AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Lot 208		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 Banknote: c.1880 'Bank of New South Wales' £20 Adelaide....18...., Circular Note payable in London, perforated 'SPECIMEN/C.SKIPPER & EAST' over right signature area, dated 'January 1st 1900'. Unlisted in Vort-Ronald. gEF
Lot 209		Estimate: $500 1855 Plate Proof on imperforate unwmkd paper in Black for 2d, marginal block of six, minor toning in selvedge
Lot 210		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $95 1855 Wmk Large Star, Imperforate, 6d Deep Blue, SG 3, even margins
Lot 211		Estimate: $3,000 1901-02 Watermark Crown SA Perforation 11½-12½ (large holes) 1/- Dark Reddish Brown, vertical marginal pair, variety 'IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY', SG 148a, lower unit two tiny pinholes. Very fresh and fine. One of the great rarities of the Federal period. Unpriced in Stanley Gibbons. [A strip of three realised AU$5750+ in our 2003 Rarities Sale]
Lot 212		Estimate: $2,000 1901-02 Watermark Crown SA Perforation 11½-12½ (large holes) 1/- Dark Reddish Brown, irregular strip of five, variety 'IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY', except at top, each roughly torn and reconstructed, SG 148a, neatly cancelled at Adelaide. Remarkable piece despite the defects
Lot 213		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $240 1883-99 ½d Imperforate Plate Proof on gummed unwatermarked paper in green, gutter block of 64 showing upper/lower and left/right panes
Lot 214		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $270 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE', Imperf Plate Proof pairs on gummed unwatermarked paper in Mauve, one pair with 5/- in red, other with value tablet blank, (2 pairs). Fresh
Lot 215		Estimate: $300 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 10 15/- Brownish-Yellow, SG 198, CTO
Lot 216		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $200 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' Watermark Crown over A: 3d Olive-Green, SG 268, variety 'Watermark Inverted'
Lot 217		Estimate: $600 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 3d to £1, SG 268-79, set CTO at Adelaide with eight other contemporary issues (19)
Lot 218		Estimate: $3,500 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 3d Olive-Green, Watermark Sideways, SG 268a. 2001 RPSV Certificate. (Purves states 'only ten to twelve examples known')
Lot 219		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $2,900 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 8d Ultramine, block of nine showing the rare "EIGNT" error, SG 272a, few perfs reinforced
Lot 220		Estimate: $3,000 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 8d Ultramine, corner control block of four showing the rare "EIGNT" error, SG 272a, fresh mint. [A similar block sold for AU$4140+ in our General Sale N° 1]
Lot 221		Estimate: $1,250 Realised Price : $950 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 1/- Brown, vertical marginal pair, variety 'Imperforate horizontally', SG 275b, diagonal crease. Rare
Lot 222		Estimate: $10,000T Realised Price : $8,000 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 1/- Brown marginal block of four, variety '"POSTAGE" & "ONE SHILLING"' in Red-Brown, SG 275c, fresh and superb. A major Commonwealth Period rarity, especially as a multiple. 2001 RPSV Certificate
Lot 223		Estimate: $2,000 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 1/- Brown, variety '"POSTAGE" & "ONE SHILLING"' in Red-Brown, SG 275c. 2001 RPSV Certificate
Lot 224		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $250 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 2/6d to £1, SG 276-79, set CTO at Adelaide
Lot 225		Estimate: $3,000 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' £1 Blue, SG 279, corner Plate '1' example, printed in upper selvedge in red '1d 647250'
Lot 226		Estimate: $800 Realised Price : $1,000 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' Perf 12 3d Olive-Green and 4d Orange-Red tied by squared-circle cancels of Minlaton to 1904 (7th Jul) registered cover to New Zealand, Adelaide transit and Dunedin arrival backstamps
Lot 227		Estimate: $600 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' Wmk Crown over SA: 6d Blue-Green, SG 284, marginal single from lower pane, variety 'Imperforate between stamp and margin', roughly separated
Lot 228		Estimate: $2,500 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' Watermark Crown over SA, 9d Rosy-Lake, SG 286, marginal example 'IMPERFORATE AT TOP'
Lot 229		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $440 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' 9d + £1 + 2/6d + 5/- on 1909 (4th Feb) registered piece cancelled at Adelaide
Lot 230		Estimate: $800 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' 10d Dull Yellow, SG 287, marginal single from lower pane, variety 'Imperforate between stamp and margin'
Lot 231		Estimate: $1,750 Realised Price : $1,350 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' 10d in scarce Orange shade, SG 287, gutter pair with variety on lower unit 'Imperforate at top'
Lot 232		Estimate: $1,250 Realised Price : $950 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' 1/- Brown, variety 'Imperforate between vertical pair', SG 288a, lower unit corner crease, otherwise very fresh
Lot 233		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $1,900 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' 1/- Brown, variety 'Imperforate between horizontal pair', SG 288b, very fresh
Lot 234		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $100 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' 5/- Pale Rose Perf 12½ (small holes), SG 290b
Lot 235		Estimate: $500 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' £1 Blue (deep) upper right corner example with 'jubilee' lines broken, SG 292
Lot 236		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $200 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' £1 Blue Perf 12½ (small holes), SG 292a, marginal example, stamp unmounted
Lot 237		Estimate: $1,000 1906-12 Thick 'POSTAGE' Watermark Crown over A: 3d, 4d, 6d, 8d and 1/- marginal or corner (1/-) blocks of four cancelled 'ADELAIDE/MR 23/11/S.A.'. Rare group (5 blocks)
Lot 238		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $145 1906-12 Wmk Crown over A 3d Sage-Green, SG 298, upper left corner block with words of watermark in selvedge mis-spelt '(A)USTRLAIA', one perf toned, upper units gum thin, lower units unmounted
Lot 239		Estimate: $2,000 1906-12 Wmk Crown over A 3d Olive-Green Perf 11, SG 298e. 2001 RSPV Certificate
Lot 240		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $210 1906-12 Wmk Crown over A 4d Orange-Red, SG 299, lower right corner block with words of watermark in selvedge mis-spelt '(A)USTRLAIA', lower units unmounted
Lot 241		Estimate: $800 1906-12 Wmk Crown over A 6d Blue-Green, SG 300, marginal single from lower pane, variety 'Imperforate between stamp and margin, hinge remain, part original gum
Lot 242		Estimate: $250 1906-12 Wmk Crown over A 8d Bright Ultramarine, SG 301, marginal pair, variety 'Double perforations horizontally at base', also normal single (3)
Lot 243		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $1,500 1906-12 Wmk Crown over A 9d Brown-Lake vertical pair, variety 'Imperforate (horizontally) between', SG 302a.
Lot 244		Estimate: $125 1906-12 Wmk Crown over A 9d Deep Lake on Thin paper, SG 302ea, corner example, variety 'Double perforations vertically at right'
Lot 245		Estimate: $250 1906-12 Wmk Crown over A 9d Deep Lake on Thin paper, SG 302ea, marginal pair, variety 'Double perforations horizontally at top'
Lot 246		Estimate: $3,000 1906-12 Wmk Crown over A 1/- Brown pair, variety 'Imperforate (vertically) between', SG 303a, minor creasing
Lot 247		Estimate: $200 1906-12 Wmk Crown over A 2/6d Bright Violet, SG 304, marginal block of four from upper pane, minor toning, scarce block
Lot 248		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $320 1906-12 Wmk Crown over A 5/- Bright Rose, SG 305, block of four on thin white paper. Scarce block
Lot 249		Estimate: $150 Perforated OS: 9d Brown-Lake, SG 286b, variety 'Watermark Inverted'
Lot 250		Estimate: $750 Perforated OS: 1904-11 6d, 9d, 1/-, 5/- and £1
Lot 251		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 Postal History: 1861 (18th Nov) cover from U.K. to Aldinga (where backstamped - 13th Jan 1862), subsequently returned to Adelaide where very fine strike of scarce oval 'ADVERTISED UNCLAIMED/ADELAIDE' datestamp in blue (28th Feb) was applied
Lot 252		Estimate: $1,250 Realised Price : $950 Postal History: 1865 (23rd May) inwards cover bearing 1862-64 9d Bistre + 1d Red paying ½oz rate, tied by Winchester duplex, addressed to Hobart, misdirected to South Australia where 'MISSENT/TO ADELAIDE.S.A.' was applied in black, framed inwards Ship Letter, diamond handstamp in red on reverse. Rare "Missent" and franking of 9d to an Australian Colony
Lot 253		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $200 Postal History: 1870s-1900s selection with 1908 double rate to N.S.W. bearing long type 4d, cancels including 'P.A.RAILWAY' cds, squared-circles (noted Bakara, Clare Type I, 1884 Terowie Type I), Stationery (some unused), useful PPC's, etc, generally fair/fine (44 items)