RED OVERPRINT: 'L.L.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d bright vermilion SG DO306, rouletting on all sides, large-part gum, unpriced unused by Gibbons. Rated RRRRR. Ex Baron de Ferrary, Ernest Lye and Colonel Napier (II). Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare...superb & fresh". Absent from the Vestey, '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: 420
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO306
RED OVERPRINT: 'L.L.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d pale vermilion SG DO306, rouletting except at top where cut from the sheet well clear of the design, part-GPO cds, Cat £225. Rated RR. The similar 'Besancon' and Don Pearce examples sold for SFr410 and $359 (Sale 247 Lot 442) respectively. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 340.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 340
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 421
Symbol: *
Cat No: DO306a
RED OVERPRINT: 'LL.' (No Stop between 'LL') on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d vermilion SG DO306a, rouletting on all sides, large-part gum, Cat £2750. Rated RRRR. Ex Baron de Ferrary, Ernest Lye and Colonel Evans (II). Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare...original gum...very fresh". The similar 'Besancon' and 'Tamiami' examples sold for SFr4595 and $4310 (Sale 236 Lot 629) respectively. Absent from Don Pearce's collection. (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: 422
Symbol: G
Cat No: DO306a
RED OVERPRINT: 'LL.' (No Stop between 'LL') on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d vermilion SG DO306a, rouletting at top & left and cut from the sheet except at left to preserve the design, GPO parcel-roller cancel, Cat £500. Rated RRRR. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $490 (Sale 118 Lot 413). Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare". Superior to Don Pearce's example - shallow thins & a little aged - sold for $895 (Sale 247 Lot 441). (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: 423
Symbol: #
Cat No: DO30
RED OVERPRINT: 'L.L.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 4d slate-purple SG DO30, remarkably well centred, unused, Cat £950. Rated RRRR. Eye candy! Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009) states "extremely rare". Superior to the 'Besancon' mint example - trimmed perfs at the top - that sold for SFr1315. 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: 424
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO30
RED OVERPRINT: 'L.L.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 4d slate-purple SG DO30, imperforate (?) at top, light GPO cds of 'FE28/74', Cat £130. Rated R. The 'Tamiami' and Don Pearce examples sold for $203 (Sale 236 Lot 630) and $215 (Sale 247 Lot 443) respectively. [Date range 9.11.1870 to 28.2.1874] (Image1)
Estimate AU$140
Opening AU$ 105.00
Sold...AU$ 180.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 425
Symbol: #
Cat No: DO306
RED OVERPRINT: 'L.L.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d ultramarine SG DO306, rouletting at top & left and cut from the sheet at right clear of the design and a little into the design at base, unused, absurdly undercatalogued at £160. Unrecorded 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". Lord Vestey's very fine unused example sold for £1020 but the Gibbons price is obviously based on the inexplicable result of only SFr181 for the 'Besancon' example. Had everybody fallen asleep? 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: 426
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO306
RED OVERPRINT: 'L.L.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d ultramarine SG DO306, rouletting except at top where cut from the sheet clear of the design, fine GPO cds of 'MR3/69', Cat £100. Rated R. The Don Pearce example - of the same date - sold for $174 (Sale 247 Lot 444). [Date range 3.3.1869 to 7.11.1873] (Image1)
Estimate AU$125
Opening AU$ 135.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 427
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO306a
RED OVERPRINT: 'LL.' (No Stop between 'LL') on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d ultramarine SG DO306a, rouletting at top & right and cut from the sheet clear of the design at left & base, light indistinct cds, Cat £225. Rated R. Ex Victor Bullock: sold for $845 (Sale 130 Lot 492). RPSV Certificate (2007). The 'Tamiami' example sold for $455 (Sale 236 Lot 633). Don Pearce's example - ironed-out crease - sold for $359 (Sale 247 Lot 445). (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 360.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 360
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 428
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO310
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'L.L.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d deep orange-red SG DO310 large example from the left of the sheet with vertical marginal watermark line at left, one pulled perf at upper-left & a faint bend, GPO cds of 'MY21/74', Cat £650. Rated RRRR; unrecorded unused. Ex Victor Bullock: sold for $785 (Sale 130 Lot 493). RPSV Certificate (2007). Don Pearce's example - ironed-out crease - sold for $895 (Sale 247 Lot 446). Absent from 'Besancon'. [Date range 21.5.1874 to 10.10.1874] (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: 429
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO310
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'L.L.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d deep orange-red SG DO310 with Defective Second 'L', GPO cds of AU25/77. Unlisted by Ron Butler & the only recorded example so, if genuine, it should be rated RRRRRR. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $204 (Sale 247 Lot 447). Offered 'as is'.
This stamp is something of an enigma. Compared to other 'L.L.' stamps, the overprint is ½mm shorter & ½mm longer. And the usage is very late. Chris Ceremuga Certificate assessed it as being a forgery. However, the cds appears to be across the overprint, it was found in a multi-generational collection, and it is the only recorded example, which begs the question "Why go to all the trouble of creating a one-off stamp, with an unrecorded variety?" (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Dec-01-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 430
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO309
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'L.L.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 6d Prussian blue SG DO309, remarkably well-centred, irregular perfs at the sides, central shallow thin & a little aged, GPO cds of 1873, Cat £325. Rated RRRR; unrecorded unused. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $350 (Sale 118 Lot 418). Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare". The 'Tamiami' (Sale 236 Lot 634) and Don Pearce (Sale 247 Lot 444) examples - both graded 'B' - each sold for $599. [Date range -.-.1873 to -.12.1874] (Image1)
