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Overprinted 'G.P.' continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 341 |
F |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ carmine SG DO242, an unusually large example, very fine GPO
cds of JA26/71, Cat £100; plus another example with Dropped 'G' in 'G.P.', small fault at the base & a few short perfs, untidy GPO cds. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $270 (Sale 247 Lots 372 & 373). (2) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$145.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 342 |
G |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½x10 2/- carmine-pink SG DO247, a few short perfs, GPO
circle-in-bars cancel, under-catalogued at £100. Rated RRRR; unrecorded unused. Ex 'Novocastrian' (Warwick Nott): sold for $404. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "very rare". Don Pearce had only a defective Perf 11½-12½x10 2/- in crimson. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO247] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 343 |
G |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.P.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½x10 2/- crimson SG DO247 from the left of the sheet with
vertical marginal watermark lines at left and Wide Imperforate Margin at Left, small closed tear at centre-top, GPO circle-in-bars cancel. Ex Gary Diffen: sold for £108. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO247] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$130.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
GOVERNMENT STOREKEEPER
Overprinted 'G.S.'
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 344 |
 |
 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)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO248] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 345 |
F |
 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)
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Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,450.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
GOOLWA TRAMWAY
Overprinted 'G.T.'
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 346 |
|
 RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 1d bright yellow-green SG DO249, rouletting on all sides but cut
from the sheet at the base to preserve the design, large-part gum with a diagonal gum-flaw is not a crease, Cat £1500. Rated RRR. Ex Colonel Napier (I). Superior to the 'Besancon' example - minor aging - that sold for SFr1935. Absent from Don
Pearce's collection. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 347 |
F |
 RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 1d bright yellow-green SG DO249, rouletting on all sides, very
light diamond-numeral cancel, under-catalogued at £250. Rated RR. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $700 (Sale 118 Lot 357). Francis Kiddle's lesser example - graded 'B' - sold for $720 (Sale 112 Lot 813). The very fine 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian
Farmer) and slightly thinned 'Novocastrian' (Warwick Nott) examples sold for $690 (Sale 118 Lot 357) & $719 (Sale 198 Lot 2091) respectively. Don Pearce's two examples each sold for $550 (Sale 247 Lots 323 & 324). [Date range 11.10.1871 to
2.11.1872] (Image1)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 348 |
# |
 RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d bright vermilion SG DO20, rouletting except at left where cut
from the sheet clear of the design, minor oxidisation, unused, Cat £950. Rated RRR. Ex Colonel Napier, 'Hamilton' and Lord Samuel Vestey: sold for £1115. Absent from the 'Besancon' and Don Pearce collections and the only example known to us so it
appears to be both underrated & under-catalogued. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO20] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$3,000
SOLD for AU$2,300.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 349 |
|
 RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T ' (No Stop after 'T ') on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 2d bright vermilion SG DO250a, rouletting
on all sides, minor oxidisation, superb large-part gum, Cat £1500. Rated RRRRR. Ex Colonel Napier (I). RPSV Certificate (1979). Lord Vestey's very fine example sold for £2040. The 'Besancon' example - minor faults - sold for SFr1150. Absent from the
Don Pearce collection. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO250a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 350 |
# |
 RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Perf 11½-12½ 4d slate-violet SG DO253, well-centred, unused, Cat £1250.
Rated RRR. Ex Baron von Ferrary, Theodore Champion and Philip Croker. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2009) states "extremely rare". The similar mint 'Besancon' example sold for SFr1815. Absent from Don Pearce's collection. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 351 |
# |
 RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d ultramarine SG DO251, rouletting except at left where cut
from the sheet clear of the design, unused, under-catalogued at £750. Rated RRRRR. Ex Lord Samuel Vestey: sold for £1240. RPSV Certificate (1979). The 'Besancon' mint example sold for SFr965. Absent from Don Pearce's collection. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO251] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 352 |
F |
 RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d ultramarine SG DO251, rouletting except at top where cut from
the sheet just clear of the design, minor tonespots, part-cds, under-catalogued at £375. Rated RR. Ex 'Sir Humphrey' (Brian Farmer): sold for $755 (Sale 118 Lot 358). Don Pearce's example sold for $690 (Sale 247 Lot 329). Absent from the 'Besancon'
collection. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO251] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 353 |
|
 RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T ' (No Stop after 'T ') on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d ultramarine SG DO251b, rouletting on all
sides, minor toning on large-part gum, Cat £2000. Rated RRRRR; unrecorded used. Ex 'Frederick Hall: sold for $1745 (Sale 133 Lot 539), having previously sold at our auction of 4.3.2006 for $2680 (Sale 120 Lot 625). RPSV Certificate (2008). The
'Besancon' example - graded 'B' - sold for SFr1575. Don Pearce's very fine example sold for $4070 (Sale 247 Lot 330). (Image1)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO251b] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$2,500
SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 354 |
F |
 RED OVERPRINT: 'C.T.' (Error of Lettering) on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 6d ultramarine SG DO251a, rouletting on all
sides, significant fault & light staining both at lower-left, indistinct cds, Cat £3000. Unlisted by Ron Butler & the only recorded example so it should be rated RRRRRR. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $2755 (Sale 247 Lot 331). The 'C.T.' error has also been
recorded on the 1/-, in the Sir George Murray collection. It could yet be discovered on the 1d 2d and 4d. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO251a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$4,000.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 355 |
# |
 RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 1/- bright red-brown SG DO252, rouletting at the top & right and
cut from the sheet clear of the design on three sides, unused, Cat £400. Rated RR. Ex Frederick Hall: sold for $755 (Sale 133 Lot 540). Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2019) states "extremely rare". The 'Besancon' and Don Pearce examples sold for SFr1815
and a mystifyingly low $550 (Sale 247 Lot 332) respectively. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO252] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 356 |
F |
 RED OVERPRINT: 'G.T.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Rouletted 1/- bright red-brown SG DO252, rouletting on all sides, minor
blemishes indistinct cds cancel, Cat £325. Rated RR. Ex Les Munn: sold for $520 (Sale 110 Lot 835). The 'Tamiami' and Don Pearce examples sold for $690 (Sale 236 Lot 604) and $455 (Sale 247 Lot 332) respectively. Absent from 'Besancon'. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO252] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 357 |
F |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'G.T.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d deep red-orange SG DO254 with the Watermark Reversed, rouletting
on all sides, '[STR]ATHALBYN/JY25/71/[S-A]' cds, Cat £850. Rated RRR: unrecorded unused. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $1015 (Sale 247 Lot 335). The 'Tamiami' example sold for $3400 (Sale 236 Lot 605). Absent from 'Besancon'. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO254] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
HOSPITALS
Overprinted 'H.'
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 358 |
G |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'H.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d dull orange SG DO258, an unusually large example from the left of the
sheet with vertical marginal watermark lines at left, apparently imperforate at left but possibly with perfs removed, light GPO cds of 'AP10/73', undercatalogued at £200. Rated R. The very fine 'Besancon' and Don Pearce examples sold for SFr205 and
$455 (Sale 247 Lot 376) respectively. [Date range -.11.1872 to 24.3.1874] (Image1)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO258] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$350
SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 359 |
F |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'H.' on QV De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d dull orange SG DO258, fine GPO cds of 'FE18/74', Cat £200. Rated R.
Superb. The very fine 'Besancon' and Don Pearce examples sold for SFr205 and $455 (Sale 247 Lot 376) respectively. [Date range -.11.1872 to 24.3.1874] (Image1)
Get Market Data for [Australia DO258] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
| 360 |
F |
 BLACK OVERPRINT: 'H.' on QV Perkins Bacon Large Star Wmk Irregular Compound Perf 11½-12½x11½-12½x10x11½-12½ 4d deep purple,
extensive thinning but of fine facial appearance, light indistinct cds. Unlisted by Ron Butler and the only recorded example so it should be rated RRRRRR. Ex Don Pearce: sold for $2635 (Sale 247 Lot 378). At page 99, Ron Butler states "Only local
correspondence was envisaged and there was only one denomination [the 2d]". However, he provides no authority for either assertion. In any event, 4d was for double-rate domestic letters, so allocation of 4d stamps should not be surprising. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,350.00
Closing..Dec-01, 05:30 PM |
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