RED OVERPRINT: 'G.S.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d bright vermilion SG DO248 apparently from a pale printing or a dry printing, a little oxidised, large-part gum, Cat £2500. Rated RRRR. Ex Baron de Ferrary, Ernest Lye, Colonel Napier, 'Hamilton' and Lord Samuel Vestey: sold for £2650. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare...superb & fresh". The very fine Vestey and 'Tamiami' and superb 'Besancon' examples sold for £2520, $2995 (Sale 236 Lot 616) and SFr4980 respectively. 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: 345
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO248
RED OVERPRINT: 'G.S.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d bright vermilion SG DO248, rouletting on all sides but cut from the sheet at base to preserve the design, light GPO cds of 'AP12/69', Cat £1000. Rated RRRR. Don Pearce's example - small separation fault at upper-left, also dated 'AP12/69' - sold for $1435 (Sale 247 Lot 374). The two stamps were formerly a pair, of which this was the left-hand unit.
Because the Perkins Bacon 2d is the only stamp recorded for this user, it is one of the key stamps in the entire series. [Date range 11.6.1868 to 13.8.1869] (Image1)
