1876-1900 Wmk Broad Star Perf 11½-12½, 2/- Carmine, SG 132, scarce commercially used block of six, cancelled diamond numeral '35'
Lot 545
Estimate: $500
Realised Price : $725
1876 De La Rue 2d Imperf Plate Proof in Black, block of 42 on thin glazed card from top of right pane showing Plate No. '3 ' in top selvedge [Plate 3 was invoiced in 1897]. Some soiling and creases in margins to be expected, still a fine and attractive piece
Lot 546
Estimate: $2,500
1883 ½d Essay in Green and Chinese white on card (77 x 102mm), handstamped '22 NOV 81' and endorsed 'Seen 23/11/81 AR', slight ageing. Attractive and very rare
Lot 547
Estimate: $500
Realised Price : $700
1883-99 4d Imperf Plate Proof in Black, block of 42 on this glazed card (overall toning) from top of left pane showing Plate No. '1' in top selvedge. Minor soiling in selvedge, otherwise fine
Lot 548
Estimate: $600
Realised Price : $525
1886-96 Wmk Crown SA Perf 10 10/-, 15/-, 50/-, £3 and £4 vertical pairs optd 'SPECIMEN (Type 4), all with part o.g. and generally of fine appearance, few small perf faults, 10/- centred lower left and £3 somewhat toned. Unusual multiples from the August 1889 UPU distribution, much scarcer than multiples from the 1892 distribution of Perf 11½-12½ Reprints (5 pairs) (see phpto)
Lot 549
Estimate: $175
Postal Card: 1908 1d American Fleet Card, fine unused
Lot 550
Estimate: $70
Newspaper Wrapper: 1885 ½d Violet, H&G 3a, uprated with ½d Bantam, indistinctly cancelled and used to Egypt. Roughly opened, nevertheless a very scarce destination
Lot 551
Estimate: $250
Postal History: 1872 (2 Dec) large cardboard parcel front from Adelaide to Wimborne, Dorset, redirected to Basingstoke, endorsed 'Parcel only Without Letter', bearing 4d and 1/- Perkins, Bacon cancelled 'G.P.O. ADELAIDE'. Toned due to the acidic nature of the cardboard, nevertheless a remarkable early survivor of non-letter rate mail
Lot 552
Estimate: $175
Realised Price : $135
1898-1904 selection with OPSO envelope [slightly reduced] from 'Chief Secretary's Office' Adelaide to USA bearing 2½d Violet-blue optd 'OS', 1899 to Canada via San Francisco bearing ½d strip of five tied by Semaphore squared-circle datestamps, and 1904 to Hobart bearing 2d tied by two Petersburg squared-circle datestamps, arrival backstamps (3 covers)
Lot 553
Estimate: $600
1900 (14 Aug) Governor's envelope (red insignia on flap), used Adelaide to Sydney bearing ½d and 1d optd 'O.S.' pairs, violet 'AIDE DE CAMP'S/OFFICE/ GOVERNMENT HOUSE' cachet at left, Sydney backstamp. A rare franking
