AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Lot 104		Estimate: $2,500 Realised Price : $2,400 1855-1912 large and valuable range on stockcards including Wmk Large Star imperf 1d, 2d (21, incl pair, strips of 3, 4 and 5), 6d (5), later rouletted and perforated issues, Long types with 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' optd 'SPECIMEN' values to £20, 'POSTAGE' to £1 (3), some punctured 'OS' or 'SA', later issues with Specimen opts, Officials, etc, mixed condition poor/fine. A wonderful opportunity (100’s)
Lot 105		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $420 1855 Wmk Large Star Imperf 1d Dark Green, SG 1 pair, close to good margins
Lot 106		Estimate: $750 1855 Wmk Large Star Imperf 2d Rose-Carmine, SG 2, very fine four margin example almost complete original gum. Seldom seen so fine
Lot 107		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $160 1855 Wmk Large Star Imperf 2d Rose-Carmine, SG 2 strip of four, close to large margins, almost touching on two sides, cancelled with Gawler BN '25' in diamonds
Lot 108		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $290 1856-58 Imperf 1/- Red-Orange, SG 11, three huge margins with portions of adjoining units on two sides, cut-into at top, on piece with 11.5.58 datestamp in blue
Lot 109		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460 1856-58 Imperf 1/- Orange, SG 12, horizontal strip of three, good to huge margins on three sides, cut-into at base, portions of adjoining units at left and right, minor staining on reverse. A very rare multiple
Lot 110		Estimate: $400T 1860-69 Perkins Bacon Plate Proofs, 4d Lake and 2/- Black imperforate blocks of four on unwatermarked paper. Ex Butler (8)
Lot 111		Estimate: $150T Realised Price : $125 1860-69 2/- Reprinted Die Proof (81x112mm) in Black on wove paper. Ex Butler
Lot 112		Estimate: $2,000 1870-71 Wmk Large Star '3 PENCE' on 4d Prussian Blue perf 10, SG 93a, superb example of this rarity showing watermark lines at left
Lot 113		Estimate: $800T 1874 De La Rue 1d Die Proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm) handstamped 'BEFORE HARDENING' and dated ‘July 24 187(4)'; also 1d mint block of six
Lot 114		Estimate: $100T 1883-94 Imperforate Colour Trials on unwatermarked gummed paper, comprising 1883 ½d in Blue-Green interpane block of eight; 1894 2½d and 5d in Sepia-Brown horizontal pairs, unmounted (12)
Lot 115		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1883 De La Rue copy of ink recipe, endorsed "South Australia", with dummy stamp block of four printed in violet affixed at left. Interesting item for the specialist. Ex William Frazer
Lot 116		Estimate: $150 1883-99 3d and 6d optd 'SPECIMEN'; also 1902-12 Thin 'POSTAGE' 3d, 10d and 1/- and Thick ‘POSTAGE’ 3d, 4d (2), and 5/- mint, some hinge remains (9)
Lot 117		Estimate: $400T 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Imperf Plate Proof block of four with blank value tablet, in Pale Lilac on unwatermarked gummed paper. Fresh unmounted
Lot 118		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $170 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' 2/6d and 5/- perf 11½-12½, two shades of both, SG 195,a, 196a,ab (4)
Lot 119		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' 10/- to £4, £10 and £15 optd 'SPECIMEN', with £2 (2, one overprinted in larger type), some defects, etc, unused/part gum (10)
Lot 120		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $90 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' 10/- Green perf 11½-12½, SG 197a, mint
Lot 121		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $750 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' £5 Grey manuscript 'Specimen' (corner fault) and overprinted 'SPECIMEN' with grossly misplaced value. A stunning duo
Lot 122		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $320 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' £5 Grey perf 11½-12½, SG 204a, with forged double-circle postmark. Unpriced used in SG, mint £3000
Lot 123		Estimate: $500 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' £5 Brown perf 11½-12½, SG 205, tiny pin-hole, attempt made to remove very light cancel, giving unused appearance. Catalogue mint £2250
Lot 124		Estimate: $300 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' £15 Silver perf 10, SG 207, central band of rubbing suggesting Specimen overprint has been removed. Catalogue mint £8500. Sold "as is"
Lot 125		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $340 1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' 2/6d to £20 (no £5 Brown) optd 'SPECIMEN', variable gum as normally found, trimmed perfs in places (13)
Lot 126		Estimate: $1,250T Realised Price : $1,350 1893-94 De La Rue 2½d Die Proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm) handstamped 'BEFORE/HARDENING' and dated '12 JAN 93'; also Plate Proof single in black and Perforated Colour Trials 2½d (4) and 5d (3) in different colours
Lot 127		Estimate: $3,000T Realised Price : $2,900 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 3d Olive-Green, Watermark Sideways, SG 268a. 2001 RPSV Certificate (Purves states 'only ten to twelve examples known')
Lot 128		Estimate: $2,000T 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 1/- Brown, variety "POSTAGE" & "ONE SHILLING" in Red-Brown, SG 275c. A rare stamp. 2001 RPSV Certificate
Lot 129		Estimate: $500 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' Wmk Crown over SA 6d to £1, SG 284-92, generally fresh mint (9)
Lot 130		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $575 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 131		Estimate: $700 Realised Price : $800 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' Wmk Crown over SA 10d Dull Yellow, SG 287, marginal single from lower pane, variety 'Imperforate between stamp and margin'
Lot 132		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $130 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' Wmk Crown over SA 10/- Green, SG 291, cancelled at Adelaide
Lot 133		Estimate: $350T Realised Price : $270 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' Wmk Crown over SA £1 Blue (deep), SG 292, upper right corner example with broken 'jubilee' lines
Lot 134		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $270 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' Wmk Crown over SA £1 Blue perf 12½ (small holes), SG 292a
Lot 135		Estimate: $600T Realised Price : $800 1906-12 Thick 'POSTAGE' 6d Blue-Green, SG 300, marginal single from lower pane, variety 'Imperforate between stamp and margin, hinge remain, part o.g.
Lot 136		Estimate: $250 1906-12 Thick 'POSTAGE' 9d Deep Lake on Thin paper, SG 302ea, marginal pair with variety 'Double perforations horizontally at top'
Lot 137		Estimate: $300T Realised Price : $230 1906-12 Thick 'POSTAGE' 5/- Bright Rose, SG 305, marginal block of four from lower pane. A scarce block
Lot 138		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $130 1899-1901 2d Bright Violet optd 'OS', variety 'No stop after "S" ', SG O82c. Unpriced
Lot 139		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $270 1899-1901 2½d Indigo optd 'OS', error 'OS Inverted', SG O83a. 2004 Ceremuga Certificate. Seriously undercatalogued
Lot 140		Estimate: $200 Punctured 'OS': 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' Wmk Crown over SA 9d Brown-Lake perf 12½ (small holes), variety 'WATERMARK INVERTED', BW S50a,ba
Lot 141		Estimate: $175T Punctured 'OS': 9d Brown-Lake, variety 'WATERMARK INVERTED', BW S50a, ba
Lot 142		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $85 Punctured 'SA': 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' Wmk Crown over SA 5/- Pale Rose perf 12½ (small holes)
Lot 143		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $190 Punctured 'SA': 1904-11 Thick 'POSTAGE' Wmk Crown over SA £1 Blue perf 12½ (small holes), owners handstamps on reverse, slight bend. Scarce
Lot 144		Estimate: $300T 'C.L.' (Crown Lands) in black on 4d Dull Lilac, SG 111, unusually fine
Lot 145		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 'C.P.' (Commissioner of Police) in red on 2d roulette
Lot 146		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $160 'M.' (Military) in black on 6d Blue perf 11½-12½ x roulette (trimmed)
Lot 147		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $100 'P.' (Police) in black on 2d perf 10 x roulette, also 'S.G.' (Surveyor-General) on 2d perf 10, minor blemishes
Lot 148		Estimate: $500T 1d Postal Cards (4) and ½d Wrapper optd 'SPECIMEN' in different fonts (not found on postage stamps). Fine and rare. Ex Butler (5 items)
Lot 149		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $170 1893 1d Postal Card and 1884 ½d Wrapper optd 'SPECIMEN' in sans serif capitals
Lot 150		Estimate: $150T Realised Price : $130 1893 1d Postal Card sample in purple, with 'WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED/ CANCELLED/ 27.GT WINCHESTER ST E.C.' in black. A rare printers ‘specimen’
Lot 151		Estimate: $350T 1869 (24 May) cover to London with printed banner 'OVERLAND VIA MARSEILLES' in red, bearing 'TEN PENCE' on 9d Yellow, SG36, tied by Adelaide cds, minor soiling
Lot 152		Estimate: $100 1873 (10 Oct) cover to UK bearing 9d Bright Mauve (2, one with missing corner) paying double rate via Brindisi, minor faults. Rare franking for double rate
Lot 153		Estimate: $150T 1900 (29 Nov) envelope bearing 2d optd 'OS', endorsed 'On Public Service' and 'House of Assembly', used from Adelaide to Dept of Water in Sydney, arrival backstamp