AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, 1868-85 DE LA RUE ISSUES

Lot 452		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 1868-1912 De La Rue Typographed Designs, mint and used range on hagners, including 1868-76 Wmk Crown over SA (wide) 2d Perf 10 x Roulette U, 1d (2), 2d (3) Compound Perf 11½-12½ and 10 U; 1869 2d Wmk Large Star Roulette M and U; 1871 2d Wmk V over Crown U; later issues mostly complete M and U (incl some interesting cancels), 3d and 4d Perf 13 optd SPECIMEN, 1905-11 Wmk Crown over A 1d strip of 3 Double Perf. A few stamps with small faults, but mostly fine (52 M, 48 U)
Lot 453		Estimate: $350 1868-76 De La Rue 2d Imperforate Plate Proofs, comprising vertical pair in Black on thin card, marginal blocks of 4 in Orange and Dull Red-orange, and vertical pair in Red-orange on gummed unwatermarked paper. Also Imperforate Colour Trials Wmk Crown over SA (Wide) no gum in Blue, Deep Blue, Red-brown, Claret, Orange, and Carmine (3, incl pair). An attractive selection (21)
Lot 454		Estimate: $300 1868-76 De La Rue 2d Perforated Colour Trials Wmk. Crown over SA (Wide) ungummed paper Perf. 14 in Deep Blue, Green, Mauve, Purple, Orange-yellow, Red-brown, Claret, Carmine and Rose-carmine, each showing wing margin at left (some with perfs wholly or partly trimmed), otherwise fine and an attractive group (9)
Lot 455		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $440 1876 De La Rue 1d Die Proof in Black on glazed card (894 x 61mm) handstamped 'July 24 187' and 'BEFORE HARDENING', very fine
Lot 456		Estimate: $220 1876 De La Rue 1d Imperforate Plate Proofs, comprising vertical pair in Black on thin glazed card, vertical pair and marginal block of 8 in Bluish-green No Wmk, also Perf 15 block of 4 in Bluish-green, No Wmk (16)
Lot 457		Estimate: $450 1876 Watermark Crown over SA (Wide) Perf 10 1d Blue-green mint block of 6 (3 x 2) with wing margin at left, fine with part OG. SG 158, cat £660+
Lot 458		1883 ½d Bantam Die Proof pair (Types A and B) in black on reduced piece of glazed card (69 x 39mm) handstamped '30 JAN 82' in blue and 'BEFORE HARDENING' in black. Ex Michael Blake
Lot 459		Estimate: $500 1883-95 ½d, 1d, 2d (one unit damaged), 3d, 4d, 6d strips of 5 (3d vertical) Perf 11½-12½ overprinted SPECIMEN (15 x 2mm) as prepared for U.P.U. distribution, usual patchy gum. Fine and very scarce. Note that the 3d, 4d and 6d were not issued with this perforation (30)
Lot 460		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1883-95 De La Rue Imperforate Plate Proofs, with 3d Olive-green, 4d Violet (2, one with some creasing affecting one pair) blocks of 4, and 6d Blue corner Plate No. '1' block of 6, also Perf 14 6d Blue block of 4, each on unwatermarked gummed paper (22)