. It was sold at a Sydney auction but was returned because of the undescribed folds! (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,400
Currently Opening at...AU$1,050.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1863 |
F |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'V.' on QV De La Rue V/Crown Wmk Perf 10 2d red-orange SG DO584a from the top of the sheet with Marginal Watermark
'ORI' Only, GPO cds of 'JY11/73', Cat £850+. Rated RRR+; unrecorded unused. Superior to the 'Tamiami' - "a couple of short perfs" - and Don Pearce - "ironed-out minor crease" - examples that sold for $1315 (Sale 236 Lot 704) and $2275 (Sale 247 Lot
841) respectively. The very fine James Halliday example - "one short perf" - sold for $1380 (Sale 262 Lot 765). Absent from 'Besancon'. [Date range 5.12.1871 to 11.7.1873] (Image1) (Image2)
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Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
VACCINATION BOARD
Overprinted 'VN.'
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1864 |
F |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'VN.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Irregular Compound Perf 10x11½-12½ x11½-12½x11½-12½ 4d deep purple SG
DO587, well-centred, irregular perfs at the sides and the upper-left corner is missing but clear of the design and otherwise sound, light GPO cds of 'SP4/73', Cat £20,000. Rated RRRRRR but one other example has been recorded in private hands so it
should be rated RRRRR: unrecorded unused. The very fine Bernhard Forster/Don Pearce/James Halliday example - graded 'A-' - sold for $34,740 (Sale 247 Lot 834) & $52,800 (Sale 262 Lot 766). [Date range 4.9.1873 to 28.9.1873]
This is the Holy Grail for collectors of the South Australian Departmentals. Four examples have been recorded. Reverend EP Raynor owned an example: it has not been seen since 1965 and may no longer be extant. The location of AE Fryar's example -
offered in a mixed lot (!) - is not known. That leaves only two stamps confirmed in private hands.
NB: The two recorded Perf 10 examples - Ex Rev James Mursell and in the institutionalised Sir George Murray collection - are generally considered to be of improbable authenticity. Ron Butler noted the existence of 2d & 4d stamps with a 'V.N.'
overprint and suggests they had been discredited. The 'V.N.' Perf 10 4d in Colonel Napier (III) was unsold, strongly suggesting that no potential buyer accepted its bona fides, despite it having a clear RPSL Certificate. Its current whereaouts are
also unknown. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$5,000
Currently Opening at...AU$3,800.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
VALUATOR OF RUNS (?)
Overprinted 'VA.'
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1865 |
G |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'VA.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d dull orange SG DO585, significant damage at the top, GPO cds of
'AP9/73', Cat £7500; unpriced unused. Rated RRRRR: unrecorded unused. One of the most elusive of all the Departmental Overprints. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $5425, against our intentionally conservative estimate of $500. [The only date recorded by Don
Pearce]
The ultimate enigma: we have listed this stamp under 'Valuator of Runs' only because that was Ron Butler's final guess, and we need to put it somewhere! Frankly, none of the suggestions of MP Castle, Reverend PE Raynor and George Blockey are
convincing. Only a couple of examples have been recorded - including in Rev Mursell's collection - and of themselves they offer no solution to the conundrum. No official statement on the subject has been found and, in the government's 1871 list of
users of Departmentals, there was no candidate for 'VA'. That list also advised that any typesetting errors should be used-up as normal stamps.
The situation is complicated by the absence of a stop after the 'V'. Certainly, this could have been an oversight on the part of the type-setter. However, 'V.A.' offers no more clarity than 'VA.' Could this be a case analogous to the mysterious
'I.E.'? Don Pearce believes 'I.E.' was a typsetting error for 'E.' Perhaps 'VA.' could be a typesetting error for 'V.' As with 'E.'+'I.E.', a setenant 'V.'+'VA.' multiple is needed to advance the argument. One thing that supports the error theory is
that both 'I.E.' and 'VA.' are of extreme rarity. That could be the result of an error in each case on one position in the forme. In both cases such an aberration should have been quickly identified and rectified. Whatever the case, nobody has
questioned the genuineness of the overprint. (Image1) (Image2)
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Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
WATERWORKS
Overprinted 'W.'
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1866 |
F |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'W.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d dull orange SG DO589, rouletting on all sides, fine GPO cds of
'DE9/69', Cat £180. Rated R. Don Pearce's similar example with the watermark reversed sold for $330 (Sale 247 Lot 845). [Date range 16.12.1868 to 9.9.1870] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$125
Currently Opening at...AU$95.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1867 |
F |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'W.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d dull red-orange SG DO590 (the last stamp in the Gibbons listing)
horizontal pair, GPO cds of 'AP10/[74?]', Cat £400+. Rated S+. A very scarce multiple. The Don Pearce - on piece - and James Halliday - a few trimmed perfs - singles both with the Overprint Misplaced to Left sold for $384 & $528 (Sale 262 Lot 770)
respectively. [Date range 3.11.1870 to 22.7.1873] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Datestamps and other Town Markings
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1868 |
|
 1929-64 Business Reply Post envelopes all registered and mostly from small post offices, those to John Martin (Adelaide) have been
opened-out, generally very fine.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 1869 |
|
 Adelaide: 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/ADELAIDE/S.A/23MA23/[ ]' large Crowned-Oval datestamp (Type CrOval; worn state; recorded
1842-1846 only) fine complete strike on reverse of folded entire to Scotland headed "Adelaide South Australia 21st March 1846" endorsed "Paid" and initially rated "8"[d] on the face but this crossed-out and replaced with "9d", 'SHIP-LETTER' cachet
and London '26SE26/1846' transit on the reverse, redirected with Ayr & Kilmarnock backstamps, some light soiling & edge wear not affecting the marking. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 1870 |
|
 Adelaide: 'SECRETARY G.P.O./OC 19/91/S.A' cds (unlisted in the Handbook) very fine almost complete strike tying Thick 'O.S.'
Overprint on De La Rue Perf 10 '2½d.' on 4d blue-green SG O53 (Cat £90 used; no cover multiplier given) to 'Post Offfice & Telegraph Department' OHMS envelope to England, London 'NO23/91' arrival backstamp, a couple of minor blemishes. The Handbook
at Adelaide p18 lists an earlier 22mm diameter cds recorded 1878-79 only; this cds is 23mm across with larger inscriptions. Ex Don Pearce; sold at our auction of 6.12.2023 for $348 (Sale 254 Lot 2216). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 1871 |
|
 Angaston: 'ANGASTON/NO23/53/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA=' cds (Mordan-Type UF1; rated RRR) largely very fine complete strike on outer to
Tanunda rated "4"[d] in black, no arrival markings, light horizontal filing fold just clear of the marking. Angaston (2) PO 11.3.1852. Don Pearce's slightly superior strike on cover to Adelaide sold at our auction of 6.12.2023 for $348 (Sale 254 Lot
2048). (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 1872 |
|
 Angipena (1): 'ANGIPENA/OC 8/62/S.A' cds (Type UF4a; rated RRR) fine complete backstamp on largely printed solicitor's entire to
"Far North" with QV Perkins Bacon Second Roulettes 1d bright yellow-green SG 19 horizontal pair (minor separation fault at top) tied by 'PORT AUGUSTA' cds and 'UNCLAIMED' handstamp on the face, another backstamp of 'OC 29' alongside 'KANYAKA/S.A' cds
(Type UF4a; rated R) of 'OC6 & 'NO20' and returned with Adelaide 'GPO/DE3' cds also on the reverse, a couple of very minor blemishes. PO -.9.1859; closed 30.8.1866. Sold at our auction of 24.10.2009 for $460 (Sale 151 Lot 359). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 1873 |
S |
 Angipena: 'ANGIPENA/OC1/94/S.A' Squared Circle (Type SC; rated RRR) largely very fine large-part strike on QV De La Rue 2d orange.
PO 19.8.1893; closed 26.11.1894; PO 1.10.1895; closed 30.4.1897 [Flinders Ranges; 55km E of Leigh Creek; Gold Mining]. Ex John Bell; sold at our auction of 14.11.2014 for $184 (Sale 198 Lot 2412). (Image1)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 1874 |
|
 Auburn: 'AUBURN/NO9/1860/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA=' cds (Mordan-Type UF1; rated RRR) largely very fine complete strike alongside QV Perkins
Bacon Adelaide Printing Imperforate 2d orange irregularly cut/torn from the sheet tied by largely very fine Diamond Numeral '34' (rated R) on envelope to Adelaide, very fine 'TOO-LATE' handstamp on the face, GPO arrival backstamp of the next day,
minor pinholes at upper-left one just affecting the marking. Replaced Kercoonda PO 21.8.1851. Don Pearce's similar item - the stamp somewhat finer - sold at our auction of 6.12.2023 for $528 (Sale 254 Lot 2327). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
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