RED OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 4d slate-purple SG DO31, well-centred & cut from the sheet at the top just clear of the design otherwise superb, large-part gum, SG £1600. Rated RRRR. Ex Lord Samuel Vestey: sold for £1020. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019). Don Pearce's similar but unused example sold for $2755 (Sale 247 Lot 39). Absent from 'Besancon'. (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,400
Opening AU$ 1,800.00
Sold...AU$ 1,800.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1800
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 34
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO31
RED OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 4d slate-purple SG DO31, GPO cds of 'SP16/68', Cat £1500. Rated RRRRR. Ex Don Pearce, 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer), Hugh Wynn and 'Tamiami': sold for $2755 (Sale 236 Lot 545). RPSV Certificate (2019). Don Pearce's superb example sold for $2635 (Sale 247 Lot 40). Absent from 'Besancon'. [Date range 15.5.1868 to 16.9.1868] (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 35
Symbol: #
Cat No: DO33
RED OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d dull ultramarine SG DO33, a couple of minor tonespots, traces of gum, Cat £2000. Rated RRRRRR = one example recorded. Ex 'Besancon': sold for SFr1935. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2018) states "great rarity...original gum". Absent from Don Pearce: his used example - also rated RRRRRR - sold for $8685 (Sale 247 Lot 41). (Image1)
Estimate AU$3,000
Opening AU$ 2,300.00
Sold...AU$ 5,250.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 5250
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 36
Symbol: *
Cat No: DO32
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted SG DO32, light ironed-out diagonal crease, large-part gum, Cat £1400. Rated RRRR. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009) states "extremely rare". Don Pearce's very fine mint example sold for $2275 (Sale 247 Lot 43). (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 37
Symbol: =
Cat No: DO32
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d brown-orange SG DO32, crudely separated at right, tied to small piece by GPO cds of 'FE5/69', Cat £325. Rated RRR. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $300 (Sale 247 Lot 44). Absent from 'Besancon'. [Date range 5.2.69 to 2.2.1870] (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 210.00
Sold...AU$ 210.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 210
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 38
Symbol: *
Cat No: DO33
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d dull ultramarine SG DO33, rouletting on three sides and cut from the sheet at left to preserve the design, small separation fault at upper-right, large-part gum, Cat £3000. Rated RRRR: unrecorded used by Ron Butler. Ex Colonel Napier (I). RPSV Certificate (1979). Don Pearce's superb example sold for $3475 (Sale 247 Lot 45). Absent from 'Besancon'. (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,500
Opening AU$ 1,900.00
Sold...AU$ 1,900.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1900
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 39
Symbol: *
Cat No: DO38
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 1d yellow-green SG DO38, cut from the sheet at the base to preserve the design, large-part gum. Not priced unused by Gibbons and not recorded unused by Ron Butler. Probably the only recorded unused 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)
Estimate AU$5,000
Opening AU$ 3,800.00
Sold...AU$ 3,800.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 3800
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 40
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO38
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 1d yellow-green SG DO38, a few short perfs, faint GPO cds with indistinct date, Cat £1800. Rated RRRRR. Don Pearce's very fine but poorly-centred example sold for $5270 (Sale 247 Lot 42). Absent from 'Besancon'. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare" and identifies the usage date as '5JY/69'. Don Pearce recorded only one date so the usage range is now 3.12.1868 to 5.7.1869. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 41
Symbol: G
Cat No: DO42
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 10 SG DO42, misplaced perfs at the top resulting in a virtually square 'dwarf' stamp with 'POSTAGE' Omitted, indistinct GPO cds, Cat £200. Rated RRR. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $310 (Sale 247 Lot 47). (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 250.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 42
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO42
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 10 SG DO42, grossly misplaced perfs at the top resulting in an even shorter 'dwarf' stamp than the previous lot but with the upper portion still present & cut from the sheet at top & left to preserve the design, GPO cds of 'DE14/70', Cat £200. Rated RRR. Ex Keith Harrison (UK): sold for $325 (Sale 183 Lot 485). [Date range for normal stamp 14.12.1870 to -.2.1871 only] (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 43
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO35
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d orange-red SG DO35, rouletting on all sides, GPO cds of 'FE21/71', Cat £350. Apparently underrated at R: unrecorded unused. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $360 (Sale 247 Lot 48). The 'Tamiami' example sold for $216 (Sale 236 Lot 546). [Date range 4.1.1871 to 15.12.1872] (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 220.00
Sold...AU$ 220.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 220
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 44
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO43
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d dull orange SG DO43, GPO cds of 'AP2-/74', Cat £170. Underrated at R: unrecorded unused. Don Pearce's similar example sold for $275 (Sale 247 Lot 49). [Date range 11.12.1873 to -.8.1874] (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 170.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 45
Symbol: #
Cat No: DO39
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 4d slate-purple SG DO39, cut from the sheet at left to preserve the design, unused, Cat £1300. Rated RRRRR. Ex Frederick Hall: sold for $610 (Sale 133 Lot 493). RPSV Certificate (2008). The 'Besancon' example - brown mark & disturbed gum - sold for SFr1695. Absent from Don Pearce's collection. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 46
Symbol: #
Cat No: DO44
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 10 4d slate-violet SG DO44, cut from the sheet at top & right to preserve the design, slightly trimmed perfs at lower-right, unused, unpriced unused by Gibbons. Rated RRRRR. Ex 'Sir Humphrey': sold for $640 (Sale 118 Lot 218) and Ex Robert Jenkins (USA): sold at our auction of 10.3.2007 for $1105 (Sale 127 Lot 2514). Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2010) states "extremely rare". Absent from the 'Besancon' and Don Pearce collections. (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 47
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO44
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 10 4d slate-violet SG DO44, a couple of short perfs, GPO cds of 'AU27/74', Cat £200. Rated RR. Don Pearce's example sold for $300 (Sale 247 Lot 50). [Don recorded usage between 5.1.1871 and 9.10.1871 only. This is almost three years later, making it a remarkable outlier] (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 220.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 220
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 48
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO44a
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV Perkins Bacon V/Crown Wmk Perf 10 4d slate-violet SG DO44a, a couple of short perfs, GPO cds of 'JA2/73', Cat £1500. Rated RRRR; unrecorded unused. Ex Colonel Harry Napier (III) and Don Pearce: sold for $2635 (Sale 247 Lot 51). Absent from 'Besancon'. [Date range 10.4.1872 to 2.1.1873] (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,500
Opening AU$ 1,900.00
Sold...AU$ 5,000.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 5000
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 49
Symbol: G
Cat No: DO36
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d dull blue SG DO36, traces of rouletting on all sides but cut from the sheet & into the design at lower-left, GPO cds of 'JA29/74', Cat £1400. Rated RRRRR. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $575 (Sale 247 Lot 55). The very fine 'Besancon' example sold for SFr2055. [Date range 17.12.1873 to 29.1.1874 only] (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 50
Symbol: #
Cat No: DO37
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 1/- bright red-brown SG DO37, unused, Cat £550. Unrecorded unused by Ron Butler & only one other recorded so it should be rated RRRRR. Ex Lord Samuel Vestey: sold for £1365. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare". The very fine 'Besancon' example sold for SFr725. Absent from Don Pearce's collection. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,350.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1350
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 51
Symbol: *
Cat No: DO37
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 1/- red-brown SG DO37 from a late printing using the Worn Plate, large-part gum, Cat £550. Unrecorded unused by Ron Butler & only one other recorded so it should be rated RRRRR. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009) states "extremely rare". The very fine 'Besancon' example sold for SFr725. Absent from Don Pearce's collection. (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,500
Opening AU$ 1,900.00
Sold...AU$ 2,200.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 2200
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 52
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO41
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 1/- red-brown SG DO41, some characteristic irregular perfs, light GPO cds with indistinct date, unpriced unused or used by Gibbons. Unrecorded unused or used by Ron Butler and the only recorded example so it should be rated RRRRRR. Absent from the 'Besancon' and Don Pearce collections. (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 53
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO45
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'A.O.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 10 1/- red-brown SG DO45 on brownish tinted paper, light GPO cds of 'FE29/72' (Leap Year), unpriced unused or used by Gibbons. Listed but not rated by Ron Butler but the only recorded example so it should be rated RRRRRR. Ex Frederick Hall: sold for $1220 (Sale 133 Lot 494). Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2010) states "extremely rare". Absent from the 'Besancon' and Don Pearce collections. (Image1)
