Collection on linen-hinged leaves with useful earlies including First Roulettes 2d strip of 4 & 6d SG 17 strip of 3, 'TEN PENCE' on 9d PerfxRouletted, a rouletted 2/- roughly separated at top & base as it was apparently Imperforate Horizontally, '3-PENCE' in Red on 4d, P&R 2/6d x3 (one mint) 5/- & 10/-, nice range of small DLR issues including mint blocks of 4 to 6d, Tannenberg mint blocks of 4 including 5d with Plate Number '...
Public Auction #187 - General Public Auction
By: Prestige Philately Pty Ltd
Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #187 - General Public Auction
Our first general sale for 2014 is another well-balanced offering of fine stamps, proofs, covers, postal stationery etc.
British Empire collections are a strength of the miscellaneous section. An attractive range of photographs is followed by a strong offering of picture postcards, notably a collection of World War I humour cards offered by the album.
Australia features several very fine Two Pound Roos, and exciting corner blocks of 15 of the so-called “Chambon Essay” for the 1/- Large Lyrebird, in red and in blue! A fine selection of airmail covers, both first flights and commercial mail will attract a lot of interest.
Moving on to Australian Colonies/States, New South Wales and Tasmania are well represented. The sale of an unused 1d Sydney View for $26,450 in our sale of 8th November last, resulted in another superb Penny View being consigned for this auction. A complete CTO set of South Australian Long Stamps to £20 are offered individually. A sensational batch of 1870s covers from tiny settlements in the Northern Territory are offered at auction for the very first time.
Rest of the World includes colourful proofs from the Cook Islands, a very fine Falklands collection, a selection of the controversial ‘OPSO’ Handstamps from New Zealand, and a Pitcairns collection that includes the two earliest recorded stamped covers from that lonely outcrop.
The key section in the sale is the “Five Settings” collection of NWPI complete formes of 30 to 5/- x2 with most of the rarities including 1d and 2½d with margins, 1d Die II, 3d Die II and the famous 2½d with Missing Fraction. Several blocks have major overprint varieties. We also offer not one but two examples of the rare NWPI First Wmk 5/-!!
The sale concludes with a section of philatelic literature section, including very scarce early “name sale” auction catalogues.
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Lot #399 - south australia
2d imperforate plate proof block of 4 in black on ungummed unwatermarked paper, apparently from the left of the sheet with margins good to large.
Lot #400 - south australia
CTO with Quarter-Circle Implement with No Inscription: Perf 10 15/- brownish yellow SG 198, large-part o.g., Cat £300 (£325 2014) [Ed Williams' similar stamp sold for $470 at our auction of 26/1/2002]
As noted by Ed Williams at page 48, unsold remainders of this series were sent to Melbourne in 1903. The cancelling implement was the 'MELBOURNE' cds otherwise used for CTO purposes in Victoria. This cds has no inscription at...
Lot #401 - south australia
Perf 11œ-12œ (Large Holes) £2 Venetian red SG 200a, large-part o.g., Cat £400 (£450 2014). [Ed Williams' unmounted example sold for $515 at our auction of 26/1/2002]
Lot #402 - south australia
Perf 11œ-12œ (Large Holes) 50/- dull pink SG 201a, large-part o.g., Cat £475 (£550 2014).
Lot #403 - south australia
Perf 11œ-12œ (Small Holes) £3 sage-green SG 202a, exceptional centring, characteristic rough perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £500 (£650 2014). Unlisted by Ed Williams with this cancel, and absent from his collection.
Lot #404 - south australia
Perf 11œ-12œ (Small Holes) £4 lemon-yellow SG 203a, a few characteristic irregular perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £1000 (£1200 2014). [Ed Williams' unmounted example sold for $1064 at our auction of 26/1/2002]
Lot #405 - south australia
Perf 11œ-12œ (Large Holes) £5 brown SG 205, large-part o.g., Cat £850 (£950 2014). [An example sold for $1322 at our auction of 23/9/2011. NB: the £5 grey doesn't exist with this cancel]
Lot #406 - south australia
Perf 11œ-12œ (Small Holes) £10 copper SG 206a, a few characteristic irregular perfs, with large-part o.g., Cat £850 (£1200 2014). [An example sold for $920 at our auction of 23/9/2011]
Lot #407 - south australia
Perf 11œ-12œ (Small Holes) £15 silver SG 207a, characteristic rough perfs, with large-part o.g., Cat £1700 (£1900 2014). [Ed Williams' unmounted example sold for $1624 at our auction of 26/1/2002]
Lot #408 - south australia
Perf 11œ-12œ (Small Holes) £20 claret SG 208a, a few characteristic irregular perfs, with large-part o.g., Cat £1800 (£2000 2014). [ÂÂAn example sold for $2645 at our auction of 23/9/2011]
Lot #409 - south australia
5d imperforate plate proof pairs on gummed unwatermarked paper in brown, red-brown, olive-brown, olive or bright blue, full unmounted o.g. Superb!
Lot #410 - south australia
1891 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 10 2/6d pale violet (unusually well centred) & 5/- pale rose SG O86 & O87, large-part o.g., Cat £11,500 (£12,500 2014). Separate RPSofV Certificates (2012) each state "the overprint is a forgery on a genuine stamp". A very convincing pair with the correct 15mm spacing between the letters. [Ed Williams at page 58 describes several forged overprints, all of which are easily identified. The implication...
Lot #411 - south australia
1890s competition essay for a 2d Postal Card in shades of blue ink & watercolour on thin card with rounded corners, endorsed "No 2" & on the reverse "Designed by ABC", very minor blemishes.
Lot #412 - south australia
essay for a œd stamp with an attractive rendering of King William Street with the GPO & Light's Statue in violet, affixed to a piece of envelope-size paper endorsed "Nom de plume/Dix", central adhesive stain well clear of the design. [This may have been the inspiration for the œd GPO adhesive & œd Envelope]
Lot #413 - south australia
1911 usage of 3d olive to Victoria with 1d pair tied by Adelaide cds.
Lot #414 - south australia northern territory postmarks
BRIDGE CREEK N[T]/AP--/82/S-A' clear large-part strike tying 2d orange to OHMS cover with embossed 'SOUTH AUSTRALIA/[Arms]' on the flap, light but clear 'YAM CREEK/S-A' arrival cds on the face, a couple of very minor blemishes. PO -/11/1881; closed 12/6/1888. [Noted by Williams at p176 but without details. This is believed to be the only recorded example. This is hardly surprising: our vendor states that in 1883 the total postal revenue from...
Lot #415 - south australia northern territory postmarks
1882 cover with 'HUGHES & HALL/PORT DARWIN' imprint at upper-left to "Mr Herring/ Extended Union" with 1d green tied by 'PORT DARWIN NT/SE1/82/S.A' squared-circle, very fine 'SOUTHPORT/ SP2/82/S_A' (ERD) & fine 'YAM CREEK/SE4/82' (LRD) transit b/s, repaired flap fault. Ed Williams doesn't record a post office at the Extended Union Mine (more often called the Union Extended Mine), and the absence of an arrival marking supports the...
Lot #416 - south australia northern territory postmarks
PT DARWIN N.T/DE24/77/S_A' two fine to very fine strikes on cover to Adelaide (faint arrival b/s), minor peripheral toning. Very scarce & underrated: recorded AU2/77 until MY9/79 only.
The Port Darwin telegraph office opened 22/8/1872. Palmerston (2) post office was relocated to the TO in -/3/1873. Although the name was officially changed to Port Darwin only in 1907, all datestamps from 1877 were inscribed 'PORT DARWIN'.
Lot #417 - south australia northern territory postmarks
PORT DARWIN N.T/JY15/82/S_A' three good to fine strikes on ES&A Bank cover to Yam Creek, light 'SOUTHPORT/NT' transit b/s, minor soiling & minor repair at left. A very early usage. [Ed Williams states that covers are "plentiful", in any event an exaggeration, but certainly not the case pre-1895]
Lot #418 - south australia northern territory postmarks
PALMERSTON/JY7/75/N_T' light but clear transit b/s on cover with poor 'PINE CREEK/ JY5/75/S_A' cancels (very early usage), Adelaide arrival b/s, peripheral faults & opened-out for display.
Lot #419 - south australia northern territory postmarks
SOUTHPORT/MA8/79/N_T' very fine large-part strike on cover to 'PORT AUGUSTA' (arrival b/s) via Adelaide (transit b/s), a little soiled & minor peripheral faults. PO 1873; closed 31/8/1889. [Southport was the main gateway to the goldfields until it became a backwater when the Darwin-Pine Creek Railway opened in mid-1889. Victor Bullock's similar 1878 cover sold for $1035 at our auction of 19/10/2007]
Lot #420 - south australia northern territory postmarks
TWELVE-MILE CAMP/DE5/82/S_A' squared-circle largely fine arrival b/s on cover to "Twelve Mile" with 'PORT DARWIN N.T./S_A' squared-circle cancel, part-'SOUTH[PORT]/S_A' & 'YAM CR[EEK]' transit b/s, roughly opened with the flap removed & repaired at the top. PO 1/8/1882; closed 15/8/1885. One of the rarest squared-circles - unrecorded by Rodney Overton - & probably the only recorded example on cover.
Lot #421 - south australia northern territory postmarks
UNION REEF.N.T./JY31/77/S_A' two good to largely fine strikes on cover to Adelaide, 'YAM CREEK/N_T', 'SOUTHPORT/N_T' & 'PT DARWI[N N]T/AU2/77/S_A' (ERD) transit b/s & Adelaide arrival b/s, a little soiled. A very rare marking.
Lot #422 - south australia northern territory postmarks
UNION REEF.N.T./JA19/77/S_A' two superb strikes on cover to Adelaide, 'YAM CREEK/N_T' (no year slug) & 'PALMERSTON/JA22/77/N_T' (LRD) transit b/s & Adelaide arrival b/s, a couple of very minor blemishes. One of the finest early Territory covers, with perhaps the two best strikes of any of the rare early datestamps. Basically, a cracker!!
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