RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 1d bright yellow-green SG DO249, rouletting on all sides but cut from the sheet at the base to preserve the design, large-part gum with a diagonal gum-flaw is not a crease, Cat £1500. Rated RRR. Ex Colonel Napier (I). Superior to the 'Besancon' example - minor aging - that sold for SFr1935. Absent from Don Pearce's collection. (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: 347
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO249
RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 1d bright yellow-green SG DO249, rouletting on all sides, very light diamond-numeral cancel, under-catalogued at £250. Rated RR. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $700 (Sale 118 Lot 357). Francis Kiddle's lesser example - graded 'B' - sold for $720 (Sale 112 Lot 813). The very fine 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer) and slightly thinned 'Novocastrian' (Warwick Nott) examples sold for $690 (Sale 118 Lot 357) & $719 (Sale 198 Lot 2091) respectively. Don Pearce's two examples each sold for $550 (Sale 247 Lots 323 & 324). [Date range 11.10.1871 to 2.11.1872] (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 348
Symbol: #
Cat No: DO20
RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d bright vermilion SG DO20, rouletting except at left where cut from the sheet clear of the design, minor oxidisation, unused, Cat £950. Rated RRR. Ex Colonel Napier, 'Hamilton' and Lord Samuel Vestey: sold for £1115. Absent from the 'Besancon' and Don Pearce collections and the only example known to us so it appears to be both underrated & under-catalogued. (Image1)
Estimate AU$3,000
Opening AU$ 2,300.00
Sold...AU$ 2,300.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 2300
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 349
Symbol: *
Cat No: DO250a
RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T ' (No Stop after 'T ') on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d bright vermilion SG DO250a, rouletting on all sides, minor oxidisation, superb large-part gum, Cat £1500. Rated RRRRR. Ex Colonel Napier (I). RPSV Certificate (1979). Lord Vestey's very fine example sold for £2040. The 'Besancon' example - minor faults - sold for SFr1150. Absent from the Don Pearce collection. (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: 350
Symbol: #
Cat No: DO253
RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 4d slate-violet SG DO253, well-centred, unused, Cat £1250. Rated RRR. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009) states "extremely rare". The similar mint 'Besancon' example sold for SFr1815. Absent from Don Pearce's collection. (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: 351
Symbol: #
Cat No: DO251
RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d ultramarine SG DO251, rouletting except at left where cut from the sheet clear of the design, unused, under-catalogued at £750. Rated RRRRR. Ex Lord Samuel Vestey: sold for £1240. RPSV Certificate (1979). The 'Besancon' mint example sold for SFr965. Absent from Don Pearce's collection. (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: 352
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO251
RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d ultramarine SG DO251, rouletting except at top where cut from the sheet just clear of the design, minor tonespots, part-cds, under-catalogued at £375. Rated RR. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $755 (Sale 118 Lot 358). Don Pearce's example sold for $690 (Sale 247 Lot 329). Absent from the 'Besancon' collection. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 353
Symbol: *
Cat No: DO251b
RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T ' (No Stop after 'T ') on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d ultramarine SG DO251b, rouletting on all sides, minor toning on large-part gum, Cat £2000. Rated RRRRR; unrecorded used. Ex 'Frederick Hall: sold for $1745 (Sale 133 Lot 539), having previously sold at our auction of 4.3.2006 for $2680 (Sale 120 Lot 625). RPSV Certificate (2008). The 'Besancon' example - graded 'B' - sold for SFr1575. Don Pearce's very fine example sold for $4070 (Sale 247 Lot 330). (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: 354
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO251a
RED OVERPRINT: 'C.T.' (Error of Lettering) on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d ultramarine SG DO251a, rouletting on all sides, significant fault & light staining both at lower-left, indistinct cds, Cat £3000. Unlisted by Ron Butler & the only recorded example so it should be rated RRRRRR. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $2755 (Sale 247 Lot 331). The 'C.T.' error has also been recorded on the 1/-, in the Sir George Murray collection. It could yet be discovered on the 1d 2d and 4d. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 4,000.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 4000
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 355
Symbol: #
Cat No: DO252
RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 1/- bright red-brown SG DO252, rouletting at the top & right and cut from the sheet clear of the design on three sides, unused, Cat £400. Rated RR. Ex Frederick Hall: sold for $755 (Sale 133 Lot 540). Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare". The 'Besancon' and Don Pearce examples sold for SFr1815 and a mystifyingly low $550 (Sale 247 Lot 332) respectively. (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: 356
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO252
RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 1/- bright red-brown SG DO252, rouletting on all sides, minor blemishes indistinct cds cancel, Cat £325. Rated RR. Ex Les Munn: sold for $520 (Sale 110 Lot 835). The 'Tamiami' and Don Pearce examples sold for $690 (Sale 236 Lot 604) and $455 (Sale 247 Lot 332) respectively. Absent from 'Besancon'. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 357
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO254
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.T.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d deep red-orange SG DO254 with the Watermark Reversed, rouletting on all sides, '[STR]ATHALBYN/JY25/71/[S-A]' cds, Cat £850. Rated RRR: unrecorded unused. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $1015 (Sale 247 Lot 335). The 'Tamiami' example sold for $3400 (Sale 236 Lot 605). Absent from 'Besancon'. (Image1)
