RED OVERPRINT: 'W.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d bright vermilion SG DO588, rouletting on all sides, slight oxidisation but still of bright colour, very fine GPO cds of 'AP14/68' (in the first month of issue), Cat £600. Rated RRRR; unrecorded unused. Ex Victor Bullock: sold for $1570 (Sale 130 Lot 587). RPSV Certificate (2007). The very fine 'Tamiami' and Don Pearce examples sold for $685 (Sale 236 Lot 705) and $2035 (Sale 247 Lot 844) respectively. Absent from the Vestey and 'Besancon' collections. [Date range 14.4.1868 to 3.11.1868] (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: 768
Symbol: *
Cat No: DO589
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'W.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d dull orange SG DO589, rouletting except at left where cut from the sheet clear of the design, part-gum, Cat £750. Rated RRR. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009) states "extremely rare". The Vestey and 'Besancon' examples sold for £780 and SFr725 respectively. (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: 769
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO589a
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'W.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d dull red-orange Printed on Both Sides SG DO589a, the pale original printing on the 'reverse' showing portions of four units & Inverted Relative to the Face and consequently with the Watermark Inverted, rouletting on all sides, GPO cds of 'DE16/68'. Rated RRRR: unrecorded unused. Ex Rev James Mursell, Colonel Napier (III) and Don Pearce: sold for $1135 (Sale 247 Lot 846). Absent from all the other major collections including Gary Diffen's Errors and the only example we have recorded. [The date range including the normal stamp is 16.12.1868 to 9.9.1870] (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: 770
Symbol: F
Cat No: DO590
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'W.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d deep red-orange SG DO590 (the last stamp in the Gibbons listing) with the Overprint Misplaced to Lower-Left, a few slightly trimmed perfs, fine GPO cds of 'DE3/72', Cat £200+. Underrated at S. The Les Munn and 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer) examples sold for $287 (Sale 110 Lot 920) and $310 (Sale 118 Lot 594) respectively. Don Pearce's example - also with the overprint misplaced; on piece - sold for $380 (Sale 247 Lot 847). [Date range 3.11.1870 to 22.7.1873] (Image1)
