RED OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 1d bright yellow-green SG DO174, rouletting except at left & cut from the sheet on three sides to preserve the design, large-part gum, Cat £850. Rated RRRR. Ex Colonel Napier (II). Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare". Superior to the 'Besancon' example that sold for SFr845. Absent from Don Pearce's collection. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 1,600.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1600
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 237
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO174
RED OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 1d bright yellow-green SG DO174, rouletting on all sides but misplaced vertically so cut from the sheet at the sides to preserve the design, the separation fault at lower-left is actualy outside the vertical roulettes, GPO cds of 'JU1/69', Cat £450. Rated RR. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $175 (Sale 118 Lot 321). The 'Tamiami' - graded 'A-' - and Don Pearce - graded 'B' - examples sold for $550 (Sale 236 Lot 590) and $575 (Sale 247 Lot 249) respectively. [Date range 1.6.1869 to 9.7.1869 only] (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 440.00
Sold...AU$ 625.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 625
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 238
Symbol: G
Cat No: DO175
RED OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d bright vermilion SG DO175, rouletting except at top but misplaced horizontally so cut from the sheet at top & base to preserve the design, GPO cds of 'JU17/68', Cat £300; unpriced unused. Rated RR; unrecorded unused. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $175 (Sale 118 Lot 321). Don Pearce's superb example sold for $479 (Sale 247 Lot 250). [Date range 6.6.1868 to 9.10.1868] (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 290.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 239
Symbol: *
Cat No: DO178
RED OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 4d slate-purple SG DO178, perfs at right trimmed clear of the design, large-part gum, Cat £1250. Rated RRRR. Ex 'Besancon': sold for SFr1570. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2018) states "extremely rare...superb & fresh". Absent from Don Pearce's collection. (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,700.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1700
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 240
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO178
RED OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 4d slate-purple SG DO178, GPO cds of 'FE26/69', Cat £2750. Rated RRRR. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $350 (Sale 118 Lot 323). Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2018) states "extremely rare". Don Pearce's superb example sold for $4790 (Sale 247 Lot 251). Absent from 'Besancon'. [Date range 17.12.1868 to 26.2.1869 only] (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: 241
Symbol: *
Cat No: DO176
RED OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d dull blue SG DO176, rouletting on all sides & cut from the sheet at the base to preserve the design, large-part gum, Cat £1750. Rated RRR. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $2995 (Sale 247 Lot 252). More attractive than the 'Besancon' example that sold for SFr1150. (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,600.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1600
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 242
Symbol: #
Cat No: DO176a
RED OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d dull blue with Double Overprint SG DO176a from the left of the sheet with vertical sheet-watermark lines at left, rouletting on three sides but cut from the sheet on three sides to preserve the design, unused, Cat £3000. Unlisted by Ron Butler and only one other example has been recorded so it should be rated RRRRR. Superb. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009) states "great rarity". Don Pearce's very fine mint example sold for $4550 (Sale 247 Lot 253). Absent from 'Besancon'. (Image1)
Estimate AU$3,000
Opening AU$ 2,300.00
Sold...AU$ 2,500.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 2500
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 243
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO176
RED OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d dull blue SG DO176, remarkably with rouletting clear of the design on all sides, GPO cds of 'AP9/69', Cat £1250. Rated RRRRR. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $2755 (Sale 247 Lot 254). Absent from 'Besancon'. The only dated example recorded by Don Pearce. (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: 244
Symbol: *
Cat No: DO177
RED OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 1/- red-brown SG DO177, rouletting except at right where cut from the sheet to preserve the design, large-part gum, Cat £1900. Rated RRRR. Ex Colonel Napier: sold at a London auction in 2013 for £1364. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare". Superior to the 'Besancon' example - cut from the sheet at the top shaving the design - that sold for SFr1815. Absent from Don Pearce's collection. (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: 245
Symbol: G
Cat No: DO177
RED OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 1/- red-brown SG DO177 horizontal pair from the right of the sheet with full rouletting, GPO cds of 'AU9/68', Cat £1500+ for singles. Rated RRRR+. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $2755 (Sale 247 Lot 255). 'Besancon' didn't have a used example. An extremely rare & desirable multiple. [Date range 9.8.1868 to 11.12.1869] (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,800.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1800
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 246
Symbol: #
Cat No: DO179a
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV De La Rue Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d dull orange SG DO179a, rouletting at top & left but cut from the sheet except at top to preserve the design, unused, unpriced unused by Gibbons; Cat £1300 used. Unlisted by Ron Butler & the only recorded 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$ 4,600.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 4600
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 247
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO179
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d red-orange SG DO179 with the Watermark Reversed, apparently Imperforate with no trace of rouletting, GPO cds of 'SP23/69', Cat £325+. Rated RR+. Superb. Ex Victor Bullock: sold for $373. The 'Besancon', 'Tamiami' and Don Pearce rouletted stamps sold for SFr605 $525 (Sale 236 Lot 590) and $525 (Sale 247 Lot 256) respectively. [Date range including for the normal stamp 15.10.1868 to 23.9.1869] (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 248
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO179 with 'D
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d red-orange SG DO179 with 'D.B.' Offset on the Reverse, rouletting on three sides & cut from the sheet clear of the design at left & right, very fine GPO cds of 'MR19/69'. Superb. Rated RR+. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $503 (Sale 247 Lot 258). Absent from 'Besancon'. The presence of 'D.B.' on the reverse proves that the overprinting was done before the sheets were gummed. [Date range for the normal stamp 15.10.1868 to 23.9.1869] (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 440.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 440
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 249
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO181
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 4d slate-violet SG DO181, unusually well-centred, untidy GPO cds of SP18/69. Cat £4250. Unlisted by Ron Butler & the only recorded example so it should be rated RRRRRR. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $7485 (Sale 247 Lot 259). Absent from 'Besancon'. (Image1)
Estimate AU$6,000
Opening AU$ 4,600.00
Sold...AU$ 4,600.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 4600
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 250
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO180
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d dull blue SG DO180, remarkably rouletted clear of the design on all sides, tiny corner repair at upper-right, fine GPO cds of 'OC6/70', Cat £550. Rated RR. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer) - sold for $670 (Sale 118 Lot 326) - and Frederick Hall: sold for $725 (Sale 133 Lot 527). RPSV Certificate (2008). More attractive than Don Pearce's example that sold for $895 (Sale 247 Lot 260). Absent from 'Besancon'. (Image1)
Estimate AU$650
Opening AU$ 500.00
Sold...AU$ 700.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 251
Symbol: #
Cat No: DO183
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 1d bright yellow-green SG DO183, misplaced perfs so cut from the sheet at left (slightly trimmed perfs) and base to preserve the design, unused, Cat £2250. Rated RRRRR. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009) states "extremely rare". Don Pearce's superb example sold for $3830 (Sale 247 Lot 261). Absent from 'Besancon'. (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: 252
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO183
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 1d bright yellow-green SG DO183, misplaced vertical perfs at left so cut from the sheet to preserve the design, fine GPO cds of 'NO7/73', Cat £550. Rated RRR. Ex Victor Bullock: sold for $315 (Sale 130 Lot 431). Don Pearce's superb example sold for $1675 (Sale 247 Lot 262). Absent from 'Besancon'. Apparently a very late addition to the denominations for this user: date range 7.11.1873 to 31.10.1874 only. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 253
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO182
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d dull orange SG DO182 with the Watermark Reversed, rouletting on all sides, very fine GPO cds of 'NO10/69', Cat £110+. Rated R+. Ex Victor Bullock: sold for $314 (Sale 130 Lot 432). More attractive than Don Pearce's very fine example that sold for $162 (Sale 247 Lot 263). [Date range -.10.1869 to 28.7.1870] (Image1)
Estimate AU$120
Opening AU$ 90.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 254
Symbol: G
Cat No: DO184
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 2d dull orange SG DO184 from the left of the right-hand pane with marginal vertical watermark line at left, the Vertical Perforations Grossly Misplaced through the Design and with a second strike at right to correct the error, straight-edge clear of the design at the top, bold GPO cds of 'MR4/71', Cat £200+. Rated RR+. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $359 (Sale 247 Lot 267). A major perforating error, of which only one other example - of 15.11.1871 - has been recorded. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 255
Symbol: #
Cat No: DO186
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d deep red-orange SG DO186 from the left of the pane with vertical marginal watermark line at left, small thin at lower-left, unused, grossly under-catalogued at £225. Rated RRRRR. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare". Absent from the 'Besancon' and Don Pearce collections. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 2,500.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 2500
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 256
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO186
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d dull orange SG DO186 with the Watermark Reversed, an unusually large example, GPO cds of 'NO15/71', Cat £225+. Significantly underrated at R+. Ex 'Novocastrian' (Warwick Nott): sold at our auction of 14.11.2014 for $620 (Sale 198 Lot 2079). RPSV Certificate (2015). (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 320.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 257
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO189
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Irregular Compound Perf 10x10x10x11½-12½ 2d pale orange SG DO189, an unusually large stamp with some minor trimmed perfs, GPO cds of 'JU6/71', Cat £130. Rated RR. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $134 (Sale 118 Lot 328). (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 105.00
Sold...AU$ 125.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 125
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 258
Symbol: #
Cat No: DO185
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 4d slate-purple SG DO185, remarkably well-centred but with the perfs at right slightly trimmed, unused, Cat £1250. Unrecorded unused by Ron Butler and believed only one other example recorded so it should be rated RRRRR. 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: 259
Symbol: V
Cat No: DO185
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 4d slate-purple SG DO185, remarkably well-centred, a few minor short perfs, a bit aged, small-part GPO cds, Cat £800. Rated RRRR. Ex Les Munn: sold for $198 (Sale 110 Lot 828). Don Pearce's very fine example sold for $1375 (Sale 247 Lot 269). [Date range 19.1.1871 to 10.6.1872] (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 260
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO187
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 10 4d pale slate-purple SG DO187, small fault at left, GPO cds of 'JA19/71', Cat £550. Rated RRRR; unrecorded unused. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $280 (Sale 118 Lot 329). Don Pearce's fine example sold for $895 (Sale 247 Lot 268). Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "very rare". Absent from 'Besancon'. [Date range 23.8.1870 to 10.6.1872] (Image1)
Estimate AU$350
Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 320.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 261
Symbol: A
Cat No: DO188
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'D.B.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 10 1/- red-brown on brownish tinted paper SG DO188, GPO cds of 'JA--/71', Cat £425. Rated RRR; unrecorded unused. Ex Victor Bullock: sold for $700 (Sale 130 Lot 436). More attractive than Don Pearce's very fine example that sold for $715 (Sale 247 Lot 271). Absent from 'Besancon'. (Image1)
