RED OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on Rouletted 6d bright blue, rouletting except at the base where cut from the sheet well clear of the design, indistinct cds. Rated RRRRR.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on Perf 11½-12½ 1d deep yellow-green, grossly misplaced perfs with fragments of three adjoining units, Goolwa cds of JU28/71. Rated RRRR. [Date range 28.6.1871 to 9.9.1871]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on Perf 11½-12½ 1d deep yellow-green, grossly misplaced perfs with fragments of three adjoining units, light Strathalbyn cds of SE9/71. Rated RRRR. Almost certainly from the same sheet as the previous lot.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on Perf 10 1d deep yellow-green, a few trimmed perfs at U/R, just tied to small piece by faint Goolwa cds of JA31/72. Rated RR. [Date range -.11.1871 to 31.1.1872]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on Perf 10 1d deep green, grossly misplaced perfs and cut from the sheet to preserve the design with fragments of eight adjoining units, trimmed perfs at U/R, faint cds. Rated RR. A remarkable stamp, for which Don Pearce paid $400.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on De La Rue Star Wmk Rouletted 2d red-orange, rouletting on all sides, very fine large-part 'PORT WA[KEFIELD]/AU28/1871/[S.A]' cds. Superb. Rated RR: unrecorded unused. Superior to the 'Besancon' and 'Tamiami' examples, that sold for SFr121 & $347 respectively. [Date range 8.5.1871 to 31.1.1872]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d red-orange with the Watermark Reversed, light Strathalbyn cds of MY29/72. Superb. Rated R+: unrecorded unused. [Date range 10.12.1871 to 24.2.1873]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Watermark Regular Compound Perf 10x11½-12½ 2d red-orange with the Watermark Reversed, GPO cds of SP14/72. Rated RRR+: unrecorded unused. The superb 'Tamiami' example with Regular Compound Perf 10x11½-12½ sold for $527. [Date range 29.7.1872 to 7.7.1875]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d brown-orange from the left of the right-hand pane with marginal vertical watermark line at left, tied by Diamond-Numeral '71' of 'GOOLWA' (cds of MR18/72 alongside) to OHMS cover without imprint, to the Commissioner for Public Works, part-GPO arrival b/s, flap removed with related damage at the top. The stamp is rated R. The only M.R.' cover in Anthony Presgrave's Census. Ex AE Fryar, and noted by Ron Butler at page 114 as evidencing the c.1870 transfer of the Goolwa Tramway to the Railways Department.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on Rouletted 4d deep dull purple, rouletting on all sides, unused. Unrecorded unused by Ron Butler & only two other examples recorded so it should be rated RRRRR. The 'Besancon' example with part-o.g. sold for SFr1935.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on Rouletted 4d deep purple, rouletting on all sides, very fine large-part Strathalbyn cds of DE 6/72. Rated R: unrecorded unused by Ron Butler. [Date range 1.10.1870 to 6.12.1872]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on Perf 11½-12½ 4d deep purple, a couple of short perfs at upper-right, light GPO cds. Rated RR: unrecorded unused by Ron Butler. More attractive than the 'Besancon' example, that sold for SFr266. [Date range 2.2.1874 to 30.7.1874]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on Rouletted 6d bright Prussian blue, very fine Goolwa cds of OC31/71. Unrecorded by Ron Butler & the only recorded example so it should be rated RRRRRR. [Ron Butler does list a Rouletted 6d in 'violet-ultramarine', of which he records no examples unused or used. We expect that he was referring to this stamp]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 6d Prussian blue, Misperforated with 'POSTAGE' at the Base, 3mm closed tear at left, indistinct cancel. Rated RRR: unrecorded unused by Ron Butler. The 'Besancon' example sold for SFr385.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 1/- bright red-brown, cut from the sheet to preserve the design at the base & clear of the design at the top, light Port Wakefield cds. Rated RRRR: unrecorded unused. The 'Tamiami' example sold for $575. The 'Besancon' example was a gift at SFr121. [Date range 30.11.1871 to 21.5.1873]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on Perf 11½-12½ 2/- crimson, some trimmed perfs, large-part o.g. Unrecorded unused by Ron Butler & only two other recorded examples so it should be rated RRRRR. The very fine 'Besancon' example sold for SFr3145 & the 'Tamiami' example - no gum - sold for $1375.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on Perf 11½-12½ 2/- crimson from the right of the sheet with vertical marginal watermark lines at right, trimmed perfs at left, indistinct Port Wakefield cds. Rated RR: unrecorded unused. The very fine 'Besancon' & 'Tamiami' examples - both noted in error as rated RRRRR - sold for SFr145 & $599 respectively.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on Regular Compound Perf 11½-12½x10 2/- crimson from the right of the sheet with vertical marginal watermark lines at right, unused. Unrecorded unused by Ron Butler & the only recorded example so it should be rated RRRRRR.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'M.R.' on Regular Compound Perf 11½-12½x10 2/- crimson, perfs trimmed at left clear of the design, minor aging, untidy GPO cds of JY25/76. Rated RRRRR: unrecorded unused, but see the previous lot. Ex Rev James Mursell. [The only date recorded by Don Pearce]