RED OVERPRINT: 'I.S.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d bright vermilion SG DO280, rouletting on all sides, light & indistinct diamond-numeral cancel, Cat £3500. Rated RRRR. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $2635 (Sale 247 Lot 404). 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: 387
Symbol: *
Cat No: DO281
RED OVERPRINT: 'I.S.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d dull ultramarine SG DO281, rouletting except at right but cut from the sheet except at top to preserve the design, part-gum, Cat £1000. Rated RRRR. Ex 'Hamilton'. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare...superb and fresh". More attractive than the very fine Vestey and superb 'Besancon' examples that sold for £1440 and SFr1025 respectively. Absent from the Don Pearce collection. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,400
Opening AU$ 1,050.00
Sold...AU$ 1,050.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1050
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 388
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO281
RED OVERPRINT: 'I.S.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d dull ultramarine SG DO281 from the right of the sheet with vertical marginal watermark lines at right, rouletting except at top where cut from the sheet just shaving the design, small central writing-ink stain, light 'OVERLAND CORNER/SE8/[68]' cds, Cat £750. Rated RRRR. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $670. (Sale 118 Lot 389) The fine Don Pearce example sold for $1255 (Sale 247 Lot 405). Absent from 'Besancon'. [Date range 8.9.1868 to 12.9.1868 only] (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 950.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 389
Symbol: #
Cat No: DO283
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'I.S.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d pale orange SG DO283 from the lower-right of the sheet with the Watermark Reversed & 95% of an 'S' from the marginal sheet watermark, rouletting at top & base and cut from the sheet well clear of the design at the sides, unused, Cat £1500. Unlisted unused by Ron Butler and we know of only two other examples so it should be rated RRRRR. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009) states "extremely rare". The 'Besancon' mint but creased example - with 'T' from the marginal sheet watermark, so almost certainly the stamp adjoining this example to the right - sold for SFr1330. 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: 390
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO283
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'I.S.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d pale orange SG DO283, rouletting on all sides, GPO cds of 'NO6/69', Cat £450. Rated RRR. Ex Victor Bullock: sold for $870 (Sale 130 Lot 471). RPSV Certificate (2007). Don Pearce's similar example sold for $805 (Sale 247 Lot 406). Absent from 'Besancon'. [Date range 6.11.1869 to 25.6.1870] (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 625.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 625
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 391
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO283a
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'I.S.' on QV De La Rue Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d red-orange SG DO283a, rouletting on all sides, light indistinct diamond-numeral cancel, grossly undercatalogued at £200. Rated RRR; unrecorded unused. Superb. Ex Frederick Hall: sold for $1980 (Sale 133 Lot 548). RPSV Certificate (2008). Superior to Don Pearce's example that sold for $4790 (Sale 247 Lot 407). The 'Besancon' example was defective. [Date range -.-.1871 to 18.3.1873] (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: 392
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO286
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'I.A.' on QV De La Rue Large Star Wmk Perf 10 2d red-orange SG DO286, a couple of short perfs & a few trimmed perfs at lower-left, shallow thin at the top, light 'PORT WAKEFIELD/MY7/1873/S.A' cds, Cat £500. Rated RRRR; unrecorded unused. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "very rare". Don Pearce's fine example sold for $895 (Sale 247 Lot 409). [Date range 7.5.1873 to 22.9.1875] (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 240.00
Sold...AU$ 675.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 675
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 393
Symbol: #
Cat No: DO285
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'I.S.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 6d Prussian blue SG DO285, cut from the sheet at base well clear of the design & apparently partly imperforate at the sides with incomplete rouletting, unused and unpriced thus by Gibbons. Rated RRRRR. Superb. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009) states "extremely rare". A technically interesting stamp. More attractive than Lord Vestey's example that sold for £1560. Absent from the 'Besancon' and Don Pearce collections. (Image1)
Estimate AU$4,000
Opening AU$ 3,000.00
Sold...AU$ 3,000.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 3000
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 394
Symbol: G
Cat No: DO285
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'I.S.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 6d Prussian blue SG DO285, cut from the sheet at right just into the design, GPO circle-in-bars cancel, Cat £450. Rated RR. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $535 (Sale 118 Lot 393). Les Munn's very fine example sold for $810 (Sale 110 Lot 847).The 'Besancon', 'Tamiami' and Don Pearce examples sold for SFr385, $1015 (Sale 336 Lot 620) and $715 (Sale 247 Lot 410). (Image1)
