1855 perkins bacon london printing - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 1020 - south australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing - Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australia1d imperforate plate proof block of 4 in close to the issued colour on ungummed unwatermarked paper, margins just clear to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit at lower-right. A rare block. [Harry Lower's pair sold for $1437] Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australiasouth australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing |
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 Lot 1044 - south australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing - Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australia6d die proof in black on India paper, reduced to stamp-size with narrow margins, affixed (many years ago) to a non-contemporary piece of glazed card (37x49mm) apparently to disguise several quite significant faults including a vertical crease & 6mm vertical scissor-cut at base. Rare and desirable, despite the imperfections. Ex Harry Lower: acquired for $3450. [The only other example in the sales consulted was John Griffiths' example similarly cut-down and affixed to a piece of card apparently of the same origin, and also presumably with faults though none were specified] Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australiasouth australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing |
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 Lot 1039 - south australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing - Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australia2d rose-carmine SG 2 (margins good to large except where shaved at lower-right) tied to small cover to "Koonunga/Kapunda" by circle-in-bars cancel, light but very fine 'PAID/3JA/1855/=ADELAIDE-S.A.=' cds in red, minor soiling. A highly significant cover, written by the postmaster's wife to their daughter. Ex Ronald Cole (1983) & John Bell. [Believed to be the second earliest recorded stamped cover from South Australia. The only earlier item is a controversial solo franking First Day Cover to which some idiot later affixed additional stamps, that later still were removed after that stupidity was exposed] Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australiasouth australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing |
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 Lot 1030 - south australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing - Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australia2d Plate 2 imperforate plate proof horizontal strip of 5 in dull carmine-lake on ungummed unwatermarked paper from the right of the sheet, margins close to humungous. A rare multiple. [Harry Lower's marginal pair sold for $1322] Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australiasouth australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing |
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 Lot 1055 - south australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing - Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australia1/- dull violet SG 4, margins close to good, excellent colour, large-part o.g., Cat £15,000. Rare & one of the finest examples available to collectors. Unissued. Ex Alfred Lichtenstein & Louise Boyd Dale where described as having a small corner crease, which is not correct. There is a small area of gum missing that could create the mistaken impression of a crease. [Far superior to the AE Fryar/Julius Beresford/John Griffiths/Harry Lower example - heavy vertical crease & coincident nick at the base - that sold for $18,400] Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australiasouth australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing |
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 Lot 1025 - south australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing - Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australia1d dark green SG 1 horizontal strip of 6, margins at places - the second unit with full margins - & a bit cut-into, diamond-numeral '1' cancels of Port Adelaide, Cat £2850++. Ex Rev James Mursell, Henry Frenkle & Barton Sparrow. A very rare multiple. [Harry Lower's rather similar strip of 8, on piece, sold for $5750] Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australiasouth australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing |
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 Lot 1045 - south australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing - Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australia6d imperforate plate proof block of 12 [215-220/235-240] from the lower-right corner of the sheet in close to the issued colour on ungummed unwatermarked wove paper, margins good to huge except where just shaved at the upper-left corner, ironed-out vertical creases across the first & fourth columns don't affect the very fine facial appearance. [Almost certainly contiguous to Peter Jaffé's irregular block of 13 & his block of 36 (6x6) that sold for $977 & $5520 respectively] Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australiasouth australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing |
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 Lot 1040 - south australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing - Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australia2d rose-carmine SG 2 (margins close to large) tied to 'ADELAIDE PRICES CURRENT' by circle-in-bars cancel, very fine 'PAID/NO20/1855/=ADELAIDE-S.A.=' cds in red, to Sydney endorsed "...forwd by/Saul Dixon & Co/On Burra Burra", 'SHIP LETTER/ B /NO*29/1855/SYDNEY' arrival b/s, a couple of trifling defects. Most attractive inter-Colonial concessional rate mail. Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australiasouth australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing |
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 Lot 1034 - south australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing - Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australia2d rose-carmine SG 2 two singles (one with a small fault) & two horizontal pairs (one just shaved at lower-right), margins close to large, diamond-numeral cancels '1' of Port Adelaide, '32' of Truro, superb '33' of Saddleworth & '60' of Penola, Cat £480+. Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australiasouth australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing |
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 Lot 1026 - south australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing - Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australia1d dark green SG 1 horizontal pair (margins just clear - at upper-right - to good), on cover to Port Lincoln, bold central circle-in-bars cancels & very fine 'PAID/MY30/1856/=ADELAIDE-S.A.=' cds in red alongside, a few very minor blemishes, Cat £950+ x3+. Ex Captain Bishop Find & John Bell. [Superior in quality & appearance to Harry Lower's cover with SG 1 pair - 3œ margins - that sold for $3910. Griffiths, Butler & Jaffé all lacked a cover with the 1d] Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #188 - South Australiasouth australia 1855 perkins bacon london printing |
