ANDREW ½D COLLECTION OF COLONIAL AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Lot 31		Estimate: $3,000 Realised Price : $3,400 1883 ½d De La Rue artist's handpainted essay in adopted design in Green and Chinese White on card (77mm x 102mm), handstamped '22 NOV 81' and endorsed 'Seen 23/11/81 AR', slight ageing. Attractive and very rare
Lot 32		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $750 1883 ½d De La Rue Die Proof Pair in Black on glazed card (92mm x 62mm), handstamped '30 JAN 82'in blue and 'BEFORE HARDENING' in black, very fine
Lot 33		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $1,800 1883 ½d De La Rue Imperforate Plate Proof pairs with diagonal 'SPECIMEN' overprint in Carmine (reading down), Green (inverted reading down) and Brown (reading up, one opt double) on gummed unwatermarked paper. Very fine and ex Collins (Plumridge Auctions 1928) (6)
Lot 34		Estimate: $40 Realised Price : $60 1883 ½d De La Rue Imperforate Plate Proof gutter block of 16 in Green on unwatermarked gummed paper, superb
Lot 35		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $60 1893-94 Watermark Crown over SA (narrow) Perf 15 ½d Brown uprating ½d Violet Wrapper used from Adelaide to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Scarce destination
Lot 36		Estimate: $100 1893-94 Watermark Crown over SA (narrow) Perf 15 ½d Brown used with 2½d on 4d Surcharge (2, small blemishes) on 1893 (29 Aug) registered advertising front of the Australian Stamp Co from Adelaide to Michigan, USA. The second earliest recorded trading advertising item for this firm, and an uncommon franking
Lot 37		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $525 1893-94 Watermark Crown over SA (narrow) Perf 15 ½d Brown strip of 5 on 1896 (7 Jul) advertising cover (printed both sides) of the 'AUSTRALIAN STAMP COMPANY' from Adelaide to Congo Free State, cancelled by Adelaide duplexes with various transit and arrival datestamps, two in blue. A remarkable destination for these envelopes
Lot 38		Estimate: $150 1895-99 Watermark Crown over SA (narrow) Perf 13 ½d Pale Brown uprating 1d Postal Card used 1897 (19 Jul) to Naples, Italy, tied by 'PORT ADELAIDE' squared circle ds, superb 'MISSENT TO' handstamps and framed 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/ADELAIDE SA' cds, 'NAPOLI/20/8-97/(DISTRIBUZIONE)' arrival squared circle backstamp, and '128'in oval postman's delivery handstamp on the face. Scarce destination
Lot 39		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1895-99 Watermark Crown over SA (narrow) Perf 13 ½d Deep Brown uprating 1d Postal Card used 1897 (4 Sep) to Argentina, cancelled by 'MONARTO' cds and backstamped at Adelaide and with large 'CLASSIFICAXION/2 ROSARIO 2' cds
Lot 40		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1895-99 Watermark Crown over SA (narrow Perf 13 ½d Pale Brown uprating ½d Violet Wrapper used 1899 (16 Sep) from Port Darwin to London, tied by 'PORT DARWIN/N.T.1 - S.A./SE 16/89' datestamp. Scarce
Lot 41		Estimate: $120 1895-99 Watermark Crown over Sa (narrow) Perf 13 ½d Pale Brown strip of five on 1899 (18 Jul) cover to Berlin, Canada, tied by 'SEMAPHORE' squared circle ds, and with backstamps of Adelaide and Berlin. Attractive 2½d U.P.U. rate cover
Lot 42		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1895-99 Watermark Crown over SA (narrow) Perf 13 ½d Pale Brown used with 1d Green on 1899 (27 Oct) chrome-litho picture post card of 'Palmerston' (Aboriginal Humpies) sent from Darwin to Austria, tied by two strikes of 'PORT DARWIN/OC27/99/SA' squared circle ds and with Hong Kong transit and arrival backstamps
Lot 43		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1895-99 Watermark Crown over SA (narrow) Perf 13 ½d Deep Brown bottom marginal block of 21 (7 x 3), tiny separation, seventeen units very fresh MUH. SG191b cat £132++
Lot 44		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $60 1899-1905 Watermark Crown over SA (narrow) Perf 13 ½d Yellow-green used with 1d Rosine on 1905 (2 Mar) picture postcard of 'Northern Territory Ant Hill' to England, tied by 'PORT DARWIN' squared circle datestamps and with Maidstone arrival cds
Lot 45		Estimate: $250 1905-12 Watermark Crown over A ½d Yellow-green uprating 1d Commonwealth postal card (BW 1, deep shade) used 1912 (14 Jan) to Germany, tied by 'SEMAPHORE' squared circle ds, private handstamp '14JAN1912' in violet on face, redirected to Ceylon, manuscript 'via Neapel', 'COLOMBO' machine cancel of 11FEB12 on face, very fine
Lot 46		Estimate: $40 Realised Price : $80 1905-12 Watermark Crown over A ½d Pale Green uprating New South Wales 1d Postal Card used 1912 (11 Sep) to Germany, tied with 'BROKEN HILL/N.S.W' datestamp. Unusual and apparently commercial combination usage
Lot 47		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $140 1905-12 Watermark Crown over A ½d Pale Green used with 1d Scarlet vertical pair, horizontal pair, and single on 1913 (10 Feb) registered cover to New York, tied by three fine strikes of 'Victor Harbor' squared circle ds, large provisional registration label, and with arrival backstamps
Lot 48		Estimate: $150 1895-99 Watermark Crown over SA (narrow) Perf 13 ½d Pale Brown uprating 1d Postal Card used 1899 (29 Jun) to Germany, tied by 'PORT ADELAIDE' squared circle ds, superb strike of 'MARINE PO/S-AUSTRALIA' cds of the same date at upper rate (rated RRR), and 'HAMBURG' arrival cds, minor blemishes
Lot 49		Estimate: $300 1891-99 'O.S.' Type O2: ½d Brown Perf 10 horizontal pair, the left stamp with Variety 'No stop after S' (caused by misplaced 'I' for stop), fine mint. SG O60b, cat £225++, undercatalogued mint
Lot 50		Estimate: $100 1891-99 'O.S.' Type O2: ½d Brown Perf 10 strip of four, units 1 and 3 both with variety 'No stop after S' (caused by misplaced 'I' for stop), SG O60b cat £136
Lot 51		Estimate: $1,200 1891-99 'O.S.' Type 02 ½d Deep Brown Perf 13 horizontal pair with OS Triple, Two Sideways reading up, fine mint. Very rare, with only two mint pairs and a strip of four recorded. SG O68a, cat £1000
Lot 52		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1899-1900 'O.S.' Type 3: ½d Yellow-green, variety 'O.S. Inverted', fine mint. SG O80a cat £200
Lot 53		Estimate: $450 Envelopes: 1912 ½d Green GPO envelope uprated with ½d Kangaroo and used 1915 (22 Apr) from Adelaide to Sydney, tied by Adelaide machine cancel, usual slight toning due to high surfaced stock. Very rare usage
Lot 54		Estimate: $200 Wrappers: 1900 (18 Jul) ½d Violet PTPO Wrapper with 'SOUTH' above and 'AUSTRALIA' below the indicium from Adelaide to Sydney, printed for 'The Advertiser/THE POPULAR DAILY', cancelled with GPO ADELAIDE duplex, a few blemishes
Lot 55		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460 Wrappers: 1902 (Feb 2) ½d Violet O.H.M.S. Commonwealth of Australia / South Australia PTPO Wrapper with printed 'Head Teacher, ____ SCHOOL' used from Adelaide to Beetaloo Valley, tied by Adelaide double circle ds and with fine Beetaloo Valley squared circle backstamp (rated RR). Fine and scarce Commonwealth/State stationery Item